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
Eternals (January 12)
They might not have the name-brand recognition of Spidey or Iron Man, but the Eternals are Marvel’s biggest bid for world domination yet. The studio nabbed a hugely anticipated director fresh off her Oscar victory (Chloé Zhao) and a cast of sparkling celeb faces, to play characters with unmemorable names such as Kingo, Thena, Ajak, and Sersi. Ain’t Sprite a soft drink, not a green-suited Eternal who can project lifelike illusions?? Whatever.
After a well-timed cinematic release just after last year’s lockdowns, Disney+ subscribers can now check out the huge scale of Eternals from the weeny scale of their TV and streaming screens. It may be a worthwhile experience just for a certain vampiric hero’s brief appearance in the post-credits sequence—one of the first exciting hints we’ve been thrown for a while.
Queens: Season 1 (January 19)
Back in the burgeoning female hip-hop scene of the 1990s, they were the Nasty Bitches: in our time, they’re just four out-of-touch women in their forties. Can the former friends reclaim the rap throne to find their tarnished glory? Judging from the fierce outfits in the thumbnail above, they absolutely can.
There’s a delightful combo of rap royalty (Eve!! Brandy! 3LW’s Naturi Naughton!) and nostalgic comedy in this series, which is so much more than a hip-hop remix of last year’s (also great) Girls5Eva. Even the Queens‘ rapper titles will elicit a chuckle: Butter Pecan, Jill Da Thrill, Professor Sex, Lil Muffin, and the bluntly named Xplicit Lyrics.
High Fidelity: Season 1 (January 26)
UK viewers will now get a chance to peek at record shop owner Rob’s collection of tunes and heartbreaks. Nope, not John Cusack’s Rob in the 2000 romcom film: Zoë Kravitz as Rob(yn) in this utterly fab and unfairly cancelled series.
In her review of the show, Katie Parker outlined Rob’s specific brand of cool. “She makes me want to get thousands of tiny tattoos and lots of tiny earrings and wear skater jeans and Hawaiian shirts. By merely providing the opportunity to spend 10 episodes with her, inside her head (and in front of her stunning face) High Fidelity is an instant success.”
All new titles arriving on Disney+ UK in January
January 5
Breakthrough: Seasons 1-2
Lawless Oceans: Season 1
The Witch Doctor Will See You Now: Season 1
Dollhouse: Seasons 1-2
Bob’s Burgers: Season 11
Ready for Preschool: Season 2
Higglytown Heroes: Season 1
Big Sky: Season 2 Premiere
January 7
Born Wild: The Next Generation
Where Oceans Collide
T-Rex Autopsy
The Spectacular Now
The Book Thief
Hope Floats
The Big Short
Marley and Me
Believeland
The Birth of Big Air
Elway to Marino
January 12
Eternals
Africa’s Hunters: Season 2
The Chi: Seasons 1-4
Better Things: Seasons 1-4
January 14
The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women who Changed the Game
Buried Secrets of Keros
Superstorm New York: What Really Happened
Betty White Goes Wild!
Inside Costa Concordia: Voices of Disaster
The Raising of the Costa Concordia
Gifted
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Diary of the Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Fernando Nation
Four Days in October
The Gospel According to Mac
January 19
Queens: Season 1 Premiere
The World According to Jeff Goldblum Season 2 Batch 2
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Calling all T.O.T.S.: Season 1
Talespin: Season 1
How to Win At Everything: Season 1
Incredibly Small World: Season 1
Born in Africa: Season 1
Mixed-ish: Season 2
January 21
The New Air Force One: The Flying Fortress
Blood on the Wall
Fantastic Mr Fox
Lucy in the Sky
My Cousin Rachel
Guru of Go
King’s Ransom
The Legend of Jimmy The Greek
Catholics Vs Convicts
January 26
Marvel’s Hit-Monkey
The Resident: Season 5 Premiere
Insania: Season 1
High Fidelity: Season 1
The Owl House: Season 2 Premiere
Random Rings: Seasons 1-2
World’s Deadliest Snakes: Season 1
Savage Kingdom: Seasons 1-3
Crimes Against Nature: Season 2
January 28
Virus Hunters
Hubble’s Cosmic Journey
Shanghai Disney Resort Grand Opening Gala
Underwater
Date Night
Demolition
Playing for the Mob
Sec Storied: Herschel
Youngstown Boys
See also
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