My love for Guillermo del Toro is a matter of public record. I am an ardent fan of Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins and Michael Shannon, and agree with the New York Times that Michael Stuhlbarg is criminally underrated. Yet, The shape of water, directed by Del Toro and starring all of the great actors above, …
There is a boy, a blonde, disabled boy being taken for strolls, in my hood, in his oversized pram, by his nanny in her blue uniform. And when I drive past this blonde boy with his nanny in her blue uniform, it strips away the carefully constructed world I built around a 9-year old girl …
September 2014, Klipkoppe (Stone heads)
The fabulous Lauren Beukes is hosting a blog to promote African writers and I made it! http://laurenbeukes.com/spark-October
Granted, this might not qualify as a beer, but it certainly qualifies as a kraft/craft drink. Unfortunately I do not remember much about it, except that it was NOT bad, because I had to hastily swig it down to get into Soccer City to watch Bruce Springsteen! I am sure most of you will understand. …
I’m starting my beerblog with a good one, possibly one of the best beers I’ve tasted to so far. The Brewdog Electric India – a blend of an Indian Pale Ale and a Belgian Sauvin – is going to be hard to beat.
I certainly taste enough beer to develop an opinion.
Kukimo the Treasure Hunter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unyZ_7rs-7Q
The wife was awarded a residency in Germany over the December holidays. Everyone shivered at the thought of winter in Europe, but we braved it. Yes, it was a little cold, but it had a beauty of its own. Plus, there were no hordes of silly tourists. Bonus. First stop, the Wanas Sculpture Park in …
I stumbled upon roller derby through my sister-in-law. She’s way cool. She cycled from New Orleans to New York, named her firstborn son Eland and she does flat track roller derby!
Alcatraz se deure is al jare lank toe. In die ’90’s was dit wel die rusplek vir enige alternatiewe siel. As ek reg onthou, het die klub nie eens ’n naambord gehad nie. Jy het in die oostekant van die stad rondgery tot jy die deur herken het. Binne was dit boonop swak belig en …
Mike van Graan gesels oor Gevalle engel Gevalle engel is ’n spanningsvolle menslike drama. Die skoolhoof wil haar skors. Weer eens. Die kopdokter het nog nooit so ’n geval teëgekom nie. Die dominee is nie daarvan oortuig dat gebed sal help nie. Maar sy’s net ’n kind. Miskien ’n gekwelde kind, maar nietemin ’n kind. Wat laat …
If you do not know Cowboy Junkies, you are either 12 years old, have lived under a rock for the past 25 years or just have no interest in incredibly talented musicians playing real instruments. But there is hope for you yet. Read on and be amazed.
Wanneer ek ’n Afrikaanse film gaan kyk, veral ’n rom-kom, hou ek altyd duim vas dat dit my rok gaan opblaas. Semi-Soet (hoofsaaklik te danke aan Nico Panagio) het dit reggekry, Klein Karoo in ’n mindere mate.
This is another Tarantino masterpiece and you are either going to love it or hate it, but if you have seen other Tarantino films you know what to expect walking into the cinema – buckets of blood, dark humour, priceless cameos and razor sharp dialogue. The only surprise element is the romance. Even though Django …
Onheilspellend. Dit is ’n goeie beskrywing vir Wolwedans. Die creepy musiek, die skelm kyke, die duistere geheimpies, en die verdomde hadidas! Ek was effe benoud toe ek halfpad deur die film besef ek is alleen in die teater …
WRITTEN FOR AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY WWW.LITNET.CO.ZA A few years back one Lizzy Grant launched her singing career. It went nowhere but south. She reinvented herself as Lana Del Rey – named after the dazzling Lana Turner and the car, the Ford Del Rey. She recorded a simple song called Video Games, edited an interesting …
So Die Antwoord just released a video in which they parody Lady Gaga as a brainless American, who gets hijacked, gives birth to a Parktown Prawn and then is eaten alive by a lion. Why the apparent animosity? She asked them to open for her (an offer they declined) and told them she was a …
I didn’t see this one coming. I did not predict being so completely overwhelmed and saddened by this true tale. Know as little as you can about this documentary before you go and watch it.
What a brilliantly filmed and executed hoot! An intelligent mockumentary that manages to both mock and scare!
Semi-Soet is werklik snaaks, bevat geen schmaltz nie, net hope plaaslike talent. Veral Nico Panagio beïndruk.
