Each week, MobileSyrup goes over a number of the most notable motion pictures and TV exhibits that lately hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column sometimes focuses on new content material from Amazon Prime Video Canada, Crave and Netflix Canada, however different companies like Apple TV+ and Disney+ might be talked about when related.
We’ll additionally spotlight exhibits or motion pictures which can be made in Canada, contain notable Canadian solid or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
Lastly, with the COVID-19 pandemic inflicting many motion pictures to hit digital platforms much sooner than planned, we’ll make observe of any main movies that fall into this class when relevant.
Amazon Prime Video
Mad Males (Seasons 1-7)
In case you’re like me and missed Mad Males when it left Netflix Canada in June, you’re in luck, as now you can stream all seven seasons of the highly-acclaimed AMC interval drama on Amazon Prime Video Canada.
Happening between 1960 and 1970, the collection chronicles the difficult private {and professional} lives of advertiser Don Draper, his household and people he works with.
Mad Males was created by Matthew Weiner (The Sopranos) and options an ensemble solid that features Jon Hamm (The City), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Story), Vincent Kartheiser (Angel), January Jones (Final Man on Earth), John Slattery (Highlight) and Christina Hendricks (Good Women).
Authentic TV broadcast run: July 2007 to Might 2015
Amazon Prime Video Canada launch date: October 1st, 2020
Style: Drama
Runtime: 92 episodes (round 48 minutes every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94 % (common for all seven seasons)
Stream all episodes of Mad Males here.
Savage x Fenty Present Vol. 2 [Amazon Original]
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Rihanna takes you behind-the-scenes of her new lingerie line alongside a slew of different celebrities, together with model-actress Cara Delevingne (Carnival Row), singer Lizzo (“Fact Hurts”), mannequin Bella Hadid and actress Demi Moore (A Few Good Males).
Amazon Prime Video Canada launch date: October 2nd, 2020
Style: Actuality
Runtime: 56 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream Savage x Fenty Present Vol. 2 here.
Amazon Prime Video is included at no extra price in a $79 CAD/year Amazon Prime subscription.
The complete checklist of films and exhibits that got here to Amazon Prime Video Canada in September may be discovered here. In the meantime, click on here to see what’s hitting the service this month.
Crave
The Comedy Retailer
This documentary collection explores the nearly-50-year historical past of L.A.’s iconic comedy membership The Comedy Retailer, which has helped launched the careers of quite a few comedians.
Directed by Mike Binder (The Upside of Anger), The Comedy Retailer options a number of interviews with well-known comedians, together with Whoopi Goldberg, Invoice Burr and Toronto’s personal Howie Mandel.
Crave/Showtime launch date: October 1st, 2020
Style: Documentary
Runtime: 5 episodes (round one hour every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream The Comedy Retailer here.
The Good Lord Chicken
Within the 1850s, a fictional enslaved boy joins real-life abolitionist John Brown’s soldier group to battle slavery in Kansas.
Based mostly on James McBride’s 2013 novel of the identical identify, The Good Lord Chicken was created by Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) and Mark Richard (Hell on Wheels) and stars Hawke, Daveed Diggs (Hamilton), Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49) and Joshua Caleb Johnson (Black-ish).
Crave/Showtime launch date: October 4th, 2020 at 9pm ET (first episode, new episodes each Sunday at 9pm ET)
Style: Drama
Runtime: Seven episodes (round one hour every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100 % (based mostly on seven critiques)
Stream The Good Lord Chicken here.
Warrior (Season 2)
In late 1870s San Francisco, two rival Chinatown crime households (“tongs”) struggle for dominance amidst rising anti-Chinese language racism.
Based mostly on authentic tales from Bruce Lee, Warrior comes from Justin Lin (Quick & Livid franchise), Jonathan Tropper (Banshee) and Lee’s daughter Shannon and stars Andrew Koji (Quick & Livid 6), Jason Tobin (The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift) and Edmonton’s Olivia Cheng (Lethal Class).
Crave/Cinemax launch date: October 2nd, 2020 at 10pm ET (first episode, new episodes each Friday at 10pm ET)
Style: Motion-drama
Runtime: 10 episodes (round one hour every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream Warrior here.
A standard Crave subscription prices $9.99/month, with Starz including one other $5.99/month and HBO an extra $9.99/month.
The complete checklist of films and exhibits that got here to Crave in September may be discovered here. In the meantime, click on here to see what’s coming to the service this month.
Disney+
The Simpsons (Season 31)
A few of this Season 31’s plot traces embrace Homer and Bart turning into viral video stars, Chief Wiggum investigating a pickpocketing ring and Bart revealing spoilers a couple of superhero film he obtained to see early.
Notable visitor voices this season embrace Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige as a Thanos villain parody alongside Avengers: Endgame administrators Anthony and Joe Russo as a pair of movie executives, Higher Name Saul‘s Bob Oderkirk as a mob lawyer, Riverdale‘s Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart and Madelaine Petsch as wealthy lady bullies and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as himself.
Season 31 marks actress Russi Taylor’s (Martin Prince) last look on The Simpsons earlier than her dying in July 2019.
