Sara Carkagis

Fancy a holiday to Mexico? Si, si, mí también. Unfortunately I don’t have the funds to realise this dream right now. This is where the Hola Mexican Film Festivalsteps in, whisking us away from the tedium of everyday life and plunging us smack bang in the middle of a passionate, dramatic landscape with sensational views. This is the best of Mexico – on film. Armchair tourism at it’s finest, escapism and adventure that won’t damage your credit card nor risk your life. Spoken in Spanish with English subtitles - we’ll take it!

District 9 begins as a political documentary into the return of Apartheid to South Africa with one significant difference - the race under threat is alien.

Have you heard about the latest film from Disney Pixar? It's called Up. And we loved it.

Our review...

"Like an entire house lifted by colourful helium balloons and then transported to another country – I was blown away by this touching, wonderfully engaging film. I would not have believed it could happen, but such is the power of dreams, Pixar and 3D animation!

Pity the poor boy, he’s seven years old and his body has been taken over by an angry dead man wearing a zebra mask and seeking revenge. Spooky! Added to that, everyone around him keeps spontaneously breaking into song.