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Jake Hackney

The new films and shows out on Now this weekend – March 17

With another weekend comes a brand-new bunch of films and TV shows dropping on streaming services. If you’re wondering what new content you can sink your teeth into this weekend, we’ve done the leg work for you.

With Now – the streaming subscription service from Sky – there is plenty of new content on offer this month. Whether you fancy a crime drama set in the sun-soaked Costa del Sol, or joining Liam Neeson as he embodies iconic hardboiled detective Philip Marlow, Now has you covered.

Here is the new content available to stream on Now this weekend:

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A Town Called Malice

This all-new crime-drama follows the Lords, a family of South London gangsters who’ve fallen to the bottom of the criminal food chain. After fleeing to the Costa del Sol, the family believe they have a golden opportunity to re-invent themselves and recapture their former glory.

Following the family as they battle their enemies and fight among themselves, the series has been described as a “neon Western” and a “musical love letter to the ‘80s”.

A Town Called Malice is streaming on Sky Max with Now.

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Marlowe

When private detective Philip Marlowe (Liam Neeson) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress (Diane Kruger), it looks an open-and-shut case. But Marlowe finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s 1930s film industry and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress (Jessica Lange).

The disappearance unearths a web of lies, and soon Marlowe is involved in a dangerous, deadly investigation where everyone involved has something to hide.

Marlow is streaming on Sky Cinema with Now from March 17.

Call Jane

In 1968 Chicago, with the city and the nation amid the political and civil upheaval, conservative housewife and mother Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is faced with a devastating diagnosis when her second pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition. Following an all-male hospital board’s decision to deny an exemption for an abortion – which is, by law, illegal – Joy’s search for a solution leads her to a clandestine group of women.

Led by Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an independent visionary fiercely committed to women’s health, and Gwen (Wunmi Mosaku), an activist who envisions a day when all women will have access to safe, affordable abortions, this community of women ignites an awakening in Joy. Inspired by their compassion and commitment, Joy joins them, putting every aspect of her life on the line.

Call Jane is streaming on Sky Cinema with Now from March 18.

Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy

This Sky Original documentary tells the astonishing true story of two supremely gifted Ferrari Formula 1 drivers: Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time. In the midst of modern racing’s most dangerous era, the two daring Ferrari teammates were battling for the world championship, but at the San Marino Grand Prix, Pironi broke an unwritten team agreement, “stealing” victory from his teammate and close friend Villeneuve on the final lap.

Through captivating archive footage, interviews with F1 World Champions Jacques Villeneuve, Alain Prost and Sir Jackie Stewart, alongside the Villeneuve and Pironi families plus their F1 and Ferrari contemporaries, the in-depth story of their rise to glory culminating in that infamous and tragic 1982 F1 season is revealed.

Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy is streaming on Sky Documentaries with Now from March 19.

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy

In this animated adventure-comedy, Tad (Óscar Barberán) accidentally unleashes an ancient spell, endangering the lives of his friends. With everyone against him and only helped by Sara (Michelle Jenner), he sets off on an adventure to end the Curse of the Mummy.

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy is streaming on Sky Cinema with Now from March 19.

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