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The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in January The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in January
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Every month, Netflix Canada adds a new batch of TV shows and movies to its library. Here are the titles we think are most interesting for January, broken down by release date. Netflix occasionally changes schedules without giving notice.Every month, Netflix Canada adds a new batch of TV shows and movies to its library. Here are the titles we think are most interesting for January, broken down by release date. Netflix occasionally changes schedules without giving notice.
‘The Post’‘The Post’
Starts streaming: Jan. 1Starts streaming: Jan. 1
Produced quickly in response to the escalating tensions between the press and the Trump administration, Steven Spielberg’s political thriller makes a strong case for the mainstream media as a bulwark of democracy in dark political times. “The Post” spells that thesis out a bit too explicitly at times, but when it focuses on the nuts and bolts of the Washington Post editor in chief Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) and his team publishing the Pentagon Papers despite White House objections, it belongs in the conversation with classics like “All the President’s Men.” Meryl Streep does standout work as Katharine Graham, the paper’s new publisher, who has to fend off the same D.C. elites she entertains at parties.Produced quickly in response to the escalating tensions between the press and the Trump administration, Steven Spielberg’s political thriller makes a strong case for the mainstream media as a bulwark of democracy in dark political times. “The Post” spells that thesis out a bit too explicitly at times, but when it focuses on the nuts and bolts of the Washington Post editor in chief Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) and his team publishing the Pentagon Papers despite White House objections, it belongs in the conversation with classics like “All the President’s Men.” Meryl Streep does standout work as Katharine Graham, the paper’s new publisher, who has to fend off the same D.C. elites she entertains at parties.
‘Game Night’‘Game Night’
Starts streaming: Jan. 4Starts streaming: Jan. 4
Rachel McAdams cuts loose in this hugely entertaining comedy about a competitive married couple (McAdams and Jason Bateman) whose regular game night among friends turns into a life-or-death situation. It begins innocently enough with her megasuccessful brother-in-law (Kyle Chandler) inviting the group over for an interactive role-playing mystery game, but when assailants break into the house and take him away, nobody realizes he’s been abducted for real. “Game Night” keeps them in the dark for a while, leading to one hilarious bit in which McAdams re-enacts a scene from “Pulp Fiction,” and it stays funny when they’re thrust into a chaotic nocturnal adventure.Rachel McAdams cuts loose in this hugely entertaining comedy about a competitive married couple (McAdams and Jason Bateman) whose regular game night among friends turns into a life-or-death situation. It begins innocently enough with her megasuccessful brother-in-law (Kyle Chandler) inviting the group over for an interactive role-playing mystery game, but when assailants break into the house and take him away, nobody realizes he’s been abducted for real. “Game Night” keeps them in the dark for a while, leading to one hilarious bit in which McAdams re-enacts a scene from “Pulp Fiction,” and it stays funny when they’re thrust into a chaotic nocturnal adventure.
‘Captain America: The First Avenger’‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Starts streaming: Jan. 25Starts streaming: Jan. 25
One criticism of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies is that all of them look the same, forced to conform to a common template so the various superheroes can come together in crossovers and team-ups. “Captain America: The First Avenger” is one of the few exceptions, thanks to its director, Joe Johnston, who has always been a high-quality Steven Spielberg mimic (he directed “Jurassic Park III”) and who gives the World War II section of the film a distinct visual panache. Chris Evans enters the MCU as Steve Rogers, an eager World War II recruit who agrees to take part in a “super-soldier” experiment if it can help the war effort. The experiment works all too well.One criticism of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies is that all of them look the same, forced to conform to a common template so the various superheroes can come together in crossovers and team-ups. “Captain America: The First Avenger” is one of the few exceptions, thanks to its director, Joe Johnston, who has always been a high-quality Steven Spielberg mimic (he directed “Jurassic Park III”) and who gives the World War II section of the film a distinct visual panache. Chris Evans enters the MCU as Steve Rogers, an eager World War II recruit who agrees to take part in a “super-soldier” experiment if it can help the war effort. The experiment works all too well.
