Emmys-smasher The White Lotus returns with a “decidedly sexier” second season, set in Sicily

The most awarded series at this year’s Emmys, The White Lotus is back with a sizzling new season coming to Showmax weekly on Mondays, express from the States. With an (almost) all-new cast, Season 2 trades Hawaii for Sicily, where a different group of ultra-wealthy vacationers will spend a week at a different – but… Continue reading Emmys-smasher The White Lotus returns with a “decidedly sexier” second season, set in Sicily

First Trailer For Showmax Original Murder Mystery “Donkerbos”

It’s quiet here. Dead quiet.  Showmax has just dropped the first trailer for Donkerbos, a moody Showmax Original murder mystery from writer-director Nico Scheepers (Nêrens, Noord-Kaap, which won Best Editing: TV Drama at the 2022 SAFTAs). Produced by Nagvlug Films (Skemerdans, Barakat), Donkerbos premieres on Showmax on 29 November 2022, with new episodes every Tuesday until 17 January 2023. When the… Continue reading First Trailer For Showmax Original Murder Mystery “Donkerbos”

Terror in Tsitsikamma: “Gaia” Brings Halloween Closer To Home This Year

Gaia debuts on Showmax this Halloween, 31 October 2022. The breakout South African horror film won director of photography Jorrie van der Walt the 2021 Zeiss Cinematography Award at South by Southwest (SXSW) – widely considered one of the five most prestigious film festivals globally. Gaia follows an injured forest ranger on a routine mission… Continue reading Terror in Tsitsikamma: “Gaia” Brings Halloween Closer To Home This Year

The Best Non-fiction To Stream Now – On Showmax

MUST-WATCH THE REHEARSAL S1 | Binge now, first on Showmax The Rehearsal explores the lengths one man will go to to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder (2022 Emmy nominee How To With John Wilson) allows ordinary people to prepare for… Continue reading The Best Non-fiction To Stream Now – On Showmax

The Best International Movies To Stream This October On Showmax

THE BEST INTERNATIONAL MOVIES TO STREAM THIS OCTOBER From The Lost City to Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Venom: Let There Be Carnage to The Suicide Squad COMING SOON THE LOST CITY | Stream from 24 October Brilliant but reclusive author Loretta Sage (Oscar winner Sandra Bullock) has spent her career writing popular romance-adventure novels about… Continue reading The Best International Movies To Stream This October On Showmax

Bongile Mantsai on playing Hlengu – his “complete opposite” – in Blood Psalms

In Blood Psalms, the epic Showmax Original African fantasy launching on Wednesday, 28 September 2022, Bongile Mantsai stars as Hlengu, the second-born son of the chief of the Ku’ua, a nomadic tribe of wandering warriors. Blood Psalms marks Mantsai’s third collaboration with director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka after the South African Oscar entries Knuckle City and… Continue reading Bongile Mantsai on playing Hlengu – his “complete opposite” – in Blood Psalms