New releases for your streaming pleasure: Aug 23-29
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New releases for your streaming pleasure: Aug 23-29

11 new titles from Apple TV+, Netflix, HBO Go, Discovery and Asian Food Network

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!

APPLE TV+

Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn

Premieres on Aug 25

Four-part series for Apple TV on the extraordinary rise and fall of Carlos Ghosn. The story of CEO-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn and his relentless climb to the top of the corporate ladder, shocking arrest, and unbelievable escape that stunned the world.


NETFLIX

Nakorn-Sawan

Premieres on Aug 24

Through a unique blend of documentary and narrative fiction, the film delves into a poignant journey of grief as a family grapples with a tragic loss.

Ragnarok: Season 3

Premieres on Aug 24

With the lines between good and evil blurred, Magne's fortitude is about to face its ultimate trial in an epic final battle of gods against giants.

Killer Book Club

Premieres on Aug 25

Eight horror-loving friends fight for their lives when a killer clown who seems to know the grim secret they share begins to pick them off, one by one.

Heavy Trip

Premieres on Aug 25

In a twist of fate, an amateur Finnish heavy metal band seizes a shot at fame and embarks on a wildly surreal road trip to a Norwegian music festival.

One Piece

Premieres on Aug 31

A live-action pirate adventure story based on the bestselling manga by Eiichiro Oda.

Choose Love

Premieres on Aug 31

The steady boyfriend. The one who got away. The charming rock star. Who will Cami choose? In this interactive rom-com, her love life is in your hands.


HBO/ HBO GO

The Good House 

Premieres on Aug 26

Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches, loves her wine and her secrets. Her compartmentalised life begins to unravel as she rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell, and becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s reckless behaviour. Igniting long-buried emotions and family secrets, Hildy is propelled toward a reckoning with the one person she’s been avoiding for decades: herself. Stars Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin and Rob Delaney.

Shaun White: The Last Run 

Premieres on Aug 31

With unprecedented access and never-before-seen personal archival footage, the docu-series is a revealing portrait of three-time Olympic gold medallist and one of the greatest athletes in two separate sports, snowboarding and skateboarding, Shaun White. It is a story that includes childhood struggles with a congenital heart condition, the development of his unbeatable talent, sacrifices made by his unconventional but remarkably supportive parents, the move into pro-snowboarding at a young age, and of course, his exploits at the Olympics, where he holds the record for most gold medals by a snowboarder.


DISCOVERY CHANNEL

Inside The Heist

Premieres on Aug 25

Detectives and former robbers get to the heart of the most daring and audacious heists to reveal the planning, personalities and ingenuity involved in walking away with untold riches. These are the boldest robberies carried out by the criminal elite.


ASIAN FOOD NETWORK

Star vs Food Malaysia Season 2

Premieres on Aug 24 

In each episode, a top celebrity gets a crash course in cooking from some of the best chefs in Malaysia so he or she can host a dinner for friends and families.


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