Category: Series

Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy & Pierce Brosnan and Two Other Reasons to Watch MobLand

If Mirren, Hardy & Brosnan as stars of a London family gangster series dreamed up by Day of the Jackal creator Ronan Bennett aren’t enough reasons to get you to watch MobLand (on M-Net from 10 July at 9pm), why do you even watch TV? The Harrigans are an Irish, London-based crime family who find… Continue reading Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy & Pierce Brosnan and Two Other Reasons to Watch MobLand

The 12 best Series to Stream this July on Showmax

MARY & GEORGE Binge from Wednesday, 2 July on Showmax South African auteur Oliver Hermanus (Living, Moffie, Skoonheid) helms the first three episodes of Emmy-nominated series Mary & George, Rotten Tomatoes’ fifth best anthology or limited series of 2024. Based on a scandalous true story, the historical drama stars Oscar winner Julianne Moore and Nicholas… Continue reading The 12 best Series to Stream this July on Showmax

What to Watch on DStv – June 2025

From Shaka iLembe to LandmanOcean With David Attenborough, Gladiator II, & Nigerian Idol NIGERIAN IDOL S10 LIVE SHOWS Africa Magic (DStv Channel 151) | 20:00 on Sundays ‘There’s never been a greater time to be a Nigerian artist,” The Guardian (UK) headlined an article last year, as Afrobeats and Nigerian artists continued to take over… Continue reading What to Watch on DStv – June 2025

First look at Thuso Mbedu in HBO’s “Task”, Coming to Showmax Later this Year

Alison Oliver and Thuso Mbedu in HBO series Task

HBO has released a first-look image of South African star Thuso Mbedu in Task, a new drama series from Brad Ingelsby, creator of the four-time Emmy winner Mare of Easttown. Mbedu plays Aleah, part of a task force trying to put an end to a string of violent robberies. Four-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo plays… Continue reading First look at Thuso Mbedu in HBO’s “Task”, Coming to Showmax Later this Year