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Streaming in Canada on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix [April 3-9]

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.

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

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre [Amazon Exclusive]

Original U.S. theatrical release date: March 3rd, 2023
Amazon Prime Video Canada premiere date: April 7th, 2023
Genre: Spy action-comedy
Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes

The latest film from Guy Ritchie (Snatch) has actually skipped Canadian theatres entirely to come straight to Prime Video here.

In Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, a spy (The Fast & Furious‘ Jason Statham) must reluctantly team up with a group of top operatives to retrieve a deadly new weapons technology before an arms dealer can sell it to the highest bidder. The film co-stars Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) and Hugh Grant (Paddington 2).

Stream Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre here.

An Amazon Prime Video subscription is included at no additional cost with an Amazon Prime membership, which is priced at $99/year.

The full list of movies and shows hitting Amazon Prime Video Canada this month can be found here.

Apple TV+

Schmigadoon (Season 2) [Apple Original]

Apple TV+ Canada premiere date: April 5th, 2023 (first two episodes, new episodes every Wednesday)
Genre: Musical comedy
Runtime: Six episodes (around 30 minutes each)

After finding true love in the town of Schmigadoon, Josh and Melissa head to Schmicago, the reimagined world of ’60s and ’70s musicals

Schmigadoon! was created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio (Despicable Me) and stars Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live), Dove Cameron (Descendants), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) and Hamilton, Ontario’s Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building).

It’s worth noting that the series was filmed in Vancouver.

Stream Schmigadoon here.

An Apple TV+ membership costs $8.99/month and is also included in Apple One subscription bundles, which start at $18.95/month.

Crave

The Traitors (U.S., U.K. and Australia)

Crave premiere date: April 7th, 2023
Genre: Reality competition
Runtime: 11-12 episodes per show (around one hour each)

More than 20 contestants are tasked with completing a series of challenges to build up a prize fund, while an unknown small group of “Traitors” seeks to take them out.

The U.S. version is hosted by Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), the U.K. version is hosted by Claudia Winkleman (Strictly Come Dancing) and the Australian version is hosted by Rodger Corser (Glitch).

Stream The Traitors 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.

Disney+

The Crossover [Disney+ Original]

Disney+ Canada premiere date: April 5th, 2023
Genre: Sports drama
Runtime: Eight episodes (26-36 minutes each)

Basketball prodigy brothers Josh and JB navigate their lives entering adulthood.

Based on Kwame Alexander’s 2014 novel of the same name, The Crossover stars Jalyn Hall (Till), Amir O’Neil (Marlon) and Derek Luke (13 Reasons Why).

Stream The Crossover 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.

Netflix

Beef [Netflix Original]

Netflix Canada premiere date: April 6th, 2023
Genre: Comedy-drama
Runtime: Ten episodes (31-37 minutes each)

A road rage incident leads two strangers to seek revenge against one another.

Beef was created by Lee Sung Jin (Dave) and stars Steven Yeun (Minari) and Ali Wong (Always Be My Maybe).

Stream Beef here.

Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now [Netflix Original]

Netflix Canada premiere date: April 5th, 2023
Genre: Music documentary
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes

This documentary chronicles the rise of Grammy-nominated singer Lewis Capaldi (“Someone You Loved”).

Stream Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now here.

A ‘Basic with Ads’ subscription costs $5.99/month, ‘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 Canada this month can be found here.

What are you planning on watching this week? Let us know in the comments.

For more suggestions, check out last week’s Streaming in Canada column.

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YouTube is actively looking into issue affecting ad warning countdown

YouTube ads are intrusive and annoying though tolerable in many cases. However, a rising issue is affecting YouTube’s five-second countdown that typically plays prior to throwing to an ad. Thankfully, the company is actively looking into the problem.

YouTube users have been experiencing an odd occurrence where a video will suddenly cut to an ad without warning. Traditionally, YouTube will display a small five-second countdown in the bottom right corner of the screen before throwing to a midroll advertisement. This issue has been continuously affecting users across various platforms for weeks.

It appears as though the issue is most commonly found on TVs using the YouTube app. However, there have also been reported issues on web, mobile, and even consoles. Users have taken to Reddit as well as Twitter to discuss the issue at hand.

Although some firmly believe YouTube actively removed this feature, the company has been responding to complaints on Twitter. In one instance, the TeamYouTube account says, “We’re looking into the issue of the 5-second countdown for midroll ads not showing on videos. thx for your report!” 

