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Crave’s hit series Letterkenny is getting another spin-off, and here’s its new trailer.
Shoresy is a Canadian TV series based on the Letterkenny character Shoresy. Shoresy is played by Jared Keeso, but amusingly in the context of the show, you never seen his face — at least until now.
Additionally, Shoresy stars Tasya Teles, Keilani Elizabeth, Ryan McDonell, Jordan Nolan and more.
The series hits Bell’s Crave streaming service on May 13th.
For the next couple of weeks, you can get one month of Crave for $0.99.
This deal is for first-time subscribers only and only works if you sign up for a ‘Crave Mobile’ or ‘Crave Total’ subscription.
Most people will want to opt for the Crave Total subscription because it lets you stream on up to five devices in 4K, whereas Crave Mobile only works with one smartphone at up to 720p resolution.
However, both subscriptions give you access to the entire Crave library, including shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race, Friends and The Batman.
This deal is available until April 30th.
If you want to know what else is on Crave, check out our list of all the content coming to the streaming service this month.
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Crave has announced that production is underway on a new original drama series called Little Bird.
Little Bird is a six-part, one-hour limited series that follows an Indigenous woman on a journey to find her birth family and learn the truth about her past.
The series is led by a cast of Indigenous actors, including Darla Contois (Dhaliwal ’15), Ellyn Jade (Letterkenny), Osawa Muskwa (World Ends at Camp Z), Joshua Odjick (The Swarm), Imajyn Cardinal (Tribal), Matthew Strongeagle (Blackstone) and more.
“Crave is committed to telling compelling stories that resonate with all Canadians, and Little Bird is a powerful story that must be told,” said Justin Stockman, vice president, content development and programming, Bell Media, in a press statement.
Additionally, award-winning filmmakers Máijá Tailfeathers (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) and Zoe Hopkins (Run Woman Run) each direct three episodes, while Hopkins wrote three of them.
Three years ago, I asked the MobileSyrup Community “what’s your favourite video streaming service in Canada?” Fast forward to now, and the Canadian movie/TV streaming landscape has changed significantly.
Crave offers its own originals, Starz, Showcase and HBO content. This week, even The Batman is streaming on Crave at the same time and date as its HBO Max release in the U.S., and only six weeks after its theatrical release.
Like always, there’s Netflix, which drops new originals multiple times per week.
Prime Video is also becoming a top player in Canada with series like The Boys, Upload, Invincible, The Wheel of Time and my personal favourite, Vox Machina. Prime Video recently held its inaugural Canadian event to spotlight 10 new Canadian originals. And it’s worth mentioning that Prime Video has access to all of its channels.
Since the last time I asked the question, two new players have also entered the Canadian market — Apple TV+ and Disney+.
Apple TV+ is the first streaming platform to win Best Picture for its original film CODA. Alongside CODA, Apple TV+ offers hit series and movies like Severance, See, After Party, The Morning Show and another personal favourite of mine, Ted Lasso.
Canada also has Disney+ with Star content (Hulu in the U.S.), which includes movies like The King’s Man, West Side Story and Fresh. There’s also content like The Kardashians, The Proud Family Louder and Prouder, Cruella, and other hit titles like Atlanta, Pose, How I Met Your Father and Modern Family. Disney+ is also the home of Marvel and Star Wars content like Moon Knight, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Shang-Chi, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch and the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series.
While Canadians have access to these five big platforms, there are also other smaller streaming services like Crunchyroll, Hayu, OUTtv, CBC Gem, CBS All Access, DAZN, Shudder, Sportsnet Now and Tubi.
I’m personally subscribed to the big five streaming platforms and use each one for various movies and TV series. If I were to choose a favourite, I’d go with Disney+ because I love Disney movies like Turning Red and Encanto and originals like Star Wars: Visions and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. But don’t get me wrong, I’m also quite fond of Netflix and Crave.