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com ‘n Fliek vir jou, jou ma én jou ouma! So paar weke terug dink ek dit wys om die besonderse Woody Allen-film, Midnight in Paris, aan te beveel aan ʼn vriend se bejaarde ma. Sy het Parkinsons en kan nie meer lekker beweeg of bestuur nie, maar met …
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com Charlize se nuutste fliek is ongemaklik, maar die moeite werd. Young Adult is nie ʼn plesierige Sondagmiddaguitstappie nie. Dit is ook nie die komedie wat die voorprent dit uitmaak om te wees nie. Dit is ʼn ernstige en deeglike ondersoek na die menslike psige en die film …
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com Dit is vir my moeilik om Lucky te resenseer. Eerstens, is dit ʼn reuse verantwoordelikheid om iemand anders se werk/drome te kritiseer. Tweedens, het ek ʼn sagte plekkie vir die groeiende Suid-Afrikaanse film industrie.
Die resensie is geskryf vir en eerste gepubliseer deur www.sarie.com Magic Mike se voorprent is (opsetlik) misleidend. Dit beeld die fliek uit as ‘n sexy komedie oor ‘n manlike ontkleedanser. Een, dit is nie ‘n komedie nie, en twee, die sexy element van die fliek maak jou met tye ongemaklik. Magic Mike is meer as ligte Vrydagaand-vermaak.
Downloading six month’s worth of unlimited music downloads is harder than you might think. You run out of artists to download – artist on your CD shelf, artists on your mp3player and artists your friends suggest. You get download fatigue!
Geskryf vir en gepubliseer deur Litnet Ons is geneties aanmekaar gesit om op bloed te reageer. Goed, party meer as ander. Ek is vies daarvoor as ek van my bergfiets afval, verlam daardeur as dit my geliefdes s’n is en hartseer wanneer dit op die pad langs die motorfietsryer poel.
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Is there no end to this woman’s talent? I hope not.
When are we going to learn that if we stick crap into the earth, she’s gonna spit it out right back at us? And that we’re going to end up eating it, drinking it and bathing our children in it? Whether it is garbage in landfills, acid water eating at the foundations of Joburg or …
Gaga opening the 2011 MTV VMA’s as her alter ego, Jo Calderone.
An overhaul of the film industry has been a long time coming. The production of films, the people who fund these productions and in what manner these films will be sent out into the world is changing dramatically. Thanks to the Internet, naturally.
Suritha Blake het ingeskryf vir ʼn Bloedsuiers kompetisie en ‘n ete saam met die vier lede van die cast gewen. Ek het haar uitgevra oor die aand. (Iemand anders was verantwoordelik vir die foto’s.)
Anna Calvi is nie vir almal nie. Net vir diegene met ‘n goeie oor en ‘n oop kop.
As mens self al ʼn boek of twee aan ʼn uitgewer gestuur het, of die droom koester om eendag jou naam (in liggies) op Kalahari.net se ‘24hr Delivery Shop’ te sien, en jy slaan ʼn Hennie Aucamp bundel oop, kan een van twee dinge gebeur.
Ek is beslis nie die teikenmark vir hierdie boek nie.
Ek het ʼn fotografie galery bestuur vir drie jaar. In daardie tyd het ek ʼn hele klomp foto’s gesien, met talle fotograwe gewerk en ook te doene gekry met die politiek van ons land. Hoera vir my.
Ek het beide moer toe die vreemde in en Stoffel in die Wildernis terdeë geniet.
Sjoe. Ten spyte van die besonderse taalgebruik, die spanningslyn wat my tot op die laaste bladsy aangegryp het en eenvoudige, maar kosbare gebare tussen die twee hoofkarakters, sukkel ek om vrede te maak met die stereotipes in Weerkaatsing: ʼn sprokie.
Dit is ʼn biblioteek boek, so ek kan nie kla oor die geld wat ek daarvoor betaal het nie. Ek is wel spyt oor die petrol wat uitgery het.
Cooking is not my forte. Let me state that upfront. I have other talents. (I am yet to discover them, but I am convinced they are there. Somewhere.) My culinary duties have been restricted to breakfast and making pancakes. (My pancakes are on par with the best church bazaar pancake out there, I’ll have …
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Today a baby died on the streets of Africa. The mother was denied help at a clinic. Her child was born on the sidewalk outside. A witness says the baby had hit the curb, the side of its face swollen. Today Beki Cele, police commissioner, held a press conference. It was …
Hurry on over to www.ladygaga.com and watch the newly launched video for ‘Alejandro’. (Should be up for a few days before being moved to Youtube.) Not for the faint hearted, homophobic or those who are sensitive about their religion. It is grande.
When I sit in my favourite corner at Seattle, Hyde Park, I am armed against possible interferences. I sit at the window so that I have a bit of a view. I have a short green tea, so I don’t have to give up my spot to rush off to the WC. I listen to music …