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With so many shows and movies to choose from on Australia's major streaming services, it can often be difficult to find the best new stuff to entertain yourself with each week.

In an effort to make things easier, we've hand-picked the best new shows and movies of the week to watch on Aussie streaming platforms, covering the likes of Netflix, Disney Plus, Binge, Foxtel Now, Stan and Amazon Prime Video.

Below, you'll find a list of this week's highlights, with binge-worthy new shows sitting alongside some great big-budget new movie arrivals – and a couple of oddball left-of-field entries, just for some variety.

The big new shows and movies this week include Disney's Cruella on Disney Plus via Premier Access and the Friends reunion special on Binge and Foxtel Now. Here are our streaming picks for the weekend of May 24-30, 2021.

Disney's Cruella

(Movie – Premier Access begins 28/5/2021)

Word has it that Disney's latest live action adaptation, Cruella, is a fantastic and refreshing take on the 101 Dalmatians story, with early reactions comparing the film to both Joker and The Devil Wears Prada, suggesting a film that's darker than the Mouse House's usual fare. Disney's Cruella will be available this Friday on the Disney Plus app via Premier Access, which costs an additional AU$34.95.

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Friends: The Reunion

(TV Special – premieres 27/05/2021) 

It's the moment we've been waiting over a decade for – the cast of the beloved sitcom Friends is coming together once again for a reunion special that is guaranteed to make us both laugh and cry. Join Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox, Matt Le Blanc, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry and a host of special guests as they share memories about their time on the show.

• Stream Friends: The Reunion on Binge
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Ragnarok: Season 2

(TV Series – premieres 27/05/2021) 

Cult fave Ragnarok returns with its second season, and this time the mystery-tinged Norwegian fantasy series is upping the ante with a larger scope and an upcoming battle between the Gods and the Giants. Looks like Magne (David Stakston) is going to have his hands full. 

• Stream Ragnarok on Netflix

Lucifer: Season 5 Part 2

(TV Series – premieres 28/05/2021)

Get ready, Lucifans, because the second part of season 5 is about to drop, only on Netflix. Over the course of eight new episodes, Lucifer will have to deal none other than God (David Haysbert), who is less an adversary and more a disappointed dad.

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Panic

(TV Series – premieres 28/5/2021)

In the rural town of Carp, Texas, graduating seniors risk their lives for the chance to win life-changing money. In order to compete, they must undertake a series of challenges that force them to confront their worst fears. The game will continue until one person is crowned the winner.

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The release date of Battlegrounds Mobile India has been the subject of speculation ever since the game was revealed earlier this month. A previous theory posited that the game could be launching on June 10.

But according to this new report by IGN India, industry insiders have leaked that Krafton is looking to release the game on June 18. As for Krafton there is no official news from their end.

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A blog addressing the release date of the game on the official Battlegrounds Mobile India website writes, "We are still in the process of finalizing the launch date, we will keep our fans informed on further developments. New updates will be released on our official website and social networks, so please stay tuned for further news!"

As for the previous theory, it came into being after one of the teasers of the game was released by the company on social handles. Though we should warn readers that this is literally a theory that netizens have come up with, and hence people should take this with a large pinch of salt. 

The theory comes from the teaser of Battlegrounds Mobile India which shows a level 3 helmet with a ring of light around it. This image is reminiscent of a solar eclipse with the moon blocking the sun and forming what is known as a diamond ring. The level three helmet here is playing the object blocking the source of light.

People assumed that this image could be a reference to the release date of the game which could be on June 10 which is the date of the Annular Solar Eclipse. For what it's worth, silhouettes are a very common part of teaser campaigns.

The game went for pre-registration on May 18, and the June 18 date gives it a months pre-registration time which is rather common with big developers. Hence it seems a more logical and reasonable release date. 

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A federal judge grilled Apple CEO Tim Cook over whether the iPhone maker's App Store profits from developers such as Fortnite maker Epic Games are justified and whether Apple faces any real competitive pressure to change its ways.

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NASA shared a new image taken by the Hubble Telescope showing a galaxy cluster 3.5-billion light years away. The ACO S 295 cluster is surrounded by other galaxies and stars in the Horologium constellation.

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Cryptocurrency mining operators, including Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP, are suspending their China operations after Beijing stepped up its efforts to crack down on Bitcoin mining and trading, sending the digital currency tumbling.

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OnePlus TV 40Y1 will launch in India today, May 24, at 12pm (noon) as the third smart TV in the OnePlus TV Y series. Currently, there are two models in the series — OnePlus TV 32Y1 and OnePlus TV 43Y1.

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Redmi Watch is priced at Rs. 3,999 and is offered in three watch case colour options — Black, Blue, and Ivory. There are four strap colours as well — Black, Blue, Ivory, and Olive. The wearable will go on sale at 12pm (noon).

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Realme X7 Max will be launched in India on May 31. The company has just confirmed the launch date for the India launch. 

The Realme X7 Max will be the third device in the Realme X7 series. Currently, the Realme X7 series consists of Realme X7 Pro and the vanilla Realme X7. The Realme X7 Max is a rebranded Realme GT Neo from China. It will also be the first phone in India with MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor. The device will be sold on Flipkart. 

