Welcome to Spling Movies

Welcome to Spling Movies

Facebook  Twitter

Newsletter (Monthly)




Spling Polls

How do you usually access movies?
 
Banner
Trance [ Hits:170 ]
Review: "You're back in the room." What happens when are our eyes are closed and our subconscious has the run of the place is a mystery in itself. Whether we're dreaming, hypnotized or in a state of deep relaxation - we seem to be vulnerable to the power of suggestion by the voices around us. Trance explores this state with a similar edge to Inception, Memento and even Fight Club. A fine art auctioneer (McAvoy) becomes the missing piece to a gang's recovery of a stolen Goya artwork. After a knock on t...
The Raven [ Hits:486 ]
Review: Edgar Allan Poe was a 19th century American writer best known for his works of mystery and the macabre, a strong influence on the genre of detective fiction. The Raven is one of the most famous poems today and now the title for the film by V for Vendetta director James McTeigue. The Raven is a mystery thriller and a fictionalised account of Poe's last days, which are still shrouded in mystery. Screenwriters Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare have concocted a tale that embodies the dark Gothi...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [ Hits:473 ]
Review: If a nice cup of tea, a dry butter scone and a fascinating game of chess against one of those electronic Kasparov chessboards sounds like a great night in... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is your movie. Slow-moving, dull, dreary and stoney-faced - this Cold War club for stiff cigar room suits makes the dense two hour plod as inviting as having root canal on a rocking chair... and the worst part is, it's intentional. An adaptation of John le Carré's espionage novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, ente...
The Nocturnal Third [ Hits:649 ]
Review: The Nocturnal Third is an atmospheric neo-noir mystery thriller starring Kevin Maggard, Westcott Youngson and Luke Weaver. This low budget production works within its constraints, choosing to shoot primarily at the stone masonery where the drama takes place. The story is taken from a young man's perspective as he adjusts to the responsibilities of his new job at the stone works. It's an in-between job for the budding cartoonist and he's called to do a late shift. The Nocturnal Third relies quit...
Missing Pieces [ Hits:1033 ]
Review: Missing Pieces is an independent film, one which has painstakingly made it through countless reshoots, rewrites and sleepless nights. Kenton Bartlett, a young film-maker at the heart of Missing Pieces, would be the first to admit the production was a serious learning curve - one with its highs and lows. The end result is an indie drama, mystery and romance with a jigsaw narrative, similar to Memento, and a haunting atmosphere comparable to Never Let Me Go.While not in the same league as the afor...
The American [ 2010 ] [ Hits:911 ]
Review: Bill Murray played the 'American' in Jim Jarmusch's pretentious art house "thriller", The Limits of Control, the story of a mysterious stranger in the process of completing a job. What has this got to do with The American? Well, firstly the title shares a connection with Bill Murray's character in The Limits of Control. Secondly, renowned music video director, Anton Corbijn is probably most famous for his film about Joy Division's Ian Curtis called Control. So there are two contact points of int...
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo [ 2009 ] [ Hits:1288 ]
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been swathed in mystery since the inception of Lisbeth Salander. Late political activist and  journalist turn world famous crime fiction author, Stieg Larsson, delivered the first three parts of the Millenium series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest before suffering a heart attack at the age of 50 a few days later. The trilogy quickly became a bestseller partly spurred on by this morose, ...
The Box [ 2009 ] [ Hits:757 ]
Review: The Box stars Cameron Diaz and while The Botox would have  been a more provocative title, the curiosity of discovering what's inside the box has been a "priceless" fascination for man, cat and baby since the beginning of time. Writer-director, Richard Kelly has only made one film since the acclaimed Donnie Darko. Unfortunately, Southland Tales didn't deliver the goods as a follow-up film and made Donnie Darko seem more like a fluke than a masterpiece. Even more disappointing is that it's still ...
The Ghost Writer [ 2010 ] [ Hits:896 ]
Review: Alfred Hitchcock was the Master of Suspense, yet he also created one of the world's most famous horrors, Psycho. Horror and thriller go hand-in-hand, building the audience up to the climax and then frightening them out of their wits. Another man credited with crafting a famous horror film is Roman Polanski, who delivered Rosemary's Baby. These two directors know how to build tension, wrap the beholder in mystery and keep the rope taut right until the dramatic, surprising and brilliant conclusion...
Shutter Island [ 2010 ] [ Hits:1025 ]
Review: I love a good mystery/thriller… that’s why I just had to catch Shutter Island, a new Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and based on the novel of the same title by crime/mystery writer, Dennis Lehane (Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River). DiCaprio and Scorsese are quickly becoming a Hollywood staple as Shutter Island marks the fourth DiCaprio/Scorsese pairing after Oscar contenders, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed.The Shutter Island trailer teased us into thinking this was goi...
Copyright © 2013 [ SPL!NG | Movie Reviews | Trailers | Tickets | DVDs | Posters ]. All Rights Reserved.