These are the most anticipated new titles hitting Netflix Canada in February 2021, including Malcolm & Marie starring Zendaya, the dramedy Ginny & Georgia, a dog-centric reality series and season two of Tiffany Haddish’s stand-up showcase.
What we can’t wait to watch
Malcolm & Marie
Director Sam Levinson reunites with his Euphoria star Zendaya in a black-and-white Virginia Woolf-riff shot during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zendaya and John David Washington star as a model and her movie director boyfriend who throw metaphorical stones in a literal glass house after coming from the premiere of the latter’s new movie. Early critical reactions to Malcolm & Marie are screaming for Zendaya to get some Oscar attention following her Emmy win for Euphoria. February 5
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready (season 2)
The first season of Haddish’s series featuring six stand-up comics personally chosen by her was so good it got nominated for an Emmy. The second season features a new crop of comics – all of whom happen to be Black. There’s a great range of talent, with a special nod to older comics: Barbara Carlyle has been in the biz, relatively unknown, for 44 years. Now when will Haddish get some Canadian talent on the show? February 2
To All The Boys: Always And Forever
Netflix’s wildly successful adaptation of Jenny Han’s YA trilogy comes to an end… and with the romantic complications of last year’s P.S. I Still Love You settled, now it’s time to get practical. Always And Forever finds Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) and her beloved Peter (Noah Centineo) pondering what lies ahead for them after high school: will they go to Stanford together, or will Lara Jean end up in New York? What about her family? What about her friends? We like these characters as much as you do, we’re hoping it all works out for the best. February 12
Firefly Lane
Starting in 1974 and jumping back and forth through the decades, this series tracks the lifelong friendship of two Seattle besties: neurotic Kate (Sarah Chalke) and extroverted Tully (Katherine Heigl), who support each other through various personal triumphs and tragedies. It sounds like the slightly more responsible version of Dead To Me, only with a wider range of wardrobe options. Showrunner Maggie Friedman cut her teeth working on Once And Again, Dawson’s Creek and Jack & Bobby, among others, so she learned a few things about undercutting sentimentality with a bit of self-reflexive humour. February 3
Canine Intervention
It’s been an especially stressful year; maybe you’d like to relax and watch some nice people help dogs and owners be better partners. This original series features Oakland animal trainer Jas Leverette and his colleagues at Cal K9, who strive to correct obedience and behavioural issues – and never, ever turn a dog away. Expect heartwarming resolutions, unlikely breakthroughs and an unending supply of liver treats. And truly, after the last 10 months that’s all we want. February 24
Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel
Documentarian Joe Berlinger – who’s been working in the true crime genre since well before anyone was calling it that – launches a new series on Netflix dedicated to deconstructing “the mythology and mystery surrounding infamous locations in contemporary crime.” In the show’s first season, Berlinger looks at the Cecil Hotel, a budget hotel in downtown Los Angeles with a history of suicides and mysterious deaths … and where Elisa Lam, a student at the University of British Columbia, disappeared in 2013. February 10
Ginny & Georgia
Netflix’s latest dramedy stars Brianne Howey as 30-year-old Georgia, a fun-loving but freshly widowed Southern belle, and Antonia Gentry as her 15-year-old daughter Ginny, forever bristling at having to manage her mom’s worst impulses. And if that sounds like it’s edging towards Gilmore Girls territory, that’s a deliberate part of creator Sarah Lampert’s pitch. But this show carries some darker implications along with its generational angst, as well as a host of Toronto actors in supporting roles, including Sara Waisglass (Mary Goes Round), Sabrina Grdevich (Kim’s Convenience), Raymond Ablack (Nurses) and Tommie-Amber Pirie (The Go-Getters). February 24
Red Dot
There’s nothing like snuggling up during winter while watching a movie in which characters are outside battling the elements. This promising Swedish thriller concerns a couple who have decided to rekindle their romance with a remote hiking trip in the wilderness. Unfortunately, after someone starts aiming a red laser dot inside their tent, they flee into the snowy wilderness. How do you say “Hell, yeah” in Swedish? February 11
Solid bets
If Beale Street Could Talk
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has a bigger canvas in If Beale Street Could Talk to etch another Wong Kar-Wai-infused love story. Jenkins adapts James Baldwin’s novel about a Harlem couple loving each other while separated by plexiglass. The romance doesn’t dwell too hard on the trying circumstances facing Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Toronto’s Stephan James). Instead, If Beale Street Could Talk demands we see past their trying circumstances to feel their strength, beauty and humanity. February 20
The full list of new titles available on Netflix Canada in February 2021 by date:
TV
Coming soon
Sisyphus
Vincenzo
February 1
Parks And Recreation (season 1-7)
February 2
Kid Cosmic
Mighty Express (season 2)
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready (season 2)
February 3
Firefly Lane
February 5
Hache (season 2)
Invisible City
February 6
Rust Valley Restorers (season 2)
The Sinner: Jamie
February 10
Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel
February 11
Capitani
February 12
Buried By The Bernards
Hate By Dani Rovira
Nadiya Bakes
February 15
The Crew
February 16
Animals On The Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
Teen Titans Go! (season 5)
February 17
Behind Her Eyes
Hello, Me!
MeatEater (season 9, part 2)
February 18
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Vikings (season 4)
February 19
Tribes of Europa
February 23
Brian Regan: On The Rocks
February 24
Canine Intervention
Ginny & Georgia
February 25
High-Rise Invasion
February 26
Bigfoot Family
February 28
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (season 12)
Unabomber – In His Own Words (season 1)
Movies
February 1
Bachelorette
Boy Erased
Brimstone
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
Final Destination 5
Friday
Friday After Next The Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past
Léon: The Professional
Love Jacked
Mortal Engines
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones
The NeverEnding Story
Next Friday
Red
Red 2
The Roommate
Spanglish
Stepmom
February 3
All My Friends Are Dead
Babe
Black Beach
The Boy Next Door
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
The Nutty Professor
Pitch Black
Red Dragon
Role Models
February 5
After We Collided
The Last Paradiso
Little Big Women
Malcolm & Marie
Spencer Sweepers
Strip Down, Rise Up
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
February 9
Dinner With Friends
February 10
The Midsadventures Of Hedi And Cokeman
February 11
Layla Majnun
Red Dot
Squared Love
February 12
Creed II
To All The Boys: Always And Forever
Xico’s Journey
February 15
Unhinged
February 20
Classmates Minus
If Beale Street Could Talk
Stan & Ollie
February 23
Pelé
February 25
Geez & Ann
February 26
Caught By A Wave
Crazy About Her
February 28
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Last call
TV series and movies leaving Netflix Canada in February 2021.
February 4
Bring It On
Bring It On Again
Bring it On: All Or Nothing
Bring It On: Fight To The Finish
Bring It On: In It to Win It
February 28
Braveheart
Dragons’ Den (Seasons 11-14)
La La Land