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Russell does a shift with Graeme and Marigold. With Halloween behind us, we talk about some of the best horrors of the year so far, and other spooky t v shows. Russell shares thoughts on the upcoming Wild Horse Nine with Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich, and excitement builds as we get closer to the release of the new Grand Theft Auto. All this and lots more like..

Hey did you guys see….

The passing Partrick Stewart…

…and Tom Skerritt

…and Eric Bauze. Rough couple weeks :(

Time off for GTA VI

GTA VI’s crazy soundtrack

Micheal Mann accidentally shoots himself(he’s fine)

Christmas day horror with Werwulf

Netflix’s new“special interest” category

The SA Podcast Awards 2026

What we’ve been watching

Wild Horse Nine | In Theatres

Resident Evil | In Theatres

Something Very Bad is Going to Happen | Netflix

Obsession

The One About Matthew Perry | Netflix

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Russell is joined behind the counter by Cole and Samantha. Both have been away doing exciting things with their lives. Cole is performing in the current run of Mamma Mia that has been touring the country, and Samantha is back from an exciting pitching session in L.A. We talk about all this, and other exciting news in film and entertainment from the past week.

Mamma Mia! at Teatro

Do Your Worst on Netflix

Hey did you guys see….

You Can See Everything Oscar ambitions

What we’ve been watching

Wildwood | In Theatres

Digger | In Theatres

Clayface | In Theatres

Nobody Wants This | Netflix

Silo | Apple TV

Carrie | Prime Video

Whalefall | In Theatres

The Traitors | BBC

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Russell does a shift with Graeme, but are joined at the counter by favourite customer Claudia. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment news from the last week. like...

Hey did you guys see….

The trailer for Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew

Jason Statham is doing some more bee related shenanigans

You can now watch Rocky sleeping…. not featuring Sylvester Stallone

Stephen Soderbergh takes over The Batman Part II from Matt Reeves

Gromit gets a voice

Nic Cage and Antonia Banderas set for 5th season of True Detective

Tesla flips out!

You Can See Everything gets crazy ratings

Apu speaks for the first time is nearly a decade

What we’ve been watching

Tenzig | Apple TV

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This week's guest is celebrated actor, producer, and writer Thabo Rametsi. Thabo has just wrapped shooting on the exciting project The Road Home where he portrays Hugh Masekela, alongside the likes of Cynthia Erivo, and John Legend. We discuss this experience, as well as another exciting new project he is involved in called 4flieks, that has recently launched to help filmmakers and creators. In true Video Store fashion we also make sure to find out the films he's loved across his life, what he's returning to our video store, and what film we can find him to now rent before he leaves!

Thabo Rametsi

4flieks

Bill Condon Pops in

Recommended FIlms & Series

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Gladiator (2000)

City of God (2002)

Inglorious Basterds (2009)

The Dark Knight (2008)

MobLand (2025)

Hey did you guys see….

The Matchbox movie is real

The Paramount/Warner Bros merger now official

Benedict Cumberbatch’s South Africa story on Top Gear

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Russell does a shift with Gad, and is joined at the counter from favourite customer Chizembi. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment news from the last week, our thoughts on new TV shows like Wonka's Golden Ticket, and films like Unabomber and Digger.

Hey did you guys see….

Avengers Endgame becomes the highest grossing movie ever… again.

No, Chris Nolan isn’t making a Darth Vader movie.

Jon Watts is making a Star Wars movie.

Paramount and WB will now be Skydance.

Robert Eggersnext film will be Romeo and Juliet.

Colbert’s Lord of the Rings movie paused but not canceled.

What we’ve been watching

Wonka’s the Golden Ticket | Netflix

Digger | In Theatres

South Park

Unabomber | Netflix

Tony | In Theatres 9th October

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This week Russell does a shift with Perrin and Gad. We talk the latest in film and television news of the past week, including thoughts on Tom Cruise's latest big swing "Digger", the newly refreshed "Resident Evil", as well as New York Time's newly published list of the best television shows of this century. All this and lots, lots more!

Hey did you guys see,,,,

Brad Bird’s new sci-fi noir Ray Gunn

New York Times best TV Shows of the 21st Century

YouTube and Meta do 180 on Musk documentary ads

Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial trailer

The Israeli army whistleblower doc NAZA

Day Drinker trailer, I guess Johnny Depp’s still allowed to make movies for reason

Coyote vs Acme could be nominated for animated feature

Sealook, the show that’s accidentally for pets

What we’ve been watching

Digger | In Theatres

Resident Evil |In Theatres

Forgotten Island | In Theatres

Lanterns| HBO Max

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This week's guest is theatre maker and actress Hayleigh Evans. In this special returning visit, we catch up on the success of her performing arts centre POP Art, the state of theatre in South Africa, as well as all the films she's loved across her life.

