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09/01/2023

Exciting times ahead. It will be interesting to see how these developments filter down to South Africa.

From the HBO Max/Discovery+ merger to Netflix's password-sharing offering, here's what streaming services have planned for 2023 and beyond.

08/01/2023

Season 2 of The Bad Batch is off to a decent start. It’s not my favourite Disney+ property but a good way to pass some time.

08/01/2023

Don’t miss season 9 of . Love how the show pivots after losing one of its central characters in the season 8 finale.

Are you ready for Red? 💥
The Blacklist season 9 starts at 21:00 on .

08/01/2023

Season 3 of Evil was the best season yet. Definitely feels like it’s hitting its stride. The story and pacing was a lot more consistent. And boy is it intriguing!

A series about the battle between science and religion.

06/01/2023

Looking for something to watch this weekend? Give Amsterdam a go on .

A lot of this actually happened. Amsterdam, a new film from David O. Russell, arrives in theaters November 2022.

04/01/2023

What a thrilling ride. I’ve loved Anya Taylor-Joy since The Witch, but here she gives a masterclass in acting. Everyone else is great too with some legends filling out smaller roles purely for the excitement of being in such an interesting film.

It’s not quite horror. More suspenseful with social commentary. A thinking person’s suspense thriller that I can highly recommend.

Now PlayingA couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Ralph Fiennes) has pre...

02/01/2023

Going to watch again today. James Cameron has done it again. The effects are so good that even when the story lags a bit there’s never a dull moment.

Cameron’s not known for deep movies so don’t expect to come away with a new point of view. But he is one helluva director and knows how to wow an audience.

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, “Avatar: The Way of Water” begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their ...

01/01/2023

Happy New Year! Matthew Jantjies-Green counts down our favourite shows from 2022 on CapeTalk 📻 with John Maythem on Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Do you agree with our picks? What were your top shows?
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What were some of the great series to watch in 2022? John Maytham speaks to binge buddy, Matt Green. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

01/01/2023

Been looking forward to this for a while now. I love the idea of everyone getting a different perspective based on the order of the episodes. I hope it lives up to the hype!

There are 7 billion ways to solve a crime. Get your first look at KALEIDOSCOPE, new heist series starring Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega and Tati Gabrielle. On...

31/12/2022

Words cannot describe how wonderful Entergalactic is. It wasn’t even on my radar and now I can’t stop raving about it.

If you love art, animation, creativity, music, cinema or just great storytelling, watch it on Netflix.

Sleep on it at your own peril.

From the mind of Kid Cudi and executive producer Kenya Barris, ENTERGALACTIC is the story of two young artists navigating the twists and turns of finding lov...

09/09/2022

On Matthew Jantjies-Green's latest appearance on on CapeTalk he speaks about the prequel to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon (HBO) on M-Net and the new Netflix docuseries Trainwreck: Woodstock '99.

House of the Dragon binge club Prequel to Game of Thrones and set 200 years before the events of GOT Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 (Netflix) Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong? Check out this documen...

03/08/2022

If there's one thing we love at Bingeable it's a good crime story, so Reyka jumped right to the top of our list when it started streaming at the beginning of August on Showmax.

It's the story of criminal profiler Reyka Gama (SAFTA-winner and Bingeable fave Kim Engelbrecht) as she investigates a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer in the sugarcane fields of KwaZulu-Natal. Her traumatic abduction as a child by a farmer (Iain Glen from Game of Thrones) gives her a rare ability to enter the minds of Africa’s most notorious criminals.

Reyka is certainly not short on talent with the eight-part crime drama also featuring SAFTA winners Anna-Mart van der Merwe (Kanarie), Hamilton Dhlamini (Five Fingers for Marseilles), Kenneth Nkosi (Tsotsi, District 9) and Desmond Dube (The Adventures Of Supermama).

If you're looking for something to binge with a tinge of darkness, Reyka will scratch that itch.

Family tension, a haunted past, and a killer on the loose. Watch Reyka from Sunday 25 July at 20:00 on M-Net channel 101.---Visit M-Net's official site: http...

03/08/2022

Reservation Dogs is a breath of fresh air in a world where teen sitcoms feel like bubblegum once it's lost its flavour. This half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California. The show’s first-of-its-kind Indigenous creative team invites audiences into a surprisingly familiar and funny world.

After engineering its groundbreaking first season, creator Sterlin Harjo takes the characters in new directions and allows them to explore life outside of the reservation. This gives the young actors the opportunity to explore their characters on a deeper level and flesh out their relationships both in relation to each other and the world around them.

Season 2 of Reservation Dogs is now streaming on Disney+.

RESERVATION DOGS Season 2 Trailer 2 (2022) Taika Waititi, Comedy Series© 2022 - FX Networks

03/08/2022

A Black Lady Sketch Show is a wacky sketch show that never fails to make us giggle, groan or guffaw. The writing is sharp, the observations over-the-top yet accurate and the acting is balls-to-the-walls energetic. Unafraid of acting the fool, Robid Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend lampoon cultural stereotypes with such gusto that one can't help but get carried along for the ride no matter how ludicrous the skit.

It's already renewed for a fourth season and has a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Times even calls season 3 a “spectacular showcase,” and its stars "the most exciting comics (and the silliest).”

Bingeable gives A Black Lady Sketch Show 4 out of 5 belly laughs.

A Black Lady Sketch Show is currently streaming on Showmax.

These ladies will make you believe that women birthed comedy - ! This 2021 Emmy Award-winning show is back for a third season featuring ...

27/07/2022

What Dream Home Makeover lacks in diversity (they do love their shades of white), it makes up for in charm. Dream Home Makeover is an easy to watch home makeover show that doesn't challenge you, but may give you bits of inspiration here and there.

Most of the charm comes from the family dynamic as they talk style, business and family life.

Dream Home Makeover gets 2 very easy-to-digest stars out of 5.

01/07/2022

Matthew talks on CapeTalk radio about one of my new favourite shows Ms Marvel (Disney+) for its . He also gives his take on Shining Girls (Apple TV) and Physical (Apple TV). 📻
https://omny.fm/shows/capetalk-breakfast/binge-club-with-matthew-green

Shining Girls - Apple TV+ Thriller: Based on South African author Lauren Beukes' novel of the same title, Shining Girls is set in Depression-era Chicago,  where Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost as  he has to kill the shining girls: bright yo...

29/04/2022

Matthew appears on CapeTalk Radio 📻 to share what you can binge (or give a miss) this weekend. The featured shows are I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Showmax), Russian Doll S2 (Netflix), In Treatment (Showmax) and a bonus series Call My Agent (Netflix).
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‘I’ll be Gone in the Dark’ (Showmax),    This  documentary explores the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorised California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his...

02/04/2022

Matthew talks to Refilwe Moloto on CapeTalk 📻 about new and upcoming shows to binge this week: Halo (Showmax), Bel-Air (Showmax), The Thing About Pam (starts 4 April on M-Net) and Bridgerton S2 (Netflix).

Our binge-buddy Matt Green joins us once again to discuss a number of shows you can binge on this weekend, including Halo, Bel Air, The Thing About Pam and Bridgerton.