Thursday, January 16, 2025

Friday Morning Spice

Eskom launches big battery storage project, The world’s first eye transplant, Caster Semenya case set for final ruling, 100 Cruise passengers injured as ship hits fierce storm on way to U.K., Elon Musk’s ‘GrokAI’ Is generating cringe, and Robert De Niro’s ex-assistant wins $1.2M lawsuit.

Monday Morning Spice

Covid Criminal records still haunt South Africans, Trevor Noah pens new children’s book, Eskom unbundling ‘milestone’, Scientists resurrected an extinct animal frozen for 46,000 years, and Mastercard bans marijuana purchases.

Tuesday Morning Spice

Cosatu to strike on Thursday, Critics shred latest Indiana Jones, Nick Kyrgios told ‘Don’t come back’ to Wimbledon, Stock theft forcing Free State farmers to sell, and Porsche is making an electric speedboat.

Wednesday Morning Spice

Trump guilty of sexual abuse, Vaccinating koalas against Chlamydia, Robert De Niro becomes a dad at 79, and Proteas qualifies for the World Cup.

SPL!NG Movie Review: The Irishman

While ‘The Irishman’ is a grand film worth seeing in a theatre, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be happening any time soon with the film getting a limited run to simply make it eligible come awards season.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Hands of Stone

Robert De Niro is a luminary of the sports genre, having starred in the black-and-white Scorsese classic, ‘Raging Bull’ and more recently, ‘Grudge Match’.

Robert De Niro Stormed Out Of An Interview

De Niro either doesn’t take shit, can’t deal with real questions or has just become a grumpy old man who fills his time with average comedic roles that make him even more grumpy.

SPL!NG Movie Review: American Hustle

When David O. Russell makes a movie, people sit up, take notice and then stand up. He reportedly said he hates plots and is all about characters. Well, the critically acclaimed director has managed to get Oscar-nominated performances out of his cast in his last three films.  It’s no wonder he’s developing a loyal following of […]

SPL!NG Movie Review: Grudge Match

Sylvester Stallone has been making good progress on his Hollywood bucket list. After finally playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Escape Plan, the next big fish was Robert De Niro, who co-stars with Stallone in Grudge Match.

Check Out Robert De Niro’s Audition Tape For The Godfather [VIDEO]

Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro was given an Oscar for his role as Vito Corleone in ‘The Godfather Part II’. But, in a strange turn of events, it has been revealed that he also auditioned for the role of Santino ‘Sonny’ Corleone in the first film -something that he was ultimately not as successful with.

SPL!NG Movie Review: The Family

The first thing you’ll notice about Luc Besson’s Mafia action comedy, The Family, is its stellar cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. The film functions as a tongue-in-cheek look at the life of a gangster trying to escape his sordid past. It’s also a fish-out-of-water comedy in the way that […]

Friday Morning Spice

De Niro blasts Jay Z at Leo’s party. BP finally get their oil spill bill. Jet fuel crisis at OR Tambo. Zuma says he used his own money for that refurb. Livestrong drops Lance’s name. Kris and Bruce Jenner divorce looming.

They’re Going To Have A Freddie Mercury Hologram, Too

When Queen’s drummer, Roger Taylor, was asked if he’d want a hologram Freddie Mercury a la Tupac – he declined, saying “I don’t want to appear with a hologram of my dear friend.” Which is unfortunately ambiguous wording, because they’ve decided to conjure up a Mercury hologram at tonight’s 10th anniversary We Will Rock You musical.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Limitless (2011)

“What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?” is the tag line for Limitless, a film adaptation of Alan Glynn’s novel that plays with the notion that we only use part of our minds. Just like the little blue sex wonder drug, Limitless imagines the scenario if a drug could be designed to […]