- 14 Oct 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- It is not to be taken seriously, this version of The Three Musketeers, but it is fun in a preposterous sort of way.
- 23 Sep 2011 12:45 - Anne Bilson
- If a female contract killer isn't prepared to go braless in skinny vests and micro-minis, the movie world isn't interested.
- 23 Sep 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Abduction doesn't seem quite the right title for this movie -- nobody in it is abducted, writes Shaun de Waal.
- 16 Sep 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- Colombiana is a fairly satisfying film, if you're into shooting and chasing and jumping.
- 09 Sep 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- TAC -- Taking Haart could be seen as propaganda, or part of the TAC's campaign to win hearts and minds. But it's good propoganda.
- 02 Sep 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- We have yet to hit upon a formula that marries the job of mirroring "the nation" and the business of making money.
- 26 Aug 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- Conan the Barbarian is not all that barbaric, despite all the limb-severing and so forth.
- 26 Aug 2011 00:00 - Gillian Schutte
- In Retribution, the national film fund has backed another 'crisis of masculinity' film, argues Gillian Schutte.
- 19 Aug 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- Two movies this week deal with the way the past can haunt the present, and both in the context of countries with a history of political violence.
- 12 Aug 2011 16:14 - Shaun De Waal
- The Tree of Life seems to linger lovingly over itself, especially its own awed pondering.
- 12 Aug 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- The Out in Africa film festival is now staggered throughout the year, and Leave It on the Floor is the festival offering currently on show.
- 29 Jul 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- What an odd movie The Beaver is. Not just that title, in which most Americans would hear the echo of porno-slang, but also its very idea.
- 22 Jul 2011 02:51 - Peter Bradshaw
- Biutiful is sometimes beautiful - and sometimes exasperating, questionable and absurd.
- 08 Jul 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- Win Win proves that a quirky approach does not necessarily save a film from irritating banality.
- 01 Jul 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon should be on Ritalin, or whatever it is they give hyperactive kids nowadays.
- 24 Jun 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- Green Lantern features a host of old clichés, has a weak story, and doesn't look terribly good either.
- 17 Jun 2011 14:29 - Shaun De Waal
- This month sees the publication of a selection of Shaun de Waal's movie reviews.. Here he writes about the business of film criticism.
- 17 Jun 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- If the technology in Source Code is anything to go by, you, too, could be possessed by Jake Gyllenhaal in the near future.
- 10 Jun 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- The Adjustment Bureau, the new Matt Damon vehicle, is all deus ex machina and not much else.
- 03 Jun 2011 00:00 - Shaun De Waal
- X-Men: First Class has enough action to keep the fight fans happy, and sufficient use of special effects to beguile the sensation-seeking eye.
