Movies & TV Shows to Stream This Week (Dec 9 – 15): Another week of new releases on streaming sites and an eclectic mix of content. Will Smith’s first post Academy Award win film ‘Emancipation’ starts streaming Apple TV+, the eagerly awaited second part of Money Heist: Korea- Joint Economic Area to bring the thrill and action to streaming devices this week along with the dark and grim retelling of the classic Pinocchio by the master Guillermo del Toro. Little America Season 2, Doctor G, Kindered, Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Mystery and Love for the Ages also start streaming this week.
Emancipation
Where to Stream Emancipation: Apple TV+
Release Date – 9th December 2022
Emancipation is a historical action film starring Will Smith is based on the true story of a black man popularly known as ‘Whipped Peter,’ an enslaved black man who escaped from his plantation and showed his horribly scarred back to two photographers that became emblematic of the cruelty of slavery. This is Smith’s first outing after his Oscar and follows Peter’s quest for freedom and emancipation in 1860’s Southern America. The film is directed by Antoine Fuqua and premiered on 1st October 2022, in Washington, DC. The film starts streaming on Apple TV+ on 9th December 2022
Money Heist: Korea- Joint Economic Area Part 2
Where to Stream Money Heist: Korea- Joint Economic Area Part 2: Netflix
Release Date – 9th December 2022
Part 2 of the hit television series ‘Money Heist: Korea- Joint Economic Area’ is back after its first part 1 of the series gained immense popularity and topped Netflix’s Global Non-English Top 10 in the week following its release, with almost 33.7 million viewing hours. This season will follow Professor’s plan to complete the final stages remaining.
Moscow’s digging is almost over, with freedom nearby and authorities gaining intelligence on Rio, Berlin, and Nairobi, leaving them with no option but to escape the country. The original Money Heist is one of the most successful television series released in the past years. Audiences eagerly await the release of the second part of its Korean counterpart releases on Netflix on 9th December 2022.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Where to Stream Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Netflix
Release Date – 9th December 2022
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a stop-motion animated fantasy musical film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson based on the Italian children’s novel ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’ by Carlo Collodi.
The film tells the adventures of Pinocchio, a wooded puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. Del Toro’s Pinocchio is dark and set in Fascist Italy under Mussolini’s rule in the middle of World War II. This fantasy film contemplates the question of human existence and a fairytale turned dark and grim. The film starts streaming on Netflix on 9th December 2022.
Little America Season 2
Where To Stream Little America Season 2: Apple TV+
Release Date – 9th December 2022
‘Little America’ is an Anthology television series produced for Apple TV+ and developed by Lee Eisenberg & Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani. The show premiered in 2019 and became a surprise hit, gaining audiences’ appreciation for its sensitive exploration of the lives of immigrants.
Set in different time periods and locations, each episode focuses on a different protagonist grappling with different aspects of assimilation. The show is remarkable for focusing on immigrants’ struggles and the nuances of their culture and life with warmth. This funny and heartfelt series is back on Netflix for a second season on 9th December 2022.
Doctor G
Where to Stream Doctor G: Netflix
Release Date – 11th December 2022
‘Doctor G’ is a Hindi language film starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Rakul Preet Singh, and Shefali Shah. The film is directed by Anubhuti Kashyap and is produced by Junglee Pictures. The film is a medical comedy-drama film addressing the issue of gender stereotyping by following the misadventures of a male medical student who is interested in orthopedics but unable to secure that specialization due to low scores and instead becomes a gynecologist. The film had a theatrical release on 14th October 2022 and started streaming on Netflix on 11th December 2022.
Kindered
Where to Stream Kindered: HULU/FX Networks
Release Date: 13th Dec 2022
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Hugo Award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, the FX sci-fi drama series centers on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who relocates to Los Angeles with her husband, Kevin Franklin.
But, as FX puts it in the show’s official synopsis,” before Dana can settle, she “finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time to a nineteenth-century plantation with which she and her family are surprisingly and intimately linked. Interracial romance threads through her past and present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront the secrets she never knew ran through her blood in this genre-breaking exploration of the ties that bind.”
Executive-produced by Darren Aronofsky and Janicza Bravo (Zola), who also directed the pilot, Kindred takes a more grounded approach to a sensational time-travel odyssey.
