What’s New to Stream on Netflix for January 2021

Crossing the Streams is our month-to-month have a look at all of the choices hitting the massive streaming providers every month, and this time we’re testing the brand new Netflix arrivals for January 2021. This month’s titles embody the newest season of the Karate Kid sequel collection, Anthony Mackie as an android, and extra!

Netflix Pick of the Month for January 2021

If you’re watching Netflix this month, odds are you’re watching Cobra Kai Season 3. That’s comprehensible because the little present — nonetheless little regardless of its transfer from YouTube Red to Netflix — continues to mine gold from The Karate Kid movie franchise. Daniel and Johnny are nonetheless feuding on and off, and their youngsters are nonetheless brawling, however the spotlight this day out sees the return of two ladies from the movies. The former love pursuits are given extra to do and say this day out, and each add greater than somewhat coronary heart and sophistication to the season. The much less stated in regards to the try and humanize and redeem Kreese, although, the higher…

New Netflix Films of Note

What Happened to Mr. Cha? is a brand new comedy from South Korea, and it’s the directorial debut from the author of 2012’s sensible Confession of Murder. That alone makes it value a watch in my humble opinion, and I plan on doing that shortly. Pieces of a Woman arrives on January seventh, and it does so on a wave of excellent buzz for lead Vanessa Kirby. Her co-star Shia LaBeouf is driving significantly much less favorable buzz, however don’t let that distract you from testing the movie.

Outside the Wire (pictured) premieres on January fifteenth and brings Anthony Mackie again into the Netflix fold after 2019’s Point Blank. It’s one other motion story, however this time director Mikael Håfstöm brings a sci-fi component as Mackie performs an android. Last yr confirmed that Netflix is an more and more strong house for worldwide motion, and one I’m trying ahead to this month is Below Zero out of Spain. It premieres on January twenty ninth and includes a cop dealing with off in opposition to dangerous guys on a chilly, remoted highway.

The Oldest New Arrival

Netflix is rightfully criticized for a catalog that’s ridiculously mild on older movies, and by “older” I imply pre-Nineteen Eighties. To that finish, I like to focus on the oldest movie they add every month, and for January there are two arrivals that each premiered over fifty-three years in the past.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is an Arthur Penn traditional that takes a pseudo biographical have a look at a pair of historical past’s most memorable villains. Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty play the crime-loving couple, and whereas the bloody finale is its best-remembered scene, the movie as an entire is an interesting journey.

Cool Hand Luke (1967, pictured) additionally presents a title character vulnerable to prison antics, however Paul Newman’s Luke is an undeniably charismatic man. He turns into an underdog dealing with off in opposition to merciless and corrupt jail officers, and he turns into the epitome of cool alongside the best way.

New Netflix Series That Might Be Worth a Binge

I’m extra of a film man, however Netflix has delivered quite a lot of collection gems through the years — the trick is discovering them amid the handfuls of recent exhibits that premiere every month. A few this month’s new arrivals appear to be contenders, beginning with Lupin (pictured), which arrives on January eighth. The present stars Omar Sy (The Intouchables) as a grasp thief searching for revenge within the streets of Paris, and it’s an adaptation of Maurice Leblanc’s traditional character and tales.

Bling Empire premieres on January fifteenth and appears to be a Dynasty-like present centered on Asian Americans centered in Los Angeles. Their tales are all in regards to the glitz and glamor, and massive enterprise and larger secrets and techniques, and whereas it would find yourself being slight enjoyable, it’s nonetheless an enormous step in the fitting route with its solid and characters.

Last up, Fate: The Winx Saga flies in beginning January twenty second on the wings of fairies with its story of a magical boarding faculty crammed with intrigue, monsters, and teenage shenanigans. It’s the newest from the creator of The Vampire Diaries, so proceed accordingly.

The Complete Netflix List for January 2021

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