‘Frères Ennemis’‘Frères Ennemis’
Starts streaming: Jan. 29Starts streaming: Jan. 29
Picked up by Netflix after drawing strong reviews at the Venice Film Festival in September, David Oelhoffen’s French crime drama, translated as “Close Enemies,” details the divergent paths of two men who grew up friends in a rough Paris banlieue — one has become a narcotics officer, the other part of a drug syndicate. The twist in “Frères Ennemis” is that the surrogate families that surround these men are not what one might assume: The drug dealer (Matthias Schoenaerts) is part of a warm and loyal clan while the officer (Reda Kateb) lives out his more respectable life in relative isolation. Their paths intersect in complex and explosive ways.Picked up by Netflix after drawing strong reviews at the Venice Film Festival in September, David Oelhoffen’s French crime drama, translated as “Close Enemies,” details the divergent paths of two men who grew up friends in a rough Paris banlieue — one has become a narcotics officer, the other part of a drug syndicate. The twist in “Frères Ennemis” is that the surrogate families that surround these men are not what one might assume: The drug dealer (Matthias Schoenaerts) is part of a warm and loyal clan while the officer (Reda Kateb) lives out his more respectable life in relative isolation. Their paths intersect in complex and explosive ways.
‘Uncut Gems’‘Uncut Gems’
Starts streaming: Jan. 31Starts streaming: Jan. 31
In Josh and Benny Safdie’s bleeding ulcer of a thriller, Adam Sandler stars as a Diamond District store owner whose gambling addiction has put him in mortal danger with the criminal element. His chances of betting his way out of hock are remote, but he sees an opportunity to climb out of debt when he purchases an uncut opal from an Ethiopian mine with the hope of auctioning it off for hundreds of thousands of dollars. A visit from the former Boston Celtics center Kevin Garnett (playing himself, convincingly) alters his plans, as do huge bets placed with a bookie (Mike Francesa) and with the Mohegan Sun casino. The Safdies stage his wheeling and dealing with relentless pace and an acrid sense of humor.In Josh and Benny Safdie’s bleeding ulcer of a thriller, Adam Sandler stars as a Diamond District store owner whose gambling addiction has put him in mortal danger with the criminal element. His chances of betting his way out of hock are remote, but he sees an opportunity to climb out of debt when he purchases an uncut opal from an Ethiopian mine with the hope of auctioning it off for hundreds of thousands of dollars. A visit from the former Boston Celtics center Kevin Garnett (playing himself, convincingly) alters his plans, as do huge bets placed with a bookie (Mike Francesa) and with the Mohegan Sun casino. The Safdies stage his wheeling and dealing with relentless pace and an acrid sense of humor.
‘Messiah’‘Messiah’
Starts streaming: Jan. 1Starts streaming: Jan. 1
What if the Second Coming happened in our modern world? That’s the question asked by this sure-to-be-controversial series about a serene miracle worker (Mehdi Dehbi) who materializes in the Middle East and gathers a devoted following, but opinions vary on whether he’s a savior or a con artist. Michelle Monaghan stars as the C.I.A. officer assigned to the case, and the supporting cast is loaded with familiar faces like Jane Adams, Beau Bridges and Philip Baker Hall. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are among the executive producers, and given their past sponsorship of faith-based projects like “The Bible” and “Son of God,” a Christian bent seems likely.What if the Second Coming happened in our modern world? That’s the question asked by this sure-to-be-controversial series about a serene miracle worker (Mehdi Dehbi) who materializes in the Middle East and gathers a devoted following, but opinions vary on whether he’s a savior or a con artist. Michelle Monaghan stars as the C.I.A. officer assigned to the case, and the supporting cast is loaded with familiar faces like Jane Adams, Beau Bridges and Philip Baker Hall. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are among the executive producers, and given their past sponsorship of faith-based projects like “The Bible” and “Son of God,” a Christian bent seems likely.
