What to Watch This Week? Series premieres January 1-7
January 1, Monday — "Fool Me Once"
Crime, detective, thriller / Netflix
Screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. The series tells about Maya Stern, who is trying to recover from the brutal murder of her husband Joe. However, grief is replaced by shock when she spots her late husband on a CCTV camera installed in her young daughter's room. Meanwhile, Maya's nephew and niece, Abby and Daniel, are trying to discover the truth about their mother's murder, which took place months ago. And from the looks of it, the two murders are connected.
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January 1 — "Successful"
Comedy / Kion
Sasha is a poor but never discouraged tech store employee who wants to become a business coach. So far, his motivational speeches are ready to listen only to a colleague in the back room, but everything changes when Sasha is invited to speak stern billionaire Kalugin, the head of the company "Kalzoloto". Kalugin realizes that Sasha does not know business, but he is hooked by the inexhaustible optimism of the guy, and he decides to hire Sasha as a life-coach — that he taught a tough and serious businessman to be happy.
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January 1 — "How Zakhar's Friends Married Him"
Comedy / Okko
A simple guy from Krasnodar Zakhar is preparing to get married to his fiancée Alena, when the girl suddenly leaves him without even explaining why. Zakhar is sure that Alena has a lover, and together with his friends decides to find him. They suspect that it is Zhenya, a fellow student of Alyona, but soon find out that it is not so. That's how Zhenya joins the company and begins to help Zakhar and his friends to solve their personal problems.
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January 3, Wednesday — "Ishura"
Anime, adventure / Disney+
The Demon King is dead, but there are many demigods left in the world who can take his place. A master swordsman who can destroy an opponent with a single glance, a lancer so fast he can break the sound barrier, a rogue wyvern who fights with three legendary weapons at once, an omnipotent wizard who can bring thoughts to life, and an instant-killing angel. These champions challenge formidable opponents and ignite conflicts among themselves in the hope of gaining the title of "True Hero", and with it the right to be considered the mightiest of the mighty.
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January 4, Thursday — "Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale"
Drama, fantasy, detective / AMC+
The series is about a small British town called Sanctuary. As a result of an unexplained accident a boy dies there, and the main suspects are a local witch and her daughter. A modern-day witch hunt begins after them, and paranoia and suspicion splinter the once tight-knit community of Sanctuary, leading to horrifying consequences.
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January 4 — "The Brothers Sun"
Action, drama, crime / Netflix
When a respected Taipei crime lord is killed by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary hitman Charles Sun, travels to Los Angeles. There live his mom Eileen and naive and frivolous younger brother Bruce, who previously knew nothing about what his family does. But now the Sun family is in danger, so the brothers will have to band together before one of their countless enemies kills them.
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January 6, Saturday — "Solo Leveling"
Anime, fantasy / Crunchyroll
The show is set in a world where there are hunters — people with magical powers. They must fight deadly monsters to protect the human race from total destruction. The plot centers on Sung Jin-Woo, a weak hunter with a low rank. During one of the battles in a dangerous dungeon, monsters kill the entire group of hunters to which he belongs, but a mysterious program called «Quest Log» chooses Sung Jin-Woo for some reason and grants him the extremely rare ability to increase his strength level. Jin-Woo embarks on a journey, fighting both humans and monsters to raise his level, learn the secrets of the dungeons, and become the greatest hunter of all time.
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January 7, Sunday — "Grimsburg"
Comedy, crime / Fox
"Grimsburg" tells the story of Marvin Flute (Jon Hamm), a brilliant detective who effortlessly investigates the most complex cases, but still can't figure himself out. To solve the mystery, he returns to his hometown of Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret. There he will have to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of fellow detectives, a fierce ex-wife, and an unstable son.
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it's also interesting to see Sanctuary and Isyura
Comedy, Fantasy/Wink
Schoolchildren Danya and Taisiya accidentally activate the time portal, launching into our world the hero Danislav, Zhaba Zhabovna, Kikimora, Koshchei, Leshy and other fairy-tale characters. Meeting them inspires the shy Danya to take up the festival cinema and search for his father, perform feats for Taisiya and establish relations with his mother and grandmother. But adventures in time upset the balance in the world. Now the teenager has to fix everything and bring new friends home, which is not part of the plans of the mad inventor, Taisiya's father and other heroes.
https://en.myshows.me/view/87294/
Monday, January 1 - Non-child cinema
Fantasy, comedy / STS, Russia
The plot develops around four teenagers. The inseparable friends decided to take part in the competition, for which they went to shoot a film during the summer holidays. During the creative process, they will have to go through many trials, including the struggle between long-term friendship and first love. As a result, the guys will become stronger morally and will be able to believe in themselves. One of the most important lessons that the characters will learn from their adventure says that the triumph of kindness, honesty, decency, as well as the struggle for love and friendship, courage and bravery are able to overcome any obstacles.
