The movie in question is "The Sand Castle", a Netflix Original debut feature from director, Matty Brown. Released today (Jan. 24), it's an allegorical tale about an Arabic family of four trapped on a beautiful island, one which sees the line between reality and fiction blur as the story unfolds.

January has been a great month to have an Apple TV+ subscription if you like series about people trying to unravel strange mysteries, with both Silo and Severance debuting their second seasons. Now the trend continues with Prime Target, a brand new show about a mathematician who becomes a hunted man for mysterious reasons.

Here are our most anticipated Netflix shows and movies for the month, plus the full list of everything coming to and leaving Netflix in January. Next month's guide: New Netflix shows and movies in February 2025 Last month's guide: New Netflix shows and movies in December 2024 Idiotic British program presenter Philomena Cunk ( Diane Morgan) returns to baffle academics with her buffoonery in Cunk on Life,