by Mariska Knoesen If I say “Let’s go to the movies” you think….Popcorn! Have you ever wondered why we eat popcorn when we visit the cinema or watch movies at home? I can actually not imagine sitting through a movie without nibbling on that salty snack. You …
Game of Thrones has been described as the television series of all time. It has overtaken the immense decade long frenzy that followed the movie releases of the Lord of The Rings Trilogy with only its first season. The sixth blockbusting series is now in full swing and South Africans …
If Video killed the Radio Star, is Box Office doing the same with DVD rentals? Up until the year 2000 videos were easily accessible for purchase at supermarkets, specialty stores and music stores alike. Even though the more expensive DVD’s were also available at the time, people were stocking up …
A movie I really enjoyed was The Adventures OF Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. As a child I loved reading the books so I was quite looking forward to seeing a big budget animation portrayal of the stories. The Adventures of Tintin sends the title character on an investigation …
We watched a pretty good movie last night, called Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. When we read the title we weren’t too optimistic, although it did feature some cool stars like Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt. It was written by Simon Beaufoy who also did Slumdog Millionaire. The story revolves …
A book review of ‘The Rainmaker’ by John Grisham I thought I was getting used to John Grisham having read most of his novels, until I picked this one up. The novel has an almost stagnant start, where everything seems to go wrong, all at once, to Rudy Baylor – …
A while ago I wrote about one of my favourite David Baldacci Novels, Wish You Well (you can read the “Wish you Well” review here). I really enjoyed the book, it is my clear Baldacci favourite, and one my favourite novels of the year. Well, recently Baldacci announced that he …
I’ve enjoyed some of Lee Child’s novels. Child created a character who features in about sixteen of his novels. That character is Jack Reacher; a mountain of a man standing at 6 ft 5. He is a former military man who drifts around the country, inevitably coming across some injustice …