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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Jim Carrey I used my eBucks to buy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind DVD which is my favourite Jim Carrey movie next to Truman Show. I loved it when it was in cinema's last year and I've been dying to complete my collection of Jim's movies. This is an amazingly funny movie and Kate Winslet is wild and crazy - almost being the way you would expect Jim to be. She has crazy hair colours and does weird things while Jim is all meek and introverted. She Read More →

Batman Begins

Batman Begins Christopher NolanWell tonight I watched Batman Begins with my little sister who is visiting me for the June school holidays from Uitenhage. This is a great movie and I recommend everyone to go and watch it because of it's authentcity. Christopher Nolan, who also wrote and directed the amazing film, Momento, has brought Batman to life like Joel Schumacher could only dream. The character is dark and deep and Christian Bale is superb as the Dark Knight. For more on the Batman the comic book Read More →

Birth

Well I finally watched this weird Nicole Kidman movie, Birth. I was left wondering at the end if Sean was really her husband or not. Nice touch by the director not to answer all the questions like most Hollywood movies do. Read More →

Goodbye Star Wars

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The lessons I learned from Forrest Gump

Today I watched Forrest Gump again and what a great movie it is. I was so emotional as I could connect with Forrest on so many levels. Growing up I always felt like to the underdog and I persevered like Forrest to achieve some success in my life. Now for the lessons:
  1. Honesty is the best policy - throughout the movie Forrest is always honest and even though people do take advantage of his honesty it builds his integrity as a person.
  2. Follow your heart - Forrest never gives up on his dreams and when he starts some new project he Read More →

Hollywood Love isn’t True Romance

by Nomfundo Mbaba Pretty Woman - Special Edition Julia Roberts Richard Gere I have a small group of single friends and when we often get together we chat about our single lives in Sex-and-the-city style. Why are we single, why can’t we find a man, why, why, why. In one such discussion, one male friend says: “Maybe we want romance from the movies” We all sat silently for a few seconds as waves of flashbacks of our most favourite romance movies filled our heards. Is that what many of us were searching for? A Read More →
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