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The festive season may be drawing to a close, but with many people still enjoying summer holidays here in Australia, it feels like the world has not yet returned to normal operating speed.
And so it goes for the world of video streaming, where the selection of new titles on offer appears a little light on. But fear not, there are still titles that are worthy of binge watching the summer nights (or days) away.
Parks and Recreation fans can look forward to the inclusion of Season 7 from January 13. But brace yourself because this is the end of the line for the hilarious and much loved comedy as Amy Poehler and a fabulous ensemble cast draw the series to a close.
Other series highlights include New Girl: Season 4 starring Zooey Deschanel, and the 10th season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The sitcom, following four owners of an Irish bar, is known for its often dark and taboo comedy.
And while we’re on the subject of unapologetic comedy, there’s Chelsea Does, the new doco-series from American comedienne, Chelsea Handler. Arguably enjoying a far bigger profile in the US, Handler is best known for her late-night talk show, Chelsea Lately, which ended in 2014. In this Netflix Original four-parter, Handler discusses marriage, racism, Silicon Valley and drugs with a host of notable guests including Willie Nelson.
And get your bowl of popcorn ready for blockbuster movies added to the Netflix library including the cult action fave, 2 Fast 2 Furious (RIP Paul Walker), Meet the Parents and its sequel, Meet the Fockers, which see Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro delivering classic laughs. For more Ben Stiller, there’s Along Came Polly, the 2004 comedy with Jennifer Aniston, which introduced “sharting” into pop culture vernacular (RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman).
New release titles include The Overnight starring Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation) and Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black), and who can resist Sharknado 3 featuring a who’s who of faded stars including Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills, 90210) and Tara Reid (American Pie), Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and David Hasselhoff (Baywatch). Ah, it’s an honest living – but possibly not a great film!
January means school holidays so for those readers with small people, check out Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Angry Birds Toons: Season 1 and Nanny McPhee (2005), the vibrant and magical family film starring Colin Firth (Bridget Jones’s Diary) – something for kids AND mums to enjoy! And Dragons: Race to the Edge is a Netflix Original sure to please little fans of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon – and happily, this newest addition is still voiced by the brilliant, Jay Baruchel.
Be sure to catch action faves Mission Impossible, The Bourne Identity and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and their sequels before they leave Netflix in January. Classics like The Graduate, Rocky (I and II), A Clockwork Orange, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles are also on the way out. Watch them while you can!
Check out below for a full list of what’s new in January and also what will be leaving.
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Available on Netflix January 1:
2 Fast 2 Furious
Along Came Polly
American Girl: Grace Stirs up Success
Angry Birds Toons: Season 1
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
Bring It On: In It to Win It
Catwoman
The Celebrity Plastic Surgeons of Beverly Hills:
Constantine
Forensic Files: Collection 2
Friday Night Tykes: Season 1-2
The Good Road
House of Wax
How to Change the World
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Intolerable Cruelty
Journey to Le Mans
Loins of Punjab
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Nanny McPhee
Piku
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Pride and Prejudice
The Rundown
Shout Gladi Gladi
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball
Something New
Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle: Season 3
Swordfish
The Tale of Despereaux
Under Arrest: Season 1: Put Some Clothes On
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Wedding Date
The Whole Ten Yards
January 2
30 for 30: Four Falls of Buffalo
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having: Season 1
January 3
Sofia the First: Season 2
January 4
Blunt Force Trauma
Training Day
January 5
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 10
New Girl: Season 4
January 8
Adult World
Dragons: Race to the Edge: Season 2
Tom Segura: Mostly Stories
January 10
Dos Hermanos
El Hombre de al Lado
Esperando La Carroza
The Marziano Family
Rosario Tijeras
Un Oso Rojo
January 11
Littlest Pet Shop: Season 4
January 12
The Ladykillers
January 13
Parks and Recreation: Season 7
January 14
The Testimony
January 15
Degrassi: The Next Class: Season 1
The Last Five Years
Moonwalkers
Occupied
The Overnight
Sirens: Season 2
January 16
Hyde Park on Hudson
January 17
Z Nation: Season 2
January 19
Curve
January 20
Drone
January 21
When Calls the Heart: Season 2
January 22
Sharknado 3
January 23
Chelsea Does
January 25
From Dusk Till Dawn: Season 2
Turbo Kid
January 28
Frozen Planet
Frozen Planet: On Thin Ice
Frozen Planet: The Epic Journey
The Making of Frozen Planet
January 29
Ever After High: Dragon Games
January 31
Words and Pictures
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Leaving Netflix on January 1
A Clockwork Orange
Almost Famous
American Psycho.
American Psycho 2
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Coach Carter
Conan the Barbarian
Corpse Bride
Coyote Ugly
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior: Season 1
Four Brothers
Gladiator
The Graduate
Grandma's Boy
Harriet the Spy
Heartbreakers
The Hours
The Italian Job
Jackass: The Movie
Jerry Maguire
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
The Longest Yard (2005)
The Machinist
Max Steel: Seasons 1-2
Million Dollar Baby .
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
The Patriot
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Rambo: First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo III: Ultimate Edition
The Rescuers
Risky Business
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Rosemary's Baby
Serpico
Sesame Street: Animals and Nature: Season 1
Sesame Street: Classics: Vol. 1-2
Sesame Street: Cookie and Friends: Season 1
Sesame Street: Creativity and Imagination: Season 1
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: Season 1
Sesame Street: Everyday Moments: Season 1
Sesame Street: Music and Dance: Season 1
Sesame Street: Numbers and Letters: Season 1
The Sum of All Fears
There Will Be Blood
Trading Places
Trekkies
The Virgin Suicides
Zoolander
January 4
Dumbo
James and the Giant Peach
Pocahontas
The Aristocats
The Fox and the Hound
The Great Mouse Detective
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Rescuers Down Under
The Tigger Movie
January 8
The Lying Game: Season 2
January 14
Bad Ink: Season 1
Beyond Scared Straight!: Seasons 4-5
Dance Moms: Collection
Duck Dynasty: Collection
Hoarders: Collection
Intervention: Collection
Pawn Stars: Collection
Storage Wars: Collection
The Kennedys: Season 1
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