Fantasy It’s Valentine’s Day. I have woken up single and I have to work. It’s just an ordinary day. But I do have something to look forward to: the slab of chocolate in the fridge and tonight’s trip to the cinema. I have decided I need to leave the house to really cement my “IContinue reading “Can he make your dreams come true?”
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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist — More than just ambient noise
We’re well-versed in the art of the background show. Something you put on when you’re not in the mood to watch anything but you also need other voices in the room while you work. I thought Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist would be such a show. Easy, with a few familiar faces and a premise just interestingContinue reading “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist — More than just ambient noise”
[Review] Netflix’s Queen Sono: A Smart Drama that needs a Little Something Extra
Every good spy has a past that haunts them. It’s what keeps them going, what gets them to the office every day. It’s how they keep their identity together. For Queen Sono (played by Pearl Thusi), that motivation comes from a moment over two decades ago, when South Africa was on the cusp of theContinue reading “[Review] Netflix’s Queen Sono: A Smart Drama that needs a Little Something Extra”
[Film Review]: Bypass is A Brilliant Local Medical Thriller with Heart
What lengths would you go to, to protect the ones you love? This is a question poised and then beautifully answered in Bianca Schmitz, Diane Vermooten and Shane Vermooten’s Bypass. Dr Lisa Cooper (Natalie Becker) one of the country’s top surgeons, is the mother of young Sam (Joel Brown), who is in desperate need ofContinue reading “[Film Review]: Bypass is A Brilliant Local Medical Thriller with Heart”
[Review] The Perfect Find – Tia Williams
In The Perfect Find, Tia Williams gives us the story of Jenna, a former top fashion editor who finds herself out of work, out of love and out of place in a world where gifs are hot currency (even if, to her, they are “like bad acid trip hallucinations”) and magazines are losing ground toContinue reading “[Review] The Perfect Find – Tia Williams”
[Review]: Why Not Me? – Mindy Kaling
I am a fan of Mindy Kaling. I started watching The Office after getting hooked on season one of The Mindy Project – and I still believe that the premiere episode of the show was one of the best TV episodes I have ever seen. As Mindy Lahiri, she says all the crazy stuff IContinue reading “[Review]: Why Not Me? – Mindy Kaling”
[Recap]: Films I Liked at the Joburg Film Festival 2016
The Wedding Party In The Wedding Party, Kemi Adetiba has produced a film which captures the joy and chaos of a big Nigerian wedding beautifully. Amid the drama of snobbish in-laws, stubborn exes, bumbling groomsmen, a tightly wound wedding planner and a selection of uninvited guests, Dunni (Adesua Etomi) and Dozie (Olubankole “Banky W” Wellington)Continue reading “[Recap]: Films I Liked at the Joburg Film Festival 2016”
[Review] – A United Kingdom
When I first read about Seretse and Ruth Khama earlier this year, I was taken by the way that their story really proved two popular sayings: “love is blind” and “love conquers all”. Not only was their love one that disregarded racial differences, it was also one that withstood the pressures of international political machinationsContinue reading “[Review] – A United Kingdom”
In "Love and Kwaito", Sacrifices are Rewarded
Set in Kliptown, Love and Kwaito gives the viewer a glimpse into the lives of two siblings who, having been orphaned at an early age, strive to make the best out of their lives. In Kliptown, Love (Lerato Kala) is working hard to pass Matric while also making sure that her brother Kwaito (Siphiwe Radebe)Continue reading “In "Love and Kwaito", Sacrifices are Rewarded”
[Review]: "Dis Koue Kos, Skat" – Marita van der Vyver
One would think that a book made up entirely of one-sided correspondence would be tedious and uninteresting. But in Dis Koue Kos, Skat Marita van der Vyver does such a wonderful job of building nuanced characters, and introducing them to us through the eyes of the protagonist, that it does not matter that none ofContinue reading “[Review]: "Dis Koue Kos, Skat" – Marita van der Vyver”
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