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/ 21 September 2007
<b>COMEDY OF THE WEEK (FOR SHEER NERVE):</b> Shaun de Waal reviews the Afrikaans comedy <i>Poena Is Koning</i>
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/ 14 September 2007
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews <i>What Is It Worth?</i>, showing at this year’s Tri-Continental Film Festival.
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/ 12 September 2007
What is ”the edge of South Africa”? Are we talking about an outer edge, like our jagged coastline, or the serrated blade of our borders to the north? The pieces in this remarkable book — At Risk: Writing On and Over the Edge of South Africa (Jonathan Ball), edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall — suggest that the edge of South Africa goes right through its heart.
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/ 7 September 2007
<b>COMEDY OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal is ambivalent about <i>I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry</i>.
Strings may be an unexpected addition to Chris McGregor’s jazz, but his music was always about expansion, writes Shaun de Waal.
NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK (OR ANY WEEK): According to Shaun de Waal, Rush Hour III is not funny, the action is dull and it’s not enjoyable at all
In this 2007 interview with the M&G, Davis spoke about the repressive function of prisons and lessons for post-apartheid South Africa from the US.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Waitress</i>, a lovely little film, with a persistently off-beat sense of humour.
Shaun de Waal reviews the latest DVD releases
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews the latest movie to become a stage musical to be then translated back to film in musical form, Hairspray