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African Couch Potato
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- S3 Ep18 News, Views and Reviews
November is here already, and to welcome it in Gino takes a quick look at whats hot and happening on the local scene. We kick off the episode with a couple of reviews; Bad Influenc…
- S3 Ep17 ”Finding Optel” with Mikayla Joy Brown
Where to after Silwerskerm? For 25 year-old Mikayla Joy Brown and her 30 year-old brother Jesse Brown the answer was the prestigious BFI London Film Festival. Their film Finding Op…
- S3 Ep16 News, Views and Reviews
Welcome to this week's serving of African Couch Potato; on the menu are some reviews and some news. As an appetizer, Gino looks at School Ties, nominated for an international Emmy…
- S3 Ep15 News, Views and Reviews
What's going down on the local scene? Welcome to African Couch Potato's News, Views and Reviews with your host Gino Shelile. This episode we kick off with Reviews, looking at three…
- S3 Ep14 Zenobia Kloppers
2025 looks like the breakout year for this episode's guest. With a starring role in Amazon Prime's Wheel of Time and her latest film, Finding Optel, having its international premie…
- S3 Ep13 News, Views and Reviews
News, views and reviews this week as Gino casts his eye over what's happening on the local scene in the world of TV and Film. First up, some big news. Les Français sont ici! - the…
- S3 Ep12 Kagiso Latane on "Entabeni", "Omowale" and Acting
There are many aspects to Film and TV production and usually people specilalise in one particular discipline, either in front of the camera or behind it. Occasionally you come acro…
- S3 11 Keneilwe Matidze on Casting "Youngins" (Showmax) and Soul City
Showmax recently dropped the trailer for Season 3 of Youngins, which holds the record for the most first-day views of any series on the African streamer since its relaunch. And you…
- S3 10 Nosipho Maketo-van den Bragt on AVIJOZI
Bringing it home this week! In this episode Gino turns his attention to what's coming up in Jozi. Each year, thousands of young South Africans come together to explore career paths…
- S3 09 - Tendayi Nyeke on “Loved Out”
In our bid to bring you all the best from the African diaspora as well as what's happening in your own backyard, this ep sees Gino reach out to L.A. to chat via Zoom, to Tendayi Ny…
- S3 08 - Masterclass with Christa Schamberger (Casting Director)
When it comes to movies, everyone knows who the actors are, but how much thought goes into who actually decided they would be right for the role? Not much, we guess. Well, this ep…
- S3 07 - Brett Michael Innes and Nick Ahlers on “Khaki Fever”
Game rangers getting into the bush! However you want to read that, that is what this week's episode is all about. Just days before it debuts at kykNet's Silwerskerm, Gino joins th…
- S3 06 - News, Views and Reviews
Welcome to this episode of ACP and the latest in news, views and reviews from Gino's couch, but first BIG news! We are making it even easier to get your Couch Potato fix. We are no…
- S3 05 - The Cultured Roots Film Festival
When we think of East London, many of us think of the motor industry. What we don't think of is culture, but that is all about to change with the inaugural Cultured Roots Film Fest…
- S3 04 - Sangyin Podcast
ACP has had many online conversations, both nationally and internationally, but this episode is a first; our very first Zoom chat to China. This week Gino talks to fellow APVA winn…
- S3 03 - Jasyn Howes on “The ABC Killer”
As the schools go back, it was time for Gino to brush up on his ABC's. Not his schoolwork, but the notorious serial murderer of the 90s, dubbed "The ABC Killer". In 1995, journali…
- S3 02 News, Views and Reviews
Welcome to African Couch Potato once more. This week Gino looks at what's going down on the local scene, which includes a new movie set in Durban about a group of homeless men surv…
- S3 01 News, Views and Reviews
Two seasons done, two years of African Couch Potato! So, what have we done? Gino looks back over some of the highlights of the last two years before getting into what's happening o…
- S2 52 Bella Alexandras on Hollywood
Bella Alexandras, a 15 -year-old South African actress, singer, and model, is rapidly carving out an undeniable presence across the global entertainment landscape. Gino managed to…
- S2 51 News, Views and Reviews
Welcome to African Couch Potato, the #1 spot for the latest from the world of film and TV and African excellence. Kickin' off with acclaimed actor Idris Elba, who at a recent event…
