Stuff To Watch This Week (Nov 27-Dec 3, 2023): MAMA Awards, Indiana Jones 5, Sweet Home, And More
Qi Yuwu and Jeanette Aw star in their first English drama, Come Closer.
Stranger in the Dark
Seow Sin Nee stars as a shy true-crime fanatic who teams up with a uni schoolmate (Hank Wang) to look into the disappearance of the apartment’s previous tenant. The 10-part mystery also stars Benjamin Tan, Kiki Lim and Cavin Soh. Watch the first episode here:
Watch it on: mewatch & Channel 8, Mon, 9pm
Come Closer
The Little Nyonya alums Jeanette Aw and Qi Yuwu reunite — their first English drama together! — in this 1980s-set thriller from director K Rajagopal (Yellow Bird). They play a married couple whose daughter (Lim Shi-An) has accused their chauffeur of molesting her. But when the driver ends up murdered, the police uncover a larger conspiracy behind the homicide. Watch the first episode here:
Watch it on: mewatch
Hear U Out, Season 4
It’s Cantopop group Glasshopper’s turn to spill the beans to Quan Yifeng about their personal and professional life.
Watch it on: mewatch, Thur
2023 MAMA Awards
Live from Japan’s Tokyo Dome, the two-day K-pop extravaganza will be hosted by actor Park Bo-Gum and singer Jeon Somi and feature performances by the likes of Le Sserafim, (G)I-DLE, and Zerobaseone.
Watch it on: mewatch, Wed & Thur; tvN (Singtel Ch 518 & Ch 619, Singtel CAST; StarHub Ch 824)
Photos: mnet_mama/Instagram
Sweet Home, Season 2
Three years in the making (has it really been that long?), Season 2 of the apocalyptic series sees the Green Home survivors — including Song Kang’s infected tenant — seeking shelter in a world overrun by monsters. Expect more gory mayhem.
Watch it on: Netflix, Fri
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Harrison Ford’s fifth and final (quite possibly) — and most poignant — outing as Indiana Jones sees the whip-carrying archaeologist forced out of retirement to stop the Nazis from acquiring an ancient time-travelling device. Also catch the brand new feature documentary Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford.
Watch it on: Disney+, Fri
Post Mortem with Mick Garris
Hostel writer-director Eli Roth drops in to explain the origins of his holiday-themed slasher Thanksgiving — in cinemas this Thursday — which began life as one of the fake trailers attached to the 2007 Grindhouse double-bill featuring Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror.