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January 2026
 
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Blockbusters
One Battle After Another

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Tron: Ares

A highly sophisticated program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.
Wicked: For Good

Elphaba, cast out as the Wicked Witch, hides in the forest, fighting for Oz's oppressed Animals and seeking to reveal the Wizard's lies. Glinda, now a beloved public figure, enjoys fame in Emerald City but is troubled by her lost bond with Elphaba. As she tries to reconcile them, tensions rise, affecting Boq, Fiyero, and Nessarose, especially when a girl from Kansas arrives.
International Cinema
Él

A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

A desperately single bookseller, lost in a fantasy world, finds herself forced to fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer in order to stop messing up her love life.
Kill the Jockey

Remo's self-destructive behavior overshadows his talent. Abril, an upcoming jockey, is pregnant by Remo and has to decide between child or continuing to race. They both race for Sirena, a businessman who saved Remo's life in the past.
Nebesnyĭ Sud = The Sky Court

Lawyers Andrew and Benjamin are friends who share a lot, but their work puts them on opposite sides. Their trials do not occur in this life but in the afterlife. They are members of the Sky Court deciding where a human soul should go after death - heaven or hell. Unexpectedly in one case, personal interests of Andrew interfere: The man who made the proposal to his widow is on trial.
Never Open That Door

Two separate stories that have in common the door that separates good from evil.
The Old Woman with the Knife

An aging assassin with a knack for taking out society's worst encounters a young protégé eager to learn the trade. As they form an unlikely bond, the veteran killer discovers fresh purpose in her twilight years of violence and routine.
TV Shows & Miniseries
Beyond Paradise: Series Three

DI Humphrey Goodman and his fiancée Martha juggle the demands of their life in Devon. The Shipton Abbott team solve more intriguing crimes including a body found in the river on the county border, a baffling chocolate box poisoning, a historic farming feud and a spiking incident on the water. Away from the police station, Martha and Humphrey try to overcome unexpected hurdles as foster parents, while the reappearance of Martha's old flame Archie presents an unexpected challenge.
Irish Blood: Series 1

After receiving a mysterious package from her estranged father, L.A. divorce lawyer Fiona Sharpe travels to Ireland to uncover the truth-only to find herself entangled in a web of family secrets, lies, and danger.
Masterpiece: Maigret

Chief Inspector Maigret is a rising star in the Paris Police Judiciaire, relentless in his investigations, with an uncanny ability to get under the skin of the criminals he is chasing and a matchless knowledge of Paris.
Testament: Season One

The story of a small group of believers who turned the world upside down.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season Three

Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier continue their journey to somehow return home and to the ones they love. As they struggle to find their way back, the path takes them farther astray, leading them through distant lands with ever-changing and unfamiliar conditions as they witness the various effects of the Walker apocalypse.
Spotlight: Wide World of Sports
Eephus / (Bonm) by Music Box Films
Eephus

Grown men's recreational baseball game stretches to extra innings on their beloved field's final day before demolition. Humor and nostalgia intertwine as daylight fades, signaling an era's end.
Him

A young athlete descends into a world of terror when he's invited to train with a legendary champion whose charisma curdles into something darker.
Kick-Off

In the remote village of Kök-Tash, Kyrgyzstan, where conservative norms confine women to domestic duties, an activist organizes a women's football tournament to challenge these patriarchal traditions.
The Senior

Nearly four decades after being kicked off his team, Mike returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised, doubted, and nearly broken, he fights for one last shot at the ending he still believes is possible.
The Smashing Machine

MMA fighter Mark Kerr reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way.
More Can't Miss Movies
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Two strangers who meet at a mutual friend's wedding have the chance to relive important moments from their pasts, illuminating the path that led them to the present and gaining the opportunity to change their futures.
Bugonia

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Eden

Based on a factual account of a group of outsiders who settle on a remote island only to discover their greatest threat isn't the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other.
I Saw the TV Glow

A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.
Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring

A military widow falls in love while searching for her lost family Christmas Ring, an heirloom that has been in the family since D-Day.
Love, Brooklyn

A writer navigates complicated relationships with his ex, an art gallery owner, and his current lover, a newly single mother, with the support of his best friend.
Biopics & Documentaries
David Byrne's American Utopia

David Byrne meets America's fractious political moment with the transcendent power of song in this ecstatic documentary of the Broadway adaptation of his acclaimed American Utopia tour. Captured with immersive immediacy by director Spike Lee, this uplifting spectacle interweaves twenty-one songs, both new and classic, with Byrne's singular observations on the state of the nation, its perils, promises, and possibility for transformation.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

In 1987, at the age of just 21, Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award® for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God. Catapulted into the spotlight, she seized the moment to challenge an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
Roofman

A charismatic criminal, while on the run from the police, hides in a hidden space of a toy store. There, he adopts a new identity and becomes involved with an employee, beginning a relationship as unlikely as it is risky.
Shari & Lamb Chop

Before Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, there was Shari Lewis, a children's television pioneer whose whimsical characters and ebullient spirit have guided generations of children as they came of age. Raised in the Bronx by a proud feminist mother and a professor father who moonlighted as Peter Pan the Magic Man, Shari became a multitalented dancer, singer, and magician. But when an injury sidelined her dance aspirations, she channeled her creativity into a passion for ventriloquism, creating the now beloved sock puppet characters Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop.
Sugarcane

An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
For the Whole Family
Lolirock: Season One

Follows the journey of young Iris, a spirited teenage girl with a beautiful voice and an unending desire to help others. When Iris joins the girl group LoliRock, her life is changed forever, as a new world of music, mysteries and magical powers is revealed.
Paw Patrol: Fire Rescue by Nickelodeon
Paw Patrol: Fire Rescue

When things get a little too hot around Adventure Bay, Marshall will be all "fired up" to lead the team in Fire Rescue!
Regular Show: The Complete Series

The surreal misadventures of two best friends--a blue jay and a raccoon--as they seek to liven up their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.
Science Kids: Safari Animals

Discover how lions build strong family bonds, leopards master stealth and survival, and elephants showcase their incredible memories and social skills.  Consider why zebras' stripes are one of nature's mysteries and see how rhinos use mud baths to protect them from two important things for survival.
Tom & Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958)

Every fur-flying chase. Every backfiring mousetrap. Restored. Complete. Uncut. The ultimate compilation of animation's favorite feuding duo: Tom and Jerry. All 114 cartoon shorts, the entire series, as originally released in theaters by MGM during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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