The Video Store

By Red Team Go

A weekly chat amongst friends working a shift at your local video store. The place you go every week when it's movie night! Interesting customers occasionally pop in to rent something, and we go th

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The podcast currently has 196 episodes available.

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November 18, 2025 Actor Thabang Molaba Pops In
This week's guest is South African actor Thabang Molaba, who makes his Hollywood debut in Now You See Me Now You Dont. We talk through how this incredible role came to be, and what it was like on set alongside the likes of Rosamund Pike, Woody Harrelson, and Jesse Eisenberg, We go though his early days growing up in the small town of Harrysmith, and what films he's loved across his life,
Thabang Molaba | Instagram
Recommended Films & Series
The Day of the Jackal | Showmax
Bloodsport (1988)
Stomp the Yard (2007)
Game of Thrones (2011)
Inglorious Basterds (2011)
Lethal Weapon 2
Video Store Links
Official Site
Instagram
YouTube
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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58min
November 11, 2025 Frankenstein, Predator & The Best SA Accent On Film?
Russell does a shift with Graeme, but they get a visit from regular customer Claudia! We talk the latest in entertainment news, the new Frankenstein, Predator Badlands, and inspired by the upcoming Now You See Me film, which overseas actors have done the best South African accent! This and lots, lots more!
Hey did you guys see…
The Mummy 4 is happening!... probably
The teaser for the Michael Jackson biopic
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t has a South African villain
The new practical Apple TV logo
What we’ve been watching
Frankenstein (Netflix)
The Running Man (In Theaters 14 November)
Self Reliance (Netflix)
All’s Fair (Disney+)
Plur1bus (Apple TV)
Predator: Badlands (In Theaters)
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 29min
October 28, 2025 Our Halloween List 2025 & Is Emma Stone An Alien?
Russell does a shift with P Dog and G Force. We've put together a list of our favourite Halloween films you can be watching on streaming platforms here in South Africa. We talk Bugonia, Springsteen, Nobody Wants This, and lots more!
Hey did you guys see…
The trailer for Vince Gilligan’s new show, Plur1bus
The Louvre robbery
We’re getting multiple Christmas Carol adaptations from Rober Eggers and Ti West
New featurette for Laika’s Wildwood
Jane Shoenbrun making Netflix’s Black Hole graphic novel adaptation
Chris Hemsworth’s a thief in Crime 101
Our Spooky Season Recs
Fright Night (Apple TV)
The Babysitter (Netflix)
No One Will Save You (Disney+)
Totally Killer (Prime Video)
Talk to Me (Showmax)
Deep Rising (Disney+)
The Thing (Apple TV)
What we’ve been watching
Bugonia (In Theaters 31 October)
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (In Theaters)
Mr Scorsese (Apple TV+)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 12min
October 21, 2025 Being Gay In The Marines & Being Killed On A Boat
Russell does a shift with Cole and Graeme.
Hey did you guys see…
The passing of poster artist Drew Struzan
The Bioscope gets a fresh coat of clean
KISS guitarist Ace Frehley dies
What we’ve been watching
The Woman in Cabin 10 | Netflix
High Potential | Disney+
Boots | Netflix
Slow Horses | Apple TV
Mr. Scorsese | Apple TV
Critical Role | YouTube
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 8min
October 14, 2025 The Posh Doccie & Don't Get Us Started on The Simpsons
Russell does a shift with Graeme and Perrin. Worm cans were opened, bad puns were spoken.
Hey did you guys see…
A new Simpsons movie coming in 2027
Avatar 3 is going to be, unsurprisingly, looong
Heat 2 is, um, heating up? Sorry
Sinners aiming for Best Drama category at the Globes
Kiss of the Spider Woman trailer
Invincible Season 4 teaser
The passing of Diane Keaton
What we’ve been watching
HIM | The Bioscope
Victoria Beckham | Netflix
Alien Earth | DIsney+
John Candy: I Like Me | Prime Video
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1h 9min
October 07, 2025 'HIM' Co-Writer Zack Akers Pops In
This weeks guest is US-based writer Zack Akers, who co-wrote the Jordan Peele produced film 'HIM', that's currently in cinemas around the world. After first meeting in University, this was a great chance For Russell to catch up with him after all these years, and to hear about all the exciting work he's done thus far in career.
