Stuff To Watch This Week (Mar 25-31, 2024): The Last Bout, Renfield, Next Goal Wins, And More

The Last Bout

Benjamin Kheng and Thomas Pang as childhood pals trying to make a name for themselves as boxers in 1920s Singapore. Alas, the path is fraught with obstacles. The 10-part NC16-rated drama also stars James Seah, Oon Shu Ann and Amy Cheng.

Watch it on: mewatch, Mediacorp Drama YouTube Channel (from Tue)

War of Faith

From 1920s Singapore to 1930s Shanghai for this eight-part mainland Chinese drama starring Wang Yibo as a banker suffering from an existential crisis amid looming shadow of the Sino-Japanese war. Li Qin, Wayne Wang, Zhang Tianyang and Wang Xueqi co-star.

Watch it on: iQiYi

Next Goal Wins

This underdog comedy from Taika Waitit stars Michael Fassbender as a loser coach hired to prep the American Samoa football team —  notorious for a 2001 FIFA match which they lost 31-0 — for the World Cup qualifiers. Based on a true story (sorta). Say, maybe there’s a movie to be made about Singapore’s 7-0 defeat to Malaysia at last year’s SEA Games… Jack Neo, you interested?

Watch it on: Disney+, Wed

The Wages of Fear

French thriller about a team drivers — including Franck Gastambide, Alban Lenoir and Ana Girardot —  hired to transport 200kg of explosives across a war zone to avert a catastrophe. By the way, they have less than 20 hours to complete the job. No pressure. The story was previously made into a 1953 movie by Henri-Georges Clouzot and again in 1977 — under the title Sorcerer — by William Friedkin.

Watch it on: Netflix, Fri

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

If you only recently discovered Steve Martin on Only Murders in the Building, then this documentary by Oscar recipient Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom) will shed light on Martin’s five-decade-long career, dating back to the 1970s when he was gloriously known as the ‘Wild and Crazy Guy’.

Watch it on: Apple TV+, Fri

Renfield

A reimagining of the Dracula lore set in the present starring Nicolas Cage as the Prince of Darkness and Nicholas Hoult as his long-suffering henchman Renfield. The horror-comedy also stars Awkwafina. Watch our interview with Cage and Hoult here:

Watch it on: HBO Go, Sun