June 2020 - Ballito Umhlanga

New on Showmax
Season one of Run is a top Showmax choice
this month. Seventeen years ago, college
sweethearts, Ruby and Billy made a pact – if
either of them ever texted the word RUN
and the other replied with the same word,
they would drop everything, board the first
train after 5pm out of Grand Central Station,
and travel across America together. But
they’re about to discover that the reality of
taking that leap may not be quite how they
pictured it.
Insecure (S4) is an insightful, raunchy,
and hilarious journey through the life of
a 20-something black woman that cuts
through stereotypes with sharp wit and an
effusive spirit.
From David Simon and Ed Burns – award
-winning creators of The Wire – comes
The Plot Against America (S1), an alternate
history story in which Franklin D Roosevelt
loses the 1940 US presidential election to
Nazi sympathiser Charles Lindbergh. What
follows is the terrifying and tension-building
tale of the country’s turn to fascism, told
through the eyes of a working-class Jewish
family in New Jersey in the build-up to World
War 2.
In season one of The Outsiders, police
detective Ralph Anderson is still grieving the
death of his own son when the mutilated
body of 11-year-old Frankie Peterson is
found in the Georgia woods. The mysterious
circumstances surrounding the horrifying
crime lead Ralph to bring in unorthodox
private investigator Holly Gibney to help
explain the inexplicable.
Golden Globe nominee Patrick Dempsey
(McDreamy in Grey’s Anatomy) and
Alessandro Borghi (Suburra), co-star in
season one of Devils, an adaptation of the
best-selling book by Italian trader Guido
Maria Brera – an insider’s look at the world of
millionaire bankers.
In Billions season five, Bobby Axelrod and
Chuck Rhoades see their vicious rivalry
reignited, while new enemies rise and
take aim. The struggle for power becomes
a struggle for survival, and all characters
must adapt or risk extinction. Look out for
Golden Globe winner Julianna Margulies
(The Good Wife, Hot Zone) as Catherine Brant,
an Ivy League sociology professor and
bestselling author.
‘Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan
wives,’ but Kena and Ziki long for something
more. When love blossoms between them in
Rafiki, the two girls will be forced to choose
between happiness and safety.
Our best of Netflix
Netflix series and movies we can’t get enough of...
... and
binge!
New Girl
If you fancy a classic, you can’t go wrong with Modern Family. This Emmywinning
sitcom about Jay Pritchett and his eclectic family dealing with
the challenges of contemporary life in Los Angeles, stars Ed O’Neill, Sofía
Vergara, and Julie Bowen.
Great fun ... filmed in a loft in downtown LA, New Girl revolves around the
quirky Jessica Day, who moves in with three single guys. With 146 episodes
to watch, this will keep you entertained for months!
The sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror is exceptionally creepy. It explores
a twisted, high-tech near-future, where humanity’s greatest innovations
and darkest instincts collide.
How to Get Away with Murder – all you need know is it’s a Shonda
Rhimes legal drama/thriller. What more could you want? Staring Viola
Davis as Annalise Keating, a law professor at a prestigious university in
Philadelphia who, along with a handful of her students, gets involved in a
murder plot. Unmissable!
In Last Breath, a commercial deep sea diver is stranded on the seabed. He
has five minutes of oxygen, but there’s no chance of rescue for more than
half an hour. With access to amazing archives, this is the true story of one
man’s impossible fight for survival.
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