New on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video & Co.: The Starts from January 27 to February 9
Film and series fans take note: These are the film and series premieres from January 27 to February 9 on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and Paramount+.
NETFLIX
SOMEHOW PREGNANT (FEBRUARY 5)
Feature film 100 min USA 2025
How is it possible to be treated with the utmost consideration by everyone? Clearly: A fake baby bump is needed! That's what Lainy (Amy Schumer) thinks, after marriage and family planning don't quite work out due to a lack of a suitable partner. However, it's not surprising that the supposed pregnancy doesn't solve all problems, but rather creates plenty of new ones. But soon there is a new acquaintance who could become a way out - if it weren't for all these lies.
BEAR HUNT - THE CELEBRITY HUNT (FEBRUARY 5)
Reality series (Season 1 / 8 episodes) GB 2025
British TV presenter and survivalist Edward "Bear" Grylls hunts twelve celebrities in a new reality series: Former tennis pro Boris Becker, singer Mel B from the Spice Girls or model Lottie Moss have to make their way through the jungle of Costa Rica to avoid falling into Grylls' trap in these eight episodes. Of course, there are some tips from the expert as well as various tests of courage that need to be passed. Not unlike RTL's jungle camp, only here the disgust factor is supposed to be lower, but the tension higher.
CASSANDRA (FEBRUARY 6)
Miniseries (6 episodes) D 2025
The future lies in the past - at least in the series "Cassandra": In it, a family moves into a smart house from the 70s, which is maintained and controlled by the titular computer program. In the finest retro manner, Cassandra rolls through the rooms as a wine-red robot or appears on the antiquated-looking tube screens. However, mother Samira quickly realizes that not everything here runs as pleasantly and automatically as desired. After all, the dangers of technology lurk everywhere.
THE ÅRE MURDERS (FEBRUARY 6)
Series (Season 1 / 6 episodes) S 2025
Icy nights and snow-covered landscapes are always a good basis for a chilling crime pleasure. Accordingly, the Swedish series "The Åre Murders" also relies on these basic ingredients when it comes to the disappearance of a young woman. Policewoman Hanna Ahlander is actually looking for a bit of distraction in the ski resort, after an internal investigation was initiated against her in Stockholm. But once she arrives in the snowstorm, she supports the investigations, which prove to be extremely difficult.
DISNEY+
PARADISE (January 28)
Series (Season 1 / 8 Episodes) USA 2025
In "Paradise", the head of the Secret Service protecting the US President finds himself in a tight spot. When the most powerful man in the world is found dead, Xavier (Sterling K. Brown) himself is among the suspects, as he was the last person to see the President alive. A complex web of intrigue unfolds, putting Xavier's family in danger. And what about all the secrets he was privy to? Apparently, the President himself had a premonition that a storm was brewing...
THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN (January 29)
Animated Series (Season 1 /10 Episodes) USA/JP 2025
The friendly neighborhood spider is always in season: Hardly any superhero has been brought to cinema screens and various displays as often as Spider-Man in the past 30 years. After numerous live-action films and most recently highly successful animated adventures (keyword: "Spider-Verse"), there is now a new series that visually leans closer to a classic comic aesthetic, but maintains a contemporary narrative pace. Peter Parker doesn't really have anything new to tell, but he does it with his own charm.
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED (January 30)
Feature Film 109 min USA 2025
The idyllic resort off the coast of Georgia is actually the ideal wedding location. But only for ONE celebration. Accordingly, things get chaotic when Margot (Reese Witherspoon) and Jim (Will Ferrell) realize that the weddings they each planned are accidentally double-booked on the same day. Margot wants to host the perfect party for her sister, Jim for his daughter - so they decide to celebrate together. And so the disaster in this comedy by Nicholas Stoller takes its course.
CLEAN SLATE (February 6)
Series (Season 1 / 8 Episodes) USA 2025
In the new comedy series "Clean Slate", car wash owner Harry Slate (George Wallace) is at the center, whose life goes off the rails when his estranged son returns to his hometown Alabama as a trans woman, Desiree (Laverne Cox). The two form a somewhat unusual living community. And the fact that Harry's employee Mack (Jay Wilkison) also falls for Desiree doesn't make things any easier. Not to mention the quirky bunch of friends and lovers in the surroundings.
APPLE TV+
LOVE YOU TO DEATH (5th February)
Miniseries (7 episodes) E 2025
The shy Raúl (Joan Amargós) receives the deadly diagnosis of heart cancer. Just at this moment in his life, he meets his childhood love Marta (Verónica Echegui) - full of life and pregnant. Both of them reconnect, spending time together knowing that it is likely limited. The commitment-phobic Marta and the terminally ill Raúl must face their fears.
PARAMOUNT+
HUMANE (1st February)
Feature film 93 min CDN 2024
In this thriller by David Cronenberg's daughter Caitlin, humanity has managed to bring the Earth to the brink of collapse. To avoid the final environmental catastrophe, the world's leaders decide to reduce humanity by a fifth. In this situation, a wealthy former journalist invites his four adult children to dinner to tell them that he has signed up for the imposed euthanasia program. However, when the euthanasia department arrives at the door, it becomes clear that they have come to transport two bodies. The fight within the family begins.
I AM READY, WARDEN (3rd February)
Documentary 37 min USA 2024
John Henry Ramirez has only a few days left to live. The state of Texas has sentenced him to death for murder. Shortly before his execution, John tries to make contact with the son of his victim to ask for forgiveness. At the same time, the documentary by Smriti Mundhra accompanies him as the death row inmate says goodbye to his own family.
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