The Video Store

Russell does a shift with Gad, but we then get a visit by one of our favourite customers Chizembi. We talk about the latest in film and entertainment news.

Hey did you guys see…
Paramount now set to buy Warner Bros. in our continuing march toward dystopia.
Most HBO shows are no longer on Showmax or DSTV
A new Lord of the Rings game (of some sort) is in the works
Pokémon turns 30
The BAFTA Incident (isn’t a Robert Ludlum novel)

What we’ve been watching
Industry | Showmax
Paradise | Disney+
Scrubs | Disney +
Drive to Survive | Netflix
Hoppers | In Theaters from 6 Mar.

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Russell does a shift with Graeme and Cole. We talk the latest in film and entertainment news like...

Hey did you guys see…
The passing of Robert Duvall
The 2026 BAFTA winners
If there was any lingering doubt that the internet is full of morons, this will end it
Those toys have a 5th story to tell
Ruffalo v. Cameron in this week's edition of What the Hell is Going On?
The Mandalorian and Grogu is a bad title for a movie

What we have been watching
Wonder Man | Disney +

What we will be watching
Project Hail Mary | 20 March
The Drama | 3 April
Over Your Dead Body | 24 April

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Russell does a shift with Graeme, but then get a visit from one of our favourite customers Claudia. We chat about the latest film and entertainment news of the last week, and the films and TV shows we have been enjoying at the moment. Two filmmakers have returned with films, one is a great return to form, one not so much. And with the recent passing of actor James van der Beek, Russell remembers one film he was in that deserves to be preserved.

Hey did you guys see…
Spider-man + Nic Cage + Fedora = Spider Noir
Zazie Beetz is going to kill you
The passing of James Van Der Beek… F#*k cancer
Ryan Gosling gets small and angular
John Wick gets pixelated
The next James Bond is… a video game
Scrubs is back (in February!)
ByteDance bit off more than they could chew

What we’ve been watching
Ella McCay | Disney +
Send Help | In Theaters
“Wuthering Heights” | At The Bioscope

Video Store Links
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Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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This week Russell is back and does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. We talk the latest in film and entertainment news like the recent Superbowl trailers, thoughts on the Michael Jackson biopic, our review of Die My Love, and Elvis Presley In Concert, and lots, lots more!

Hey did you guys see….
Kristen Stewart bought a theater
The Super Bowl trailers & a Tarantino spin-off
A24 is going on a massacre (in Texas)
Darren Aronofsky's AI series. Yuck
Michael Jackson gets a biopic featuring no original ideas
PTA won the DGA
Sean Baker’s next film, with Michelle Yeoh

What we’ve been watching
Die My Love | The Bioscope
EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Queer Eye
Pole to Pole with Will Smith
The Muppet Show

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This week at The Video Store we got a special visit from producer and past guest Luke Rous to discuss why the South African film industry is in crisis, and what can be done to save it. But before that Cole and Graeme chat about Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics, the passing of the great Catherine O’Hara, Steven Spielberg’s Grammy win and lots more.

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Hey did you guys see…
First look at the Beatles
Alec Baldwin is bad at chess
Fast Forever is the name of a real movie
Melania documentary makes more money than it should have
The first trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2
The passing of Catherine O’Hara
Steven Spielberg joins the EGOT club

Recommended Films & Series
Mad Men
The Pitt
Bad Influencer
Plur1bus
Better Call Saul
Rental Family
Hamnet
The Mighty Nein

Video Store Links
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Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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