Oorspronklik gepubliseer opwww.sarie.com Ek hoop vir die dag wanneer sinnelose oorlog, die uitbuiting van vrouens en die verwoesting van kinders se onskuld, ‘ou nuus’ is. Wanneer films soos Incendies, wat eenvoudig gaan oor die liefde van ʼn ma, nie meer so broodnodig is nie. Ons is nog ver van daardie dag af, maar by films …
The Bang Bang Club has little ‘bang’
I don’t get it. War photographers Greg, Joao, Ken and Kevin, the four original members of The Bang Bang Club, lived the kind of lives, during the violent end of apartheid, that legends and great films are made of. So why is The Bang Bang Club, the film, so boring?
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids is not a chick flick just because there’s a lot of chicks in it! It will appeal to anyone with a slightly twisted sense of humour and a tendency toward the politically incorrect. I fitted the bill and loved every minute of it.
The White Ribbon: A brilliant, but unbearable film
It does occasionally happen. I watch a film highly rated on Rotten Tomatoes and hate it! I understand why ‘White Ribbon’, the black and white German epic, is a masterpiece and deserve the rating. I am not sorry I watched it either. I still hate it.
The Damned United (FILM)
Michael Sheen played Tony Blair in The Queen, David Frost in Frost/Nixon and just to keep things interesting he shined as Lucian, the pissed off vampire, in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. The man simply is an extraordinary actor and The Damned United gives him the vehicle to shine even further.
Zombieland: A thrill ride
‘Zombieland’ is one of the most offensive films I have ever seen. I loved it! Yes, it is filled with the obligatory zombie killing that the genre requires (and which is executed with great glee by an ass kicking Woody Harrelson), but more importantly it is side splittingly politically incorrect.
Moon (FILM)
Moon is not a first date movie. In fact, I am not sure what kind of film Moon is. Yes, it certainly is brilliant as you never see it coming (and I normally irritate fellow movie goers by whispering to them what is coming as I always see it coming), but it is also an …
Red Cliff (FILM)
I don’t often regret not living in China. But had I lived in China when seeing ‘Red Cliff’ I would have seen the four hour version and not the 2.5 hour version edited down for Western audiences. Dammit!
Let the Right One in (FILM)
Using an innocent, lonely 12-year old girl called Eli as your villain is a stroke of genius. It mixes up the vampire genre, but more importantly sets the stage for an emotionally and ethically complex film. ‘Let the Right One in’ thus rises above the horror genre and becomes much more than avampire flick. .