Here’s Flare’s monthly rundown of all the new shows worth binge-watching in February, and the ones to catch before they’re gone
Here’s your complete list of all the Netflix movies and TV shows coming (like the brand-new sci-fi series Altered Carbon starring bae Joel Kinnaman and the final season of The Mindy Project!) and going (like eternal classic Wayne’s World and criminally underrated feel-good romp, The Intern—why you gotta do us so dirty, tho?) on Netflix Canada in February 2018.
Cast: Jake Bickelhaupt
Synopsis: After launching a successful underground restaurant out of their apartment, an ambitious chef and his wife open an all-consuming upscale eatery.
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
Synopsis: When Tim learns that the men in his family can travel in time and change their own lives, he decides to go back and woo the woman of his dreams.
Cast: Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue
Synopsis: An adventurous and imaginative farm girl discovers that her beloved father may be holding a land developer hostage in an abandoned silo.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
Synopsis: Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in this chronicle of a true story.
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich
Synopsis: When puppeteer Craig Schwartz discovers a portal into John Malkovich’s brain, he decides to sell 15-minute excursions into the esteemed actor’s mind.
Cast: Kate Bosworth, Matthew Davis, Michelle Rodriguez
Synopsis: When she falls for a pro football player, a tough young woman whole lives to surf risks letting love get in the way of her lifelong dreams.
Cast: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo
Synopsis: After igniting a Twitter war with a well-known culinary critic, a Los Angeles chef packs his knives, heads home to Miami and opens a food truck.
Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Killian Scott, Sarah Jones
Synopsis: In a rural Iowa community during the Great Depression, a stranger with a violent past poses as a preacher and rallies the farmers to mount a strike.
Cast: Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley, Grant Show
Synopsis: With a new face poised to join the family, the Carringtons and the Colbys feud for control over their fortune—and their children’s lives.
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund
Synopsis: This drama chronicles the efforts of Gary Gaines, the coach of football team in small-town Texas, to propel his squad to the state championships.
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano
Synopsis: Saved from death and resurrected as a cyborg, Major Kusanagi heads a task force hunting cybercriminals. But one hacker has far more grandiose plans.
Cast: George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Star, Paul McCartney, Brian Epstein
Synopsis: Interviews and rare archival footage illuminate how The Beatles’ influence over music and culture continues to be felt around the world.
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann
Synopsis: From playing the field to cracking dating-site algorithms, four fun-loving friends approach singlehood differently. But it’s time to shake things up.
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson
Synopsis: After a corporate shakedown, ad salesman Dan now reports to recent grad Carter, a mandate made more difficult when Carter falls for Dan’s daughter.
Synopsis: Iconic rocker John Mellencamp lights up Chicago in an electrifying live performance featuring old classics and new tracks.
Cast: Kimberleigh Andrews, Kim Biddle, Adam Brown
Synopsis: Filmmakers explore how pop culture shapes a new generation’s beliefs about gender, sexuality and violence on display among students on spring break.
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro
Synopsis: With his writing career dragging, Eddie Mora finds his life turning around after he takes a drug that provides astonishing mental focus.
Cast: Matt LeBlanc, Ali Larter, Adam Rodriguez
Synopsis: Burned by love in the past, Charlie swears off all romance. Will his jealous streak derail his shot at happiness with the disarmingly lovely Molly?
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott
Synopsis: As he nears the end of a lonely three-year stint on the moon base Sarang, astronaut Sam Bell begins to hear and see strange things.
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed
Synopsis: A young hustler gets sucked into the sordid but lucrative business of trolling the streets of Los Angeles to film fires, car crashes—and murder.
Cast: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff
Synopsis: Now young adults, sibs Tim and Kaylie are still trying to recover from—and get to the bottom of—their parents’ deaths more than a decade ago.
Cast: Alias Shawkat, Janet McTeer, Rhys Wakefield
Synopsis: In the wake of a young artist’s suicide, his pianist mother and his despairing girlfriend square off in a living nightmare beset by guilt and blame.
Cast: Manish Chaudhary, Swapnel Desai, Rasika Dugal
Synopsis: Based on the fight against drug abuse in India, Usmaan Ali Malik heads a team of Narcotics Control Bureau officers to take on drug local peddlers led by drug baron Naved Ahmed Ansari.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King
Synopsis: In this biopic, Jamie Foxx portrays rhythm and blues legend Ray Charles, who rose from obscurity and overcame his struggles to become world famous.
