Must watch this weekend

It's a big weekend for screens. Netflix has one of its most popular non-English series back, Prime Video has dropped a full season in one go, and Nigerian cinemas have two new releases worth leaving the house for. Here's what to watch, where, and why.

1. 01

   Lupin, Part 4

   Omar Sy

   Netflix · from Friday 23 October

   Four years after his arrest, Assane Diop is in prison and has given up being Lupin. All he wants is to serve his time and reunite his family in Senegal. Then a string of museum heists is announced in Lupin's name, the evidence points straight at him, and a police captain is badly hurt.

   To clear his name and find the copycat, Assane has to break out and become the gentleman thief one more time. Omar Sy is back in the lead, alongside Ludivine Sagnier and Antoine Gouy, across eight episodes.

2. 02

   A Land Apart

   Princess Mufeedah, Richard Mofe-Damijo

   In cinemas, Nigeria · from Thursday 23 October

   What if Nigeria had never found oil? Bem Pever's film imagines a country that built its wealth on farming instead, where agribusiness mogul Ahura's empire rests on a formula called AX-103.

   When he is killed just before a major international trade deal, his secret daughter Dooshima, played by Princess Mufeedah, has to fight corporate assassins, a hostile family and global powers for her inheritance. Richard Mofe-Damijo, Sam Dede, Onyeka Onwenu, Daniel Etim Effiong and Frank Donga co-star. Nile Entertainment distributes.

3. 03

   Spinners, Season 2

   Cantona James

   Mzansi Magic, Africa Magic Showcase & more · from Sunday 25 October

   South Africa's award-winning spinning drama returns. Two years after leaving gang life on the Cape Flats, Ethan and his crew are becoming successful spinners in Johannesburg, until a brutal ambush by his old gang threatens everything.

   To protect them, Ethan turns to the powerful Maseko crime family, and the price is steep. Cantona James returns as Ethan, with Clementine Mosimane joining as the Maseko matriarch.

4. 04

   The Terminal List, Season 2

   Chris Pratt

   Prime Video · all 8 episodes out now

   Chris Pratt's Navy SEAL James Reece is back, and this time the story goes global. Adapted from Jack Carr's second novel, True Believer, the season follows Reece on a path of violent redemption that takes him from the Indian Ocean across Africa and the Middle East to Europe.

   Along the way he uncovers a conspiracy stretching from Moscow to Langley, with ties to his own family. All eight episodes landed on Wednesday 21 October, so you can binge the lot this weekend.

5. 05

   No Fury

   Jim Iyke, Nse Ikpe-Etim

   In cinemas, Nigeria · from Friday 23 October

   Akay Mason directs this psychological thriller about a marriage that looks perfect from the outside. When a hidden betrayal comes to light, the betrayed wife sets out for revenge, and the fallout threatens both families.

   Jim Iyke and Nse Ikpe-Etim lead the cast, with Nosa Rex among the supporting players.

6. 06

   Clayface

   Tom Rhys Harries

   In cinemas · from Friday 23 October

   DC goes full body horror. Tom Rhys Harries plays Matt Hagen, a promising Hollywood actor whose face is disfigured, and whose desperate attempt to restore it turns him into something monstrous.

   James Watkins, the director of The Woman in Black and Speak No Evil, is behind the camera. It's rated R, so leave the kids at home, and it was moved to late October to land near Halloween.

Next FridayHow to Ruin Diwali: Meet the Parents

Netflix · Friday 30 October

The South African How to Ruin franchise gets a Diwali spin-off. Perfectionist Mmabatho Nkomo, played by Rosemary Zimu, meets her fiancé’s traditional Indian family and tries hard to impress, until she accidentally reveals her future father-in-law’s secret affair, days before Diwali. Kyle Clark, Jailoshini Naidoo and Sonia Mbele co-star.