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Semi-Soeter is the sequel (or should I call it a legacy sequel?) to the 2012 film Semi-Soet. Back then, “pretend couple to real couple” plots were all the rage, and Joshua Rous and his co-writers, Anel Alexander, James Gracie, and Sandra Vaughn, decided to capitalize on that trend. The narrative was about an employee of an advertising company faking her relationship with the very businessman that was about to take over the firm that she worked at in order to secure a deal with a wine company. Why? Because the winegrower explicitly stated that he wanted a person with a “stable romantic relationship” to market his product. It made no sense whatsoever, but since premises like these were being lapped up by everyone back then, it got a free pass. Looking back on it, you can sense the underlying agenda to champion heterosexual relationships because it was the “smart thing to do,...

Night Drive is a horror thriller filmed in South Africa which includes some of that regions mythos, a hyena man. And a group of tourists will be tracked down by this feral man as group of poachers also terrorize the local area. This is an indie thriller that has toured local film festivals and now Night Drive parks itself on DVD December 20th. Here is your early preview of this international film that entertains in the trailer below.

Release Date: December 20th, 2011 (DVD).

Director: Justin Head.

Writers: C. A. van Aswegen, and Justin Head.

Cast: Brandon Auret, Brian Baynes, Christopher Beasley, Corine Du Toit, Kenneth Fok, Leroy Gopal, and Susana Kennedy.

The mature trailer for Night Drive is here:

Special features on the DVD include:

•behind the scenes

•actors hit the gym

•deleted scenes

•featurettes: cinematography/make-up/stunts

•wanted campaign

Night Drive at Osiris Entertainment:

Night Drive Release Details

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One film festival I'm bound and determined to make it to one of these years is the South African HorrorFest, but for now I'll just have to live vicariously through those of you who live close enough to attend. And after taking a look at this year's lineup, I'm pretty sure that if you are in the area, you won't want to miss it!

Growing into the country's ultimate Halloween event covering indie, new and classic movies, short films, music, literature and a range of Halloween festivities, 2011 marks the annual South African HorrorFest's lucky 7th year! It runs 26 October through 4 November.

Almost each of the exciting feature films and short films make their South African theatrical premieres. The Makabra Ensemble will also debut their Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde movie soundtrack performance, live to the screening of this 1920 silent classic.

In addition to the colourful audience Halloween dress-up event linked up with the live soundtrack show,...

The 12th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival by Mami (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) is scheduled to take place from Oct 21 to Oct 28 in Mumbai. Following is the complete list of all the films that are going to be premiered for the first time ever at the festival: 1. The Way Home - Biju Kumar World Premiere Synopsis - The plot revolves around a doctor with a haunting past. Now working at a Prison Hospital, the Doctor is assigned the case of a woman a surviving member from a notorious terrorist group. .Before dying she entrusts him to find her five-year-old son and unite him with his father who is the head of terrorist group. Finding the boy from a village the Doctor and child set out on a journey to find his father. The journey is happening through the contemporary and mysterious path of the terrorist network in the vast country with many incidents.

The 12th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival by Mami (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) is scheduled to take place from Oct 21 to Oct 28 in Mumbai. Following is the complete list of all the films that are going to be premiered for the first time ever at the festival: 1. The Way Home - Biju Kumar World Premiere Synopsis - The plot revolves around a doctor with a haunting past. Now working at a Prison Hospital, the Doctor is assigned the case of a woman a surviving member from a notorious terrorist group. .Before dying she entrusts him to find her five-year-old son and unite him with his father who is the head of terrorist group. Finding the boy from a village the Doctor and child set out on a journey to find his father. The journey is happening through the contemporary and mysterious path of the terrorist network in the vast country with many incidents.