It’s a debate as old as time: is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
Now, we’re not here to argue (it’s indisputably a Christmas movie since the entire story, themes, dialogue and music all revolve around the holiday), but instead, we just want to celebrate that it’s a damn good movie to watch at any time, especially during Christmastime.
With that in mind, we’ve rounded up where you can stream the 1988 Bruce Willis classic action flick in Canada. It’s actually pretty straightforward; since Disney owns Fox, Die Hard is streaming in Canada on Disney+ under the Star banner. It’s even got 4K support, to boot.
What’s more, Die Hard 2, Die Hard: with a Vengeance and Live Free or Die Hard are also all streaming on Disney+. Amusingly, A Good Day to Die Hard, the series’ most recent entry, is not on the Disney service, which is fitting since it’s widely regarded to be the worst Die Hard.
So if you’re someone who needs to see Alan Rickman’s Hans Gruber fall from the Nakatomi Plaza to properly celebrate the Christmas spirit, then Disney+ has got you covered.
Netflix is planning to expand its existing ‘Preview Club’ program that lets subscribers see and provide feedback on upcoming content, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Currently, there are about 2,000 Preview Club members, but WSJ reports that Netflix is looking to bring “tens of thousands” more people into the fold. It’s unclear exactly who might be chosen or when they might be added, but it’s certainly something to keep an eye out for if you’re a Netflix subscriber.
Ostensibly, Preview Club is Netflix’s take on Hollywood “test screenings,” and the streamer has made changes to content based on the feedback it’s received from the program. For example, WSJ reports that subscribers said last year’s Don’t Look Up, Netflix’s controversial Oscar-nominated satire about climate change, was too self-serious. As a result, the creative team injected more humour into the film.
Variety first reported on the existence of Preview Club in May, at which time the program was said to have been in operation for about a year. The outlet also noted that it was only open to U.S. subscribers at the time, so it’s unclear whether this supposed planned expansion would bring in people from other countries like Canada.
The announcement came via the series’ official social media channels alongside a picture of the titular bounty hunter and Grogu, AKA Baby Yoda.
While the second season of The Mandalorian ended in December 2020, Mando and Grogu appeared in the spin-off series The Book of BobaFett, which ran from December 2021 to February 2022. The first trailer for Season 3 dropped in September:
In Season 3, Mando and Grogu travel to Mandalore to confront Bo-Katan and the Mandalorians. Pedro Pascal stars as The Mandalorian, while Carl Weathers (Greef), Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan) and Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon) are also set to return.
Ahsoka, another The Mandalorian spin-off, is also set to premiere sometime in 2023. The series follows Rosario Dawson’s eponymous former Jedi, who previously appeared in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, in a story that picks up where the animated series Star Wars: Rebels left off.
CBC has unveiled the full list of movies and shows coming to its Gem streaming service in December 2022.
Highlights include a variety of programming in honour of this month’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities and Stay Tooned, a new docuseries about the impact of cartoons featuring prolific Scarborough voice actor Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes).
See below for the full list:
December 1st
Augmented
Double Tap TV (Season 3)
Ellie Simmons: A World Without Dwarfism
Four Senses (Season 4)
Hawking: Can You Hear Me?
Nadiya’s Everyday Baking
Ralph & Katie
December 2nd
My Old School
Question Team
Sisi
Stay Tooned
December 3rd
Latecomers
December 4th
W1A (Season 1)
December 5th
Avoidance
December 7th
Friday Night Dinner (Season 3)
December 8th
The History of Comedy (Season 2)
December 9th
Kid Sister
December 12th
The Christmas Checklist
Christmas Reservations
A Very Nutty Christmas
W1A (Season 2)
December 13th
Escape to the Country (Season 27b)
December 14th
Friday Night Dinner (Season 4)
December 16th
The Fall of the American Empire
December 18th
My Salinger Year
December 19th
W1A (Season 3)
December 22nd
Call the Midwife (Season 11)
December 27th
Jamie and Jimmy’s Festive Feast
December 28th
The Great British Baking Show (Season 12 New Year Special)
Additionally, the CBC teased that Death and Nightingales, Bump (Season 3) and The U.S. & the Holocaust are coming to CBC Gem in January.
After getting the Android 12 update in the first half of October, the Chromecast with Google TV 4K is now set to receive the October 2022 security patch.
‘STTE.220920.015.A1’ is a 148MB update that will bring the October 2022 Android security patch, alongside other bug fixes and performance improvements to the Chromecast 4K. Last month’s Android 12 update was paired with the July 2022 security patch and came in at 722MB.
Following the Android 12 update, users reported minor bugs with the Chromecast 4K, like having to re-pair the Chromecast Voice Remote and interface lag. It is likely that today’s update serves to fix all the bugs that arrived with the Android 12 update.
To download the update, head to your profile avatar in the top right corner > Settings > Systems > About > System update. The update should be available widely by today evening.
Learn more about the Chromecast 4K with Google TV here.
Chromecast 4K is available at a discounted price of $54.99 at Best Buy and Amazon.
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Pretty much everything returns in some form or another in Hollywood, and that includes That ’70s Show.
Netflix has dropped the first teaser trailer for That ’90s Show, a sequel series to the popular Fox sitcom that will premiere on January 19th, 2023.
The series follows Red and Kitty Forman (returning stars Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp, respectively) as they look after their granddaughter Leia (Callie Haverda) — Eric and Donna’s daughter — during the summer. That ’70s Show creators Bonnie and Terry Turner have returned to oversee the series alongside daughter Lindsey and That ’70s Show alum Greg Mettler.
