FIRST LOOK: 4 reasons to Netflix & chill this month

Jan 8, 2020

Netflix is serving up several reasons to stay in and keep warm while watching some of Hollywood’s brightest stars in new projects.

There are tons of new titles available this month and we decided to fill you in on some of the unmissable content the streamer has in store.

Leslie Jones speaks on ‘SNL’ departure: “I will miss holding it down”

Leslie Jones: Time Machine

Synopsis: Comedian, actress and Emmy Award-nominated SNL alum, Leslie Jones, is all about having fun. Through the years that fun has encompassed wild times, crazy experiences, celebrity encounters and a few awkward mishaps. Now older, and enlightened, the comedian imparts her hilarious wisdom on all ages. Strap in, because you’re headed on a wild side-splitting ride from young adulthood to the present with Leslie Jones.

Release date: January 14

Leslie Jones lands Netflix standup special to kick off in D.C.; warns Trump not to come

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

Synopsis: As a gifted young football athlete from Bristol, Connecticut, Aaron Hernandez had capitalized rapidly on his promise, playing for a top tier college program before being drafted into the National Football League at the age of 20. But in 2013, fresh off of a newly inked five-year, $40 million contract with the New England Patriots, Hernandez would become a household name for the most infamous murder case involving an American athlete since OJ Simpson. Hernandez’s trials for the brutal killing of Odin Lloyd and two Boston-area men yielded a Pandora’s box of secrets: a tumultuous and often abusive upbringing, a growing fascination with gang life, and other discoveries that painted a maelstrom of motivations behind his violent behavior.

A three-part documentary series featuring exclusive courtroom footage, Hernandez’s phone calls from prison, and interviews with those who knew Hernandez and Lloyd, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez meticulously examines the perfect storm of factors leading to the trial, conviction, and death of an athlete who seemingly had it all.

Release date: January 15

A Fall From Grace

Synopsis: Grace Waters (Crystal Fox), a longtime pillar of her Virginia community, stays composed when her ex weds his mistress and her son moves away. With convincing from her best friend Sarah (Phylicia Rashad), she tries putting herself first, and a handsome stranger (Mehcad Brooks) becomes her surprise second love. Yet any woman can snap, and Grace’s new husband soon ravages her life, her work and — many say — her sanity. Shuttered in a cell awaiting trial for his murder, Grace’s only hope for vindication lies with Jasmine Bryant (Bresha Webb), a public defender who has never tried a case. Co-starring Oscar nominee Cicely Tyson and writer/director Tyler Perry, A Fall From Grace is a mesmerizing thriller built from unthinkable secrets.

Premiere date: January 17

Spike Lee and the Obamas to drop projects on Netflix in 2020

Sex, Explained

Synopsis: This one is NSFW but still worth watching, thanks to Janelle Monae and her uncanny voice narrating the series that attempts to explain how people are doing the deed in 2020. From the biology of attraction to the history of birth control, explore the ins and outs of sex in this entertaining and enlightening series.

Release date: January 4