Intro: What's New on Crackle & Redbox in January 2023
With the rising cost of streaming services, we’re all about getting entertainment for free! What’s great about Crackle, Chicken Soup for the Soul TV, and the streaming arm of Redbox is they all provide great movies and shows without any cost.
Here are some of the highlights that are coming to Crackle, Redbox, and Chicken Soup of the Soul TV in January 2023.
What's new on Crackle?
Ghost Wars
Television Series
Available: January 1
In this 13-episode series a remote Alaskan town has been overrun by paranormal forces. Local outcast Roman Mercer must overcome the town's prejudices and his own personal demons if he's to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone.
Cast: Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap), Vincent D’Onofrio (Men In Black), Meat Loaf (Fight Club)
Naked Singularity
Feature Film
Available: January 1
Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi, a promising young NYC public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack under the daily injustices of the very justice system he’s trying to make right. Doubting all he has worked for and seeing signs of the universe collapsing all around him, he is pulled into a dangerous high-stakes drug heist by an unpredictable former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.
Cast: John Boyega (Star Wars: Episode V!! – The Force Awakens), Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One)
Breakout
Feature Film
Available: January 1
An innocent camping trip takes a dark turn for a young brother and sister when they witness a murder. The young siblings become the killers’ next target as they are chased and hunted through the wilderness. Serving time over a protest gone terribly wrong, their father, Jack Damson, devises a plan to break out of prison and rescue his kids from the pair of criminals Tommy and Kenny. A fight for survival ensues in the action-packed thriller where the hunters become the hunted.
Cast: Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Ethan Suplee (My Name is Earl)
Other notable titles:
- Love Afloat – New rom-com. Watch the trailer here.
- Tender Trap – True crime story from New Zealand.
- Cold Comes the Night
- Charlie's Angels
- Starsky & Hutch
- To Sleep with Anger
- Shamus
- Little Nikita/To Sir With Love II
What's new on Redbox?
The King’s Speech
Feature Film
Available: January 1
Awards: Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Golden Globe for Best Actor
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Cast: Colin Firth (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare in Love), Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club)
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Feature Film
Available: January 1
Awards: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
An introverted freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
Cast: Logan Lerman (Hunters), Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), Ezra Miller (Justice League)
Come and Find Me
Feature Film
Available: January 1
When his girlfriend goes missing, David must track down her whereabouts after he realizes she's not who she was pretending to be.
Cast: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Annabelle Wallis (X-Men: First Class), Garret Dillahunt (No Country For Old Men)
Between Worlds
Feature Film
Available: January 1
Joe meets a mother who can contact spirits when suffocating. Her daughter is dying when Joe helps the mother spiritually contact the daughter and save her. Unfortunately, the spirit in the daughter's body is now that of Joe's dead wife.
Cast: Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), Franka Potente (The Bourne Identity), Penelope Mitchel (Hellboy)
What's new on Chicken Soup for the Soul TV?
Chicken Soup for the Soul provides feel-good entertainment- all totally free! Check them out here!
Love in Full Swing
Chicken Soup for the Soul Original Feature Film
Available: January 1
Becks, an aspiring romance columnist decides to help her best friend Casey as he goes back home in search of his first love. As they start their journey to win back Cassie's first love, they both discover more about each other than they thought they knew. With their friendship on the line, Becks now faces a dilemma: help Casey or risk opening her heart to the love of a lifetime.
Cast: Sarah Smyth (Supergirl), Andrew Dunbar (Arrow)
My Country Kitchen
Television Series – U.S. Premiere
Available: January 1
In these challenging times, many of us are dreaming about a simpler life. The good old days when a home-cooked meal – with ingredients you grew yourself – could be shared with family and friends. A time when the kitchen was the heart of every home. And who doesn’t dream of a life away from the big city? To a house in the country where the air is fresh and there’s room to move. There’s never been a time like now! Australian chef-turned-farmer Paul West goes back-to-basics as he builds his new life in a quaint country farmhouse.
Cast: Chef Paul West
Florence Nightingale
Feature Film
Available: January 1
The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing known as ‘the Lady with the Lamp.'
Cast: Jaclyn Smith (Charlie’s Angels), Timothy Dalton (License to Kill), Claire Bloom (The King’s Speech)
The Grace Kelly Story
Feature Film
Available: January 1
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
Cast: Cheryl Ladd (Charlie’s Angels), Lloyd Bridges (Airplane!), Diane Ladd (Chinatown)
Final Thoughts: What's New on Crackle and Redbox in January 2023
Which of these new titles will you be watching on Crackle and Redbox? Let us know in the comment section below!
