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| 15 Aug 2023 | Rob Van Vuuren - Becoming Namaste Bae & The Secret to Happiness | 01:32:16 | |
Actor Rob Van Vuuren (Namaste Bae. Twakkie) pops in to rent something. Namaste Bae (@robvanvuuren) (Instagram) Recommended Films/Shows: The NeverEnding Story (iTunes) Beetlejuice (iTunes) The Goonies (iTunes) Apocalypse Now (Final Cut) (iTunes) The Babysitter (Netflix) Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix) Fisk (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Disney+) Big Nunu's Little Heist (Netflix) | |||
| 20 Jun 2023 | Making A Love Letter To SA & Premiering At Sundance | 01:30:06 | |
Filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela pops in to rent something. We talk through how her important debut film 'Milisuthando' has come to be, and what kind of questions it's raising in today's South Africa. Meanwhile the clerks got to see Wes Anderson's new film 'Asteroid City' last week, and we have ourselves a fat chat about it. The Guest Chat (begins at 12:21) Encounters Film Festival (The Bioscope) The Silences of the Palace (Free the Work) The Clerks Chat (begins at 57:46) Asteroid City | Official Trailer (YouTube) Black Mirror (Netflix) The Space Between Us (Netflix) Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (Netflix) Mission to Mars (iTunes) How I Met Your Father (Disney+) FUBAR (Netflix) Extraction 2 (Netflix) The Full Monty (Disney+) What's Love Got to Do With It? (iTunes) They Cloned Tyrone | Official Trailer (Netflix) | |||
| 04 Apr 2023 | Normalising Meditation, Releasing Albums & The Most Fun You Can Have WIth Your Clothes On. | 01:03:01 | |
Musician Warwick Rautenbach (Hellcats) pops in to rent something. GUEST LINKS; Hellcats (Spotify), Hellcats (@hellcatsband) (Instagram) Warwick Rautenbach (@woza.chi) (Instagram) ||| STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT; Asteroid City - Official Trailer (YouTube), The Little Mermaid - Official Trailer (YouTube), Tom Cruise Has Seen The Flash Movie and He Loved It (The Hollywood Reporter), Shrinking (Apple TV+), Our Universe (Netflix), Prehistoric Planet (Apple TV+), Foo Fighters: Back And Forth. SHARE THE LOVE: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 11 Jul 2023 | Producing Kizazi Moto & Trying It Again More Sinister | 01:19:18 | |
A special 'Kizazi Moto' Episode! Senior Producer Kaya Kuhn and actor Sandi Dlangalala pop in to rent something. Two special visits on the release day of this landmark anthology series made it a nice busy day at The Video Store. KAYA CHAT: Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (Disney+) SANDI CHAT: Shortstraw - JETLAG (Official Video) - YouTube Russell was right, it was Peabo Hlakanyana - UJ Arts & Culture JANICE HONEYMAN'S PETER PAN PANTO 2023 - Joburg Theatre Steve Umculo - Your Eyes Through Mine [Music Video] - YouTube | |||
| 13 Sep 2022 | New Rave, Peppa Pig & Beauty Queens | 00:46:08 | |
Comedian Claudine pops in to rent something. Stuff mentioned; Good Luck To You Leo Grande (DSTV Box Office), Peppa Pig (Netflix), House of The Dragon (Showmax), She Hulk (Disney+), Only Murders In The Building (Disney+). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 19 Sep 2023 | Matthew Mole - Busking In Parks & Watching Scary Movies | 01:29:50 | |
Musician Matthew Mole pops in to rent something. Matthew Mole | Official Site Guest Chat @ 8:10 Dark Water (2002) | Letterboxd The Day After Tomorrow | Disney+ Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Apple TV (ZA) Cash Up @ 1:07:10 RackaRacka | YouTube Channel for 'Talk To Me' Directors. Only Murders in the Building | Disney+ Links Official Website: thevideostore.co.za Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevideostorepod/ | |||
| 14 Feb 2023 | Arctic Aliens, Zombies & Some Light Entertainment For The Bath | 00:50:34 | |
Gavin Pincus pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about with links: Star Wars Minus Williams, The Thing 1982 (iTunes), The Thing 2011, Gummo, Bad Boy Bubby, La Haine, Delicatessen, The Last of Us (ShowMax), Servant (AppleTV+), Little Demon (Disney+), Triangle of Sadness (iTunes). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | Muzi - All About Love & Getting Chris Martin Singing in Zulu | 01:27:15 | |
Musician Muzi pops in to rent something. We go through the films he's loved across his life and how they have shaped the person he's become. Recommended Movies/TV Shows Guest Chat Jumanji | Netflix A Nightmare on Elm Street | Apple TV 500 Days of Summer | Disney+ Scary Movie | Apple TV Constantine | Apple TV Interstellar | Apple TV Clerks Chat Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Disney+ NYAD | Netflix Trailers Dune: Part Two Official Trailer 2 | YouTube The Fall Guy Official Trailer | YouTube Godzilla Minus One Official Trailer | YouTube Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Teaser Trailer | YouTube The Boy and The Heron Official Teaser Trailer | YouTube Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 25 Apr 2023 | Meeting Sinatra, Supersonic Hangovers & That Now Famous Mistake | 01:16:05 | |
Record store owner Benjy Mudie pops in to rent something. STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT; Dungeons & Dragons (Cinemas) | Wizards of the Coast (Wikipedia) | The Legend of Vox Machina (Prime Video) | Beau Is Afraid Official Trailer (YouTube) ||| WITH BENJY; Vinyl Junkie | éVoid (Spotify) | AC DC Let There Be Rock RARE South African Green and Purple Misprint Vinyl | The Banshees of Inisherin (Disney+) | The White Lotus (ShowMax) | Platoon (iTunes) | Pamela, a love story (Netflix) | The Black Godfather (Netflix). thevidestore.co.za | |||
| 23 May 2023 | Using Comedy, Fast Saga Recap & The Best Drag Queen Name! | 01:55:13 | |
Actor/Musician Bouwer Bosch pops in to rent something. STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT; GUEST CHAT (Starts at 15:38) Liefde Wen – Bliksem met Liefde, Vuil Wasgoed (ShowMax) | Thys en Trix (ShowMax) | Sy Klink Soos Lente (ShowMax) | The Mattress Warehouse - ending sleepless nights (YouTube) | My Kind of Country (Apple TV+) | Love Is Blind (Netflix) | The Banshees of Inisherin (Disney+) | 1899 (Netflix) | Black Mirror (Netflix) | “White Lotus” Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Broken Record (YouTube) CASH UP (Starts at 1:22:19) Fast & Furious 9 (ShowMax) | Queer Eye (Netflix) | Jason Statham competed in diving at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland (YouTube) | The Rock on Tyrese Gibson Album {YouTube) SPOILERS FROM 1:52:31 | |||
| 16 Jul 2024 | Serial Killers, Tornadoes & A Fun Way To Bring You The News | 01:17:48 | |
We're back after our little break! Russell does a shift with Perrin & Gad. We talk creepy thriller 'Longlegs' as well as popcorn thrill Twisters. We talk sports docuseries' like America's Sweathearts and Sprint, as well as developed a fun little way to deliver the latest film and tv news to you each week. Recommended Films/Series Gladiator 2 Trailer | YouTube Agatha All Along Trailer | YouTube Bando Stone & The New World | Official Trailer | YouTube Longlegs | The Bioscope Twisters | In Theatres A Quiet Place: Day One | In Theatres Fallout | Prime Video America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Netflix Sprint | Netflix Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 10 Jan 2023 | Exacting Revenge, Plinky Plonky Music & K-Drama For Beginners. | 00:48:31 | |
Nina Hastie pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Taxi Driver (Netflix), See How They Run (Disney+), Alchemy of Souls (Netflix), What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim (Netflix), Do Do Sol Sol La La So (Netflix), Kingdom (Netflix), I ♥ Huckabees (no longer on Disney+), Wednesday (Netflix). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 20 Dec 2022 | Whodunits, Fall-Asleep Shows & Australians Convincing Us They Know Food. | 00:31:20 | |
Al and Dan pop in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; The Bear (Disney+), Drink Masters (Netflix), Savanna Comedy Bar (7) Comedy Central Live at the Savanna Comedy Bar - YouTube, The White Lotus (ShowMax/HBO), See How They Run (Disney+), The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent (DSTV Box Office/ iTunes), Vice, Succession (ShowMax/HBO), Brian and Charles, The Phantom of The Open. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 28 Mar 2023 | Pizza Shows, Middle Names & Serving Up Magical Moments | 00:54:18 | |
