Each month, new films and TV shows are added to BINGE’s library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top Picks: TV
Lockerbie: A Search For Truth: Season 1 (January 2)
Who let Colin Firth’s daughter die in a tragic airplane crash?! We simply will not stand for any misery being inflicted upon this lovely, award-winning, ever-crushworthy bloke. In this aching drama based on true events, Firth is Dr Jim Swire, the devastated dad of one of the many victims of a Pan Am plane explosion in Scotland in 1988. Perhaps seeking to drown out in grief in a flurry of information and conspiracy, Swire’s journey to find justice will take him across continents and political divides, hopefully ending on a note of closure if not eye-opening revelation. A worthy illumination of real loss and systemic failure, with Firth a capable empathetic centre.
The Pitt: Season 1 (January 10)
This hot new medical drama has been building considerable buzz, which sounds unusual for such a generic setting…until you learn a little more about its inventive structure. The first season’s 15 episodes each capture just one hour of chaos at a modern-day Pennsylvania hospital, conveying the mile-a-minute disaster and negotiating that the staff must wearily endure. Honestly, sitting through all 15 episodes in one go might feel as tiring as doing the shift yourself. Noah Wyle is our central self-destructing doctor, and he looks very McConaughey in the exciting show’s promo imagery, no?
Top Picks: Movies
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (January 24)
The latest brash entry in Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s buddy-cop action franchise featured some nifty new tricks—not bad for a rebooted-sequel-whatever-this-is. Smith and Lawrence were tasked with operating their own cameras for some very cool POV shootout sequences, proof of the directing team El Arbi and Fallah impressively imbuing an old-school story with contemporary flair. The plot in this fourth ride-along sees the pair on the run after their dearly departed boss is accused of collaborating with cartels—and everyone knows that movie cops only get down to their best work once they’ve been kicked off the case. Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
The Bikeriders (January 25)
From Ride or Die to riding as a way of life. Directed by American indie auteur Jeff Nichols, this rugged period portrait follows a gang of 1960s bikers living in the Midwest, with a suave Austin Butler and Tom Hardy (doing another of his wacky, not terribly plausible voices) leading the rebellious charge. Special shout-out to Jodie Comer, who is also doing a funny retro voice but seems to be entirely at home within her character, based on a real person whose accounts of biker badassery and life on the open road inspired this film. Her account, and the movie’s covetable attitude, are drawn from a book of journalistic biker photographs: what a cool impetus for telling a story about such a particular place, time, people.
A Different Man (January 28)
One of my favourite films of last year, this arch and cerebral black comedy stars Sebastian Stan as a struggling actor whose facial difference has left him cowering in the margins of society. After a miraculous treatment totally cures him, though, things go from bad to worse: his old crush mounts a play based on the life he left behind, and then comes to cast a superior talent (Adam Pearson, a breath of fresh air). It’s thought-provoking and playful, director Aaron Schimberg upending our best predictions and expectations at every corner. I’m not sure if the ending will be to everyone’s taste, whisking off into bizarre and hilarious new directions. I completely loved it.
