REVIEWS
CHEF, RATTLE AND ROLL:
Jervis Pennington’s new revue, combining food, music and dance, is cooking up a tasty treat at the Sound Stage in Midrand.
THE LAKE HOUSE:
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves team up again - for the first time since 1994’s Speed - for a schmaltzy new film about love across time.
The Break-Up:
In a case of art imitating life Jennifer Aniston stars alongside Vince Vaughn in a romantic comedy - of sorts.
COPPÉLIA:
Moira, the Faerie Godmother takes to the State Theatre Opera House in Pretoria to experience Coppélia performed by the South African Ballet Theatre.
SUPERMAN RETURNS:
The man of steel makes his long awaited return to cinema screens. As Christo Oberholzer found out, a lot about him has changed but even more has stayed the same.
CARS:
In their newest animated effort, the gurus at Pixar ask you to suspend your disbelief and identify with a world populated by talking, feeling cars.
TAKE THE LEAD:
Much like last year’s Shall We Dance - which did great box-office in SA - Take the Lead hopes to woo its audience with an all-dancing leading man.
POSEIDON:
Poseidon, with its watery theme and a capsized luxury cruise ship provides a series of over-blown and obvious set-pieces that are decidedly uninspired.
A DRAG APART:
Deon Bisschoff’s new Cape Town show - "VERAcity" Tour de Femme II - is one of the best drag offerings seen in South Africa yet writes Lars Schwinges.
MATCH POINT:
With a change in locale – from New York to London – Woody Allen produces a film that is decidedly darker and at times shocking when compared to his previous works.
FIND ME GUILTY:
Action star Vin Diesel makes a career choice that’ll have you realising that there’s more to him than his usual popcorn flick persona.
PRETTY PERSUASION:
This small art-house film received some negative reviews in the US. Christo Oberholzer, however, found it to be "disgustingly enjoyable".
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND:
This messy, possibly final, instalment in the X-Men film franchise proves that three isn’t always the charm.
THE DA VINCI CODE:
It’s the most hyped movie of the year, but can this Hollywood blockbuster live up to the expectations of the book’s fans?
WE WILL ROCK YOU:
Take the music of Queen and incorporate it into a storyline crafted by writer Ben Elton and you get We Will Rock You. But does it work?
THE HILLS HAVE EYES:
With The Hills Have Eyes, eighties horror master Wes Craven revives his 1977 cult gore classic and repackages it for 2006.
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III:
Cruise is back! The Mission Impossible franchise gets a much needed kick in the bum from one of television's greatest innovators.
MY FAIR LADY:
Moira, the Faerie Godmother takes a look at this winter's musical at The State Theatre in Pretoria, the classic and much-loved My Fair Lady.
PRIME:
In Prime, the issue of dating someone substantially older/younger is intelligently examined; at times replacing fantasy with a hard-edged reality.
RABBIT 0N THE MOON:
Sadistic crooked cops pursue a couple innocent of the crime they’ve been accused of. If you like your films foreign and edgy then catch this tense brooding film from Mexico.