VOD News brings you the best new releases of the week on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+… And we restart the counter to start the journey in a new year that will undoubtedly bring a little of everything. If we say goodbye to 2022 with the last flight of Top Gun: Maverick2023 we started it with the curious experiment of Kaleidoscopewhich is not bad either.
Netflix opens in 2023 at the top, yes, but not as it had done in the last three, sending the previous years to hell. So we don’t talk about Kaleidoscope not only in flashy terms or we highlight it out of discard, but for more compelling reasons. Of course, you will find many other premiere things on the platform.
Of all of them, however, we have chosen to highlight Kaleidoscope for being a new Netflix original series with two weighty elements. The first of these is that it is truly an original series, but original in every way: it is an original creation of the platform, but also one whose conception is really daring. This is a series of Kaleidoscope that you can see alternating the order of the chapters without losing the plot logic, but affecting the viewer’s point of view.
For more information about what is Kaleidoscoperead this article that we published on the subject a few weeks ago, long before it saw the light of day and we were able to test the experience.
On the other hand, Kaleidoscope It stands out for being a powerful series also at the production level, standing out, worth the redundancy, for a first-rate cast headed by Giancarlo Esposito (breaking bad, The Mandalorian), Rufus Sewell, (DarkCity, The Man in the High Castle), Jai Courtney (Terminator: Genesis, Suicide Squad), Paz Vega (Lucia and sex, Rambo V: Last Blood), among others. And the result? Well, the result seems to be more irregular than would have been desirable, but Kaleidoscope It’s an experiment and worth giving it a try.
Second course, a movie: the crimes of the academythe latest film by Scott Cooper (Wild Heart, hostile) and one with a less than attractive premise: a criminal investigation in the middle of the 19th century with a tone halfway between suspense and romantic terror that was being written at the time, as well as a cast that is also notable, beginning with the leading role , that of veteran detective Augustus Landor, played by Christian Bale (Batman, American Psycho), who is accompanied by Gillian Anderson (X-files, The Crown) and, among others, Harry Melling (Harry Potter, queen’s gambit) in the role of a young Edgal Allan Poe no less.
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- Best of Stand Up 2022. «The best stand-up jokes on Netflix in 2022 from comedians like Bill Burr, Ali Wong, Gabriel Iglesias, Trevor Noah, Taylor Tomlinson or Jo Koy.»
- Brown and his Friends (T1). “Brown, expressionless but with a big heart, works in a cozy coffee shop where a lot of friends hang out wanting to have fun.”
- pressure cooker (T1). “Eleven chefs living under the same roof use their culinary talents and cunning in this tense cooking contest where they vote on who will win $100,000.”
- Copenhagen Cowboy (T1). “A woman with mysterious supernatural powers who has been sold as a human lucky charm her entire life decides to take revenge on those who have wronged her.”
- how i became a gangster. “An ambitious mobster rising to the top of Warsaw’s criminal underworld decides to take a chance and seize a great opportunity.”
- From yakuza to house husband (T2). “After leaving the underworld, the legendary yakuza known as the Immortal Dragon reappears as a devoted husband and homemaker.”
- Ginny and Georgia (T2). “Independent Georgia and her two children, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a new life…but discover that starting from scratch can be tricky.”
- The lady of the dead (T1). “A woman tries to find out who killed her husband to get back at her and ends up exposing the darkest secrets of her small community.”
- The Mumbai Mafia: The Police Against the Gang. “Mumbai, 1990s. A crime boss and his henchmen control the city… until a team of police officers who mercilessly murder their targets take matters into their own hands.”
- The lying life of adults (T1). “Naples, 1990s. The impetuous and daring Aunt Vittoria helps her niece discover a different side of the city… which angers the young woman’s strict parents.”
- Live to Lead (T1). “Several leaders committed to changing the world share their inspirations in this series that features Prince Harry and Meghan as executive producers.”
- MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street (T1). This docuseries chronicles the rise and fall of investor Bernie Madoff, who orchestrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in Wall Street history.
- prying eye (T1). “A voyeuristic hacker prodigious finds herself drawn into a dangerous investigation when her hooker neighbor leaves for the weekend.”
Enter catalog:
- Angry Birds the movie
- Annabelle
- big fish
- good vibes
- fifty shades darker
- Colleagues in the forest 3
- how to train your dragon 2
- patriots day
- the other bodyguard
- The Mummy Returns
- The dream of my life
- Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo) (T1)
- Everyone Loves Alice
- geostorm
- Ghost Rider: The Ghost Rider
- brothers for balls
- rush hour 2
- Jack the Giant Slayer
- the danish girl
- Cemara’s family
- The Secretary
- The visit
- Misha and the wolves
- Monster (T1)
- incognito christmas
- Obsession
- Ocean’s 8
- Ocean’s Eleven. Make game
- babysitter dad
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Polar Express
- X Proyect
- web of lies
- murderous raid
- murder raid 2
- rocknrolla
- Santiago of the seas (T1)
- The Blind Side: A possible dream
- troy
We continue with Amazon Prime Video, which also launches a couple of things while, like the rest of the platforms, it takes advantage of the turn of the year to renew the wardrobe with which it nourishes its catalog beyond its exclusive content. .