Let us know in the comments below what your favourite video streaming service is. And if you’ve ever wondered what you should watch on the weekend, check out Brad Shankar’s weekly ‘Streaming in Canada‘ column where he highlights notable movies and series available on various services.
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ will be mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that are made by Canadian companies, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
After their daughter-in-law disappears, the Abbotts must contend with a supernatural mystery with ties to the family’s patriarch.
Outer Range was created by Brian Watkins (debut project) and stars Josh Brolin (True Grit), Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under), Toronto’s Tamara Podemski (Coroner) and Tom Pelphrey (Ozark).
Amazon Prime Video premiere date: April 15th, 2022 (first two episodes, new episodes every Friday)
Genre: Mystery thriller
Runtime: Eight episodes (around one hour each)
Stream Outer Range here.
An Amazon Prime Video subscription is included at no additional cost with an Amazon Prime membership, which costs $79/year.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Prime Video this month can be found here.
This week in Amazon Prime Video news: Amazon held its first-ever “upfront” in Toronto to highlight upcoming Canadian Prime Video originals — here’s a full breakdown of the announcements.
Roar is an anthology series explores eight tales of women exploring gender roles, identity, autonomy and more.
Based on the eponymous book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern, Roar was created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch (GLOW) and stars Issa Rae (Insecure), Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie), Alison Brie (GLOW) and Betty Gilpin (GLOW).
Crave premiere date: April 15th, 2022 (all episodes)
Genre: Anthology, dark comedy
Runtime: Eight episodes (29 to 35 minutes each)
Stream Roar here.
An Apple TV+ subscription costs $5.99/month.
Showtime’s latest anthology series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the First Ladies of the United States.
The First Lady was created by Aaron Cooley (Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever.) and stars Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder) as Michelle Obama, O.T. Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) as Barack Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer (The Fabulous Baker Boys) as Betty Ford, Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) as Gerald Ford, Gillian Anderson (The Crown) as Eleanor Roosevelt and Toronto’s Keifer Sutherland (24) as Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Crave premiere date: April 17th, 2022 (first episode, new episodes every Sunday)
Genre: Biographical drama
Runtime: Ten episodes (around one hour each)
Stream The First Lady here.
After Laurie, her daughter and granddaughter fail to kill Michael Myers, they band together with the rest of Haddonfield to try to stop the killer once and for all.
Halloween Kills features returning Halloween series cast Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie), Judy Greer (Karen), Andi Matichak (Allyson Nelson) and Kyle Richards (Lindsey Wallace), as well as Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club) and Dylan Arnold (You).
Original theatrical release date: October 15th, 2021
Crave premiere date: April 15th, 2022
Genre: Slasher
Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Stream Halloween Kills here.
.@CraveCanada's roster of original comedy specials expands with seven new stand-up specials releasing each month, starting with the premiere of @PaulRabliauskas's #UNCLE on Friday, April 15 https://t.co/P4SzLl3qc7 pic.twitter.com/U0jx15hWec
— Crave_PR (@Crave_PR) March 23, 2022
Poplar River First Nation, Manitoba’s Paul Rabliauskas riffs on white people, land acknowledgments and being single during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crave premiere date: April 15th, 2022
Genre: Stand-up comedy
Runtime: 30 minutes
Stream Paul Rabliauskas: Uncle here.
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Get an inside look at the Kardashian-Jenner family, including Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
Disney+ Canada premiere date: April 14th, 2022
Genre: Reality
Runtime: 10 episodes (around 49 minutes each)
Stream The Kardashians here.
A Disney+ subscription costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Disney+ Canada this month can be found here.
The wife of a powerful politician must contend with scandalous secrets surfacing once he’s accused of a shocking crime.
Based on Sarah Vaughan’s novel of the same name, Anatomy of a Scandal was developed by Vancouver’s Melissa James Gibson (House of Cards) and David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and stars Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Rupert Friend (Homeland) and Naomi Scott (Aladdin).