Musician J'Something pops in to rent something.Stuff Spoken about; Mi Casa (Spotify), JSomethingmusic (Instagram), ARTISTRY (thisisartistry.co.za), Chef's Table: Pizza (Netflix), My Kitchen Rules (Showmax), The Menu (Disney+), jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix), Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love.Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 11 Oct 2022 | Japanese Trains, Sea Monsters & The Most Famous Scream | 00:53:52 | |
A shift with Cole and Gad. Stuff spoken about; Bullet Train (Cinemas), Rings Of Power (Amazon Prime Video), NOPE (Cinemas), Pinocchio (Disney+), She Hulk (Disney+), Luca (Disney+), Bao (Disney+), Turning Red (Disney+), Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy (Netflix), The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist (Netflix), Encino Man (Disney+). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 06 Jun 2023 | Making Devilsdorp, Ethical Storytelling & Raising The Bar | 01:46:47 | |
Director David Enright (Devilsdorp, Stella Murders) pops in to rent something. We talk through how Devilsdorp came together, and its effect on society. Store clerks Graeme and Cole went to go watch Across The Spider-Verse and think it could be the best film of the year. STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT; Guest Chat Devilsdorp (ShowMax) Stella Murders (ShowMax) The Store Clerks SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Trailer (YouTube) Singin' in the Rain (Apple TV) The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix) True Crime South Africa (Podcast) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Where the Crawdads Sing (Netflix) The Morning Show (Apple TV+) Black Mirror (Netflix) | |||
| 29 Aug 2023 | Loving Musicals & Getting to Kiss Hollywood Heart-throbs | 01:22:45 | |
Actress and Entrepreneur Hayley Owen Watters pops in to rent something. Guest Chat @ 7:00 Recommended Film/Shows The Greatest Showman | Disney+ Clerks Chat @ 37:32 The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Disney+ Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | Apple TV Social Media Links Website: The Video Store Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevideostore Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevideostorepod/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thevideostorepod Twitter: The Video Store Podcast (@videostorepod) / Twitter YouTube: https://bit.ly/39gTEKc | |||
| 26 Mar 2024 | Cinema Giving Me A Voice & The Embodiment Of Magic | 01:31:03 | |
Filmmaker Mandla Dube pops in to rent something. We talk about his upcoming Netflix film 'Heart of The Hunter', as well as the films he's loved across his life. Behind the counter, Russell does a shift with Marigold, and they talk through other Netflix gems they are enjoying at the moment. Heart of the Hunter | Netflix Recommended Movies/Series Guest chat at 2:45 Jaws | Apple TV The Terminator | Apple TV The 400 Blows | MUBI Clerks chat at 1:14:20 Alone | Netflix Painkiller | Netflix The Gentleman | Netflix Extra Links Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 13 Jun 2023 | Becoming The Kiffness, Soundtracking Wars & Celebrating Beautiful Days | 01:32:58 | |
Musician 'The Kiffness' pops in to rent something. We talk through the journey that got them to be the internet sensation they are today, the career highlights, and what the secret is to a successful video. Meanwhile the store clerks celebrate 1 year of the show and share the excitement of having seen an exclusive screening of 'The Flash'. Check out DOOS.wine and use the promo code mentioned in the episode to claim 10% off your order. Guest Chat The Kiffness (YouTube) Pink Floyd - Hey Hey Rise Up (YouTube) Below Deck (Netflix) The Crown (Netflix) Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) Clerks Chat Current & Coming Attractions – The Bioscope Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Official Trailer (YouTube) NOW IN CINEMAS. THE FLASH - FINAL TRAILER (YouTube) IN CINEMAS 16 JUNE. Flashpoint (Wikipedia) The Lion King 1 ½ (Disney+) Every new DC movie and show announced from James Gunn’s DC Studios (Polygon) The Woman King (Netflix) The Woman King (Showmax) Jim Lee (Wikipedia) The Idol (Showmax) | |||
| 11 Jun 2024 | Heart Warmers, Jedi Killers, & Watching People Slowly Unravel | 01:09:52 | |
Russell does a shift with Perrin and Graeme. We talk new Star Wars show The Acolyte, new horror film The Watchers, and some heartwarming film and TV shows available for you to enjoy right now! Encounters 2024 – The Bioscope Recommended Films/Series The Watchers | In Theatres Military Wives | ShowMax The 8 Show | Netflix The Acolyte | Disney+ Trying | Apple TV+ Hit Man | Netflix Barton Fink | Apple TV Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 17 Oct 2023 | Neon Dreams - DMs That Couldn't Be Ignored & Africa's Warm Welcome | 01:42:03 | |
Canadian band Neon Dreams pop in to rent something. Neon Dreams | Website Jonathan Roxmouth’s Keychange | Tickets Guest Chat @ 6:06 Star Wars: A New Hope | Disney+ (Stream) Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | Disney+ (Stream) The NeverEnding Story | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) Juno | Disney+ (Stream) Fight Club | Prime Video (Stream) Interstellar | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) The Matrix | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) The Simpsons | Disney+ (Stream) Clerks Chat @ 1:13:50 The Morning Show | Apple TV+ (Stream) Lessons in Chemistry | Apple TV+ (Stream) Community | Netflix (Stream) The Good Doctor | Netflix (Stream) Sex Education | Netflix (Stream) Loki | Disney+ (Stream) Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Official Trailer | YouTube Important Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 29 Aug 2024 | Presenter and Creator Nick Hamman Pops In | 01:17:17 | |
This week's guest is 5fm presenter and creator Nick Hamman. After being one of our first ever guests on the show, its delightful to have him return for another visit. He returns some films, we talk about his career, and talk about the films he's loved across his life! Nick Hamman | Instagram Recommended Films/Series Watch A Man Called Otto | Netflix Almost Heroes | Letterboxd Mystery Men | Apple TV Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Letterboxd Howl | Letterboxd Big Fish | Apple TV Fly Me to the Moon | Apple TV+ Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 28 Nov 2023 | Making Murder Music & Winning Joke Battles | 01:44:35 | |
Creator 'Donovan Goliath' pops in to rent something. Coming from a world of stand-up comedy, we go through his now interesting job and the films he's loved across his life. Meanwhile Cole returns for a shift with Russell, and we have lots of exciting new TV and Film to talk about! Tickets to our Video Store Presents Night Screening. Donovan Goliath | Instagram Recommended Film/Shows Guest Chat @ 5:24 Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Netflix Bloodsport | Apple TV Sound of Metal | Prime Video Searching | Netflix ATHENA | Netflix Paris, Je T'Aime | Letterboxd Clerks Chat @ 1:11:40 Napoleon | In Cinemas The Killer | Netflix 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Disney+ Once Upon a Studio | Disney+ Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Netflix Old Enough! | Netflix Other Links Justice - Stress (Official Video) Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Cartoonist and Activist Zapiro Pops In | 01:27:06 | |
Jonathan Shapiro aka Zapiro pops in to rent something this week at The Video Store. Considered the most respected and celebrated cartoonists in South Africa, his work covering the legacy of Jacob Zuma is currently the subject of the new documentary 'The Showerhead'. We talk about the film, all other aspects of his career, and the films he's loved across his life. Zapiro | Instagram The Showerhead | The Bioscope STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Disney+ Mary Poppins | Disney+ The Jungle Book | Disney+ A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Letterboxd Papillon | Letterboxd Films directed by Mel Brooks | Letterboxd Do the Right Thing | Apple TV Brazil | Apple TV Monty Python's Life of Brian | Netflix FURTHER READING The Adventures of Tintin and the Shadows of Giants (Hergé Documentary) | YouTube Art Spiegelman Reflects on ‘Maus | The New York Times VIDEO STORE STUFF Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 15 Nov 2022 | Black Panthers, Ancient African Tribes & The Ghost Of Hollywood | 00:55:19 | |
