Tintin navigates uncanny valley
Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin does exactly what it promises to on the tin. It’s a rollicking, world-spanning adventure that does a respectable job of bringing Hergé’s beloved boy reporter to the big screen. The Belgian comic writer and artist’s
The best games of 2011
The gaming industry has had a fantastic year. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s record-breaking sales offer evidence of gaming’s growing cultural importance, and we have seen a string of critically acclaimed games across a range of genres hitting the shelves throughout the year. Here is TechCentral’s pick
The best films of 2011
This is our pick of the films screened in SA cinemas during 2011. The list excludes 2011 films such as Hugo, The Descendants and The Artist that have yet to be released in SA. By Lance Harris
Drive gets away with its Hollywood heist
Arthouse thriller Drive opens with a tense game of cat and mouse that is one of the most masterful action sequences in a recent film. In just two minutes of screen time, director Nicolas Winding Refn tells you everything you need to know about the driver
Moneyball: not quite a home run
In The Social Network, scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin created a thriller about a geek building a website in a Harvard college dorm. With Moneyball, a new vehicle for Brad Pitt, he fashions a fascinating but uneven sports drama from the arcane topic of how
Straw Dogs: Hollywood versus Tea Party evil
Few films have provoked as much controversy and heated debate as Straw Dogs, the classic 1971 revenge thriller from Sam Peckinpah. Pauline Kael, an admirer of the director, famously called it “the first American film that is a fascist work of art” – and that was in a review
Modern Warfare 3 review: war never changes
Call of Duty (CoD) games are like underground trains in London. If you miss one, you can be sure the next will be along in five minutes. Publisher Activision has released a CoD game each year since 2005, with each new entry in the franchise quickly demolishing
Uncharted 3 review: cinematic gaming done right
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, the latest game in the PlayStation 3’s flagship franchise, is the best movie you’ll play this year. Brimming over with witty writing, memorable characters and exhilarating set-pieces, it is one of the best expressions of the game as
Steve Jobs: a man of wealth and taste
Walter Isaacson centres Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography on a single idea: that Jobs was an artist working at the intersection of the liberal arts and the technology industry. Jobs emerges from the pages of the enthralling biography as a figure who would be as at
Why Contagion is not a disaster movie
In the hands of a hack like Roland Emmerich, Contagion could have been a bombastic and sensational melodrama awash with over-the-top CGI and far-fetched government conspiracies. But under the control of director Steven Soderbergh, Contagion’s blend of
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