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TV shows and movies to get you through lockdown

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Life is a box of chocolates: Forrest Gump.
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A whole 21 days in isolation is daunting, we've picked some good viewing to ease your lockdown.

The Perfect Stalker

eMovies (DStv channel 138)

Tuesday, 9.55pm

The Perfect Stalker exists only in the imagination of Grace Winston who kills her husband and then uses the imaginary character to get her neighbour to “love and protect” her.

Baby on Board

e.Movies Plus (DStv channel 138)

Wednesday, 11.25pm

Heather Graham stars in this comedy. An ambitious and image-conscious businesswoman flips out when she discovers she’s pregnant. What follows is a nine-month roller-coaster ride.

The Charmer

SABC3 (DStv channel 193)

Friday, 9.30pm

An intense psychological drama about Esmail, a young Iranian man who is desperately looking to meet women who can secure his stay in Denmark. As time is running out, he falls in love with one woman as another woman’s husband sets out for revenge.

Tears of the Sun

e.tv (DStv channel 194)

Friday, 10pm

From the director of Training Day comes an action-packed drama starring Bruce Willis as a soldier in a war-torn country, who is forced to question what’s right and what’s wrong.

Forrest Gump

SABC3 (DStv channel 193)

Saturday, 9.30pm

The presidencies of John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson, the events of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama, US, man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

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