Pieces of a Woman
This is arguably one of Netflix's best first outings of the year. Starring Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBoeuf, and Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman is the heartbreaking story of a tragic pregnancy whose aftermath cuts through a marriage like a sharp knife. Bonus: it's already out.
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The Dig (Jan. 29)
The Dig transports us to early 20th century Britain on the verge of World War II, where a wealthy widow (Carey Mulligan) enlists an archeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her land. What he unearths is a medieval ship, discovering all the secrets of history held within it.
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Finding Ohana (Jan. 29)
If you’re looking for a kid-friendly movie that you might actually enjoy, Finding Ohana seems like a fair bet. Picture The Goonies but in modern-day Hawaii, where two Brooklyn-raised siblings reconnect with their roots on an adventure to find a long-lost treasure and save their grandfather’s home.
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Malcolm and Marie (Feb. 5)
In March, as the world screeched to a halt, Zendaya teamed up with Euphoria writer-director Sam Levinson to begin work on this ‘secret,’ film—one of the first shot during the pandemic. John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman, Tenet) and Zendaya play filmmaker Malcolm and his girlfriend Marie, respectively, who must confront truths about their relationship after returning home from Malcolm’s movie premiere.
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Moxie (March 3)
Netflix In Amy Poehler’s coming-of-age comedy, a 16-year-old girl finds inspiration in her mother’s riot grrrl past, anonymously publishing a zine that challenges the sexist status quo at her Texas high school.
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Concrete Cowboy (TBD)
Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things), and Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight) star in this Western drama about a teenage boy who discovers the world of urban cowboys after being sent to live with his estranged father in Philadelphia.
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Escape From Spiderhead (TBD)
Netflix In this sci-fi fantasy film set in a near future, two convicts are held in a facility where they are subjected to emotion-altering drug experiments. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollet, we don’t know much else about this film other than that it seems like it will get inside your head.
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Army of the Dead (TBD)
Netflix Director Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is a zombie-heist movie, where a band of adventurers plot to rob a Las Vegas casino in the middle of a zombie outbreak. It stars Dave Bautista, features Tig Notaro as a hardcore helicopter pilot, and sounds completely insane.
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Red Notice (TBD)
Netflix This action-comedy thriller stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as an FBI profiler on a mission to hunt the world’s most-wanted and winds up involved in a high-stakes heist with two competing criminals (Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds).
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Don't Look Up (TBD)
Netflix If there were a cinematic embodiment of that famous Oscars selfie from seven years ago, the sci-fi satire Don’t Look Up would be it. Starring literally everyone (Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Timothée Chalamet), the Adam McKay-directed flick is about two astronomers who go on a media tour to try to warn everyone about a comet that is heading to destroy Earth.
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Beauty (TBD)
Netflix A talented young singer struggles with her creative identity after she is offered a lucrative record deal. But it doesn't take long until she is torn in different directions by the label, her best friend, and her family. Written by Lena Waithe (Queen & Slim).
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Bad Trip (TBD)
Netflix Eric Andre's prank-style film features two best friends going around and pulling pranks on people. Sometimes, you don't have to get much deeper than that.
Anna Grace Lee is an editorial fellow at Esquire, where she covers pop culture, music, and entertainment.
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