This week’s streaming flicks offer up a bunch of action and romantic comedy, with a splash of 80s nostalgia to balance it all out.
Tetris
Catch this blast from the past on Apple TV+.
Henk Rogers discovers Tetris in 1988, and then risks everything by travelling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov to bring the game to the masses.
The Unheard
Find this thriller on Shudder.
After undergoing an experimental procedure to restore her damaged hearing, 20-year-old Chloe Grayden begins to suffer from auditory hallucinations seemingly related to the mysterious disappearance of her mother.
Rye Lane
Stream the romcom on Hulu.
Following two youngsters reeling from bad breakups who connect over a particularly eventful day in South London.
Hunt
Catch the Korean spy thriller on Hulu.
After President Park’s murder in 1980, North Korea sense an opportunity for future invasion and sends one of its spies. Park Pyong-Ho and Kim Jung-Do, two senior security officers, are tasked with the hunting down the infiltrator.
Prom Pact
You’ll find this romcom on Disney+.
It is the height of prom season, but high school senior Mandy Yang has her sights set on a singular goal: attending Harvard. When she finds out she has been deferred, she is determined to do whatever she can to get herself off the waitlist, even if that means asking the one person who represents everything she abhors, all-star jock Graham Lansing, whose father is a powerful senator and Harvard alum.
Murder Mystery 2
The comedy sequel is streaming on Netflix.
Now private detectives launching their own agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land at the centre of an international investigation when a friend is abducted.
Kill Boksoon
This action film from South Korean is now on Netflix.
At work, she’s a renowned assassin. At home, she’s a single mum to a teenage girl. Killing is easy. It’s parenting that’s the hard part.