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Top binge entertainment picks

From transformative books to binge-worthy series, these South African titles will keep you entertained this holiday season

Unseen returns for an explosive second season.

Blood, tears and bodies: Season 2 of Unseen carries on the drama

The cast is great, the cinematography is excellent and the themes universal

Give them a leg up: Tumi Morake is excited about the potential of young comedians in South Africa.

Stand-up is far from down and out after pandemic knocks

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A smile can bring a tear to me: Some of the participants in the new TV show Last One Laughing, where the challenge is to keep a straight face or be eliminated.

Last to laugh laughs longest

Reality show starring some of SA’s best comedians promises to be a cracker

Lives apart: A scene from the six-part South African series Soon Comes Night, which follows the story of former freedom fighter Alex Shabane, who has turned to a life of crime, and Sakkie Oosthuizen, the detective charged with hunting him down.

Soon Comes Night highlights politics and redemption

A pulsating political thriller forces viewers to contemplate the status quo in the country

On the box: Zolisa Xaluva is in The Queenstown Kings, a soccer-themed film about the challenges of pursuing dreams in a township setting.

A feast of festive TV

We take a look at some of the local offerings on the small screen as you prepare for a holiday binge

Money talks podcast series

A 6 Part Podcast Series #UnlockWomen about Money, Wealth and the balance of making it all work! Money, money, money! On July 5th, the Mail & Guardian, in partnership with African…

Of swords and snow: A scene from the new season of Netflix’s fantasy drama television series ‘The Witcher’. Photo: Susie Allnutt

The Witcher: Meek ending for Cavill

Season three volume two starts like a house on fire — and the flame goes out and into Ciri

Female gaze: Toni Collette plays mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez in the Prime Video series ‘The Power’. (Katie Yu/Prime Video)

‘The Power’ – unleashing of feminine agency upends gender norms

The thought-provoking series invites us to explore the depths and power of human psychology, through the lenses of women

Sibling rivalry: Succession’s Roy family, may not know how love works, but they all know a lot about hate. Photo: HBO/Showmax

Screen Grab: Try the snake linguini in ‘Succession’

HBO’s ‘Succession’ is back, at last — and as bitterly gripping as ever

Iconic: Sola Sobowale returns as crime boss Eniola Salam

Review: Nigeria’s ‘King of Boys’ was a smash hit. Does the sequel do it justice?

Kemi Adetiba’s Netflix miniseries is certainly stylish — but it’s missing the panache of the original

Peri from the Netflix series Ethos.

Screen Grab: Istanbul’s eye

The Netflix drama ‘Ethos’ lays bare the divided soul of contemporary Turkey

The freedom to write like a regular girl

Milisuthando Bongela expresses a yearning to be "a free writer" and the responsibility that lies on the shoulders of African writers.

Eva Green as Vanessa Ives in “Penny Dreadful”

Television’s intrigues (nearly) rivalled local politics

Shaun de Waal looks at TV shows that had us hooked with cliffhangers and plot twists.

Spacey was considered one of the finest actors of his generation but his career nosedived following allegations of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen men in the United States and Britain. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Hollywood’s fatal attraction to TV: Why studios are turning to the small screen

Paramount is the latest studio to reboot its movies as TV series, with the likes of Minority Report and Shutter Island to get the treatment.

A chance to lighten up and show your metal

The colourful designs found at Makers of Stuff (MoS),create a personal connection between the product and the customer.

Writer

Jezebel might not win for feminism with Lena Dunham’s body

US site Jezebel has proudly published the results of its hunt for the pre-Photoshopped Vogue photos of Lena Dunham. But what does this achieve?

Writers take not: The Moleskin has become a fetish object for authors.

Making mountains out of Moleskines

Do you want to write like Ernest Hemingway or Bruce Chatwin? Then you need a Moleskine notebook.