A quick chat about Wakanda Forever, and then Producer Layla Swart pops in to rent something. Stuff Spoke about; Blood Psalms (ShowMax), Hunger, Reboot (Disney+), Poltergeist (iTunes), the work of Terrance Malick. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 26 Nov 2024 | Wicked, The Substance & A Good Looking Snowman | 01:13:34 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Perrin. We talk the magical Wicked, the bold body horror 'The Substance', the latest Christmas movie everyone is talking about, and lots more! Hey did you guys see… Scorsese and Spielberg are making a Cape Fear series for Apple Editor's note: The real best version of Cape Fear The first look at Del Toro’s Frankenstein The trailer for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2024’s biggest movies are all sequels Lynne Ramsey’s new film Luca Guadanino & Daniel Craig making DC’s Sgt. Rock (maybe) I guess Hot Frosty (Netflix) is a thing now What we’ve been watching Wicked (In Theatres) | The Bioscope The Substance | Mubi Out of My Mind | Disney+ P-dog’s Witch List The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Video Store Links | |||
| 07 Feb 2023 | Interviewing Hitmen, Coordinating Intimacy & Finding Heroes | 00:47:06 | |
Filmmaker Sara Blecher pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Surfing Soweto (YouTube), Otelo Burning, Ayanda (MUBI), Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star (Netflix), Navalny , Last Flight Home (the doc Sara couldn't remember the name of) , John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons (Netflix) The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 25 Oct 2022 | Wes Anderson, Pants-less Karaoke In Japan, & Making The 12 Year Old You Proud. | 01:19:10 | |
Director Fausto Becatti pops in to rent something. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 07 Mar 2023 | Doing Your Worst, Trying Your Best & Debuting Your First Feature On Netflix | 01:14:48 | |
Filmmaker Samantha Nell pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Do Your Worst - (Official Trailer), Your Place or Mine (Netflix), The Holiday (Netflix), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Disney+), Shortstraw - Boo (Official Video), The Last of Us (Showmax), Triangle of Sadness (Apple TV), Station Eleven (Showmax), The Leftovers (Showmax), Extraordinary (Disney+), The Power (Official Trailer), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Disney+), Scrubs (Disney+), Good Morning, Vietnam (Disney+), RRR (Hindi) (Netflix). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 30 Apr 2024 | The Fall Guy, Other Heart Warmers & A Special Surprise Visit | 00:55:38 | |
Russ does a shift with Cole and Perrin. They talk The Fall Guy, other heart-warmers one could watch now, and you'll never guess who pops in to quickly rent something!! Recommended Movies/Series The Fall Guy | The Bioscope Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret | Netflix Eighth Grade | Apple TV The Mitchells vs The Machines | Netflix Judy Blume Forever | Prime Video Tracker | Disney+ 3 Body Problem | Netflix The Tomorrow War | Prime Video Superman II | Apple TV Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 17 Jun 2022 | New Batman, Practical Effects, & The Film Disney Wants You To Forget | 00:47:37 | |
This episode you meet a new co-worker! Graeme and Russell talk everything from committing to tv shows, touring the Warner Brothers studio lot and seeing Bat Mobiles, to films the Disney company wants you to forget. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. | |||
| 05 Dec 2024 | Emmy Award-Winning Animation Directors Jac & Sarah Pop In | 01:54:51 | |
This week's guests are Jac Hamman and Sarah Scrimgeour. They are Cape Town - based animation directors that recently won an International Emmy for their short film 'Tabby McTat'. We go through their process of making the film, and the film's they have recently enjoyed watching. Tabby McTat | ShowMax SA animation directors celebrate an Emmy for Tabby McTat Recommended movies & series Past Lives | ShowMax Heretic (In Theatres) | The Bioscope The Wild Robot | Apple TV Perfect Days | Letterboxd Hey did you guys see… Moana 2 had a crazy opening weekend Better Man is releasing on January 24 in SA What we’ve been watching A Man on the Inside | Netflix The Later Daters | Netflix Jim Henson Idea Man | Disney+ DefunctTV: Jim Henson | YouTube Video Store Links | |||
| 13 Jun 2024 | Understanding The Universe & Peddling The Cookies | 01:19:41 | |
The members of Universe On Stage pop in to rent something. We talk about their unique and exciting show, and the films they've loved across their lives. The show is a talk on the mind-bending aspects of the universe and the minds that dare to study it, accompanied by a live musical performance. The Universe On Stage at The Bioscope Recommended Films/Series Friends | Netflix Game Of Thrones | Showmax Anastasia | Disney+ Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Disney+ Interstellar | Apple TV Signs | Apple TV The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Apple TV Cast Away | Netflix The Leftovers | Showmax Hot Rod | Apple TV Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 04 Jul 2023 | Becoming More Yourself & Being Traded For A Fridge | 01:38:28 | |
Comic Shanray Van Wyk pops in to rent something. We talk through his approach to comedy and him growing up in small town Eastern Cape reading comics. Meanwhile, the clerks went to go watch the new Indiana Jones. Guest Chat (Begins at 7:16) A Good Person (DStv) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Shrinking (Apple TV+) Clerks Chat (Begins at 52:55) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer (YouTube) Colin from Accounts (DStv) Black Mirror (Netflix) Knock at the Cabin (iTunes) M3GAN (iTunes) Malignant (ShowMax) Inside No. 9 (Rotten Tomatoes) Nimona (Netflix) The Try Guys (YouTube) Tom Segura: Sledgehammer (Netflix) WHAM! (Netflix) Is It Cake Too? (Netflix) | |||
| 27 Jun 2024 | Musician Bongeziwe Mabandla pops in | 00:49:46 | |
From singing to the trees in rural South Africa, to concerts around the world., we go through his exciting career and films he's loved across his life. Bongeziwe Mabandla's links Recommended Films/Series Back to Black | Apple TV Sister Act | Disney+ The Colour Purple | Prime Video Sarafina! | Netflix A Million Colours | Letterboxd Monster | Prime Video What Happened, Miss Simone? | Netflix Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 27 Sep 2022 | Seeing Stars, Saving The World, & Margot Robbie in a Bathtub. | 00:59:20 | |
Comic Loyiso Madinga pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; An Idiots Guide To Saving The World (podcast platforms), Hereditary, Trying (AppleTV+), Mo (Netflix) The Big Short, political videos by @mooshtaffa (Instagram), Welcome To Wrexham (Disney+). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 20 Feb 2024 | Never Being Boxed In & Saving Your Breath To Cool Your Porridge | 01:21:59 | |
Actor and Comedian Themba Robin pops in to rent something. We talk about his interesting job and the films he's loved across his life. Meanwhile behind the counter, Russell chats with Marigold and Graeme about reggae legends, sobriety, and when cats get annoying. Recommended Movies/Shows Guest Chat at 2:40 The Lion King | Disney+ Stuart Little | Netflix Deep Blue Sea | Apple TV Snatch | Apple TV Napoleon Dynamite | Apple TV Clerks Chat at 53:20 Bob Marley: One Love | Letterboxd (In Theaters) Cooked with Cannabis | Netflix Ted | ShowMax High Maintenance | ShowMax The Creator | Disney+ Trailers Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 28 Feb 2023 | Quoting Anchorman, Levelling Up & Singing In A Fancy Suit | 00:39:36 | |
Musician 'Majozi' pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Stravaganza. A Live Musical Spectacular (montecasino.co.za) Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 1 Extraordinary - Disney+ (disneyplus.com) Breeders - Disney+ (disneyplus.com) Only Murders in the Building - Disney+ (disneyplus.com) If These Walls Could Sing - Disney+ (disneyplus.com) The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 12 Jul 2022 | Parks & Rec, True Crime, & Getting A Tap On The Shoulder. | 00:47:21 | |
#8 Radio's Nick Hamman comes into the store to rent something! Topics covered; Parks and Recreation, Podcasts about TV shows, swatting, doing early morning TV, The Insider, Mandy Weiner, Deon Meyer, great shows on Youtube, and 'Everything Everywhere All At Once. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. | |||
| 24 Oct 2023 | Pabi Moloi - A Life In Front Of Cameras & The Titanic Of The Skies | 01:49:13 | |
