Tune in each week as Marhaba delves into the wonderful world of popular culture to find the best new TV series, movies, books, and music.
STREAM THIS NEW SHOW:
Kaleidoscope
Netflix, 1 January
Bet you haven’t seen a TV series that you can watch in any order and still walk away with a cohesive narrative. That is what this new Netflix crime series is offering which starts streaming on Sunday, 1 January. Kaleidoscope is an eight-part series that follows a master thief and his crew over 25 years as they attempt a USD7 billion heist together. Each episode is associated with a different colour and will be distributed to the subscribers randomly except for the finale. Kaleidoscope stars Paz Vega (Spanglish, Rambo: Last Blood), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian), Jai Courtney (The Terminal List, Jolt, Terminator Genisys), and Peter Mark Kendall (The Americans, Girls, Strange Angel) among others.
The Witcher: Blood Origin
Netflix, Now Streaming
While waiting for Kaleidoscope and if you are a fan of The Witcher, check out the mini-series The Witcher: Blood Origin also available on Netflix. It only consists of four episodes and is set 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher depicting the creation of the first Witcher, as well as the events leading to the ‘Conjunction of the Spheres’.
GET THE POPCORN FOR THIS:
White Noise
Netflix, Now Streaming
Also premiering this weekend is White Noise, what is said to be Netflix’s biggest new movie for the last week of the year. This ambitious big-budget film brings together again director Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story, Frances Ha), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), and Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha). The film is an adaptation of the satirical 1985 novel of the same name by Don DeLillo which is centred on a controversial university professor and his dysfunctional family facing a series of challenges after their town is hit by airborne toxic waste.
Related: See our Cinema Listings for all the latest releases you can watch in Qatar!
SETTLE IN WITH A CUP OF TEA AND READ THIS:
Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult
Mad Honey is a soul-stirring novel from Jodi Picoult, the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and She’s Not There.
Olivia McAfee has a perfect life living in Boston, married and raising a son – Asher. This all comes to an end when she’s forced to move to a sleepy New Hampshire town after her husband reveals his terrible dark side.
Lily Campanello and her mom have also recently relocated to New Hampshire for her final year of high school. Lily soon crosses paths with Asher and they fall in love… but sometimes it feels he’s hiding a dark side of his own.
Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is sure her son is innocent but she keeps thinking about the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.
CRANK UP THE VOLUME FOR THIS:
Dance Fruits Music
Spotify
If you are looking for a playlist that you can just blast in your speakers while enjoying your New Year festivities, check out these Spotify playlists from Dance Fruits Music. They are collections of more than 100 EDM mixes of some of the newest and most popular songs, even the classic ones. The playlists run for hours so you won’t have to worry about your background music as you ring in the new year.
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