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Jan 14, 2025 | 
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By BRUCE DENNILL & ROB HOFMEYRNutshell by Ian McEwanA Wild Life by Martin Hughes-GamesThe Spy by Paulo CoelhoShadow by James SwallowNutshell is a kitchen-sink murder thriller with a couple of major twists. Firstly, it’s a retelling of Shakespeare’s story of Hamlet, with the same themes reimagined for contemporary society in all its banal seediness.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
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By BRUCE DENNILL A Simple Favour / Directed by Paul Feig / 16DLNSV Vuil Wasgoed / Directed by Morne du Toit / 16LPV A Family Man / Directed by Mark Williams / 13L The Last Word / Directed by Mark Pellington / 13DL Isle Of Dogs / Directed by Wes Anderson / PGLV Anna Kendrick is a charming, cuttingly funny screen presence and Blake Lively is an old-fashioned bombshell, so when noting that the former plays a “mommy vlogger” in this project and that their respective characters meet on the school...
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
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By BRUCE DENNILL, HUGH HUGGETT & ROB HOFMEYROutside Looking In by TC BoyleChastise by Max Hastings and William CollinsCatching Tadpoles by Ronnie KasrilsTimothy Leary is well-known to anyone with even a passing interest in Sixties culture. As a Harvard professor, he was at the vanguard of promoting psychedelic drugs as a means to expand consciousness and, theoretically, to help in psychiatric treatments.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
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BY BRUCE DENNILL, MARION HOFMEYRTalking To Strangers by Malcolm GladwellThe Pact by Amy HeydenrychAmazing Fantastic Incredible – A Marvelous Memoir by Stan Lee, Peter David and Colleen DoranHarry Potter And The Cursed Child: Parts One And Two by JK Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack ThorneToo Many Tsunamis by Vincent PienaarMalcolm Gladwell has become a household name for his positioning of social science and trends in associated areas in the middle of the literary mainstream.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
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By BRUCE DENNILLJustin Fox is the author of World War II thriller The Wolf Hunt. Writing a book is a huge commitment. What are the elements that need to be in place if you are going to meet whatever writing goals you set? Time. I need big chunks of uninterrupted time for research, writing and editing.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
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By BRUCE DENNILLMark Richardson plays Alfie Doolittle in the new Pieter Toerien production of My Fair Lady at the Artscape Opera House and then Montecasino. In the lead-up to a new production, how do you prepare:– Physically…I have always been fairly meticulous at remaining in shape for stage so I stick to my routine at home – three or four times a week with cardio and core exercises – although as you get older the discipline gets more difficult.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
brucedennill.co.za | Bruce Dennill
By BRUCE DENNILLMzansi Ballet: Carmen / Choreography by José Manuel Buzón Ruiz and Angela Revie / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, JohannesburgThere is nothing shy about Carmen. The title character, her community, the opera that inspired this combination of ballet, flamenco and contemporary dance, the costumes and Georges Bizet’s magnificent music – all pulse with passion and fire.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
brucedennill.co.za | Bruce Dennill
By BRUCE DENNILL Sipho Hotstix Mabuse: The Journey / Theatre On The Square, Sandton Sipho Hotstix Mabuse is part of the fabric of South African music, and his most famous song, Burn Out, is perhaps the equivalent in this country of Dave Brubeck’s Take Five in the US and elsewhere, still being played on radio a few times a week the better part of 40 years after it was released and somehow never dating in terms of its appeal and effect on listeners (read: they will dance – in offices, cars or...
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
brucedennill.co.za | Bruce Dennill
The Penguin on Showmax has an 8.7/10 rating on IMDb’s Most Popular TV chart. Following the events of The Batman, Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of Gotham’s crime world. Directed by Emmy nominee Craig Zobel, The Penguin co-stars an unrecognisable Colin Farrell as The Penguin, with Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone and Rhenzy Felix as Victor Aguilar.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
brucedennill.co.za | Bruce Dennill
By BRUCE DENNILL Disney The Magic Box / Directed by Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillips / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg There is arguably no entertainment company on Earth with the clout of Disney, with a century’s worth of films, from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs to Frozen via Mary Poppins, Encanto and, er, Wish all – in some or other way – contributing songs, stories, and cultural references that are woven into most Western societies and as such are recognisable to a range of...
