2023 arrives, and the rhythm of premieres does not decrease in Netflix. The platform proposes to start the new year between the spectacular robbery (and narrative structure) of ‘Kaleidoscope’, the mystery of ‘The Snow Girl’, the ‘non-stop’ action of ‘Red Sky’, the murders of ‘The Crimes Academy’ and the comedy ‘That ’90s Show’, sequel to ‘That ’70s Show.
‘Kaleidoscope’
Day 1. Series
Netflix is inspired by the true story of the disappearance of 70,000 million dollars in bonds in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane ‘Sandy’ to shape this series with a particular structure: it opts for a non-linear narrative style and episodes can be viewed in any order. the reparto is led by Giancarlo Esposito (‘Breaking bad’, ‘Better call Saul’) and also includes peace vega and Rufus Sewell.
‘The lying life of adults’
Day 4. Series
After the interesting ‘The wonderful friend’ of HBO, new adaptation of one of the works by the author Elena Ferrante, also made in his native country, Italy. It is set again in Naples, but now in a closer time, in the 1990s. It follows the transition from childhood to adolescence of Giovanna, a girl from a bourgeois home who, at the age of 12, hears her father say that she is ugly and that she looks like her aunt Vittoria, a woman whom the couple hates. The young woman will become obsessed with that woman, whom she has seen a couple of times in her life.
‘Copenhagen Cowboy’
Day 5. Series
Nicolas Winding Refn, the Danish director of ‘Drive’ and the series ‘Too old to die young’, tours the Copenhagen’s sinister crime landscape through an enigmatic young woman, Miu (Angela Bundalovic), with supernatural powers. As she seeks to wreak her vengeance on all those who wronged her, she meets her archenemy, Rakel, during six darkest, most neon-drenched episodes.
‘The crimes of the academy’
Day 6. Movie
Christian Bale immerses himself in the investigation of a murder in the mid-19th century in this translation to the screen of the homonymous novel by Louis Bayard by Scott Cooper (‘Crazy heart). The crime takes place at the West Point military academy, in 1830, and has a gloomy component: the victim’s heart has been extracted with exquisite precision. Frustrated by the code of silence that prevails in the center, the investigator in charge of the case enlists the help of an eccentric cadet who despises military discipline and has a penchant for poetry, a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). It also features Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Robert Duvall.
‘Red Sky’
Day 13. Series. Season 3 (last)
last eight episodes from the series created by Esther Martínez Lobato and Álex Pina (‘La casa de papel’). After escaping with four million euros from their pimp, Coral (Verónica Sánchez), Wendy (Lali Espósito) and Gina (Yany Prado) begin to get excited about the possibility of a new life, in a remote fishing village. Far from Romeo (Asier Etxeandia) and Moisés’ (Miguel Ángel Silvestre) need for revenge. But they will soon discover that their past is knocking on the door again. Tiago Correa and Catalina Sopelana join and the singer Rauw Alejandro makes a special collaboration.
‘That ’90s Show’
Series. day 19
Sequel to ‘That ’70s Show’ (the series that launched actors like Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher to fame), but set in 1995 and starring Leia Forman (Callie Haverda), daughter of Eric and Donna, two of the main characters in the original series. While on vacation at her grandparents’ house in Point Place, the girl bonds with a new generation of young people, always under the watchful eye of Kitty (Debra Jo Rupp) and the stern gaze of Red (Kurtwood Smith).
‘The Snow Girl’
Day 27. Series
Adaptation of Javier Castillo’s ‘best-seller’, in the form of a six-episode ‘thriller’. A trainee journalist (Milena Smit) becomes obsessed with the case of the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl, Amaya Martín, in the Three Kings Parade in Malaga in 2010. The reporter will begin an investigation parallel to that of Inspector Millán (Aixa Villagrán) that will awaken aspects of his past that he would have liked to forget. In the intense investigation she will have the help of a journalist colleague (José Coronado).
more movies
‘Noise’
Day 11. Natalia Beristáin directs this Mexican film about a mother who is looking for Ger, her daughter. During her search, she will come across the similar stories of many other women.
‘Lost dog’
Day 13. When his dog goes missing, a young man and his parents embark on an incredible adventure to find him before it’s too late.
‘Alkhallat+’
Day 19. Saudi film composed of four stories that explore various types of deception.
‘Jung_e’
Day 20. South Korean science fiction ‘thriller’, in which humans have escaped from Earth, which has been devastated by climate change. In an AI lab, a researcher tries to end the civil war by cloning the brain of a heroic soldier.
‘Majnu Mission’
Day 20. In the 1970s, an Indian spy accepts a dangerous mission to expose a secret nuclear weapons program.