‘Spinning Out’‘Spinning Out’
Starts streaming: Jan. 1Starts streaming: Jan. 1
Older generations might remember the 1978 sports drama “Ice Castles,” about a figure skater who is blinded in a terrible accident and miraculously returns to the sport with a partner/love interest. This new series looks like a similar story, only a much hipper, more hard-edge version, with Kaya Scodelario starring as an Olympic-level talent who abruptly exits the competition track after a head injury, but makes a comeback alongside a bad-boy pairs skater (Evan Roderick). The heightened theatrics of the trailer make “Spinning Out” look like a camp thriller, with “Mad Men” ice queen January Jones as Scodelario’s disapproving mother and a role for the real-life skater Johnny Weir.Older generations might remember the 1978 sports drama “Ice Castles,” about a figure skater who is blinded in a terrible accident and miraculously returns to the sport with a partner/love interest. This new series looks like a similar story, only a much hipper, more hard-edge version, with Kaya Scodelario starring as an Olympic-level talent who abruptly exits the competition track after a head injury, but makes a comeback alongside a bad-boy pairs skater (Evan Roderick). The heightened theatrics of the trailer make “Spinning Out” look like a camp thriller, with “Mad Men” ice queen January Jones as Scodelario’s disapproving mother and a role for the real-life skater Johnny Weir.
‘The Circle’‘The Circle’
Starts streaming: Jan. 1Starts streaming: Jan. 1
It wasn’t long ago that Dave Eggers wrote a book called “The Circle” that warned of the dark side of Silicon Valley, focusing on a cultish invasiveness of a Google-like corporate campus. It was even less long ago that Eggers’s book was turned into a disastrous flop with Tom Hanks and Emma Watson. And now the title has been claimed, without a hint of self-awareness, by this reality competition series, which cheerfully accepts an online discourse where identity and accountability are totally up for grabs. “The Circle” mixes the surveillance-cam aesthetics of “Big Brother” with the sinister twists of “Catfish,” with contestants who all live in the same apartment building but communicate with one another only through an app. The last one not to get “blocked” wins.It wasn’t long ago that Dave Eggers wrote a book called “The Circle” that warned of the dark side of Silicon Valley, focusing on a cultish invasiveness of a Google-like corporate campus. It was even less long ago that Eggers’s book was turned into a disastrous flop with Tom Hanks and Emma Watson. And now the title has been claimed, without a hint of self-awareness, by this reality competition series, which cheerfully accepts an online discourse where identity and accountability are totally up for grabs. “The Circle” mixes the surveillance-cam aesthetics of “Big Brother” with the sinister twists of “Catfish,” with contestants who all live in the same apartment building but communicate with one another only through an app. The last one not to get “blocked” wins.
‘Cheer’‘Cheer’
Starts streaming: Jan. 8Starts streaming: Jan. 8
Fans of the addictive junior-college football series “Last Chance U” can expect a similar approach to this six-episode documentary series from the same creator, Greg Whiteley, about the unusually dominant competitive cheerleading squad at Navarro College in Corsicana, Tex. The Navarro cheerleaders have won 14 national championships since 2000, so expectations are high that they will win another in the year “Cheer” follows them around, but the pressure to win, along with injuries and other setbacks, makes it a stressful run. As with “Last Chance U,” Whiteley tries to bear down on the particulars of the sport while getting to know these athletes off the field, too.Fans of the addictive junior-college football series “Last Chance U” can expect a similar approach to this six-episode documentary series from the same creator, Greg Whiteley, about the unusually dominant competitive cheerleading squad at Navarro College in Corsicana, Tex. The Navarro cheerleaders have won 14 national championships since 2000, so expectations are high that they will win another in the year “Cheer” follows them around, but the pressure to win, along with injuries and other setbacks, makes it a stressful run. As with “Last Chance U,” Whiteley tries to bear down on the particulars of the sport while getting to know these athletes off the field, too.
‘AJ and the Queen’‘AJ and the Queen’
Starts streaming: Jan. 10Starts streaming: Jan. 10
Despite some bit appearances in movies and fictional shows over the years, the drag queen icon RuPaul is best known for appearing on television shows like the reality-TV hit “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The new series “AJ and the Queen,” which he conceived with the frequent “Sex and the City” writer/director Michael Patrick King, gives him a chance to play off his irreverent persona while honing his dramatic chops. He stars here as Ruby Red, a cash-poor drag queen who travels across the country in a beat-up R.V., accompanied by an 11-year-old orphan stowaway (Izzy G.). The pair get more than a few looks as they make their way through the heartland.Despite some bit appearances in movies and fictional shows over the years, the drag queen icon RuPaul is best known for appearing on television shows like the reality-TV hit “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The new series “AJ and the Queen,” which he conceived with the frequent “Sex and the City” writer/director Michael Patrick King, gives him a chance to play off his irreverent persona while honing his dramatic chops. He stars here as Ruby Red, a cash-poor drag queen who travels across the country in a beat-up R.V., accompanied by an 11-year-old orphan stowaway (Izzy G.). The pair get more than a few looks as they make their way through the heartland.
