A new year, a new month. That means a lot of fun new stuff is coming toDisney+starting New Year’s Day. There are some classic movies, a few new ones, and a whole bunch of anticipated TV shows that will get Disney fans extremely excited as they kick off 2020 with plenty of streaming options at their fingertips.
Off theMarvel and Star Wars propertiesalone, Disney+ probably would’ve still been the tsunami it’s been. However, the Mouse House has a very rich and deep catalogue that spans nearly 100 years if you start withSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsin 1937. Rather than make everything available at once, Disney+ is able to cherry-pick and do slow roll outs of their content throughout the years. As we enter 2020, one can only imagine what Disney+ is going to surprise users with. Here are all the best movies and TV shows that are making available in January.
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Cool Runnings: John Candy. Whenever he appears anywhere I defy you to find one adult, 40 and up, who doesn’t get a warm feeling and believe that he was taken from us too soon. The best part aboutCool Runningsis that this isn’t even Candy’s most “comic” performance. Rather, in the role of Irving Blitzer, Candy plays a man seeking redemption. After losing his gold medal for cheating in the Olympic Games, Candy is enlisted by a rag tag group of Jamaican bobsledders and seeks to find glory for them and redemption for himself. Okay, this may not bePlanes, Trains & Automobilesbut does it really need to be? This story is fun, family friendly, and it’s the kind of movie that shows you’re never too far from a second chance.
Holes: Shia LaBeouf stars in this solid adaptation of Louis Sachar’s beloved novel. Sachar also penned the script so there is a cohesiveness to this Disney+ property that we might not get otherwise. LaBeouf plays Stanley, he is wrongly convicted of a crime and then shipped away to a youth detention center in the desert. While there, he and others are tasked with digging holes for reasons that are not made clear to them. As you may guess part of the fun of this movie is figuring out why Stanley and his new friends are doing this. Aiding him in this adventure are Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, and the always good Tim Blake Nelson.Holesis two hours of fun entertainment that never pauses to take itself too seriously, yet, deals with very serious and important themes.
Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop!: Now, this is a documentary! Have you ever wanted to know how all this Marvel madness began? Look no further than the documentaryMarvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop!. Honestly, with a 42 minute run time this might be a bit to short for the Uber-fan. Those looking for a brief, condensed history of the Marvel world will be more than satisfied. Basically, it starts with the publication of the first comic in 1939, talks about how Captain America aided the war effort in the 1940s, as well as the decline and rebirth of the superhero into what it is today. This documentary was released in 2014 so it isn’t going to include anything too recent (such as the upcomingBlack Widowmovie), but who knows, perhaps Disney+ has some teasers up their sleeve to coincide with this release?
Hacksaw: What would Disney+ be if it didn’t have a stable of horse movies to throw at us from time to time? From the studio that gave usSecretariatandSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, we getHacksaw! What? The title sounds like a horror film from Blumhouse in the late 2000s. Starring Tab Hunter this television movie focuses on a girl who comes across a beautiful white horse, and decides to use it to compete in an important horse contest. On the face of it this might not seem like anything special. However, this movie is from 1971 so if anything you’ll get some of that old time Disney nostalgia. Given how much the world has changed since the 1970s, Disney+ seems to be banking on that to provide ample streaming content.
Red Tails: George Lucas' first project after completing hisStar Warsprequel trilogy wasRed Tails. Now, it will arrive on Disney+ alongside his greatest creation. But this drama shouldn’t be dismissed. During World War II, the Civil Aeronautics Authority selects 13 black cadets to become part of an experimental program at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The program aims at training “colored personnel” to become fighter pilots for the Army. However, discrimination, lack of institutional support and the racist belief that these men lacked the intelligence and aptitude for the job dog their every step. Despite this, the Tuskegee Airmen, as they become known, more than prove their worth.
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