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Series, films, documentaries: in streaming, our must-haves for the month of January

2023-01-02T16:28:29.607Z


From the hilarious Les Amateurs on Disney+ to the very moving Les Passagers de la nuit on Canal+, streaming platforms are expanding their catalogs at the start of the year.


Disney+

The Amateurs

, season 2 (January 4)

Vincent Dedienne and François Damiens, alias Vincent and Alban, more united than ever, make their return in this hilarious action comedy.

Still hidden in the Moroccan desert thanks to the DGSE which staged their funeral, they had to cut ties with their former life and their families.

Gang warfare, chemical weapons trafficking and the return of a revenge-hungry Russian agent… Nothing will be spared the two heroes.

The Amazon Rainforest: Our Land

(January 13)

Txai SuruiÌ in

The Amazon Rainforest: Our Land

.

Disney+ Press Department

The first feature-length documentary from director Alex Pritz, the film is an immersive dive into the stubborn struggle of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau against the (illegal) overexploitation of the Amazon rainforest, encouraged by an association of non-indigenous farmers.

It has received excellent critical reception since its presentation at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Amazon Prime Video

Cosmic Love

(January 6)

The reality TV star Nabilla presents

Cosmic Love

, a dating show based on the stars.

Amazon Prime Video

What if you relied on the stars to find love?

This new

dating

show presented by Nabilla is likely to arouse curiosity.

In an “Astro Chamber”, four candidates could well find their soul mate through their astrological signs.

Shotgun wedding

(January 27)

When the wedding turns into a nightmare: this is the synopsis of

Shotgun Wedding

, the new comedy starring Jennifer Lopez.

She plays Darcy, who is about to marry Tom (Josh Duhamel).

Both invite their respective families to the ceremony which is held on a paradise island.

When suddenly, the whole party is taken hostage.

Lionsgate+

8 Mile

(January 1)

Directed by Curtis Hanson and released in 2002, this film features rapper Eminem, whose life inspired the screenplay.

He embodies Jimmy Smith Jr, who has a head full of dreams, but whose words still have to express them.

His teenage life takes place between white suburbs and black neighborhoods, along this line of demarcation called 8 Mile Road.

Despite all his efforts, Jimmy has never crossed this symbolic barrier and continues to accumulate family, professional and sentimental setbacks.

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Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

, final episode (January 1)

Paris, 1700s. After the 1782 novel and the 1989 film by Stephen Frears, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Viscount de Valmont find themselves in a series.

A prequel that focuses on the meeting of the two lovers, in their youth, before they indulge in their manipulations.

Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton play the main characters.

As they continue to fight for their freedom in pre-revolutionary Paris, how will the up and down passionate story between the Marquise de Merteuil and the Viscount de Valmont end?

In video, the Dangerous Liaisons

trailer

netflix

The Lying Lives of Adults

(January 4)

“Two years before he left home, my father told my mother that I was very ugly”.

This sentence sums up the fateful event which, at 12, will propel Giovanna (Giordana Marengo), a young Neapolitan girl from the 90s, on the long and winding path of passage to adolescence, then to adulthood.

Her father compared her to Vittoria, her aunt with an evil reputation who lives in the poor quarters of Naples.

The young woman then decides to meet him, and will discover another social universe that will guide her in her quest for identity.

This learning story is taken from a novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante, who has already seen several of her works, including

L'Amie Prodigieuse,

be transposed to the screen.

Ginny & Georgia

, Season 2 (January 5)

Ginny Miller (Antonia Gentry) is fifteen years old.

She sometimes feels more mature than her mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia (Brianne Howey), 30 years old.

After many years of wandering across the country, the latter finally decides to settle somewhere.

Ginny will learn what normal teenage life is like...until a private detective warns her that her mother Georgia is dangerous.

A series whose season 1 broke records on the American platform in 2021.

In video, the trailer for season 2 of

Ginny & Georgia

Copenhagen Cowboy

(January 5)

Nicolas Winding Refn, the filmmaker of

Drive

and

The Neon Demon

, signs a new series on his Danish lands.

During these six episodes, we follow the quest for revenge of Miu (Angela Bundalovic), an enigmatic young woman, who makes her way into the depths of the criminal networks of Copenhagen.

All in a violent, esoteric, and neon-lit atmosphere.

The Pale Blue Eye

(January 6)

A retired commissioner (Christian Bale) recruits a brilliant West Point cadet named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) to help him solve a gruesome murder at the US Military Academy.

In video, the trailer for

The Lying Life of Adults

AppleTV+

Servant

, Season 4 (January 13)

Final season for the horror season produced by M. Night Shyalaman.

The Turner family must not only deal with the danger posed by Leanne (Neil Tiger Free), the young nanny they have hired, but also the possibility that Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose), the mother, may be coming to terms with the reality .

As the Turner home crumbles, questions finally find their answers: who is Leanne Grayson really and who is this child?

Truth Be Told

, season 3 (January 20)

Image taken from

Truth Be Told

, a dive into trivia podcasts.

In The Loop for Apple TV+

This drama series provides insight into America's obsession with news podcasts: Octavia Spencer stars as podcaster Poppy Parnell, who risks everything, including her life, in her quest for truth and justice. justice.

Kate Hudson stars in the new season of this gripping thriller.

The series was rewarded with the NAACP Image Award, a prize which, since 1967, has honored the best films, series, music, books and programs from the African-American community.

Shrinking

(January 27)

A grief therapist (Harrison Ford) begins to break the rules and tell his patients exactly what he's thinking.

Unaware of his training and ethics, he finds himself making changes in people's lives...including his own.

Canal+

Decision to Leave

(January 3)

Directed by Park Chan-Wook and winner of the Best Director Award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, this film stars Hae-Joon (Park Hae-il), a seasoned detective, who investigates the suspicious death of a man that occurred on top of a mountain.

Soon, he begins to suspect Sore (Tang Wei), the deceased's wife, while being unsettled by his attraction to her.

Mary at any cost

(January 9)

The French streaming platform makes this cult American comedy from 1998 available. Mary (Cameron Diaz) is beautiful, kind, takes care of disabled children and is single.

Three men will compete to try to seduce her.

First there is Ted (Ben Stiller), the

loser

, whose splendid Mary is the love of youth.

Then Healy, a private detective hired by Ted to find her, who also falls for her.

Finally Tucker, an architect, is also in love with Mary.

To review for all the gags, the unforgettable replicas, and the mythical “gel” hairstyle of Cameron Diaz.

Read also“I used my own shyness and my weaknesses”: Charlotte Gainsbourg, overwhelming in the film

Les Passagers de la nuit

Passengers of the Night

(January 20)

Paris, 1980s. Elisabeth (Charlotte Gainsbourg) has just been left by her husband and must take care of the daily life of her two teenagers, Matthias (Quito Rayon Richter) and Judith (Megan Northam).

She finds a job in a night radio show, where she meets Talulah (Noée Abita), an idle young girl whom she takes under her wing.

Talulah discovers the warmth of a home and Matthias the possibility of a first love, while Elisabeth invents her path, perhaps for the first time.

They all love each other, struggle... Will their life start again?

In video, the trailer of the

Passengers of the night

Source: lefigaro

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