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The Guardian Mocks Leto And Pacino In ‘House Of Gucci’ Three-Star Review
29 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Lady Gaga and Adam Driver have come out on top in this ‘House of Gucci’ film review, while the acting chops of Jared Leto and Al Pacino were cut down to size.
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Double Five-Star Reviews For A-List Packed Comedy Drama [Trailer]
16 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
‘Licorice Pizza’ has been lauded as both “seductively real” and one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “funniest and most relaxed films yet”.
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Rave Reviews Stacking Up For ‘Dune’
21 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Director Denis Villeneuve has been rewarded with success, with his version of ‘Dune’ stacking up the star ratings, glowing reviews, and general acclaim.
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The Guardian Gives Another Rare Five Stars – ‘BELFAST’ [Trailer]
13 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The film is set in late 1960s Northern Ireland during the turmoil of The Troubles and is a personal and joyful story about the power of memory, with a little boy at the centre.
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Whoah – The Guardian Gave ‘The Ape Woman’ 5 Stars [Trailer]
08 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The film, inspired by the true story of a 19th-century Mexican indigenous woman Julia Pastrana, with a condition that has her entire body covered in hair, received a full star rating.
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The Bond Reviews Are In
29 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
With ‘No Time To Die’ set to hit UK theatres tomorrow, the reviews are in for Daniel Craig’s final hurrah as 007.
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Must Watch: The Guardian Gave ‘Old’ A Rare Five Stars [Trailer]
23 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest horror, ‘Old’, has rave reviews for being as intense and highbrow as is possible for a movie in the genre.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Palm Springs
19 May 2021 by SPLING / No Comments
What if you had to repeat the same day over and over again? Without having to suffer the consequences of your bad decisions, this waking dream could find you experiencing that day in all forms and according to your wildest dreams.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Love and Monsters
05 May 2021 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Love and Monsters’ is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure comedy about a young man who musters the courage to leave an underground bunker.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Gentlemen
07 Apr 2021 by SPLING / No Comments
While Guy Ritchie has followed the money over the last few years culminating in ‘Aladdin’, he’s gone back to the bag of money films he’s famous for with ‘The Gentlemen’.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: News Of The World
24 Mar 2021 by SPLING / No Comments
‘News of the World’ is a western adventure drama based on the novel by Paulette Jiles starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass. Everyone knows Hanks and many will recall the actor-director duo working together in ‘Captain Phillips’
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The Guardian’s One-Star Review Of Anne Hathaway’s New Flick Is Hysterical (Includes The Word ‘Stinker’)
14 Jan 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A “pandemic stinker” that gives off a “stench” isn’t what you want to read in a review of your latest movie, but here we are.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Parow To Parowfest – The Jack Parow Story
02 Dec 2020 by SPLING / No Comments
Zander Tyler, better known as Jack Parow is a rapper, who has become one with South African pop culture. Easily recognisable thanks to his over-sized caps, facial hair and loud outfits, he’s one of the few Afrikaans music artists to crack the international scene.
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First Reviews For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Are In [Trailer]
26 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Depending on who you ask, ‘Tenet’ is either a masterpiece or the sort of film that leaves you scratching your head in confusion.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Escape From Pretoria
01 Jul 2020 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Escape from Pretoria’ is a gripping thriller inspired by the life of South African political activist Tim Jenkin and his autobiography, ‘Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison’.
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Telegraph Destroys Judi Dench Film With This One-Star Review
12 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“Senseless”, “all but unfollowable”, and “no clear sense of who anyone is” – believe it or not, those are some of the kinder phrases used.
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Satanic Sex Cults Versus Evangelism In ‘We Summon The Darkness’ [Trailer]
07 Apr 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Sex, drugs, rock n’ roll and Satanism come together in Marc Meyers’ latest offering, ‘We Summon the Darkness’.
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Can You Pan A Kids’ Film? Critics Savage ‘Frozen II’
15 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The first ‘Frozen’ may have inspired endless singalongs around the world, but the follow-up looks to have missed the mark.
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First Reviews For Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’ Are Out
02 Sep 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, ‘Joker’ premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The first thing we should mention is that it received an eight-minute standing ovation.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Stroop – Journey Into The Rhino Horn War
05 Jun 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War’ is an award-winning South African wildlife documentary directed by Susan Scott, which seeks to uncover the saga relating to rhino poaching and international trafficking.
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SPL!NG Movie Review – Avengers: Endgame
02 May 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Avengers: Endgame’ is the concluding chapter of Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ series. The superhero phenomenon seems here to stay, yet one can’t help but feel that this signals the pinnacle.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Die Seemeeu (The Seagull)
10 Apr 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Die Seemeeu’ or ‘The Seagull’ is based on a classic Russian play by Anton Chekhov, which was originally modernised for stage by writer-director Christiaan Olwagen.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Die Stropers (The Harvesters)
03 Apr 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
Disillusioned youth and communities lost in time are two pillars of ‘Die Stopers’ or ‘The Harvesters’, a moody coming-of-age drama from writer-director Etienne Kallos.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Hotel Mumbai
27 Mar 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Hotel Mumbai’ is a recreation of the 2008 tragedy at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India, based on the documentary ‘Surviving Mumbai’.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Fighting With My Family
20 Mar 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
Every now and then, a sports drama will come along that redefines the genre, sets a new standard, and inspires other directors to equal its greatness. ‘Fighting with my Family’ is not that movie.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Cold Pursuit
13 Mar 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
It’s got to the point where one has to assume Liam Neeson is going to eventually have his Zimmer frame weaponised so that he can continue to star in revenge thrillers.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody (Finally!)
06 Mar 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Queen’ arrived before its time, operating in a theatrical, experimental, innovative and larger-than-life fashion that intrigued and even scared people.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Upside
27 Feb 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘The Upside’ is based on a true story about an unlikely friendship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and his careworker. While the premise sounds a bit cold, stuffy and depressing, their unexpected friendship is anything but.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Green Book
20 Feb 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Green Book’ is without a doubt the most mature film that Peter Farrelly has directed, possibly owing to the fact that it’s been almost 25 years since Ben Stiller found something hanging from his ear.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Sew The Winter To My Skin
06 Feb 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Five Fingers for Marseilles’ proved we’re able to make homegrown westerns that are sweeping, taut, politically-charged, poetic and epic. It’s in this same light that ‘Sew the Winter to My Skin’ arrives.
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