Review: James Bond Casino Royale
If you want the version that doesn’t give it away read this one: Brilliant opening scene, cheesy theme song, sexy new Bond Daniel Craig, yukky soppy love scene, too long, could do with an edit of the last stretch, awesome entertainment, probably the best yet. Then if you want the juice – read here…. Thanks to Heineken for the invitation to the Casino Royale preview with all th… e shlebs and media on Friday night at Village walk. Casino Royale was thoroughly enjoyable, with the manificent opening Parkour scene taking your breath away and throwing you straight into the action… the visuals of the chase sweep you up and keep you watching all the way through to a rather soppy love scene right near the end. It is at this point where the audience starts getting a little fidgety and wondering ‘how much longer’ and I am afraid it is just before this point where the movie should have ended. But it didn’t and you go on to see the usual James Bond twist at the end leaving our hottie loveless and lost and you bursting for the loo or a smoke or just to get up. 7 out of 10. But a tighter edit would have kept it sweet. Daniel Craig makes a fine Bond although he lacks the ‘slick n slimey’ Bond factor and has more of a ‘heavy macho’ side to him than previous Bonds. His pout and piercing blue eyes can get a little intense as well. Eva Green (or Evergreen) is sexy and sultry, keeping the boys happy. After the movie we were invited to (our not so favourite club) Moloko – it was a pleasure getting there early and being able to find space to sit and feel welcome (as opposed to walking in on a heaving room of strangers with no room to move). The catering was brilliant with NY style chinese take-away boxes and lots of yummy delights. The bar was flowing and service was attentive. Editorista was introduced to the joys of poker and found herself addicted almost instantaneously. Thank heavens the chips were plastic or she’d have to work the dance floor for money like one or two young ladies appeared to be doing. Great to see some of our friends at the event -David Kau looking suave in white, Sibu Shangasi the “Red Bull” man friendly as always, Lebo looking luscious and Melanie looking gorgeous (you know who you are girls), Mike from JHB Live enjoying the snacks, super smooth Simphiwe our favourite Swazi boy (call me) and Monique taking over the dance floor. Definitely worth watching. But...
Night of 1000 drawings – TONIGHT !!
After 4 months of campaigning, tonight is “Night of a 1000 drawings” Everyone should come thru and buy drawings at R100 each:) (credit cards accepted) and in doing so support Paballo, an inner city homeless care organisation. The exhibition is at 95 commissioner street, btwn rissk and loveday street. Free Parking in the Harry Hofmeyer Parking on Simmons St. Short yet very secure walk to the exh… ib.. where there are plenty of guards on route. 19h00 Drawings may not be touched/ taken down. Only at 20h30. will the public be allowed to take down their drawings and pay for them. Those who have not RSVP’ed, it’s totally kool just register on the ground floor before heading up to the exhibition floor. So invite Everybuddy:) Cash bars available. Harris Tweed will be doing an acoustic set and HEADspace will be following with live Jazz. Miss Buttons spinning out a chilled set. Map and a sneak peak of the exhib space on our Blog spot 1000drawings.blogspot.com thanks a billion trillion and bless ================================= 2 Nov Big ups to the peeps behind this project – it’s very simple – they’re asking you to put pen or paint or charcoal or whatever to paper- A5 size that is – and drop your artwork off at their offices. Your drawing will then be sold for R100. All proceeds will go to the Paballo inner city feeding initiative. Come on – get creative! Grand Finalle Deadline: Jozi 1st Nov The Night of a 1000 Drawings is an exhibition where drawings donated by everybuddy get collected and sold to the public for R100 a pop. It’s all happening on 16 November, thanks to Urban Ocean, the crew transforming Jozi into a New York vibe and restoring the old Security Building especially for the event. All proceeds go directly to Paballo, an organisation that has fed and provided basic medical attention to over 300 inner-city homeless people every Wednesday night since 1989. Maximum respect goes out to G-mo, local customised animal friendly sneaks and shoe peeps, for handling the Cape Town collection & exhib “Mother City loves Inner City” on Friday 13th October at Asoka, Son of Dharma. Sadly drawings won’t be sold in CT, but in compensation G-mo have put 2pairs of shoes up for draw strictly for CT peeps. Draw anything, with anything, on anything .. Only thing is A5 in size. So draw as much as possible. And hand em in.. Grand Finalle Deadline: Jozi 1st Nov. Cape Town 11Oct. No mounting necessary, Pls date and sign drawings. pls Attach a name, postal and email addy to the drop off envelope. Jozi drawings...
