Best new films – quick links
How to Train Your Dragon – 1 February (Netflix & Binge)
Film (2025). This live-action adaptation faithfully recreates DreamWorks’ much-loved 2010 animated fantasy adventure film, telling the story of a young Viking who forms an unlikely bond with a Night Fury dragon named Toothless, challenging tradition and reshaping his world forever.
Maxxxine – 2 February (Paramount+)
Film (2024). Set against the backdrop of 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally lands her long awaited big break. But just as success feels within reach, a mysterious killer begins stalking the starlets of Hollywood. As the body count rises, a chilling trail of blood threatens to expose Maxine’s dark and sinister past, putting her fame, freedom and future at risk.
Starring Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey and Lily Collins, with Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon. Read ScreenHub’s five-star review.
I Am Ruth – 5 February (BritBox)
Film (2022). When single mother Ruth, played by Kate Winslet (Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), notices her daughter withdrawing from the world and sinking under the weight of social media, she fights to reconnect before their bond is lost.
This critically acclaimed, BAFTA-winning single drama – which earned Winslet a BAFTA for Best Leading Actress and took home the BAFTA for Best Single Drama – follows the heartbreaking challenges of teenage addiction. As Freya, played by Kate Winslet’s real-life daughter Mia Threapleton (The Phoenician Scheme, A Little Chaos, Shadows) becomes increasingly obsessed with her phone, hardships emerge. It derails her schooling and communication, sparking tense, emotional confrontations that test the limits of their relationship.
The Wasp – 2 February (Paramount+)
Film (2024). In this taut, twisty psychological thriller, estranged friends Carla (Natalie Dormer) and Heather (Naomie Harris) reunite over tea, only to unveil a dangerous and deceptive plot that will irrevocably alter their lives.
As the two navigate a web of secrets and hidden agendas, the true nature of their meeting slowly comes to light, revealing a shocking and perilous reality that neither could have anticipated.
Lesbian Space Princess – 6 February (Netflix)
Film (2025). Fresh from getting a lot of love on the film festival circuit, this Australian made, ‘queer as fuck’ animated sci-fi comedy finally lands on streaming this month. The debut feature work of writers/directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese, Lesbian Space Princess follows the adventures of an introverted space princess who is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.
Starring the voices of Shabana Azeez, Bernie Van Tiel, Gemma Chua-Tran, Richard Roxburgh, Kween Kong and the Aunty Donna boys. Read ScreenHub‘s four-star review from Stephen A Russell.
Jurassic World: Rebirth – 8 February (Netflix & Binge)
Film (2025). Five years after Dominion, a covert team embarks on a high-stakes mission to extract dinosaur DNA for a groundbreaking medical cure. Led by Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and paleontologist Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), the expedition collides with mutant predators and a stranded family, turning science into a fight for survival.