It’s additionally value noting that Season 31 is the final season that the long-running animated sitcom may have white actors voicing non-white characters. After not voicing Apu since Season 29, actor Hank Azaria has since officially stepped down from the role. As a complete, The Simpsons creators have pledged to diversify the voice solid, which means that actor Alex Désert (The Flash) will take over from Azaria as Carl Carlson beginning in Season 32.
Authentic TV broadcast run: September 2019 to Might 2020
Disney+ Canada launch date: October 2nd, 2020
Style: Animated sitcom
Runtime: 22 episodes (about 22 minutes every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream The Simpsons (Season 31) here.
A Disney+ subscription prices $8.99/month or $89.99/yr in Canada.
The complete checklist of films and exhibits that got here to Disney+ Canada this month may be discovered here. In the meantime, click on here to see what’s coming to the service this month.
Netflix
The Boys within the Band [Netflix Original]
At a celebration in 1968 New York, seven homosexual mates have a good time one in every of their birthdays, just for one of many roommates to indicate up throw the night into turmoil.
Based mostly on the Mart Crowley’s 1968 play of the identical identify, The Boys within the Band was directed by Joe Mantello (Hollywood) and stars Jim Parsons (The Massive Bang Principle), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek collection), Matt Bomer (American Horror Story) and Andrew Rannells (The E-book of Mormon).
Netflix Canada launch date: September 30th, 2020
Style: Drama, LGBTQ
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 83 % (based mostly on 54 critiques)
Stream The Boys within the Band here.
Carmen Sandiego (Season 3) [Netflix Original]
World-renowned thief Carmen Sandiego and her crew journey to Mexico, New Orleans, Venice and extra on their quest to cease the evil V.I.L.E. group.
Based mostly on the favored ’80s computer systems of the identical identify, Carmen Sandiego options the voices of Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), Vancouver’s personal Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Issues) and Abby Trott (the online game Tremendous Smash Bros. Final)
Netflix Canada launch date: October 1st, 2020
Style: Animated, household
Runtime: 10 episodes (round one hour every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream Carmen Sandiego here.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet [Netflix Original]
David Attenborough (Planet Earth) seems again on his life, in addition to the planet’s.
Netflix Canada launch date: October 4th, 2020
Style: Nature documentary
Runtime: 1 hour, 23 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100 % (based mostly on eight critiques)
Stream David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet here.
Dick Johnson is Useless [Netflix Original]
As her father Dick nears the top of his life, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson (The Oath) levels his dying in ingenious and comical methods to assist them each come to phrases along with his impending passing.
Netflix Canada launch date: October 2nd, 2020
Style: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100 % (based mostly on 42 critiques)
Stream Dick Johnson is Useless here.
Emily in Paris [Netflix Original]
A Midwest American girl offers with tradition conflict when she strikes to Paris for a profession alternative.
Emily in Paris was created by Darren Star (Intercourse and the Metropolis) and stars Lily Collins (Guidelines Don’t Apply), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Name My Agent!) and Ashley Park (Imply Women on Broadway).
Netflix Canada launch date: October 2nd, 2020
Style: Drama
Runtime: 10 episodes (24 to 34 minutes every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 80 % (based mostly on 20 critiques)
Stream Emily in Paris here.
Kim’s Comfort (Season 4)
Within the fourth season of CBC’s hit Canadian comedy collection, Mr. and Mrs. Kim have a good time a marital milestone, Janet dives deeper into the world of images and Jung enters a brand new relationship.
Based mostly on Toronto-raised Ins Choi’s play of the identical identify, Kim’s Comfort stars Calgary-raised Paul Solar-Hyung Lee (Prepare 48), Toronto-raised Jean Yoon (Orphan Black), Burnaby, B.C.-born Andrea Bang (Playdate) and Mississauga-raised Simu Liu (Blood and Water). Additional, the present is shot in numerous components of Toronto.
Along with a Canadian solid and crew, the collection is filmed in Toronto. It’s value noting that the collection has been renewed for a fifth and sixth season.
Authentic TV broadcast run: January to March 2020 (CBC)
Netflix Canada launch date: October 1st, 2020
Style: Comedy
Runtime: 13 episodes (round 22 minutes every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream Kim’s Comfort here. It’s value noting that every one episodes of the collection are also streaming on CBC Gem for free with ads (or with out advertisements by way of a $4.99/month subscription).
Vampires vs. The Bronx [Netflix Original]
Three youngsters in a quickly gentrifying Bronx neighbourhood workforce as much as cease a supernatural risk from taking their dwelling.
Vampires vs. The Bronx was directed and co-written by Osmany Rodriguez (Final Man on Earth) and stars Toronto’s personal Sarah Gadon (11.22.63), Chris Redd (Saturday Night time Stay), The Child Mero (Desus & Mero), rapper Technique Man (Wu-Tang Clan), Shea Whigham (Boardwalk Empire) and Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy).
Netflix Canada launch date: October 2nd, 2020
Style: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A
Stream Vampires vs. The Bronx here.
A ‘Basic’ Netflix subscription prices $9.99/month, a ‘Standard’ subscription (HD-supported) prices $13.99/month and a ‘Premium’ membership is priced at $16.99/month (4K-supported).
The complete checklist of films and exhibits that hit Netflix Canada in September may be discovered here. In the meantime, click on here to see what’s coming to the service this month.
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For extra suggestions, take a look at final week’s Streaming in Canada column here.
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