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 15th, 2022
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Stream Anatomy of a Scandal here.
In an effort to win unclaimed prize money, two friends reboot a terrifying game from the ’80s.
Choose or Die was directed by Toby Meakins (Breathe) and stars Iola Evans (The 100), Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) and Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street).
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 15th, 2022
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Stream Choose or Die here.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama narrates this docuseries about some of Earth’s most spectacular parks, including those in the U.S., Indonesia and Kenya.
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 13th, 2022
Genre: Nature documentary
Runtime: Five episodes (50 to 54 minutes each)
Stream Our Great National Parks here.
A ‘Basic’ Netflix subscription costs $9.99/month, a ‘Standard’ subscription (HD-supported) costs $16.49/month and a ‘Premium’ membership is priced at $20.99/month (4K-supported).
The full list of movies and shows hitting Netflix this month can be found here.
In 1979, a group of filmmakers rent out a guesthouse at a farm to shoot a pornographic film, but when their elderly hosts catch them in the act, they soon find themselves fighting for their lives.
X was written and directed by Ti West (In a Valley of Violence) and stars Mia Goth (Suspiria), Jenna Ortega (You), Martin Henderson (Grey’s Anatomy), Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect series) and “Day ‘n’ Nite” rapper Kid Cudi (credited as Scott Mescudi).
It’s worth noting that Goth stars as both pornographic actress Maxine and elderly woman Pearl, the latter of whom she’s playing once again in an upcoming prequel film.
Original theatrical release date: March 18th, 2022
PVOD premiere date: April 14th, 2022
Genre: Slasher
Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes
X can be rented for $14.99 on PVOD platforms like iTunes, Google Play, the Cineplex Store and Amazon Prime Video.
What are you planning on streaming this week? Let us know in the comments.
For more viewing suggestions, check out last week’s Streaming in Canada column.
Image credit: A24
Bell has signed a deal with Sesame Workshop to make Crave the exclusive Canadian streaming home of the iconic children’s series.
This will come into effect starting April 15th with the premiere of the show’s 51st season, which will run for 35 episodes. On this date, the ‘Sesame Street: Classic Episodes Collection’ will also hit Crave to highlight “20 timeless episodes of the series.” These episodes will feature the likes of Mr. Rogers, Robin Williams, James Earl Jones and Canada’s own Ryan Reynolds.
Later in 2022, Crave will also get Sesame Street programming like Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck and Elmo’s World (May), the upcoming new CGI-animated Sesame Street spin-off series and Sesame Street Season 52 (September); Sesame Street Mecha Builders (fall) and Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (fall/winter).
Crave costs $9.99/month for a mobile-only plan and $19.99/month for a ‘Total’ subscription that supports a variety of devices. a $5.99/month Starz add-on is also available.
Bell has confirmed that The Batman will begin streaming in Canada exclusively on Crave on April 18th.
This is a particularly notable announcement since it’s the same date that the film hits the U.S.-only HBO Max service. In 2021, Warner Bros.’ film slate — including The Suicide Squad, Dune and The Matrix Resurrections — debuted on HBO Max and in U.S. theatres simultaneously, but Canadians had to wait several months for them to come to Crave.
As well, The Batman‘s streaming release comes just six weeks after the film opened in theatres on March 4th. A Crave subscription starts at $9.99/month for a Mobile plan, which includes access to HBO content like The Batman. However, a $19.99/month Crave Total subscription is required for streaming this content on any of Crave’s supported devices.
Co-written and directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman follows a younger version of the iconic DC superhero as he tracks down a serial killer known as The Riddler. Robert Pattinson stars as Batman, with the supporting cast including Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Paul Dano as The Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth and Colin Farrell as The Penguin.
Image credit: Warner Bros.
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ will be mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that are made by Canadian companies, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
A veteran CIA operative is brought in to root out a mole with his old lover and colleague.
