This is the follow up to CVC’s Sleeping Beauty. It’s a little short film that I act in… playing a drunk dad.
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DREDD review
Head on over to www.moviecom.co.za for our interesting discussion on Dredd 3D. Lot’s of thoughts from Dave Ath, Jonathan Benfield, Howards Fyvie and myself. What worked, what didn’t; what we loved and what we hated. We’re interested to hear other people’s thoughts…
Is Bourne Legacy worth your time (and money)?
Dave Ath, the Ranter and myself discuss what worked (not much) and what didn’t work in The Bourne Legacy… Simply follow the link below and click on ‘The Bourne Legacy’. Our site is exceptionally good for use with all smartphones (even dumber ones like Blackberrys) http://www.moviecom.co.za
How to Market a Short Film – Become a Boyband
In an effort to promote our latest series of short films, the Love Bombs team invaded the Waterfront as a fake Boyband, camera crew, Swedish Director and Agents and Producers. It escalated to the point of us ‘celebs’ being invited onto two boats. Amazing! Check out our official site http://www.lovebombs.co.za
Indie Game: The Movie
It’s not up on our MOVIECOM site just yet, but you can catch a listen to our latest podcast on the Youtube link below.
Indie Game: The Movie is a really great documentary on not only the Indie Gaming community, but actually even more so, on the creative process. So don’t rule it out if you don’t know games… I don’t, but I spent most of the movie relating to it as a story teller and a creative person and I definitely identified with the struggles and internal battles of the characters. Really Awesome.
Check back on our site www.moviecom.co.za for other podcasts…
The Love Bombs – Posters and Trailers
In under three weeks the ‘bombs’ will be dropping at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town. In an effort to spread the word high and low about the three amazing short films, I’ve gathered the posters and the trailers together in this post and am hoping you can share them with your friends, book your tickets, and bring them along with you.
For more info, visit http://www.lovebombs.co.za
Also like our Facebook page for exciting news and updates as well as behind the scenes info http://www.facebook.com/lovebombsfilms
The Life Work of Bernard Myburgh
Bernard Myburgh is a very talented guy I work with. He shoots, he edits, he grades, he does motion graphics, he codes websites, he loves cats.
Often, as little side projects, he’ll cut together some images and some music that just convey a great tone and two of these little videos feature his work colleagues so I thought I’d post them
Check out his showreel and more on his YouTube page when you follow these links.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story – The Short Film
The Cast and Crew at the Joscars Short Film Festival 2011
If you have the time (try make it), watch our ‘Joscars 2011‘ award winning short film… I play a stressed out copywriter having the worst day! It stars myself and the well recognized face of Matthew Roberts as the ultimate nightmare boss. They should call him for the Horrible Bosses Sequel.
It’s written, directed and edited by the talented Conroy Esterhuizen.
Enjoy
The Love Bombs Films
An awesome short film festival happening at the Labia from 2-9 August. 3 Films… geared to change lives. Check out the trailers below. I act in The Second Day and The Prodigal.
Safe House/Chronicle/This Means War – Quick Reviews
Since I have not had the capacity to write profound articles on any films recently, I figured I’d some up my thoughts for three recent movies in a few phrases and figures. Here are my thoughts:-
Safe House – 4 Stars.
It tears up the screen furiously. It’s great seeing Cape Town. Having worked on the film, my first viewing actually sucked coz I was just remembering 5 months of memories in the compact space of 2 hours. It’s a fast and furious action pic that assaults the senses with hyper-energetic cuts and lots of clashing and banging in the ears. Ryan is wonderfully vulnerable. Denzel is sly. What it lacks in originality, it makes up for in energy and raw power. Interesting editing… very European, inter-cutting between many scenes and also inter-cutting non-linearly within individual scenes. A solid genre film, although having read the script, I felt there were some moments that could have been made into bigger ‘moments!’. A must see for Capetonians though!
Chronicle – 4 Stars.
An amazing little film, which is even more amazing once you know that it was made on a budget of only $12 million. Shot in Cape Town, set in Seattle, it is another great entry into the ‘found footage’ genre (other examples include The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield). Great concept. Great little story, with VERY good performances from it’s three young leads. Could Michael B. Jordan be the new Will Smith? A genuinely emotive story of power in the wrong hands. A great example of how you don’t need tonnes of money to make a great film… it’s always about story and character!
This Means War – 3 1/2 Stars.
Quality popcorn entertainment. Perhaps McG’s best film ever. The film is more than carried on the chemistry and charisma of it’s three leads. Chris Pine is basically doing his Kirk thing again, which is great, and after watching Warrior straight after this, I was floored by the versatility of Mr. Tom Hardy. Great action, great comedy. Almost the perfect film for drawing in both females and males into one cinema house. It’s thoroughly entertaining, and best of all, it made me super excited to see three other films… Star Trek 2, The Dark Knight Rises, and Mad Max: Fury Road. The first stars Pine, the latter two, Tom Hardy.
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