‘Malcolm & Marie,’ ‘Firefly Lane,’ and More Shows and Movies Premiering This Week

Zendaya‘s highly-anticipated Netflix movie, Malcolm & Marie, drops this week, and I’m ready to cry…then campaign for her Oscar. And after that, I’ll be watching Firefly Lane, a new feel-good friendship drama from Netflix, plus the second season of Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready. In other words, the pop culture this week is on point.

Here’s everything you need to watch in the coming days: 

Sunday, January 31 

The Lady and the Dale: Read HBO’s official description, below. 9 p.m. ET on HBO 

“From Emmy-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s Room 104) comes The Lady and the Dale, a documentary series exploring an audacious 1970s auto scam centered around a mysterious entrepreneur, Elizabeth Carmichael.” 

Monday, February 1 

The Investigation: Per IMDb, “Copenhagen Police’s Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.” 10 p.m. ET on HBO 

Tuesday, February 2 

Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready: Watch the trailer for season two, below. Streaming on Netflix 

Wednesday, February 3 

Firefly Lane: This show is based on Kristin Hannah’s popular novel and follows the lifelong friendship between two women: one a very successful but lonely talk show host (Katherine Heigl), the other a recently divorced mom looking to restart her career (Sarah Chalke). Streaming on Netflix 

Thursday, February 4

Summer House: Click here to see a first look at season five. 9 p.m. ET on Bravo 

Friday, February 5

Malcolm & Marie: The movie Zendaya made in full amid the coronavirus pandemic (with safety regulations, of course) is finally here. Malcolm & Marie follows a director (John David Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya) as they return home from the premiere of his latest project and wait for reactions from critics.  Streaming on Netflix 

Saturday, February 6 

Life in a Day 2020: “What can happen on a single day on Earth?” reads YouTube’s official description of this YouTube original. “Experience the once-in-a-decade landmark documentary film capturing the stories of people across the globe on 25th July 2020. Life in a Day is a stirring film about love, death, heartbreak, and hope that looks beyond geography and circumstance to explore what connects us as humans.” Streaming on YouTube