“Iewers in Suid-Afrika is daar ’n dorpie genaamd Schusterton. En soos enige ander dorpie in die land, het Schusterton ’n sekuriteitsmaatskappy wat na die veiligheid van die inwoners omsien. Daar is net twee probleme. Eerstens is...
“When a local man turns up dead on the beach, two vastly different detectives are thrown together to solve the case, fastidious local senior sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) and a rough-as-guts blow-in from Darwin, senior...
“kykNET (DStv-kanaal 144) kondig met trots aan dat die kanaal se eerste mediese drama, Hartklop, op Dinsdag 18 Julie om 20:00 begin. As jy nog altyd iets soos Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Doctor, Chicago Med of New Amsterdam in Afrikaans...
Die lewe is te kort om na die Real Housewives van enige dorp te kyk. Mens weet mos dit is ʼn klomp straatkatte in fancy dress. Dus vermy ek die franchise met groot tevredenheid, en kom ons wees nou eerlik, ook met ʼn mate van oordeel....
“After being ousted from her convent, Sister Simone vows to destroy the one responsible: a powerful artificial intelligence known as Mrs. Davis. To exact her revenge, Simone makes a deal with the algorithm and is thrust into a...
Die fliek vertel die verhaal van ’n nuwe dominee en sy eksentrieke vrou wat amok op ’n klein dorpie maak wanneer hulle ’n sangkompetisie vir die Erfenisdag-basaar van stapel stuur. Neels van Jaarsveld en Amalia Uys is te sien as...
The biggest corporate scandal in South African history, the fall of Steinhoff led to a loss of R200 billion. Steinheist untangles the story: the investors who were taken in; the victims and the CEO, Markus Jooste, who’s still a...
“Following a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents — and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb — as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.” Rotten Tomatoes...
“PHOENIX RISING follows actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood as she takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational wounds, and reclaim her story. Almost a decade after escaping a dangerous...
When a woman seeking advice about an abusive husband is found dead, recipe advice columnist Tannie Maria, and her colleague, rookie journalist Jessie, spring into action, determined to solve this small town Karoo murder and catch the...
Ozark – Why, why why? “…this drama series stars Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde, a financial planner who relocates his family from Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks. With wife Wendy and their two kids in tow, Marty is on...
“A bank robber holds open house attendees hostage, then vanishes, leaving police baffled.” Rotten Tomatoes...
“Yellowjackets” tells the narrative of a team of wildly talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving...
“In this sexy Afrikaans comedy, a freak accident sets a wedding planner on an unexpected path. Together with her friends she navigates life and love while wondering if the perfect person, and day, really exists.”...
ʼn Werklike suksesvolle komedie is soos ʼn goeie jazz vertoning. Die tydsberekening, die melodie, die saamvloei van instrumente en verskillende stemme, dit als volg hul eie patroon. Jy moet improviseer en laat waai, maar tog al die parte...
“Doom Patrol — part support group, part superhero team — is a band of superpowered freaks fighting for a world that wants nothing to do with them.” Rotten Tomatoes...
“Single mother Alex turns to housecleaning to make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship and overcomes homelessness to create a better life for her daughter, Maddy.” Rotten Tomatoes...
A figurine made of chestnuts is found at the scene of a grisly murder; from this creepy clue, two detectives hunt for a killer linked to a politician’s missing child. Rotten Tomatoes...
Based on the award-winning novel by author James McBride, “The Good Lord Bird” is told from the perspective of Henry “Little Onion” Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy...
“…Nordic noir represents the bleakest of the bleak, often centering on brutal crimes tinged with shocking violence. The tales invariably feature protagonists who, while possessing a generally ferocious sense of justice, are nonetheless...
’n Weduwee besef sy is swanger en op haar ouderdom word sy gedwing om alles in haar lewe te heroorweeg… Dit is deel van kykNET se Storiefilmprojek van 50 TV-rolprente van sowat 50 minute elk, wat reeds in Desember begin het....
What it is about “Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for...
As much as I love ground-breaking and edgy series such as The Handmaid’s Tale or Sharp Objects, a good old fashioned crime caper is nothing to be sneezed at. Lupin is popcorn entertainment at its best, pure escapism with a good dose of...
