Whereas the second-to-last week in January will get a day without work for MLK Day, that doesn’t imply it’s quick on new films and TV exhibits.
Streamers like Hulu, HBO Max and Apple TV have loads of new goodies coming to maintain you occupied whilst you benefit from the vacation — and the remainder of the week too.
Watch With Us has picked buzzy 2025 bio-dramas, a brand-new Sport of Thrones spin-off, a PBS crime drama and rather more.
Learn on to get the total scoop on one of the best new streaming content material on the market!
‘Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere’ (2025) — Hulu
The lifetime of prolific rock musician Bruce Springsteen lastly will get the biopic therapy with Springsteen: Ship Me From Nowhere, as The Bear breakout Jeremy Allen White will get to fill Springsteen’s footwear. Scott Cooper’s movie follows Springsteen as the standard New Jersey musician wrestles along with his burgeoning fame and demons from his previous, all whereas recording his career-defining album, Nebraska.
Along with White, the ensemble solid contains Jeremy Robust, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Younger, Marc Maron and up to date 2026 Golden Globe winner Stephen Graham. This moody biopic is carried by spectacular performances from White and Robust specifically, and plenty of critics agreed that White was capable of embody the rock legend with aplomb. General, the movie is an enchanting exploration of an American icon that doubles as a transferring portrait of psychological well being struggles.
Stream Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere on Hulu January 23.
‘Bookish’ Season 1 — PBS Masterpiece
Iconic British author Mark Gatiss (Physician Who, Sherlock) brings a brand new crime drama to PBS Masterpiece referred to as Bookish. Starring Gatiss himself, Bookish follows Gabriel E book (Gatiss), a e-book vendor and literary fanatic dwelling in post-war London, who makes use of his love of books to assist native police resolve crimes. Bookish additionally explores E book’s “lavender marriage” to a lady named Trottie (Polly Walker), and his curiosity in a lately launched legal, Jack (Connor Finch).
Bookish is a enjoyable, quirky new crime drama, and because it’s coming from among the best British tv writers round, I believe it’s secure to say we’re in good arms. Bookish is shaping as much as be a recent spin on a well-worn style, imbued with pathos, hazard and loads of cozy murder-mystery vibes. We shall be seated.
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Season 1 — HBO Max
If Home of the Dragon didn’t sate your want for a Sport of Thrones repair, then perhaps A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will. The second GoT spin-off is about to happen a full century earlier than the occasions of GoT and serves as an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. Naive however courageous Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), face a collection of harmful adventures collectively throughout the reign of the Targaryens.
Critics have already been praising this smaller-scale Sport of Thrones spin-off, delighted by its buddy-comedy spin and far decrease stakes in comparison with one thing like Home of the Dragon. Nonetheless, the collection will get darker and extra intense because the season goes on, however it is usually outlined by its stunning sense of playfulness. General, it provides followers of Westeros one thing just a little totally different.
Stream A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on HBO Max.
‘The Smashing Machine’ (2025) — HBO Max
Blended martial artist and UFC fighter Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) is an up-and-comer throughout the Nineteen Nineties, with massive aspirations to turn into among the best fighters on the planet. Nonetheless, Kerr privately struggles with an opioid dependence that places him in a often unstable place along with his girlfriend, Daybreak (Emily Blunt). This sports activities biopic from Benny Safdie additionally stars real-life fighters, together with Bas Rutten, Ryan Bader and Oleksandr Usyk.
Johnson strikes away from dumb comedies and goofy motion movies into status drama with A24 to show that he’s actually bought the performing juice. Certainly, Johnson absolutely anchors The Smashing Machine along with his revelatory efficiency in a biopic that manages to subvert clichés and create an entire new cinema expertise.
Stream The Smashing Machine on HBO Max January 23.
‘Drops of God’ Season 2 — Apple TV
A co-production between France and Japan, this Worldwide Emmy-winning drama takes a take a look at the world of wine and is predicated on the manga collection of the identical title. Drops of God season 1 kicks off with the loss of life of world-renowned wine authority Alexandre Léger (Stanley Weber). Whereas the wine business mourns his loss of life, his estranged daughter, Camille (Fleur Geffrier), should battle together with her father’s protege, Issei (Tomohisa Yamashita), for her inheritance.
Season 2 of Drops of God shall be set three years after the occasions of season 1. Camille and Issei set out on a journey collectively to uncover a thriller that Léger couldn’t resolve himself: the origin of one of the best wine on the planet. We’re fairly pumped for the second season of his lauded present that manages to mix entertaining melodrama with some fascinating perception into wine.