HIM | The Bioscope
Recommendations
Limetown | Podcast
Limetown | Series (requires a VPN if in SA)
Misery (1990)
The Life of Chuck (2025)
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 24min
September 30, 2025 One Battle After Another & Our First Famous Robot Actor?
Russell does a shift with Perrin and Graeme! We talk the latest Paul Thomas Anderson picture 'One Battle After Another', a nice indie film on Apple TV+, and how the robots have arrived in Hollywood, and already starting to get representation.
Hey did you guys see…
Leonardo diCaprio keeps making hits
Why John C Reilly doesn’t work with PTA any more
The Mandalorian versus Groglet trailer
The Priscilla Queen of the Desert sequel
Tilly Norwood, the first AI actress
The trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal's take on Frankenstein
That Fiona Apple Tarantino/PTA cocaine story
What we’ve been watching
One Battle After Another | The Bioscope
All of You | Apple TV+
Perrin’s List - To best compliment One Battle After Another
Eddington
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)
Running on Empty
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 22min
September 23, 2025 Complicated Threesomes & Movies To Mooch To
Russell does a shift with Samantha and Cole.
The Video Store Presents: This is Spinal Tap, 23 August
Hey did you guys see…
The next Martin Scorsese film with Leonardo diCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
The trailer for Richard Linklater’s new film
The trailer for Wuthering Heights (again)
Demon Slayer makes a lot of money
What we’ve been watching
The Threesome | The Bioscope
The Summer I Turned Pretty | Prime Video
The Wrong Paris | Netflix
Swiped | Disney+
The Dropout | Disney+
Only Murders in the Building | Disney+
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 10min
September 16, 2025 Creator Wian Van Den Berg Pops in
This week's guest is creator Wian Van Den Berg. We go through his unique career, from small town South Africa, to one of the most followed content creators on social media in Africa. We go through the films he's loved across his life and look at how those great loves have made him who he is today!
Wian van der Berg | Tik Tok | Instagram | YouTube
The Video Store Presents: This is Spinal Tap | The Bioscope
The Threesome | The Bioscope
Recommended Films and Series
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Superhero Movie (2008)
Spider-Man (2002)
The Films of Sam Raimi
Pitch Perfect (2012)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Stranger Than Fiction (2002)
Hey did you guys see…
The trailer for Wuthering Heights
The not-sequel (but it’s totally a sequel) to Superman
The 28 Years Later sequel trailer, The Bone Temple
Fede Alvarez won’t direct the Alien: Romulus sequel
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite
The trailer for the third “Knives Out” movie, Wake Up Dead Man
All the Emmy 2025 winners
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
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1h 34min
September 02, 2025 Getting Caught Stealing & Solving Murders On Thursdays
Russell does a shift with Graeme. We talk the latest in film and entertainment news, our thoughts on the new Aronofsky film 'Caught Stealing', the new romantic comedy 'The Roses' and the Netflix film 'The Thursday Murder Club'.
Hey did you guys see…
The trailer for Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to acting
The new Yorgos Lanthimos film
The trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet
The horror movie from a dog’s POV
Super/Man documentary now on Showmax
What we’ve been watching
The Roses | In Theatres
Caught Stealing | The Bioscope
The Thursday Murder Club | Netflix
Video Store Links
Official Site
Have a film or TV show you have recently enjoyed and want to let us know about it? Send us a voice note as if you are coming into the store to return it. Say your name, what you are returning, and what you think of it. Email it to us at the email address below, or DM us on instagram.
Contact: [email protected]
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59min

FAQs about The Video Store:

How many episodes does The Video Store have?

The podcast currently has 196 episodes available.