{"id":445447,"date":"2026-01-31T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/445447\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:03:11","slug":"best-new-movies-tv-jan-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/445447\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Movies, TV (Jan. 30)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n Want more TV and movie picks? Subscribe to our weekly Streamliner newsletter\u00a0here<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n Clockwise from top: Send Help, Peter Hujar\u2019s Day, Wonder Man, and Bridgerton.
\n Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: 20th Century Studios, Netflix, Disney+, Janus Films\/Everrett Collection\n <\/p>\n

As enticing as the return of Bridgerton may be, you probably couldn\u2019t help but notice real life rapidly encroaching this week. As a response to ICE agents terrorizing Minnesota<\/a>, and America, many people (including plenty of celebrities<\/a>) are calling for a nationwide shutdown and protests today. We won\u2019t tell you what to do, but it may feel good to divert a bit of your Friday moviegoing money toward folks helping in Minnesota or your local mutual-aid funds. Wouldn\u2019t it be nice if any of these pro-immigration funds got more money than that Melania doc<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Sign up for Streamliner<\/p>\n

A weekly newsletter with the latest TV and movie recommendations, curated by Vulture writers.<\/p>\n

Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n

By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Notice<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Rachel McAdams plays Linda Liddle, a Survivor enthusiast by night and a disgruntled and overlooked employee by day, in Sam Raimi\u2019s new horror thriller, Send Help<\/a>. Her insufferable boss (Dylan O\u2019Brien) invites her on a trip to Bangkok, but as the plane crashes, the two are stranded on an isolated island \u2014 horrifically, and probably deliciously, switching up the social dynamics.<\/p>\n

\u27bd\u00a0Remember: In Raimi\u2019s last movie, superheroes\u2019 heads exploded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

At long last, the Bridgerton sibling who sleeps with everyone instead of doing his job and getting married gets his turn at true love. This is the Benedict season<\/a>, and Luke Thompson\u2019s performance is great. But newcomer Yerin Ha, as his love interest Sophie, is so good she nearly blows him out of the water. \u2014Kathryn VanArendonk<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When it comes to its television output, the MCU is still on shaky ground, so for its next TV series, it\u2019s tackling \u2026 the movies. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays Simon Williams, a struggling actor hoping to book a role in the in-universe remake of Wonder Man. Ben Kingsley co-stars, reprising his MCU role as Trevor Slattery as he also goes for a part in Wonder Man.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Bill Lawrence and Jason Segel\u2019s feel-bad, feel-good show<\/a> is back for round three. In the latest season, still coping with the emotional fallout of his wife\u2019s passing, Jimmy is now about to become an empty nester as his daughter readies her path to college. In Jimmy\u2019s path? Maybe a new love interest, if he\u2019s\u00a0ready for that. \u2014Eric Vilas-Boas<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Once Shelter gets going, it delivers the goods. And by goods, I mean Jason Statham killing dudes up and down the U.K., mostly accomplished while wearing a cozy-looking fisherman sweater. Let Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet have December. I nominate Statham for King of January, when your New Year\u2019s resolutions have already started slipping and you begin to tell yourself you can do better, and you will \u2014 next year. \u2014Alison Willmore<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t pretend to understand what Amazon is going for when it comes to its original streaming movies, which are often starrier and pricier than what you\u2019d expect for things the company then dumps unceremoniously on its service like so much direct-to-video filler. But I get how an executive looked at The Boys and Reacher and decided that The Wrecking Crew, an action comedy starring Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa as estranged half-brothers who cause an enormous amount of destruction trying to solve their father\u2019s murder, was worth a try. The movie features a disorienting blend of throwback disreputability (the sibling ribbing runs along the lines of accusing one another of having sand in their vaginas) and considered local details (the film is set on Oahu, and the cast is primarily Polynesian and Asian). And while it almost certainly would have been better if it had been directed by David Leitch, as was originally the plan, and probably would also have headed to theaters, replacement \u00c1ngel Manuel Soto does at least try for more with his action set pieces. There\u2019s a close-quarter m\u00eal\u00e9e set to an ironically inappropriate Air Supply track, there\u2019s a hallway fight \u00e0 la Oldboy, and there\u2019s a shoot-out and car chase in which the characters are all in a minivan. You could do worse. \u27bd\u00a0Streaming on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ugo Bienvenu directs a visually arresting science fantasy in which a boy from the far future time-travels to 2075 and fights for the planet with the help of new comrades, a young girl and a robot. Flying on the vibes of Herg\u00e9 and Hayao Miyazaki, this film lit up Cannes last year and is finally touring the world now. \u2014Eric Vilas-Boas<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Prep for the Olympics with a docuseries about the challenging interpersonal dynamics that unfold when professional ice-dancing partners (gasp) fall in love. \u2014K.V.A.<\/p>\n

Kendrick Lamar leads the Grammy nominations<\/a> for the very album he showcased nearly a year ago at the Super Bowl halftime show<\/a>. That\u2019s most likely why he\u2019s not slated to perform at this year\u2019s Grammys<\/a>, but with nine nominations, he could very well be walking on that stage anyway. The confirmed list of performers includes Justin Bieber<\/a>, in his first major turn since 2022, and all the Best New Artist nominees like Addison Rae and Olivia Dean. \u27bd Stream live Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+ Premium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A good thing about seeing Ira Sachs\u2019s latest drama on streaming rather than in theaters is that you won\u2019t ever be in a situation where you\u2019d get laughed at when you ask the guy at the box office for \u201ca ticket to Peter Hujar\u2019s Day Off, please.\u201d Not speaking from experience, just theorizing.<\/p>\n

\n Streaming on The Criterion Channel\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

During the month of love, how about streaming this Gina Prince-Bythewood classic? Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps star as two childhood friends with dreams of becoming pro-basketball players. As the years go by their relationship grows, but their career dreams threaten to get in the way. The classic romcom dilemma: careers or love?<\/p>\n

Want more? Read our recommendations from the\u00a0weekend of January 23<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want more TV and movie picks? Subscribe to our weekly Streamliner newsletter\u00a0here. Clockwise from top: Send Help, Peter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337,23783,7084,40898,348,23784,46104,46105],"class_list":["post-445447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-now-streaming","tag-streaming-services","tag-streamliner","tag-tv","tag-vulture-lists","tag-vulture-picks","tag-weekend-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}