In this week's pop culture recap: 💸 Good and bad gaming news 😇 Nic Cage in a Bible movie with a difference 🦸 SIX new cosplay contests for rAge 2025 Catch up now.

Stream Scene – 3 October 2025 Fittingly kicking off Halloween month, it's a couple of infamous killers and deadly disaster that headline this week's streaming releases with the return of anthology series Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Dexter: Resurrection reviving everybody's favourite antihero…

It's more a win on points than knockout but there's plenty to appreciate about Dwayne Johnson-led The Smashing Machine, a raw real-life sports drama and character study set in the MMA world. Read our review now. #TheSmashingMachine

Just a typical week at cinemas... with Taylor Swift taking on Heavyweight UFC champions and up-and-coming NFL stars. Here are your new big screen options from this Friday.

Halloween. South African Pride Month. Whatever you're celebrating, @ShowmaxOnline has you set up in October, starting with dark series IT: Welcome to Derry, and Dexter: Resurrection, plus romcom A Nice Indian Boy.

Will Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! deliver what Joker: Folie à Deux should have been? The first trailer suggests so. But in this pop culture news recap, you'll also find plenty of game announcements, Star Wars news and more.

Guaranteed to feature strongly this coming award season is One Battle After Another, the latest from auteur Paul Thomas Anderson. It's wild, watchable and you'll probably want to weigh in on this Leonardo DiCaprio starrer. Here's our review. #OneBattleAfterAnother

So you like charismatic leading men from around the globe, and classic anime? Then it's a very good week for you on the streaming front.

It's a week for badass women on-screen. Five new movies debut in South African cinemas this Friday, starting with action thrillers One Battle After Another and Dead of Winter. Learn about your new choices now.

A love of books 🤝 The dream of leaving it all behind Must be Tiny Bookshop, the cerebrally and emotionally rewarding cosy management game from @neoludic and @Skystone_Games Here's our review. #TinyBookshop

RIP Robert Redford, a star who spent years bringing positive change to the world. But also in today's news recap: Anaconda, Splinter Cell, a Sydney Sweeney double, and the first Junji Ito video game.

Two steps forward. Two steps back. But even with buggy performance, Borderlands 4 is a slick, exhilarating experience. Here's our review,. #Borderlands4

Stream Scene – 19 September 2025 The VOD debuts of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Weapons, and Ballerina headline an absolutely jam-packed streaming release schedule which also boasts Marvel Zombies, House of Guiness, M3GAN 2.0, and more!

Special anniversary rereleases are the order of week at local cinemas. And they're honestly a lot more enticing than the trio of new movies enjoying a wider release. Learn about them all now.

Prefer to binge your shows? Next week you'll be able to watch all of Alien: Earth on @DisneyPlusZA Here we interview series stars Babou Ceesay and Samuel Blenkin about their connection to this first episodic entry in the sci-fi horror franchise. #AlienEarth

If you're behind on your TV viewing, like us, you may find awards shows useful to shape your viewing priorities. Here's what dominated at the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards, held last night.

Stream Scene – 12 September 2025 The latest Pixar animated feature Elio, Jason Bateman/Jude Law thriller series Black Rabbit, and the return of superhero show Gen V lead an otherwise relatively quiet streaming release schedule this week.

Thanks to @ShowmaxOnline, we got to talk to @robertfordfilm, the South African producer of powerfully moving, and recently Emmy nominated, documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. Read our interview now.

Goodbye, Downton Abbey and Demon Slayer. Both sagas wrap, or start to wrap, on the big screen this week, while The Long Walk will also break you emotionally. Here are all your new cinema releases.

Lace up. The hype is real. It's not an easy watch, but The Long Walk is powerful and engrossing – instantly one of the best Stephen King adaptations, and best films of 2025. Read our review now. #TheLongWalk

You may get whiplash from today's pop culture recap as its bounces between prestige cinema and game adaptations for the big and small screen. You've been warned.

Undecided about what to watch this weekend? @ShowmaOnline is dropping some of the most talked about movies, series and documentaries from today onwards. Here are our picks.

Oscar heavy hitters, plus star-packed new, and returning (oh, hey, Only Murders in the Building), series are streaming from this week. Here are your high-profile home entertainment standouts.

