Tag Archives: South Africa

DVD review | Searching for Sugar Man – Stirring music documentary resurrects soulful Seventies singer

Posted on 27 December 2012 by Jason Best

Back at the turn of the 1960s/70s, singer-songwriter Rodriguez was supposed to have been the next Bob Dylan. Yet after making a couple of critically acclaimed albums, he completely vanished from the rock-music map. Fascinating music documentary Searching for Sugar … Continue reading →

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Film review | Searching for Sugar Man – He should have been the next Bob Dylan. What happened?

Posted on 27 July 2012 by Jason Best

Back at the turn of the 1960s/70s, singer-songwriter Rodriguez was supposed to have been the next Bob Dylan. Yet after making a couple of critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums, he completely vanished from the rock-music map. Fascinating music documentary … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Invictus – Nelson Mandela unites a nation in Clint Eastwood’s rousing rugby movie

Posted on 4 February 2010 by Jason Best

Even at the age of 79, Clint Eastwood is a safe pair of hands to tell the story of how Nelson Mandela united post-apartheid South Africa behind the nation’s rugby team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Safe, but not … Continue reading →

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Speaker’s Corner | Rugby World editor Paul Morgan has his say on Invictus

Posted on 4 February 2010 by Movie Talk

Movie Talk invites Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World magazine, to offer his view on Invictus, Clint Eastwood’s eagerly awaited movie set at the time of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. I often feel privileged in my job and one … Continue reading →

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District 9 Competition Winners

Posted on 26 January 2010 by Jason Best

Our competition to win a Blu-ray disc of the critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller District 9 is now closed.  Thanks to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly that District … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | District 9 – Satirical sci-fi splatterfest outsmarts Hollywood

Posted on 23 December 2009 by Jason Best

Working with a reported budget of $30million, but with invaluable aid from heavy-hitting producer Peter Jackson, first-time director Neill Blomkamp came up with the startling District 9, a sci-fi thriller that combined sitcom-style humour, provocative satire and gross-out horror – … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of District 9 on Blu-ray

Posted on 23 December 2009 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed. Peter Jackson put on his producer’s hat for the critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller District 9, which comes out on Blu-ray and DVD on 28th December. With Jackson at his back, first-time director Neill Blomkamp came … Continue reading →

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The Best view | District 9 – Sci-fi action movie delivers thrills, laughs & sharp satire

Posted on 4 September 2009 by Jason Best

An inspired mash-up of docu-verité comedy and sci-fi splatterfest, South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 throws together sitcom-style humour, provocative satire, thrilling action and gross-out horror – and somehow makes this outlandish mix gel. The movie opens with newsreel … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Flawless – Demi Moore & Michael Caine sparkle in jewel heist caper

Posted on 18 May 2009 by Jason Best

The last time Michael Caine and Demi Moore starred together on screen they were playing middle-aged father and nubile daughter in the 1983 sex comedy Blame It on Rio. A quarter of a century later, they’ve been reunited in rather … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | I Can’t Think Straight & The World Unseen

Posted on 3 April 2009 by Jason Best

Writer-director Shamim Sarif has two movies on release in British cinemas today. Both films draw on her own experiences and heritage, both are based on her own novels, and both star Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth as young women struggling … Continue reading →

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