‘Society of the Snow,’ other dramas head to streaming
“Night Court” and “Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy’s directorial debut, “Good Grief” are some of the new television and movies selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists to check out.
Director J.A. Bayona knows his way around an agonizing survival story. In 2012, he gave audiences a harrowing look at a family’s experience during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and now he’s back with “Society of the Snow,” about the Uruguayan Air Force Flight that crashed in the Andes mountains in 1972. The disaster has been recounted in many books and movies, including Frank Marshall’s 1993 film “Alive.” But Bayona was inspired to take another look after reading Pablo Vierci’s “Society of the Snow.” The Spanish-language film, which was selected to represent Spain in the Oscars and has been shortlisted for best international
film, is streaming now on Netflix.
Netflix also has Dan Levy’s directorial debut, “Good Grief” coming today. Levy, who also wrote, co-stars alongside Luke Evans, Ruth Negga and Himesh Patel as a widower who has recently lost his husband and takes his friends to Paris for some
soul-searching.
And over on Prime Video are two movies that didn’t get the best reviews, but are there for the sampling. First there is the globetrotting action pic “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” which centers on the charismatic stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback who travel from
Brooklyn to Peru. There’s also Garth Davis’ “Foe,” a sci-fi psychological thriller with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. Both start streaming today.
Season one of NBC’s rebooted “Night Court” ended on a cliffhanger, with the return of original series regular Marsha Warfield in an unexpected spot. Season two, which launched Tuesday and arrived the next day on Peacock, picks up where last season left off. The rebooted show stars series original John Larroquette and Melissa Rauch as the new night court judge.
Fox is adding some new game shows to its roster in the new year. Rob Lowe executive produces and hosts a new trivia show called “The Floor” that began Tuesday while Anthony Anderson and his mother, Doris Bowman, co-host the musical “We Are Family” debuted on Wednesday. Both shows are streaming on Hulu.