No, not Christmas, not New Year’s Eve, not even Boxing Day cricket. It’s time for a huge drop of new movies and TV shows across cinemas and streaming services alike.
But what brand-new entertainment can you indulge in while the Christmas lunch settles and the wrapping paper is still sprawling across the lounge room?
Better Man
In cinemas
Robbie's journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boy band Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist - all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
In cinemas
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite to face a powerful new adversary, Shadow, who has unique powers.
With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic seeks an unlikely alliance to stop Shadow and protect the planet. Along the way, Metal Sonic also appears as a core villain.
Bump season five
Stan
Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenage girl who had a surprise baby. The series is set in and around a high school in the inner west of Sydney.
This isn’t the first festive release, with season one being released on New Year’s Day 2021.
Squid Game season two
Netflix
Set in the aftermath of the first finale, the second series will plunge deeper into the titular competition’s violent history, with Player 456 once again braving the games.
Gavin & Stacey: the finale
Binge
It’s five years since we left Nessa down on one knee declaring her love for Smithy and asking him to marry her, and a lot has happened in those five years.