With overtures of Tomorrow When the War Began and the love triangle in The Hunger Games, yet another dystopian film franchise kicks off, this time starring Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass). Earth has been invaded by what are termed The Others; aliens whose mother ship hovers menacingly over the United States. At first that is all…
A ponderous first half gives way to a bloody whodunit in the second as Quentin Tarantino continues his love affair with violence in The Hateful Eight. Soon after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his captive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh),…
Giggles from littlies and laughter and hand clapping from adults are what greet a strongly visual and athletic mime artist – the pianist – whose specialty is piano playing … although in his hour-long show he hardly tickles the ivories. Instead, he is intent on making a grand entrance, positioning himself and his sheet music…
Founding member of The Bamboos, Lance Ferguson has announced a return for his guise of Lanu and revealed his newest single “Dragon Sun” featuring Megan Washington, taken from forthcoming album The Double Sunrise, which is set for release on 5 February 2016 through Inertia Music. “Dragon Sun” sees Washington’s vocals float gently atop of a…
Cirque Adrenaline is, as promised, breathtaking, and at times makes eye-boggling tributes to the versatility of the human body, mixed in with a laser light show and pounding music. All the acts were great, but there was one that stood out for me. Just when you think circus performers have reached the peak of dare-devilry,…
The future prospects of our beloved world looks rather bleak, judging by the post-apocalyptic films of recent years. The endless series of disaster scenarios doesn’t bode well. The Maze Runner, Divergent, Mad Max:Fury Road, Oblivion, The Hunger Games, Snowpiercer, Automata, How I Live Now, World War Z … they all show a society that recovers…
There are movies I really could dwell on in a lyrical way. Because it’s put together cleverly and cunningly. Or because I could empathize with the characters. Or because the humorous content was taken up throughout the story in a professional way. Call me oversensitive or sentimental. But Me and Earl and The Dying Girl…
The first time I picked up Isabel Allende’s The Japanese Lover I wasn’t in the mood for it – probably needed something light. I am so glad I listened to a good friend’s advice: “You must read it. It’s beautiful.” She was right. Second time around I was in the headspace to appreciate Allende’s writing,…
It’s not altogether surprising that Good Charlotte’s song “Lifestyles of the rich and the famous” is in my head as I type this review. Harrison Young’s novel Nantucket describes a lifestyle most of us can only imagine – private jet planes, unlimited money, beautiful holiday houses on exclusive beaches … It’s a world where the stakes are…
A road movie, but then on foot. A Walk in the Woods features two old-timers puffing like a steam locomotive while walking the Appalachian trail, a trip of approximately 3500 km in the USA. It’s a trip even young people fail to finish. But these two stubborn 70-year-olds won’t give in easily and are motivated to…
