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This week at The Video Store we got a special visit from producer and past guest Luke Rous to discuss why the South African film industry is in crisis, and what can be done to save it. But before that Cole and Graeme chat about Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics, the passing of the great Catherine O’Hara, Steven Spielberg’s Grammy win and lots more. Save SA Film Jobs Petition Save SA Film Jobs Back a Buddy Hey did you guys see… First look at the Beatles Alec Baldwin is bad at chess Fast Forever is the name of a real movie Melania documentary makes more money than it should have The first trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 The passing of Catherine O’Hara Steven Spielberg joins the EGOT club Recommended Films & Series Mad Men The Pitt Bad Influencer Plur1bus Better Call Saul Rental Family Hamnet The Mighty Nein Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

This week at the Video Store Perrin, Gad and Graeme run the store while Russell is away. We talk about the 2026 Oscar Nominations, trailers for Masters of the Universe and Maul: Shadow Lord & Gad and Perrin then go off on a Pokemon tangent! Hey did you guys see… The trailer for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy A guy climbed a building… Live! He-man and his pink shirt are back Darth Maul gets his own TV show Kathleen Kennedy steps down as head of Lucasfilm The 2026 Oscar Nominations Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

This week Russell did a shift with Cole, but were then joined by the incomparable Brett De Groot. Always a good laugh, Brett is a renowned theatre producer, director and performer, and his previous visits have been some of our most listened to episodes! We talk through the latest film and entertainment news this week, along with a deeper look into films like "28 Years later: The Bone Temple", Oscar darling "Hamnet" and "The Rip" on Netflix. All this and lots, lots more! Hey did you guys see… Queer Eye ending with season 10 Zootopia 2 is (Hollywood’s) biggest animated movie ever CATS at Montecasino Zoe Saldaña is the highest grossing actor of all time 8th time is the charm for Paranormal Activity What we’ve been watching 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | In Theaters Hamnet | In Theaters 30 January The Rip | Netflix Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

This week Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme. We go through the latest film and tv news, including this year's Golden Globes winners, our thoughts on films like Rental Family and Marty Supreme, as well as list the most exciting films coming to SA cinemas in the next few months. All this, and lots, lots more! Hey did you guys see… We’re getting a very necessary 5th Jackass movie Godzilla Minus Zero is out in November The Death of Robin Hood answers the age old question, ”what if Robin Hood was old and sad?” A dog just won an acting award Sebastian Stan is (probably) in The Batman Part II The Golden Globes happened (yes we also missed it) What we’ve been watching Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska Live | Disney+ Rental Family | In Theaters Marty Supreme | In Theaters People We meet on Vacation | Netflix Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts | Disney+ Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

First eppi back is a biggie! We're real chuffed to have gotten a visit from director Bill Condon (Chicago, Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast, Gods And Monsters) who's latest film "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" starring Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna, is out now in cinemas in South Africa, including The Bioscope! After that, Russell, Perrin, and Graeme chat Stranger Things, Marty Supreme, Gone Away and lots more! Kiss of the Spider Woman at The Bioscope Hey did you guys see… The 2026 Critics Choice Awards The passing of (problematic) Brigitte Bardot A buncha trailers for; The Odyssey, Disclosure Day, Supergirl & Digger Metropolis was set in 2026 (That’s this year!) Recommended Films & Series will Bill Sirät (2005) Peter von Kant (2022) Bonnie & Clyde (1967) Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002) Under African Skies (2012) What we’ve been watching Kiss of the Spider Woman | In Theaters Rental Family | In Theaters Marty Supreme | In Theaters Strangers Things | Netflix Run Away | Netflix Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

This week's guest is director Brent Dawes, who's feature animation "David" is currently in cinemas around the world. This story of David and Goliath, told like never before, is very largely a South African production. So this is certainly a landmark achievement for not only the South African film industry but certainly the animation industry here in SA. We got through how such a production is brought together, how such a film is able to be distributed around the world. After the chat, Russell and Graeme manage to have a little chat about the new Avatar. Video Store Links Official Site Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