Media personality Pabi Moloi pops in to rent something. We go through the films she's loved across her life and how they have made her the person she is today. Meanwhile, we welcome Christina to the team, who works her first shift behind the counter. Pabi Moloi | Instagram Recommended Movie/TV Guest Chat @ 6:25 The Land Before Time | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) 10 Things I Hate About You | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) 8 Mile | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) Sex and the City | ShowMax (Streaming) Pearl Harbor | Disney+ (Streaming) Barbie | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) Clerks Chat @ 1:11:25 Killers of The Flower Moon (in cinemas) Cat Person (in cinemas) Lessons in Chemistry | Apple TV+ (Streaming) The Morning Show | Apple TV+ (Streaming) Friends | Netflix (Streaming) Social Media Links Official Website: thevideostore.co.za Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevideostore Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevideostorepod/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thevideostorepod Twitter: (@videostorepod) YouTube: https://bit.ly/39gTEKc Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 10 Sep 2024 | Beetlejuices, Perfect Couples & What South Africans Forget | 01:02:43 | |
Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. We talk the world of Beetlejuice, the binge-worthy The Perfect Couple on Netflix, the political doccie The Showerhead, and lots lots more! The Universe on Stage: HIDDEN GIANTS (webtickets.co.za) Hey did you guys see… 'Better Man' Review: Robbie Williams Is a CGI Monkey | IndieWire Pharrell Williams, Michel Gondry's 'Atlantis' Lands May 2025 Release | Variety Wolf Man | Official Teaser | YouTube Venice Film Festival Award Winners List | Variety Recommended Films/Series Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | The Bioscope Beetlejuice | Apple TV Napoleon: The Director’s Cut | Apple TV+ Kinds of Kindness | Disney+ The Showerhead | The Bioscope The Perfect Couple | Netflix Below Deck: Mediterranean | No Local Streaming Adam Sandler: Love You | Netflix Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays | Showmax Other stuff Betelgeuse: A guide to the giant star | Space.com Video Store Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 16 Jan 2024 | Cool To Be Uncool & Falling Asleep To Alien Stories | 01:16:57 | |
Musician Arno Carstens pops in to rent something. We go through the films he's loved across his life. Behind the counter, Russell, Graeme and Marigold catch up after the break. Guest Chat @ 3:38 Superman | Clerks Chat @ 49:24 The Man from U.N.C.L.E | Showmax Fargo | Showmax Poker Face | Showmax Society of the Snow | Netflix | |||
| 08 Aug 2023 | Francois Van Coke - Balancing Rockstar Life & Playing Arenas With Your Friends | 01:19:55 | |
Musician Francois Van Coke pops in to rent something. Francois Van Coke & Vriende Tickets | 2023-24 Event Dates & Buy Tickets Francois Van Coke (Official Site) Guest Chat at 7:15 Recommended films: Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (Netflix) Boyhood (iTunes) That Thing You Do Clerks Chat: 46:38 Sound of Freedom (In cinema 18 Aug) 47:04 Meg 2: The Trench (In cinema now) 54:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (In cinema 11 Aug) 58:41 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (iTunes) Other stuff: Why QAnon supporters are promoting 'Sound of Freedom (NPR) Why Alan Ritchson HATED Filming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (YouTube) After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox (The New Yorker) | |||
| 12 Sep 2023 | Bonko Khoza - Handling Fame & Having Aliens Inside Your Head | 01:40:46 | |
Actor Bonko Khoza (The Wife. The Woman King) pops in to rent something. Recommended Movies/Shows Guest chat @ 6:08 Cash Up @ 1:03:32 The Secrets of Hillsong | Disney+ The Righteous Gemstones | Showmax Social Media Links Official Website: The Video Store Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevideostore Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevideostorepod/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thevideostorepod Twitter: The Video Store Podcast (@videostorepod) / Twitter YouTube: https://bit.ly/39gTEKc | |||
| 06 Feb 2024 | A.I, Changing The World & Tatooine Being A Real Place? | 01:23:10 | |
A.I. Storyteller D'Arcy Doran pops in to rent something while in SA. We talk about his interesting career, and how A.I. is shaping the world. Behind the counter, Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme and they discuss latest releases Argyle and The Zone Of Interest amongst others. Recommended Movies/Shows Guest Chat Cape to Carthage - Full Documentary | Decisive Agents Everything Everywhere All At Once | Prime Video AlphaGo | YouTube Ex Machina | Apple TV Clerks Chat Argylle | Letterboxd (In Theaters) The Zone of Interest |The Bioscope (In Theaters) The Holdovers | The Bioscope (In Theaters) Mr & Mrs Smith (Prime Video) Other Links Little White Lies - Movie Reviews and Articles (lwlies.com) Discover the Real and Imagined Cities of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine | Smithsonian Magazine | |||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Ridley Scott, Titanic & What Is A 'Brown Movie'? | 00:27:56 | |
A shift with COLE. We talk everything from politics of the Oscars, to cheesy reality TV. TOPICS COVERED; Bedazzled, South Park, Morbius, Ready Player One, Ridley Scott, House of Gucci, The Last Duel, Jane Campion, The Piano (not The Pianist, sorry!!) Inxeba (The Wound), The Block Australia, So You Think You Can Dance? American Idol, Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive, Titanic, People Places Things, Eagle vs Shark, What We Do in The Shadows, Death on the Nile, Sex Education, Dr Who, Community, “Brown Movies”, The Underground Railroad, Invincible. | |||
| 08 Aug 2024 | Actor Pietie Beyers pops in | 01:17:28 | |
Actor Pietie Beyers pops in to chat about the new Showmax Original 'Eksie Perfeksie' which starts streaming on the platform from 9 Aug. We then go through his career, and the films he's loved across his life. Pietie Beyers | Instagram Eksie Perfeksie - Trailer | YouTube Recommended Films/Series Sprint | Netflix Simone Biles Rising | Netflix Matilda | Netflix The Truman Show | Apple TV Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Netflix Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Apple TV Gladiator | Prime Video Her | Apple TV Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 22 Nov 2022 | Watchers, Rehearsals & The Film Every Mother Should Watch. | 00:54:33 | |
Floris pops in to rent something. Topics covered; The Watcher (Netflix), A Nightmare on Elm Street (iTunes), Andor (Disney+), Reboot (Disney+), Eighth Grade (iTune/ShowMax), Bo Burnam: Inside (Netflix), The Woman King (cinemas), The Rehearsal (ShowMax), Synecdoche, New York. Charlie Kauffman, Glass Onion (coming soon), Brick. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 29 Oct 2024 | Hidden Halloween Gems & That Gooey Feeling | 01:32:27 | |
Russell does an extra long shift with Graeme and Perrin this week, because next week we are taking a break! We talk the latest in film, TV, and gaming. This halloween we have included our pick of the top 5 hidden halloween gems you can stream right now. Hey did you guys see… … The trailer for Dune of Thrones … Chris Nolan’s next movie is vampire horror?! … Blade gets pulled from Marvel’s schedule … American Psycho is getting a remake … Ke Huy Quan’s new hitman movie … Mike Flanagan’s remaking Carrie for Prime Video … Kevin Bacon married his cousin… sort of Movies & Series Gladiator II (In Theaters 15 November) | Trailer Goodrich (In Theatres) | Letterboxd Venom: The Last Dance (In Theatres) | Letterboxd Venom SPOILERS from 53:20 to 54:20 Doctor Odyssey | Disney+ Simone Biles Rising | Netflix Hidden Halloween Gems! Creep | Netflix Ginger Snaps | Prime Video Raw | Apple TV You Won't Be Alone | Apple TV Under the Shadow | Netflix Video Store Links | |||
| 12 Dec 2023 | Convict Conman, Wonka & Leave The World Behind | 01:19:49 | |
Director Nikki Comninos pops in to rent something. An editor by trade, we talk through her directorial debut with Showmax Original true crime hit 'Convict Conman' which is out now! We then go through the other films she's loved across her life. Meanwhile behind the counter, Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme and they chat about their thoughts on 'Wonka' and Netflix's new thriller 'Leave The World Behind'. Nikki Comninos | Instagram CONVICT CONMAN | Showmax STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT Guest Chat @ 4:47 Capturing the Friedmans | Letterboxd The White Lotus | Showmax Life, Animated | Letterboxd Three Identical Strangers | Letterboxd Bus 174 | Letterboxd Clerks Chat @ 56:04 Wonka | In Theaters Leave the World Behind | Netflix Shin Godzilla | Letterboxd Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 04 Jun 2024 | 90s Cartoons, Eric & A Small Film With A Big Heart | 00:42:49 | |
