No tricks, only treats – both familiar and fresh – on Disney+ this October. Our top pick in a packed month is VisionQuest, which caps off the story started in pioneering MCU series WandaVision.

Back to regular scheduled programming. We’ve got three weeks of pop culture news to catch up on, and here you'll find the return of Darkwing Duck, rAge Nation news, and more.

We get two big literary adaptations this week in the form of Mike Flanagan's TV series version of Stephen King's Carrie and the Florence Pugh-led miniseries rendition of John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Plus, there's the VOD debut of dinosaur blockbuster The End of Oak Street, and more!

October is a bumper month on Netflix, with a huge variety of new movies and series, plus the return of some stalwart favourites for new season.

New movies keep arriving in South African cinemas in jumbo servings. This week the smorgasbord includes a satirical drama, twisty thriller, heartfelt romance, and unhinged slasher.

Given its tumultuous path to release, every movie-loving underdog wants hybrid live-action and CGI-animated comedy Coyote vs. Acme to achieve critical and commercial success. The question, though, is whether the latest big screen Looney Tunes caper is deserving of such an uptick in fortune?

Marvel's Wolverine isn't the worst PS5-exclusive, but it is an easily forgettable entry in an otherwise stellar portfolio of titles developed by Insomniac Games.

Gears of War: E-Day doesn't mess with a winning formula, but it does improve on it with thoughtful changes, beautifully brutal visuals, and combat that'll leave your armpits soaked once the final bullet has been fired.

Comic Con Africa 2026 brought out every kind of cosplayer, from families and friends enjoying fun shared dress-up, to master's level artists competing to represent South Africa on the global stage. Here you'll find them all.

As predicted, it was a case of Widow's Bay versus The Pitt at the 2026 Emmy Awards, as the two TV series competed for the most accolade wins.

It's been a pretty quiet week in terms of pop culture news, with a smattering of new trailers. BlizzCon has stepped up, though, during the same period with notable game announcements.

While there are no new movie releases this week, series fans still have plenty to keep them entertained with the return of Slow Horses, anthology series Monster tackling the Lizzie Borden story, and the premiere of Reacher spinoff Neagley.

It's a case of witches versus action heroes at South African cinemas this weekend as Practical Magic 2 releases alongside Runner and The Fix.

Lovers of environmental puzzles and mature-minded narrative games talk note. Out today for PC and consoles is The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline, from ONE O ONE GAMES and Entalto Publishing.

For whatever reason, it’s predominantly been about TV news this past week on the pop culture front. From early Emmy Award wins to show cancellations and new season trailer drops, you'll find these stories and more.

Shared family time is sorted in September thanks to Disney+ bringing two of its biggest midyear movie blockbusters to the small screen. We're talking The Mandalorian and Grogu, and Toy Story 5.

Ryan Reynolds/Kenneth Branagh action thriller Mayday, the hotly anticipated relaunch of The Grand Tour, and Guy Ritchie's star-studded new heist flick In The Grey lead this week's streaming releases.

It's another lively week at the movies, as four new feature films debut. These include historical action thriller By Any Means, survival tale Fall 2: Deadpoint, and multi-award-winning local drama Landmyn.

By asking you to commit everything to the blade, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the fifth mainline entry in the Onimusha franchise, rewards you with best-in-class combat, boss fights full of over-the-top spectacle, and a scenic tour of Japan.

Netflix clearly has spring energy this September. This month you'll find everything from animated LEGO specials to adults-only crime series, star-packed movies and documentary deep dives into famous (and infamous) figures.

The past week in pop culture news will probably be best remembered for the sad passing of three very different entertainment legends.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu have arrived on streaming from a galaxy far, far away! Along with the Star Wars blockbuster, this week's release schedule also includes the return of Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen, the digital debut of Evil Dead Burn, the second season of sci-fi adaptation Dark Matter, Gal Gadot's The Runner, and more!

It's another lively week at South African cinemas with three new feature releases, including the latest from fan-favourite filmmaker Ridley Scott. This is in addition to a selection of speciality screenings.

No shock celebrity deaths this past week. But plenty of good news for adult animation fans, and Comic Con Africa 2026 attendees.