All The Old Lives was directed by Janus Metz Pederson (Borg vs McEnroe) and stars Chris Pine (Star Trek), Thandiwe Newton (Westworld), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes).
Amazon Prime Video premiere date: April 8th, 2022
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes
Stream All The Old Knives here.
Based on Arthurian legend, The Green Knight follows Gawain, nephew of King Arthur, as he goes on a journey to confront the fearsome Green Knight.
The Green Knight was written and directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story) and stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Joel Edgerton (Loving) and Sarita Choudhury (Mississippi Masala).
Original theatrical release date: July 30th, 2021
Amazon Prime Video premiere date: April 7th, 2022
Genre: Medieval fantasy
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes
Stream The Green Knight here.
An Amazon Prime Video subscription is included at no additional cost with an Amazon Prime membership, which costs $79/year.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Prime Video this month can be found here.
This week in Amazon Prime Video news: The price of Amazon Prime is going up in Canada in May.
Live #FridayNightBaseball begins tonight.
Watch @Mets vs @Nationals and @Astros vs @Angels games free on @AppleTVPlus https://t.co/GxFNPbZImc pic.twitter.com/WdkbmtyC5c
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) April 8, 2022
Apple TV+ has an exclusive agreement with MLB to stream two exclusive baseball games on Friday nights during the new season.
This begins on April 8th with the New York Mets vs. the Washington Nationals at 7pm ET and the Houston Astros vs. the Los Angeles Angels at 9:30pm ET. On top of live games like these, Apple TV+ will offer 24/7 livestreams with replays, news and analysis, highlights, classic games and more.
The initial schedule can be found here. Note that the only Toronto Blue Jays game there is May 27th at 9:30pm ET against the Angels.
These MLB games will be free through the Apple TV app for a limited time before an Apple TV+ subscription is required, although a specific date for that shift has not yet been confirmed.
Based on Toronto writer Kate Beaton’s The Princess and the Pony, Pinecone & Pony follows a young girl named Pinecone who teams up with her friend Pony to learn how to become a warrior.
It’s worth noting that Toronto-based First Generation Films worked on the series alongside Dreamworks Animation.
Apple TV+ Canada premiere date: April 8th, 2022
Genre: Animated
Runtime: Eight episodes (23 minutes each)
Stream Pinecone & Pony here.
Apple TV+ costs $5.99/month in Canada.
Comedians Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black and Gabrielle Dennis are joined by various other Black women to take part in various sketches.
Crave premiere date: April 8th, 2022
Genre: Sketch comedy
Runtime: Six episodes (around 26 minutes each)
Stream A Black Lady Sketch Show here.
In the late 1990s, American journalist Jake Adelstein travels to Japan to work at a major newspaper, where he begins to investigate the dangerous world of the yakuza.
Based on Jake Adelstein’s 2009 memoir of the same name, Tokyo Vice was created by J. T. Rogers (Oslo) and stars Ansel Elgort (West Side Story), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) and Rachel Keller (Legion).
Crave premiere date: April 7th, 2022 (first three episodes, two new episodes every Thursday, then finale on April 28th)
Genre: Crime drama
Runtime: Eight episodes (around one hour each)
Stream Tokyo Vice here.
Director Sam Jones (I Am Trying To Break Your Heart) takes a look at the life and career of skateboarding icon Tony Hawk, featuring new interviews with the man himself.
Crave/HBO Max premiere date: April 5th, 2022
Genre: Sports documentary
Runtime: 2 hours, 8 minutes
Stream Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off here.
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Jimmy drags Kim into more shady business after regaining his license, while Gus and Mike go to war with Lalo.
Better Call Saul was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould (Breaking Bad) and stars Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks reprising their roles from Breaking Bad, as well as Rhea Seehorn (Whitney), Patrick Fabian (Special) and Montreal’s own Michael Mando (the Ubisoft Montreal video game Far Cry 3).