Russell does a shift with Gad and Graeme. We talk 90s cartoons with X Men 97, how great Furiosa is, and the lovable little gem Ezra. Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival Encounters 2024 at The Bioscope Recommended Movies/Series Ezra | In Theaters Eric | Netflix Severance | Apple TV+ X-Men ’97 | Disney+ Godzilla Minus One | Netflix Camden | Disney+ Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 06 Sep 2022 | 90's Action, Chipmunks, & Visiting Nicolas Cage's Grave | 00:38:52 | |
A shift with Graeme. Stuff mentioned; Face Off (Disney+), Con Air (Disney+), Mulan (Disney+), Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers (Disney+), Home (Apple TV+), The Ranch (Netflix). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 04 Jul 2024 | Actors turned Directors turned Doos Peddlers Bryan & Asher pop in | 01:32:40 | |
After years of acting and directing, Bryan Van Niekerk and Asher Stoltz are now the brains behind the new disrupter of the wine market 'Doos'. A serving of proper wine in... in a box. It was great having these two talented guys, and old friends, pop in to The Video Store to talk wine, business start-up challenges, and the films they've loved across their lives. Recommended Films/Series Jurassic Park | Prime Video Police Academy | Prime Video The Mighty Ducks | Disney+ Cool Runnings | Disney+ Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Netflix Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Apple TV The Beach | Apple TV The Big Lebowski | Apple TV Fargo | Apple TV The Last Samurai | Prime Video Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 14 Nov 2024 | Revisiting Classics, Award Hopefuls & Tom's Next Mission | 01:17:30 | |
Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin! We talk about the films and series we have been watching this past week. Hey did you guys see… The trailer for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning!!!! There’s going to be a Game of Thrones movie Kneecap is coming to SA Theatres More Alien and Predator movies are on the way Wicked toy packaging whoopsie Mickey 17 is delayed again… but that’s good Tony Todd (Candyman, Final Destination, Platoon) dies Simon Kinberg will write and produce new Star Wars trilogy Universal are making live-action LEGO movies… :( Films & Series we’re watching Conclave (In Theatres) | The Bioscope Sing Sing | Letterboxd Robot Dreams | Letterboxd Arcane | Netflix Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron | Letterboxd P-dog’s Election List Election | Letterboxd Boys State | Apple TV+ The War Room | Letterboxd President | Letterboxd NO | Letterboxd VIdeo Store Links | |||
| 14 Mar 2023 | Special Oscars Episode | 00:57:59 | |
A shift with Cole, Graeme and Gad about this years Oscars ceremony. Stuff spoken about; 95th Academy Awards Results, Legendary Filmmaker Roger Deakins says The Batman Should Have Been nominated at the Oscars, Actress Merle Oberon's Hidden South Asian Heritage (insider.com), JONATHAN ROXMOUTH’S KEY CHANGE - MY FAVOURITE PIANISTS (CPT) (webtickets.co.za) Streamable Winners Everything Everywhere All At Once (Prime Video), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix), The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple TV+), All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney+), The Elephant Whisperers (Netflix), Top Gun: Maverick (Apple TV), RRR (Hindi) (Netflix) The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 01 Dec 2022 | Fairy Princesses, Parasites & Deconstructing That Masculinity | 00:34:18 | |
A shift with Cole and Graeme. Stuff spoken about; Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, The films of John Waters, The Hays Code, Triangle of Sadness (Theaters), Parasite, Barry Ronge, RRR (Netflix), Disenchanted (Disney+), tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix), Team America: World Police (iTunes). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 16 May 2023 | War Films, Making Beer & 'Boere Cocaine' At The Crime Scene | 01:43:54 | |
Musician Jaco ‘Snake’ Venter (Fokofpolisiekar) pops in to rent something. STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT: INTRO Hypnotic | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Alita: Battle Angel (Disney+) | Elemental - Official Trailer (YouTube) WITH GUEST Fokofpolisiekar (Spotify) | Fokofpolisiekar (YouTube) | FOKOF LAGER | Better Call Saul (Netflix) | The Last of Us (Showmax) | All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) | Kaleidoscope (Netflix) | Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist (Netflix) THE CASH UP Sweet Tooth (Netflix) | Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All (Disney+) | Barbarian (Disney+) | Magic Mike's Last Dance (Apple TV) | Yes, Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Put A Gay Sex Scene In 'Good Will Hunting' Script | The Reason Behind Van Halen's Brown M&Ms Backstage Request | The Fast and the Furious Timeline in Chronological Order (YouTube) | Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Disney+). | |||
| 02 May 2024 | Friends Making Films & Stars On Nipples | 01:04:11 | |
Filmmakers Hylton Tannenbaum & Brett Morris pop in to rent something. We talk about their film 'Just Now Jeffrey' which hits cinemas (including The Bioscope) on Friday 3 May, and the films they’ve loved across their lives. Just Now Jeffrey | Linktree Recommended Movies/Series Psycho | Apple TV Top Secret! | Letterboxd Rocky | Apple TV Back to the Future | Apple TV Pulp Fiction | Apple TV Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood | Netflix Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 12 Mar 2024 | Talking Oscars & Celebrating St Parow's Day | 02:00:17 | |
Musician Jack Parow pops in to rent something. We go through the films he's loved across his life. Behind the counter we chat through this year's Oscar wins from this past weekend. Recommended Movies/Series Guest chat starts 4:55 The NeverEnding Story | Apple TV The Exorcist | Prime Video Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | Apple TV The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Apple TV Pulp Fiction | Apple TV Requiem for a Dream | Apple TV Cool as Ice | Letterboxd Airborne | Letterboxd Clerks Chat starts 01:04:19 2024 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 06 Aug 2024 | Cringy Dating Shows, Mountain Rescues & Handsome Boys On Motorbikes | 01:02:16 | |
Russell does a shift with Graeme and Marigold. We talk about new film The Bikeriders, the wild dating show dreamt up by a certain rapper, the inspiring Everest doc 'Finding Michael', and so much more! Recommended Films/Series The Bikeriders | The Bioscope The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Prime Video Finding Michael | Disney+ Queen of Katwe | Disney+ 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible | Netflix Eric | Netflix Presumed Innocent | Apple TV+ Flavor of Love | Prime Video Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam | Netflix Other Links A COMPLETE UNKNOWN - Official Teaser | YouTube SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against Major Video Game Publishers | Variety Dirty Pop Filmmaker Explains Why They Deepfaked Lou Pearlman Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 19 Nov 2024 | Gladiator 2, D&D Campaigns, & The World's Fastest Humans | 01:13:30 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme. We go through the latest entertainment news, as well as the films and TV shows we have been watching this past week. Hey did you guy’s see… Bob Iger is leaving Disney… Again George Lucas is Disney’s largest shareholder The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a thing WB sells a-bunch-a-Batmobiles Disney’s new Beatles documentary Reassessing Yoko Ono Conan O’Brian is hosting the Oscars The Penguin Lessons looks very Russell The Predator will be the main character The Onion buys InfoWars (lol) Nick Cave’s mad Gladiator sequel What we’re watching Gladiator II (In Theatres) | Letterboxd I Saw the TV Glow | Apple TV Dream Scenario | Prime Video Nosferatu | Cultpix A Nightmare on Elm Street | Apple TV Tracker | Disney+ SPRINT | Netflix The Legend of Vox Machina | Prime Video Video Store Links | |||
| 08 Jun 2022 | Yellowjackets, Bullsh*t, & your perfect date? | 00:30:15 | |