In another instance, the account asks that users send feedback to report an issue to YouTube. To do so, users must sign into their account, select their profile picture and hit ‘Send feedback’. This then prompts users to describe the issue and include any screenshots that may be useful.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be an solution that can solve the issue from the user’s end. This is a bug that YouTube has to address itself. Thankfully, the company is aware of the situation and is looking into it. However, there’s no current word on when a fix may be released. 

Source: 9to5Google

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Disney+ series Ahsoka to premiere in August, trailer revealed

Disney and LucasFilm are hosting Star Wars Celebration and are revealing new details on the Ahsoka series. The annual event unpacks all the latest announcements and reveals and gives some new tidbits on what fans can expect.

Revealed during an exclusive panel, the long-awaited Ahsoka series, starring Rosario Dawson, is due to premiere on Disney+ this August. As part of Star Wars Celebration, fans are being treated not only to a new Ahsoka poster but the first teaser trailer.

The teaser sees Dawson returning as the beloved Star Wars character Ahsoka. The character was last seen in the series The Book of Boba Fett. She is shown to search the galaxy as rumours regarding Grand Admiral Thrawn’s return continue to surface. 

On top of outlining the series’ plot, the Ahsoka trailer shows brief snippets of returning Star Wars characters in live action as well as new faces. For instance, we’re given the first look at Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren as well as Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who is cast as Hera. Newcomer Ray Stevenson is said to be playing a new character, described as a former Jedi. Finally, we’re given a small look at the big bad Thrawn. However, casting for the awaited villain has not been announced. 

Dave Filoni is once again the executive producer on the series as well as one of the writers. Filoni has largely been the executive producer on many contemporary Star Wars projects on Disney+ including The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and The Book of Boba Fett. It’s not yet known who is attached to direct the series.

Disney+ is currently wrapping up the third season of The Mandalorian, with the season set to conclude on April 19. Suffice to say, some threads might be created as connective tissue between the streamer’s flagship Star Wars series and Ahsoka.

Image credit: Star Wars

Source: @Disney

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Netflix developing new series with Toronto’s Mae Martin

Netflix has ordered Tall Pines, a new thriller series from Toronto’s Mae Martin.

On top of starring in the series, Martin will serve as creator, co-showrunner (with Servant‘s Ryan Scott) and executive producer. Toronto-based Sphere Media (Sort Of) is co-producing the series.

Per Netflix, the series is “set in a bucolic but sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the troubled teen industry and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next.”

Martin is the co-creator and star of the acclaimed British series Feel Good, a semi-autobiographical story about a Canadian comedian who goes to the U.K. and falls in love with another woman. The series streams internationally on Netflix, including in Canada. Martin also appeared in several episodes of HBO’s The Flight Attendant and was a featured comedian in Amazon’s LOL: Last One Laughing Canada.

A release date and other casting information for Tall Pines have not yet been revealed.

In other Canadian Netflix news, the streamer greenlit a new Nunavut-set Indigenous comedy series last week.

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Via: Barry Hertz

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Where to stream ‘Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis in Canada

Disney has announced that the next entry in The Kardashians saga, ‘Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis, will begin streaming on Disney+ Canada under the Star banner on April 13th.

The announcement came as part of a new trailer for the special. In it, we see snippets from the Portofino, Italy wedding of Kourtney Kardashian Barker and Travis Barker, featuring appearances from Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

The special is part of Disney-owned Hulu’s larger deal with The Kardashians, which includes the eponymous reality series that also streams on Disney+ in Canada.

In Canada, a Disney+ subscription costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year.

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Amazon’s The Rings of Power cost $500 million, but less than half of viewers finished it: report

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hasn’t quite been the big hit the company was hoping for, according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter.

While streamers like Amazon typically don’t reveal viewership data, THR reports that only 37 percent of those who watched Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings series in the U.S. actually completed it. That number does rise to 45 percent overseas, although the outlet notes that per insiders, a 50 percent completion rate would be “solid but not spectacular.”

Assuming this data is accurate, the majority of people not even finishing an eight-episode season of a highly-publicized show wouldn’t bode too well for Amazon. According to Variety, Amazon has already spent around $465 million USD (about $625.9 million CAD) on the first season in the hopes of building out a five-season Game of Thrones-level tentpole. That also doesn’t include the $250 million USD (about $336.6 million CAD) cost to purchase the LOTR rights from the Tolkien estate, publisher HarperCollins and New Line Cinema.

