Kanarie, Schalk Bezuidenhout’s breakout movie, is now streaming first on Showmax in South Africa. Schalk stars as Johan Niemand, a fashion-loving gay teen in small-town South Africa in 1985, a time of apartheid, religious conservatism and war, an era when not even his idol Boy George had dared to come out publicly as gay yet.… Continue reading Five Reasons “Kanarie” Is A Gem, Even If You’re Not Afrikaans
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The 8 Best International Series On Showmax This August 2019
PROJECT BLUE BOOK S1 First On Showmax, Binge now Between 1952 and 1969, the U.S. Air Force investigated over 12 000 reported sightings of UFOs. This top-secret programme was code-named Project Blue Book. Aidan Gillen (aka Littlefinger in Game of Thrones) and Michael Malarkey (aka Enzo in The Vampire Diaries) co-star in Project Blue Book,… Continue reading The 8 Best International Series On Showmax This August 2019
The 7 Best African Films On Showmax This August 2019
KANARIE First on Showmax, now streaming Two-time Comics’ Choice winner Schalk Bezuidenhout, who also won a SAFTA for his supporting role in the kykNET comedy Hotel, stars in Kanarie as a small town boy during Apartheid who is chosen to serve his compulsory two-year military training in the South African Defence Force choir, where he… Continue reading The 7 Best African Films On Showmax This August 2019
Best International TV Series Of 2019 So Far
Critic aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes recently released their list of the best reviewed TV series of the year so far, and Showmax has more shows in the Top 20 than any other streaming service in Africa. To celebrate, Showmax has put together a handy guide to the best TV series of 2019 so far. Yes,… Continue reading Best International TV Series Of 2019 So Far
DStv Content Discovery: 2 – 8 August 2019
M-Net is dishing up a legal drama feast on Thursday nights, with the final season of the popular series Suits and its brand-new spin-off series, Pearson, kicking off from 8 August. Suits S9 starts on Thursday 8 August on M-Net (101) at 20:10 In the ninth season premiere of the high-stakes legal drama, Harvey and… Continue reading DStv Content Discovery: 2 – 8 August 2019
4 Reasons To Binge Golden Globe Winner ‘Escape At Dannemora’
Two words on this one: Patricia Arquette. It’s her version of Charlize Theron’s transformation in Monster. Escape At Dannemora, nominated as Best Limited Series at this year’s Golden Globes, is now available to binge on Showmax. The seven-part series is based on a stranger-than-fiction prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015,… Continue reading 4 Reasons To Binge Golden Globe Winner ‘Escape At Dannemora’