From basketball scouting to a mission to Mars, this weekend's guide comes with interesting picks for everyone. We don’t want you spending any time making complex decisions like where to stream and what to watch. We’ve got you. Here are our top picks for this weekend’s binge, across various genres and popular OTT platforms.
Binge Guide: What to watch on OTT platforms this weekend
Our pick of the best OTT content for the weekend
Netflix
Peaky Blinders (S6)
The highly anticipated sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders has finally aired with Cillian Murphy reprising his role as Tommy Shelby. Picking up right where it left off, there’s an awful lot revealed in the first 10 minutes of the season, so expect the unexpected as the hit series wraps up.
Hustle
A basketball film, produced by LeBron James himself, depicts the story of a washed-up basketball scout (Adam Sandler) who discovers a phenomenal street ball player in Spain while scouting around the world, and sees it as his opportunity to get back into the NBA.
Apple TV+
For all Mankind (S3)
Season three is a continuation of the epic story with a provocative premise of what if the Russians landed on the moon first, before the Americans? With a space race that never ended, and the two opposing nations competing more viciously to colonise the moon ... and beyond. This season brings with it a mission to mars!
VOOT Select
Code M (S2)
Unlike Season one, the latest season of Code M, directed by Akshay Choubey, is a straight-up action-thriller narrative. From the opening assassination block, Code M is a race to find the killer. With several twists and surprises, watch as Indian Army Officer Major Monica Mehra (Jennifer Winget) deals with everything thrown her way, including corruption.
Disney+ Hotstar
Ms Marvel
With the newest addition to the MCU, Ms Marvel is a show following the story of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a Pakistani-American girl in New Jersey who is an avid superhero fan with an incredible imagination. A nerd and complete misfit, both at school and home, her life takes an interesting turn as she gets polymorphic abilities, giving her superpowers like those she looks up to.
ZEE5
The Broken News
Sonali Bendre’s OTT debut, also starring Jaideep Ahlawat and Shriya Pilgaonkar, is the Indian adaptation of the British series, Press. This media drama is about two news channels, Awaaz Bharati and Josh 24/7 News, with opposing ethos and values. The show follows the battle of ethical journalism against sensationalised news.
Lionsgate Play
Shining Vale
This horror comedy series starring Courtney Cox, is the story of a family that moves to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. The only one who seems to notice is Pat, who's convinced she's either depressed or possessed, oddly the symptoms for both are identical.