Weekly Entertainment Digest – January 24th

January 24, 2026

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Action seems to be keeping theaters full this winter but we have a lot of other great titles and even horror films to check out soon too. Be sure to check out the giveaways on the site and stay up to date with the release schedule here to find your next movie to check out in theaters.

Check out the new releases coming in 2026 from A24 and Lionsgate.

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SONG OF MY CITY | Now Playing on TCM

A cinematic montage that reconstructs 1970s New York as it exists in the movies that mythologized it. Built from the B-roll of films from the era, this love letter to a fabled past distills the frenetic energy, neon-lit loneliness, and inadvertent beauty of a city on the brink of collapse. Featuring music by The Velvet Underground, Philip Glass, and Gene Krupa.

ELLA MCCAY | On Digital January 27th, Hulu February 5th and Blu-Ray March 3rd

Sharing the story of family life in all its challenging and comedic moments – plus everything in between – 20th Century Studios’ Ella McCay arrives on Digital including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on January 27, then streams exclusively on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S., and on Disney+ internationally starting February 5. The film will also be available on Blu-ray as of March 3.

After a long stint producing movies such as The Edge of Seventeen and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret as well as long-standing series work on The Simpsons, James L. Brooks felt the need to channel his energy into writing an original story again. “My goal for this movie was to pay tribute, as best I could, to the golden age of movie comedy, the 1940s and 50s…the challenge all along was to maintain the same zany spirit of that era, while still taking seriously the inevitable jolts, pains and pitfalls of being human,” Brooks explains. While Brooks’ screenplay delves into early life trauma and its long-lasting effects, Ella McCay is essentially about recognizing love and creating a sense of family wherever we are lucky enough to find it, no matter how complicated the characters in that family may be.

20th Century Studios’ Ella McCay invites viewers to follow a path of human drama with welcome detours into unexpected comedic moments, leading to the heart-warming destination that reveals “there is no opposite word for trauma, but hope comes close.”

MARTY SUPREME | Experience it in IMAX^® January 30th

Hailed as a generation-defining film from director Josh Safdie and featuring a career-best performance by Timothée Chalamet, MARTY SUPREME brings Safdie’s signature kinetic style, immersive sound, and visceral visuals to IMAX for the very first time. Now A24’s highest-grossing domestic release, the film has already surpassed $100 million at the global box office. Fueled by critical acclaim, MARTY SUPREME has emerged as a cultural phenomenon and one of the year’s most talked-about films.

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

nirvanna the band the show the movie | Official Poster – In Theaters February 13th

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

CRIME 101 | Experience it in IMAX^® February 13th

Set against the sun-bleached grit of Los Angeles, CRIME 101 weaves the tale of an elusive thief (Chris Hemsworth) whose high-stakes heists unfolding along the iconic 101 freeway have mystified police. When he eyes the score of a lifetime with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker (Halle Berry) who is facing her own crossroads, forcing the two to collaborate. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective (Mark Ruffalo) closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher. As the multimillion-dollar heist approaches, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and all three are forced to confront the cost of their choices–and the realization that there’s no turning back.

BLOOD BARN | Official Trailer Camp – Streaming on Bloodbox February 17th

Set during the summer of 1985, Blood Barn follows Josie, a camp counselor who reunites her closest friends for one last weekend together at her family’s secluded barn before they head off to college. What begins as a nostalgic getaway quickly feels off when the group realizes the property has been neglected for years – carrying with it a history Josie would rather forget.

As the weekend unfolds, restless energy, bad decisions, and curiosity about the barn’s past begin to stir something unnatural. Strange and violent events erupt without warning, turning the peaceful escape into chaos when a malevolent force awakens and begins to tear the group apart.

As the night spirals out of control, Josie is forced to confront the legacy surrounding the barn before it consumes everyone inside. A high-energy, 80s-inspired horror-comedy, Blood Barn leans into camp, practical effects, and gleeful excess, delivering a throwback genre ride built for big reactions, dark laughs, and shared chaos.

