Completely happy New Yr! I hope you had a beautiful and stress-free festive season, even if you happen to weren’t celebrating and/or observing a spiritual vacation, comparable to Christmas.
The vacations are within the rear view mirror now however, fortunately, you may take care of the truth that you are again in work by watching one of many following new motion pictures and TV reveals on the world’s greatest streaming providers. There’s loads to get pleasure from, together with the long-awaited return of British animated icons in Wallace and Gromit, in addition to the primary awards ceremony of 2025. So, learn on to be taught extra! – Tom Energy, senior leisure reporter
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
20 years on from their final massive journey (sure, Curse of the Had been-Rabbit got here out in 2005!), Wallace and Gromit are again on our screens of their newest claymation caper Vengeance Most Fowl. This time, the mild-mannered inventor and his favourite pooch are pressured to cope with the return of iconic villain Feathers McGraw, who makes use of Wallace’s newest creation – a robotic backyard gnome referred to as Norbot – to attempt to steal the notorious Blue Diamond as soon as extra.
Vengeance Most Fowl makes its worldwide debut on Netflix as we speak (January 3), however it aired on BBC One within the UK on Christmas Day, so I’ve already seen it and might vouch for a way completely sensible it’s. It is snicker out loud humorous, splendidly animated as typical, and does not outstay its welcome with its completely paced 80-minute runtime. One greatest loved with a facet of Wensleydale and a few crackers, and one so as to add to our greatest Netflix motion pictures listing sooner or later. – TP
The Rig season 2 (Prime Video)
Supernatural thriller The Rig turned a world hit after its January 2023 debut. Now, the Prime Video drama is again for a second season because it continues the story of the Kinloch Bravo crew, who have been as a result of return to the mainland when a mysterious fog descends and supernatural forces take maintain.
In The Rig season 2, the survivors (now on a brand new high-tech rig deep within the Arctic Circle) tackle a harmful mission that sends them throughout the perilous frozen sea and in the direction of darkish threats hidden under it. Whereas The Rig is probably not one of many greatest Prime Video reveals, it tackles vital themes about the way forward for the planet and has plenty of gripping motion. Additionally, it stars Martin Compston, who’s sensible in Line of Responsibility, in order that’s one purpose why I will be tuning into this Amazon TV Unique. – Grace Morris, leisure author
The Entrance Room (Max)
With Robert Egger’s highly-anticipated Nosferatu remake in theaters, you could be itching for extra horrors to sink your enamel into. If that is the case, there’s a brand new A24 film streaming on Max in The Entrance Room this weekend that simply so occurs to be a directorial debut from Robert’s twin brothers Max and Sam.
In contrast to this month’s different Max horror releases, it takes a extra psychological thriller tone with its plot centered round a pregnant girl (Brandy Norwood) coping with an in-law from hell (Kathryn Hunter). Opinions have been decidedly blended upon its theatrical launch, so I do not anticipate it to affix our greatest Max motion pictures listing, however many agree that Hunter is a standout and contemplating the trailer terrified TechRadar’s macabre professional Lucy Buglass with its creepy mom-in-law vibes, I might say you have been warned. – Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure editor
Lacking You (Netflix)
Having binged Netflix’s different Harlan Coben TV variations, I used to be excited to be taught that the streaming titan can be turning two extra Coben novels into sequence and now his subsequent thriller hit has lastly arrived within the type of Lacking You. It follows detective Kat Donovan (Rosalind Eleazar), whose life is turned the other way up when she finds her estranged fiancé Josh (Ashley Walters) on a relationship app after he vanished 11 years in the past. This sudden reappearance leads Kat to reopen the unsolved thriller surrounding her father’s homicide, and see if there is a connection between her fiancé’s disappearance and her father’s demise.
Throughout my interview with Lacking You’s creator Victoria Asare-Archer, she informed me it is essentially the most emotional Harlan Coben adaptation but, however we will additionally anticipate the signature twists and turns of a Coben sequence that all of us love essentially the most. Coben’s mystery-thriller novels have been the keystone for numerous the greatest Netflix reveals, so we’ll have to attend and see if Lacking You additionally makes it onto the listing. – GW
Lockerbie (Peacock/Sky)
A brand new restricted five-episode sequence based mostly on the real-life bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 over the Scottish city of Lockerbie is now accessible on Peacock within the US, and Sky Atlantic and NOW within the UK.
Lockerbie: A Seek for Fact tells the story of one of many world’s worst terrorist assaults by way of the angle of a grieving father Dr Jim Swire (Colin Firth) and mom Jane (Catherine McCormack) as they and their household mount a three-decade lengthy marketing campaign for reality and justice. Half political thriller, half grieving drama, it is a heart-breaking story stuffed with tragedy and rigidity. – AS
The Fall Man (Prime Video)
Having missed it in theaters final Might, The Fall Man is one among three new Prime Video motion pictures I am excited to observe in January 2025. Impressed by the Nineteen Eighties TV sequence of the identical identify, it tells the story of stuntman Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling), who unintentionally turns into embroiled in a harmful prison conspiracy after the actor he performs stunts for is kidnapped.
Whereas I sadly did not get to expertise this loopy popcorn motion film on the large display, I am positive The Fall Man remains to be going to be a enjoyable watch and ideal for some at-home weekend leisure. It is already one of many greatest Prime Video motion pictures based mostly on its Rotten Tomatoes rating, so I can not wait to tuck in to some foolish comedy capers. – GW
The Golden Globes 2025 (Paramount Plus)
We’re lower than per week into 2025, however the first glitzy awards ceremony of the 12 months is already right here. That is proper, the 2025 Golden Globes are upon us – and you’ll catch all the motion because it occurs reside on CBS (US) and Paramount Plus (internationally).
For those who missed them earlier than the festive season received underway, you may learn up on all the nominees in our 2025 Golden Globe nominations information (or relive the bulletins by way of the near-30-minute video above). I am already doing my greatest to observe as lots of the nominated movies and TV reveals earlier than the occasion takes place on January 5, so be part of me in frantically streaming as many as doable earlier than the large day arrives! – TP
For extra streaming protection, learn our guides on the greatest Disney Plus motion pictures, greatest Max reveals, greatest Apple TV Plus reveals, and greatest Hulu motion pictures.