https://myshows.me/view/87294/
https://youtu.be/ukcZ9Td9SCs?si=AuaWbw1aMyG7XglJ
January 1 - Marry My Husband / Marry My Husband
Drama, Romance / tvN, South Korea
Kang Ji-won is married to Park Min-hwan. Her family life is not going well because of her unemployed and debt-ridden selfish husband and his demanding mother. One day Ji Won finds out that she has cancer and she doesn't have long to live. Worse, she witnesses her husband's infidelity with her best friend Jung Soo-min. Having entered into a confrontation with the two of them, she dies at the hands of her husband. Ji Won is transported back ten years and decides to change his life by forcing Jung Soo-min to marry Park Min-hwan. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyuk works as a supervisor in the same department as Kang Ji Won. He is in love with her and gradually reveals his feelings. He also has a secret. Based on the web novel "Marry My Husband".
https://myshows.me/view/87320/
https://youtu.be/SOGPIehnOvY?si=a47Dj7F2goasRFuk
January 1 - You are what You Eat: An Experiment with twins / You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
TV Show / Netflix, Usa
Identical twins change their diet and lifestyle for eight weeks as part of a unique experiment to study the effects of certain foods on the body.
https://myshows.me/view/87786/
https://youtu.be/oygkWmXyOaM?si=A2LrntCCP4McQvEL
January 1 - Goodbye Earth / Goodbye Earth
Drama, Science fiction, Thriller / Netflix, South Korea
A drama about the despair and hopes of people 200 days before the end of the world, which is expected due to the fall of an asteroid.
Jin Se Kyung worked as a high school teacher in the city of Unchun. After learning about the impending end of the world, she decides to quit her job and take up volunteering in the children's and youth department of the city hall. She is trying her best to save the children in danger.
Ha Yoon San, her boyfriend, worked as a researcher at the Biotechnology Research Institute in the USA. After it became known about the end of the world, he flies back to South Korea to be with Jin Se Kyung.
Wu Song Jae is an assistant priest in the Catholic Church. The presiding priest in the church escaped after it became known about the approaching asteroid. Wu Song Jae now takes care of the parishioners.
Kang Ying Ah is the commander of the combat support battalion. She bypasses the ruined city of Unchun to ensure the transportation of supplies and safety.
https://myshows.me/view/80703/
https://youtu.be/0qulaD_rDP8?si=5MhpscfjtmvkFIom
Tuesday, January 2 - Floor / The Floor
Game Show / Fox, Usa
An exciting battle of wits in which 81 participants stand on 81 squares on the huge floor of the game show, competing for a prize of $ 250,000.
https://myshows.me/view/87863/
https://youtu.be/KnOnRjFDcVI?si=s6IKsT6T9-G06QrF
January 2 - Inspector Gavrilov
Comedy / Start, Russia
After another successful robbery, repeat offender Sasha Medny flees Moscow by train to share the loot with an accomplice in Vladivostok. Plans change when a criminal accidentally appropriates the uniform, documents and identity of a compartment neighbor, Major Gavrilov. Medny comes out halfway and gets used to the role of the police chief of the sleepy town of Ust-Shakhtinsk, whose residents are waiting for big changes.
https://myshows.me/view/87624/
https://youtu.be/em8LrxCUiqI?si=XIYXezVvE730OXZJ
Wednesday, January 3 - True Love / Truelove
Drama, Channel 4, United Kingdom
At the center of the action are Phil, a senior police inspector who enjoys a comfortable, albeit boring, retired life, and Ken, a divorced special forces veteran. As teenagers, Phil and Ken were close, and despite the fact that so many years have passed, they have not been able to forget each other. Years later, the characters met at the funeral of a mutual friend. Over drunken conversations, they agreed that they would help each other face death with dignity. In their view, this is a confirmation of true love.
https://myshows.me/view/87731/
https://youtu.be/_c6pNpacerw?si=NsKoj87E-ynPVU9c
An interesting documentary about twins, thank you for the tip
"Goodbye Earth" will not be released this week (and it is generally unclear when it will be released)
January 3 - Becoming a Sorceress / Gushing over Magical Girls
Anime / Tokyo MX, Japan
If an unprecedented creature like Venalita suddenly appears in front of you and announces that you can become a sorceress, no girl will miss this one-of-a-kind chance. And even more so if she is an ardent fan of these very witches and has long dreamed of joining their ranks. So when Utena Hiragi found out that magical powers were languishing inside her, she trembled with delight and immediately agreed to everything. The transformation was quite successful, but for some reason she does not have a magic tiara on her head, but horns, and in her hands is not a rod of justice, but a suspicious black stick.
To her horror, Utena realized that she had become a villain who had to fight the witches. And fight immediately, because they are already standing in front of her. So, although her first thought was to get out of the army of villains, she just didn't have time to do it. Reluctantly shocked by what was happening, Utena joined the fight.