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Mystery
Where to Stream Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Mystery: Netflix
Release Date: 15th Dec 2022
The holiday season has come early for Netflix. In the series of new content releasing every other day, the Christmas celebration started with Falling for Christmas, Christmas with You, and Christmas on Mistletoe Farm, and “Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Mystery” will be an addition to this series of Christmas movies. “Murderville” made a splash earlier this year on Netflix, and it is back with a special Christmas episode of “Murderville.”
Arnett is back on the case with two new guest stars: Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph. The official synopsis read,” Detective Terry Seattle, along with Maya Rudolph and Jason Bateman, is on a mission to find out who killed Santa Claus as the big day quickly approaches, and the world is left without their favorite holiday icon.”
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Love for the Ages
Where to Stream Love for The Ages: Peacock
Release Date: 15th Dec 2022
Peacock is coming up with a brand-new reality TV dating experiment to see three middle-aged couples in different houses. The three husbands will live with six beautiful young single women, while their wives share a house with six hot young single men. The reality show is a social experiment that rides on the trend of “age-gap” couples to test their chemistry through dates and activities highlighting their age differences. As if having one’s partner be with someone else wouldn’t be hard enough, all contestants will live under the same roof for the month, so there is sure to be unexpected drama.
As host Adrienne Bailon-Houghton explains in the first trailer for the new series Love for the Ages, three middle-aged Latino couples will get the “ultimate hall pass” to see if new connections will strengthen their marriage or weaken their romance.
Friday, December 9, 2022
The Next Generation (Freevee, Series Premiere)
It’s a Wonderful Binge (Hulu, Original Movie Premiere)
Emancipation (Apple TV+, Original Movie Premiere)
Little America (Apple TV+, Season 2 Premiere)
Something from Tiffany’s (Amazon, Original Movie Premiere)
Cat (Netflix, Series Premiere)
Absolution (Netflix, Series Premiere)
Dream Home Makeover (Netflix, Season 4 Premiere)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? (Disney+, Original Documentary Premiere)
Korea – Joint Economic Area (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
Kahmunrah Rises Again (Disney+, Original Movie Premiere)
Big Box Christmas (GAF, Original Movie Premiere)
The Most Colorful Time of the Year (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
A Recipe for Joy (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
Battle of the Bling (HGTV, Series Premiere)
Saturday, December 10, 2022
The Match VII (TNT, Special)
A Royal Christmas Match (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
Christmas Class Reunion (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
A Prince for the Holidays (GAF, Original Movie Premiere)
NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC (ABC, Season 8 Premiere)
A Christmas Fumble (OWN, Original Movie Premiere)
Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder (HBO, Stand-Up Comedy Special Premiere)
The Gift of Peace (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Christmas in Rockwell (FOX Nation, Original Movie Premiere)
Sweet Navidad (Peacock, Original Movie Premiere)
Santa’s Got Style (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
A Belgian Chocolate Christmas (GAF, Original Movie Premiere)
The Holiday Sitter (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
Celebrating 100 Years (CBS, One-Hour Special)
A Prince and Pauper Christmas (ION, Original Movie Premiere)
Single and Ready to Jingle (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
Must Love Christmas (CBS, Original Movie Premiere)
Monday, December 12, 2022
Baking It (Peacock, Season 2 Premiere)
Dogs of the Year 2022 (The CW, One-Hour Special)
Baking It: Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler’s Celebrity Holiday Special (NBC, One-Hour Special)
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge (Amazon/Freevee, Series Premiere)
Kindred (FX on Hulu, Limited Series Premiere)
An Eggcellent Adventure (Netflix, Series Premiere)
Last Chance U: Basketball (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
Single’s Inferno (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
What a Day! (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special Premiere)
Christmas Wars (A&E, Series Premiere)
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
National Treasure: Edge of History (Disney+, Series Premiere)
A New Diva’s Christmas Carol (VH1, Original Movie Premiere)
A Very Backstreet Holiday (ABC, One-Hour Special)
Christmas Magic 2022 (The CW, One-Hour Special)
Finding Harmony (ABC, One-Hour Special)
Thursday, December 15, 2022 TV and Streaming Premieres
The Big 4 (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
Blackjack Christmas (BET+, Original Movie Premiere)
The Game (Paramount+, Season 2 Premiere)
Love for the Ages (Peacock, Series Premiere)
Sonic Prime (Netflix, Series Premiere)
A 30th Anniversary Celebration (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
Christmas Around the USA (The CW, Two-Hour Special)
Record Breaking Christmas (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
The Parent Test (ABC, Series Premiere)
