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Otelo Burning

Otelo Burning

I got the splendid opportunity to attend a private screening of this movie on the 11th of April 2012. As soon as we got there, we realised that this movie is a big deal.
As I stood in the line to get popcorn, I was losing my mind at the sight in front of me. Lungile Radu was standing there. Right …

‘Wrath of the Titans 3D’ review

‘Wrath of the Titans 3D’ review

Well, not wanting to turn down a movie showing at the Il Grande, Monte Casino’s mega-cinema, I chose to see Wrath of the Titans over Paul Rudd and Zooey Deschanel’s Our Idiot Brother, and although I heard good things about the latter, I’m pretty happy with the decision I made!
A follow up to Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans saves a bit of face for …

21 Jump Street: a SPOILER-FREE movie review

21 Jump Street: a SPOILER-FREE movie review

For those of you who haven’t heard, this movie has been a huge success – both with the audience and the critics! It’s a remake of the 1980s television series which starred Johnny Depp and served as more of a drama than anything else. The 2012 remake-cum-screen-adaption has flipped the table with regards to the genre and taken a more comedic approach.
Our lead cops …

The Hunger Games: a SPOILER-FREE book and movie review

The Hunger Games: a SPOILER-FREE book and movie review

Well, considering my sister and I got tickets to the pre-release screening, I found myself under pressure (from my Hunger Games-obsessed twin) to read the book (literally in a matter of hours). And so, 8 hours later I emerged, my brain soaked in the world of The Hunger Games, and I found that I too, had become obsessed. First, let’s …

This Means War

This Means War

Dani Geyer, a second year BA student in Media Studies and English at the University of the Witwatersrand, reviews the film This Means War.
Well, off we went to see Safe House at Monte, but apparently we weren’t the only ones who’d had that idea and we arrived to find that it was fully-booked (bar the front row, which is not …

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