<b>Movies of the week:</b> Shaun de Waal watched two father/son dramas <i>Road to Perdition</i> and <i>The Safety of Objects</i> and finds the one compelling but the other unconvincing.

<b>Movie of the week:</b> <i>Gosford Park</i> works brilliantly to create a feeling of unease and instability, just right for a murder mystery, as well as for a mordant commentary on class, writes Shaun de Waal.

<b>B-movie of the week:</b> The test of the success of a movie such as <i>Eight-Legged Freaks</i> is in how convincing and scary the monsters are. In this case, they are both, writes Shaun de Waal.

<b>Movie of the week:</b> <i>The Believer</i> is one of those rare movies that can modulate from the shocking to the moving, writes Shaun de Waal.

<b>Not the movie of the week:</b> I walked out of Austin Powers in <i>Goldmember</i> thinking: These movies make money? wites Shaun de Waal.

Retro Fresh puts the sounds of South African pop and rock of years gone by back on the shelves. Shaun de Waal spoke to Fresh’s Benjy Mudie.

<b>Movie of the week:</b> There is not a lot to
say about John Dahl’s thriller <i>Joy Ride</i>, except that it is a good movie of its kind, writes Shaun de Waal.

A ‘hit parade’ of Africa’s best books has been selected. Shaun de Waal reports.