The Video Store opens up shop with episode #1. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to enjoy. There was no better person to kick things off with than my good buddy and store co-worker Cole. We talk everything from Unicorn Store, Netflix's new game show 'Bullsh*t', and the haunting first season of 'Yellowjackets'. | |||
| 07 Nov 2024 | Hollywood Manager/Producer Steven Adams Pops In | 01:15:57 | |
This week's guest is LA-based manager/producer Steven Adams. We talk through his interesting career and the films he's loved across his life. We also won some awards!!! The South African Podcast Awards 2024 Films & Series Spoken About Enter the Void | Letterboxd Citizen Kane | Apple TV The Learning Tree | Letterboxd Malcolm X | Letterboxd The Matrix | Prime Video Martha | Netflix ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord | VEEPS Other Links: The Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone | YouTube Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 21 Jun 2022 | Yellowjackets, Pam & Tommy, and what if the antichrist has already arrived? | 00:35:25 | |
#4 Meet new co-worker GAD. Topics covered: Yellowjackets (Showmax), how bizarre it is to have a show like Pam and Tommy on Disney+. The Offer (DSTV), and Good Omens (Amazon Prime). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. | |||
| 03 Oct 2023 | The Comic Con Episode | 01:45:39 | |
After a massive four days of meeting new friends at Comic Con Africa, we bring a special episode with some of our favourite people who came in to rent something. The Cosplayer - @cashmeretart | Instagram The Writer - Sam Beckbessinger | Official site The Artist - @RastyKnayles | Instagram The Filmmaker - @magiccamigo | Instagram Recommended Films/Shows The Dark Knight | Prime Video (Stream) Jurassic Park | Prime Video (Stream) 50 First Dates | ShowMax (Stream) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Prime Video (Stream) Mary Poppins | Disney+ (Stream) Hip-Hop Evolution | Netflix (Stream) Dazed and Confused | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) Fantastic Mr. Fox | Apple TV (Buy/Rent) Gen V | Prime Video (Stream) Flora and Son | Apple TV+ (Stream) Social Media Links Official Website: thevideostore.co.za Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevideostore Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevideostorepod/ Twitter: (@videostorepod) YouTube: https://bit.ly/39gTEKc Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 18 Apr 2023 | Youtube Gems, Witnessing Glaciers & Boers In South America | 00:59:46 | |
Actor and filmmaker Adam Heyns pops in to rent something. STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT; Wonderlus (ShowMax) | Devs (Disney+), Boere op die Aardsdrempel | Stander (Netflix) | The Client (Netflix) | The B1M (YouTube) | Yes Theory (YouTube) | my mechanics (YouTube) | Wintergatan (YouTube) | How This Artist Makes Perfect Clouds Indoors (WIRED) | Stuff Made Here (YouTube) | Fairbairn Films (YouTube) | Cunk On Earth (Netflix) | Extraordinary Disney+) | Shrinking (Apple TV+) | The Rehearsal (SHowMax) | Lunatics (Netflix) | Chris Lilley (Letterboxd | Trash Theory (YouTube) | Song Exploder . | |||
| 14 Jan 2025 | Folk Musicians, Swedish DJs & A Singing Monkey | 00:55:29 | |
Russell does a shift with Graeme. We talk music biopics 'A Complete Unknown', 'Better Man', and Avicii doc 'I'm Tim', along with other Netflix limited series you should be watching. Hey did you guys see… The trailer for James Gunn’s Superman Popeye and Tintin are now in the public domain Paul Rudd killed a Unicorn There’s a new season of Black Mirror on the way We finally know what Chris Nolan’s next film will be …after some ridiculous rumours Luca Guadagnino might be making Lord of the Flies …and might not be making American Psycho? James Wan might be making a Ninja Turtles movie A script for Ridley Scott’s Dune has been found Andor cost an insane amount of money Netflix has some terrible ideas What we’ve been watching A Complete Unknown | The Bioscope Avicii: I’m Tim | Netflix Avicii: My Last Show | Netflix The Madness | Netflix No Good Deed | Netflix Shrinking | Apple TV Links The Adventures of Tintin and the Shadows of Giants | Breadsword | |||
| 20 Sep 2022 | Shower Scenes, Soccer Teams & Glory Lasting Forever. | 00:45:47 | |
A shift with Cole. Stuff spoken about; Starship Troopers, Welcome To Wrexham (Disney+), Dopesick (Disney+), Dominion, Earthlings, Okja (Netflix), The Host, Jaws, A League Of Their Own (Amazon Prime Video), Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers (Disney+), Light and Magic (Disney+). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 02 Aug 2022 | Chlamydia, Serial Killers, & Elvis's Hair Dye. | 00:46:31 | |
A visit from Kerry-Anne Allerston. Topics covered; Lovesick (Netflix), Black Bird (Apple TV+), Boo Bitch (Netflix), more context around The Bioscope, and the new 'Elvis' film (cinemas). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 27 Feb 2024 | A Lifetime Of Cinema & Getting Tea From Spielberg | 01:57:28 | |
Film critic Leon Van Nierop pops in to rent something. We go through his interesting career as a film critic, writer, and radio personality. As well as the films he's loved across his life. Meanwhile behind the counter, Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme, and they talk psychological dramas, solid film picks, and shirtless Dua Lipa nights at the gay bar. Leon van Nierop | IMDb Recommended Movies/TV Shows Guest Chat 3:57 The 10 Commandments | Apple TV Doctor Zhivago | Apple TV 2001: A Space Odyssey | Apple TV A Clockwork Orange | Apple TV Saltburn | Prime Video Alien | Disney+ Jaws | Apple TV The Shawshank Redemption | Prime Video Clerks Chat 1:11:07 Miller's Girl | in cinemas Players | Netflix The Creator | Disney+ Not Dead Yet | Disney+ Scream | Apple TV One Day | Netflix Life on Our Planet | Netflix Constellation | Apple TV+ Mr & Mrs Smith | Prime Video The Legend of Vox Machina | Prime Video Avatar: The Last Airbender | Netflix Trailers Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 02 Jul 2024 | Fake Moon Landings, Celine Dion's Throat, & The Biggest Scandal in Music History | 01:08:51 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Perrin. We have lots to talk about! From talk great personal documentaries, music biopics, exciting upcoming releases and so much more!! Recommended Films/Series I Am: Celine Dion | Prime Video Hate to Love: Nickelback | Netflix Girl You Know It's True | In Theatres Fly Me To The Moon | The Bioscope Love, Simon | Netflix Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood | Netflix The Bear | Disney+ Black Barbie | Netflix I Saw the TV Glow | Letterboxd Here | Official Trailer | YouTube Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com
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| 26 Sep 2023 | Schalk Bezuidenhout - Climbing Out Of Rhinos & Occasionally Being Serious | 01:41:52 | |
Actor and comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout pops in to rent something. The Video Store Podcast Presents: Pride and Prejudice Tickets for The Nighty Boosh with Shortstraw, 29 September 2023 Recommended Films/TV Shows I Love You Phillip Morris | Letterboxd Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Apple TV (ZA) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Apple TV (ZA) Clerks Chat Watch Beckham | Netflix Official Site Treasure Planet - Disney's Biggest Mistake | YouTube Shortstraw - T-Shirt (Official Video) - YouTube Social Media Links Official Website: thevideostore.co.za Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevideostore Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevideostorepod/ Twitter: (@videostorepod) YouTube: https://bit.ly/39gTEKc Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 10 Dec 2024 | Skeleton Crew, Nutcrackers & A De-Aged Tom Hanks | 00:39:13 | |
Russell does a shift with Graeme and Gad. we talk the latest Zemeckis offering 'Here', along with new Star Wars show 'The Skeleton Crew', and lots more! Hey did you guys see… The live-action Snow White trailer Severance season 2 is out in January The Invincible season 3 trailer Thunderbolts* Kneecap screening at The Bioscope and winning 7 British Independent Film Awards What we’ve been watching Here (In Theatres) | The Bioscope Nutcrackers | Disney+ Skeleton Crew | Disney+ Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 25 Apr 2024 | Getting High In Soweto & Loving "The Squelch" | 01:08:20 | |
Director Brad Katzen pops in to rent something. We talk about his new film 'Soweto Blaze' which is on Netflix and already in the Top 10 at the time of publishing. We then go through the films he's loved across his life. Recommended Films/Series Poor Things | Disney+ A Clockwork Orange | Apple TV Pulp Fiction | Apple TV Brazil | Apple TV Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 16 Apr 2024 | The One Way Ticket & Believing In Your Special | 02:04:00 | |
