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Comedy-drama: The film, featuring S’thandiwe Kgoroge, is inspired by the Drum Magazine agony aunt column. Photo: Supplied
SOUTH AFRICAN FILM

Gig Guide: Drum’s Dear Sis Dolly to open at Ster-Kinekor and Nu Metro cinemas, Somi releases What Does It Take to Bloom and Rorisang Sechele drops Mama

Get ready for a dose of local entertainment! 'Dear Sis Dolly' brings heart and humour to South African cinemas, while jazz vocalists Rorisang Sechele and Somi release their…

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Buried in trauma: Yahya Abdul-Mateen’s performance exists within a story that has a long and varied history in Man on Fire. Photos: Supplied
2026 TV

Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’ has no heat

A bloated, cliché-ridden adaptation buries Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s charisma under a meandering plot that never ignites

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
Heir: Rachel McAdams is a real revelation in Sam Raimi’s film Send Help. Bradley Preston plays a smug nepo-baby. Photo: Supplied
CINEMA REVIEW

A gleefully twisted tale of ambition and survival

Rachel McAdams is a revelation in Sam Raimi’s gleefully twisted tale of ambition, survival and very bad corporate decisions

  • Kibo Ngowi
2 min read