Tag: Weekend streaming

  • Showmax releases list of international shows to watch this August

    Showmax releases list of international shows to watch this August

    Based On A True Story

     Two episodes on Mondays at 9:30pm from 7 August 

    Based on a True Story is the gripping tale of a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber whose lives collide when they seize a unique opportunity to capitalise on America’s obsession with true-crime. 

    The Best Man: The Final Chapters 

    Available to binge from 20 August.

    Based on Malcolm D. Lee’s multi-award-winning film franchise, The Best Man: The Final Chapters catches up with Harper, Robyn, Jordan, Lance, Quentin, Shelby, Candace, and Murch as relationships evolve and past grievances resurface in the unpredictable stages of midlife crisis meets midlife renaissance.

    Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty 2 

    Show will air on Mondays from 7 August.

    Season 2 of Winning Time continues to explore the professional and personal lives of the legendary 1980s Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. This season hones in on the period just after the Finals in 1980, building to the first professional rematch of the era’s greatest stars: Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah) and Larry Bird (Sean Patrick Small). 

    Warrior S3 

    Will be available to binge watch from 18 August. 

    Warrior is set in the ruthless world of late 19th-Century San Francisco, where rival Chinatown tongs fight for dominance. In the wake of the race riots that upended Chinatown in Season 2, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Descendants) uses her government connections to consolidate power, while Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji from Bullet Train, in a Critics Choice Super-nominated performance) and the Hop Wei tong must find new ways to survive.

    Power Book III: Raising Kanan S2 

    Available to binge watch from 4 August

    Power Book III: Raising Kanan follows 15-year-old Kanan Stark as he gets into the drug trade, making a bid to join the growing family business. 

    Mekai Curtis returns in Season 2 as the young Kanan, the character played in Power by Emmy and Grammy winner Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who is one of the executive producers here. 

    Bel-Air S2 

    Begins streaming 2 episodes on Mondays from August 7.

    Set in modern-day Los Angeles, Bel-Air re-imagines the beloved sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through a new, dramatic take on Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As his two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known. 

    Season 2 of the Peacock Original picks up with Will at a crossroads in his life as a new figure comes into his life who challenges what he’s learned in Bel-Air, even as he tries to rebuild the trust that was broken at the end of last season.

     

  • Weekend Streaming: “They Cloned Tyrone”, “Sweet Magnolias”

    Weekend Streaming: “They Cloned Tyrone”, “Sweet Magnolias”

    If you’re looking for something to stream from home this weekend, then there’s a pretty good array of options on all the platforms.

    They Cloned Tyrone

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    Premiering this weekend on Netflix on Friday, the film stars Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and Teyona Parris. The film follows the trio as they fall down a rabbit hole as they try to grapple with a nefarious government conspiracy.

    Sweet Magnolias

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    The third season of “Sweet Magnolias” debuts this weekend. The series revolves around lifelong South Carolina best friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue juggling romantic relationships, family and careers.

    Supa Team 4

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    Taking the title of Netflix’s first African animation, the Zambian set story is a great watch for the whole family. Read all about it.

    In case you missed it in theatres

    It’s a well-known fact that not all movies are available to watch in Kenyan cinemas and sometimes, even if they’re available, there isn’t enough time to watch them. Here’s a list of theatre releases debuting on streaming (Showmax Kenya) this weekend.

    Halloween Ends

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    Halloween Ends brings one of the all-time highest-grossing horror franchise to its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers.

    The Swearing Jar

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    The Swearing Jar tells Carey’s story: a musician and teacher who throws a birthday concert for her husband, which plunges her into the past. Through romance, music and memory, we follow the story of Carey and Simon’s relationship, the birth of their child, and the lie that threatens to ruin it all.

    Bandit

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    Based on a true story, the crime comedy-drama Bandit stars 10-time Teen Choice nominee Josh Duhamel (The Thing About Pam, Shotgun Wedding, Transformers) as Gilbert Galvan Jr. (aka The Flying Bandit), a charming career criminal who went on a record-breaking spree of 59 bank heists across Canada with an increasingly frustrated police task force on his tail. 

    Happy Streaming!