‘Giri/Haji’‘Giri/Haji’
Starts streaming: Jan. 10Starts streaming: Jan. 10
After debuting to strong reviews on the BBC, this eight-part cross-cultural British mini-series comes to Netflix to fill a seemingly endless appetite for crime stories among subscribers. Set between London and Tokyo, “Giri/Haji” (translated as Duty/Shame) starts with a Japanese detective (Takehiro Hira) who travels to London to search for his missing brother, who’s a member of the Yakuza. Once he arrives in the U.K., he gets help from a detective constable (Kelly Macdonald) and a half-Japanese prostitute (Will Sharpe), but these unlikely allies face a much thicker plot than they might have imagined.After debuting to strong reviews on the BBC, this eight-part cross-cultural British mini-series comes to Netflix to fill a seemingly endless appetite for crime stories among subscribers. Set between London and Tokyo, “Giri/Haji” (translated as Duty/Shame) starts with a Japanese detective (Takehiro Hira) who travels to London to search for his missing brother, who’s a member of the Yakuza. Once he arrives in the U.K., he gets help from a detective constable (Kelly Macdonald) and a half-Japanese prostitute (Will Sharpe), but these unlikely allies face a much thicker plot than they might have imagined.
‘Medical Police’‘Medical Police’
Starts streaming: Jan. 10Starts streaming: Jan. 10
The creators of “Childrens Hospital” parody international espionage thrillers with this extended goof about doctors-turned-government agents who try to find the source of a virus that threatens to wipe out civilization. Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel star as American physicians in a São Paulo hospital who discover the virus and get recruited by a secret spy organization to find the cure while unmasking the conspiracy responsible. Other “Childrens Hospital” regulars are cast here, too — including Rob Corddry, Malin Åkerman, Ken Marino and Lake Bell — so it’s reasonable to expect the tongue-in-cheek absurdity of that show to carry over into this one.The creators of “Childrens Hospital” parody international espionage thrillers with this extended goof about doctors-turned-government agents who try to find the source of a virus that threatens to wipe out civilization. Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel star as American physicians in a São Paulo hospital who discover the virus and get recruited by a secret spy organization to find the cure while unmasking the conspiracy responsible. Other “Childrens Hospital” regulars are cast here, too — including Rob Corddry, Malin Åkerman, Ken Marino and Lake Bell — so it’s reasonable to expect the tongue-in-cheek absurdity of that show to carry over into this one.
‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’
Starts streaming: Jan. 14Starts streaming: Jan. 14
Though heavily influenced by the sharp angles, vibrant colors and exaggerated character design of Japanese animation, “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” was created through DreamWorks by one of its artisans, Radford Sechrist, and includes Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, Joan Jett, John Hodgman and RZA among its eclectic voice talents. Karen Fukuhara voices Kipo, a young girl who is among the human survivors of an apocalyptic event that has turned other living things into enormous and intelligent creatures, pushing people far down the evolutionary chain. She and a handful of humans and friendly surface-dwellers band together to find her father and others missing from her underground city.Though heavily influenced by the sharp angles, vibrant colors and exaggerated character design of Japanese animation, “Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts” was created through DreamWorks by one of its artisans, Radford Sechrist, and includes Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, Joan Jett, John Hodgman and RZA among its eclectic voice talents. Karen Fukuhara voices Kipo, a young girl who is among the human survivors of an apocalyptic event that has turned other living things into enormous and intelligent creatures, pushing people far down the evolutionary chain. She and a handful of humans and friendly surface-dwellers band together to find her father and others missing from her underground city.
