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Jake Hackney

The new films and shows out on Netflix this weekend – February 17

The weekend is upon us once again, which means a brand-new batch of films and TV shows have dropped on streaming services. If you’re ready to kick back with a good old streaming binge this weekend, then we know just the thing.

Here, we have compiled the best new content dropping on Netflix to keep you busy this week. Whether you fancy joining a ragtag community patrol squad as they uncover a strange criminal gang, or following an astronaut on a journey through space and time, there is plenty to choose from in February.

Here are the new films and shows available to stream on Netflix this weekend:

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The Upshaws – Season three

Bennie Upshaw (Mike Epps), the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis, is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess. Bennie is just trying his best to step up and care for his family – wife Regina (Kim Fields), their two young daughters, firstborn son and the teenage son he fathered with another woman – and tolerate his sardonic sister-in-law (Wanda Sykes), all without a blueprint for success.

But the Upshaws are determined to make it work, and make it to the next level, together. In this new season, the Upshaws continue to ride life’s ups and downs – including new jobs, bigger dreams, health struggles and some major life surprises – but still hang on with the love that comes with family.

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Community Squad

This Argentinian crime-comedy follows The Palermo Division, an inclusive urban patrol squad created as a marketing ploy to improve the police force’s image. While everyone tries to get their heads around what exactly they do, the squad unwittingly stumbles upon an unusual criminal gang.

Ganglands – Season two

In this French crime-drama, Mehdi (Sami Bouajila), a qualified robber, and Liana (Tracy Gotoas), an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.

A Girl and an Astronaut

This Polish romantic drama centres on two friends and F-16 pilots, Nikodem (Jedrzej Hycnar) and Bogdan (Andrzej Chyra), who compete for the heart of the beautiful Marta (Magdalena Cielecka) and a spot on a space expedition. Niko wins the latter, but due to an unexplained failure, he returns from his mission after 30 years.

Despite the passage of time on Earth, he didn’t age at all. While Niko thinks only of Marta, the world wants to know the secret of his eternal youth.

Unlocked

In this gripping South Korean thriller, Na-mi (Chun Woo-hee) loses her smartphone, containing everything about her. Jun-yeong (Yim Si-wan) finds the phone and returns it to her, but after installing spyware.

By tracking her everyday life, he learns all he can about Na-mi – her whereabouts, hobbies, tastes, work life, finances, and social network – and approaches her by concealing his true identity. In the meantime, police detective Ji-man (Kim Hie-won) finds traces of his son Jun-yeong at a murder crime scene and secretly investigates him, suspecting the worst.

Na-mi is relieved to have found her phone, but her ordinary life soon turns upside down and spirals out of control. Her entire life is threatened, all because she lost her phone.

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