Featured Movie Review: Felix (2013)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Felix is a feel-good comedy-drama that you will cherish for its exuberant, sweet-natured tone. Arriving in the wake
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Film Reviews
Featured Movie Review: Noem My Skollie (2016)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Noem My Skollie (Call Me Thief) tells the story of Abraham and the Young Ones, a small-time gang
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Featured Movie Review: The Sexy Girls (1998)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling The Sexy Girls is a film “about getting even”, a South African crime caper set in Muizenberg and
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Featured Movie Review: Spud (2010)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling John van de Ruit’s character, John “Spud” Milton, has become the South African equivalent of Sue Townsend’s Adrian
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Featured Movie Review: Hollywood in my Huis (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Hollywood in My Huis is a South African romantic comedy about a wallflower living in an impoverished railway
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Featured Movie Review: Triomf (2008)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Triomf is a curious South African drama centered on a poor, white Afrikaans family at the turning point
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Featured Movie Review: Chappie (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Chappie is Neill Blomkamp’s latest thought-provoking sci-fi actioner, following in the wake of Elysium and the revered District
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Featured Movie Review: Sleeper’s Wake (2012)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Crime haunts South Africa. We live on the edge to stay one step ahead of what feels like
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Featured Movie Review: Necktie Youth (2015)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Necktie Youth is a black-and-white drama with a documentary feel that attempts to capture the Zeitgeist of South
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Featured Movie Review: Little One (2012)
Film Critic: Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling Little One tells the story of a woman who takes a young girl under her wing. While the
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