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SPL!NG Movie Review: Django Unchained
23 Jan 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Slavery is not dead, it’s alive and well in Hollywood. We’re not talking about those struggling actors chained to their trailers between takes, being forced to succumb to the hardship of celebrity, we’re talking about a trend that has emerged in 2012 in Cloud Atlas, Lincoln, Les Misérables and most notably Django Unchained, in a […]
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First View Of Amanda Seyfried Playing 70’s Porn Star Linda Lovelace [VIDEO]
22 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Amanda Seyfried’s “Lovelace” debuts at the Sundance Film Festival this week. In the film she plays famed porn star Linda Lovelace, best known for 1972’s “Deep Throat”, and later as an anti-porn activist. This clip is the first of the film to be released, and shows Seyfried playing Lovelace in a photo shoot. The film follows the […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Perks of Being A Wallflower
16 Jan 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
The Perks of Being A Wallflower is a character-driven drama about the musings of a loner, suffering his way through high school, coping with first love and a dark secret with a little help from his friends. It sounds like a downward spiral of teenage angst, but The Perks of Being A Wallflower manages to […]
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Tarantino’s New “Django Unchained” (Golden Globe Winner) Hits SA Cinemas! [VIDEO]
16 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django […]
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The Insane Things Actors Do To Get Into Character
14 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Celebrities have to get into character when they set out to “be” the character that they are cast as. For instance, Tom Cruise actually became a FedEx driver when he got into character for Collateral. Click through for more.
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The Complete List Of Last Night’s Golden Globe Winners
14 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 2013 Golden Globe Awards took place last night in Los Angeles.
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Searching For Sugarman Nails Critics’ Choice Movie Award
11 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shortly after recieving an Academy Award nomintaion, Searching For Sugarman nailed the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, last night. The film spotlights the fasciniating life and times of American singer/songwriter, Sixto Rodriguez, who enjoyed widespread fame and adoration in apartheid (and present-day) South Africa, and utter failure in the United States. The narrative […]
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Quentin Tarantino Loses His Temper During “Django Unchained” Interview [VIDEO]
11 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“I’m shutting your butt down.” With these words, Quentin Tarantino refused to discuss any link between movie violence and real life violence during a TV interview. He was being questioned by Britain’s Channel4 presenter, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, before the London premiere of Django Unchained yesterday.
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9 Of The Funniest Reactions To The Closing Down Of Cavendish Cinema Nouveau
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
News broke on Wednesday of the imminent closure of Cinema Nouveau’s Cavendish Square theatre in Cape Town. What began as general expressions of disappointment morphed quickly into breathless online outrage, with calls to protest the closure of the cinema. And then the snark started. In no particular order, here are the nine funniest reactions to […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Intouchables
09 Jan 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
If you enjoyed The Bucket List and Welcome to the Sticks, you will love The Intouchables.
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Movie Director Of “Snakes On A Plane” Dies Mysteriously In Johannesburg
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The movie director behind films such as Snakes on a Plane and Final Destination 2 has died in Johannesburg on Monday.
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Twilight Actor Drunkenly Urinates In Airport Lounge, Gets Arrested [VIDEO]
04 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Footage of “Twilight” actor Bronson Pelletier urinating inside Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has surfaced on YouTube. Pelletier, who plays a member of the wolf pack in the “Twilight” films, was also arrested 17 December last year for public intoxication.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: End of Watch
02 Jan 2013 by SPLING / 1 Comment
End of Watch is a buddy cop movie that has been shot like a found footage film. This film immerses us in the world of two super cops in the L.A.P.D., documenting life on the beat and their personal relationships, as they inadvertently draw the attention of a notorious cartel.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Jack Reacher
26 Dec 2012 by SPLING / No Comments
Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher, in the adaptation of One Shot, a novel by Lee Child, in which ex-military hero, Jack Reacher, becomes the lead investigator in a multiple shooting homicide after the prime suspect of an “open and shut” case calls for the drifter by name.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Life of Pi
19 Dec 2012 by SPLING / 2 Comments
Life of Pi is a breathtaking adventure drama from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee. Based on the book by Yann Martel, this beautiful film tells the story of Pi Patel, a young Indian boy whose survival at sea forms the basis for a spiritual journey of epic proportions.
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Celebrating 2012’s Best Music And Movies In Mind-Blowing Mashup Compilations [VIDEO]
19 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Let’s face it, 2012 has been an incredible year for music and movies. From Psy’s Gangnam Style to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Night Rises, the future of pop culture has never looked brighter.
