The fun, relaxing weekend is here once again and so is the quest to find that perfect watch for the coming two days. If you are looking for the latest releases and wanna know which one is worth a shot then you are definitely at the right place. The following list will help you out of your confusion and decide on what and where to watch of the latest releases this weekend. Our categories include must watch, good, passable and poor.
Must Watch
Official Secrets (2019)
Category: Film
Paltform: Lionsgate Play, Book My Show
Language(s): English, Mandarin
Genre: Drama, Thriller, History
This thriller is based on the world shaking true events and tells the story of Katherine Gun, who risked everything to stop an unjust war. She was a British intelligence specialist whose job involved routine handling of classified information. One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq war, Gun received a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on United Nations Security Council members in order to blackmail them into voting in favour of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into an illegal war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leaked the memo to the press. And this began an explosive chain of events that ignited an international firestorm, exposed a vast political conspiracy and much more.
Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Indira Varma, Rhys Ifans
Good
Navarasa (2021)
Category: TV Show
Platform: Netflix
Language(s): Tamil
Genre: Drama
The nine-film anthology, presented by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan, is based on the nine rasa (emotions) – anger, compassion, courage, disgust, fear, laughter, love, peace and wonder.
Starring: Vijay Sethupathy, Prakash Raj, Revathy, Yogi Babu, Remya Nambeesan, Nedumudi Venu, Arvind Swami, Prasanna, Poorna, Delhi Ganesh, Rohini, Aditi Balan, Selfie Karthik, Simha, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Master Tarun, Riythvika, Sreeram, Abhinayasree, Ramesh Thilak, Geetha Kailasam, Siddharth, Parvathy Thiruvorthu, Atharva, Anjali, Kishore, Suriya, Prayaga Rose Martin
Hit & Run (2021)
Category: TV Show
Platform: Netflix
Language(s): English, Hebrew
Genre: Drama, Crime
An Israeli-American thriller series revolves around a happily married man, Segev Azulai, whose life takes a drastic turn when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit & run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief stricken and confused, he searches for his wife’s killers. With the help of an ex-lover, he uncovers disturbing truths about his beloved wife and the secrets she kept from him.
Starring: Lior Raz, Sanaa Lathan, Lior Ashkenazi, Kaelen Ohm
Destination Wedding (2018)
Category: Film
Platform: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play
Language(s): English
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Two people, Frank and Lindsey, meet while they are headed to a destination wedding in Paso Robles which they both hate. Not just that, they have other things in common like hate for the bride, the groom and a lot more. Isolated from everyone else during the wedding functions, they find themselves in each other’s company more often than not.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder
Kuruthi (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Amazon
Language(s): Malayalam
Genre: Thriller, Drama
A revenge thriller drama that centers around a rubber farmer Ibrahim, whose life changes completely one night when a stranger knocks at his door. Ibrahim had until then tried to lead a normal ideal life even while struggling internally with emotions of losing his wife and child.
Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Roshan Mathew, Murali Gopy, Shine Tom Chacko, Mamukkoya, Srindaa, Manikanda Rajan, Naslen Gafoor, Sagar Surya and Navas Vallikkunnu.
Ben Is Back (2018)
Category: Film
Platform: Amazon, Google Play, iTunes
Language(s): English
Genre: Drama
An overwhelming emotional story that follows a mother who tries to help and stands by her addict son Ben who returns home for Christmas from rehab.
Starring: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Category: Film
Platform: Netflix, Google Play, iTunes, YouTube, Book My Show
Language(s): English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two rivals, US agent Luke Hobbs and British mercenary Deckerd Shaw, join forces alongside Shaw’s sister to fight against a cybernetically- enhanced terrorist who is threatening the world with a deadly virus.
Starring: Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza González, Cliff Curtis, Helen Mirren
Passable
Dial 100 (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Zee5
Language(s): Hindi
Genre: Thriller
Officer Nikhil Sood (Manoj Bajpayee) receives a strange call one night from a hysterical woman. The way she talks it looks like she is on a suicidal mission. But it soon turns out that it’s Sood’s family and not the woman who is in danger. Will he be able to save this family and why is this woman after them?
Starring: Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta, Sakshi Tanwar
Super Deluxe (2019)
Category: Film
Platform: Netflix, Aha Video
Language(s): Tamil, Telugu
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Four people including an unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged father, a priest and an angry son all find themselves caught up in unexpected situations. Each of them is poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.
Starring: Vijay Sethupati, Samantha Akkineni, Fahadh Faasil, Ramya Krishnan
The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Netflix
Language(s): English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
Genre: Romance, Comedy
In this third film of the Kissing Booth franchise, Elle is determined to make the most of her final summer before college. And so she plans the ultimate bucket list while navigating what comes next with Noah and Lee.
Starring: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Molly Ringwald, Taylor Zakhar Perez
Shershaah (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Amazon
Language(s): Hindi
Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Thriller
Shershaah’ is a biographical film based on the life of Param Vir Chakra awardee Captian Vikram Batra who led one of the toughest operations in mountain warfare in Indian history. He was martyred during the Kargil war in 1999.
Starring: Siddharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Ankita Goraya, Shiv Pandit, Sahil Vaid, Javed Jaafrey
Chathur Mukham (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Aha Video, Zee5
Language(s): Malayalam, Telugu
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Horror
A techno-thriller film that follows Thejaswini, a social media addict, who comes across mysterious events after her new phone arrives. She then seeks help from Clement, a science enthusiast, to uncover the resin behind these occurrences.
Starring: Manju Warrier, Sunny Wayne, Alencier Ley Lopez, Niranjana Anoop
Poor
Category: TV Show
Platform: SonyLIV
Language(s): English
This reality show offers a wry wink at modern dating with a star-studded roster of celebrity singles form television, music, comedy, reality TV and feature film in their pursuit to find love.
Slay (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Netflix
Language(s): English
Genre: Comedy, romance
In pursuit of both success and validation, a group of tech savvy individuals juggle intimate encounters, first impressions and romantic opportunities.
Starring: Enhle Mbali, Ramsey Nouah, Dawn Thandeka Kang, Idris Sultan
Bucchinaidu Kandriga (2021)
Category: Film
Platform: Amazon
Language(s): Telugu
Genre: Drama
In love since childhood, Balu and Swapna, find their relationship in trouble due to opposition from their families due to their differing social status. To stay together they elope but they soon find out that their families are looking for them.
Starring: Drishika Chander, Munna, Ravi Varma, Pavitra Jayaram
Category: Film
Platform: Disney+ Hotstar
Language(s): Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil
Genre: Thriller
Inspired form the Korean film Blind, Netrikann follows a visually impaired woman who becomes witness to a murder. She decides to bring down the killer on her own and what follows is an intriguing sequence of events.
Starring: Nayanthara, Ajmal Ameer, Manikandan R. Achari, Sharan Shakti
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