LADIES’ NIGHT
After its recent run in Joburg, Anton Desi’s ‘working boys turned-strippers’ comedy, Ladies’ Night, takes on Cape Town. John French took a look…
TSOTSI
The acclaimed Tsotsi is a beautiful piece of cinema to look at, but when he gets into the nitty-gritty of things, Christo Oberholzer wonders if it really deserves the Oscar.
MUNICH
With Munich, Spielberg demonstrates that he is as brilliantly skilled as ever in the craft of filmmaking. Sadly, the subject matter lets this film down for Christo Oberholzer.
WALK THE LINE
Christo Oberholzer ‘walks the line’ with Johnny Cash, but finds something epic lacking in the filmic telling of the country legend’s life.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia is the best holiday film of the year and will definitely convince you to get back into the closet… errr, wardrobe.
KING KONG
With King Kong, director Peter Jackson proves that he is the master of the epic-blockbuster. He also proves that he doesn’t seem to have an original idea in his body.
Joseph and his sexy technicolor brothers
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is back at Cape Town’s Theatre on the Bay with such a stunning looking male cast, that you may as well go simply for the ‘perv’…
Ghoema
John French reviews David Kramer and Taliep Pietersen’s new musical, Ghoema which opened at Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre Complex this week. Until 7 Jan 2006.
OLIVER TWIST
Charles Dickens’ classic tale, Oliver Twist, gets yet another screen adaptation. Unfortunately, it did nothing to generate any excitement in reviewer Christo Oberholzer.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Our film reviewers go head-to-head in two remarkably opposing reviews of the latest Harry Potter film. Which will you agree with?