Hey did you guys see….

The opening of theLucas Museum

Only Murders in the Building moves to London

Recommended Films & Series

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Shallow Grave (1994)

Marty, Life is Short | Netflix

Widow’s Bay | Apple TV

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Russell is joined at the counter by special customers Claudia and Flo. We talk the latest in film and entertainment from the last week, our thoughts on Practical Magic 2, the best of the Silwerskerm Film Festival, and lots, lots more!

Hey did you guys see….

David Ayer doesn’t kill the dog

The Odyssey is Universal’shighest grossing movie

Disney reanimates select musical numbers with sign language

Diablo animated series in the works

South African film, The Smell of Apples, debuts at TIFF

What we’ve been watching

Practical Magic 2 | Screenings at The Bioscope

Widow’s Bay | Apple TV

Juror #2 | Netflix

The Gentleman | Netflix

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Russell does a shift with Graeme and Gad. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment news from the last week, play a round of what movie am I? And then just come to terms with trying tour with your band in your forties.

Hey did you guys see….

Stolen Nic Cage movie gets a trailer

George Lucas’ museum finally opening

Harrold Potter and the Unnecessary Remake

The new Danny Boyle movie trailer

September 25, Dolly Day

New Pokémon movie’s cryptic poster and teaser

Grand Theft Auto 6 got hacked

The UN’s new map

Ali G returns… about a decade too late

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Russell and Perrin are joined at the counter by favourite customer Chizembi. We talk the latest in film and entertainment from the past week, like the sad news of Dolly and Tim Curry passing, the most recent updates on James Bond, and lots, lots more.

Hey did you guys see….

The trailer for Sacrifice… is weird

Pixar’s Ghost Market

Dolly Parton

Tim Curry

Peter Cullen

Auditions, Bond Auditions (DA DA dum, DA DA dum)

What we’ve been watching

The Dog Stars | In Theatres

One Night Only | In Theatres

Don’t Say Good Luck | Netflix

Adults | Disney+

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Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment news from the last week. We then countdown our favourite films still being released this year, now that the summer blockbuster season is over!

Hey did you guys see….

The record breaking Chinese animated film

Wildwood’s wild runtime

The Odyssey is the highest grossing R-Rated film

The confusing Kpop Demon Hunters lawsuit

X-men finds its men (and women)

Batista is Kratos

Perrin is very excited about Bluey

Gareth Edwards dumps Jurassic World like a sack of spuds

What we've been watching

Ted Lasso | Apple TV

Lanterns | HBO

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This week, award-winning film producer Cait Pansegrouw pops in to rent something. We talk about her latest film "Black Burns Fast", her incredible career thus far, as well as all the films she has loved across her life.

Recommended Films & Series

Pocahontas (1995)

The Goonies (1985)

The Fifth Element (1997)

Birds of Passage (2018)

Come and See (1985)

Sentimental Value (2025)

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Amélie (2001)

City of God (2002)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Your Name (2016)

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Russell and Graeme are joined at the counter by favourite customer Claudia. We talk the latest in film, TV and gaming this past week.

Hey did you guys see….

Kpop Demon Hunters getting the Criterion treatment

Billie Eilish making screen debut in The Bell Jar adaptation

Apple TV’s Neuromancer teaser

The Odyssey is now Chris Nolan’s (and Imax’s) biggest film

GTA 6 getting extended trailer on… Netflix?

Robert Pattinson continues an outrageous year with Primetime

What we’ve been watching

Spider-man: Brand New Day | In theatres

One Night Only | At The Bioscope

Ted Lasso | Apple TV

Dispatch | Steam

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Russell and Perrin get joined at the counter by writer and producer Sean Drummond. We talk through the latest in film and entertainment this past week, including the success of Spiderman, smaller indie gems like The Invite, and what exciting films are coming up.

A Good House at The Market Theatre

The Invite Instagram Giveaway

Hey did you guys see….

