Mdantsane-born actor Likhona Mgali has been nominated for best young actor at the upcoming 20th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for his role as Fezile Gigaba in the Netflix film, The Queenstown Kings. The popular film received a total…
Genre: Drama, mystery, sci-fi Hulu’s latest drama, The Mill, is a not-so-subtle critique of capitalism and how people become so caught up in the jobs and that they lose sight of their personal responsibilities. The film focuses on Joe…
The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth is set to star as legendary SA boxer Gerrie Coetzee in an upcoming Hollywood film that will be released later this year. The former champion boxer confirmed in an interview on Jacaranda FM on Monday…
Making a sequel to another director’s film is hard. Making a sequel to one of the most iconic films ever by one of cinema’s greatest auteurs is nigh impossible. And yet somehow, director Mike Flanagan manages to pull it off with Doctor…
To round off 2019’s Halloween series, we have what is in my opinion one of the best cosmic horror films ever made: John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness. The film is the final entry in Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy”, which started…
This week’s entry in our month-long horror series really puts the cosmic into “cosmic horror”. Event Horizon stars Laurence Fishburne and the king of cosmic horror himself Sam Neill as leaders of a space crew sent to investigate the…
Dog Soldiers has a simple premise: take a bunch of tough-as- nails soldiers, put them in a cabin in the woods, and have them fight werewolves. That’s it. There’s no philosophical ponderings, no deeper themes, no particularly insightful…
Film adaptations of Stephen King’s creations have a chequered history. On the one hand, you have cinematic classics such as The Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile. On the other hand, you have absolutely atrocious work such as Maximum…
In 1934, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow died in a hail of bullets, signalling the dramatic end of two of the most iconic gangsters in history. In 1967, Arther Penn directed an equally iconic film based on their crime…
At the time of writing, Star Wars is one of the biggest multi-media franchises in the world. With eight core films, two spin-off films, two critically acclaimed cartoon series, countless books and toys, and the Holiday Special we all…
By Poliswa Plaatjie-Sejosing Mdantsane-born singer, dancer and actor Yasirah is coming back home this weekend to host the annual Mzantsi Cultural Festival. The show takes place this Saturday at the Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium. The…
