What to watch at home this week – January 8 to 14

By Alexandra Heilbron on January 8, 2024 | Leave a Comment

Check out what’s new to watch this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Crave, BritBox, CBC Gem and more, including new seasons of Run the Burbs and Son of a Critch, and the new series Wild Cards, plus new DVD and Blu-ray releases such as The Royal Hotel. View the full list of new titles below and watch the trailers. ~Alexandra Heilbron

Lift – An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker (Kevin Hart), races to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet. Debuts January 12 on Netflix.

Run the Burbs: Season 3 – Andrew Pham (Andrew Phung) is a Vietnamese-Canadian man with an Indian-Canadian wife, Camille (Rakhee Morzaria). Along with their two children, Khia and Leo, they live in the suburbs, in an area where the neighbors are all close. From block parties to pool parties, the Phams manage to make whatever happens as zany as possible. Debuts January 9 on CBC / CBC Gem.

Andrew Phung, Rakhee Morzaria and showrunners Nelu Handa and Jennica Harper discuss Season 3 of the sitcom Run the Burbs. Andrew reveals how he came up with the idea for the show when he was playing a supporting role on the hit sitcom Kim’s Convenience and Rakhee discusses the relationship between her character and Andrew, plus how she views the child actors who play their kids on the show.

Son of a Critch: Season 3 – Mark Critch (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) lives in Newfoundland in the 1980s with his older brother Mike Jr. (Colton Gobbo), his grandfather (Malcolm McDowell), his father Mike Critch Sr. (Mark Critch) and his mother (Claire Rankin). Because he’s a bit more grown up than the other kids at school, he gets bullied, until a girl decides she likes him. Debuts January 9 on CBC / CBC Gem.

Mark Critch, the creator of CBC’s Son of a Critch, talks about playing Mike Critch Sr. in the series, which is about his Newfoundland childhood. Claire Rankin, who plays his wife and the mother of the two boys, reveals what the cast does when they’re not filming. Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, who is from Yorkshire, England, talks about learning a Newfoundland accent to play the lead character Mark Critch. Colton Gobbo, who plays Mark’s older brother Mike Jr.,  reveals what his character is up to this season and how he feels about Benjamin – and what Benjamin had better not do this season!

Wild Cards – Police officer Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) is now a water cop after he makes a mistake at work. He arrests Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) for theft, but soon learns there’s much more to her crime. While she’s in custody, Max helps Cole solve another crime. If the two will team up to solve another crime, Ellis will get a chance to earn back his detective badge, while Max will get out of jail. Debuts January 10 on CBC / CBC Gem and on January 17, 2024 on The CW.

Vanessa Morgan and Giacomo Gianniotti talk about filming their new CBC / The CW crime drama series Wild Cards in British Columbia. They reveal that the audience has much more to learn about their characters over the course of Season 1.

The Royal Hotel – Liv (Jessica Henwick) and Hanna (Julia Garner) claim to be Canadians while backpacking in Australia because “everyone loves Canadians.” When they run out of cash, they take on temporary live-in jobs at the Royal Hotel, the only pub for miles around in a desolate, dusty area, run by Billy (Hugo Weaving). Although Liv doesn’t see danger in their new situation, Hanna is well aware of how alcohol can change people and tries to protect her friend from the drunken advances of the customers and the sudden outbursts of violence.

January 8
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project @9pm ET (Crave)
Tell Me That You Love Me: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)

January 9
Batman Begins (Netflix)
Criminal Minds: Season 15 (Paramount+)
Echo (All Episodes) at 6pm PT / 9pm ET (Disney+)
Flight! (Paramount+)
Hello: Kitty Super Style! (Prime Video)
Magnum P.I.: The Final Season (DVD)
Napoleon (PVOD)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, New Episode (Disney+)
Pianoforte (VOD)
Reflect (VOD)
Rhymes For Young Ghouls (Paramount+)
The Royal Hotel (DVD)
Run the Burbs: Season 3 (CBC Gem)
Son of a Critch: Season 3 (CBC Gem)
Strays (Prime Video)
Suitable Flesh (DVD)
Tell Me That You Love Me: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)

January 10
Blind Spot: Season 1 (BritBox)
Break Point: Season 2 (Netflix)
BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star, New Episodes (Disney+)
Criminal Record, first two episodes (Apple TV+)
Dragons of Wonderhatch: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)
Epic Animal Migrations: Patagonia (Paramount+)
Escape to the Country: Season 30 (CBC Gem)
Extinction Of The Species (MUBI)
Ishura: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)
Science Fair: The Series: Season 1 (Disney+)
The Trust: A Game of Greed (Netflix)
Undead Unluck: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)
Wild Cards: Season 1 (CBC Gem)

January 11
Champion (Netflix)
Daughters of the Cult: Season 1 (Disney+)
Girl’s Play (Prime Video)
Sonic Prime Chapter 3 (Netflix)

January 12
Bluey: Season 3, New Episodes (Disney+)
Booksmart — Starz (Crave)
Cobweb — Starz (Crave)
Double Happiness — Starz (Crave)
Earth — Starz (Crave)
Empire of Dirt — Starz (Crave)
Fire — Starz (Crave)
First Time Caller (VOD)
Fremont (MUBI)
He Went That Way (VOD)
Help! I’m in a Secret Relationship!: Season 2 Premiere (Paramount+)
The Karate Kid II (Crave)
The Karate Kid III (Crave)
The Karate Kid (1984) — Starz (Crave)
The Karate Kid (2010) (Crave)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)
Lift (Netflix)
Love is Blind: Sweden (Netflix)
Role Play (Prime Video)
Scarred (Prime Video)
Self Reliance (Paramount+)
Summer Love (CBC Gem)
T.I.M. (VOD/Digital)
Total Recall (2012) — Starz (Crave)
Vigil: Season 2, Episode 1 — Starz (Crave)
Water Horse — Starz (Crave)

January 13
Dumb Money (Prime Video)
Kid-E-Cats: Season 2 (Crave)
Maestra: Strings of Truth: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)

January 14
Dostana 2 (Prime Video)
Maestra: Strings of Truth: Season 1, New Episode (Disney+)
The Simpsons: Season 35, New Episode (Disney+)
True Detective: Night Country, Episode 1 @9pm ET (Crave)

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