Arguably the best streaming service out there for the price,Peacockhas a long list of films that will be available beginning in January. However, only a handful of them will be exclusive to the streaming platform. From westerns to dramas to comedic horror, Peacock’s lineup for next month will likely be one worth watching.
While the majority of the films contain a more serious tone, enough humor and delight are sprinkled in to ensure there’s almost something for anyone to enjoy. No matter what, there’s no denying each exclusive movie coming to the streaming platform is a quality film worth watching at least once.
Stream on Jan. 1
Inspired by the true storyof three female Fox News anchors who took on the company’s CEO, Roger Ailes,Bombshelldetails how the women came together to take on a hostile, toxic work environment rife with sexism and misconduct. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie, the film chronicles how the women risked their careers and faced backlash as they confronted the man who made them famous. Faced with harassment on and off the air, they endured an uphill battle as they sought to hold Ailes and Fox News accountable for their actions.
A veryfunny horror comedyworthy of its name,Freakyoffers a new twist on an established concept. After becoming the latest target of her town’s resident serial killer, known as the Butcher (Vince Vaughn), high school student Millie (Kathryn Newton) finds herself running for her life after a local football game. Armed with a mysterious dagger, the Butcher unexpectedly switches bodies with Millie when he attacks her. Now stuck in the body of a middle-aged man, Millie enlists the help of her friends to undo the bizarre curse. If she fails to undo the strange happenstance within 24 hours, the switch becomes permanent.
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Hell or High Water
Hell or High Wateris one of thebest bank robbery movies of all time, and an expertly crafted Western crime drama about two brothers trying to save their family’s ranch. Toby (Chris Pine) is a father who wants a better life for his son. His ex-con of a brother, Tanner (Ben Foster), is a bit of a loose cannon with a short temper.
As the bank plans to foreclose on their family’s property, Toby and Tanner plot to rob the bank. As law enforcement begins to close in on them, they are forced to prepare for an ultimate showdown with a soon-to-be-retired Texas Ranger named Marcus (Jeff Bridges), who isn’t quite ready to relinquish his badge.
A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings KICK-ASS to the big screen.KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name – Kick-Ass – assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers.His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes – including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) – and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.Lionsgate and Marv Films Present a Marv Films/Plan B Production; KICK-ASS is a film by Matthew Vaughn.
Kick-Assis an action comedy about a high school teen turned superhero, however, this is far from asuperhero movie for kids. With no skills, powers, training, or real reason to start fighting crime, Dave (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) quickly enters a world he had no idea existed. After joining forces with vigilante team Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), a father-daughter duo with a keen ability to fight crime, Dave eventually sharpens his talents. As another up-and-coming crime fighter, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), enters their alliance, a villainous mobster threatens to tear the group apart.
Let Him Go
A Western crime thriller,Let Him Gofollows a retired sheriff named George (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) as they grieve the death of their son. After their daughter-in-law remarries an abusive man and disappears with their grandson one day, George and Margaret set out to find them. To save their only grandson, they leave their Montana ranch to retrieve him from a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
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The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer, which recently received aTV series that’s arguably better than the movie, tells the story of Mick Haller (Matthew McConaughey), a charismatic defense attorney. Known for conducting his business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan, Mick spends his time defending petty crooks.
However, when the case of a lifetime falls into his lap, he jumps at the opportunity. Believing it to be an open-and-shut case with a large payout, he quickly learns of something more nefarious that may be at work. While defending the Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillippe), he suspects his client is guilty of other more heinous crimes.
The Silent Twins
Stream on Jan. 4
Based on thereal story of identical twinsJune and Jennifer Gibbons,The Silent Twinsdetails the story of a unique connection between two sisters who refused to communicate with anyone except one another. They grew up in Wales and escaped the reality of their own lives through the imaginative fantasy world they created only with each other.
Inspired by an American teenager they both admired, they committed a string of vandalism that led to their institutionalization in a mental health facility. Now facing the threat of separation, they must decide whether to remain silent and be torn apart or speak and stay together.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Stream on Jan. 11
InMrs. Harris Goes to Paris, a cleaning woman in 1950s London named Ada (Lesley Manville) chases her dream of owning a couture Dior dress after discovering one in her client’s home. After unexpectedly receiving her late husband’s war pension, she takes it as a sign and sets off to Paris to buy a dress of her own.
Upon arriving and visiting the Dior store, she befriends André (Lucas Bravo), the Dior accountant, and Natasha (Alba Baptista), a Dior model. While on her adventure, she inevitably changes her own outlook on life as well as the future of the House of Dior in ways no one expected, least of all Ada.
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