Poacher, Avatar The Last Bender, Screen Actors Guild Awards and more: New OTT releases this week Watch this weekend

Although only an Indian original has been released this week. Alia Bhatt created the hunter — based on ivory poaching in India — we also have some other big names in different genres. For starters, Netflix will be hosting. Screen Actors Guild Awards live for the first timeTouted as a great experience for the streaming platform. The awards will begin at 5:00 am (IST).

is another high-budget release. Avatar: The Last AirbenderA live-action adaptation of the popular series of the same name on Netflix. However, if you followed the original series back in the day, chances are you won’t be as impressed with the adaptation. The series has received mixed reviews from critics and enthusiastic fans.

Next, we have the final season. Star Wars: The Bad Beach Disney+ on Hotstar, which tests the limits of the aptly named Bad Beach.

On the international coast, there is Through My Window 3: Seeing You, the final chapter of the Spanish romance trilogy. It’s common romantic dilemmas and the inability to move on after a breakup. If you haven’t already seen the first two episodes, you can find them both on Netflix.

If you are fond of documentaries then you can go for the new British crime docuseries. Can I tell you a secret? which provides a bone-chilling insight into a serial cyber stalker who made the lives of countless women a living hell. There may be another choice. Apple TV Documentary On soccer legend Messi, who follows him with five World Cups.

For comedy lovers, Netflix offers another comedy special: Mic apps are ready for sale.. Here, the American stand-up comic gets candid about his finances, romantic life, and hilarious street-wise observations.

If you are wondering. A Netflix documentary on the Shina Bora murder caseHe, who was supposed to be released on February 23, has been put on hold after the CBI appealed to the Bombay High Court. The series is likely to premiere only after it gets the green light after a special screening of the series for the Central Bureau of Investigation (are there many cuts and edits in store?).

Well, that’s all for this week, folks. Happy binge-watching!

the hunter

When: Streaming now

Where: Prime Video

Shikhari is a thriller about the illegal poaching of elephant ivory that is taking over the grasslands of South India. Here you will find Indian Forest Service officers, NGO workers, police constables and a group of good Samaritans who risk their lives for this cause. The series is a fictitious story based on true heart-wrenching events. The show comes from an Emmy-winning Delhi Crimes Creator Richie Mehta. Produced by Alia Bhatt.

Avatar The Last Airbender

When: Streaming now

Where: Netflix

If you remember Nickleodeon’s mega-hit show, you already know what this new release is. Like the original animated version, the live-action adaptation is based in a world where certain people, titled Avatars, have the superpower to manipulate one of the four elements—water, earth, fire, or air—by “bending”. There is power. Gordon Cormier plays 12-year-old Aang, a brilliant airbender who has just discovered that he is the new Avatar, and must now master all four elemental powers to save the world from the tyranny of the Fire Nation. Be prepared for tons of special effects and impressive stunts in this eight-episode series.

30th Screen Actors Guild Awards

When: February 25 (Live at 5:30 am IST)

Where: Netflix

Netflix has been trying to get into the live streaming space for a long time. The platform made its foray into the field with sports programming and recently bought its streaming rights. WWE Raw.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards may start a new path of platform expansion. The event will honor outstanding achievements in film and television performance for the year 2023. While last year the event was broadcast on Netflix’s YouTube channel, this is the first time that Netflix will broadcast an event of its kind.

Some of the big films nominated in the categories are Barbie, Ustad, Rustin, Oppenheimer, Colors of the Flower Moon, The Color Purple and many more. Web series include Succession, The Morning Show, The Last of You, Barry and The Bear.

Nakshatra

When: Streaming now

Where: Apple TV+

Imagine you are an astronaut returning to Earth after a major accident in space. But now many pieces of your life are missing. Scary, isn’t it? Noomi Rapace steps into the shoes of a doomed astronaut in Apple TV’s latest psychological drama. Nakshatra. All he has are broken memories and dangerous consequences for uncovering the truth.

Star Wars: The Bad Beach Season 3

When: Streaming now

Where: Disney + Hotstar

The third season picks up shortly after the end of season 2, with Omega (Michelle Ang) still in the grip of the Empire. A lot of last season’s turmoil has to be answered in this one.

Two new interesting terms introduced in the series are the M-Count (microscopic life forms that inhabit all living cells) and Project Necromancer, which revolves around securing Palpatine’s resurrection.

While this may be the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the first three episodes that the platform dropped today confirmed a number of connections to other Star Wars films and shows in the series, including The Mandalorian. New episodes will air weekly till the end of May 1, 2024.

Through my window: Looking at you.

When: Now

Where: Netflix

If you haven’t seen the first two parts, the My Window films feature as their protagonist a girl named Raquel, who is hopelessly in love with her neighbor Iris, whom she admires from her window. . Iris, by the way, is oblivious to her own existence, let alone her own emotions. Things take an interesting turn when he begins to seek revenge despite his family’s protests.

Raquel and Ares go their separate ways in Part 2, but they seem unable to move on with their lives. In this episode, the duo is seeing other people, while they struggle with those burning memories. Like a typical rom-com, when the two cross paths again, emotional turmoil is inevitable. To find out if they reunite.