‘Next in Fashion’‘Next in Fashion’
Starts streaming: Jan. 29Starts streaming: Jan. 29
The venerable “Project Runway” is currently on its 18th season and counting, but without Heidi Klum as host and Tim Gunn as mentor, there must be enough blood in the water for another fashion competition show to seize the spotlight. The “Queer Eye” favorite Tan France and the designer/model Alexa Chung are co-hosting “Next in Fashion,” which puts 18 designers through various challenges to determine a winner, but the tight 10-episode run will ramp up the hourly casualties. The winner gets $250,000 and a collection showcased by the retailer Net-a-Porter, which is a larger-than-usual carrot at the end of the stick.The venerable “Project Runway” is currently on its 18th season and counting, but without Heidi Klum as host and Tim Gunn as mentor, there must be enough blood in the water for another fashion competition show to seize the spotlight. The “Queer Eye” favorite Tan France and the designer/model Alexa Chung are co-hosting “Next in Fashion,” which puts 18 designers through various challenges to determine a winner, but the tight 10-episode run will ramp up the hourly casualties. The winner gets $250,000 and a collection showcased by the retailer Net-a-Porter, which is a larger-than-usual carrot at the end of the stick.
‘The Stranger’‘The Stranger’
Starts streaming: Jan. 30Starts streaming: Jan. 30
The team behind the Netflix crime drama “Safe” from 2018 — the novelist Harlan Coben and Red Production Company — return with an eight-episode adaptation of Coben’s novel “The Stranger.” Richard Armitage stars as a normal guy with a healthy marriage and two sons whose life turns to shambles when a stranger sits next to him at a bar and tells him a secret that sets him on a destabilizing course. How this stranger’s words could upend the lives of anyone who hears them is a mystery the series will explore, leading its hero to a sinister conspiracy that threatens harm to himself and others. The team behind the Netflix crime drama “Safe” from 2018 — the novelist Harlan Coben and Red Production Company — returns with an eight-episode adaptation of Coben’s novel “The Stranger.” Richard Armitage stars as a normal guy with a healthy marriage and two sons whose life turns to shambles when a stranger sits next to him at a bar and tells him a secret that sets him on a destabilizing course. How this stranger’s words could upend the lives of anyone who hears them is a mystery the series will explore, leading its hero to a sinister conspiracy that threatens harm to himself and others.
‘Bojack Horseman Season 6 (Part B)’‘Bojack Horseman Season 6 (Part B)’
Starts streaming: Jan. 31Starts streaming: Jan. 31
After a three-month breather, “Bojack Horseman” returns with the last eight episodes of its six-season run, which has evolved from an offbeat comedy about a has-been equine entertainer (voiced by Will Arnett) to a character study that’s chased its laughs with serious insight into addiction, depression and various existential crises. The first part of season six caught Bojack at a low point, struggling to clean himself up after getting hooked on painkillers and alcohol, and assaulting a co-star. The second part will continue his road to recovery, but characters and incidents from his past are sure to create a few speed bumps. The miracle of the show is how much it incorporates these difficult life events without losing its sense of humor.After a three-month breather, “Bojack Horseman” returns with the last eight episodes of its six-season run, which has evolved from an offbeat comedy about a has-been equine entertainer (voiced by Will Arnett) to a character study that’s chased its laughs with serious insight into addiction, depression and various existential crises. The first part of season six caught Bojack at a low point, struggling to clean himself up after getting hooked on painkillers and alcohol, and assaulting a co-star. The second part will continue his road to recovery, but characters and incidents from his past are sure to create a few speed bumps. The miracle of the show is how much it incorporates these difficult life events without losing its sense of humor.
Also of interest: “American Graffiti” (Jan. 1), “Definitely, Maybe” (Jan. 1), “Sex, Explained: Limited Series” (Jan. 2), “Thieves of the Wood” (Jan. 2), “Grace and Frankie: Season 6” (Jan. 15), “Sex Education: Season 2” (Jan. 17), “Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace” (Jan. 17), “The Queen” (Jan. 23), “The Ranch: The Final Season” (Jan. 24), “I Am a Killer: Season 2” (Jan. 31).Also of interest: “American Graffiti” (Jan. 1), “Definitely, Maybe” (Jan. 1), “Sex, Explained: Limited Series” (Jan. 2), “Thieves of the Wood” (Jan. 2), “Grace and Frankie: Season 6” (Jan. 15), “Sex Education: Season 2” (Jan. 17), “Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace” (Jan. 17), “The Queen” (Jan. 23), “The Ranch: The Final Season” (Jan. 24), “I Am a Killer: Season 2” (Jan. 31).