New this week on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+ and Spotify (week 19)
It’s the weekend again and we are only too happy to delve into all the beauty that the streaming services have in store for us. From movies and series to e-books and music on Spotify, New This Week has it all. Here you will discover the best new films, series, music and e-books.
Contents
Netflix
COOL ABDOUL
The true story of Ismaïl Abdoul, the Ghent boxer. He has only one goal: to reach the absolute top in the boxing world. He has to make the right choices for this…
-> COOL ABDOUL watch
THE LINCOLN LAWYER (S01)
Top LA lawyer Mickey Hallera has been sidelined after an accident. He restarts his career – and his famous Lincoln – when he takes on a murder case.
-> watch THE LINCOLN LAWYER
HBO Max
HACKS (S02)
Hacks investigates a dark mentorship that develops between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and a 25-year-old outcast.
-> Hacks in Play Store
Amazon Prime Video
THE COURIER
1962. As the Cold War threatens the world, life goes on as usual for low-profile British businessman Greville Wynne. Until he is suddenly contacted by the CIA and MI-6. They want to send him as a spy to Moscow to contact Soviet officer Penkovsky. Despite Greville’s total lack of experience, the men must work together to smuggle classified state information out of the country. A life-threatening mission and a race against time, because the chance of a nuclear confrontation increases every day… Based on a true story.
-> watch THE COURIER
LIZZO’S WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GRRRLS (S01)
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls is a new unscripted series that follows superstar and icon Lizzo, who hunts for confident, bad-ass women to join her world tour. 10 hopeful women move to the Big Grrrls House, where they must prove they have what it takes to take the stage with Lizzo in front of a worldwide audience.
-> watch LIZZO’S WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GRRRLS
Disney+
THE QUEST (S01)
“The Quest” is a groundbreaking competition series in which eight real-life teenagers are dropped into the fantastical, fictional world of Everealm. They must save a kingdom by fulfilling an ancient prophecy. During the eight-part series, these heroes are immersed in a fantasy world that comes to life, filled with castles, monarchs, ethereal Fates and a sorceress bent on destruction and power.
-> watch THE QUEST
SNEAKERELLA
This pop/hip-hop musical film comes from the studio behind the megahits, such as ‘Descendants’, ‘High School Musical’ and ‘ZOMBIES’. Set in New York City’s bustling street-sneaker subculture, it puts a contemporary spin on the classic fairy tale “Cinderella”. El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, works as a shop assistant in a shoe store, hiding his creative talent from everyone. But sparks fly after meeting Kira King, the daughter of a sneaker King and a true Manhattan Princess Charming. With a nudge from his best friend and a touch of magic, El mustered up the courage. He grabs his sneakers and follows his dreams.
-> watch SNEAKERELLA
Video country
THE FRIENDS OF AMSTEL LIVE (S14)
Registration of the extra edition of this music spectacle from Ahoy. Various artists provide spectacular performances in the largest pub in the Netherlands.
-> Watch THE FRIENDS OF AMSTEL LIVE (S14)
Pathé Home
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Four years in the life of Julie; a young woman who navigates the turbulent waters of her love life and career. When she turns thirty, Julie decides to get more out of life and ends her stable relationship.
-> THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
storytel
POKERFACE – THE UNMASK OF A WORLD CHAMPION
Robin ‘Pokerface’ van Roosmalen: harder to read than Dostoevsky. This fighter feels nothing and fears nothing; nothing can really hurt him. Until a fatal accident deprives him of his sister Melissa and the multiple world kickboxing champion himself is seriously injured. His life is ruined, his greatest fight ever begins. Full of love and pain Robin van Roosmalen takes you on a journey through his incomprehensible loss, his struggle and his life: as a sportsman and as a person. Heartbreakingly honest, the champion takes off his mask and exposes his soul. In doing so, he shows himself from his most vulnerable side. Pokerface is a martial artist’s comeback story like never before. It is a tribute to his sister Melissa, to martial arts and to life itself. Life that sometimes turned out to be much harder for Van Roosmalen than the battle in the ring. About the author Robin ‘Pokerface’ van Roosmalen (1989) is a multiple world champion kickboxing in the feather and lightweight class. In 2014 he won his first world title, which he successfully defended many times. Shortly before his dramatic car accident, Van Roosmalen made the switch to MMA: Mixed Martial Arts. In the accident in January 2021, he lost his sister Melissa (29), two years younger. This book is for her.
-> POKERFACE – LISTEN TO THE UNMASK OF A WORLD CHAMPION
More new this week!
We have already given you a nice selection of the new range of streaming services, but there is of course much more New This Week. Are you looking for other new movies, series and music on these streaming networks? On our sister site Nieuw Deze Week you will find everything new on Netflix, Film1, Videoland, Ziggo, Kobo Plus, Pathé Thuis and Spotify! Our Belgian readers can visit Nieuw DezeWeek.be for the latest films and series on Netflix.
