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Hunting Jessica Brok: A South African action heroine that makes Hollywood blush

Review The film’s titular main character, Jessica Brok, was previously part of an elite, secret military unit that carried out high-risk extraction and neutralisation missions across Africa. But after her last mission in Angola a few years ago went badly wrong, and...

Finding Optel – Optel may be gone, but the humour certainly isn’t!

Review Finding Optel is the first feature film directed by brother-and-sister duo Jesse Brown and Michaela Joy Brown. Michaela not only wrote the screenplay but also stars in the lead role. The film debuted to high praise at the 2025 kykNET Silwerskermfees, and it’s...

Bloedhond – Delightfully scary entertainment for Halloween month

Review With Halloween just around the corner, it’s almost time for a delicious horror movie marathon. But you don’t have to reach only for old favourites like The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Scream (1996) and The Ring (2002). Afrikaans has now also taken its seat at the...

Hen – Ravenously hungry and quietly evil

Review From the very first shot that lights up the screen, the tone of Hen is unsettling. Dawid (Stian Bam) is busy drawing water from a well. The camera looks up from inside the well at Dawid as he removes the planks one by one to reach the water. The black-and-white...

Hunting Jessica Brok: A South African action heroine that makes Hollywood blush

Review The film’s titular main character, Jessica Brok, was previously part of an elite, secret military unit that...

Hunting Jessica Brok: A South African action heroine that makes Hollywood blush

Review The film’s titular main character, Jessica Brok, was previously part of an elite, secret military unit that carried out high-risk extraction and neutralisation missions across Africa. But after her last mission in Angola a few years ago went badly wrong, and...

Finding Optel – Optel may be gone, but the humour certainly isn’t!

Review Finding Optel is the first feature film directed by brother-and-sister duo Jesse Brown and Michaela Joy Brown. Michaela not only wrote the screenplay but also stars in the lead role. The film debuted to high praise at the 2025 kykNET Silwerskermfees, and it’s...

Bloedhond – Delightfully scary entertainment for Halloween month

Review With Halloween just around the corner, it’s almost time for a delicious horror movie marathon. But you don’t have to reach only for old favourites like The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Scream (1996) and The Ring (2002). Afrikaans has now also taken its seat at the...

Hen – Ravenously hungry and quietly evil

Review From the very first shot that lights up the screen, the tone of Hen is unsettling. Dawid (Stian Bam) is busy drawing water from a well. The camera looks up from inside the well at Dawid as he removes the planks one by one to reach the water. The black-and-white...