Every month, Amazon adds several new series and movies to its streaming service, Prime Video, and December 2022 will be no different.
Below is everything set to hit and leave Prime Video in Canada. Amazon also shared several featured titles coming to Prime Video Channels, which are add-on channels with additional content for extra subscription fees (they’re noted below):
December 2nd
Three Pines (Amazon Original)
Your Christmas or Mine (Amazon Original)
Riches: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
The Croods (Amazon Original)
December 6th
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
December 9th
Sas: Rogue Heroes: Season 1 (Amazon Exclusive)
Something from Tiffany’s (Amazon Original)
Cyrano
Detective Knight: Redemption
December 13th
Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
December 16th
About Fate (Amazon Original)
Infinite
Eleita: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
December 21st
Jack Ryan: Season 3 (Amazon Original)
December 24th
The Invitation
December 30th
Litvinenko (Amazon Exclusive)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Wildcat (Amazon Original)
Island: Season 1 (Amazon Exclusive)
December 31st
Bullet Train
Fast Channels
Paradise Highway on STARZ – 12/9
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in BerlinS1 on STACKTV – 12/9
1923 S1 on Paramount+ – 12/18
Top Gun: Maverick on Paramount+ – 12/22
Leaving Prime
Arrow (December 3rd)
Jungleland (December 10th)
Raaz Robot (December 12th)
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (December 15th)
Welcome to the Ballroom (December 17th)
Dreamland (December 18th)
Altair: A Record of Battles (December 23rd)
Uncle Drew (December 24th)
The Addams Family (December 24th)
The Night Manager (December 31st)
The Originals: The Completed Series (December 31st)
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+ are 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.
Amazon Prime Video
Good Night Oppy [Amazon Original]
Ryan White (The Keepers) directs this documentary about Opportunity, a rover that explored Mars for nearly 15 years. Angela Bassett (Black Panther) narrates.
Amazon Prime Video Canada release date: November 23rd, 2022 Genre: Documentary Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes
A struggling Chinese-American business owner must connect with alternate universe versions of herself to thwart a threat to the entire multiverse.
Everything Everywhere All At Once was written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man) and stars Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Ke Huy Quan (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) and James Hong (Hawaii Five-O).
Original theatrical release date: March 25th, 2022 Amazon Prime Video Canada release date: November 25th, 2022 Genre: Sci-fi, action, comedy-drama Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutes
The full list of movies and shows hitting Amazon Prime Video Canada this month can be found here.
Apple TV+
Echo 3 [Apple Original]
From writer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) follows a man and his brother-in-law as they must tap into old military experience to rescue a loved one from a secret war along the Colombia-Venezuela border.
Echo 3 stars Michael Huisman (Game of Thrones), Luke Evans (Nine Perfect Strangers) and Jessica Ann Collins (Revolution).
Apple TV+ Canada release date: November 23rd, 2022 (first three episodes, new episodes every Friday) Genre: Thriller Runtime: 10 episodes (46 to 58 minutes each)
Robert Alexander (A Man Named Scott) offers this look at the storied life and career of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal.
In addition to O’Neal himself, the documentary features interviews with such basketball figures as Toronto’s Rick Fox, Dwyane Wade and Pat Riley.
Crave release date: November 23rd, 2022 (first episodes, new episodes every Wednesday at 9pm ET) Genre: Sports documentary Runtime: Four episodes (around 45 minutes each)
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.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special [Disney+ Original]
With Quill sad about Gamora, Mantis and Drax travel to Earth to find him the ultimate Christmas present: Kevin Bacon.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special was written and directed by Guardians of the Galaxy mastermind James Gunn and features returning Guardians stars Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord), Dave Bautista (Drax), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), Vin Diesel (Groot) and Sean Gunn (Kraglin), while Bacon (Footloose) plays himself.
It’s worth noting that the special leads into next May’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which is intended to be a swan song for the Guardians.
Stream The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Specialhere.
Welcome to Chippendales [Star Original]
This series follows the life and career of Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee, the founder of the male striptease troupe, Chippendales.
Welcome to Chippendales was created by Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) and stars Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex) and Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets).
Disney+ Canada release date: November 22nd, 2022 (first two episodes, new episodes every Tuesday) Genre: Biographical drama Runtime: Eight episodes (around 45 minutes each)
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.
Netflix
Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich [Netflix Original]
Survivors of British socialite and Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell detail her sex trafficking trial.
While clearing out his childhood home for Christmas, an author discovers a diary that links him to a woman searching for her birth mother.
The Noel Diary was directed by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride) and stars Justin Hartley (This is Us), Barrett Doss (Station 19) and Essence Atkins (Are We There Yet?).
Wednesday Addams investigates a murder spree while making friends and foes at Nevermore Academy.
Based on The Addams Family, Wednesday was created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) and stars Jenna Ortega (Jane the Virgin), Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Riki Lindholme (Duncanville) and Jamie McShane (Bloodline).
Netflix Canada release date: November 23rd, 2022 Genre: Fantasy Runtime: Eight episodes (45 minutes each)
Bell has announced that a ton of new content coming to Crave in December (and quite a few TV shows and movies are also leaving the platform).
Crave subscriptions start at $9.99/month for a Mobile plan, which includes access to HBO content. A $19.99/month Crave Total subscription is required to stream this content on Crave’s supported devices, like Android, iOS, Apple TV, PlayStation, etc. A $5.99 Starz add-on is also available.
