Movies out today: Sing, dance, swap bodies, scream
Six new movies open in South Africa today, mixing the lowbrow thrills with more arty fare. Last Updated: October 19, 2012
Extras! Barry Sonnenfeld has some Lore, Justin Timberlake takes The Last Drop, JGL magically takes off his clothes, Prof X may return, Thor may have an around the nine worlds tour and the worst (greatest) movie death ever! Plus much more!
Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: September 27, 2012
Midweek Mouth-off: The right reviewer for the job
TheMovies.co.za’s recent decision to publish Second Opinion reviews for high profile, potentially divisive movies like Prometheus (Kervyn’s review, Noelle’s review) and Mad Buddies (Gavin’s review, Kervyn’s review) has certainly led to a lot of heated debate and disagreement. So today’s question is: Should films only be reviewed by reviewers who are in the target audience, or is it open season? …
Second Opinion: MAD BUDDIES – Juvenile and painfully unfunny toilet humour in every sense of the term
Gavin has already given his review of Leon Schuster’s latest effort, Mad Buddies, and was generally pretty positive about the whole affair. Which I have to admit left me completely puzzled as I clearly remember the 2 minutes I had spent watching the trailer a few weeks earlier, being about as funny as Lymphoma and every bit as traumatizing. So off I …
Movies out today: Slapstick, teens and Germans
Three very different movie open in South Africa today. I can’t say any of the trio particularly appeal to me but perhaps one will be up your alley. Mad Buddies: Sure to break local box office records from today is the latest lowbrow comedy from Leon Schuster. Eschewing candid camera gags for a fictional narrative, the funnyman plays a former …
We review Mad Buddies – Oh shucks he’s back
Leon Schuster is back and this time he’s got some new friends in the form of the versatile Kenneth Nkosi and the incredibly good looking Tanit Phoenix along with the ever present Alfred Ntombela. Now I’m going to stop right here and give you a warning. If you are a high brow film connoisseur that frequents Cinema Nouveau and likes …
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