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After an extraterrestrial war, Jack(Tom Cruise) and Vika(Andrea Riseborough) are the last two humans on an evacuated Earth. They work as a team to repair hydro rigs that are used to harvest energy which will be used for the journey to Titan. Despite the ruins, Jack still feels connected to the Earth and starts questioning everything when he rescues the woman he has dreams about.  The director of this film, Joseph Kosinski, is well known for making films with great CGI visuals. He directed Tron: Legacy and the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick. This entire movie is dependant on CGI and it is pulled off well. You know the director has done a good job when you forget that the scenery is not real. It also shows just how clear the director's vision was because most of the shooting done in front of a green screen.  The Tet: Mission Control The scavengers, which is what they call the extraterrestrial life, are the catalysts of the movie and play a major part in carrying the movie forward in the

When talking about top 5 artists, most creative or most experimental artists Labrinth is something less than an afterthought. When he first came out with 'Beneath You're Beautiful' featuring Emeli Sande everyone took him for the love song, ballad type of musician, and that he was. But, that's a thing of the past. Imagination & The Misfit Kids is Labrinth's second studio album, sung and produced entirely by him and what an album it is. The beats are raw and aggressive as they attempt to rip your soul out. They are combinations of African-American gospel, RocknRoll, some 60s funk, electronic, grime, and synth. His singing isn't exactly singing, it leans more towards shouting but it somehow fits in well with the music. As for the lyrics, this might be the most honest an artist has ever been on the topic of fame. He goes through the issues of selling his imagination/soul for love and money but mostly for his family. The intro song is a little goofy but it

Before I Go To Sleep is directed by Rowan Joffé and tells a story of Christine (Nicole Kidman), an amnesiac who wakes up every morning thinking that she has her whole life ahead of her but is actually a forty-something year old who can't make new memories. Ben(Colin Firth), her husband, goes through the motion of reminding her of events past and calming her down from her daily morning hysteria. Things take a turn when Dr Nasch(Mark Strong), a neuropsychologist, suggests that she keeps a video diary to remind her of the previous day's events. Through these videos she learns not to trust anything or anyone. I love thriller/suspense films, quite possibly my favourite genre and I must say that I enjoyed this movie. Rowan Joffé's directing is really impressive; he uses the slow zoom to build the suspense and put you in the character's panicky state of mind. The establishing shot of the house is constricted; it's only a slow pan shot that doesn't give us any

What first got me hooked on The Weeknd was the dark and eerie Trilogy album that he first came out with. The beats were a grand fuse of RnB, pop and rock. The reverbed crisp vocals left me feeling hollow on the inside, this is something I liked extremely. Even though Beauty Behind The Madness and Starboy weren't exactly to my taste with their increasingly pop sound I can't deny that they have some songs that can make it onto anyone's Top 100 of the 2010s. With this at the back of my mind I expected to come out with only a handful of palatable songs from After Hours especially since I didn't like the lead single Heartless, his blood-red new look with the beard and busted nose. Suffice to say I had a negative mindset towards the album but because I'm a loyal fan, I thought I’d give it a chance regardless. Just like the aforementioned LPs there is a mix of good and decent songs. On Scared To Live Abel talks of an estranged lover who has to find a way

The rugby world cup fever’s got us. People are skipping class and heading to a pub to watch the Springboks play in Japan. This is the most the entire country, as a collective, has cared about rugby since our victory in 2007. Maybe   it is because we stand a decent to good chance of actually winning this year or the formative change with the team having its first black captain, Siya Kolisi. I guess that’s something to be proud of. I can't help but think back to 2007. I was only 10 years old at the time but I remember the 2007 IRB World Cup quite well, the atmosphere if nothing else. After winning the final, I saw it fit to have a “wall of fame” in my bedroom which heavily featured the Springboks and other movie posters. The team that played in 2007 was impressive, to put it lightly. You know how every kid wants to be a sports star after an immaculate victory? Well, that wasn’t me, although I did idolise the Bokkes. Some of the players that were in the team include Schalk B

Right now(when I started writing this) I’m listening to Slipknot and it has made me wonder what is so appealing about rock/metal music. I mean, many rock/metal music videos are north of 100 million views on YouTube so it obviously hits a loud chord with multitudes of   people around the world. Despite this, rock music is largely frowned upon. This, then, begs the question: Is rock music misunderstood? As a result of being the last in my family, in my formative years I looked up to my siblings for guidance when it came to music(and they did a hell of a job). My one brother – a romantic at heart- exposed me to love songs, the most prominent being KayCee and JoJo. My other brother was more of a gangster-rap kind of guy, a 50 Cent stan. He put me on to a couple of other good rap albums in the many years that followed(I revisited HHP’s YBA 2 NW not too long ago). Then there’s my sister. Thanks to her I know more Beyonce and Rihanna  songs than I’d like to admit. Not to forget my un