Tasleem Gierdien15 August 2025 | 14:29

Desperation, aliens, merging flesh & animation: binge-watching options for you this weekend

EB's recommendations have it all, just in time for the weekend and cold weather hitting the Cape on Saturday.

Desperation, aliens, merging flesh & animation: binge-watching options for you this weekend

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@ebinglis What to watch this weekend 15-17 August 2025 on your favourite streaming platform or at the cinema #movietok #seriestok #whattowatch #movierecommendation #seriesrecommendation ♬ original sound - EB Inglis🇿🇦

Night Always Comes

Where to watch: Netflix

Summary: Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000. What will or won't she do?

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The Pitt

Where to watch: Showmax

Summary: A realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in America, as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Everybody Still Hates Chris

Where to watch: Showmax

Summary: In an animated revival, Chris Rock experiences growing up as a skinny Black nerd from a working-class family in 1980s Brooklyn.

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Resident Alien

Where to watch: Showmax

Summary: Harry, an alien living in disguise on Earth, finds himself in the middle of a local murder probe. While trying to complete his mission, he wonders whether mortals should be saved.

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Alien: Earth

Where to watch: Disney+

Summary: When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

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Limitless

Where to watch: Disney+

Summary: What if you could combat aging and discover the full potential of the human body?

Global movie star Chris Hemsworth explores this revolutionary idea in the new National Geographic original series, Limitless with Chris Hemsworth – created by Darren Aronofsky and hailing from his production company Protozoa Pictures and Jane Root’s Nutopia. Entertaining, immersive and life-changing, Limitless rewrites the rulebook on living better for longer.

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Butterfly

Where to watch: Prime Video

Summary: David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organisation she works for.

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Nobody 2

Where to watch: Cinema

Summary: Workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a much-needed vacation to the small tourist town of Plummerville. However, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator, a shady sheriff, and a bloodthirsty crime boss.

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Together

Where to watch: Cinema

Summary: Dubbed "horror movie of the year"... years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads when they move to the countryside, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

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Grand Prix of Europe

Where to watch: Cinema

Summary: A young mouse, Edda, aspires to race cars. She enters the European Grand Prix, hoping to meet her idol and help her family's fairground business - a great option for kids.

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