Stephen 'Spling' Aspeling has been informing/entertaining us through his movie reviews for more than 16 years. Now, with his new book The Essence of Dreams: An Anthology of Film Reviews launching, we caught up with him to... FULL STORY >

Being the month of horror, Spling was prompted to stage the event at FrightFan.tv with the fresh horror film, The Cleaning Lady, followed by Swedish horror Videoman. FULL STORY >

Escape from Pretoria kicks things off, with Daniel Radcliffe escaping an apartheid prison. FULL STORY >

We already know what to expect from this plethora of blockbuster titles, so for those film fanatics who aren’t caught up in the mainstream fantasy hype, Spling talks about some of the promising releases heading our way. FULL STORY >

While Valerian will pass the time with its beautiful cast, spectrum of colour and wonderful visuals, it's a fairly mindless exercise. FULL STORY >

We get a chance to see Major come alive, even if her shoes seem too big for her. FULL STORY >

Blair Witch is a terrifying ordeal and a strong redux. FULL STORY >

Star Trek Beyond takes the director's chair away from J.J. Abrams - is Justin Lin up to the challenge? FULL STORY >

Fantastic Four could have and should have been so much more. It's a pity that film politics ruined what could have been, and a tragedy that they weren't able to reinvigorate a misfire superhero franchise. FULL STORY >

The classic sci-fi adventure, The Incredible Shrinking Man, wowed audiences in 1957 for its cutting edge blend of otherworldly proportions. Now more than 50 years later, we're getting another little-big sci-fi adventure with Ant-Man. FULL STORY >

South Africa is quickly developing as a film-making nation. To see just how far we’ve come along, movie fundi Spling picks his recent Top 5 SA movies. FULL STORY >

What’s worth catching at the movies during Feb? Movie critic Spling provides a few suggestions. FULL STORY >

Seeing that February is all about loooooove, we don’t want to forget those special bromances captured on celluloid. Movie connoisseur Spling goes searching for love, but not in that way. FULL STORY >

With only December standing in the way of 2015, movie fundi Spling rounds-up the best releases of 2014. FULL STORY >

Some movies just leave you perplexed, or “Curiouser and curiouser!” as little Alice said. Movie aficionado, Spling tries to navigate the maze of mind-benders. FULL STORY >