Stuff To Watch This Week (Jan 10-16, 2022)

Gurmit Singh, Irene Ang and the creatives of Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd revisit their favourite moments during the sitcom’s eight-season run. (Remember that time when the gahmen’s Singlish crackdown almost run Gurmit out of town?) Hey, we’re still waiting for a Triple Nine get-together. (James Lye, don’t like that lah — come out, come out wherever you are.

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If you didn’t watch the Korean Grammys at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome over the weekend, you can do it again, this time on demand. Highlights include performances by IU, Seventeen, Ateez, Stray Kids and TXT. In Korean with no English/Chinese subtitles — just watch for the performances, right?

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John Cena returns as Peacemaker, the twisted crime-fighter with the towel bowl helmet, in The Suicide Squad spin-off where he signs up for another suicide mission. Yes, he’ll appear in those white underwear. If you are having a bad day, just watch the opening credits.Watch it on: HBO Go, Thur

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Here’s your chance to decide again if Oscar-winning Nomadland director Chloe Zhao’s audacious take on Jack Kirby’s tale of alien guardians stationed on Earth deserved such poor reviews (the MCU movie with the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score, seriously?). That, and if it warranted a harsh M18 rating for including LGBTQ characters.Watch it on: Disney+, Wed

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Joel Coen’s first solo gig without brother Ethan (who’s done making movies) is an ambitious take of the William Shakespeare play about a Scottish lord (Denzel Washington) obsessed with becoming the next king of Scotland. This B&W film also stars Frances McDormand (Nomadland) and Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton).Watch it on: Apple TV+, Fri

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Doctor X’s Ryoko Yonekura stars as a maverick journo whose search for the truth also lands her in trouble. The 10-part series is an adaptation of the 2019 film of the same name that won Best Film at the Awards of the Japanese Academy.Watch it on: Netflix, Thur

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Zendaya reprises her Emmy-winning role of troubled Gen-Z high-schooler Rue Bennette, back tackling academia, addiction and heartache. Another horror show for parents. Watch it on: HBO Go, Mon

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Now that the Roys are taking a break from their corporate chicanery (in Succession), meet another messed-up family — the Gemstones (led by John Goodman, Danny McBride and Adam Devine) and how they struggle to keep their televangelism empire from imploding. One day, HBO should consider a Roys and Gemstones crossover. Just a thought.Watch it on: HBO Go & HBO (Singtel TV Ch 420, StarHub Ch 601), 11am, Mon

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From Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time) comes this DC-inspired series — based on a 2019 comic book by Brian Michael Bendis, David F Walker and Jamal Campbell — starring Kaci Walfall as a young woman whose life is turned inside out by a supernatural event, one that leads her to a world populated by meta-humans.Watch it on: Warner TV (Singtel TV Ch 306, StarHub Ch 515), Wed, 9.50pm

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