Stephen 'Spling' Aspeling 🎬
@MovieCriticSA
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🎞️ Film Critic: @SplingMovies ✍️ Script Editor: @ReviewMyScript 📖 Author: The Essence of Dreams 🏆 Scriptwriter: Close to Home 🌐 FIPRESCI | WGSA | FCASA
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined June 2010
11 of my favourite films from 2025... Yakushima's Illusion Sirât No Other Choice The Stranger One Battle After Another Bugonia Hen Babystar The Heart is a Muscle Two Prosecutors Mile End Kicks
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Sam Rockwell doesn't get enough appreciation. He's right up there with Nic Cage and Jeff Goldblum in terms of talent and cult appeal.
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Catch the Anti-Valentine's episode of the M-Net Movies #WKNDwatchlist tomorrow via /splingmovies on Instagram and TikTok! #ValentinesDay #AntiValentines @mnetmovies @splingmovies @MovieCriticSA
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I'm getting a lot of #WutheringHeights stuff in my timeline... ranging from what historical things Margot Robbie's wearing on red carpets to terrible reviews. Algo-wars?
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Amazed that Die My Love has a 6.1/10 on IMDb... https://t.co/rf69JRC0iW
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Screened at Stockholm International Film Festival 2025 One-liner: A star-studded cast lean full tilt into this alienating, challenging and often
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Looking for a laugh, a scream or a musical rebellion this February? Get your Anti-Valentine's romance with a side order of mayhem on M-Net Movies 1 (Channel 104). https://t.co/K0ua3IIEnY
#TheNakedGun #BrideHard #Companion #HeartEyes #JulietandRomeo @mnetmovies @SplingMovies
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From taming dragons and leading wars on Arrakis to braving wastelands with a sorceress, witness the bonds that redefine power. Catch Lethal Alliances on the #MNetMovies #WKNDwatchlist with Spling tomorrow! #HowToTrainYourDragon #InTheLostLands #WhatToWatch @mnetmovies
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I'm guessing about 99.9% of people on this planet have no idea what 'wuthering' means... and it shows.
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When you marry a vegan, hide the sausage is more of a polite request than a bawdy proposition.
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Your "lived experience" turns subjective feelings into objective truths. Guess that makes everyone right - all the time. No wonder the world's such a mess right now.
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Strange pet peeve: actors having nothing in their mugs and takeaway cups. At least add some water to give it the necessary weight.
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Spling reviews YAKUSHIMA'S ILLUSION... his favourite film from the Stockholm International Film Festival. https://t.co/0ZngA8hYRP
#YakushimasIllusion
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Attending the Pretty How Town premiere... discovered the title is based on an ee cummings poem.
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From shifting gears in the underground racing scene to global heists that redefine what it means to be "family," don't miss this adrenaline-fueled episode on the M-Net Movies WKNDwatchlist with Spling! #WKNDwatchlist #FastAndFurious #FastFam #WhatToWatch #MNetMovies @mnetmovies
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KuGompo definitely sounds like a Klingon planet. It’s the only place in the galaxy where you can spend the morning surfing and the afternoon fighting for the honour of your House because someone didn't indicate at a traffic circle.
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The Masters of the Universe looks fun and promising based on trailer... but then again, so did the unofficial remake: Thor: The Dark World.
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Spling reviews BUGONIA... now with 4 Oscar nominations. https://t.co/xtHTQUIyMy
#Bugonia #EmmaStone #Oscars
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Today years old when I finally spotted TBG... in Ladismith of all places! CC: @2oceansvibe
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