Stuff To Watch This Week (June 6-12, 2022)
Ms Marvel
Say hello to Kamala Khan (newcomer Iman Vellani), Marvel Studios’ first Muslim — and South Asian — superhero. When she’s done with this six-part series, she’ll appear alongside Brie Larson in next year’s The Marvels.
Watch it on: Disney+, Wed
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Irma Vep
Meta weirdness abounds in Olivier Assays’ eight-part limited series — a remake of his 1996 feature headlined by Maggie Cheung — starring Alicia Vikander as a Hollywood actress whose life is upended by a new film she’s working on in France. Fala Chen co-stars.
Watch it on: HBO (Singtel TV Ch 420, StarHub Ch 601), 9am (same day as the US) & HBO Go, Tue
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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Friends and colleagues look back at the life of the chef/writer/philosopher — including the period leading up to his suicide in 2018 — in this documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom).
Watch it on: HBO Go, Thur
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Peaky Blinders, Season 6
Final season! Cillian Murphy returns as gangster Tommy Shelby as he takes on various foes, including himself. Tom Hardy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Stephen Graham are involved in the melee as well.
Watch it on: Netflix, Fri
Photo: Matt Squire/Netflix
First Kill
Emma Roberts is one of the executive producers behind this series about the unforbidden romance between a vampire and a slayer — and they are both girls. Stars Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis. Based on a short story by VE Schwab.
Watch it on: Netflix, Fri
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Rick Stein's Cornwall, Series 2
Pick up vacationing tips from the chef and restaurateur as he explores the sights, sounds and tastes in the British Isles.
Watch it on: BBC Lifestyle (Singtel TV Ch 255 & StarHub Ch 432), 7.25pm; BBC Player
Photo: BBC Lifestyle
For All Mankind, Season 3
The latest season of the alt-history sci-fi saga is set in the early 1990s with the Americans trying to beat the Russians in the race to Mars.
Watch it on: Apple TV+, Fri
Photo: Apple TV+
