What to Watch This Week: Apr 27-May 3, 2026

Kid U Not (mewatch & Channel 8, Apr 7, 9pm)

Does Mediacorp have a Time Travel story department? (Probably, maybe.) After Fixing Fate, Who Did My Ah Ma Kill and Woke Up in the 60s in My Grandma’s Apron — all released within a year — here’s another back-to-the-past fantasy. This time, Zoe Tay, Aileen Tan and Marcus Chin play seniors who are magically transformed into their 12-year-old selves after a visit to a mysterious teahouse run by one Miss Golden (Kym Ng). Star Award winner Ivory Chia plays Zoe's younger self. 

Straight to Hell (Netflix, Apr 27)

This is an eight-part biopic charts the rise and fall of Kazuko Hosoki (Erika Toda), Japan’s most (in)famous fortune teller. She began her career as a successful nightclub mama-san — dubbed ‘The Queen of Ginza’— before pivoting to clairvoyance. That second act proved far more controversial, marked by allegations of shady business dealings and ties to the underworld (the Yakuza kind).

Widow’s Bay (Apple TV, Apr 29)

Matthew Rhys stars as the beleaguered mayor trying to revive the struggling economy of his coastal town, only to confront a supernatural menace tied to its founding fathers. Good luck putting that in the brochure.  (Then again, the place is called Widow’s Bay, for Pete’s sake… how sinister can it get?) The 10-part series — created by Parks & Recreation writer Katie Dippold — also stars Stephen Root (Barry).  

Man on Fire (Netflix, Apr 30)

Unleash the dogs from Hell! Yahya Abdul-Mateen II goes from Wonder Man to a… man on fire. He plays John Creasy, a PSTD-stricken former Special Forces soldier trying to turn over a new leaf as a bodyguard. But when a young girl under his protection is threatened by some scumbags, he goes all out to make them pay.  The seven-part series is based on AJ Quinnell’s book, previously adapted into a movie twice — first in 1987, starring Scott Glenn, and another, more famously in 2004, with Denzel effin’ Washington Jr.  

Prisoner (HBO Max, Apr 30)

More action, this time from the UK. This six-part series — from a Peaky Blinders director and the writer of Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies (shared credit with the Coen Brothers) — follows a rookie prison officer (Izuka Hoyle) tasked with escorting a high-value prisoner (Madame Web’s Tahar Rahim,) to testify against a crime syndicate. You know what they say: snitches get ditches. But not on her watch.

Wuthering Heights (HBO Max, May 1)

Let’s get all hot and sweaty —not just from the weather, but from Emerald Fennell’s divisive take (mixed reviews, huge box-office) on Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel. Jacob Elordi plays the brooding outsider Heathcliff opposite Margot Robbie’s very married Catherine, both locked in a doomed, forbidden romance in 18th-century England. Hubba hubba.