'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans', 'Red Queen' and other series recommended for February 2024

After a half-hearted end and start to the year, television fiction is reactivated in February with some interesting proposals.

In our selection there are several period dramas, which travel from the Japan of the samurai to the Paris occupied by the Nazis in World War II or the New York high society of the sixties and seventies.

We also find alternative worlds, science fiction and the terror of current war.

In addition,

Larry David

(day 5 on HBO Max) returns with its 12th season to close a path that began in 2000 telling the adventures of a fictional version of himself.

Another humorous proposal is the one brought by

Ted

(the 22nd on SkyShowtime), a prequel to the film of the same name starring the hooligan teddy bear voiced by Seth MacFarlane.

Looking ahead to Valentine's Day, two premieres with a romantic tone stand out, both of British origin and both available on the 8th:

The Lovers

(on SkyShowtime) and

Always the Same Day

(on Netflix).

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The horror of fighting in a Flying Fortress: 'The Masters of the Air' shows aerial warfare as it has never been seen

British thrillers

also arrive in pairs this month

.

The second season of

Trigger Point: out of control

(day 7 on Movistar Plus+) puts the bombshell played by Vicky McClure to the test.

And the new installment of

Vigil: conspiracy from the air

(27th on Movistar Plus+) changes the submarine for the investigation of an accident at an air force military base.

The second season of

Tokyo Vice

(day 8 on HBO Max) continues the dangerous adventures of an American journalist entangled with the Japanese mafia, and the new episodes of

Alpha Males

(day 9 on Netflix) continue to humorously address the deconstruction of masculinity.

Anyone who misses zombies will also have a new helping this month, with Rick and Michonne having adventures on

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

(the 26th on AMC+).

Of this month's premieres and returns (which you can check on our calendar), we recommend giving this selection a chance.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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Trailer for the series 'Mr.

and Mrs. Smith'

Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, in an image from 'Mr.

& Mrs. Smith'.

The film that brought together Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2005 is transformed, in the hands of Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane (both have coincided in

Atlanta

) into a series that combines action, espionage and some romance.

Glover and Maya Erskine are John and Jane Smith, two lonely people willing to leave their lives behind to carry out the missions that a spy agency sets for them.

The problem is that, in order not to raise suspicions, in their new identities they are a married couple.

The series has taken several turns in its development (Phoebe Waller-Bridge was co-creator and co-star, but left the project due to creative differences) and now arrives with names in its cast such as Alexander Skarsgard, Sarah Paulson, Sharon Horgan, John Turturro, Wagner Moura or Úrsula Corberó.

When and where to see it?

The eight chapters premiere on Friday the 2nd on Amazon Prime Video.

Feud: Capote vs.

The Swans

Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill in 'Feud: Capote vs.

the Swans'.PARI DUKOVIC PHOTOGRAPHY

Truman Capote managed to be the confidant of a group of women from the New York elite, whom he nicknamed the swans.

After years of cultivating their friendship, the writer ended up writing a fiction inspired by their lives in which he exposed his most intimate secrets.

Through time jumps and changes in point of view, this series traces the relationship between the writer and his swans with a dizzying cast: Tom Hollander plays the author and they are played by Naomi Watts, Demi Moore, Chloe Sevigny, Calista Flockhart , Diane Lane and Molly Ringwald.

The second season of Ryan Murphy's anthology series about great rivalries has an air that is more melancholic than acidic and those who have seen it in its entirety highlight the performances of Watts and Hollander.

When and where to see it?

HBO Max will premiere the first two episodes in Spain on February 7, followed by a new one every week until the season's eight are complete.

The fifth Commandment

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Trailer for the series 'The Fifth Commandment'

Timothy Spall and Sheila Hancock, in the series 'The Fifth Commandment'.

British critics praised this crime drama based on real events.

Ben Field was a charming and religious young man who, in reality, befriended vulnerable people in order to get them to include him in their wills and, later, kill them in what he believed would be the perfect crime.

His two victims were a teacher he knew at university and a retired school headmistress, two lonely residents of a Buckinghamshire village.

Critics highlight that, unlike other fictions that recreate the facts and the criminal, here the story does not lose focus on its victims to reflect the horror and drama behind it.

When and where to see it?

The four episodes will be available on the 13th on Filmin.

New Look

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'New Look' series trailer

Ben Mendelsohn, as Christian Dior in the series 'New Look'.

It could also have been titled Dior, Chanel and the Nazis.

Because, after

Cristóbal Balenciaga

approached the Basque designer's career from the point of view of the

biopic

, the new proposal turns towards the

thriller

to review little-known facts and moments in the lives of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel.

With the Nazi takeover of Paris during World War II, the two designers' worlds change.

Their rivalry will be joined by the different circumstances they experienced: while Dior's little sister collaborated with the French Resistance, Chanel collaborated with Nazi intelligence.

