The BBC documentary collection Resistance in a Hostile Environment, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave), is now streaming on Showmax. The omnibus includes Uprising, which won the 2022 BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series, and Black Power: A British Story of Resistance, which was nominated for a 2022 BAFTA for Specialist… Continue reading Amandla! Sir Steve McQueen’s BAFTA-winning Black Power Doccie Series Comes To Showmax
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Q&A With Tarryn Wyngaard, From Showmax Original Horror Series Pulse, Launching On 23 June 2022
In the Showmax Original horror series Pulse, launching on Thursday, 23 June 2022, a group of game creators discover that survival is no longer just a game when an electromagnetic pulse bomb fries every electrical circuit in their office high-rise – and people’s heads. Binge Pulse on Showmax:https://www.showmax.com/eng/tvseries/76972xbb-pulse Sam Wright caught up with Cape Tonian… Continue reading Q&A With Tarryn Wyngaard, From Showmax Original Horror Series Pulse, Launching On 23 June 2022
No More Mr Nice Guy – Q&A Thapelo Mokoena On Playing Against Type In “Pulse”
In the Showmax Original horror series Pulse, launching on Thursday, 23 June 2022, Thapelo Mokoena plays Errol, a game producer who discovers that survival is no longer just a game when an electromagnetic pulse bomb fries every electrical circuit in his office high-rise – and people’s heads. Sam Wright caught up with the SAFTA-winning Trackers… Continue reading No More Mr Nice Guy – Q&A Thapelo Mokoena On Playing Against Type In “Pulse”
“Survival Is Insufficient” – Why Station Eleven Was Named Critics’ Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Series For 2022
This week we have two Showmax Originals launching on Thursday: the South African survival horror Pulse and the Afrobeats documentary series Journey of the Beats. Mandla N’s Meet Melusi, starring Mothusi Magano, has also deservedly gone straight to the top of our film charts after launching on Youth Day. Just let me know what you… Continue reading “Survival Is Insufficient” – Why Station Eleven Was Named Critics’ Best Sci-fi/Fantasy Series For 2022
Street Gang Documentary: How Sesame Street Changed TV Forever
Nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award for Best Archival Documentary, Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street is now streaming first on Showmax in Africa. Street Gang has a 95% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus says, “Like the show whose groundbreaking creation it commemorates, Street Gang: How We Got… Continue reading Street Gang Documentary: How Sesame Street Changed TV Forever
WESTWORLD S4 Weekly From 27 June 2022, First On Showmax
As Rotten Tomatoes says, “We have no idea what’s in store for Westworld’s fourth season, which is exactly how the producers of the sci-fi killer-robot series like it. Will it finally come to war between humans and AI? No idea…” But, they add, “The previous three Certified Fresh seasons have us hooked for life.” The eight-episode fourth season… Continue reading WESTWORLD S4 Weekly From 27 June 2022, First On Showmax