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME | Season 2 Streaming on Apple TV+ February 20th

Apple TV revealed the trailer for the second season of “The Last Thing He Told Me,” starring and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, along with returning stars Angourie Rice, David Morse and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and new additions Judy Greer and Rita Wilson. The eight-episode second season will debut globally with the first episode on Friday, February 20, 2026, followed by one episode every Friday through April 10, 2026.

Based on “The First Time I Saw Him,” Laura Dave’s instant New York Times bestselling sequel to her acclaimed No. 1 New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick, in season two of “The Last Thing He Told Me” Owen (Coster-Waldau) shows up after five years on the run, Hannah (Garner) and her stepdaughter Bailey (Rice) find themselves in a race to figure out how to reunite their family before the past catches up to them.

The second season also welcomes new and returning cast members Augusto Aguilera, Josh Hamilton, Nick Hargrove, Michael Galante, John Noble, Michael Hyatt, Luke Kirby and Elizabeth O’Donnell.

Ahead of the hit drama’s second season premiere, audiences can dive deeper into the story with Dave’s riveting and deeply moving novel, “The First Time I Saw Him.” Read or listen on Apple Books before watching Hannah Hall’s (Garner) pulse-pounding journey unfold on screen.

“The Last Thing He Told Me” is produced by 20th Television and Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media. Created and adapted by Laura Dave, alongside Academy Award-winning co-creator Josh Singer, “The Last Thing He Told Me” was the first collaboration between the married Dave and Singer, who both serve as executive producers alongside Garner and Hello Sunshine’s Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. Emmy Award nominee Aaron Zelman joins season two as co-showrunner and executive producer with Singer. Daisy von Scherler Mayer and Merri D. Howard also serve as executive producers.

Catch up on the first season of “The Last Thing He Told Me” ahead of the season two premiere, now streaming globally on Apple TV.

First published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster in 2021, the novel “The Last Thing He Told Me” was a Reese’s Book Club pick, becoming an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller and remaining on the list for more than 80 weeks, selling over 5 million copies worldwide. It was the winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller/Suspense of 2021, an Amazon Best Book of the Year in 2021, an Apple Best Book of the Year in 2021; and, in 2022, “The Last Thing He Told Me” was one of the most popular books checked out at libraries across America as well as the No. 1 most popular e-book. The book has been embraced in 39 countries around the globe, including the U.K., where it was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

In addition to “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Apple Originals produced by Hello Sunshine include Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winning series “The Morning Show,” starring Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; psychological thriller “Surface,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; and, the upcoming limited series “Lucky” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, based on the book by Marissa Stapley, a Reese’s Book Club pick; among others.

RESCUE AT DONJI | on Digital February 24th

Inspired by the real-life rescue of British soldiers in 1942, RESCUE AT DONGJI is a rousing, action-packed story of heroism on the high seas, debuting on Digital February 24 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Co-directed by award-winning filmmaker Guan Hu (Black Dog, The Eight Hundred) and — in his feature film directing debut –Fei Zhen Xiang, the film stars ZHU Yilong (Cloudy Mountain, Only the River Flows), WU Lei (The Hutong Cowboy), NI Ni (1921), YANG Haoyu (Journey to the West), CHEN Minghao (Too Cool to Kill), William Franklyn-Miller, NI Dahong, LI Jiuxiao, and WANG Yiquan. RESCUE AT DONJI also lands on Blu-ray^™ and DVD exclusively through Amazon^® on February 24.

Among its awards and nominations, RESCUE AT DONJI received a “Special Recommendation” as “Film of the Year” at the 2025 Weibo Awards Ceremony and was nominated for six Golden Lotus Awards at the 2025 Macau International Movie Festival, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actor (ZHU) and Best Actress (Ni Ni).

When the Japanese troopship, Lisbon Maru, is torpedoed off the coast of Dongji Island, the lives of over 300 British soldiers onboard are threatened. Their only hope is a small group of defiant fishermen who will do anything to save them.

REMINDERS OF HIM | In Theaters March 13th

There was before you and there was during you. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you.

The literary phenomenon from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover becomes a transformative feature film about motherhood, forgiveness and the power of love to overcome even the worst mistake.

