Stuff To Watch This Week (Nov 8-14, 2021)
Shang-Chi makes his Disney+ premiere (it's Disney+ Day on Friday!) while the Demon Slayer takes over meWATCH.
meWATCH has added a collection of the smash anime, including the current season, Mugen Train Arc, the follow-up to 2020’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Movie: Mugen Train, the highest-grossing movie in Japan’s box-office history. The other titles: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Sibling's Bond, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Hashira Meeting Arc, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Asakusa Arc, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Tsuzumi Mansion Arc. All streaming for free, with Chinese and English subtitles.
Watch it on: meWATCH
After 10 weeks of competition, we’re down to four teams of songsmiths vying for the S$20,000 cash prize. Now go impress the judges — Ramli Sarip, Mayuni Omar and Daly Filsuf— and good luck!
Watch it on: meWATCH & Suria, Tue, 8.30pm
Mark Double 11, the biggest shopping vent in China with this variety special featuring Hua Chenyu, Zhou Shen, Angela Chang, Li Ronghao, Jason Zhang, Aska Yang, Zhou Dongyu, Vanness Wu and Jackson Yee.
Watch it on: meWATCH, Wed, 7.30pm; catch up on VOD on Thur
Mark Disney+ Day with the streaming debut of Marvel’s first Asian-led superhero adventure, with Simu Liu in the title role. (But we all know, it’s Tony Leung who steals the thunder as his estranged father.)
Watch it on: Disney+, Fri
Photo: Disney
From supernatural tales from Asia in this Eric Khoo-produced anthology series, this time with two episodes from women directors: one is by pop singer Seiko Matsuda, making her directorial debut, and the other, by Singapore’s Nicole Midori Woodford. New eps every Sunday.
Watch it on: HBO (Singtel TV Ch 420 & StarHub Ch 601) & HBO Go, 10pm, Sun
Photo: HBO Go
Succession’s Kieran Culkin makes his host debut (fun fact: he appeared on SNL 30 years ago when his bro, Macaulay, was the host), with Ed Sheeran as musical guest. (Performances available in encores). Catch Kieran’s opening monologue here:
Photo: NBC
Tony Soprano returns! This prequel to the iconic HBO series follows a young (Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini) and how his life in the underworld is shaped by his mobster uncle (Alessandro Nivola).
Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds team up in this glossy, globetrotting action-comedy involving the search an ancient treasure. If you can’t get enough of The Rock, Jungle Cruise will be premiering on Disney+ on the same day.
Photo: Netflix
It’s an Anchorman reunion! This based-on-a-true-story limited series follows the bizarre relationship between celebrity psychiatrist Dr Ike Herschkopf (Paul Rudd) and his patient, a textile-company owner (Will Ferrell). Things get weird when the good doc moves into his patient’s posh home and starts controlling his business.
Photo: Apple TV+
Limited series examining America’s opioid crisis as seen through the eyes of a medical sales rep (Will Poulter), a small-town doc (Michael Keaton), and a DEA agent (Rosario Dawson). Think Traffic, except it’s Big Pharma, not Latin American cartels, behind the scourge.
Photo: TPG News/Click Photos
