[Sindy Peters] Final Destination 4? Why doesn't that sound plausible? Has the age of teen horror/thriller movies not been done and dusted? And it's in 3D! Ok, maybe it is worth the bucks spent on a ticket, but I somehow find that hard to believe. On the top-10 front, it looks like everyone's still enthusiastic about UP, but The Proposal is making a quick exit.
6 Oct 2009 07:35
Fokofpolisiekar (f$%k off police car) - “Forgive them for they know not what they do”, is a South African rock n roll documentary about five young Afrikaner punk rockers and will be released nationally through Ster Kinekor Distribution on Friday, 23 October 2009.
6 Oct 2009 07:28
[Ernest Mabuza] The Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday, 29 September 2009, ruled in favour of Nu Metro and certain Hollywood film studios when it dismissed an appeal by Mr Video, which had rented out “parallel imported” DVDs.
30 Sep 2009 08:55Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment, announced yesterday, Tuesday, 29 September 2009, that the first 24-hours of pre-sales activity for Michael Jackson's This Is It has resulted in record-breaking sales throughout the world.
30 Sep 2009 07:36Inspired by the untimely death of Patrick Swayze, Nu Metro Cinemas has decided to hold a Girls' Night Out with the theme “Dirty Dancing” in honour of Swayze's brave battle against cancer.
30 Sep 2009 07:34
[Sindy Peters] Animated movies have come a long way from The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. The latest offering on circuit is Disney PIXAR's UP, also showing in 3D (which is apparently the best way to watch UP). I haven't seen it as yet, but if
RottenTomatoes.com is anything to go by, it sounds like a winner. SA's District 9 is still hanging on strong after a month of being screened; if you haven't seen it yet, what exactly are you waiting for?
30 Sep 2009 06:51In keeping with its Tuscan architecture and design, Montecasino is bringing Italy to South Africa from 11-18 October 2009. “L'Italia in Piazza” or “Italy on the Square” festival offers films, food, fashion and Ferrari, what more could one want? Apart from the fashion show, entry is free.
29 Sep 2009 07:12Nu Metro together with MTN has announced its Nu Metro Bollywood Nights Out, which will launch on 24 September 2009 at Nu Metro Cinemas: Pavilion (Durban), Canal Walk (Cape Town) and Montecasino (Johannesburg).
18 Sep 2009 14:44
Student Village is calling all switched-on, seriously fun-loving movie and gaming fanatics to the 2009 Annual Movie Marathon on 19 September, 2009.
16 Sep 2009 13:19As part of the world premier of the Michael Jackson film, This Is It, the South African memorial premiere, exclusively hosted by Ster-Kinekor, will start the evening before its release and conclude with the official first screening of the film at 3am on 28 October 2009, to coincide with other international premieres of this homage to the King of Pop.
15 Sep 2009 12:52
An Irish Film Festival will be held for the first time in Joburg, at the Nu Metro Hyde Park from Friday, 18 September until Thursday 24 of September and in Cape Town at the Nu Metro V&A Waterfront from Friday, 25 September to Thursday, 1 October 2009.
15 Sep 2009 07:10
Kgomotso More, of Parklands, Cape Town, has won the Amarula Oscars competition and he and a partner will be going to Hollywood for a five-day Oscar experience.
11 Sep 2009 13:26
District 9 continues to hold the number one position at the South African box office in its second weekend on circuit. It's earned over R4.6 million to date and leads both international and local releases.
8 Sep 2009 08:04Inspired Minority Pictures (IMP) is working in partnership with creative media college, SAE Cape Town on the final synchronisation and mixing of the feature film, Spoon, which claims to be leading computer animation in South Africa.
4 Sep 2009 10:15