It’s worth noting that the fifth season has been added to Netflix right before Better Call Saul‘s final season, which premieres on April 18th.
Original TV broadcast run: February to April 2020 (AMC)
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 4th, 2022
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 10 episodes (45 to 60 minutes each)
Stream Better Call Saul here.
After her boyfriend is killed in an accident, a teenager begins to believe that he’s sending her signs from beyond the grave.
The In Between was directed by Arie Posin (The Face of Love) and stars Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Kyle Allan (The Path) and Kim Dickens (Fear The Walking Dead).
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 8th, 2022
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes
Stream The In Between here.
Oscar-winning directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Free Solo) chronicle notorious edgelord and old man Elon Musk and Space X’s efforts to send NASA astronauts back to the International Space Station and revolutionize space travel.
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 8th, 2022
Genre: Science documentary
Runtime: 2 hours, 8 minutes
Stream Return to Space here.
Comedian Ronny Chieng riffs on nerds, online critics, racism and more.
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 5th, 2022
Genre: Stand-up comedy
Runtime: 1 hour
Stream Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy here.
A ‘Basic’ Netflix subscription costs $9.99/month, a ‘Standard’ subscription (HD-supported) costs $16.49/month and a ‘Premium’ membership is priced at $20.99/month (4K-supported).
The full list of movies and shows hitting Netflix this month can be found here.
What are you planning on watching this week? Let us know in the comments.
For more viewing suggestions, check out last week’s Streaming in Canada column.
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ will be mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that are made by Canadian companies, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
Seven strangers serve a community service sentence until they find a bag full of money, unaware that dangerous people are seeking it.
The Outlaws was created by Elgin James (Mayans M.C.) and Stephen Merchant (The Office) and stars Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can), Merchant, Rhianne Barreto (Honour), Gamba Cole (His House) and Darren Boyd (Spy).
Original TV broadcast run: October to November 2021
Amazon Prime Video premiere date: April 1st, 2022
Genre: Comedy, crime thriller
Runtime: Six episodes (57 to 59 minutes each)
Stream The Outlaws here.
An Amazon Prime Video subscription is included at no additional cost with an Amazon Prime membership, which costs $79/year.
The full list of movies and shows that hit Amazon Prime Video in March can be here. A roundup of April’s new content is available here.
Led by an obnoxious boss, a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents works to defend England from sinister forces.
Based on Mick Herron’s novel of the same name, Slow Horses stars Gary Oldman (The Darkest Hour), Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Jack Lowden (Dunkirk).
Apple TV+ Canada premiere date: April 1st, 2022 (first three episodes, new episodes every Friday)
Genre: Spy thriller
Runtime: 12 episodes (around 40 minutes each)
Stream Slow Horses here.
Apple TV+ costs $5.99/month in Canada.
This drama is based on the life of the late television chef Julia Child.
Created by Daniel Goldfarb (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Julia stars Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley), David Hyde Pierce (Frazier), Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers), Brittany Bradford (Fear The Walking Dead) and Franz Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods).
Crave premiere date: March 31st, 2022 (first three episodes, new episodes every Thursday)
Genre: Biographical drama
Runtime: Eight episodes (around 45 minutes each)
Stream Julia here.
Starting in early 2020, director David France (Welcome to Chechnya) explores the global efforts to develop and roll out the COVID-19 vaccines over the course of the following 18 months.
Crave premiere date: March 29th, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes
Stream How to Survive a Pandemic here.
A college student helps a barista sneak aboard a shuttle to Mars.
Moonshot was directed by Chris Winterbauer (Wyrm) and stars Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) and Lana Condor (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before).
Crave premiere date: April 1st, 2022
Genre: Sci-fi
Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
Stream Moonshot here.
In dystopian 2044 North America, a Cree woman joins a resistance movement fighting against the military government in an effort to save her daughter.
