Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Monday Morning Spice

Porn appears on MK Party’s Facebook page, Worst yet to come in southern Africa drought, Robert Downey Jr. is returning to ‘Avengers’ films as a villain, and Sinead O’Connor’s exact cause of death finally revealed.

Friday Morning Spice

Cape Town taxis launch sudden, chaotic strike, Rudy Giuliani disses Matt Damon, Unraveling the mystery of the virgin birth phenomenon, and The newest break-up revenge trend.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Sr.

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Robert Downey Jr. leverages his fame by introducing this documentary directed by Chris Smith, he serves as a sounding board, attempting to redirect the spotlight and there to coax out the real Robert Downey Sr.

SPL!NG Movie Review – Avengers: Endgame

‘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.

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: Spider-Man – Homecoming

“Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man…” no, this isn’t the theme tune. It’s how you’d sound counting the number of Spider-Man franchises over the last 15 years. While this superhero has had as many actors don the web-tangled red-and-blue as there have been Hulks in as many years, it’s starting to get ridiculous. No one ever thought they’d […]

SPL!NG Movie Review: Captain America – Civil War

Captain America: Civil War continues in the tradition of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It sounds like an obvious statement when you consider it follows as a sequel, but these sequels are very different from Captain America: The First Avenger. The first installation was an origins story and focused on Steve Rogers, or Captain America, […]

SPL!NG Movie Review: Avengers – Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron follows some typical sequel procedure. There’s much more conflict. The Avengers team is put to the test by various personal demons, making them self-doubt and re-examine their priorities. The characters have grown – we get more back story to several of the characters, especially Hawkeye and Black Widow, and discover greater depth. Joss Whedon […]

SPL!NG Movie Review: The Judge

Robert Downey Jr. thinks he’s a god. His Twitter bio states “You know who I am.” and based on his runaway Hollywood success since he starred as Tony Stark in Iron Man, many would probably agree with his egotistical musings. Well, Iron Man has been cleared for landing… gracing us with his unequivocal presence in The Judge.

Forbes Announces Highest Paid Actor In The World

It’s finally Friday (and payday for many of us) so just in case you were feeling too good about your pay cheque and planning a big weekend, check out how much this actor was paid over the past 12 months.

HTC Recruits Robert Downey Junior [VIDEO]

Smartphone and tablet manufacturer HTC has a new $1 billion (R9,9 billion) advertising campaign which is aimed at positioning the company alongside Samsung and Apple. Haha.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Iron Man 3

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 […]

SPL!NG Movie Review: The Avengers (2012)

The most anticipated superhero movie of the year is here! Marvel’s The Avengers has received plenty of hype ahead of its release and the bottom line is that it won’t disappoint… much. This superheroes-on-steroids spectacle manages to do the near-impossible, containing several of the world’s biggest superheroes and Hollywood egos in one literal blockbuster.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows (2011)

Here’s a mystery for you, Arthur Conan Doyle is dead. He’s been dead for 81 years, but still gets “posthumourous” writing credits for the title action man and his sidekick in the latest “Sherlock Holmes” on steroids movie adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Guy Ritchie.

Shane Black To Direct ‘Iron Man 3’

Well hey, this could be fun. Since Jon Favreau – director of Iron Man and its sequel – decided not to sign on for the series’ third installment, Marvel’s been on the hunt for a suitable replacement, and it looks like Shane Black, writer of Lethal Weapon and director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, is the guy.

SPL!NG Movie Review: Due Date (2010)

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 […]