February brings fresh fare to your screens as Netflix kicks off the Lunar New Year with a roar.
Movie premieres, the new season of the superpower series “Raising Dion”, and the debut of Will Arnett’s semi-scripted cop buddy comedy are among the highlights for the first week of the Tiger year.
Monday, Feb 1
- ’21 Bridges’ (film)
Armed with a bold plan to lock down Manhattan, a detective on a mission races against time to catch two cop killers… and makes a shocking discovery. This 2019 action thriller stars Sienna Miller, J K Simmons, and the late Chadwick Boseman.
- ‘Call Me by Your Name’ (film)
In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio forms a life-changing bond with his father’s charismatic research assistant Oliver in the Italian countryside. Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet star in this acclaimed 2017 romantic drama.
- ‘Mean Girls’ (film)
Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tiny Fey feature in this snarky 2004 comedy. After being homeschooled abroad, new student Cady gets a crash course in high school life when popular clique the Plastics invites her to sit with them.
- ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (film)
2014’s big-screen release of this beloved franchise saw the return of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michaelangelo. When Shredder and his evil Foot Clan wreak havoc in New York, the four heroes rise from the sewers to free the city from his control. Megan Fox stars.
- ‘Operation Chromite’ (film)
United States general Douglas MacArthur (Liam Neeson) sends eight members of the Korean Liaison Office, led by a South Korean Navy lieutenant (Lee Jung-Jae, “Squid Game”) on a secret mission far behind North Korean lines to carry out a covert mission.
- ‘Raising Dion’, season 2 (series)
In the new season of this science-fiction family series, Nicole continues to raise a son who has much to learn about his superpowers. But with Dion growing stronger, danger may be closer than they think.
- ‘The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition’, season 1 (series)
Candidates from around the world vie for a US$250,000 job offer with the ONE Championship sports media empire. To win, they’ll need brains and brawn.
Wednesday, Feb 2
- ‘The Tinder Swindler’ (film)
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback, in this Netflix documentary.
Thursday, Feb 3
- ‘Murderville’ (series)
Meet senior detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett), homicide division. For him, every day means a new murder case – and a new celebrity guest star as his partner. But here’s the catch: each guest star isn’t given the script, and will have no idea what’s about to happen to them.
Together, Terry and his celebrity partner will have to improvise their way through the case… but it will be up to each guest alone to name the killer.
Join them as they punch a one-way ticket to Murderville in this six-episode procedural crime comedy, based on the Bafta-award winning BBC3 series “Murder in Successville”.
Friday, Feb 4
- ‘Sweet Magnolias’, season 2 (series)
Lifelong friends lift each other up as they juggle romance, family and careers in the southern town of Serenity. Together, the Magnolias work through new relationships, old wounds, and small-town politics.