Written and directed by La Ronge, Saskatchewan’s Danis Goulet (Wakening) in her feature directorial debut, Night Raiders stars Cardston, Alberta’s Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open), Surrey, B.C.’s Brooklyn Letexier-Hart (Burden of Truth) and Alex Tarrant (NCIS: Hawai’i).
In addition to the mostly Canadian cast and crew, it’s worth noting that the film was shot in and around Toronto.
Original release date: October 8th, 2021
Crave premiere date: April 1st, 2022
Genre: Sci-fi
Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes
Stream Night Raiders here.
Filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt (Phantom Limb) revisits a bullying event from 50 years prior in an attempt to understand his complicity and the shared nature of such incidents.
Crave premiere date: March 30th, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 35 minutes
Stream When We Were Bullies here.
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows that hit Crave in March can be found here. A roundup of April’s new content is available here.
When 13-year-old Nate doesn’t land the school play, he and his best friend sneak off to New York to hit up Broadway.
Written and directed by Tim Federle, based on his 2013 novel of the same name, Better Nate Than Ever stars Rueby Wood (Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Aria Brooks (All That) and Lisa Kudrow (Friends).
Disney+ premiere date: April 1st, 2022
Genre: Musical, family comedy
Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
Stream Better Nate Than Ever here.
Detective Hercule Poirot investigates a murder on a riverboat during a vacation in Egypt.
Death on the Nile was directed by Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express) and features an ensemble cast that includes Branagh, Tom Bateman (Murder on the Orient Express), Annette Bening (The Kids Are Alright), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones).
Original theatrical release date: February 11th, 2022
Disney+ premiere date: March 30th, 2022
Genre: Mystery
Runtime: 2 hours, 7 minutes
Stream Death on the Nile here.
Marc Spector, a mercenary with dissociative identity disorder, is drawn into a deadly mystery with the gods of Egypt.
Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage), Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) and May Calamawy (Ramy).
Disney+ premiere date: March 30th, 2022 (first episode, new episodes every Wednesday)
Genre: Superhero
Runtime: Six episodes (around 45 minutes each)
Stream Moon Knight here.
A Disney+ subscription costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year in Canada.
The full list of movies and shows that hit Disney+ in March can be found here. A roundup of April’s new content is available here.
A man narrates his childhood fantasies during the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood was written and directed by Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and stars newcomer Milo Coy, Glen Powell (Scream Queens), Zachary Levi (Shazam!), Josh Wiggins (Giant Little Ones) and Jack Black (School of Rock) as the narrator.
Netflix Canada premiere date: April 1st, 2022
Genre: Animated, coming-of-age
Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
Stream Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood here.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of actors travels to a closed set to film the latest entry in a massively popular dinosaur franchise.
The Bubble was co-written and directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) and features an ensemble cast that includes Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy), Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Maria Bakalova (Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm), David Duchovny (The X-Files) and Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian).
Netflix Canada premiere date: March 30th, 2022 (first episode, new episodes every Wednesday)
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes
Stream The Bubble here.
Following a recent price increase, a ‘Basic’ Netflix subscription costs $9.99/month, a ‘Standard’ subscription (HD-supported) costs $16.49/month and a ‘Premium’ membership is priced at $20.99/month (4K-supported).
The full list of movies and shows that hit Netflix Canada in March can be found here. A roundup of April’s new content is available here.
What are you planning on streaming this week? Let us know in the comments.
For more suggestions, check out last week’s Streaming in Canada column.
Image credit: Marvel Studios
As is the case every month, several shows and movies are leaving Netflix Canada, Crave and Prime in April.
It’s worth noting that the streaming services may only be removing certain shows and movies for a specific amount of time.
Series like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Gossip Girl and movies like Mean Girls have all left Netflix and then returned to the service months or years later. If you’re more interested in what’s coming to Crave and Netflix, check out our respective ‘what’s coming to’ posts.
Below are all the shows and movies leaving Netflix and Crave in April
Image credit: Netflix
Source: IMDB