On this page you'll find a collection of essays on various themes and personalities in the entertainment world.

TOY STORY 3 The final film of the “Toy Story” series has arrived and its characters are still so current in the pop culture that we could easily forget that it has been 15 years since the first “Toy Story” film was released. Between that debut and this final bow, however, a Hollywood war was fought over the future of screen animation. Read full review... “CREATION”: A film about a book that changed the Last year saw the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species”. When published in 1859, it created a controversy in the world of natural science and it divided the Christian church. To this day, many Christian communities still denounce Darwin and his theories. This film, made to commemorate last year’s anniversary, has finally arrived in South Africa, and it is a surprising, intimate and beautiful work. Read full review... END GAME: SOUTH AFRICA'S SECRET PATH TO PEACE. The unbanning of the ANC, followed by the release of Nelson Mandela, marked a crucial change in the history of South Africa. Those dramatic events, watched by the entire world, unfold in the new movie “Endgame” reveals what happened during those negotiations that saved South Africa from anarchy. Read full review... THE LAST AIRBENDER From “Slumdog” to “Airbender” is a huge leap for young Indian actor Dev Patel but it’s also a risky leap for director M. Night Shyamalan who takes on his first CGI blockbuster “The Last Airbender”. His previous fairly small-scale supernatural dramas started with “The Sixth Sense” which was great success, but his subsequent films have not matched that striking debut. Can this shift into the fantasy-epic genre revive his career? Read full review...