MOVIE OF THE WEEK: There does not appear to be any new jokes in Hollywood, so much of Guess Who will be familiar, writes Shaun de Waal.
Local white novelists are shying away from the usual racial encounters, that seem to dominate most South African stories, writes Shaun de Waal.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b><i> Born into Struggle</i> shows the repercussions of resistance to apartheid on one struggle family, writes Shaun de Waal.
The <i>Star Wars</i> series is now complete but where does that leave us, asks Shaun de Waal.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: <i>Red Dust </i>is a watchable, often gripping, sometimes moving story based on some of what happened at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, writes Shaun de Waal.
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK: </b> The watchable and well-acted biopic, <i>Kinsey</i> refers to the life and times of the 1940s sexologist Alfred Kinsey who transformed the art of love into the science of sexuality. Peter Bradshaw reviews.
<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Director Wes Anderson’s main theme and form in <i>The Life Acquatic</i> are the same as those of his previous film, <i>The Royal Tenenbaums</i>, writes Shaun de Waal.
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Mira Nair does a good job of turning William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair into a two-hour celluloid production with Reese Witherspoon at the helm, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 25 February 2005
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Cellular is a movie that manages to refresh the clichés for long enough to provide a fun movie-going experience, and to keep the join-the-dots moralising to a minimum, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 14 February 2005
Almaz Tela wants to return to her old ways, farming millet, sorghum, corn and tending to cows, goats, sheep and chickens. The only problem is her farmland is in a buffer zone that separates Eritrea and Ethiopia, and she has to live in a refugee camp.