Filmmakers are increasingly looking to turn popular young adult books into movies. Now, out of South Africa, comes ‘Nul is Nie Niks Nie’, a heart-warming and darkly amusing new film about life, death and everything in between. The film tells the story of three friends living in a sleepy town – Martin ‘Hoender’ (Jaden van… Continue reading Nil Is Nie Niks Nie – From Novel To Big Screen And Beyond
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Passengers (DVD) : Review
Film The Avalon, a vast spaceship carrying thousands to a new world, and a new life. To cover this vast distance, everyone is put into suspended animation for decades, but a malfunction causes one passenger to wake part way into the long voyage. As the story unfolds, choices are made, and we are taken along… Continue reading Passengers (DVD) : Review
Manchester By The Sea (DVD) : Review
Film Manchester by the Sea – the dramatic telling of a story of Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck – Triple 9, The Finest Hours), depressed uncle to Patrick (Lucas Hedges). When Lee’s brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), passes away suddenly from a heart attack, Lee is named Patrick’s guardian. With all the buzz surrounding the films many… Continue reading Manchester By The Sea (DVD) : Review
Denial (DVD) : Review
Film Based on the book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier”, Denial follows the story of the book’s author Deborah E. Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz – The Light Between Oceans, Oz The Great And Powerful), acclaimed writer and historian and her legal battle against David Irving (Timothy Spall – Alice Through the Looking Glass),… Continue reading Denial (DVD) : Review
Patriots Day (DVD) : Review
Film The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible. With an all-star cast that includes Mark Wahlberg (Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon), Kevin Bacon (R.I.P.D), John Goodman (Kong: Skull Island, Ratchet & Clank), J.K. Simmons (The Accountant, La La Land) and Michelle Monaghan… Continue reading Patriots Day (DVD) : Review
Wonder Woman : Review
Receiving her very own solo-story, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Triple 9, Furious 7) returns to our screens in this telling of the origin of the female hero. Starting as a young child, Diana knows nothing of the fate that awaits her, and the journey she will take as… Continue reading Wonder Woman : Review