Still Alice (Netflix, Neon, 21 December)<\/p>\n
An adaptation of Lisa Genova\u2019s novel of the same name, this critically acclaimed drama sees Juliane Moore give an Oscar-winning turn as Alice, an esteemed linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s. Focusing on Alice\u2019s point of view, the film, with excruciating proximity, chronicles the character\u2019s inevitable decline as the very core of her being begins to fade away. This heartbreak lands even harder knowing that co-director Richard Glatzer would lose his fight against ALS shortly after the film\u2019s premiere. Still Alice might tackle a difficult subject matter, but \u201cthe message we take away is defiant and ultimately uplifting.\u201d The Great Flood (Netflix, 19 December)<\/p>\n Set in a rapidly sinking apartment building during an extinction-level weather event, The Great Flood follows up-and-comer Kim Da-mi<\/a> as An-na, an AI researcher fighting to keep herself and her son afloat. The twist? A conspiracy is afoot as the biblical flood might not be mother nature\u2019s fault. Also starring Squid Game\u2019s Park Hae-soo as Hee-jo, a mysterious security agent who\u2019s assigned to retrieve the researcher, this \u201cengrossing and nerve-jangling disaster film\u201d<\/a> is primed to make a splash.<\/p>\n What\u2019s In The Box? (Netflix, 17 December)<\/p>\n In Netflix\u2019s newest high-stakes gameshow, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris leads pairs of contestants through rounds of fast-paced trivia as they race to guess what\u2019s inside 13 ginormous gold boxes. A white-kunckle test of smarts, strategy and stamina, contestants must work with and against each other, as once they\u2019ve guessed what life-changing prizes are inside the boxes, they must use their wits to safeguard their winnings. The title may be a sly reference to the climatic finale of Se7en, but What\u2019s In The Box? is fun for the whole wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n Friendship (Neon, 15 December)<\/p>\n In Andrew DeYoung\u2019s directorial debut, Tim Robinson stars as Craig, a reclusive, socially awkward marketing executive who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Paul Rudd\u2019s Austin. The local weatherman has just moved in down the block, but after a social faux pas, their blossoming bromance soon turns sour, leaving the film to paint a \u201cportrait of male loneliness so totalizing, and so scarily close to the bone, that laughs and screams all but bleed together.\u201d<\/a> Friendship may feel a \u201clittle too real,\u201d<\/a> but if you can stomach it, this surreal comedy has all the makings of a future cult classic.<\/p>\n Pick of the Flicks: It Ends (Letterboxd Video Store, 10 December)<\/p>\n Arriving on the recently launched Letterboxd Video Store,<\/a> this underseen gem has been described as a \u201cbrilliant, existential road thriller for and by Gen Z.\u201d<\/a> Taking home the Best First Feature at Fantasia International Film Festival, It Ends follows four friends on the precipice of adulthood whose plans for a celebratory late night drive takes a terrifying turn. Finding themselves on a never-ending road, where otherworldly terrors lurk beyond the confines of the two-lane hellscape, the quartet must decide whether to accept their fate or to attempt an escape. A \u201cmetaphor for young people about to head out on the unending road of adult life,\u201d<\/a> It Ends is one wild ride.<\/p>\n The rest<\/p>\n Netflix<\/p>\n The Creature Cases S6 (15 December)<\/p>\n Culinary Class Wars S2 (16 December)<\/p>\n What\u2019s In The Box? (17 December)<\/p>\n The Manny: S3 (17 December)<\/p>\n Emily in Paris: S5 (18 December)<\/p>\n 10DANCE (18 December)<\/p>\n The Great Flood (19 December)<\/p>\n A Time For Bravery (19 December)<\/p>\n You, Always (19 December)<\/p>\n Life After Fighting (21 December)<\/p>\n Still Alice (21 December)<\/p>\n Bluey S3 (21 December)<\/p>\n TVNZ+<\/p>\n Robin Hood (15 December)<\/p>\n Molly\u2019s Game (16 December)<\/p>\n Open Water (16 December)<\/p>\n Open Water 2: Adrift (16 December)<\/p>\n Love Island: Beyond the Villa (17 December)<\/p>\n The Repair Shop Christmas Special 2025 (19 December)<\/p>\n Junior Bake Off S10 (20 December)<\/p>\n Red\u2019s Fishing Adventures: The Bucket List (20 December)<\/p>\n I Escaped A Murderer (21 December)<\/p>\n Stranded on Honeymoon Island UK (21 December)<\/p>\n American Crime Story: The People vs O.J. Simpson (21 December)<\/p>\n ThreeNow<\/p>\n The Spanish Princess S1-S2 (19 December)<\/p>\n Married to the Game S2 (21 December)<\/p>\n Neon<\/p>\n Michal And Moe (15 December)<\/p>\n Friendship (15 December)<\/p>\n Sex Diaries (16 December)<\/p>\n Man Of The House (16 December)<\/p>\n Love On The Right Course (17 December)<\/p>\n Critical Incident: Death At The Border (18 December)<\/p>\n Laughing All The Way (19 December)<\/p>\n Out Of The Furnace (19 December)<\/p>\n Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately? (19 December)<\/p>\n Tiny Toons Looniversity: Winter Blunderland (20 December)<\/p>\n Still Alice (21 December)<\/p>\n Bluey S3 (21 December)<\/p>\n Prime Video<\/p>\n Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (15 December)<\/p>\n Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (15 December)<\/p>\n Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (15 December)<\/p>\n The 100 S1-S7 (15 December)<\/p>\n A Walk to Remember (16 December)<\/p>\n Fallout S2 (17 December)<\/p>\n Disney+<\/p>\n Abbott Elementary S5 (17 December)<\/p>\n Bob\u2019s Burgers S16 (17 December)<\/p>\n Lost Treasures of Egypt S2\u2013S5 (17 December)<\/p>\n Apple TV<\/p>\n Born to be Wild (19 December)<\/p>\n DocPlay<\/p>\n Riefenstahl (18 December)<\/p>\n The Eichmann Trial (18 December)<\/p>\n AroVision<\/p>\n The Travellers (17 December)<\/p>\n Shelby Oaks (17 December)<\/p>\n The Strangers: Chapter 2 (17 December)<\/p>\n Letterboxd Video Store<\/p>\n It Ends (10 December)<\/p>\n Sore: A Wife From The Future (10 December)<\/p>\n Kennedy (10 December)<\/p>\n Tiger on the Beat (10 December)<\/p>\n Poison (10 December)<\/p>\n Kisapmata (10 December)<\/p>\n It Must Be Heaven (10 December)<\/p>\n Before We Vanish (10 December)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV, ThreeNow,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,14742,43,1066,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-184893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-new-to-streaming","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pop-culture","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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