Welcome to your Netflix Streaming Report for December 24, 2015. After the long week you deserve a relaxing staycation with a bowl of popcorn, a bucket of ice cream, and only your Netflix queue to judge you. This past week, Netflix Watch Instant has been kind enough to supply us with Dawn of the Croods, Raze, Glitter Force, and more. Also, find out what’s leaving Netflix as of January 2016.

Raze (Josh C. Waller) Rated R [92 min] – Raze, a horror/action film, focuses on two abducted women & 50 other women who are forced to fight each other using their bare hands. Starring Zoë Bell, Rachel Nichols, and Tracie Thoms

As dark and disturbing as Raze is, I like the concept of the film and vigor these ladies put into their performances. Sadly the story and direction are very weak and the characters two-dimensional. The fight scenes are pretty vicious and spectacularly brutal at times. It’s worth checking out if you have nothing else better to do with your time.

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Fireplace 4K: Crackling Fireplace and Birchwood (George Ford) Rated TV-G [60 min] – The first of its kind in UHD 4K, with the clearest picture available, a real fireplace spakrs and crackles, adding warmth and atmosphere to any home.

If you’re getting a new 4K television this Christmas, this yuletide fireplace is a great way to test it out.

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Dawn of the Croods (Season 1) (Brendan Hay) Rated TV-Y7 [23 min] – The world’s first family is back for more laughs as they discover sports, sleepovers, and other wonders in a world of exotic creatures and adventures. Starring Dan Milano, Cree Summer, and Stephanie Lemelin [Watch the trailer]

I was pleasantly surprised by The Croods when it released back in 2013. It isn’t a monumental movie that hosts a slew of memorable scenes, but it is for the most part fun and not too overly DreamWorks – referential and childish. However, Dawn of the Croods looks to be far more crude and less enjoyable than its film counterpart. I’m not very interested in where the Croods comes from, as Dawn serves as a prequel, but rather I’m more curious as to how the family will move forward after the events that took place in the film.

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Also newly added to Netflix:

• Queen of the Earth
• The Mend
• Redirected
• A River Between Us
• Chloe & Theo
• F is for Family (Season 1)
• Glitter Force (Season 1)
• Little Boy
• Making a Murderer (Season 1)
• Mike Epps: Don’t Take it Personal

And here are all the movies/series leaving Netflix in January 2016:

January 1st

• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Almost Famous (2000)
• American Psycho (2000)
• American Psycho 2 (2002)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Coach Carter (2005)
• Conan the Barbarian (2011)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Coyote Ugly (2000)
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior: Season 1
• Final 24 (2007)
• Four Brothers (2005)
• Frontline: United States of Secrets (2014)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Grandma’s Boy (2006)
• Harriet the Spy (1996)
• Heartbreakers (2001)
• Jackass: The Movie (2002)
• Jerry Maguire (1996)
• Justice League (2003)
• Justice League Unlimited (2005)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• Locked Up in America (2014)
• Max Steel (2014)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Paranormal Home Inspectors (2011)
• Pinky Dinky Doo (2008)
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
• Play with Me Sesame (2002)
• Rambo III (1988)
• Rambo: First Blood (1982)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
• Risky Business (1983)
• Rocky (1976)
• Rocky II (1979)
• Rocky III (1982)
• Rocky IV (1985)
• Rocky V (1990)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• Salvage Hunters (2011)
• Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Incorporated (2012)
• Serpico (1973)
• Sesame Street: Animals and Nature: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Classics: Vol. 1-2
• Sesame Street: Cookie and Friends: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Creativity and Imagination: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Everyday Moments: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Music and Dance: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Numbers and Letters: Season 1
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• The Graduate (1967)
• The Hours (2002)
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2012)
• The Italian Job (2003)
• The Longest Yard (2005)
• The Machinist (2004)
• The Patriot (2000)
• The Rescuers (1977)
• The Sum of All Fears (2002)
• The Virgin Suicides (1999)
• There Will Be Blood (2007)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Trekkies (1997)
• Young Justice (2010)
• Zoolander (2001)

January 5th

• Years of Living Dangerously (2014)

January 8th

• Live Fire (2011)
• The Lying Game (2013)
• Skeleton, Inc (2011)

January 10th

• Crime Secrets Of… (Season 1)
• Dead Famous DNA (2014)
• Fighting on the Frontline (2011)
• Frisky Business (2014)

January 14th

• America Unearthed (2013)
• America: The Story of Us (2010)
• America’s Book of Secrets (2014)
• American Pickers: Collection (2014)
• American Restoration: Collection (2014)
• Ancient Aliens: Collection (2014)
• Bad Ink (2013)
• Beyond Scared Straight! (2013)
• Bible Secrets Revealed (2013)
• Counting Cars: Collection (2015)
• Dance Moms: Collection (2013)
• Duck Dynasty: Collection (2015)
• Gangland: Collection (2010)
• Gangsters: America’s Most Evil (2013)
• God, Guns & Automobiles (2013)
• Hoarders: Collection (2012)
• How the States Got Their Shapes (2012)
• Intervention: Collection (2012)
• Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012)
• Modern Marvels: Collection (2012)
• MonsterQuest (2010)
• Mountain Men (2013)
• Pawn Stars: Collection (2014)
• Preachers’ Daughters (2014)
• Stan Lee’s Superhumans (2011)
• Storage Wars: Collection (2013)
• Storage Wars: Texas (2011)
• Swamp People: Collection (2014)
• The Bible Rules (2014)
• The First 48: Collection (2012)
• The Kennedys (2011)
• The Killer Speaks (2014)
• The Men Who Built America (2012)
• The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents (2012)
• The Universe: Collection (2012)
• Top Shot: Collection (2013)
• Vietnam in HD (2011)
• WWII in HD (2009)

January 15th

• An Idiot Abroad (TV Series)
• Satisfaction (2013)
• Unsealed: Conspiracy Files (2012)

January 16th

• P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy (2005)

January 20th

• Doctor Stranger (2014)
• Fated to Love You (2014)

What will you be watching this weekend?

Look forward to more new titles from the Netflix Streaming Report every Thursday on TTRC.

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All plot synopses courtesy of IMDb.com