The Latest And Greatest From Luke Evans, Sophie Turner; Classics To Return To STARZPLAY
Missed any movies you really wanted to watch at the cinema recently? Or perhaps you really miss a very popular show but just can’t find all its seasons in one place.STARZPLAY, the MENA region’s leading subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, has got you covered this month, with multiple movies coming to TV for the very first time exclusively on the platform, including Weekend in Taipei, Turn Me On, Die Alone and Aftermath. All seven seasons of The Good Doctor will also be making a long-awaited return to the platform – the only streaming service in the MENA region to offer this.
Arab viewers can rejoice, with popular Arabic movies like El Floos, TahtTahdeed El Selah and Ba’ad Al-Khamees coming in, while an exciting lineup of new series and seasons await avid TV lovers, with Dark City: The Cleaner, The Gold, Yellowjackets S3 and Turkish drama, Be My Sunshine, entering the picture. New episodes from season 4 of both FBI International and Ghosts will also continue to keep fans hooked.
First-Time-on-TVExclusives:
Weekend in Taipei (2024)
Set in Taipei, Taiwan, a former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in the city, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
Starring: Luke Evans, Gwei Lun-Mei, Sung Kang
Genre: Crime, Action
Available: February 7th
Turn Me On (2024)
The film is set in a world where the inconvenience of human emotion has been eradicated by a government-imposed daily vitamin. When a young couple skips their dose, they discover a whole new angle to life and relationships for the first time, but quickly come to realize they must also handle the emotional baggage that comes with it.
Starring: Nick Robinson, Bel Powley
Genre: Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi
Available: February 14th
Die Alone (2024)
In a world overtaken by nature and strange creatures, amnesiac Ethan searches for his lost love, Emma. As he navigates the terrors of a zombie outbreak, his journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, they brave dangers both human and monstrous, until a meeting with Kai unlocks a secret buried within Ethan’s fragmented memories.
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Frank Grillo
Genre: Zombies, Horror, Thriller
Available: February 21st
Aftermath (2024)
A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston’s Tobin Memorial Bridge when a heavily armed group of ex-military revolutionaries take everyone hostage. The film takes viewers through the events as he uses his elite training to save his sister and fellow hostages.
Starring: Dylan Sprouse, Mason Gooding
Genre: Action, Thriller
Available: February 28th
Returning to STARZPLAY
The Good Doctor S1 – 7 (2017-2024)
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit, with strong support from his mentor. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Richard Schiff
Genre: Medical
Full Series Available: February 21st
Upcoming Series
Yellowjackets S3 (2025)
The brutal winter is finally over in the wilderness timeline, but the teens are more unhinged than ever. The past is coming back to “hunt” the adult survivors as some mystery force is clearly out to kill them all, and their chances for survival keep dwindling as Shauna reveals that “the only way to truly be safe is to be the only one left.”
Starring: Tawny Cypress, Melanie Lynskey, Sophie Nélisse
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Available: February 15(2-episode premiere)
Dark City: The Cleaner (2024)
By day, Joe is a cleaner at the police station. But by night, he has another line of work – he’s an infamous serial killer who’s been dubbed The Christchurch Carver. When another woman is murdered, the police suspect The Carver. The twist? Joe knows it wasn’t him.
Starring: Cohen Holloway, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Dea Doglione
Genre: Crime
Available: February 17th
The Gold (2023)
Inspired by Britain’s biggest gold heist. On 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink’s-Mat security depot, stealing gold bullion, diamonds, and cash worth £26m. Chaos ensues as the biggest robbery in history is born, leading to a number of international criminal investigations.
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Emun Elliott, Charlotte Spencer
Genre: Crime
Available: February 24th
Latest Turkish
Be My Sunshine (2021)*
The paths of city businesswoman Haziran and Poyraz, a handsome and helpful young man, intersect on Swallow Island, and the age-old saying, “opposites attract,” rings true for the pairing.
Starring: Ayça Aysin Turan, Alp Navruz, Nihan Büyükagaç
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Available: February 10th
*Available in both original Turkish and Arabic Dubbed
Latest Arabic
TahtTahdeed El Selah (2022)
Despite his resolve to trudge through a dreary marriage for the sake of his kids, Khaled dares to chase old flames. That is until a wedding bullet knocks him into a 4-year coma, during which a maze of conspiracies forms, and he awakens in its midst to find his way out.
Starring: Hasan Al Raddad, Mai Omar, Shereen Reda
Genre: Drama, Crime
El Floos (2020)
After robbing an heiress, Saif has a change of heart, and returns what’s rightfully hers. He’s taken aback when instead of turning him in, she asks him to track down a conman who had cheated her of millions and retrieve the stolen wealth.
Starring: Tamer Hosny, Zeina, Khaled El Sawy, Mohamad Sallam
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Action
Ba’ad Al-Khamees (2020)
After inheriting their father’s fortune, brothers Naser and Sultan are unstoppable, recklessly spending it on a whim. Having had enough of their shenanigans, their uncle Rashid decides to put an end to their chaos by subjecting them to a series of hilarious situations that are sure to teach them the value of money, once and for all.
Starring: Abdullah Al-Jumairi, Muhammad Al-HashimAli, A-Tamimi
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Action
New Episodes
FBI International S4 (2024)
In the show’s latest run, the FBI’s Fly Team has their work cut out for them, as they embark on new journeys in pursuit of the season’s elusive villain, Greg Csonka. The upcoming episodes see the team navigate multiple obstacles, from Csonka’s erratic behaviour to their own complex dynamics.
Starring: Luke Kleintank, Vinessa Vidotto, Jesse Lee Soffer
Genre: Crime, Action
Ghosts S4 (2024)
The STARZPLAY exclusive series, Ghosts season 4, will continue to take you through Sam and Jay’s humorous journey to turn their inherited, but haunted, mansion into a hotel. A supernatural sitcom, this month’s upcoming episodes will show more of the sticky situations the couple’s spectral friends put them through.
Starring: Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brandon Scott Jones
Genre: Sitcom, Fantasy, Comedy
So, sit back, relax and head onto www.starzplay.com to catch the latest and greatest in streaming this February.