DOUBLE REVIEW! Ain’t Misbehavin @ the Market
Editorista got a little mixed up with dates and sent TWO reviewers to the Market Theatre to check out the musical Ain’t Misbehavin… The best part about this review is that one of the ladies is an accomplished musical theatre performer and the other is a big fan of musical theatre…which means they each had a very different POV. Thanks to Heather and Debs for your reviews – check out what they … had to say: THE LISTENER – HEATHER I have to start this review with a confession. I am tone deaf and know nothing of the Harlem Renaissance or Stride Piano. However, I can say that if you are looking for an entertaining, upbeat show to see before this Festive season – check out this chock-full-of-talent production. Most of the songs are instantly recognizable and will have you tapping your toes all along. From the very first number of “Ain’t Misbehavin’ I got that feeling of “this is going to be great” and I wasn’t let down. Some of the artists are known in different capacities such as actors, voice artists, dancers or back-up vocals, but I was amazed at how talented they all are as real, live, singing, dancing, comedic performers. Gillian Bhudal has a fabulous presence and her rendition of “Yacht Club Swing” was a hoot. A highlight of the show for me was Earl Gregory doing the “The Viper’s Reefer Song – somewhat out of the ordinary from the other numbers, but a great performance. An artist to look out for is Molebatsi Lekgetha who has incredible energy and a great voice. The humour in the lyrics is well portrayed by the ensemble and with some of the less recognizable numbers, I would have loved to have had a copy of the lyrics to read. I mean really&.. Who’s that walkin’ round here, Mercy Sounds like baby patter, baby elephant patter thats what I calls it Say up in Harlem at a table for two There were four of us, me, your big feet and you From your ankles up, I’d say you sure look sweet From there down there’s just too much feet Yes, your feets too big Don’t want ya, cause ya feets too big Who else writes such witty lyrics? (I think that if it hadn’t been opening night, the audience would have started to sing along&) The lighting was subtle and complemented the performance very well. I did find the band a bit tucked away and I got the feeling they were a little cramped. It would have been great to see more of the piano player, after all, Fats...
SA creatives clean up the Young Guns!!!
elelelelelele (Sound of Editorista ululating) Congratulations to our creatives for proving yet again that South African advertising is at the top of it’s game and that our local talent is outstanding. Two of our entries got special mention and awards – click here for all the results: “The first ever Jury Chairman’s Choice Award goes to “Po… wer” in Outdoor Supersites and Spectaculars created by Brad Reilly and Jonathan Santana of Net#Work BBDO, South Africa for NedBank. A billboard with solar power panels generating electricity to power the local primary school as part of the idea. The jury also requested a special mention be made of the Gold Bullet in Direct Mail (Public & Community Service) ‘Pirated DVD’ by Darren Borrino, Jason Kempen & Johnathan Smith of TBWAHuntLascaris, South Africa. This idea was in contention for YoungGun of the Year Award and caused much deliberation.” 