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SPL!NG Movie Review: Yesterday
17 Jul 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Yesterday’ is a high concept music romance comedy-drama from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’s Danny Boyle and ‘Love, Actually’s Richard Curtis.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Spider-Man – Far From Home
10 Jul 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’ is the latest iteration of the new ‘Spider-Man’ series starring Tom Holland.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Stockholm
03 Jul 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Stockholm’ is “based on an absurd but true story” and lives up to its promise set in an age where bank heists were more like high risk smash-and-grabs.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Murder Mystery
26 Jun 2019 by SPLING / 1 Comment
Adam Sandler has become a one-in-six hit wonder. The actor turned producer has been a busy man, but blame the film economy, bad decision-making or a dry spell, he’s developed a reputation for delivering half-baked comedies.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Brightburn
19 Jun 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
Superman has always been the near-invincible, all-powerful, alien superhero and force for good. ‘Brightburn’, named after the small Kansas town, twists the story of Superman to ask “what if he was evil?”.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Rocketman
12 Jun 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
Following in the wake of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’s’ massive success with the story of Freddie Mercury comes ‘Rocketman’, a fantasy musical biographical drama based on Elton John’s breakthrough years.
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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: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
29 May 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’ is a bold investigative documentary from writer-director Mads Brügger.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Long Shot
22 May 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Long Shot’ is a romantic comedy from ’50/50′ director, Jonathan Levine, which stars Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: The Inventor – Out For Blood In Silicon Valley
15 May 2019 by SPLING / 1 Comment
Much like the recent ‘Fyre’ meltdown under tech entrepreneur Billy McFarland, it appears that “fake it, ’til you make it” is becoming a high risk business venture strategy of the modern age.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile
09 May 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ is a biographical crime drama about notorious serial killer, Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend.
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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: Saint Judy
24 Apr 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Saint Judy’ is a legal drama based on a true story about Judy L. Wood, an immigration attorney who gives her all to defend Asefa Ashwari, an Afghan schoolteacher seeking asylum.
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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: Alita – Battle Angel
13 Feb 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ is an AI cyberpunk action adventure thriller 20-years-in-the-making, based on the Japanese manga comic book series, ‘Gunnm’.
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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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SPL!NG Movie Review: Glass
30 Jan 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
M. Night Shyamalan has come a long way, with a string of hit-and-miss films ranging from ‘The Sixth Sense’ to ‘The Last Airbender’.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Fyre
23 Jan 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
Ahh, the Instagram lifestyle – perfect complexions, exotic locations, beautiful bodies, limitless wardrobes, expensive accessories and jet-setting adventures.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Andre The Giant
16 Jan 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
Before the likes of Paris Hilton, the Internet and the Marvel superhero phenomenon, there were self-made celebrities and real marvels of nature like André Roussimoff.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Spider-Man – Into the Spider-Verse
09 Jan 2019 by SPLING / No Comments
There have been many iterations of Spider-Man over the years with a number of reboots and now an animated spin-off.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Mowgli – Legend Of The Jungle
12 Dec 2018 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ is a curious film, following closely in the wake of Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ live-action adaptation.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Widows
05 Dec 2018 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Widows’ is the much-anticipated follow-up to ’12 Years a Slave’, Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning drama about the antebellum South and the journey of Solomon Northup.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Creed II
28 Nov 2018 by SPLING / No Comments
‘Creed’ picked up the Rocky story, creating a spin-off boxing drama about Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis, who falls under the mentorship of new coach, Rocky Balboa.
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