Cast: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Marisol Nichols
Synopsis: If Jason Blossom’s murder revealed the slimy underbelly beneath Riverdale’s surface, as we enter season two, the shooting of Fred Andrews threatens to plunge the entire town into utter darkness.
Cast: Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman
Synopsis: Mixing archival footage and recent interviews, this film tells the story of the Rolling Stones, from blues-obsessed teens to rock and roll legends.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez
Synopsis: A veteran cop is tasked with drafting and training a special weapons and tactics team, who soon find themselves up against an international criminal.
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts
Synopsis: A former FBI investigator reopens the haunting 13-year-old murder case of his colleague, only to uncover shocking truths hidden since then.
Cast: François Létourneau, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Édith Cochrane
Synopsis: Two TV writers whose critically-savaged police show is a surprise hit decide that they need real criminal experiences to spice up their second season.
Take Me Home Tonight
Cast: Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler
Synopsis: Set in the financial boom of the late 1980s, this tale centers on a recent college grad trying to figure out what to do with his life.
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard
Synopsis: In 1920s Denmark, married artists embark on a journey of unconditional love when the husband announces his intentions to live life as a woman.
Cast: Deng Chao, Show Lo, Zhang Yuqi
Synopsis: When egocentric tycoon Xuan’s plans for a pristine ocean reserve threaten the merpeople living there, comely mermaid Shan is sent to ice him.
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn
Synopsis: Humiliated while trying to impress a pretty grad student, portly professor Sherman Klump takes a massive dose of his new weight-loss potion.
Synopsis: How do perfectly ordinary, normal people cope with the extraordinary challenge of an embarrassing, provocative, famous or unbelievable name? This documentary examines the phenomena of “strange names.”
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox
Synopsis: As his esteem grows in the world of physics, Stephen Hawking’s body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his increasing dependence on his devoted wife Jane.
Cast: Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol
Synopsis: The retired mercenary is forced to return to action when his father is abducted by a femme fatale, drawing him into battle with a Russian mobster.
Synopsis: Cameras follow police officers as they solve crimes, assist the public and arrest lawbreakers in this reality series.
Cast: Nat Zang, Russell Hodgkinson, Michael Welch
Synopsis: A team embarks on a perilous cross-country mission to transport the one man who survived a deadly zombie virus, hoping he holds the key to a vaccine.
Cast: Joel Kinnaman, James Purefoy, Martha Higareda, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Will Yun Lee, Dichen Lachman
Synopsis: A new series set over 300 years in the future, when human minds are digitized and downloaded from body to body. Based on the classic cyberpunk novel.
Synopsis: Iconic rapper Snoop Dogg stars in a series about the youth football league he created to keep kids from making the same mistakes he did growing up.
Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder
Synopsis: When an ex-DEA agent is widowed, he moves to a small town with his young daughter, but his quiet life is shattered by a meth-making drug trafficker.
Synopsis: On a mission to defy stereotypes, Malaysian stand-up comedian Kavin Jay shares stories about growing up in the VHS era with his Singapore audience.
Cast: Ciara Alexys, Katie Griffin, Cory Doran, Jonah Weinberg, Stephanie Lynn Robinson
Synopsis: Luna Petunia returns to magical Amazia, adding memories to her scrapbook with old friends—and a new pal from the Animal Empire.
Cast: Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider |
Synopsis: In dreams, they share an extraordinary intimacy. But can they ever find the same connection in their waking life?
Cast: Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina, Ed Weeks
Synopsis: Aiming to straighten out her complicated personal life, a top doctor seeks to overcome her obsession with romantic comedies and finding a soulmate.
Cast: Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto, Jimmy Smits
Synopsis: A military hero who returns to the U.S. with a whole lot of trouble following him back. With nowhere else to turn, the man asks CTU to help him save his life while also stopping one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.
Cast: Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams
Synopsis: A retired vigilante leaves behind his quiet life as a school principal and returns to fighting crime in his New Orleans community.
Synopsis: Live from San Francisco, comedian Fred Armisen shares and demonstrates his thoughts on musical genres, being a drummer, regional accents and more.
Cast: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo
Synopsis: With much of America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for a global sharknado, Fin and his family must travel around the world to stop them.
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo
Synopsis: Abel Morales tries to avoid corruption’s easy path as he pursues the American Dream amid an increasingly violent business war in 1981 New York City.
Cast: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin
Synopsis: After losing their high-paying corporate jobs, an upwardly mobile couple turns to robbing banks to maintain their standard of living.
