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THE down-to-earth but totally brilliant Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is back, with two new feature-length episodes exclusive to BritBox, involving more brutal murders to solve. On Thursday, 28 October, the first two episodes of the new season, starring BAFTA award-winning actress Brenda…
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THE genre-bending, cult style film Fried Barry, starring Gary Green, Chanelle De Jager, Johnny Pienaar, Bia Hartensen and Sean Cameron Michael, will premiere on DStv Box Office as a Cinema Premiere on October 26, 2021 in the week leading up to Halloween. Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Steve Wall, Deon Lotz and…
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TWO words: Alan Tudyk. I loved him in Firefly (a series which was far too short-lived) and Serenity, and even more in the original Death At A Funeral  - NOT the one with Chris Rock currently on Netflix. I could so easily have let Resident Alien slide under the radar but I did my due diligence and…
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THIS month, M-Net Channel 101 brings viewers the very best in gripping series, from police procedurals to courtroom drama to emotional depictions of love. Beginning on Monday, October 11 at 8.30pm is Vigil, a British police procedural miniseries created by Tom Edge and produced by World…
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WHAT comes to mind when mentioning a South African social custom or a way of cooking outdoors? You guessed right - the good old sishanyama or braai. Whatever your preference - boerie, chops, chicken or even a vegetarian dish - every Saffa knows it’s going to be a great time around the fire when…
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WHEN I was so much younger and more innocent - three weeks ago when I watched Brand New Cherry Flavor on Netflix - I thought it was quite gory. Well. Let me tell you, Gangs Of London makes Cherry Flavor look like a Saturday morning children's show. Gangs is brutal, and I'm no squeamish prude. At…
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DIGGSTOWN, which first aired on Thursday, August 19 at 8pm, follows Marcie Diggs (Vinessa Antoine, above), a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution. The team of lawyers that Marcie works with are a curious band…
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KALEY CUOCO - you know her as Penny-no-last-name-until-she-married-Leonard in The Big Bang Theory but guess what? She really can act. That's not supposed to sound mean. But you know what it's like when someone has been in a long-running award-winning series for so long; they become that character…
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SHOT on location in KwaZulu Natal and Johannesburg, the captivating African crime-drama thriller Reyka begins its eight-episode season on M-Net (channel 101 on DStv) at 8pm on Sunday, July 25. It will also be available on DStv app and Catch Up.  South African actress Kim Engelbrecht (The Flash,…
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HUGH LAURIE can do no wrong, in my opinion, even when he's doing his best to be wrong. Like in Avenue 5, which concludes its season on M-Net 101 on Friday, July 9 and will move all of its nine episodes to Showmax to binge from July 16. I watched it because of Hugh and it became a guilty pleasure.…
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