Stuff To Watch This Week (Mar 15-21, 2021)
The return of the Justice League, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a horror-comedy starring Jesseca Liu as a ghost — these are just some of this week's must-stream shows.
Hilarity ensues when a ghost (Jesseca Liu) enlists three tenants (Jeremy Chan, Bonnie Loo and Zong Zijie) living in her old apartment to look into her death. The 10-part series also stars Ian Fang, Sora Ma and Allen Wu.
Forger that awful, awful version that came out in 2017 (even though Zack Snyder received the director’s credit, Joss Whedon did most of the heavy lifting). This is the rightful version Snyder intended to make right from the start but the studio bigwigs were too frightened to sign off on it — more brutal (enough to be classified NC16), more backstories (hello, the Flash and Cyborg), more epic (it’s four hours long!).
Watch it on: HBO Go, from Thur
Part buddy comedy, part spy thriller, part superhero epic, Marvel Studio’s follow-up streaming series to WandaVision sees Anthony Mackie’s Falcon aka Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier aka Bucky Barnes reluctantly teaming up to face new foes in the post-Endgame world, including Civil War villain Baron Zemo (Daniel Bruhl).
Watch it on: Disney+, from Fri
Hosted by Trevor Noah, this year’s COVID-19-safe virtual ceremony will take place “in and around” the Los Angeles Convention Centre and feature a mix of live and pre-recorded performances by BTS, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and many more. Beyoncé, Dua Lipa and Swift are among the most nominated artistes.
Watch it on: Fox Life (Singtel TV Ch 301), Mon, 8am; same day encore at 8pm
The Asian spin-off The Apprentice is back! Last time around (2013!) the candidates were trying to impress AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes. This time, the new batch of 16 contestants are vying to be the protégé of MMA promoter ONE Championship chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong. Good luck! The show will also stream on meWATCH from Mar 24 (Wed), 10pm.
Watch it on: AXN (StarHub Ch), Thur, 8.40pm
Using interviews, raw court footage and reenactments, this documentary from the directors of Fyre looks at how “independent college counselor” Rick Singer, ahem, conspired with the rich and famous — including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin — to enroll their children in the top US universities.
Directed by Fede Álvarez (Don’t Breathe), this anthology — adapted from a French series of the same name — uses audio to tell nine chilling short stories through nine phone calls. The vocal cast includes Lily Collins, Rosario Dawson, Pedro Pascal, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Jonas.
Learn how the organisers and drivers — including Lewis Hamilton who won his seventh world title — coped with the COVID-19 pandemic which brought the motor racing event to a screeching halt in Australia last March before it resumed four months later.
Watch it on: Netflix, from Fri
Photos: TPG News/Click Photos, Netflix, WarnerMedia, Disney+, AXN