Weekend viewing

Funny comes in many forms. Romantic comedies, action comedies, dark comedies – we’ve got three great comedies that will tickle your funny bone this weekend. Start with a local comedy about an aspiring stand-up comedian who tries to keep his latest gig a secret from his disapproving father; watch two best friends accidentally become entangled in an international conspiracy; or follow three spoilt siblings who are forced to earn their livings after their wealthy father pretends he’s lost everything.

Cassim Caif is a young Muslim man living in Fordsburg, Johannesburg. Heʼs balancing the demands of a new marriage, a young child, and living in a house with his ageing parents with being one of South Africaʼs few Muslim stand-up comedians. His father, Ebrahim, has reluctantly accepted his sonʼs chosen career — for now — but is still simmering over the issue. While Cassimʼs career is going reasonably well, he performs mostly to Johannesburg Muslim audiences. Heʼs frustrated; he wants more, to expand his audience and range and get better at what he does. His best friend, Yusuf, has inadvertently become his agent. Yusuf is extremely well-meaning but is slipping increasingly further out of his depth. Heʼs planned a national tour for Cassim to expand his horizons. One of their many problems getting sponsorship from the notorious Laudium businessman, Shabir Sulabie, to get the tour on the road. Shabir is heir to the Sulabie Chicken Bite empire and fancies himself as a showman. Yusuf believes itʼs worth the risk, so the ill-fated tour begins. Watch New Material at a cinema near you.

Best friends Audrey and Morgan are going about their humdrum lives in Los Angeles … until Audrey’s ex-boyfriend suddenly shows up with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Unexpectedly thrust into an international conspiracy, the gals soon find themselves dodging killers and a suspicious British agent while hatching a plan to save the world. The spy who dumped me is now showing on Showmax.

A millionaire wants to raise his spoiled children to be better people. To do this, he tricked them and pretended that the family had lost the fortune on which the two brothers and daughters had relied. Catch Spoiled Brats on Netflix.