Cast: Inbar Lavi, Rob Heaps, Parker Young
Synopsis: A dark comedy that focuses on a female con artist who marries people and then disappears with their money.
Cast: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst
Synopsis: When his son exhibits supernatural powers, a father takes the youngster on the run to protect him from government authorities and religious fanatics.
Cast: Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France
Synopsis: With a new “Fab 5” and some very tough missions, the Emmy-winning show is back and ready to make America fabulous again… one makeover at a time.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra
Synopsis: To save their beach, elite lifeguard Mitch Buchannon and a former Olympian probe a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.
Cast: Zach Aguilar, Tom Bauer, Jalen K. Cassell
Synopsis: With the Greater Grail now in his hands, Shiro has a plan to “save mankind” as the sweeping Great Holy Grail War continues.
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Bruce Willis, Gethin Anthony
Synopsis: A Wall Street broker is forced to evade a police chief investigating a bank robbery as he attempts to recover the stolen money in exchange for his son’s life.
Synopsis: David Letterman returns in a monthly series of in-depth interviews with globally relevant personalities, plus field segments expressing his curiosity.
Synopsis: In this documentary, explore the public and private sides of feminist firebrand attorney Gloria Allred, who has battled some of the biggest names in politics and business.
Cast: Rafe Spall, Robert James-Collier, Arsher Ali
Synopsis: Four friends with a long-standing—but strained—connection take a hiking trip into the Swedish wilderness, from which they may never return.
Synopsis: This documentary examines life in a rural corner of the Republic of Georgia, where potatoes are currency and ambition is crushed by poverty.
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Robbie Amell, Adam Devine
Synopsis: Using a magical photo booth that sends him back in time, Noah relives the night he met Avery over and over, trying to persuade her to fall for him.
Cast: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Robert John Burke
Synopsis: A former cage fighter’s rescue of an abducted 12-year-old girl pits them both against Triad gangs, the Russian Mafia and a bunch of corrupt cops.
Synopsis: This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
Cast: Ariel Mortman, Finn Roberts, Chris O’Neal
Synopsis: New student Aspen comes between Hayley and Leo. Max and Jackie investigate Emma’s sudden departure from the school while Brooke falls under a bad influence.
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Angira Dhar, Alankrita Sahai |
Synopsis: In this quirky Bollywood romantic comedy, a couple enters into a marriage of convenience so they can buy a flat in Mumbai together.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
Synopsis: Two special agents—One Naval intelligence, one DEA—partner for an undercover sting against a drug cartel that takes a serious wrong turn.
Cast: Dave B. Mitchell, Damon O’Daniel, Michael Fleeman
Synopsis: Deep Undercover is a true crimes series from writer and producer Joe Pistone, the real “Donnie Brasco.” Each episode tells the story of a different undercover operation from the POV of the undercover officers involved.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
Synopsis: Accompanied by a German bounty hunter, a freed slave named Django travels across America to free his wife from a sadistic plantation owner.
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon
Synopsis: Gerard Butler stars in this true-life story of Sam Childers, a former drug dealer who dedicates his life to rescuing child soldiers in the Sudan.
Cast: Mao Iguchi, Sarina Ushio
Synopsis: Eleven high school classmates awaken, restrained to a large dining room. While fearing for their lives, they question a motive to this bizarre act.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, John Bernthal
Synopsis: Hoping to reduce his teenage son’s mandatory 10-year federal prison sentence, a suburban father goes undercover to take down a violent drug dealer.
Cast: Robert Fleet, Serena Karnagy, Justin Torrence
Synopsis: A timeless tale of a father’s relentless pursuit of his son interwoven with interviews of top thought leaders on brokenness, identity and shame.
Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny
Synopsis: Based on a true story, a quadriplegic aristocrat’s world is turned upside down when he hires a good-humoured ex-con as his caretaker.
Cast: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michael Peña, Dougray Scott
Synopsis: A young woman hospitalized for an infected wound becomes possessed by a satanic force that will take a priest and two Vatican exorcists to defeat.
Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins
Synopsis: Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for survival. In fact, his “master” leashes him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs.
Cast: Patch Darragh, Peyton Kennedy, Jahi Di’Allo Winston |
Synopsis: Two groups of high school misfits—the AV club and the drama club—collide in this quirky coming-of- age story set in 1996 Oregon.
Synopsis: Go in-depth with Italy’s Juventus FC in a docuseries that spotlights the storied soccer club’s superstars and rising prospects looking to make an impact.
