1. The Tourist
Jamie Dornan returns for the second season of this comedy thriller, but in another part of the world. In the first season, his character found himself in Australia, visiting his call and beyond after a twist of fate in the car left him with no memory. He found out he was an Irishman named Elliot Stanley and, spoilers ahead for those who didn’t catch up this season, what he learned about himself wasn’t pleasant. In the new episodes, he’s now back in Ireland. on a date with Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald), the policewoman he met in Australia. As they try to learn more about who he is and who he was, they land in the middle of a dangerous fight between two families. The Guardian calls the new season “tremendously funny” and says that with “more ’80s hits and Dornan doing ballet,” it’s “a boo. “
The Tourist premiered Jan. 1 on the BBC in the U. K. and Feb. 29 on Netflix in the U. S.
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2. The Brothers of the Sun
A feast for the eyes, Michelle Yeoh stars in this action-comedy series as Eileen Sun, the reluctant matriarch of a criminal ring of relatives. Her eldest son, Charlie (Justin Chien), stayed in Taipei with his father, the crime boss, and joined the family business, while Eileen raised her youngest son, Bruce (Sam Song Li), in the protection of Los Angeles. When the father is murdered, Charlie flees to Los Angeles and Eileen tells Bruce, a young man who is unaware of all the crimes committed in his family circle: “Our family circle is the leader of the Jade Drapassns. “Bruce, the American, asks, “So we’re like criminals?” And he complains, “I don’t need to be. “A gangster!” like a child who says, “I don’t need to go to bed. “As it turns out, he doesn’t have a selection in this raucous series, co-created through Brad Falchuk (American Horror Story, Pose) and Byron. Wu.
The Brothers Sun premieres in January on Netflix internationally.
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3. Echo
Marvel’s newest series is a spin-off of Hawkeye but very different. Echo is a deaf Native American superhero, named genuine Maya Lopez, whose superpower is the ability to mimic another person’s movements. Played by Alaqua Cox, she returns home to Oklahoma, after breaking up with crime boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) and becoming smart, and deals with family problems and that thorny question of smart and bad. The series drew attention for its many firsts in the Marvel world, adding its indigenous hero and its TV-MA rating (for adult audiences). More brutal and violent than most series in the franchise, the characters here “bleed, die, get killed,” said executive producer Sydney Freeman. American Sign Language features prominently, and the largely native supporting cast includes some greats, including Zahn McClarnon (Dark Skies), Tantoo Cardinal (Killers of the Flower Moon), and Graham Greene (Wind River).
Echo premieres January 10 on Disney and Hulu in the U. S. In the U. S. and at Disney internationally.
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4. Criminal Record
Peter Capaldi stars as jaded London Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Cush Jumbo, idealistic Detective Sergeant June Lenker, in this gripping and fast-paced mystery with two major intense performances. When Lenker receives an unnamed tip that one of Hegarty’s old cases has resulted in a wrongful conviction and imprisonment, she needs to investigate, and Hegerty’s resistance makes it clear that she has a lot to hide. Capaldi is at his most sinister and cunning as the condescending Hegerty, and Jumbo’s Lenker is just as stubborn and tough. They’ve handed us our man,” she says of the old case, face to face as she looks at it. She stares back at him and growls, “No, you have a confession. “As its cat-and-mouse game continues, more and more murders occur, and the show’s old-school versus new-school dynamic comes with themes of racism, sexism, and police corruption.
Criminal Record premieres January 10 on AppleTV internationally.
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5. True Detective: Land of Night
The series, which began with great success in 2014 with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConoughey, was followed by two uninspired seasons, each with a different story and cast. But this fourth installment has a new author and director, Issa López, who brings the series back to life. Jodie Foster plays Liz Danvers, a police leader in a small town in the Alaskan Arctic, where the 8 scientists living at a study station mysteriously disappear. To investigate, he reluctantly teams up with a state trooper, Evangeline. Navarro (played by boxer-turned-actor Kali Reis) despite a terrible argument in his past. Setting the era where the sun never rises, the exhibit is atmospheric and bizarre as it reveals the characters’ stories as the mysteries pile up. up. Comparing his display to the original season, Lopez told Vanity Fair, “Where True Detective is a man and he’s sweaty, Night Country has no blood, it’s dark, and he’s feminine. “
True Detective: Night Country premieres January 14 on HBO and Max in the U. S. and on January 15 on Sky Atlantic and Now in the U. K.
