A new year brings a new slate of tv shows and movies to grace our screens, both big and small! check out what’s new this january.
SQUID GAME (SEASON 2)
the second season of the hugely popular south korean dystopian survival thriller horror television series is set three years after seong gi-hun won squid game, giving up on going to the united states and returning with a new resolution in mind. he once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of ₩45.6 billion.
MISSING YOU
eleven years ago detective kat donovan’s fiancé josh, the love of her life, disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again. josh’s reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
gromit grows concerned that wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions, which proves justified when wallace invents a ‘smart gnome’ that seems to develop a mind of its own. as events spiral out of control, it falls to gromit to put aside his qualms and battle sinister forces or wallace may never be able to invent again.
THE NIGHT AGENT (SEASON 2)
based on the novel by matthew quirk, the new episodes pick up after the high-octane events of season 1. peter’s efforts to save the president were successful, and now he’s earned the opportunity to become a night agent. working in the secretive organisation night action will push peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.
WOLF MAN
christopher abbott stars as blake, a san francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter.
ONE OF THEM DAYS
best friends and roommates dreux (keke palmer) and alyssa (sza) are about to have one of them days. when they discover that alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and maybe keep their friendship intact...
GOOSEBUMPS: THE VANISHING
twins cece and devin brewer are sent to spend a summer in gravesend, brooklyn, with their divorced dad. a threat is stirring, and they quickly realise that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. as they delve into the unknown, cece, devin and their friends find themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.
A REAL BUG’S LIFE
(SEASON 2)
Enter an unseen micro-universe where a charismatic cast of miniature heroes use mind-blowing superpowers to survive, from the fast-legged tiger beetle escaping the heat of Borneo’s beaches to the magical metamorphosis of a damselfly on a British pond, to the Smoky Mountain luna moth whose quest is to grow wings, find love and pass on his genes all in one short night!
ON CALL
On Call is a visceral police drama that follows a rookie and veteran officer duo as they patrol Long Beach, California. Filmed with a mixture of hand-held cameras, bodycam and dash-cam footage to create a cinema verité effect, the series explores the morality of protecting and serving a community.
THE RIG (SEASON 2)
After the devastating tsunami that destroyed the Kinloch Bravo, the surviving crew are airlifted to a new secret offshore facility called the Stac, deep in the Arctic Circle. Here, the trapped crew must deal with the emotional and physical fallout of the tsunami and contend with swirling conspiracies, corporate conflicts and new threats from the dark depths of the ocean.
