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. This following list will help you out of your confusion and help decide on what and where to watch the latest releases this weekend. Our categories include must watch, good, passable and poor.
Must Watch
The Courier (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: Amazon Prime Video, Book My Show
Language(s): English
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Set during 1960 London, ‘The Courier’ is a true-life spy thriller based on the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and diffuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright and Merab Ninidze
Good
Way Down (The Vault) (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: Book My Show
Language(s): Spanish, English
Genre: Action, Thriller
While the whole of Spain is busy watching the soccer World Cup a group of thieves led by an engineer plan a heist into the mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under the Bank of Spain.
Starring: Freddie Highmore,Àstrod Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Liam Cunningham, Luis Tosar, Axel Stein, José Coronado and Famke Janssen.
Book Club (2018)
Category: Film
Paltform: Amazon, Youtube, Google Play, iTunes
Language(s): Spanish, Hungarian, English
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Four women who have been part of a monthly book club for over 40 years have developed a special friendship bond with each other whole sharing their love for literature. But this time they rethink their lives after getting turned on by reading Fifty Shades of Grey. They discover new romances, rekindle old flames and more as they take on the next chapter of their lives and try to make it the best.
Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Marry Steenburgen.
The Art of Self-Defence (2019)
Category: Film
Paltform: Netflix
Language(s): German, Spanish, French, English
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A timid and socially awkward accountant Casey Davies (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a karate dōjō after being assaulted by a masked motorcycle gang. He soon masters the skill and starts attending night class for special students. But he later discovers some very strange things about the dōjō and its trainer and tries to rectify the wrong.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Alessandro Nivola, David Zellner, Steve Terada
Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: Neestream, iTunes, Firstshows, Saina Play, Roots Video
Language(s): Malayalam
Genre: Drama
A first of its kind experiential Malayalam film Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam is a 85 minute single shot movie. It follows a couple, young journalist Maria (Rima Kallingal) and an aspiring actor Jitin (Jitin Puthenchery), who take a car ride to the clinic to confirm if they are pregnant. The ride is filled with tension as they aren’t ready to become parents and discuss how the baby could change their lives and future.
Starring: Rima Kallingal, Jitin Puthenchery, Neeraja Rajendran
Passable
Vivarium (2019)
Category: Film
Paltform:Book My Show
Language(s): English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
In search of a suitable place, a couple reaches a suburban neighbourhood but eventually get trapped there and are forced to take care of a child while awaiting release from the labyrinth like place.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots
One (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: Aha Video, Netflix
Language(s): Malayalam, Telugu
Genre: Drama, Thriller
The political thriller Malayalam film ‘One’ that had earlier released on Netflix but got its Telugu dubbed release on Aha Video this last week. The film follows Kaddakal Chandran (Mammootty), the Chief Minister of Kerala who after going through a transformation tries to do the right thing for people by fighting against the rampant political corruption.
Starring: Mammootty, Gayathri Arun, Mathew Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan, Joju George
Thittam Irandu (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: SonyLIV
Language(s): Tamil
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Athira (Aishwarya Rajesh), a cop by profession meets Arjun (Subash Selvam), an aspiring actor during a bus ride and eventually both get into a relationship. Meanwhile Athira gets involved in the investigation of her friend Deepa Suriya’s missing case. During the investigation she comes across various shocking revelations that completely change her life.
Starring: Aishwarya Rajesh, Subash Selvam, Pavel Navageethan, Gokul Anand, Ananya Ramprasad
City of Dreams, Season 2 (2021)
Category: Web Series
Paltform: Disney+ Hotstar
Language(s): Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Season 2 picks up from where season 1 left off. After the attack, Amey Rao Gaikwad (Atul Kulkarni) is bound to wheelchair while his daughter Poornima Rao Gaikwad (Priya Bapat) becomes the CM of Maharashtra. She gets help from cop turned politician Wasim Khan (Eijaz Khan) and ex-Home Minister Jagdish Gurav (Sachin Pilgaonkar) in overthrowing her junkie brother Ashish (Siddharth Chandekar). In this latest season the father and daughter fight against each other for the power.
Starring: Atul Kulkarni, Priya Bapat, Eijaz Khan, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Siddharth Chandekar
Pogaru (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: Voot, Aha Video
Language(s): Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi
Genre: Action, Drama
Shiva is a local thug who enjoys the love of general public as he fights for justice against the atrocities they have to go through.
Starring: Dhruva Sarja, Rashmika Mandanna, Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Pavitra Lokesh
Spiral (2021)
Category: Film
Paltform: Lionsgate Play
Language(s): English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi
Genre: Thirller, Horror, Mystery
Ninth instalment of the ‘Saw’ film series, ‘Spiral’ follows Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) who has been working in the shadows of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson). Zeke along with his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Starring: Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Samuel L. Jackson, Marisol Nichols
Poor
Draupathi (2020)
Category: Film
Paltform: Zee5, Amazon, YouTube, Google Play
Language(s): Tamil, Hindi
Genre: Drama, Action
Prabhakaran is sent to jail for allegedly killing his wife Draupathi in an act of honour killing. When he comes out of jail he sets on a path to find the truth behind his wife’s murder and also fulfill her wish.
Starring: Richard Rishi, Sheela Rajkumar, Soundarya Nanjundan, K.S.G Venkatesh, Karunas
The 2nd (2020)
Category: Film
Paltform: Netflix
Language(s): English
Genre: Action, Thriller
A secret service agent while picking up his son from his dorm discovers that his son’s crush, the daughter of the Supreme Court justice is about it be kidnapped. In order to save her, he puts both his and his son’s lives in danger.
Starring: Ryan Philippe, Jack Griffo, Samaire Armstrong, Lexi Simonsen, Casper Van Dien
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