After a perfect outing with her boyfriend, Kenna (Maika Monroe; The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Longlegs) makes an unbearable mistake that sends her to prison. Seven years later, Kenna returns to her hometown in Wyoming, hoping to rebuild her life and earn the chance to reunite with her young daughter, Diem, whom she has never known.

When Diem’s custodial grandparents adamantly refuse Kenna’s attempts to see her daughter, Kenna discovers unexpected compassion, and then something truer and deeper, with former NFL player and local bar owner Ledger (Tyriq Withers; HIM, I Know What You Did Last Summer). As their secret romance develops, so do the dangers for both of them, leading Kenna toward heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.

The film’s cast includes screen legends Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) and three-time Emmy winner Bradley Whitford (Get Out, The Handmaid’s Tale) as Diem’s grandparents, Grace and Patrick; Rudy Pankow (Outer Banks, Uncharted) as Scotty, Diem’s father; and Grammy winner and country music sensation Lainey Wilson (Yellowstone) as Kenna’s friend and coworker, Amy.

The supporting cast includes Jennifer Robertson (Schitt’s Creek) as Kenna’s landlord; Zoe Kosovic (The Smashing Machine) as Kenna’s daughter; Hilary Jardine (Holidazed) and Nicholas Duvernay (The White Lotus) as Ledger’s bar team; and, in her screen debut, Monika Myers as Kenna’s neighbor, Lady Diana.

Leading an all-female filmmaking team, Vanessa Caswill (Love at First Sight, Little Women mini-series) directs Reminders of Him from a screenplay by Colleen Hoover and Lauren Levine, based on Hoover’s novel. The film is produced by Colleen Hoover (exec producer It Ends with Us, Regretting You), Lauren Levine (Bridge to Terabithia, exec producer, Confess series) and Gina Matthews (Isn’t it Romantic, 13 Going on 30), and is executive produced by Robin Mulcahy Fisichella. Universal Pictures presents a Heartbones Entertainment and Little Engine production: Reminders of Him.

First published in 2022, Reminders of Him has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States and has been translated into 45 languages. Hoover is the bestselling author of numerous blockbuster novels, including It Ends with Us, It Starts with Us, Layla, Heart Bones, Confess and Verity.

FORBIDDEN FRUITS | Exclusively In Theaters March 20th

Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.

Alan Chikin Chow is Coming to Netflix to Form the Next K-Pop Sensation

It’s Alan’s universe, we just live in it. Well, you do if you’re one of Alan Chikin Chow’s 130M followers.

Chow, the most-watched YouTube Shorts creator, is partnering with Netflix for a new scripted series in collaboration with HYBE America, the U.S. arm of the Korean music and entertainment company.

His new series will follow a misfit crew of aspiring pop idol rejects enrolled in an arts academy who come together to form a co-ed band. The emerging artists who will star alongside Chow will release original music concurrently with the series. With Chow’s content expertise and HYBE’s K-pop training, the music group will be well on its way to joining the ranks of Katseye and BTS. Chow will executive produce the series alongside James Shin, President of Film and Television, HYBE America and Jingu Jang, HYBE America AU President and former Vice President of BIGHIT Music.

“Our groundbreaking project brings together extraordinary creative talent across Netflix and HYBE America to launch a pioneering new franchise for the next generation,” Chow says. “Together with world-class teams who consistently shape culture on a global scale, our mission is to set a new standard for storytelling: designed to inspire creativity, spark joy, and impart timeless life lessons for audiences worldwide.”

The internet-native storyteller is the star and creator of the high school anthology series “Alan’s Universe,” which has garnered close to 100M subscribers and over 1B views per month. In 2025, Chow was recognized in Forbes Top Creators, The New York Times, and TIME100 Creators, to name a few. As a creator, actor, producer, show runner, and director, the multi-hyphenate brings together his viral instincts with his K-drama-inspired storytelling to conquer the global charts.

The new franchise will be a “culture-defining model for how pop groups are created,” according to Shin. “With a proven visionary like Alan, who is at the forefront of the creator ecosystem, we’re setting out to produce a groundbreaking series that expands audiences, possibilities, and how fandom is built from day one.”