December Preview: 16 TV Shows & New Movies to Watch at Home
In the gallery above, our editors have selected the coming month's most promising TV shows (including limited series and specials) as well as movies available to watch at home through VOD and digital purchases, listed in order by premiere date. Many of these titles haven't been reviewed yet (and we haven't seen them), but they are the most intriguing new releases on paper, at least, arriving in December.
Film debuts December 18 on Netflix. Netflix's latest Oscar hopeful (also screening in a few theaters right now) is an adaptation of August Wilson's play of the same name that follows a day in the life of blues singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and her band in 1920s Chicago from George C. Wolfe, a Tony-winning stage director (and occasional film director). Early reviews are excellent, but Ma Rainey is generating even more publicity for a sadder reason: It's the final film appearance by the late Chadwick Boseman. His performance as a trumpet player in Rainey's band is already being heralded as the best of his career, and an Oscar nomination (as well as another for Davis) seems certain.
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