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Tell The Interns – Martin Scorsese Is Making A Documentary About Bill Clinton
18 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hot damn, now this is what we call mutually gratifying. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese will direct and produce an authorized HBO documentary on former US President and cigar connoisseur, Bill Clinton. Clinton (heretofore referred to as “Bubba”) has agreed to fully cooperate with Scorsese on the production — though studio execs aren’t saying whether the doccie will include details […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey
12 Dec 2012 by SPLING / 2 Comments
Bloemfontein born author, J.R.R. Tolkien, would have been very proud of Peter Jackson if he was still with us today. The Lord of the Rings trilogy, undoubtedly the greatest trilogy of all-time, has a special place in most people’s hearts and movie collections and is the new standard by which all fantasy adventures will be […]
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First Full-Length Superman: Man Of Steel Trailer Released [VIDEO]
12 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The first full-length trailer for the reboot of the Superman franchise, Man of Steel, has been released online. It is believed that this is Warner Bros.’s last attempt at reviving the series, after Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns was not too kindly received by audiences in 2006.
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TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Movies Of 2012
07 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s that time of the year when we start receiving the lists that tell us the top rated whatever it might be. Some are of real interest, like movies, for example, and others are just a plain waste of time.
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Exclusive: Photos Of Forest Whitaker And Orlando Bloom In Cape Town [Gallery]
07 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom spent a week filming in Parkwood, an impoverished low-income area in Cape Town. The shoot formed part of Zulu – an action packed drama written and directed by Jérôme Salle. Click for gallery.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Looper
05 Dec 2012 by SPLING / No Comments
Where will you be in 30 years? More importantly, who will you be and would you really like the you you’ve become? Before we get too ahead of ourselves, that is essentially what’s at play in Looper, a new sci-fi actioner starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, from the mind of writer-director, Rian Johnson (The Brothers Bloom).
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Skyfall
28 Nov 2012 by SPLING / 4 Comments
Skyfall is the third James Bond film starring Daniel Craig, an actor who has successfully managed to keep himself detached from his Bond status in Hollywood. This can be attributed to his mission, which has seen him play 007 in every anti-Bond formula film since Casino Royale.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home
21 Nov 2012 by SPLING / No Comments
Jeff, Who Lives at Home is a slacker comedy with a difference. Our hero is on a journey, the kind that we sometimes mistake for everyday life, in which he lets his destiny simply unfold as a series of interconnected signs, after his mom tells him to get something from the shop.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Cold Light of Day
14 Nov 2012 by SPLING / 2 Comments
The Cold Light of Day is as inane as its title. It’s cold – thanks to a wishy-washy script and wooden performances; it’s light on intrigue and intelligence – two pillars of great espionage films; and ironically most of the action sequences happen at night.
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World War Z Trailer Drops – Let’s Pretend This Hasn’t Been Done Before [VIDEO]
09 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The official trailer for World War Z has dropped. In a nutshell, we have an apocolypse, a stubbly Brad Pitt, zombies, and helicopter gunfire. The film is due to premiere on June 21 2013, after the Mayan Apocolypse – which makes no sense. Hollywood has reached its apex, people. You can shut it all down now, […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Cloud Atlas
07 Nov 2012 by SPLING / No Comments
The Wachowski Bros. brought us The Matrix, a film that redefined action sequences and challenged audiences to wrap their minds around a nightmarish vision of the future, now. The sci-fi actioner was revolutionary and set in motion a multi-million dollar franchise and a trilogy with diminishing returns.
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Heineken Is Flying The Skyfall Bond Girl To The South African Premiere
02 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It’s been a week since Heineken announced that they will be bringing the Skyfall Bond girl – Bérénice Marlohe – to South African shores for the South African premiere of the film on 22 November. Apart from being delightfully French, Bérénice is also the face of Heineken’s Crack the Case campaign. Bérénice, who plays the […]
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The Hobbit’s Cast Appear In Flight Safety Presentation [VIDEO]
01 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The wait is almost over for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s prequel to Lord of the Rings. The film is due for worldwide release in December.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Campaign
31 Oct 2012 by SPLING / 1 Comment
Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and U.S. politics… one thing’s for certain, The Campaign couldn’t have come at a better time with all the political sentiment surrounding the next U.S. Presidential Elections and the Obama vs. Romney showdown.
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