Midnight Murder Club brings something deliciously dark to the genre of live-service shooters. Read our review of one of 2025's most unique gaming gems, from @velanstudios #midnightmurderclub

The Conjuring: Last Rites leads a trio of new cinema releases this week. And thanks to @warnerbros_sa we have an exclusive clip to get you in the right unnerved headspace for the Warrens' final case.

Spring. Streaming. A stuffed schedule. @DisneyPlusZA is starting the new season with an reinvigorated line-up, kicking off with the live-action Lilo & Stitch.

Gallery time! From the casual to Masters-level competitive, here is the cosplay that caught our eye at @ComicConAfrica this year. #comicconafrica2025

New season. Fresh basket of offerings from @NetflixSA, including Wednesday S2 Part 2, Wayward and House of Guinness. Plus, if you need something adorable, stop-motion delight Pokémon Concierge is back. Here's the full line-up.

Last day best day? One more tease while we work on our annual Cosplay of Comic Con Africa gallery. #ComicConAfrica2025

It's remake number two time for Xbox's influential Gears of War, with the release of Reloaded. And now you can even play the consciously over-the-top bro shooter on PlayStation. Here's our review.

We ran out of time to post a couple of cosplay highlights from Day 3 (Saturday) of Comic Con Africa but it's never too late to celebrate local talent, so here you go. #comicconafrica2025

As the third (sold out) day of Comic Con Africa kicks off, here are four cosplay highlights from Day 2. #comicconafrica2025

Stream Scene – 29 August 2025 Thanks to its early VOD release, James Gunn's incredible Superman reboot is already flying into homes this week. We also get the streaming debut of Disney's $1 billion Lilo & Stitch live-action remake, and bloody survival horror Dangerous Animals.

It's a site tradition. Here are four cosplays that caught our eye on Day 1 of Comic Con Africa 2025. #comicconafrica2025

Black comedy, stylish crime thrillers, trashy B-grade action, coming of age tales, and the movie that birthed the Summer blockbuster... They all arrive in SA cinemas tomorrow.

.@ComicConAfrica is six years old but always brings the shiny and new! Here are our top debut attractions for the 2025 show, which kicks off today. #comicconafrica2025 www.pfangirl.com/lifestyle/ou...

Massive props to Comic Con Africa for having an SASL interpreter on stage. First time I've ever seen it and honestly, it should be more common

Comic Con Africa is six years old but always brings the shiny and new! Here are our top debut attractions for the 2025 show, which kicks off today. #comicconafrica2025

Something cool coming to Comic Con Africa this year thanks to its ongoing partnership with Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Fans can get hands on with 37 Steam games at a special "Made in Japan Collection" gaming station. Find it by the Poptaku Stage.

On paper, Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman in a vicious black comedy about a failing marriage sounds like an instant "sign me up." But is The Roses worth a viewing? Read our review now.

Silksong is real, and releasing in 10 days! That's probably the biggest story from gamescom week, but there were many more pleasant pop culture announcements during the same period. Get up to speed now.

All aboard the USS Callister, the first Black Mirror episode to receive a graphic novel adaptation. Learn more about the project from @NGTwistedComics and its digital rights partnership with @InkyPenComics

Peacemaker, Invasion. Thunderbolts. Anora. Nosferatu.... Maybe, uh, book out some time in your calendar, because the coming week's streaming schedule is stacked!

Not quite winter, not quite spring... and this week's new movie releases have the same in-between energy. Learn about your latest, action-heavy, choices now.

Body horror fans are eatin' good! Together may be stronger in concept than execution, but it's still a smart, uncomfortable look at codependency.

Fact: Apple TV+ is THE streaming service for sci-fi fans. Backing that up in August is the return of "aliens attack" series Invasion. Ahead of S3 this Friday, we chatted to co-creator/writer/producer Simon Kinberg about things past and to come. #InvasionTV www.pfangirl.com/entertainmen...

Some day, and that day is today, we will call upon you to do a service... and that service is to read our Mafia: The Old Country review. Whether you consider this cinematic action game dated or refreshingly old-school will be up to you.

It's gamescom week, and countdown time for @comicconafrica 2025. Those events have shaped the past week's news, which you can catch up on now.

Gaming plans sorted with the release this week of Metavoidal, a music-themed roguelite for PC (and soon Xbox). Even better, it's South African made, by @YellowLabGames. Here's our review, by @MatthewFig

Did you miss/avoid Joker: Folie à Deux on the big screen? This week you can finally stream the movie at home. Though you're probably better off appreciating Vanessa Kirby in thriller Night Always Comes...