New to Netflix in January

In this star-studded film from Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice), Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are amateur astronomers, armed with some sobering news. An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, but getting world leaders to take them seriously isn’t how it usually goes in disaster films. Sharing the spotlight are Jonah Hill, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande and Chris Evans to name but a few.

With a new Scream due to hit cinemas mid-January, there’s no better time to re-watch the last chapter. Scream 4 takes place 15 years after the Woodsboro high school massacre, courtesy of the knife-wielding Ghostface.

Sidney (Neve Campbell) has written a book in that time and is returning to Woodsboro as part of the tour. However, her excitement to reunite with old friends Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) is quickly dashed when her presence triggers the return of a familiar face.

When new ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) arrives in the sleepy Vermont town of Beaversfield, he discovers a lot of strange goings on… and that’s just the residents. However, when the weather turns nasty and the town loses power, he suggests everyone take refuge as there could be something sinister out there. At least, Finn hopes it’s out there. Written by the aptly-named Mishna Wolff.

From the brain of Guy Ritchie comes The Gentlemen, a stylish, high-octane story of wealth, power and status in London. Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) has a successful underground drug ring going on, but when the time comes to sell up, it’s not as simple as talking to the highest bidder.

With Hugh Grant (Paddington 2), Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy), Colin Farrell (In Bruges) and Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), this slick gangster comedy isn’t to be missed. Fun fact for when this film next comes up at the pub, Ritchie’s working title for the picture was Toff Guys.

With the excitement of Christmas and presents behind us, keep the little ones entertained with Action Pack. Follow the adventures of miniature superheroes Treena, Watts, Wren and Clay as they bring the baddies to justice.

When Dax (Lil Rel Howery, Get Out) loses his basketball team to rival coach Mookie (Nick Kroll, Big Mouth), it’s a race against time to round up a squad and retain his name. That’s when he comes across the legendary, and very old, Uncle Drew (Kyrie Irving in prosthetics) who still has skills on the court. Thankfully Drew has an all-star team in mind, brought to life by Shaq, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson and Lisa Leslie.

Following the action-packed finale in season 3, expectations are sky high for the fourth series, and Marty (Jason Bateman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) are in for a bumpy ride. The final series will arrive in two parts (with seven episodes each), as is the trend these days – see Breaking Bad, Mad Men, or more recently, Money Heist. Jason Bateman commented: “A super-sized season means super-sized problems for the Byrdes.”

For those who are new to Ozark, it follows the Byrde family, who have relocated to Missouri’s Ozarks, with financial advisor Marty forced to do the books for a drug lord.

In 1938, storm clouds of war are beginning to gather over Europe, with Hitler on the brink of invading Czechoslovakia, and Chamberlain scrambling for a peace treaty. A few rungs down the ladder are old friends Hugh Legat, a British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, a German diplomat.

When the two meet in Munich’s international conference, they quickly find themselves at the door step of the Second World War. Based on the bestselling work by Robert Harris.

Do you remember The Woman In The Window starring Amy Adams? You should do, it only came to Netflix in May 2021. Anyway, this mini-series is a sort of spoof of that, starring Kristen Bell. The show sees heartbroken Anna mournfully staring out the window, day in, day out. As she becomes infatuated with the handsome stranger who’s moved in next door, her grip on reality begins to slip. Did she really just witness a murder from her living room window?

Poking fun at the usual tropes of psychological thrillers, Bell’s Anna explains that she feels “like a sandcastle and the tide has come in... like a rickety chair... like an old... jalopy? I don’t know”.