Movie Review: Ingoma
One-liner: While well-meaning, this uneven coming-of-age crime melodrama is preachy, misguided and underdeveloped. Ingoma (Song) is a coming-of-age drama from
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Movie Review: Sound of Freedom
One-liner: A captivating lead, a timely subject, vivid world-building and earnest storytelling help realise this flawed yet suspenseful adventure drama.
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Movie Review: Journey’s End
One-liner: While authentic, claustrophobic, haunting and stellar, this psychological war drama adaptation is disconnected and distant. Journey’s End is a
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Movie Review: The Northman
One-liner: A cold-blooded, dark, stellar, visceral and visually powerful Viking action adventure magpie epic in the key of Eggers. The
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Movie Review: Barbie
‘Barbie’, most central and beloved of all the Barbies in Barbieland, lives life in plastic, surrounded by her offshoots (doctor
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Movie Review: Oppenheimer
“Once the rockets are up, Who cares where they come down? ‘That’s not my department’,
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Movie Review: Asteroid City
Covid sure did a number on the directors of the world. The canon of household renowned auteurs has been reflecting
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Movie Review: iNumber Number – Jozi Gold
One-liner: While flashy and lightweight, this Afro-chic heist thriller and neo-western remains entertaining, gritty, relentless and vibrant. iNumber Number (aka
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Movie Review: Office Invasion
One-liner: A half-baked script, juvenile tone and lack of focus undermine this colourful, diverse yet coarse and inconsistent Horrible Bosses
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Movie Review: Elvis
One-liner: a strong lead, exhilarating music and a seamless edit overpower a miscast co-lead in this lavish and lively chronicle
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