1st = Matt Devine The Glue Society/Host Australia 1st = Luke Crethar The Glue Society/Host Australia 3rd = Matthew Brink Lowe Bull Johannesburg South Africa 3rd = Adam Livesey Lowe Bull Johannesburg South Africa 5th Leo Premutico Saatchi & Saatchi USA 6th = Karen Maurice-O’Leary TBWAWhybin New Zealand 6th = Verity Butt TBWAWhybin New Zealand 6th = Kelly Putter Ogilvy Singapore Singapore 9th = Edouard Perarnaud DDB Paris France 9th = Martin Darfeuille DDB Paris France 9th = Menno Kluin Saatchi & Saatchi USA 9th = Stacey Lee Saatchi & Saatchi NZ New Zealand 9th = Rosita Rawnsley-Mason Saatchi & Saatchi NZ New Zealand 14th = Brad Reilly Net#Work BBDO South Africa 14th = Jonathan Santana Net#Work BBDO South Africa 14th = Gustavo Sousa Mother UK 14th = Augusto Sola Mother UK 14th = Vince Lagana Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 19th = Ariel Serkin Y & R Buenos Aires Argentina 19th = Camilla & Nina Saatchi & Saatchi Norway 19th = Darren Borrino TBWAHUNTLASCARIS South Africa 19th = Jason Kempen TBWAHUNTLASCARIS South Africa 19th = Johnathan Smith TBWAHUNTLASCARIS South Africa 19th = Francis Tan Kinetic Interactive Singapore 19th = Francisco Cassis Vitruvio Leo Burnett Spain 19th = Icaro Doria Saatchi & Saatchi USA 19th = Jonathan Yuen Jonathan Yuen Singapore 19th = Marianne Harvey McCann Erickson Brisbane Australia 19th = O.R. Radhakrishnan Mudra Communications India 19th = Simone Brandse Lowe Hunt Australia 19th = Michael Canning Lowe Hunt Australia 1st Saatchi & Saatchi USA 2nd The Glue Society Australia 3rd Lowe Bull Johannesburg South Africa 4th Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand 5th DDB Paris France 6th Mother UK 7th Ogilvy & Mather Singapore 8th = Ogilvy & Mather India 8th = Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 8th = TBWA Whybin New Zealand 11th Net#Work BBDO...
PHOTOS: Morafe and Zola give it some bass @ Bassline
Sorry we’re a week late – long story. But here it is – our review of the Bassline gig and the pics that go with it… Thanks Palesa for Representin’! Click here to see our pics of the event and the peeps that attended. What do you get when you mix kwaito’s super legend and hip hop’s amazing new talent? We… ll a concert by Zola and Morafe of course! Two words describe their performance: Crazed fans! Performing to a full house is probably one of the most exhilarating feelings for any musician, but when the fans know every single word and are screaming it out at the top of their lungs- that has got to be even better! Friday 3 November was the next date for the Edgars Music Series at Bassline in Newtown. MC’s Pabi and Dineo and DJ Nutty Nyce of YFM kept the crowd begging for more. The supporting acts Slice and the Motherland Funk boys Jozi stole the show as Jozi lit up the stage literally with Crazy Lu smoking what looked like a joint on stage, his band mates however were not going to let him upstage them as Bongani Fassie bust a break-dance move and a great beat box, Da Les killed the crowed with his rendition of the ‘Snap yo Finger’ dance and Ishmael supplied the backing vocals- If you’ve never seen a Jozi performance you have missed out on great stage presence. Just as the main acts were about to hit the stage Drencko lept out of the backstage in his tight pink suit and his Nik Nak man hairstyle and got everyone hooting with his single Shaya Ama Hoota driving the crowd insane. This month’s Edgars Music Series definitely did not disappoint and we at Represent look forward to next month’s performances! ============================================= You know our money is on Morafe as the Next Big Thing in hiphop – these boys from Maftown work so hard, combined with their magnetism and talent, it’s going to happen. Catch them while they’re on the up. Big ups to Edgars for their consistency and persitence in supporting local music. Good job! Friday 3 November sees Edgars bringing Zola back to the Bassline to lay down the party law at the Edgars Music Series! Last year, Zola launched his range of custom T-shirts at the Bassline with Edgars and this year, he completes that mission with the accessories and foot wear range. He will be joined on the bill on the 3rd of November by Morafe, Jozi, Slice and DJ Nutty Nyce from Y FM. No Introduction necessary really! “We are proud to once...
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