Peter Lake was once in training to be a mechanic, but a tragedy meant that he was cast out of that life, and found himself with the Short Tails. A New York gang run by Pearly Soames. There he became … Continue reading
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2 April 2006
Cast: Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Thembi Nyandeni, Zenzo Ngqobe
Script: Gavin Hood
Genre: drama
Setting: South Africa
9 Stars
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Tsotsi [based on book] by Athol Fugard directed by Gavin Hood
This traces a few days in the life of the teenage gang leader Tsotsi. When we first meet him, he and his friends are playing dice, deciding what to do that evening. And what they do is murder a man, … Continue reading
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
ISBN: 0006722253 I decided to reread this after hearing that the film has been recut and rereleased. The Outsiders is one of those classic YA books. Although I never read it at school I think it might be on one … Continue reading
19 July 2005
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai
Script: Julian Fellows, Mark Skeet, Matthew Faulk
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: Britain - Georgian
3 Stars
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Vanity Fair [based on book] by William Makepiece Thackery directed by Mira Nair
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This is not a good film. To be honest it isn’t even worth discussing, apart from two aspects. There is wonderful look of the costumes, but it isn’t enough to keep you watching for … Continue reading