This week's guest is director Brent Dawes, who's feature animation "David" is currently in cinemas around the world. This story of David and Goliath, told like never before, is very largely a South African production. So this is certainly a landmark achievement for not only the South African film industry but certainly the animation industry here in SA.

We got through how such a production is brought together, how such a film is able to be distributed around the world.

After the chat, Russell and Graeme manage to have a little chat about the new Avatar.

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And just like that, we've hit the incredible milestone of 200 episodes! Thank you for all the listens, support and love from you guys! We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than being all together to produce another one of our annual Most Rented episodes! Every year we list our top film and tv shows from the past year, and hand out some unique awards to moments from within those films or shows. This year we have special guests like Donovan Goliath, Nick Hamman, Themba Robin and Nina Hastie contribute their top picks!

Our Most Rented Movies & Series of the Year

Better Man | ShowMax

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish | Netflix

The Life of Chuck | Apple TV Store

Train Dreams | Netflix

Beasts of the Southern Wild

F1 | Apple TV

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age | Apple TV

Sinners | Apple TV Store

Matt Rife: Unwrapped | Netflix

Mantracks (Folding Ideas) | YouTube

One Battle After Another | Apple TV Store

Superman | Apple TV Store

Together

Bugonia

The Naked Gun | Apple TV Store

Eephus | MUBI (with a VPN)

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Russell does a shift with Graeme where we talk the latest in film and entertainment news, But, then get a special visit from Pixar and Lucasfilm sound editor Zenan Robinson, and music producer Dennis McCarter. We always appreciate picking the brains of talented people like this that are out there making the films we love.

Hey did you guys see…

Netflix is probably buying Warner Bros

The Magical Faraway Tree trailer

The trailer for Gore Verbinski’s next film (finally)

Jason Statham does it again… again

Quentin Tarantino's (weird) top 20 movies of the 21st century

What we’ve been watching

Jay Kelly | Netflix

My Secret Santa | Netflix

Train Dreams | Netflix

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The Sounds of Star Wars | Book (No longer in print)

Skywalker Sound

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Russell does a shift with Samantha and Cole, we talk about the latest in film and entertainment news, like how this past weekend saw many new cinema records being broken! Some were felt across the world, and some right here at The BIoscope in Johannesburg. We talk through the films and series we have been enjoying at the moment, and lots, lots more.

Hey did you guys see…

Zootopia 2’s crazy box office

Quentin Tarantino partners with… Fortnite?

The mayor in Plur1bus is, the actual mayor of that city

Japan’s highest grossing live action film

The trailer for Gus Van Sant’s new movie

What we’ve been watching

Wicked: For Good | In Theaters

A House of Dynamite | Netflix

Eternity | In Theaters

Chris Hemsworth: A Trip to Remember | Disney+

Frankenstein | Netflix

Stranger Things | Netflix

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Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. We talk the latest film and entertainment news, along with thoughts on new films like Train Dreams, and Champagne Problems, as well as TV shows like The Beast In Me, and A Man On The Inside. All this and lots, lots more!

Hey did you guys see…

The second trailer for Project Hail Mary (Possible spoilers 3:14:09 -

The $9 million Superman comic

V for Vendetta series in the works

The teaser trailer for Toy Story 5

Cormac McCarthy’s Outer Dark is being adapted

What we’ve been watching

Train Dreams | Netflix

Champagne Problems | Netflix

One Shot with Ed Sheeran | Netflix

The Lost Bus | Apple TV

The Beast in Me | Netflix

A Man on the Inside S2 | Netflix

Sorry we never got to speaking about Wicked For Good. We will get to that on the next eppi!

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This week's guest is South African actor Thabang Molaba, who makes his Hollywood debut in Now You See Me Now You Dont. We talk through how this incredible role came to be, and what it was like on set alongside the likes of Rosamund Pike, Woody Harrelson, and Jesse Eisenberg, We go though his early days growing up in the small town of Harrysmith, and what films he's loved across his life,

Thabang Molaba | Instagram

Recommended Films & Series

The Day of the Jackal | Showmax

Bloodsport (1988)

Stomp the Yard (2007)

Game of Thrones (2011)

Inglorious Basterds (2011)

Lethal Weapon 2

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Russell does a shift with Graeme, but they get a visit from regular customer Claudia! We talk the latest in entertainment news, the new Frankenstein, Predator Badlands, and inspired by the upcoming Now You See Me film, which overseas actors have done the best South African accent! This and lots, lots more!

Hey did you guys see…

The Mummy 4 is happening!... probably

The teaser for the Michael Jackson biopic

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t has a South African villain

The new practical Apple TV logo

What we’ve been watching

Frankenstein (Netflix)

The Running Man (In Theaters 14 November)

Self Reliance (Netflix)

All’s Fair (Disney+)

Plur1bus (Apple TV)

Predator: Badlands (In Theaters)

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Russell does a shift with P Dog and G Force. We've put together a list of our favourite Halloween films you can be watching on streaming platforms here in South Africa. We talk Bugonia, Springsteen, Nobody Wants This, and lots more!

Hey did you guys see…

The trailer for Vince Gilligan’s new show, Plur1bus

The Louvre robbery

We’re getting multiple Christmas Carol adaptations from Rober Eggers and Ti West

New featurette for Laika’s Wildwood

Jane Shoenbrun making Netflix’s Black Hole graphic novel adaptation

Chris Hemsworth’s a thief in Crime 101

Our Spooky Season Recs

Fright Night (Apple TV)

The Babysitter (Netflix)

No One Will Save You (Disney+)

Totally Killer (Prime Video)

Talk to Me (Showmax)

Deep Rising (Disney+)

The Thing (Apple TV)

What we’ve been watching

Bugonia (In Theaters 31 October)

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (In Theaters)

Mr Scorsese (Apple TV+)

Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

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