Rob Lowe hadn’t been born when JF Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago this month – but he’s been chosen to play the young ex-president in an upcoming film rendition of ‘Killing Kennedy’ by Bill O’Reilly. The film, set in 1959, tells the tale of the collision course between Kennedy and his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. The […]
After much anticipation and controversy, the show’s creator and screenwriter, Doug Ellin, has confirmed that the hit show will become a movie. I say anticipation because since the show launched in 2004, it captured everyone’s attention with it’s “one celebrity cameo per show format”, creating a massive worldwide audience.
After Charlie Hunnam backed out of the role to play kinky billionaire Christian Grey in the screen production of “Fifty Shades of Grey” two weeks ago, producers launched a search for a replacement. Fortunately for the producers, and for all the middle-aged women who so love the books, they managed to find a super sub in time for production to start in November.
You best believe that when Will Smith is filming out in far-flung locations, he ain’t going to the local motel to spend his nights. No sir. Being the only actor to have had 8 films gross over $100 million – he could afford to make sure that wherever he filmed, he knew he had a […]
This is the first teaser for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ movie and the main feature in the trailer seems to be the villain Electro who is played by Jammie Foxx.
The cast and crew of Graeme Smith biopic, ‘Biff: The Movie,’ have begun filming in Cape Town. Production is expected to last two months, before the final scenes are shot in Zimbabwe.
This is the official United Kingdom trailer teaser for “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom”. The film chronicles former President Nelson Mandela’s life and stars Idris Elba.
The sci-fi movie Elysium is set for release in August with Matt Damon starring in the lead role. This is the official trailer from the famed director of Dirstict 9, Neill Blomkamp.
The sequel is based on Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel, Xerxes, and chronicles the God King’s quest for imperial expansion. Of course, there’s a Spartan general, Themistocles, in his way. Directed by Noam Murro, 300: Rise of an Empire is slated to hit theaters on March 7, 2014. Will you take your girlfriend? [Source : YouTube]
The official trailer for Man of Steel – Fate of Your Planet, enjoy.
I’m not going to waste time fluffing it up, as anyone with half a brain will know that R15 a ticket is about 70% saving on a normal movie ticket. It’s mental! And you’re allowed 10 tickets per person! Go go go!
Incredible footage has surfaced from the 1936 Olympic Games, which shows black American Jesse Owens defeating the odds against, quite literally, Adolf Hitler. Some peopple have even argued that this feat puts him ahead of Michael Phelps, in terms of being the ‘greatest Olympian’ who ever lived. It is interesting to note that this weekend in London sees […]
“Rhinos Under Threat” is a new YouTube documentary aiming to raise public awareness of the current crisis faced by poaching. It launched at the Rio+20 Conference earlier this week. See the full 28-minute film inside, however be warned that it might be upsetting for sensitive viewers.
If you’ve been counting the days til 21 July, waiting for the new Batman movie to debut, we’ve got a little something that might just be enough to take you through the home stretch. Click through for the spicy new Dark Knight Rises Trailer.
Before the year is over Quentin Tarantino will unleash his new film, “Django Unchained”. Jamie Foxx stars as Django, a slave looking for revenge during the Mississippi plantation era. The rest of the cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, and Don Johnson. Check out the film’s first trailer – after the jump.
Director Spike Lee has cast Sharlto Copley as the key villain in his remake of Oldboy, Park Chan-wook’s brutal thriller about a businessman who, after being kidnapped on his daughter’s birthday, hardens himself for revenge during his years of imprisonment. Lee had initially offered the roles to Christian Bale, Clive Owen, and Colin Firth.
“The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. Now I’m not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what’s happened, so he can apply what he’s learned. Up there, we gotta push it. That’s our job. It’s your […]
The city of Seattle is home to a prolific self-appointed, and self-styled, crime-fighter. In the manner of Batman (or teen superhero, Kickass), the man who calls himself Phoenix Jones wears a black and yellow mask and a muscle bodysuit, and actually has a side-kick called “Ghost”. Unfortunately, Phoenix was arrested on Sunday for assaulting several people with pepper spray.
2 December sees the South African release of Real Steel, featuring Hugh Jackman. It is about boxing, but instead of humans we are talking robots in the fighting ring! We can bring you the very first South African look at images from this “gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future.” You are welcome.
Well, I’m told Cars 2 was a little awful, breaking Pixar’s long-running streak of critical acclaim – but I’m willing to write that off as a fluke, because the Brave trailer looks pretty great. Please. Click through. Watch Pixar’s first female protagonist fight a bear at Stone Henge.
German actress Antje Traue has been cast as ‘Faora,’ villainous accomplice to the no-less-ridiculous-sounding Zod in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot. Since we’re now assured at least one slow-motion high-definition Traue scene, the reboot might be worth looking at, Snyder notwithstanding.
Well hello there, movie trailer. You’re looking pretty fine. What’s that? You’re a trailer for The Hangover: Part II? Well I guess that’s pretty — and you’re the first full length trailer? Oh, you’re a tease. That’s what you are. I guess that pretty much takes care of the rest of my Friday.
This looks to be pretty rad – a look at the the lives of four photojournalists working in South African townships between 1990 and 1994, based on the book of the same name written by two of the original group. Unfortunate accents aside, the cast and crew are looking pretty rad. Checkit.
Take us to your leader. We come in peace. ET phone home. They don’t say much, but they sure know how to get to the point! ‘The X-Files’ knew “The Truth Is Out There” with dramatised cases of real government conspiracies and where there’s smoke, there’s a smouldering alien spacecraft. Don’t just take it from […]
By now you will be well aware of the letter Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron sent to Ross Garland, the producer of Spud the Movie, based on John van de Ruit’s highly successful novel, Spud. Well, would you believe it, Spud, the actual character from the book, has hit back, with some words of his […]
Digital drones, light cycles, frisbee wars, skin tight body suits and daddy issues… welcome to the playground of TRON. It may sound like an ordinary day at the park, but it’s not. TRON: Legacy is the long-awaited remake/sequel/mash-up of the original TRON (1982). Jeff Bridges returns to play an older Kevin Flynn and a much […]
Due Date is delivered to screen by Todd Phillips, who is the quintessential frat house comedy director with The Hangover, Road Trip, Old School under his belt and The Hangover Part II in the works. If it were a baby, it’d be a poison dwarf: ginger-bearded, brutally funny and pretty darn mean. However, it’s not […]
Stallone surprised us when he resurrected Rocky with Rocky Balboa, stunned us when he tied the red hair band on for John Rambo and nearly killed himself trying to make The Expendables. Broken neck aside… Stallone pulled it off – he made us believe…
A quick note from Spling: “I walked into the cinema without any preconceived bias… armed with only TWO facts: the film was called The Bad Lieutenant and starred Nicolas Cage. I’d like to preface this movie review by saying that I am a big fan of Nicolas Cage as an indie and commercial actor and […]
Grindhouse, a double bill featuring Deathproof and Planet Terror, was created as a tribute to the lost genre of exploitation films as made famous by single screen theatres across America in the ’70s. Sleaze, porn, slashers and martial arts flicks were the rage back then and this was the era that directors like…