
Everything on streaming August 9 to 15
Film Companion
Last Updated: 04.48 PM, Aug 11, 2021
Struggling to keep up with all the latest releases? Here’s a look at what’s releasing this week across languages, on streaming:
Shaman King
When: August 9th
Where: Netflix
Medium Yoh Asakura enters a battle tournament held every 500 years, competing with other shamans in a bid to become the all-powerful Shaman King.
The L Word: Generation Q – Season 2
When: August 9th
Where: DisneyPlus Hotstar
Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals), Shane McCutcheon (Kate Moennig), and Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey) intermingle with a younger generation of Los Angelenos experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks, and success.
Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang
When: August 10th
Where: Netflix
Phil Wang tackles getting older, dating again, unusual foods and other things that have been on his mind in this special filmed at the London Palladium.
Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 2
When: August 10th
Where: Netflix
Gabby and her dollhouse friends find new ways to learn, create and celebrate in a whimsical world of joy.
Kuruthi (Malayalam)
When: August 11th
Where: Amazon Prime Video
Directed by Manu Warrier, the film, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, revolves around how enduring human relations transcend boundaries in a struggle to survive hatred and prejudice.
Bake Squad
When: August 11th
Where: Netflix
Four bakers battle it out to see whose dessert will be chosen for someone’s big day. These bakers have been personally selected by Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi, who built an empire on delicious cookie dough.
The Kissing Booth 3
When: August 11th
Where: Netflix
It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she’s facing the hardest decision of her life: whether to move across the country with her dreamy boyfriend Noah or fulfill her lifelong promise to go to college with her BFF Lee. Whose heart will Elle break?
What If…?
When: August 11th
Where: DisneyPlus Hotstar
This series explores pivotal moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, each of which now has a new twist.
Misha and the Wolves
When: August 11th
Where: Netflix
As a little girl, she escaped the Holocaust and lived among wolves. Or did she? An extraordinary story elicits sympathy — then draws scrutiny.
Goofy “Stay at Home” Shorts
When: August 11th
Where: DisneyPlus Hotstar
A series of four Walt Disney Animation Studios’ shorts featuring: How to Wear a Mask, How to Cook, How to Binge Watch, and Long Play.
Shershaah
When: August 12th
Where: Amazon Prime Video
The biographical war film starring Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani is based on the story of Param Vir Chakra recipient Kargil war hero, Captain Vikram Batra.
AlRawabi School for Girls
When: August 12th
Where: Netflix
The bullied outcasts at prestigious Al Rawabi School for Girls plot a series of risky takedowns to get back at their tormentors.
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild
When: August 12th
Where: Netflix
In a world where humans and fearsome monsters live in an uneasy balance, young hunter Aiden fights to save his village from destruction by a dragon.
Lokillo: Nothing’s the Same
When: August 12th
Where: Netflix
WFH, homeschooling, hand-washing, no hugs. In this post-pandemic world, comic Lokillo Florez brings much-needed laughs about life as we now know it.
Modern Love: Season 2
When: August 13th
Where: Amazon Prime Video
The anthology TV series based on the New York Times’ column that explores relationships, love and the human connection is back for a second season.
Brand New Cherry Flavor
When: August 13th
Where: Netflix
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens.
Netrikann
When: August 13th
Where: DisneyPlus Hotstar
After witnessing a kidnapping, a blind woman is caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer. The film stars Nayanthara.
Gone For Good
When: August 13th
Where: Netflix
Ten years after losing the two people he loved most, a man finds himself plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend suddenly vanishes.
Bhuj The Pride Of India
When: August 13th
Where: DisneyPlus Hotstar
Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt and Norah Fatehi star in a story of how 300 Gujarati women helped the Indian Airforce rebuild the IAF airbase during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
The Secret: Dare to Dream
When: August 13th
Where: BookMyShow Stream
A feature film adaptation of the self-help book, The Secret, which focuses on the power of positive thinking.
The Kingdom
When: August 13th
Where: Netflix
After his running mate’s murder, a controversial preacher ascends as Argentina’s presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.
Shantit Kranti (Marathi)
When: August 13th
Where: SonyLIV
Three best friends, Shreyas (Abhay Mahajan), Dinar (Alok Rajwade) and Prasanna (Lalit Prabhakar), go on a road trip and a journey of self-discovery.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2
When: August 13th
Where: Amazon Prime Video
The support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
The Assistant
When: August 13th
Where: BookMyShow Stream
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane (Julia Garner) follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Valeria: Season 2
When: August 13th
Where: Netflix
The four friends support and lift each other up as they each make momentous decisions that will affect their respective careers and love lives.
CODA
When: August 13th
Where: Apple TV+
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Beckett
When: August 13th
Where: Netflix
Following a tragic car accident in Greece, Beckett, an American tourist, finds himself at the center of a dangerous political conspiracy –– and on the run for his life.
Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha
When: August 13th
Where: BookMyShow Stream
Two sisters, Sudha and Radha, 86 and 93, have a near-magical existence in their village home in North India, along with their entourage of domestic help.
Prisoners Of War: Bandi Yuddh Ke
When: August 13th
Where: MX Player
Inspired by Israeli drama Hatufim (Prisoners of War), the Indian telenovela starring Amrita Puri, Tisca Chopra, Satyadeep Mishra and Purab Kohli, tells the story of two soldiers who, after being held prisoner for 17 years, return home to their families.
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 5: South Pacific
When: August 13th
Where: Netflix
When Tony, the heart of the “Spy Racers” family, is captured by Russian arms dealers, the team travels to the South Pacific to save him, and foil a plan to take over the world in the process.
Godzilla Vs Kong
When: August 14th
Where: Amazon Prime Video
The next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong against one another, with humanity caught in the balance.
Spin
When: August 15th
Where: DisneyPlus Hotstar
Starring Abhay Deol and Avantika Vandanapu, the film follows an Indian-American teen who discovers her artistic side through the unique world of DJ culture. She begins creating mixes that blend her Indian heritage and the world around her.
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