Actor Denim Richards (Yellowstone), pops in to rent something. We go through his career and the films he's loved across his life. Then behind the counter, Russell chats with Cole and Graeme about The Boy and The Heron, Alex Garland's new A24 film 'Civil War', and lots more. Denim Richards | Instagram Yellowstone | Showmax Recommended Movies/Series Guest chat at 10:10 The Lion King | Disney+ Men of Honor | Disney+ The Green Mile | Apple TV Ocean’s Eleven | Apple TV Clerks chat at 1:10:12 The Boy and the Heron | The Bioscope Studio Ghibli Movies | Netflix Civil War | The Bioscope The Crown | Netflix Fallout | Prime Video Other Links The Right Way to Pronounce "Ghibli" | YouTube Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 25 Jun 2024 | The Boys, True Crime Podcasts, & The Time Travelling Cowboy | 00:33:11 | |
Russell does a shift with Gad and Graeme. We talk The Boys Season 4, the little thriller gem 'Bodkin' over on Netflix, and the big swing of 'Outer Range' over on Amazon Prime. Durban International Film Festival School Holidays at The Bioscope Recommended Film/Series/Stuff Inside Out 2 | The Bioscope Those About to Die | Official Trailer | YouTube Past Lives | Showmax Everything Everywhere All at Once | Netflix The Boys | Prime Video The Complete Story of Destiny | YouTube Outer Range | Prime Video Bodkin | Netflix Black Barbie | Netflix Paddington in Peru | Official Trailer | YouTube Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 19 Mar 2024 | Looking After The Fans & Life On Hard Mode | 01:48:18 | |
Musician Cito (WONDERBoom, Blvd Hvnny) pops in to rent something. We go through his interesting career and the films he has loved across his life. Behind the counter Russell chats to Graeme and Gad about Masters of The Air, The Gentlemen and Sweet Home. WONDERboom | Linktree Recommended Films/Series Guest Char at 5:20 Superman: The Movie | Apple TV E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Netflix The Goonies | Apple TV Rattle and Hum Wild at Heart | Letterboxd Dune | Apple TV Victoria | MUBI Clerks Chat at 1:16:35 Masters of the Air | Apple TV+ The Gentleman | Netflix Sweet Home | Netflix The Bad Batch | Disney+ The Boy and the Heron | The Bioscope Monkey Man | The Bioscope Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 01 Oct 2024 | Bingy Rom-Coms, Violent Revenge & Learning Fancy Words | 01:15:05 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme. We talk everything from the easy to binge rom-com show 'Nobody Wants This', to violent and dark shows like 'Monsters' and 'Twilight Of The Gods'. From WW2 biopics like 'Lee' to 2024 prevalent films like 'Will and Harper'. Hey did you guys see… 'Cat Person' is now on ShowMax 'Megalopolis' opening weekend was a flop Lady Gaga Drops 'Harlequin' Album, Inspired by Her 'Joker' Character Maggie Smith, Grande Dame of Stage and Screen, Dies at 89 The stuff we’re watching Lee (In Theaters) | Letterboxd Transformers One (In Theaters) | Letterboxd Will & Harper | Netflix Nobody Wants This | Netflix The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Prime Video Twilight of the Gods | Netflix Love Is Blind: UK | Netflix Wolfs | Apple TV+ Monsters | Netflix God Of War Ragnarök | YouTube Video Store Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 06 Jun 2024 | Jozi Boets & Sitting in Silence | 01:02:50 | |
Actor Anton Taylor pops in to rent something. We go through his career, and the films he's loved across his life. Anton Taylor | Instagram Recommended Film/Series The Sandlot | Apple TV 10 Things I Hate About You | Apple TV Garden State | Apple TV Dune | Apple TV Drive | Letterboxd Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 22 Mar 2023 | Making A Game Show, Eating Octopus Balls & The Best Vom Scenes | 01:12:47 | |
Producer Justin Jacobie Pops in to rent something.Stuff spoken about; The Bear (Disney+), The Game (Netlix), Murder She Wrote, ALF, Shrinking (AppleTV+).Sign up to be a participant of Koppestump here. There is a follow up to ALF called 'Project Alf' if anyone is looking for closure.The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love.Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 15 Aug 2024 | The Alien Episode | 02:09:24 | |
With 'Alien: Romulus' on its way to cinemas this weekend, we proudly present this special deep dive into the world of the Alien franchise. When left alone, Cole and Graeme get the chance to geek out hard! We want to do more of these when films like this come out! So let us know what you think of this special eppi. Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 26 Jul 2022 | Bar Mitzvahs, The Bioscope, & Snow in Joburg. | 00:42:37 | |
A shift with Marigold. With her also being our events manager here at The Bioscope, we talk Bioscope history and perhaps our biggest project in our 13 years. Other topics include; Severence (Appletv+), Cha Cha Real Smooth (Appletv+), Alice in Borderland (Netflix) The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook,com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 09 May 2023 | Cowboys, Reality TV & Giving Your Anxieties A Friendly Name | 01:39:56 | |
Radio DJ Stephanie Be pops in to rent something. STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT; Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 (cinemas), Beau Is Afraid (cinemas), Dune: Part Two (YouTube) | Chef (Apple TV) | Porco Rosso (Netflix) | Kitbag: Ridley Scott's Napoleon Movie Gets Less Imaginative New Title (Collider) ||| STEPHANIE CHAT BEGINS 14:23, Stephanie Be (Instagram) Yellowstone (IMDb) | 1883 (IMDb) | Reservation Dogs (Disney+) | Longest Third Date (Netflix) | Jury Duty (IMDb) | 12 Angry Men (iTunes) | The Mole (Netflix) | Taika Waititi (Letterboxd) | The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+) | The Diplomat (Netflix). CASH UP BEGINS 1:24:34. | |||
| 13 Aug 2024 | Exciting Announcements, Dumpster Fires & Fights In The Cinema | 01:03:34 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme. We talk all the new upcoming announcements from D23 and the UIP Junket. We then talk latest releases with Borderlands and Widow Clicquot. One of which saw an interesting moment play out in the cinema during the advanced screening!! Hey did you guys see… SATURDAY NIGHT – Official Trailer | YouTube Is a Labyrinth Remake With Tom Hiddleston Releasing In 2024? | The Direct Joaquin Phoenix Drops Out of Todd Haynes Gay Romance Movie | Variety Recommended Films/Series Widow Clicquot | The Bioscope Will Trent | Disney+ The Wild Robot | Coming Soon to The Bioscope We spoke about Borderlands, but not recommending it! D23 Everything announced and shown at this year D23 | Mashable Moana 2 - Official Trailer | YouTube Snow White - Teaser Trailer | YouTube Skeleton Crew - Official Trailer | YouTube Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 09 May 2024 | Getting Respect In The Corridors & That Fuzzy Feeling | 00:59:29 | |
Filmmaker Zoe Ramushu pops in to rent something. We talk about her hit Netflix film 'Real Estate Sisters', her career, and the films she's loved across her life. Real Estate Sisters | Netflix Zoe Ramushu | Instagram Recommended Films/Shows The Lion King | Disney+ A Bug's Life | Disney+ The Count of Monte Cristo | Apple TV Knock Down The House | Netflix Gladiator | Apple TV The Lord of the Rings | Prime Video Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 29 Nov 2022 | Travelling, Meeting Chris Rock & Being A Killer In The Courtroom | 01:05:31 | |
Comic Gilli Apter pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Yellowstone (Paramount, not available in SA), Manifest (Netflix), Inside Man (Netflix), Pepsi Where's My Jet (Netflix), Neil Brennan: Blocks (Netflix), Russell Howard: Lubricant (Netflix). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 24 Jun 2022 | The Lost City, Top Gun, & The Best Film To Watch Stoned? | 00:34:04 | |
#5 A shift with COLE. Topics covered; The Lost City (in cinemas), Top Gun (in cinemas), Room 237, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Master Of None (Netflix), Invincible (Amazon Prime Video). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. | |||
| 05 Jul 2022 | Kubrick, Wheel Of Time, & Have All Fantasy Franchises Just Been About White Folks? | 00:36:42 | |