‘People like you’
Day 27. Kenya Barris, creator of ‘Black-ish’, directs and co-writes this comedy that wryly dissects romantic relationships today. Jonah Hill (‘Superbads,’ ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’) is co-writer, producer, and stars with Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Eddie Murphy, Lauren London, Nia Long, and David Duchovny.
more series
‘Prying Eye’
Day 1. A voyeuristic hacker is drawn into a dangerous investigation when her prostitute neighbor leaves for the weekend.
‘Attack the titans’
Day 1. Third season (part 2) and fourth (part 1). Manga about a young man who faces giant titans that threaten to destroy the human race.
‘Monster’
Day 1. Cheer up. A brilliant Japanese neurosurgeon tries to solve a series of murders involving a patient.
‘Lady of the Dead’
Day 5. A story about how far a passionate woman will go to avenge her husband’s death.
‘Ginny and Georgia’
Day 5. Season 2. Now that she knows her stepfather Kenny didn’t die of natural causes, Ginny must deal with her sadness and the fact that Georgia killed him to protect her. For her part, Georgia would rather forget about the past because she has a wedding on her hands.
‘The tramway’
Day 9. Korean ‘Thriller’. A sudden tragedy exposes the private life of a politician’s wife to the public.
‘Sexify’
Day 11. Season 2. A sexually inexperienced young woman and her friends must explore the overwhelming world of intimate relationships to create a sex app and win a contest.
‘Makanai: the cook of the Maiko’
Day 12. Hirokazu Koreeda is behind this live action series that adapts Aiko Koyama’s original comic ‘Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san’. At the age of 16, Kiyo becomes a ‘makanai’ (cook) in a house in Kyoto where several ‘maikos’ (geisha apprentices) reside.
‘Vikings: Valhalla’
Day 12. Season 2. Set at the beginning of the 11th century, it tells the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings in history: from the legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and his passionate and determined sister, Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson ), to the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). The second season finds the heroes shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat, an event that has destroyed their dreams and changed their destiny. Suddenly, they are fugitives in Scandinavia and have to test their ambition and courage beyond the Kattegat fjords.
‘Justice under fire’
Day 13. Following a deadly movie theater fire, devastated parents grapple with the loss of their children while fighting for justice. Based on real events.
‘Junji Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre’
Day 19. Manga that adapts 20 horror stories from the king of the genre, Junji Ito, with madness as its axis. Among them, ‘The gallows balloons’, ‘Photographs’ (from the ‘Tomie’ saga), ‘The room with quadruple walls’ and ‘The intruder’.
‘The fighters’
Day 19. French miniseries. France, 1914. As German troops advance and the men march to the front lines, four women deal with the terrible consequences of war at home.
‘President by accident’
Day 20. Comedy created by Jean-Pascal Zadi and François Uzan. The former also acts as director and protagonist, an idealistic educator who, without eating or drinking it, ends up being a candidate for the presidency of France.
‘Sahmaran’
Day 20. A young woman travels to the Turkish city of Adana to give a conference. It will be the perfect opportunity to face a grandfather she barely knows, but she will find herself immersed in a legend.
‘fauda’
Day 20. Season 4. An Israeli agent returns to action to hunt down a Palestinian fighter he thought was dead.
‘against the ropes’
Day 25. Upon leaving prison, Ángela tries to win back her daughter’s respect. Since the girl is fond of wrestling, she creates a mysterious character to get into the ring.
‘Lockwood Agency’
Day 27. In a world plagued by ghosts, gigantic corporations employ psychic teenagers to combat supernatural threats. There’s only one company that runs without adult supervision: The Lockwood Agency, staffed by Anthony Lockwood, a rebellious young entrepreneur haunted by an enigmatic past; his genial if eccentric partner George; and the most recent addition, Lucy, a girl endowed with extraordinary powers.
Documentaries, contests and ‘reality shows’
‘I am older!’
Day 1. Season 2. ‘Reality’ in which the cameras follow Japanese children who face their first errands outside the home alone.
‘Maddoff: The Monster of Wall Street’
Day 4. Four-episode docuseries about stockbroker Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, for which he swindled $64 billion. It was the biggest such fraud in history and destroyed the lives of countless independent investors who put their trust in the renowned Wall Street statesman.
‘pressure cooker’
Day 6. Cooking contest in which 11 chefs participate.
‘The backpacker with the axe’
Day 10. Documentary film centering on the true story of Caleb ‘Kai’ McGillivary, a homeless nomad who saved a woman from a brutal attack and became an overnight celebrity. He had a legion of fans and reality show producers fought over him, until he went from hero to villain for a murder.
‘Break point’
Day 13. A 10-episode docuseries that follows a select group of top-level tennis players on and off the court as they compete around the world in various Grand Slams and grueling tournaments. With several tennis legends nearing the twilight of their careers, the new generation has a chance to reclaim their spotlight.
‘Pamela Anderson. A love story’
Day 31. Portrait of one of the most famous explosive blondes in the world who narrates her life and professional career: from her life in the village to becoming an international sex symbol, star of ‘Baywatch’, activist and devoted mother .