Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Disney+‘s UK library. Here’s Eliza Janssen’s recommendations for the titles most worth watching. Scroll down for the full list of everything arriving on the platform.
Top picks
Pam & Tommy (February 2)
Retelling ‘the greatest love story ever sold’, this eight-part miniseries aims to set the record straight on Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s headline-grabbing sex tape. Lily James is clad in a bunch of prosthetics to play the Baywatch bae, whereas Sebastian Stan just had to chuck on some tattoos and bad hair metal clothing to be Mötley Crüe’s hard-partying drummer.
All the episodes are directed by Craig Gillespie, who is seemingly having another crack at the formula that worked so well with Margot Robbie from I, Tonya. And gravelly gross-out comedian Jason Mantzoukas has even been revealed as the voice of Tommy Lee’s penis, which…should be a familiar treat for Big Mouth fans, I suppose.
The French Dispatch (February 16)
After only hitting cinemas a few months ago, Wes Anderson’s latest ensemble romp is already available to stream on Disney+. It’s best described as a neatly anthologised love letter to, well, letters themselves: journalists, literary bric-a-brac, the minutiae of publishing and the culture we write down and leave behind in the past.
Tilda Swinton explains the first story to us, all about prisoner Benicio Del Toro and his unexpectedly genius artworks: Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet make an unlikely couple in the mod second segment, arguably the film’s weakest plot: but Jeffrey Wright steals the whole fussy ordeal as a food critic based on James Baldwin. He’s where the heart of this brainy, cutesy, animated effort lies.
The Kid Who Would Be King (February 25)
Since the tales of King Arthur and his knights of the round table are in the public domain, we’re going to be getting endless edgy re-imaginings until we’re all looking as beardy and wizened as Merlin. You could do worse than Joe Cornish’s inventive family take, with a London schoolboy yanking the sword from the stone to face Rebecca Ferguson’s fierce Morgana.
And speaking of Merlin, this time around he’s a disguised Sir Patrick Stewart that works in a charcoal chicken shop. The Kid Who Would Be King is nice fulfilment fantasy for the whole family, and it’s also just well-made, with more fun action and adventure set-pieces from the director of Attack The Block.
All new titles arriving on Disney+ UK in February
February 2
Pam & Tommy
Narco Wars: Season 1
Lost Treasures of Egypt: Season 2
Baby Daddy: Season 1-6
February 4
Torn
King’s Man: The Golden Circle
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Longest Ride
The Real Black Panther
February 9
The King’s Man
Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Secrets of Sulphur Springs: Season 2
Danger Decoded: Season 1
Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller: Season 1
Harros: Seasons 1-2
February 11
The Thing About Harry
Table 19
High Strung
Winnie The Pooh: A Valentine for You
Russia’s Mystery Files
Frozen Kingdom of the Snow Leopard
February 16
Marvel Studios: Assembled: The Making of ‘Eternals’
The French Dispatch
Blackpink The Movie
Like Me! Season 2
Mira, Royal Detective: Season 2
One Mississippi: Seasons 1-2
Rel: Season 1
Europe From Above: Season 2
February 18
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Season 2
Predator
Predator 2
Buried Secrets of Cordoba
Jade Eyed Leopard
February 23
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder premiere
Amphibia: Season 3
Touch: Season 1-2
For The People: Season 1-2
World’s Deadliest: Season 3
Savage Kingdom: Season 4
Wild Cats of India: Season 1
February 25
No Exit
Snatched
The Impostors (1998)
Built For Mars: The Perseverance Rover
The Kid Who Would Be King