Cast: Kate McKinnon, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Christopher Walken
Synopsis: When Abbie is diagnosed with cancer, she sets out on a humorous mission to find a new love for Sam, her fiancé and best friend since childhood.
Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, John Cusack, Ellar Coltrane
Synopsis: Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other.
Synopsis: Filmmakers follow U.S. President Barack Obama and his foreign policy team through 21 nations as they craft his diplomatic legacy during his last term.
Synopsis: Trending news, pop culture, social media, original videos and more come together in host Joel McHale’s new weekly comedy commentary show.
Cast: Dylan Sprouse, Randall Park, Chris Bauer |
Synopsis: A discouraged high school teacher is thrilled by an honor student’s arrival until he realizes how far the vengeful scholar will go for a perfect GPA.
Cast: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Romi Pak |
Synopsis: While alchemist Edward Elric searches for a way to restore his brother Al’s body, the military government and mysterious monsters are watching closely.
Cast: Jessica Chastian, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier
Synopsis: Two girls find refuge in the home of their uncle after their mother dies. But it soon becomes clear that the girls have not arrived alone.
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thierot
Synopsis: When his father dies, Norman Bates and his mother open a hotel. But Norman’s precarious mental state drives them down a dark and violent path.
Cast: Sean Bean, Richie Campbell, Vanessa Kirby |
Synopsis: A detective tracks what seems to be a killer with a taste for dismemberment in 1827 London, but the case leads in a far more terrifying direction.
Cast: Kang Ha-neul, Kim Mu-yeol, Moon Sung-keun
Synopsis: When the older brother he idolizes is abducted and comes back completely changed, Jin-Seok tries to uncover the truth in this twisty thriller.
Cast: Odeya Rush, J.K. Simmons, Jean Louisa Kelly
Synopsis: A mourning father moves across the country with his teenage son for a private school teaching job, after the early death of his wife. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life and love again.
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Magimel, Géraldine Pailhas
Synopsis: The battle for the heart of Marseille heats up as right-wing nationalists gain power and a shadowy conspiracy targets the city’s beloved soccer team.
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux
Synopsis: A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
Cast: Clare-Hope Ashitey, Nadia Alexander, Raúl Castillo
Synopsis: Tensions run high in Jersey City after an African American teenager is critically injured by a cop.
Synopsis: David Chang and Peter Meehan uncover the world’s best food as they visit far-flung cities and learn how local culture affects gastronomy.
Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams
Synopsis: Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs.
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine
Synopsis: When a down-on-his-luck music producer discovers a promising singer-songwriter in a bar, he resolves to launch her career—and save his own.
Cast: Nick Thune, Halston Sage, Kaily Smith Westbrook
Synopsis: An introvert realizes he can be whomever he wants to be on the Internet.
Cast: Rico Rodriguez, Matthew Modine, James Franco
Synopsis: James Franco led a group of graduate students in making this anthology based on Robert Boswell’s short story collection of the same name, which unspools as seven vignettes about the human condition in all its pathos and glory.
Cast: Ken Foree, Katarina Cas, Monte Markham
Synopsis: An American military satellite crash lands in Eastern Serbia and a team of US and Serbian agents are dispatched to secure the remains of the satellite, but when they locate the crash site all is not as it seems.
Synopsis: Winnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace, bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy.
Synopsis: Mentalist Derren Brown engineers an audacious social experiment demonstrating how manipulation can lead an ordinary person to commit an appalling act.
Cast: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli
Synopsis: A medical student-turned-zombie tries to retain her humanity by eating brains at the morgue and finds she has an uncanny new gift for solving crimes.
Synopsis: Rollicking, outrageous and audacious, Marlon Wayans gets raw on racism, age-appropriate rap rhymes, gay rights, raising kids and even the Kardashians.
Cast: Pablo Schreiber, Adam Brody, Tyler Labine
Synopsis: Joe (Joey Kern) reluctantly has his bachelor party even though his fiancé just dumped him for some Dude (recent Emmy nominated. Pablo Schreiber).
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Uma Thurman
Synopsis: A chef who destroyed his career through recklessness and bad behavior comes to London to redeem himself and regain his former glory.
Cast: Devan Cohen, Owen Mason, Kallan Holley
Synopsis: Six heroic puppies led by a tech-savvy 10-year-old pull off high-stakes rescue missions using humor, problem-solving skills and cool vehicles.
Eddie the Eagle
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Tron: Legacy
Wayne’s World
Mission: Impossible
Saving Private Ryan
The Intern