SPL!NG Movie Review: Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 is the sequel to Deadpool… duh! Thankfully, it’s not a simple rinse-and-repeat or one of those sequels that. just supersizes everything.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Unsane
Unsane is a prickly psychological medical drama turned stalker thriller, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Foy.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Avengers – Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War is a much-anticipated superhero blockbuster, the third installation in the series, blending the worlds of The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy within the Marvel Comics realm. In this sequel, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before he puts an […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Madame
Madame is a film set in Paris, dealing with love across social classes and is based on the book by Amanda Sthers, who has adapted and directed the novel for screen. Madame centres on a wealthy American couple’s maid, who joins their Parisian social circle after posing as a guest at a dinner party. On […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Mark Felt – The Man Who Brought Down The White House
In an age of outrage, where fake news runs rampant, newspapers are asking for donations to keep their integrity and presidential elections are swung through social media, it seems more important than ever that we inspire truth, accurate reporting and justice. All the President’s Men covered the Watergate scandal a few years after the news […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: A Quiet Place
John Krasinski, is best known for his role as Jim Halpert, the lovable guy from the US version of The Office. While this memorable role was his “lottery ticket” after doing a few commercials and off-broadway shows, he’s quickly making a name for himself as an actor and director. While the upbeat, quirky comedy gem, […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Vuil Wasgoed
Vuil Wasgoed or Dirty Laundry is an Afrikaans crime caper turned buddy movie starring Bennie Fourie and Bouwer Bosch and directed by Morne du Toit.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Five Fingers for Marseilles
Five Fingers for Marseilles is a gritty South African western directed by Michael Matthews and written by Sean Drummond, starring Vuyo Dabula and Hamilton Dhlamini. A feature film directorial debut for Matthews, whose eye-catching short film Sweetheart demonstrated his knack for creating another world, Five Fingers for Marseilles is a long-awaited passion project. The tough-as-nails […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Gringo
‘Gringo’ is an ensemble comedy crime caper from Nash Edgerton, a stunt co-ordinator turned director from Australia.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Tomb Raider (2018)
‘Tomb Raider’ is the beloved franchise, spawned by a popular video game, which follows the treasure hunting adventures of Lara Croft.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Downsizing
Big and small have a wonderful relationship in cinema, allowing film-makers to transport the viewer to another dimension through eye-popping visual contrasts and trick photography.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Death Wish (2018)
Bruce Willis revived the Die Hard franchise quite convincingly and based on his body count, seemed like the perfect candidate to headline the Death Wish remake almost 50 years later.
SPL!NG Movie Review: I, Tonya
I, Tonya is a gritty and trashy account of Tonya Harding’s career as an ice skater, from her earliest days to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
SPL!NG: How To Learn To Stop Worrying And Predict Oscar Winners [Video]
Our resident movie critic Spling has created a foolproof guide to predicting Oscar winners, and he’s pretty much on the money with each and every point.
SPL!NG Movie Review: The Commuter
The Commuter is a crime mystery thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Liam Neeson in a leading role that has become quite typical for the pairing
SPL!NG Movie Review: Breathe
“Good shot old chap”, is the type of era we find ourselves in with Breathe, a coming-of-age romance drama starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. It could’ve been called “Keep Calm and Carry On”, mustering up the best of British fortitude against the tide of bureaucracy and prejudice. Cricket, tennis… a spot of tea and […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Brad’s Status
The title Brad’s Status is a clever play on words that references today’s social media-driven society and the notion of keeping up with the Jones’s. The story follows, Brad, a father who feels inferior about his life’s choices after reconnecting with some old friends on a college tour with his son. This is a self-reflective […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Carrie Fisher’s last film and the eighth Star Wars episode in the long-running and popular series. Director Rian Johnson, best known for Looper, is a sci-fi fanatic and makes a good argument for why he should be given the reins for another episode. Johnson manages to keep it in-line […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Wonder
Wonder is based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name and tells the story of August Pullman.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Daddy’s Home 2
The Other Guys co-stars have great chemistry and have turned their star power into a double team to rival Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Murder On The Orient Express
Agatha Christie’s literary classic, Murder on the Orient Express, about a famous detective who is called to investigate a grisly murder aboard a train he is a passenger on, has been adapted to film several times. The best known adaptation is that of Sidney Lumet in 1974, who assembled a stellar cast to deliver an […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: The Man With The Iron Heart
The Man with the Iron Heart is a biographical war drama thriller directed by Cedric Jimenez and starring Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack Reynor, Jack O’Connell and Mia Wasikowska. Reinhard Heydrich has been the subject of many novels and now ten films centring on Operation Anthropoid in the 1940s. This was a critical event in […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Only the Brave
Only the Brave is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters, who risked their lives to protect a town. Their heroic actions were encapsulated in a GQ article, which served as the inspiration for this powerful and moving drama thriller.
SPL!NG Movie Review: Thor – Ragnarok
Taika Waititi is the director who brought us Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a charming and spirited comedy adventure from New Zealand. Hilarious, enjoyable and even touching, the independent film demonstrated Waititi’s knack for high-spirited, entertaining and funny filmmaking. Drawing experience from Flight of the Conchords and What We Do in the Shadows, he was well […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: The Last Word
Shirley MacLaine is a plucky and fiery actor, who tends to play the sort of obnoxious and wilful characters you love to hate. She’s led an illustrious film career with several Oscar nominations and a Best Actress win for Terms of Endearment. MacLaine’s mother enrolled her for ballet at the age of 3 in a […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us is a survival action adventure and romance drama starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad, and based on the novel by Charles Martin, we journey with two strangers who form a connection after a tragic light aircraft crash leaves them stranded in a snowy mountainous region. The Mountain […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel to Blade Runner, based on the Philip K. Dick science fiction novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The original film, starring Harrison Ford, was a box office failure, which redeemed itself over time as the slow-burning dark horse sci-fi saga recovered as a rental and developed a cult […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: An Inconvenient Sequel – Truth to Power
An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the public arena when Davis Guggenheim made a documentary about former presidential candidate, Al Gore’s campaigning around environmental issues such as global warming. While the film won two Oscars, it also garnered much criticism from an already divided camp with some jokingly referring to it as “An Irritating […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: American Assassin
American Assassin – it’s one of those generic, star-spangled movie titles that attracts and repels in equal measure… probably as much as any nationality inspired movie title would. American Made, American Pie, American Beauty, American Psycho, American History X, American Hustle, American Sniper, American Honey, American Gangster, American Ultra, American Pastoral, American Gigolo, American Ninja… the […]
SPL!NG Movie Review: Stronger
The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was a devastating blow to the city and its close-knit community when an insidious terrorist attack left three people dead and hundreds injured, sixteen of whom lost a limb. While the two home-made bombs that detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon disrupted the race and caused widespread panic […]