Girls’ Night Out movie evenings were made for lightweight films like Spa Weekend. Gather your wine mom friends, and colleagues-turned-besties, for this raucous, but also highly predictable, “women gone wild” comedy.

It looks like we've mostly eased out of the midyear blockbuster season. That's not to say that we don't have big movies on the horizon, but film fans can expect things to get darker (or, conversely, lightweight) and more awards season-minded from this point onward.

Creepshow, Shudder’s horror anthology series, makes the leap to PC with a dark point-and-click adventure adaptation. But sadly, while it starts with promise, it loses its grip on its horror comic inspiration as the game progresses.

Disney's D23 delivered a glut of entertainment news this past weekend, covering the latest from Pixar, Star Wars, MCU entries and more. But all of this pales in comparison to the news that actress Hayden Panettiere has just died at age 36.

Whether it can compete with Spider-Man and The Odyssey at the box office, or not, The End of Oak Street is the most throwback-style fun audiences can have at the cinema right now. Especially if you think fondly of Spielberg sci-fi and survival blockbusters from the Seventies through Nineties.

The VOD debuts of Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day and crime thriller Tuner, alongside the long awaited release of Camp Rock 3, lead this week's list of streaming releases.

A trio of new movies arrive to heat up South African cinemas this Friday, led from the front by suburbanites vs dinosaurs tale The End of Oak Street.

Teal'c, AKA the voice of Kratos, AKA Christopher Judge, is coming to Comic Con Africa 2026. More on that news, and other pop culture announcements, here.

It's a long weekend in South Africa, and if you're planning some downtime on the couch for the next few days, you probably want to check out what's new on Disney+. Two of our top picks for the month are streaming already!

If you were unable to visit the cinema lately, you're in luck as several major titles have become available for digital purchase/rental this week, including superhero adventure Supergirl, horror breakout Obsession, martial arts cult hit The Furious, and more!

It feels safe to say that none of this week's four movie debuts have a chance of dethroning record-breaking Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

New anime Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi makes for a gripping, high-stakes adventure that manages to straddle the line between fresh and familiar when it comes to the Galaxy Far Far Away. Watch it on Disney+ now.

Whether you played in 2001 (as Halo: Combat Evolved), or are just now discovering it, Halo: Campaign Evolved is a time capsule worth opening for some classic action. They really don’t make first-person shooters like this anymore.

The South African winter may be drawing to a close, but it's chills all around on Netflix in August, led by sci-fi mystery thriller The Last House.

Time to catch up on the past week of pop culture news. Starting with yet another global cosplay achievement for South Africa, this time at the World Cosplay Summit.

It's been five years since Spider-Man: No Way Home, but Tom Holland's wall-crawler is back and swinging to the upper echelons of the MCU with a refreshed status quo.

This week's streaming releases sees the return of Ted Lasso, the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie finally gets its streaming debut, the debut of new Star Wars anime series The Ninth Jedi, plus more!

Cinemas are about to get even busier, and we love to see it. With people continuing to pack screenings of The Odyssey, there's a new blockbuster contender for movie lovers' attention as of this week: Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Proving this time of year at the movies isn’t just about superheroes, sequels, explosive action and live-action Disney princesses, The Invite is a sharply insightful, and entertaining, comedy drama for adults.

Whether companies and studios are at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), or not, the period is always a busy time for pop culture news. So many trailers, so many announcements...

Adopting an unusual “silent movie meets rock opera” approach, new revenge actioner Motor City is throwback moviemaking that feels straight out of the 70s, and demands viewers put down their phones or else.

A surprisingly early debut for Masters of the Universe headlines this week's streaming release charts, alongside Kevin Hart comedy 72 Hours, new shark thriller The Devil's Mouth, and more.

After a quiet few weeks at the movies, multiple new films, and other special releases, are hitting cinemas this Friday and beyond. Starting with 70's rock-driven actioner Motor City.

Director Christopher Nolan adapts Homer's ancient mythological poem of heroes, monsters, and gods into a star-studded blockbuster epic.

Every sphere of pop culture managed to generate at least one standout news story this past week. Here you'll find Comic Con Africa's next international guest announcement, a big move for Marvel, Tom Cruise going Dr. Strangelove, and more.