African Couch Potato

20 - Reviews From Every Platform


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Gino takes a quick look at South Africa's streaming platforms and gives us a review on one production from each platform. 

1. Spinners (Showmax)

Ethan is a 17-year-old driver working for a local gang. Disgusted with gang life, Ethan discovers a possible way out via spinning, an extreme motorsport. But the looming gang war jeopardises that hope.

2. The Burial (Prime Video)

Inspired by true events, a lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth, exposing a complex web of race, power, and injustice.

3. Eurovision Song Contest - The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix)

When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.

4. Tetris (Apple TV)

The story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pazhitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to bring it to the masses.

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African Couch PotatoBy Gino Shelile