What a treat to hear someone speak, someone unencumbered by today’s worries, political correctness and Twitterati mob opinions. It made me hark back to school debate clubs, because I swear even at 18 years old, we were having far more...
Soos na die 1918 griep, voorspel slim mense dat ons na Covid-19, ook ʼn ‘roaring twenties’ fase gaan inbeweeg – musiek, boeke, kuns, films, seksuele avonture, gaan als blom. Terwyl ons wag vir dié groot opskop, braai ons alleen en...
Activists, scientists, farmers and politicians turn to regenerative agriculture to save the planet’s topsoil....
‘n Man wat ‘n wielietjietas deur ‘n verlate veld in die industriële gebied sleep, is nie ‘n tipiese opening vir ‘n televisiereeks nie. Dat hy boonop ‘n discobal onder die arm dra, is egter die eerste...
Rebelling against their buttoned-up Southern community, 16-year-old fraternal twin sisters Sterling (Maddie Phillips) and Blair (Anjelica Bette Fellini) Wesley team up with veteran bounty hunter Bowser Jenkins (Kadeem Hardison) for an...
Irrespective of whether you love or hate Netflix, one cannot argue that the company completely changed the face of television. Especially in countries such as South Africa, where we had to wait months for M-Net to bring international...
Most of us are under lockdown and turning to online entertainment. Some nights I don’t even know what to watch, and I write about film and series for a living. So, I thought it would help sift through the jumble, to compile a list of...
Obviously, everyone knows Westworld season two was a perplexing mess of gorgeous imagery, remarkable acting and relevant commentary, but good lord, a haphazard plot that was all over the place. I could not keep track of who...
For about two minutes I was seduced by Queen Sono’s incredible cinematography, vibrant colour treatment, fresh styling, beautiful people and director, Kagiso Lediga’s love letter to Joburg, and Africa. Then it all came crashing down....
Rolling thunder revue: a Bob Dylan story by Martin Scorsese captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever...
Dit was ’n onbegonne taak vir die arme skrywers van seisoen 8, om aan miljoene (fanatiese) bewonderaars se verwagtinge te voldoen, om al die moord en geweld en intrige in seisoene 1 tot 7 te regverdig, en om die beste TV-reeks van die...
Die Spreeus is ’n bonatuurlike rillerreeks waarin twee onverskrokke speurders van die Spreeus-ondersoekeenheid – Bas Koorts en Beatrice Mack – elke week ’n ander verskynsel ondersoek en misdaad se spoor tot in ander wêrelde volg....
“A deeply moving drama series about a group of old friends who have drifted apart as they have grown older. They are brought together when tragedy strikes.”...
Who raised the bar on television shows to the crazy, brilliant level it is today? Was it Netflix with House of cards? Or HBO with True blood or Game of thrones? Hulu with The handmaid’s tale? I cannot...
The “mind-bending” story returns with The OA Part II, which follows OA as she navigates a new dimension, one in which she had a completely different life as a Russian heiress, and one in which she once again finds herself...
Haunted by a tragic loss, an ex-cop with a rare inability to feel pain strikes out on his own to catch offenders who’ve eluded Johannesburg police....
A keen but accident-prone dragon learns how to become a dragon at Dragon School....
Dwaalster voel bekend; soos jou gunstelingkoffiewinkel of -trui. Dit is Afrikaans, dit speel af in die Karoo en bevat van ons gunstelingakteurs. Dit is hoekom ek dit begin kyk het, maar ook hoekom ek na episode sewe belangstelling...
Rotten Tomatoes gives this series only 73% and summarises it as follows: The Umbrella Academy unfurls an imaginative yarn with furtive emotion and an exceptionally compelling ensemble, but the series’ dour sensibility often...
Full disclosure: this review is based on two episodes and not the whole series. For a whodunnit to be spellbinding, you need to deeply care about the characters – the deceased and the living. Their lives and heartache must to be real....
With Tali’s wedding diary, Showmax beat Netflix in commissioning the first original South African series. In fact, Showmax’s second original South African series, The girl from Saint Agnes, will air end of January....