The series vindicates Dior's vision of creation and art as survival.

Ben Mendelsohn and Juliette Binoche are the protagonists of a cast that includes John Malkovich, Emily Mortimer, Glenn Close, Maisie Williams and Claes Bang.

When and where to see it?

Apple TV+ premieres the first three episodes on Wednesday the 14th, followed by a new one every Wednesday until the series completes 10.

The woman on the wall

Ruth Wilson, in the series 'The Woman in the Wall'.Chris Barr (Chris Barr/SHOWTIME)

When she wakes up one day, Lorna Brady finds a dead body in her house.

She does not know who she is or if she herself has been responsible for her murder in one of the sleepwalking attacks that she has suffered since she was admitted to the town convent.

Wrapped in a mystery

thriller

, this series delves into the drama of the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, institutions run by Catholic orders that housed “fallen women,” forced to work in deplorable conditions under the supervision of nuns.

Critics have applauded the work of Ruth Wilson leading the cast of this drama, which they describe as heartbreaking and complex.

When and where to see it?

The first two episodes will be on SkyShowtime on the 19th, with a new episode each week until the six episodes are complete.

Constellation

Rosie Coleman and Noomi Rapace, in the fifth episode of 'Constellation'.

Swedish actress Noomi Rapace stars in this psychological suspense with conspiracy and science fiction touches.

After a mission in space that ends fatally and in which important research was carried out, an astronaut returns to Earth.

But things have changed upon her return, and neither she nor her daughter nor her husband are where she thought.

There are key pieces of her life that seem to be missing and she becomes obsessed with unraveling what has happened on her space travels in order to recover what she has lost.

Jonathan Banks and James D'Arcy join Rapace in this disturbing psychological

thriller

combined with space adventure.

When and where to see it?

On the 21st it starts on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes, followed by a new one each week until it reaches eight.

Avatar the last Airbender

Gordon Cormier, as Aang, in the first season of 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'.ROBERT FALCONER/NETFLIX

Within the current trend that converts very popular anime stories into live-action series, it is the turn of

Avatar: The Last Airbender,

as Nickelodeon's three-season animated series is internationally known.

Not much is known other than a trailer and a brief synopsis, but the previews invite us to be optimistic about the result.

Gone is the time when the four nations of the world lived in harmony with the Avatar, master of the four elements, maintaining peace between them.

Everything changed with the attack of the Fire Nation and the destruction of the Air Nomads.

Now, a young Air Nomad awakens in a world ravaged by war and will try to claim his place as the new Avatar.

When and where to see it?

It premieres on the 22nd on Netflix.

Ukraine: those who stayed

An image from the second episode of 'Ukraine: Those who stayed'.

Olga, her husband and their two daughters are confined to their own home after an explosion.

Maksym and other colleagues are trapped in the zoo where they work taking care of a hundred animals.

A homeless man helps a local advocacy group.

A German doctor travels to kyiv to try to get his girlfriend out of the country, but she has joined a group of volunteers.

A pop legend is left alone in his building when the war breaks out, accompanied by the building's doorman and the messages on social networks from his followers.

These are some of the stories told in the six chapters of this fiction recorded by some of the Ukrainians who stayed in their country after the Russian invasion.

Each episode is self-contained and has war as a backdrop.

When and where to see it?

The six chapters will be available on the 24th on Movistar Plus+.

Shogun

An image from the 'Shogun' series.

Miniseries adapting James Clavell's novel set in 1600s Japan. Lord Yoshii Toranaga fights to stay alive as his enemies from the Council of Regents unite against him.

Toranaga will see a salvation in the arrival of a mysterious European ship, commanded by the Englishman John Blackthorne, who also has his own enemies.

The fate of the two will depend on a translator, Toda Mariko, the last of a lineage fallen from grace, who will try to balance loyalties in this tense political landscape.

Samurai Japan meets Western pirates in a different period drama.

When and where to see it?

On the 27th it begins on Disney+ with the first two episodes, followed by a new one each week until the 10 episodes are complete.

Red Queen

Hovik Keuchkerian and Vicky Luengo, in 'Red Queen'.Julia Carballada

Vicky Luengo and Hovik Keuchkerian lead the cast of the series that adapts the best-seller by Juan Gómez-Jurado.

Antonia Scott (Luengo), the most intelligent person on Earth, will have to collaborate with Jon Gutiérrez (Keuchkerian), a temperamental Basque police officer, in a twisted investigation while they discover how their personalities make them complement each other as much as they irritate each other. .

It is one of the most ambitious projects that Prime Video has undertaken in Spain, and although some images and trailers point to a quite dark and even macabre tone, those responsible highlight the luminosity that Madrid brings to the series.

There is no trailer available yet, there are few elements to evaluate.

When and where to see it?

The seven episodes premiere on February 29 on Amazon Prime Video.

Other featured series for February

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