All titles arriving on BINGE in January
January 1
Sidelined: The QB And Me
Grand-Daddy Day Care
Dragonheart: Vengeance
BBL Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars
January 2
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth: Season 1 Premiere
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Law & Order SVU: Season 24
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Up In Smoke
The Battle At Apache Pass
BBL Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers
January 3
Cold Case Detectives: Season 1
IF
Houseboat
Flying High
Foul Play
Wonder Park
Sudden Death
Burlesque
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Greatest Days
BBL Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat
BBL Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder
January 4
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Dead Calm
January 5
The Way Home: Season 3 Premiere
BBL Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers
January 6
Hell’s Kitchen USA: Season 23 Premiere
R. Kelly: A Faking It Special
Psych: Season 1-8
DIY SOS The Big Build: Season 32
Casino
January 7
Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Sicily: Season 1 Premiere
1000-Lb Sisters Clapback: Season 5
The Mountain Within Me
Tom Kerridge More Sunday Lunch: Season 2
Gino’s Italy: Secrets Of The South: Season 1
Portrait Artist Of The Year: Season 11
The ‘Burbs
BBL Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades
January 8
Before They Kill Again: Season 1
Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders: Season 1
Sunken Warships: Secrets From The Deep: Season 1
BBL Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes
January 9
Sons of Ecstasy
Bodycam Cops: Season 1
Secret Nazi Science: Season 1
Ambulance Code Red: Season 1
BBL Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers
January 10
The Pitt: Season 1 Premiere
Million Pound: Season 4
River Wild
BBL Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder
January 11
Taskmasterclass: Season 1 Premiere
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
Life Without Dick
January 12
The Murder Of Grace Millane: A Faking It Special
BBL Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars
January 13
Milf Manor: Season 2 Premiere
Bake Off: The Professionals: Season 9 Premiere
The Mark Of Empire: Kingdoms Of The East: Season 1
Modern Warfare 2.0: Season 1
Castles From Above: Season 1
Celebrity Masterchef: Season 19
Wings Of The Great War: Season 2
BBL Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers
January 14
My 600-LB Life: Season 10 Premiere
Inside Pyramids: Season 1
New Zealand’s Best Homes With Phil Spencer: Season 1
Hospital: Life On The Line: Season 1
Dun Huang: Ancient Frontier Fortress: Season 1
Bake Off: The Professionals: Season 3
Close Encounters Down Under: Season 1
BBL Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades
January 15
Bonifacio: A Mediterranean Military Jewel
The Manson Murders
Unmasking The Killers Of The Third Reich
Killer Doctor: The Harold Shipman Case
The American Buffalo: Season 1
The Lost City Of Ramses The Second: Season 1
The Cross And The Swastika: Season 1
999: Critical Condition: Season 2
Masterchef: The Professionals: Season 17
Rob & Rylan’s Grand Tour: Season 1
BBL Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers
January 16
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Freediver
Eiffel: Towers’ War
Discovered By Disaster: Season 1
Surveillance Oz: Dashcam: Season 1-2
Power & Glory Of The Hasburgs: Season 1
Close Calls On Camera: Season 10
Holmes On Homes: Building A Legacy: Season 1
BBL Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes
January 17
A Killer’s Mistake: Season 2
Location, Location, Location New Zealand: Season 1
The Real Manhunter: Season 3
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces: Season 10
Love It Or List It Toronto: Season 11
Playing Cupid
BBL Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder
January 18
Despicable Me 4
January 19
Michael Jackson, A Faking It Special
BBL Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes
January 30
Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or List It: Season 9
Digging For Britain: Season 11
Greedy People
January 21
1979: The Year Of The Islamist: Season 1
Hitmen: Season 1
Hitmen: Reloaded: Season 2
Love It Or List It NZ: Season 1
Bridezillas: Season 14
Ainsley’s Great Garden Cook Off: Season 1
BBL Qualifier
January 22
Concorde: The Untold Story: Season 1
BBL Eliminator
January 23
Killer Cases: Season 3
The Way My Way: A Camino Memoir
JANUARY 24
CB Strike: The Ink Black Heart: Season 6 Premiere
999: Critical Condition: Season 3
Johnathan Ross: Myths And Legends: Season 1
Sarah Beeny’s New Life In The Country: Season 4
BBL Qualifier
January 25
The Bikeriders
The Sloth Lane
January 27
O.J. Simpson: Blood, Lies And Murder: Season 1
BBL Final
January 28
90 Day Fiancé UK: Season 1 Premiere
Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain: Season 1 Premiere
Ted Bundy: A Faking It Special
Killer At The Crime Scene: Season 2
A Different Man
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
January 29
Black Widow: Season 1
Aerial Profiles: Season 2
January 30
Double the Money: Season 1 Premiere
The Killer In My Family: Season 3
January 31
An Update On Our Family: Season 1
Hairy Biker’s Go West: Season 1
Hairy Biker’s Go Local: Season 1
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