Cinema
For South Africans, cinema still holds extraordinary allure
Asked about their favourite interests and pastimes, the South African consumer class ranks movies at number three in their top...
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Barbie isn’t just a movie star now — she’s also a virtual social media influencer
Barbie currently has 11.4 million subscribers on YouTube, 2.4 million followers on Instagram and 1.1 million on TikTok. This ranks...
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Renfield: Nicolas Cage’s reimagining of Dracula pulls the vampire film into the 21st century
“Don’t make it a sexual thing!” Nicolas Cage’s Dracula tells Nicholas Hoult’s Renfield in this new interpretation of the classic...
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In ‘Air,’ Michael Jordan’s silence speaks volumes about the marketing of black athletes
The film 'Air', which tells the story of Nike’s signing of Michael Jordan, isn’t actually about Michael Jordan at all. It’s...
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How Alien mutated from a sci-fi horror film into a multimedia universe
A new life form was born on May 25 1979 when an alien exploded from the chest of a bewildered...
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All the cinema (and sequels) we have to look forward to in 2023
Even if there are a handful of substantially original films slated for 2023, it’s difficult not to be snarky when...
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