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Ipeleng Derby-Molefe

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Ipeleng Derby-Molefe

Ipeleng Derby-Molefe is a writer who studied at AFDA Cape Town

More action than comedy, Lift makes the actor’s dream come true while exploring issues around money and who exactly the bad guys are. (Netflix)

Getting to the Hart of the action

More action than comedy, Lift makes the actor’s dream come true while exploring issues around money and who exactly the bad guys are

Modern cowboys in crypto con

Documentary looks at how three Americans managed to steal millions by creating a currency

Two-way street: Reality show This Body Works for Me follows the lives of seven South African sex workers. Photo: Supplied

A candid look at sex work

Thandeka, who has been working in the sector for 13 years, says a new reality TV series is edifying

Film is a quizzical look at siblings

‘Quiz Lady’ follows the journey of two Asian-American sisters towards healing their rift

Quirky filmmaker Wes Anderson outdoes himself with his comedy adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Netflix.  (Netflix)

Dahl’s tale brought to life in film

The director’s use of colour and imagery is a perfect match for the writer’s whimsical storytelling

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‘Next Exit’ explores the afterlife

This comedy drama is sci-fi road trip that follows two people who have volunteered to be part of an experiment about death

Painkiller: Big Pharma and the opioid epidemic

The sales team for Purdue Pharma worked relentlessly to persuade doctors to prescribe OxyContin for pain relief

American rights activist: Mamie Till-Mobley in Mississippi in September 1955. Her teenage son Emmett Till was kidnapped and murdered after he allegedly whistled at a white woman. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

TV series ‘Let the World See’ a vital Mississippi story the world must hear

A new television series looks at the life and death of Emmet Till in the 1950s and the bravery of his mother

I’m back: Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s ‘FUBAR’  in May. Photo: by Axelle Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Fubar: A season of kick-ass laughs

Arnold Schwarzenegger and fellow action-heroes will keep you entertained in this new series

No free lunch: Ryan Reynolds plays the hero, Guy, in ‘Free Guy’.

Free Guy is a laugh, a cry and a scream

The action comedy is a rollercoaster of emotions. You’ll laugh, cry and scream at the screen

Soup-er: The artist in a scene from the docuseries ‘The Andy Warhol Diaries’. Photo: Netflix

Andy gets more than 15 minutes

A new docuseries examines the life, the work and the loves of the pioneer of the pop art movement

Jake Paul raises his arms in the air after his fight against Nate Diaz at American Airlines Center on August 05, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

Thinking out of the box took Jake Paul to success

Untold shows how Jake Paul used his bad image to grow his boxing career

They should clone this highly watchable movie

They Cloned Tyrone is near perfect, from the music and the performances to pacing

In a Barbie world: Barbie has allowed young girls the freedom to dream, hope and believe. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

An ode to Barbie

She might be a doll but what she represents is anything but plastic