The battle that broke out turned out to be so hot and exciting, and humiliating the witches and hurting them turned out to be so exciting that Utena could not deny herself the pleasure. Having found out that she is a real sadist at heart, Utena happily plunged into the abyss of magical debauchery!
https://myshows.me/view/87798/
https://youtu.be/cgkA_wGWkjg?si=1frva23NS-Z-Zzs6
Thursday, January 4 - One Life
Thriller / Kion, Russia
This is a story about a 30-year-old gamer Igor, who spends most of his free time on the computer playing online games. The hero's life changes when he has to face the characters of his favorite computer game in reality. They are out of control and stop obeying him. Now not only Igor, but also others are in danger. The denouement of this story will be very unexpected. The series can be viewed as separate 12-minute episodes in the kinostoris format, or as a full-length picture.
https://youtu.be/07QEPyx0wHc?si=3GzcbQHSFHydhn7P
January 4 - Slave of the special squad of the demonic city / Mato Seihei no Slave
Anime, Fantasy / AT-X, Japan
In a world dominated by female superhumans, a young guy enlists in a squad of monster hunters.
https://myshows.me/view/87492/
https://youtu.be/ENN3Ati242c?si=1ZeOMogUBgFz6aXC
January 4 - Another World Cannot Withstand the Power of Instant Death / My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!
Anime / Tokyo MX, Japan
Takato is in high school and leads a normal life. One fine day, he and his classmates decided to go on an excursion. But an unexpected incident happened on the way. The bus that transported them was attacked by a dragon. Many, of course, will not believe this. However, Egiri was not in the mood for jokes at that time. Among the survivors, only he and his classmate Dannora remained, who screamed at the top of her voice and was in severe shock after the incident. It soon became clear that some of the guys began to show extraordinary abilities, which were endowed by one person, nicknamed Zion.
Students with super talents managed to escape from the dragon, while others were torn apart by the monster. Thus, Takato, along with Dannora and the surviving students, were sent to a parallel universe, where danger awaited them at every step. Sion didn't even know who she had chosen. The heroes needed to survive in the midst of terrible conditions. Each of them could die at any moment. In order to survive, it was necessary to use the acquired abilities correctly. Now everyone is facing great difficulties. The guys have no time to be bored and idle.
https://myshows.me/view/86812/
https://youtu.be/eQOknmn07ZA?si=1XaEEfARFRLG0J1r
Friday, January 5 - The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic / The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
Anime / Tokyo MX, Japan
Stuck in the school lobby and looking at the pouring rain outside, high school student Ken Usato reflected on the bleakness of his own life, in which nothing happens. And I forgot my umbrella. In general, I completely immersed myself in the feeling of the burden and meaninglessness of my existence. He immersed himself, however, for only a couple of minutes, as he was interrupted by student council President Suzune Inukami and Vice President Ryusen Kazuki, who lent him an umbrella.
A chance acquaintance threatened to develop into friendship and Ken would have lived a busy school life, but his new comrades were called to another world as heroes a few minutes after the meeting! Well, Usato got sucked in along with them along the way. His senpai received wonderful abilities, but Usato revealed a healing talent that was generally useless in the presence of effective healing potions. Nothing special.
But why is everyone around alarmed, looking at him with frightened eyes, punishing him to keep quiet about it and generally trying to get him out of sight? What can an ordinary magician-healer threaten the whole kingdom with? Kang will find out the hard way when he is taken away by the leader of the rescue team, Rosa. And nothing can save Ken anymore.
https://myshows.me/view/86153/
https://youtu.be/UkPRnHQJrws?si=KhG-ViuSylcr88pw
January 5 - The Demon Prince of Momochi House / The Demon Prince of Momochi House
Anime / Japan
According to the will of her late parents, on the day of her sixteenth birthday, Himari Momochi received a beautiful house. For a girl who grew up in a shelter and did not know the affection of her loved ones, this unexpected gift was a small step towards a cherished dream — to find her own corner and build a strong family in the future.
The huge house in the traditional Japanese style was admired for its grandeur, but there was a bad rumor among the locals about it: they say, some evil spirits found shelter in this house. But the local tales did not scare the girl at all, because what kind of horror stories people will not come up with for entertainment, however, Himari did not expect to find in her future home several beautiful guys who said that they live here, and she better get out of the way!
Now Himari must defend her corner by hook or by crook and expel the uninvited tenants! Only here's how to do it if one more problem was added to the other — ayakashi, and Aoi Nanamori, one of the residents of this house, turned out to be a guardian who stands on the border of the world of spirits and people.
https://myshows.me/view/87459/
https://youtu.be/-8IGXQJiltk?si=joQmamGn25-FF-H1
January 5 - Sasaki and Peeps / Sasaki and Peeps
Anime / AT-X, Japan
Tired and dissatisfied with his job, Sasaki, in search of communication and filling the void in his life, buys a charming pet sparrow Pi-chan at a pet store, not yet realizing that this act will change his life forever.
After all, at home, Pi-chan suddenly reveals that he is actually Piercarlo, a powerful sage from another world, and quickly gives Sasaki magic and the ability to move between worlds. Now all Sasaki wants is to use his newfound abilities to live in peace and comfort, but there are many colorful characters who want to stop him, involving Sasaki in a supernatural power struggle in other worlds.
And that's how to realize the dream of a quiet life in such conditions?!
https://myshows.me/view/87801/
https://youtu.be/7gCKnadRxwk?si=ZCj2gl5xkXmBC_pA