Spider-man has 2nd biggest opening weekend ever…

…Helping to make it the biggest US box office weekend ever

The bonkers Wicker trailer

Netflix sued for losing an unreleased Nic Cage film

David Zaslav might have killed the Barbie sequel

Recommended films and series

The Invite | In Theaters (The Bioscope)

Spider-man: Brand New Day | In Theatres

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Russell does a shift with Perrin and Gad. We talk the latest in film and entertainment news from the last week, including a few of the most exciting upcoming movies that have just been announced.

Hey did you guys see….

Ryan Gosling joins the MCU as Ghost Rider. Hopefully Nic Cage is okay.

La La Hand…. good at puns here!

Thenew Black Panther.

The trailer for Don’t Say Good Luck

The Avengers: Doomsday trailer

Clayface gets a new trailer

Blade Runner TV series trailer

Elon Musk plans his own super accurate version of The Odyssey

Zack Cregger’s Resident Evil

What we’ve been watching

The Invite | In Theatres at The Bioscope

The Dink | Apple TV

Trying | Apple TV

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Russell and Graeme are joined at the counter by special customer Chizembi to talk the latest in film and entertainment news from the last week, as well as all our thoughts about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

To add to this conversation we also get a special visit from Dr Mary-Anne Potter, who is a Senior Lecturer at Unisa teaching Children's Literature and Gender and Sexuality Theory. Her research specializations include mythology, liminality, and fantasy literature and film.

Hey did you guys see….

Michael becomes the first billion dollar biopic

2026 is the biggest post-pandemic year at the box office

DIGGER looks bonkers

Matt Damon predicting his own future…

First look at Mike Flanagan’s Carrie series

The Incomer looks delightful

The trailer for Stallone/Rocky biopic I Play Rocky

New Harry Potter cinematographer on the difficulty of working with kids

Ryan Reynolds invades Russia in Mayday trailer

What we’ve been watching

The Odyssey | In theatres at The Bioscope

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This week Russell and Perrin are joined at the counter by one of our special customers Kyle Craw. Kyle is the organiser of The Bioscope's monthly horror film club called The Horror in our Hearts. We go through some Hey Did You Guys See, we find out Kyle's 4 great loves, and we play a special horror themed edition of "What Movie Am I?" All this and lots, lots more!

Hey did you guys see….

The passing of Sam Niell 🙁

The 2026Emmy nominations

Free Willy getting a reboot… for reasons

Moana remake box office

DIGGER trailer…. Tom f*^&king Cruise indeed

Letterboxd might be up for sale

Sony to stop making PlayStation discs from 2028

Recommended Films & Shows

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Saw (2004)

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Parasite (2019)

Everything, Everywhere All at Once (2022)

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This week's guest is stand up comedian and writer Mojak Lehoko. He joins Russell and Perrin at the counter to talk about the latest in film and entertainment news, as well as the films he's loved across his life.

Mojak Lehoko

Hey did you guys see….

More like Western Anderson am I right?

Luca Guadagnino’s next film picked up by Neon afterAmazon dumped it

The trailer for Robert Eggers Werwulf

Recommended Films & Series

Lost in Translation (2003)

Her (2013)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Friday (1995)

Bowfinger (1999)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

The Matrix (1999)

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The origin of the “Easter Egg”

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Russell does a shift with Graeme, and they get a visit from Claudia. We give our thoughts on latest releases like Supergirl and Jackass: Best and Last, as well as the top news stories in film and tv from this past week like....

Hey did you guys see….

Elizabeth Banks is bus driver now

Shrek 5 is a thing, and people hate it

The odd Digger/Tom Cruise trailer

Klara and the Sun trailer

Ed Norton and Brad Pitt watch soccer

Russell Crowe is making Ethan Hawke carry a bunch of gold

What we’ve been watching

The Sheep Detectives | Prime Video

Supergirl | In Theatres

Jackass: Best and Last | In Theatres

Chris & Martina: The Final Set | Netflix

What we’ve been playing

Mixtape

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One of our lovely customers Maude Sandham joins Russell, Graeme and Perrin at the counter. We talk about the latest film and tv shows we have been enjoying this past week like Toy Story 5, Widows Bay, Voicemails For Isabelle, and The Death of Robin Hood. All this and lots, lots more like..

Hey did you guys see….

The Lion King lawsuit

Toy Story 5 makes all of the money

We should all pool our money and buy IMAX

What we’ve been watching

Toy Story 5 | At the Bioscope

The Death of Robin Hood | In theatres

Voicemails for Isabelle | Netflix

Blue Heron

I Will Find You | Netflix

Widow’s Bay | Apple TV

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