What to watch on Stan – quick links
Stan: new this week
Thelma – 20 January
Film (2017). While trying to control her feelings for a female friend who’s in love with her, a confused religious girl awakens her own subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers. Starring Eili Harboe and Kaya Wilkins.
The Walsh Sisters – 22 January
Series. Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon (Hullraisers, Moone Boy) and inspired by Marian Keyes’ best-selling novels, The Walsh Sisters follows the lives of Anna, Rachel, Maggie, Claire and Helen in their Dublin home town as they navigate the peaks and troughs of their late 20s and 30s.
This is a sisterhood full of in-jokes, hand-me-down resentments and more than a few old wounds. But their DNA, history and shared love of power ballads keep the Walsh sisters together in the face of heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.
Sunshine – 24 January
Film (2007). In 2057 an international crew of astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying sun. Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy and Rose Byrne.
Stan: recently added
The Witches – 6 January
Film (2020). A young grandson and his grandmother find themselves face to face with a coven of witches. Starring Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci.
Gods of Tennis Season 1 – 10 January
Series. Looking back at the golden age of tennis during the 70s and 80s, with a particular focus on Wimbledon.
When A Stranger Calls – 11 January
Film (2006). A high-school student is harassed while babysitting by an increasingly worrisome prank caller. Starring Camilla Bell and Tommy Flanagan.
Dear Life – 1 January
Series. Love lives on in unexpected ways. Filmed across Victoria, Dear Life is an unfiltered exploration into losing the love of your life.
Struggling to come to terms with the death of her fiancé, Lillian (Brooke Satchwell) finds comfort in seeking out the recipients of his organs, triggering a tangled chain of connection. After Ash, a doctor, is attacked by an ice addict, his fiancée Lillian turns off his life support.
Led by Brooke Satchwell (Black Snow), the six-part series also stars Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead), Ryan Johnson (Doctor Doctor), Ben Lawson (Firefly Lane), Annie Maynard (Upper Middle Bogan), Daniel Henshall (A Sunburnt Christmas), Kerry Armstrong (Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Story), Deborah Mailman (Total Control), Megan Smart (Black Snow), Marg Downey (The Newsreader) and Khisraw Jones-Shukoor (The Newsreader).
Red Eye Season 2 – 2 January
Series. After a thrilling first season, Red Eye is returning as Jing Lusi reprises her role as DS Hana Li alongside new guest star, Martin Compston, who together, must set aside past differences to solve a new high-stakes conspiracy.
Changing Ends Season 2 – 3 January
Series. Based on British comedian Alan Carr’s life in the 80s, a period during which his father was manager of the football team, Northampton Town FC.
Sunny Nights – 26 December
Series. From the director of Population 11 and No Activity, Sunny Nights follows straight-laced Martin (Will Forte), who teams up with his loose cannon sister Vicki (D’Arcy Carden) to set up a spray tan business, Tansform, in Sydney.
Home to one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, Australia is also home to Martin’s estranged wife, whom he’s determined to win back. But as Martin and Vicki attempt to turn their company from a start-up operating out of the back of a van into a multimillion dollar empire, the siblings become tangled up in Sydney’s criminal underworld. When a ruthless gangster begins to catch up with them, the two must figure out how to stay alive, out of prison, and in the black.
Starring Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden.
