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On January 17, the new Hallmark Channel movie Love on the Amazon will debut at 8 PM.
Claire (Jaicy Elliot) travels to Brazil and hires Danny (Rafael de la Fuente), a riverboat captain, to help her deliver an important message for her sister Amelia, a marine biologist studying pink dolphins on the Amazon River.
Here is a trailer for Love on the Amazon:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The Tubi movie How to Lose a Popularity Contest will debut online on January 16.
This young adult romantic comedy will star Sara Waisglass (Ginny & Georgia) and TikTok star-singer Chase Hudson who play an overachiever and a slacker (respectively) who team up to win student body president but find themselves falling for each other instead.
Here is a trailer for How to Lose a Popularity Contest:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The new feature film The Rip will debut online on Netflix on January 16.
A group of Miami cops discovers a stash of millions in cash, leading to distrust as outsiders learn about the huge seizure, making them question who to rely on.
The ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Kyle Chandler, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Scott Adkins, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Nestor Carbonell and Lina Esco.
Here is a trailer for The Rip:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
On January 15, the period piece drama Ponies will debut online on Peacock.
The series is set in 1977 in Moscow. Two “PONIES” (persons of no interest, in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Bea (Emilia Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants.
Her cohort, Twila (Haley Lu Richardson), is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.
Here is a trailer for Ponies:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The new Netflix series Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials will debut online on January 15.
When a lavish country house party ends in murder, a witty young aristocrat (Mia McKenna-Bruce) sets out to solve the mystery in this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel.
The cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman and Edward Bluemel.
Here is a trailer for Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
On January 15, the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will debut online on Paramount+.
Sandro Rosta plays Caleb Mir, Karim Diané plays Jay-Den Kraag, Kerrice Brooks plays Series Acclimation Mil, George Hawkins plays Darem Reymi and Bella Shepard plays Genesis Lythe, all cadets who train to become Starfleet officers as they deal with friendships, rivalries and romance, all while facing a mysterious threat to both the Academy and the Federation.
The series also stars Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, Robert Picardo, Tig Notaro and Oded Fehr.
Here is a trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
On January 14, the British drama Riot Women will debut online on Britbox.
A teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife, and a shoplifting freeloader: five menopausal women – Joanna Scanlan, Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne, Rosalie Craig and Amelia Bullmore – form a punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest, and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined. As they become closer, the teacher, Beth, and freeloader, Kitty, discover a surprising, heartbreaking connection.
The cast includes Anne Reid, Angel Coulby and Peter Davison.
Here is a trailer for Riot Women:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
On January 11, the new drama Bookish will debut on PBS at 10 PM.
Gabriel Book (Matt Gatiss), proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, relies on his vast collection to unravel baffling cases. He nurtures a group of lovable yet troubled individuals, providing informal protection and guidance.
The cast includes Polly Walker and Joely Richardson.
Here is a trailer for Bookish:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The Lifetime movie Accused: The Karen Read Story will debut on January 10 at 8 PM.
Katie Cassidy stars as the Boston woman who was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, by hitting him with her SUV in 2022, but she was acquitted of murder in June of 2025 but convicted of OUI, with her defense claiming a massive law enforcement cover-up framed her.
Here is a trailer for Accused: The Karen Read Story:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on January 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »
On January 10, the Hallmark Channel movie A Melbourne Match will debut at 8 PM.
Georgie (Mallory Jansen), a travel writer, travels to Melbourne for an assignment where she meets Zach (Ryan Corr), an Australian ex-footballer who agrees to be her tour guide and shows her that there’s more to life than work.
Here is a trailer for A Melbourne Match:
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