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asse Hallström’s The-Hundred-Foot Journey is a deliciously sumptuous feast for the senses. In the film, Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch.

Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur turns the stage into a delightful and sexually charged war zone where the battle of the sexes ensues playfully between a dominating actress and a puppy dog director.

From the spine-chilling first notes of music underscoring the logos before the film begins, to its emotional and rousing credit sequence, Jersey Boys is a perfectly crafted masterwork and an ultimate cinematic experience.

With director James Gunn at its helm, Guardians of the Galaxy is an adventure, sci-fi, space opera that is fun to watch without ever taking away from the depth of its characters. James Gunn directed the wonderful 2006 B-grade movie Slither and he wrote screenplays for 2002’s live-action Scooby-Doo movie and 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, so you know he’s bringing some silliness to this venture. That silliness endears the venture to audiences worldwide....

Maleficent is here in all its spectacular awesomeness with Angelina Jolie at her wicked best. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the character who put a spell on young Sleeping Beauty in the animated feature released by Disney in 1959.

X-Men explodes on the big screen this weekend. The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past as the beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, X-Men: First Class, in order to change a major historical event and fight an epic battle that could save our future....

On the big screen this weekend the world’s most revered monster is reborn and unleashed in Godzilla.

We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important conflict has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. With The Amazing Spider-Man 2, both worlds collide as Parker confronts his greatest battle in a super-spectacular visual extravaganza loaded with action and first-rate kick-ass entertainment.

Die Windpomp gets my vote as one of the best films ever made in South Africa. Well done to writer-director Ettienne Fourie on an exceptional film: well scripted, directed, first-rate performances, brilliant cinematography and an excellent music score. It's inspiring to see a film of this calibre.

In the words of the Dreamgirls song You’re Gonna Love Me, there are films like Wes Anderson’s sublime The Grand Budapest Hotel that not only demand attention and adoration, but have swept local audiences off their feet. Since its release a month ago the film has played to full houses.

The three 2014 Jameson First Shot winners are preparing to fly to Los Angeles to bring their short film scripts to life with the expert help of Kevin Spacey, Uma Thurman and Trigger Street Productions, after winning this year’s competition.

From the inspirational story of courage, sacrifice, hope and redemption, Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler, The Fountain) brings to the screen Noah, with Academy Award winner Russell Crowe as the man chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.

Captain America is definitely one of the coolest dudes in the Marvel universe! With the ultra-spectacular Captain America: The Winter Soldier, our defrosted superhero and world’s greatest soldier strikes an explosive blow for those seeking big-screen action of epical proportions that offers first-rate entertainment.

The Book Thief will make you smile, cry, laugh and then leave your heart broken with its haunting beauty. As a high-ranking member of the Book Snob Society I can find reasons why the film adaptation of this story does not do it justice, but those reasons are ultimately shallow because this adaptation is really good and captures the important themes of the book.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is here and double wow! There’s no greater gift for fans and lovers of cinema.