Assuming there is no change in specs from the Realme GT Neo china version, here is what we can expect from Realme X7 Max.

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Realme X7 Max specs

In an exclusive report, we already revealed the Realme X7 Max colour options and configurations ahead of the Indian launch. The Realme X7 Max will be available in India in two configurations in India 一 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage and 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Colour options will include Mercury Silver, Asteroid Black and Milky Way — the latter one will come in a funkier finish while the other two will be relatively understated.

The Dimensity 1200 is an octa-core chipset consisting of one Arm Cortex-A78 core clocked at 3GHz, three Arm Cortex-A78 Super cores clocked at 2.6GHz, and four efficient Arm Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2GHz. MediaTek says this new chipset will offer 22% faster CPU performance and  25% more power-efficient compared to the last generation. 

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The Realme X7 Max sports a 6.43-inch Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, Full HD+ resolution and a 20:9 aspect ratio. As for the cameras, the device will come with a 64MP f/1.8 primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide lens and a 2MP macro camera. Selfies are handled by a 16MP selfie camera.

On the inside, there is a 4,500mAh battery with support for 50W Super Dart charging which takes less than an hour to fully charge the device. There’s also an under-display fingerprint scanner. 

Along with the Realme X7 Max, the company is also confirmed to launch Realme smart 43-inch and 50-inch. Both new smart TVs will come with Dolby Vision-enabled 4K display and Dolby Atmos audio. We might see the launch of Realme Watch 2, Realme Watch 2 Pro, Realme Buds Wireless 2, or Realme Buds Q2 - all of which were launched globally a few weeks back. 

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Clubhouse, the by-invitation-only audio chat platform that was rolled out for Android users globally from May 21 (for those in the US it was available from May 9), has had over one million users in a week.

This was revealed in its Townhall held yesterday (May 23). It further emerged that the Clubhouse's Android platform will be brought up to speed with iOS and users will be able to add it like they do their other socials like Instagram and Twitter.

"We are working really hard to get the feature parity in the Android version similar to that of the iOS. It is very important to us that the app has the same set of features,” Paul Davidson, co-founder of the platform, said.

Clubhouse, it is learnt, will also expand its payments feature to Android in the next few weeks.

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India numbers in Android may help Clubhouse regain its popularity

Clubhouse has rolled out some new features, and they include showing everyone that has tipped you and a way to thank the tippers, availability of history of people you listened to and tagging of profiles in bio.

Among the impending updates are: - The rollout of tipping feature, suggested people to follow, prompts for topic suggestions, adding bell to RSVP to events directly on the club page and fixing of Bio bugs.

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Clubhouse also said it was working on the complaints of those who had signed up recently on the Android platform. Many users who tried to sign up had reported that the verification process isn't working as advertised.

They claimed they didn't receive verification codes and when they tried re-entering their phone numbers, they were either told that the number entered is incorrect or not supported.

The million downloads in a week should provide some respite to Clubhouse as its early popularity had been taken away by new entrants like Twitter Spaces. It is why Clubhouse hastened its Android launch. Clubhouse has not spelt out its numbers country-wise. But India could account for a fair share of downloads given that Android accounts for over 95% of the smartphones owned in the country.

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China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China's space administration said.

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Security researcher Sai Krishna Kothapalli found a loophole in the government’s SMS publishing platform that could allow anyone to send a message while posing as an official government account. This particular loophole has been fixed now.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that in a battle between fiat and cryptocurrencies, his support is with crypto. "The true battle is between fiat & crypto. On balance, I support the latter," he said.

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Blood Moon 2021, which is commonly known as total lunar eclipse or purna chandra grahan, will appear on May 26. It will be the first and the last total lunar eclipse of the year.

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TCL sure has been busy lately, having recently released two budget smartphone options in Australia with the TCL 20 SE and the TCL 20 5G, and now the Chinese manufacturer has added a third entry in its 20 Series range with the TCL 20L Plus.

The TCL 20L Plus offers a 6.67-inch FHD+ display with pinhole selfie camera, and like the other two phones in the 20 Series, sports TCL's proprietary NXTVISION visual technology, which is said to improve colour, clarity and contrast in real-time.

According to TCL, its latest model is the "very first phone to come with TÜV Rheinland Circular Polarization Certification and Low Blue Light Certification," which it says will allow "users to see their display, while wearing sunglasses, with natural colours in any environment." It also boasts adaptive brightness up to 500 nits.

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Camera and specs

For many, the TCL 20L Plus' biggest selling point is likely to be its quad camera array, led by an impressive 64MP primary sensor, which is joined by an 8MP ultra-wide lens, a 2MP macro sensor and a 2MP depth sensor for portrait shots. On the front, you have a 16MP selfie camera with Super Night mode.

In terms of specs, the TCL 20L Plus brings a Snapdragon 662 processor, 6GB of RAM and 256GB onboard storage (with the option for microSD expansion), along with a 5,000mAh battery and 18W fast charging.

At a very affordable AU$399, the new TCL 20 Plus sits right between the TCL 20 SE (AU$299) and the TCL 20 5G (AU$499) in terms of price, and is now available to purchase in Milky Way Gray or North Star Blue from Harvey Norman and Officeworks.

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