and 91ƵSchitt91Ƶs Creek91Ƶ star Dan Levy91Ƶs directorial debut, 91ƵGood Grief91Ƶ are some of the new television and movies near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press91Ƶ are some new game shows on Fox and 91ƵTransformers: Rise of the Beasts91Ƶ stomping onto Amazon Prime.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
91Ƶ Director J.A. Bayona knows his way around an agonizing survival story. In 2012, he gave audiences a harrowing look at a family91Ƶs experience during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and now he91Ƶs back with about the Uruguayan Air Force Flight that crashed in the Andes mountains in 1972. The disaster has been recounted and studied in many books and movies over the years, including Frank Marshall91Ƶs 1993 film 91ƵAlive.91Ƶ But Bayona was after reading Pablo Vierci91Ƶs 91ƵSociety of the Snow.91Ƶ Bayona has said that he wanted to tell the stories not only of the survivors but of those who didn91Ƶt, in a 91Ƶdocumentary style.91Ƶ The Spanish-language film was selected to represent Spain in the Oscars and has been shortlisted for best international film. 91ƵSociety of the Snow91Ƶ is now streaming on Netflix.
Netflix also has Dan Levy91Ƶs directorial debut, coming on Friday. Levy, who also wrote, co-stars alongside Luke Evans, Ruth Negga and Himesh Patel as a widower who has recently lost his husband and takes his friends to Paris for some soul-searching.
91Ƶ The Criterion Channel has several treats for January, including a series on cat movies (from 91ƵThat Darn Cat91Ƶ to 91ƵInside Llewyn Davis91Ƶ), an ode to Ava Gardner (including and 91ƵPandora and the Flying Dutchman91Ƶ) but perhaps the most January of all the collections is James Gray91Ƶs New York. The films include his 1994 debut in which Tim Roth plays a hit man who has come back to Brighton Beach and the intoxicating romance with Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow as the beguiling Michelle. And if that wasn91Ƶt enough Joaquin for you, they91Ƶll have 91ƵThe Yards,91Ƶ 91ƵWe Own the Night91Ƶ and 91ƵThe Immigrant91Ƶ as well.
91Ƶ And over on Prime Video are two movies that didn91Ƶt get the best reviews, but if you91Ƶre intrigued and have an Amazon Prime account they91Ƶre there for the sampling. First there is the globetrotting action pic which centers on the charismatic stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback who travel from Brooklyn to Peru. Directed by Steven Caple Jr., it is technically a sequel to 91ƵBumblebee.91Ƶ There91Ƶs also a sci-fi psychological thriller with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. Both start streaming on Friday.
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NEW SHOWS TO STREAM
Fox is adding some new game shows to its roster in the new year. Rob Lowe executive produces and hosts a new trivia show called while Anthony Anderson and his mother Doris Bowman co-host the musical . The latter was originally intended to star and his daughter Corinne but the Oscar winner, who experienced an undisclosed medical condition in 2023, will now executive produce. Both shows will also stream on Hulu.
91Ƶ The acclaimed comes to broadcast television in early 2024. The comedy whodunit stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as neighbors in a posh New York apartment building who start their own true crime podcast after another resident is murdered. The first three episodes of season one began airing on ABC on Tuesday.
91Ƶ Season one of NBC91Ƶs rebooted 91ƵNight Court91Ƶ ended on a cliffhanger, with the return of original series regular Marsha Warfield in an unexpected spot. Season two, which launched Tuesday and , picks up where last season left off. The rebooted show stars series original John Larroquette and Melissa Rauch as the new night court judge.
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