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This week's guests are Jean and Patti from the band St Lucia. With childhood links to South Africa for Jean, coming home to perform is always special, and so we jumped at the chance to have them come visit us for a chat. We talk through Jean's childhood as a member of the Drakensburg Boys Choir, their new double album Fata Morgana, finding hope and happiness in today's art being made, and of course all the films they have loved across their lives. All this and lots more!St. LuciaRecommended Films & SeriesThe films of Hayao MiyazakiThe Lion King (1994)Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)Talk to Her “Hable con ella” (2002)The Triplets of Belleville (2003)Room (2015)Video Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 Gad. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment news! We then take a dive into the film The Drama thats opening this coming weekend, and dive into the bizzar french band Angine de Poitrine that's opening Gad's brain.Hey did you guys see….Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine trailer Stephen Colbert writing new Lord of the Rings sequel Harry Potter TV series… for some reasonForgotten Island trailerThe Daniels and the Goose teaming up for sci-fi comedy Paramount (sort of) shutting down HBO Max and…Amazon shutting down Freevee and moving content to Prime VideoGwar + French Canadians + Microtonal = Angine de PoitrineEveryone hates Keanu Reeves in OutcomeWhat we’ve been watchingShrinking | Apple TVHigh Potential | Disney+Paradise | Disney+The Drama | In Theaters 3 AprilVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 get a visit from interesting customer Chizembi. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment news this past week, including a deep dive into Project Hail Mary!Hey did you guys see….New IMAX screen coming to RosebankThe passing of Chuck NorrisDune Part 3 trailer!Spider-man, Spider-man does whatever a trailer can Jessie Buckley won all the awardsA new Iron Maiden docSNL UK is a thing nowTarantino writing/directing a TV series… with Sylvester Stallone? Okay. Spielberg enters his yee-haw eraWhat we’ve been watchingProject Hail Mary | At The Bioscope Video Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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]

As per tradition, this is our annual Oscars Episode, where we go through all the categories, all the drama, all of the tea! Russell is joined by Graeme and a very sleepy Perrin who stayed up to watch the ceremony live so that you didnt have to!Hey did you guys see….Peter Jackson to get Honorary Palme d”OrRebel Wilson’s PR team are f*@&king nutsSA reality stars do some shopliftingBuffy reboot cancelledFirefly (might be) getting rebootedNetflix is remaking a remake of an adaptation of Man on Fire Video Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 we got a special visit from creative powerhouse Kudi Maradzika. We go through how she put the successful Netflix show "Bad Influencer" together with her collaborators, her other exciting upcoming projects, and all the films she has loved across her life.But like all episodes, we start with a good chat about some of the biggest entertainment news of the past week,Bad Influencer | NetflixKudi Maradzika | InstagramHey did you guys see…F1 director’s Miami Vice rebootShowmax is shutting downQuentin Tarantino goes to the West EndNetflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI companyDC’s Lanterns trailerPeople are mad at Timothée ChalametTeyana Taylor & PTA might make One Battle spinoffMonsters Inc. 3 is happeningWhat we’ve been watchingThe Bride | In TheatersRecommended Film & SeriesThe Lord of the Rings TrilogyFoundationA Knight of the Seven KingdomsThe Fifth ElementThe Shawshank RedemptionArrivalInterstellarVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 Gad, but we then get a visit by one of our favourite customers Chizembi. We talk about the latest in film and entertainment news.Hey did you guys see…Paramount now set to buy Warner Bros. in our continuing march toward dystopia.Most HBO shows are no longer on Showmax or DSTVA new Lord of the Rings game (of some sort) is in the worksPokémon turns 30The BAFTA Incident (isn’t a Robert Ludlum novel)What we’ve been watchingIndustry | ShowmaxParadise | Disney+Scrubs | Disney +Drive to Survive | NetflixHoppers | In Theaters from 6 Mar.Video Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 Cole. We talk the latest in film and entertainment news like...Hey did you guys see…The passing of Robert DuvallThe 2026 BAFTA winnersIf there was any lingering doubt that the internet is full of morons, this will end itThose toys have a 5th story to tellRuffalo v. Cameron in this week's edition of What the Hell is Going On?The Mandalorian and Grogu is a bad title for a movieWhat we have been watchingWonder Man | Disney +What we will be watchingProject Hail Mary | 20 MarchThe Drama | 3 AprilOver Your Dead Body | 24 AprilVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 then get a visit from one of our favourite customers Claudia. We chat about the latest film and entertainment news of the last week, and the films and TV shows we have been enjoying at the moment. Two filmmakers have returned with films, one is a great return to form, one not so much. And with the recent passing of actor James van der Beek, Russell remembers one film he was in that deserves to be preserved.Hey did you guys see…Spider-man + Nic Cage + Fedora = Spider NoirZazie Beetz is going to kill youThe passing of James Van Der Beek… F#*k cancerRyan Gosling gets small and angularJohn Wick gets pixelatedThe next James Bond is… a video gameScrubs is back (in February!)ByteDance bit off more than they could chewWhat we’ve been watchingElla McCay | Disney +Send Help | In Theaters“Wuthering Heights” | At The BioscopeVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 is back and does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. We talk the latest in film and entertainment news like the recent Superbowl trailers, thoughts on the Michael Jackson biopic, our review of Die My Love, and Elvis Presley In Concert, and lots, lots more!Hey did you guys see….Kristen Stewart bought a theaterThe Super Bowl trailers & a Tarantino spin-offA24 is going on a massacre (in Texas)Darren Aronofsky's AI series. YuckMichael Jackson gets a biopic featuring no original ideasPTA won the DGASean Baker’s next film, with Michelle YeohWhat we’ve been watchingDie My Love | The BioscopeEPIC: Elvis Presley in ConcertQueer EyePole to Pole with Will SmithThe Muppet ShowVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 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 PetitionSave SA Film Jobs Back a BuddyHey did you guys see…First look at the BeatlesAlec Baldwin is bad at chessFast Forever is the name of a real movieMelania documentary makes more money than it should haveThe first trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2The passing of Catherine O’HaraSteven Spielberg joins the EGOT clubRecommended Films & SeriesMad MenThe PittBad InfluencerPlur1busBetter Call SaulRental FamilyHamnetThe Mighty NeinVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 MummyA guy climbed a building… Live!He-man and his pink shirt are backDarth Maul gets his own TV showKathleen Kennedy steps down as head of LucasfilmThe 2026 Oscar NominationsVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 10Zootopia 2 is (Hollywood’s) biggest animated movie everCATS at MontecasinoZoe Saldaña is the highest grossing actor of all time8th time is the charm for Paranormal ActivityWhat we’ve been watching28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | In TheatersHamnet | In Theaters 30 JanuaryThe Rip | NetflixVideo Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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 movieGodzilla Minus Zero is out in NovemberThe Death of Robin Hood answers the age old question, ”what if Robin Hood was old and sad?”A dog just won an acting awardSebastian Stan is (probably) in The Batman Part IIThe Golden Globes happened (yes we also missed it)What we’ve been watchingBruce Springsteen: Nebraska Live | Disney+Rental Family | In Theaters Marty Supreme | In TheatersPeople We meet on Vacation | NetflixKumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts | Disney+Video Store LinksOfficial SiteInstagramYouTubeHave 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]