Review 104min Genre:       Drama, War Director:     Oliver Hermanus Cast:         Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Hilton Pelser…and more Writers:     Oliver Hermanus and Jack Sidey -Synopsis- Struggling with his sexuality in early 80s apartheid South Africa, a stoic young white man is forced to keep his sexual identity hidden when conscripted to fight the […]

Review 118min Genre:      Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical Director:   Jon Favreau Cast:        Donald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones…and more Writers:    Jeff Nathanson, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi… and more -Synopsis- A prince Lion cub’s path to the throne is disrupted by the treachery of his ambitious uncle after the death of his regal father, forcing him […]

Review 134min Genre:     Comic-book, Action, Adventure Director:  Ryan Coogler Cast:       Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Michael B. Jordan…and more Writers:   Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole -Synopsis- Fresh from returning home after the events of ‘Captain America: Civil War’ as king of the powerful and advanced but mysterious and secretive African nation of ‘Wakanda’, ‘T’Challa’ faces […]

After the loss of his father and being thrust into the ‘Avengers’ family quarrel, T’Challa returns to Wakanda to rule and protect his people as the mythical ‘Black Panther’, only to be confronted by threats from within and without when his kingship is challenged as Marvel’s beloved African superhero finally gets his own movie. Directed […]

111min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Romance Director:  Amma Asante Cast:       David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport…and more Writer:    Guy Hibbert -Synopsis- Amma Asante directs a biographical drama based on the true story of Prince and future first president Seretse Khama of Botswana and his controversial interracial relationship with his white British wife Ruth Williams, an early […]

Review 110min Genre:     Action, Adventure Director:  David Yates Cast:       Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz…more Writers:   Adam Cozadl , Craig Brewer and Edgar Rice Burroughs -Synopsis- After years of living as “Lord Greystoke” in late 19th century England; “Tarzan” is manipulated into returning to his wild jungle roots only to find himself at the centre […]

Review 102min Genre:         War, Drama, Thriller Director:      Gavin Hood Cast:           Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman…and more Writer:        Guy Hibbert -Synopsis- Drone warfare thriller starring Dame Helen Mirren as a British military officer whose African mission to capture suspected terrorists turns into an assassination strike with dire consequences for the innocent, a modern-conflict drama […]

Review 137min Genre:      Drama, War Director:   Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast:        Abraham Attah, Idris Elba, Kurt Egyiawan…and more Writers:    Cary Joji Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala -Synopsis- In an unspecified war-torn African country, a young boy’s life is plunged into chaos when his family is destroyed by the army and he’s driven into the hands of a rebel […]

Review 97min Genre:    Drama Director: Abderrahmane Sissako Cast:      Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki…and more Writers : Abderrahmane Sissako & Kessen Tall On the West-African sands and plains of Mali, a small family of cattle-herders and an entire town struggle to cope with the Islamic fundamentalists that have brought so-called “Jihad” to their doorstep, as […]