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SPL!NG Movie Review: Vehicle 19
07 Aug 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Vehicle 19 is a crime thriller about an American tourist caught in a web of Johannesburg police corruption, starring The Fast and The Furious’s Paul Walker. It’s an ambitious film that tries to leverage its star, city and concept to great effect. Unfortunately, the end result is vapid, messy and ultimately unsatisfying.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Now You See Me
31 Jul 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Movies and magic share the art of illusion. Making you believe something’s real is the end goal for both entertainment mediums, which can be a tricky balancing act in itself. Slick crime thriller Now You See Me walks this tightrope, drawing audiences in with its heady mix of intrigue and crime, in an attempt to […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Wolverine
24 Jul 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
The Wolverine is a standalone film, not because they’ve decided to pursue a Japanese thread to the popular comic book character, but because other films featuring Wolverine are too embarrassed to stand next to it. While peppered with iffy CGI and mixed reviews, Gavin Hood’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is actually a better film than the […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: World War Z
17 Jul 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
World War Z is based on the novel by Max Brooks, who also wrote the straight-faced parody, The Zombie Survival Guide. While the novel relayed a series of first-hand accounts from post zombie apocalypse survivors, the film strings them all together into the first-hand experiences of family man and United Nations investigator, Gerry Lane.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Lone Ranger
10 Jul 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Most people remember The Lone Ranger for: the noble gun-slinging heroics of John Reid, the camaraderie with Tonto, the lightning quick Silver and the classical Revolution theme. However, after watching the new film starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, you’ll start doubting you ever saw the original TV series.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Despicable Me 2
03 Jul 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
They said it couldn’t be done. They were wrong. Who are ‘they’? Who cares… Despicable Me 2 is even better than the first one. When Steve Carell… erm, Gru was interviewed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, it seemed that they were A. trying to resuscitate a turkey with a desperate publicity stunt or B. had […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Man of Steel
26 Jun 2013 by SPLING / 1 Comment
For the meantime, Man of Steel will be the definitive Superman film. Zack Snyder (Watchmen) has crafted a visually spectacular superhero action epic, which honours its source material whilst attempting a valiant reinvention. A greater focus on Superman’s alien side, essentially turns Man of Steel into something you’d expect to see with Steven Spielberg’s name […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
05 Jun 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Star Trek Into Darkness lives up to the hype. J.J. Abrams, in many ways a Steven Spielberg 2.0, has managed to do the near-impossible by securing pivotal roles in two of the biggest franchises in Star Trek and now Star Wars, with Star Wars VII in the pipeline. The director and producer is a forerunner […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Hangover Part III
29 May 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
The Hangover Part III is a somewhat entertaining mash-up of The Hangover and Due Date. We’ve come to expect a certain level of debauchery and funny in a series that started like a casino on fire and The Hangover Part III disappoints… that’s right, disappoints.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6
22 May 2013 by SPLING / 1 Comment
Fast cars, leggy women, big guns, money and loads of piston-pumping action is the stuff of the Fast & Furious. Six movies in and it’s like they’re just starting their engines as the flags go down and the winner takes all. Although to be fair, the road has had some twists, veering into new territory […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Bullet To The Head
15 May 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Bullet to the Head is a long-awaited match-up of Hollywood veterans, Walter Hill and Sylvester Stallone. Walter Hill directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in Red Heat and Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing, so it was only fitting that he complete The Expendables 2 triumvirate with Sylvester Stallone in Bullet to the Head.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Dead Man Down
08 May 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
The original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo duo, Niels Arden Oplev and Noomi Rapace, have teamed up again for Dead Man Down. While another revenge-fueled crime thriller in the style of Guy Ritchie and Jo Nesbo, Dead Man Down has more artistic appeal in the vein of Killing Them Softly. The mix of gangster […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Iron Man 3
01 May 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Iron Man surpassed expectations, while Iron Man 2 hovered below them. Just when we thought the Iron Man saga needed a bit of oil, The Avengers knocked any signs of rust off the rocket-powered Tin Man with Robert Downey Jr. stealing the show once again (with the Hulk’s permission). So the excitement around the May […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Trance
24 Apr 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
“You’re back in the room.” What happens when are our eyes are closed and our subconscious has the run of the place is a mystery in itself. Whether we’re dreaming, hypnotized or in a state of deep relaxation – we seem to be vulnerable to the power of suggestion by the voices around us. Trance […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: G.I. Joe – Retaliation
10 Apr 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra was a cheesy all-out action CGI overload that borrowed from a number of better movies and embarrassed a number of actors in the process. Yet, that didn’t stop them from making a sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation. HOO-HA!
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths
03 Apr 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Armed with an intriguing title and oozing suave cool, Seven Psychopaths is destined for cult status. What movie starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken wouldn’t achieve some level of notoriety? Throw in some dark Tarantino style crime comedy and you’ve got yourself a locked-and-loaded shotgun ready to blow your head off… […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Hitchcock
27 Mar 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Alfred Hitchcock, Hitch or The Master of Suspense was and is a cultural icon. Described as “genius” and regarded as one of the most influential film directors of all-time, saying the man was not without fault is an understatement. In Hitchcock, based on the book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, we’re given a […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Identity Thief
20 Mar 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
We’ve all wished we were someone else at some stage, dreaming of a better life only to come back to the crushing realisation that we’re stuck with ourselves. That doesn’t stop us from assuming other people’s identities, but there are constraints. If they happen to be famous, we tend to end up in insane asylums […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Sleeper’s Wake
13 Mar 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Crime haunts us in South Africa. We live on the edge in order to stay one step ahead of what seems to be an unofficial tax for living in such a beautiful country. Being grateful that we’re alive (and insured) are how we get by, yet the toll of the trauma and stress remains a […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Fanie Fourie’s Lobola
06 Mar 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Fanie Fourie’s Lobola is better than you think. The title and movie poster conjure up what you’d imagine to be a crass, over-the-top comedy, leaning on stereotypes with a side order of cheeky romance. Thankfully, it’s not.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Last Stand
27 Feb 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
“I’ll be back.” Love or hate him, Arnold Schwarzenegger has managed to become: Mr. Universe, a Hollywood icon, husband to a Kennedy and Governor of California. He set out to become extraordinary and has achieved all of his lofty goals by the age of 65. He wasn’t lying when he said those famous words… while […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: A Good Day to Die Hard
20 Feb 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
“Bruce Willis is Dead!” It’s the title of a Brothers Streep song, but judging from his last (and possibly last ever) Die Hard performance – he’s ready to leave the terrorist-infested building. In an ironic and unintentional move, Willis reprises his role in The Sixth Sense by being dead from the get-go. There’s only so […]
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Wreck-It Ralph
13 Feb 2013 by SPLING / 2 Comments
Video game arcades are casinos for minors, who want to blow their pocket money in one night. Bright flashing lights, no clocks, no windows, no parents, an instant token dispenser (and drug dealer) in every dingy corner… it was every kid’s dream and every other parent’s nightmare.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
06 Feb 2013 by SPLING / 1 Comment
Zero Dark Thirty is not The Hurt Locker. This may seem pretty obvious from the outset, but you’ve got to leave your preconceptions behind when you watch this chronicle of a decade-long manhunt. While both films share a number of crew and film-makers, these are two very different films.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Argo
30 Jan 2013 by SPLING / No Comments
Ben Affleck has been to Hollywood and got the t-shirt. As an actor, his career has been tumultuous – racking up a hit-and-miss list with roles ranging from romantic leads to superheroes. As a writer, his career started as a one-hit wonder, winning an Oscar with Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting. As a director, […]
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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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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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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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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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