Featured Movie Review: Blood Diamond (2006)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Blood Diamond is an intense, thrilling, blood-drenched action drama about diamond smuggling in Africa. The story rests on
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Featured Movie Review: Vir die voëls (2016)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling South African film has come a long way as evidenced by Vir Die Voëls (For the Birds), a
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Featured Movie Review: Life, Above All
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Life, Above All is a universal story about the intricate relationship between mother and daughter. Set in modern
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Featured Movie Review: District 9 (2009)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling District 9 is singular, a cinema experience that could be described as Hotel Rwanda, Fido and Lars and
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Featured Movie Review: Sink (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Sink is a sleek, harrowing and powerful South African domestic drama, written and directed by Brett Michael Innes
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Featured Movie Review: Dis ek, Anna (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Dis ek, Anna is a powerful and provocative drama that seeks to bring the issue to light by
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Featured Movie Review: Thina Sobabili (2014)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Thina Sobabili translated as The Two of Us is a brave, gut-wrenching and realistic drama about the exploits
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Featured Movie Review: Faan se Trein (2014)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Faan se Trein is an adaptation of a popular Afrikaans stage production that has been running for almost
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Featured Movie Review: Material (2012)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Material is one of the smartest, most heartwarming movies to originate from South Africa, telling the story of
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Featured Movie Review: Hard to Get (2014)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Hard to Get echoes a similar passion and energy to the acclaimed Congolese crime thriller, Viva Riva. It’s
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