And the featured content of the week on Amazon Prime Video is The platforma British series with a strong Scottish accent with a cast that will bring to mind memories of Game of Thrones thanks to its protagonist, Iain Glen, but also to supporting characters like Owen Teale. The premise, very mysterious mysteries on an oil rig…
More exclusive content.
- After: infinite love. Tessa and Hardin’s love has never been easy. She is the only one capable of understanding him and calming him down and he needs her, but she is no longer the good and sweet girl that she was when she got to college. »
- The Orphan: First Murder. «Lena manages to escape from the Russian psychiatric hospital where she is confined and travels to the US, posing as the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But her new life as Esther will not be as she expected, and she will be faced with a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Enter catalog:
- aftershock
- Blood & Wine (Blood and wine)
- breakdown
- Pain and money
- Thunder days
- the honest spy
- The Saint
- foot loose
- Fort Apache
- Brain drain
- brain drain 2
- War and peace
- H2O (T1-T2)
- heroes out of orbit
- Ignatius of Loyola
- In & Out (In or out)
- justified (Complete series)
- Krampus 2: Return of the Demon
- Krampus: The Christmas Devil
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- fantasies
- Life
- Limit: 48 hours
- Magic Mountains
- mission impossible 2
- mission impossible 3
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
- Morning Glory
- my fair lady
- Do not say anything
- Silence pact
- rebels
- Sabrina
- smoking room
- Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
- I desire you
- The Jack in the Box
- The Score (A Masterstroke)
- The Young Pope (T1)
- Three meters above the sky
- Night shift (Complete series)
Disney+ also brings its own, to highlight the new season of The Bad Consignment or the documentary Abbey Road: if the walls could singbut only by way of mention.
More exclusive content:
- Abbey Road: if the walls could sing. “For over 90 years, Abbey Road Studios have been at the center of the music industry. In this personal documentary filled with memories and discoveries, Mary McCartney showcases the creative magic that over the past nine decades has made them the world’s oldest and most famous studios.”
- drink. “A raw and poetic self-portrait in which a young Afro-Latina born in New York, Rebeca “Beba” Huntt, stands up to historical, social and generational traumas.”
- The escape (T1). Mehmet, a war photographer, his journalist friend Ilker, and a group of Germans, including activist Zeynep, cross the border illegally to visit a Yazidi village. A radical terrorist organization attacks the town and they are captured. Now they will have to resist like never before to escape.»
- The Bad Consignment (T2). «Months have passed since the events of Kamino and the Bad Shipment continues its journey through the Empire after the fall of the Republic. They will come across friends and enemies, both new and familiar, acting as mercenaries in a string of fast-paced missions that will lead them to discover places as surprising as they are dangerous.»
- small but bully (T1). “Liu Lang is a cunning and greedy lawyer. One day, his life is turned upside down when a boy named Liang-liang appears at his door and calls him “dad.” To add fuel to the fire, the new lawyer, Lin Xiao-yan, gets him fired from the firm.
Enter catalog:
- elephant adventure
- cyber rock star
- against current 2
- Drain the Ocean: World War II
- Owners of the street
- The Boston Marathon Killer
- The Pan’s Labyrinth
- The new exotic Marigold Hotel
- rise of the planet of the apes
- The dog in the manger
- delete me (T1)
- incarcerated abroad (Complete series)
- Between glasses
- Ghost Rider: The Ghost Rider
- brothers to loads
- Hitler’s Supergun
- Jennifer’s Body
- Kim Possible
- LEGO Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles
- The prophecy
- The secrets of the tomb of Jesus
- home alone at last
- sharkatraz
- Shetan, the horse of the desert
- Space Buddies: Puppies in Space
- Stuber
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Power of Electro
- thunderjam
- Darjeeling trip
- victor frankenstein
- X Men: Apocalypse
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Finally, HBO Max begins the year as it said goodbye to the previous year, with very little in every way.
exclusive content:
- Lizzo in concert. Ring in the new year with three-time Grammy winner Lizzo, her band The Lizzbians and The Little Bigs, The Big Grrrls, and special guests Cardi B, SZA, and Missy Elliot. An amazing show full of love, positivity and great music.»
- Wahl Street (T2). “” Wahl Street “depicts the life of star Mark Wahlberg, who has to deal with the rigid schedules of a movie shoot and the demands of his many businesses.”
Enter catalog:
- Those who wish my death
- The Warren File 3: Bound by the Devil
- New Year’s Eve
- papillon
- Lost in time
- Infernal possession