#7 Cole and Graeme look after the shop while Russ is away. Topics covered; Star Wars, The Shining, Dr Strangelove, Tolkien, Wheel Of Time, and representation in Fantasy and sci-fi worlds. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. You know the one, its the place you went to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters we hope you will come to love. | |||
| 09 Apr 2024 | Catching Killers & The Warm Hug Of A Film | 01:34:21 | |
Actress Charlotte Hope (Catch Me A Killer, Game Of Thrones) pops in to rent something. We go through the role in the Showmax original 'Catch Me A Killer', and the films she's loved across her life. Meanwhile behind the counter, Russell chats with Cole and Graeme about Monkey Man, 3 Body Problem, Godzilla X Kong, and so much more.. Charlotte Hope | Instagram Catch me a Killer | Showmax Recommended Films/Series Guest Chat at 4:33 Titanic | Disney+ Y Tu Mamá También | Letterboxd Saving Grace | Letterboxd Clerks Chat at 44:25 3 Body Problem | Netflix Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | In Cinemas Monkey Man | The Bioscope Is It Cake? | Netflix Scoop | Netflix Civil War | The Bioscope Links Newton’s three-body problem explained Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 16 Aug 2022 | Raincoats, Rituals, & Tom Cruise's Original Teeth. | 00:50:09 | |
A Shift with Cole & Graeme. Topics covered; Everything Everywhere All At Once (Cinema), Tom Cruise's Teeth, The Lost City (DSTV Box Office), The Grey Man (Netflix), First Man, Lightyear (Disney+), The Black Phone (Cinema), Prisoners (Netflix), Trying (AppleTV+), The Ritual (Netflix), Dark Water, The Mothman Prophecies, The Exorcist. The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it was movie night! Come for the advice on we could be watching, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 24 Jan 2023 | Spielberg, Horsey Girls & The Magic Of Musicals | 01:03:37 | |
Theatremaker Brett de Groot pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Welcome to Chippendales (Disney), Wednesday (Netflix), Rob Marshall, Nine, The Fabelmans (In Theaters). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Share the love: www.thevideostore.co.za | |||
| 13 Feb 2024 | Writing Music For Films & Expediting Marriage | 01:27:40 | |
Score composer Andrew Orkin pops in to rent something while in South Africa. We talk through what the job entails and what films he's loved across his life. Behind the counter, Russell chats with Graeme and Gad about Oscar gems, Colombian Drug Queens, and missing teeth. Andrew Orkin | Instagram Guest Chat Recommended Movies/Shows If These Walls Could Sing | Disney+ The Land Before Time | Apple TV Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99 | Netflix Enter the Void | Letterboxd Ratcatcher | Letterboxd Phantom Thread | Apple TV Clerks Chat The Holdovers | The Bioscope (In Theaters) Griselda | Netflix Suncoast | Disney+ Trailers Wicked | YouTube Twisters | YouTube Deadpool & Wolverine | YouTube Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | YouTube Social Media Links | |||
| 07 May 2024 | Challengers, Baby Reindeer & The Sounds Of A Chicken | 00:54:02 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Perrin. We talk the thrillingly sexy new film 'Challengers', the binge worthy TV show 'Baby Reindeer' on Netflix that is getting everyone talking, and so much more! Code: videostoredoos Recommended Movies/Series Challengers | The Bioscope Baby Reindeer | Netflix Arrested Development | Disney+ Ripley | Netflix Taxi Driver | Apple TV Social Media Links Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 04 Oct 2022 | Cannibals, Nice Cries & The Bluest Pool In The South. | 01:11:51 | |
Hayleigh Evans pops in to rent something. Stuff spoken about; Dahmer (Netflix), Instant Dream Home (Netflix), Dopesick (Disney+), Welcome To Wrexham (Disney+), This is Us (Disney+), Veep (Showmax), Arrested Development, Downhill (Disney+), The Offer (DSTV Catch Up), What We Do In The Shadows (Showmax). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 18 Jun 2024 | Inside Out 2, The Wild Robot, & A Little Revelation | 00:38:07 | |
Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme. We talk box office hit 'Inside Out 2'. This leads us to talk about the exciting upcoming film The Wild Robot, which then takes us on to an interesting theory around the state of cinemas around the world. Encounters 2024 at The Bioscope Black People Don't Get Depressed | Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival Recommended Films/Series Inside Out 2 | The Bioscope The Wild Robot Official Trailer 2 | YouTube Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 17 Oct 2024 | Cinematographer Tom Revington Pops In | 01:07:07 | |
This week's guest is Tom Revington, who is not only an incredible cinematographer, but also a dear friend. We catch up after some time apart to talk about his career, and the films he's loved across his life. This is the first in a series of guest chats focusing on the interesting, or perhaps lesser spoken about careers one could have in the film industry. Hear their advice, lessons learned, and how their crucial job comes together along with thousands of others to make the films we love. Tom Revington | Official Site STUFF SPOKEN ABOUT His Three Daughters | Netflix Robbie Williams | Netflix A Better Man | Trailer Army of Shadows | Letterboxd 1917 | Showmax Le Samouraï | Letterboxd Cool Runnings | Disney+ The Big Lebowski | Apple TV Taste of Cherry | Letterboxd 12 Angry Men | Apple TV The Killing | Prime Video POST GUEST CHAT VIDEO STORE LINKS Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 30 Aug 2022 | Vikings, Soapies, & Running Away With The Bolivian Circus. | 00:39:42 | |
Actress Maude Sandham pops in to rent something. Topics covered; Binnelanders (Kyknet), Good Luck To You Leo Grande (DSTV Box Office), The Northman, Crimes Of The Future, Tattoo Redo (Netflix). The Video Store is a weekly chat amongst friends doing a shift at the local video store. The place you can go to once a week, whenever it's movie night! Come for the advice on what you could watch, but stay for the characters you will come to love. Website: www.thevideostore.co.za Instagram: @thevideostorepod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/thevideostore | |||
| 30 Jul 2024 | Deadpools, Rooftoppers & Dudes That Cruise | 01:04:37 | |
Russ does a shift with Cole and Graeme. We talk all things Deadpool & Wolverine, the new leg-tingling 'Skywalkers' documentary on Netflix, the nuanced film 'All Of Us Strangers', and lots, lots more! My Neighbor Totoro - Eat-along at The Bioscope Recommended Movies/Series I Am: Celine Dion | Prime Video Piece by Piece - Official Trailer | YouTube Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam | Netflix Deadpool & Wolverine | The Bioscope How 'Blade' Saved Marvel - Insider | YouTube Deadpool Official Test Footage | YouTube DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE SPOILERS!!! 45:01 to 50:04 Watch Skywalkers: A Love Story | Netflix All of Us Strangers | Disney+ Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 23 May 2024 | Bobsleds, Bromances & Burgundy Suits | 01:20:33 | |
Comedian and producer Glen Biderman-Pam pops in to rent something. We go through his career and he films he's loved across his life. Glen Biderman-Pam | Instagram LOL: Last One Laughing South Africa | Prime Video Recommended Films/Series Cool Runnings | Disney+ Wedding Crashers | Prime Video Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Apple TV Belfast | Netflix Shutter Island | Apple TV The Green Mile | Prime Video Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||
| 27 Aug 2024 | Great Rewatches, Zombie Boyfriends & A Good Cry on The Airplane | 00:43:20 | |
Russell does a shift with Graeme and Gad. We talk great shows to rewatch, new cult classics & having a good cry to The Colour Purple. Blink Twice | The Bioscope Hey did you guys hear… Ted Lasso' Season 4 Deal Near: Options Picked Up For Key Cast | Deadline Oasis reunion: Liam and Noel Gallagher tease return of legendary band | BBC Megalopolis Trailer: Fake Quotes Controversy Shows Broken System | Variety 'Anaconda' Movie In Works With Jack Black & Paul Rudd | Deadline Secret Level - Teaser Trailer | YouTube Lee Jung-jae Reacts to 'The Acolyte' Being Canceled; 'Quite Surprised' | Variety Recommended Films/Series Lost | Netflix The Boys in The Boat | Prime Video Lisa Frankenstein | Apple TV The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | Prime Video The Color Purple (2023) | Apple TV The Color Purple (1985) | Prime TV Social Media Links Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note of you pretending you are coming in to 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. Contact: thevideostorepod@gmail.com | |||