And just like that, we've hit the incredible milestone of 200 episodes! Thank you for all the listens, support and love from you guys! We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than being all together to produce another one of our annual Most Rented episodes! Every year we list our top film and tv shows from the past year, and hand out some unique awards to moments from within those films or shows. This year we have special guests like Donovan Goliath, Nick Hamman, Themba Robin and Nina Hastie contribute their top picks! Our Most Rented Movies & Series of the Year Better Man | ShowMax Unknown Number: The High School Catfish | Netflix The Life of Chuck | Apple TV Store Train Dreams | Netflix Beasts of the Southern Wild F1 | Apple TV Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age | Apple TV Sinners | Apple TV Store Matt Rife: Unwrapped | Netflix Mantracks (Folding Ideas) | YouTube One Battle After Another | Apple TV Store Superman | Apple TV Store Together Bugonia The Naked Gun | Apple TV Store Eephus | MUBI (with a VPN) Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with Graeme where we talk the latest in film and entertainment news, But, then get a special visit from Pixar and Lucasfilm sound editor Zenan Robinson, and music producer Dennis McCarter. We always appreciate picking the brains of talented people like this that are out there making the films we love. Hey did you guys see… Netflix is probably buying Warner Bros The Magical Faraway Tree trailer The trailer for Gore Verbinski’s next film (finally) Jason Statham does it again… again Quentin Tarantino's (weird) top 20 movies of the 21st century What we’ve been watching Jay Kelly | Netflix My Secret Santa | Netflix Train Dreams | Netflix Other Links The Sounds of Star Wars | Book (No longer in print) Skywalker Sound Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with Samantha and Cole, we talk about the latest in film and entertainment news, like how this past weekend saw many new cinema records being broken! Some were felt across the world, and some right here at The BIoscope in Johannesburg. We talk through the films and series we have been enjoying at the moment, and lots, lots more. Hey did you guys see… Zootopia 2’s crazy box office Quentin Tarantino partners with… Fortnite? The mayor in Plur1bus is, the actual mayor of that city Japan’s highest grossing live action film The trailer for Gus Van Sant’s new movie What we’ve been watching Wicked: For Good | In Theaters A House of Dynamite | Netflix Eternity | In Theaters Chris Hemsworth: A Trip to Remember | Disney+ Frankenstein | Netflix Stranger Things | Netflix Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on Instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. We talk the latest film and entertainment news, along with thoughts on new films like Train Dreams, and Champagne Problems, as well as TV shows like The Beast In Me, and A Man On The Inside. All this and lots, lots more! Hey did you guys see… The second trailer for Project Hail Mary (Possible spoilers 3:14:09 - The $9 million Superman comic V for Vendetta series in the works The teaser trailer for Toy Story 5 Cormac McCarthy’s Outer Dark is being adapted What we’ve been watching Train Dreams | Netflix Champagne Problems | Netflix One Shot with Ed Sheeran | Netflix The Lost Bus | Apple TV The Beast in Me | Netflix A Man on the Inside S2 | Netflix Sorry we never got to speaking about Wicked For Good. We will get to that on the next eppi! Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

This week's guest is South African actor Thabang Molaba, who makes his Hollywood debut in Now You See Me Now You Dont. We talk through how this incredible role came to be, and what it was like on set alongside the likes of Rosamund Pike, Woody Harrelson, and Jesse Eisenberg, We go though his early days growing up in the small town of Harrysmith, and what films he's loved across his life, Thabang Molaba | Instagram Recommended Films & Series The Day of the Jackal | Showmax Bloodsport (1988) Stomp the Yard (2007) Game of Thrones (2011) Inglorious Basterds (2011) Lethal Weapon 2 Video Store Links Official Site Instagram YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with Graeme, but they get a visit from regular customer Claudia! We talk the latest in entertainment news, the new Frankenstein, Predator Badlands, and inspired by the upcoming Now You See Me film, which overseas actors have done the best South African accent! This and lots, lots more! Hey did you guys see… The Mummy 4 is happening!... probably The teaser for the Michael Jackson biopic Now You See Me: Now You Don’t has a South African villain The new practical Apple TV logo What we’ve been watching Frankenstein (Netflix) The Running Man (In Theaters 14 November) Self Reliance (Netflix) All’s Fair (Disney+) Plur1bus (Apple TV) Predator: Badlands (In Theaters) Video Store Links Official Site Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with P Dog and G Force. We've put together a list of our favourite Halloween films you can be watching on streaming platforms here in South Africa. We talk Bugonia, Springsteen, Nobody Wants This, and lots more! Hey did you guys see… The trailer for Vince Gilligan’s new show, Plur1bus The Louvre robbery We’re getting multiple Christmas Carol adaptations from Rober Eggers and Ti West New featurette for Laika’s Wildwood Jane Shoenbrun making Netflix’s Black Hole graphic novel adaptation Chris Hemsworth’s a thief in Crime 101 Our Spooky Season Recs Fright Night (Apple TV) The Babysitter (Netflix) No One Will Save You (Disney+) Totally Killer (Prime Video) Talk to Me (Showmax) Deep Rising (Disney+) The Thing (Apple TV) What we’ve been watching Bugonia (In Theaters 31 October) Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (In Theaters) Mr Scorsese (Apple TV+) Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Video Store Links Official Site Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme. Hey did you guys see… The passing of poster artist Drew Struzan The Bioscope gets a fresh coat of clean KISS guitarist Ace Frehley dies What we’ve been watching The Woman in Cabin 10 | Netflix High Potential | Disney+ Boots | Netflix Slow Horses | Apple TV Mr. Scorsese | Apple TV Critical Role | YouTube Video Store Links Official Site Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram. Contact: [email protected]

Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. Worm cans were opened, bad puns were spoken. Hey did you guys see… A new Simpsons movie coming in 2027 Avatar 3 is going to be, unsurprisingly, looong Heat 2 is, um, heating up? Sorry Sinners aiming for Best Drama category at the Globes Kiss of the Spider Woman trailer Invincible Season 4 teaser The passing of Diane Keaton What we’ve been watching HIM | The Bioscope Victoria Beckham | Netflix Alien Earth | DIsney+ John Candy: I Like Me | Prime Video