6. Monsieur Spade
It’s an unforeseen and fun idea. In the 1960s, Sam Spade (yes, Sam Spade, the San Francisco detective made famous by Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon) retires abroad. Clive Owen plays the pragmatic role of Spade with an arrogant air and a sardonic smile. but he does not wisely try to imitate Bogart. Es a kinder man, hired to accompany a young woman to the small French village, where he falls in love with a glamorous woman (Chiara Mastroianni) and falls in love. He speaks French with an unmistakable American accomplice and, of course, is unable to face one or two (or more) mysterious murders when they arrive at his doorstep. And since World War II didn’t last long, the shadow of Nazism still hangs over the city. Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) and Tom Fontana (Oz) created the series, and Frank directs all episodes with his same sharp edge and writes them with humor and heart.
Mister Spade premieres January 14 on AMC and AMC in the U. S. Acorn TV in the U. K.
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7. Expats
In her first major assignment after her poignant comedy-drama The Farewell (2019), Lulu Wang directs this series about the intersecting lives of Americans in Hong Kong, based on Janice YK Lee’s 2016 novel, The Expatriates. Nicole Kidman produced and plays Margaret, the mother of young children. Mercy (Ji-Young Yoo) is a single Korean-American whose life is intertwined with Margaret’s through a tragedy filled with grief and guilt. Wang’s cast creates more diversity than in the book, with Japanese-American actor Brian Tee as Margaret’s husband and Indian-American actress Sarayu Blue as her friend Hilary. And it expands the story to include other working-class Hong Kong people who serve expats. There was a backlash from the public towards the production, which was filmed in Hong Kong, after Kidman was granted an exemption from Covid quarantine rules. Wang said filming in the city was vital for her, as she sought to “capture Hong Kong as it is changing. “
Expats will premiere on January 26 on Amazon Prime Video internationally.
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8. Griselda
Sofia Vergara is known for her comedies, including the comedy Modern Family, and for her exuberant appearances as a judge on America’s Got Talent. But in a dramatic and dizzying turn, she plays the real, tougher Griselda. Blanco, known as La Jefa, who ran a drug cartel in Miami in the 1970s and 1980s. The show, which Vergara also produced, follows the rise and fall of Griselda as the so-called godmother of cocaine, as she leaves Medellín . her to Miami with her 3 small children. Singer Karol G plays her confidant, one of the many sex workers she has recruited in Colombia to help her with her projects. The team behind the hit Netflix series Narcos, including producer Eric Newman and director Andrés Baiz, also has Griselda, who deserves to give the series the same textured feel of the global drug trade, but with the neon glow of Miami and a brutal atmosphere. femme fatale in the center.
Griselda premieres January 25 on Netflix internationally.
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9. Masters of the Air
Elvis, Doctor Who and that creepy guy from Saltburn are heading to an airfield. Austin Butler, Ncuti Gatwa and Barry Keoghan are among the main cast of this vast action-packed drama about Americans flying bombing missions over Nazi Germany. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced the exhibit, another important one of their famous World War II series, Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Butler plays real-life Major Buck Cleven in a story about the real-life exploits of the US Army’s 100th Bombardment Group known as the Bloody Hundred. The exhibition promises impressive aerial battles as well as private drama. “At one point, statistics indicated that only one in four men would return,” Butler said. “There is the mental horror of that reality. ” The most notable directors of one of the most anticipated series of the year are Cary Joji Fukunaga (the first True Detective), Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel) and Dee Rees (Mudbound).
Masters of the Air premieres on 26 January on Apple TV+ internationally.
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10. Fight: Hood vs. Swans
After Feud: Bette & Joan, about the rivalry between Davis and Crawford in old Hollywood, the next installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology, Feud, is a gossip delight, with a super-talented cast. Tom Hollander played Truman Capote in his later years, when he was part of an inner circle of flamboyant luncheon girls and socialites whom he called his swans. Then, in 1975, he published a thinly veiled story, La Côte Basque, betraying them by revealing their darkest secrets. Naomi Watts’ Babe Paley is, on the surface alone, a symbol of serene perfection. Diane Lane is the sardonic and cynical Slim Keith, and Chloe Sevigny is CZ’s guest. Calista Flockhart plays Lee Radziwill, and the late Treat Williams is the husband of Babe, founder of CBS tv. William Paley: But Hollander is the revelation. At the height of his fame, this Capote is sad, needy, self-centered, and an alcoholic. Playwright Jon Robin Baitz wrote the series and Gus van Sant (Milk) directed most of the episodes.
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans premieres January 31 on FX in the United States.
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