Here’s what you must watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+HotStar
Looking for a new series or movie before the weekend rolls in? Weekender has chosen the best from Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+HotStar to set you up for a few dedicated hours of telly time.
Lockdowns may be lifting but we’re all so attuned to the homebound life that evenings and weekends equal telly time.
Get your OTT fix by streaming the best that’s on offer this week (apart from Friends: The Reunion). Thrills, chills, drama, emotions – and even COVID-19 – everything’s playing on a screen in your home.
Bring out the popcorn and the bubbly already!
Black Space
Starring: Guri Alfi, Shai Avivi, Assi Levy, and Reut Alush.
This Israeli psychological thriller series begins on an ordinary morning at a small-town high school where a nightmare begins after anonymous figures in unicorn masks commit a massacre, leaving four students dead. Amid the chaos – police cars, ambulances, journalists, and scared parents – rogue detective Rami Davidi returns to the crime scene, the school he attended as a teenager. Deducing that the carnage was an inside job and he has 421 suspects – the surviving teachers and students – he must piece the crime together.
Streaming on Netflix
Lucifer
Starring: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, DB Woodside
When Lucifer Morningstar has had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell, he makes a life-changing decision: to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. The urban fantasy series developed by Tom Kapinos is based on the DC Comics character created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg. Lucifer descends to Los Angeles where he runs his own nightclub, LUX, and becomes a consultant to the LAPD. As numerous celestial and demonic threats come to LA, Lucifer and Lauren German’s Chloe let their love for each other bring them through the darkness. After revealing his true identity to her, the dapper devil returns to hell to assume control and keep the humans he loves safe.
Streaming on Netflix
Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar
Starring: Parineeti Chopra, Arjun Kapoor, Neena Gupta, Raghuvir Yadav, Jaideep Ahlawat
Nighttime, busy streets, and a car with three rowdy friends. Something dark this way is sure to come. Produced, written, and directed by Dibakar Banerjee, this black comedy opens up with a montage of road rage and goes on to follow two completely different individuals whose lives suddenly intertwine. The woman is Sandeep and the man is Pinky, and in reversing these traditional names, we get a whole new look into their worlds. Pinky, a suspended Haryanvi cop, and Sandeep, a bank executive are marked for a kill. They may be chalk and cheese, but are united by their mutual mistrust, suspicion, and hatred. They escape, but with phones tapped and accounts blocked, is this the freedom they want?
Streaming on Prime Video
November Story
Starring: Tamannaah Bhatia, GM Kumar, Pasupathy
Directed by Indhra Subramanian, this Tamil whodunnit is sure to keep you hooked. The seven-episode Hotstar Specials series stars Tamannaah as Anuradha, a computer expert battling to save her father, a top crime writer who is battling Alzheimer’s and is the prime suspect in a murder committed in a vacant house that belongs to him. The binge-worthy series follows the IT expert as she attempts to safeguard her father from investigations being conducted by the cops. Several likely suspects and red herrings ensure that you will keep guessing two things: whodunnit and whydunit!
Streaming on Disney+HotStar
Nayattu
Starring: Kunchako Boban, Joju George, Nimisha Sajayan
Directed by Ranjith, this Malayalam political thriller blends elements of a police procedural, suspense thriller, escape actioner, and socio-political commentary. Nayattu, which translates into The Hunt, is written by Shahi Kabir. It follows the footsteps of three cops, who are forced to go on the run after they realise that the police force is, due to political pressure, trying to frame them in a case. A stinging commentary on the caste politics prevalent in India, it has won massive critical acclaim.
Streaming on Netflix
Solos
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba
The talented cast toplines this dramatic anthology that is set in a futuristic world - technology hasn’t taken over our lives; it is life. The seven shorts serve as standalone pieces, with an underlying connection: loneliness. But there are layers and levels that you won’t see coming. Created by David Weil, this Amazon Original takes each character on a thrilling adventure in an uncertain future. The end brings one clear realisation: even during our most isolated moments, we are all connected through the human experience!
Streaming on Prime Video
Grey's Anatomy
Starring: Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Kevin McKidd
Often called a “juggernaut”, owing to its longevity and star ratings, this medical drama series follows the personal and professional lives of the doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Season 17 picks up one month into the pandemic, and it's all-hands-on-deck as Meredith, Bailey, and the rest of the Grey Sloan doctors find themselves on the frontlines of a new era. The doctors’ lives have turned upside down and they must navigate this health crisis to the best of their abilities. Meanwhile, an unintentionally started fire has first responders from Station 19 bringing patients into the hospital for treatment. The McDreamy appearance – where else but in a dream – is the icing on the cake.
Streaming on Disney+HotStar
Edited by Teja Lele