Another metric to gauge the Rings of Power‘s performance is Nielsen, which tracks the number of minutes watched in the U.S. for popular TV shows. According to the firm, Netflix held the top 10 spots in the 2022 most-watched streaming shows list, with Amazon’s own The Boys even coming in higher (11th) than The Rings of Power (15th). While it’s unclear exactly how much Amazon spends on the Toronto-shot The Boys (reports peg the first season budget at around $10 million USD/$13.5 million CAD), it’s undoubtedly a lot less than The Rings of Power. THR also notes that 2022 was actually an improvement for Prime Video, as 2021’s top 15 most-watched streaming shows, per Nielsen, didn’t include anything from Prime Video.

Clearly, then, Amazon has already invested an ungodly amount of money into the series — believed to be well above what any other company has spent on a series. As THR notes, The Rings of Power has also failed to be a major awards contender, whereas Game of Thrones alone netted HBO 59 Emmy wins across a variety of categories, the most of any drama series.

Speaking to THR, Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke denied reports that The Rings of Power has underperformed. “This desire to paint the show as anything less than a success — it’s not reflective of any conversation I’m having internally,” she told the publication. She went on to say that the second season, which has been filming since October, presents “a huge opportunity” to grow the property after a lot of setup was required in its freshman outing.

The discussion surrounding The Rings of Power came as part of a larger THR piece on Amazon’s entertainment business. In it, the outlet reports that a variety of creatives call Amazon Studios “a confusing and frustrating place to do business,” citing uncertainty surrounding the types of content it wants to produce.

“There’s no vision for what an Amazon Prime show is. You can’t say, ‘They stand for this kind of storytelling.’ It’s completely random what they make and how they make it,” says one showrunner who’s worked a lot with Prime Video, per THR.

The full THR feature can be found here.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Image credit: Amazon

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HBO planning to reboot Harry Potter into seven-season TV series: report

Warner Bros. is nearing a deal to produce a live-action streaming series for HBO Max based on the Harry Potter book series, according to Bloomberg.

The outlet says the plan is to have seven seasons, each focused on one of the novels. While the Harry Potter films were overall critical and commercial successes, they naturally had to cut a fair amount of material to fit into roughly two-hour runtimes. Therefore, Warner Bros. is intending to use the TV format for a more in-depth exploration of the storylines of the books on HBO Max. (In Canada, most HBO Max originals stream on Crave, so presumably, this series would as well.)

Currently, Warner Bros. is said to still be in negotiations with Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. While she’s not expected to be a showrunner, Rowling would still be attached as a producer to ensure the adaptation is faithful to her novels. Part of Rowling’s larger deal with the entertainment giant requires her to sign off on any Wizarding World-related projects.

The last mainline Harry Potter film was 2011’s Deathly Hallows — Part 2, although three spin-off prequel films in the Fantastic Beasts series — all of which have been written or co-written by Rowling — have been released in the years since. That said, reception to the Fantastic Beasts series has been middling, with last year’s Secrets of Dumbledore even garnering negative reviews while becoming the lowest-grossing movie in the entire ‘Wizarding World’ franchise. Therefore, it makes sense that Warner Bros. would return to the main Harry Potter series, especially in a nostalgia-fueled industry.

However, news of a potential Potter reboot has been met with a mixed response, with some pointing out that we’re barely 10 years removed from the Daniel Radcliffe-led movies. Beyond that, though, the Wizarding World is now viewed as tainted by many amid ongoing controversies surrounding Rowling herself.

Since 2019, the author has been making repeated comments about transgender people that have been condemned for helping to spread hatred and abuse toward an already marginalized community. Members of the LGBTQ+ community have criticized Rowling for her anti-trans rhetoric, as have Harry Potter cast members like Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who distanced themselves from the author while expressing support for trans people. Most recently, Rowling led many to call for a boycott of Warner Bros. best-selling Hogwarts Legacy, a video game based on the Wizarding World, due to the fact that she would ultimately profit from its success.

Should the HBO Max series go through, it remains to be seen who else will be involved and, more importantly, how Rowling herself might affect the project.

Image credit: Warner Bros.

Source: Bloomberg

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Here’s what’s coming to Crave, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Paramount+ in April

Each month MobileSyrup publishes several individual rundowns of the new content coming to streaming services. We also offer a curated guide of the hottest shows and movies hitting streaming services weekly.

However, if you don’t want to go through all of our links, here’s your TV guide-like round-up of everything coming to Crave, Prime Video, Paramount+ and Disney+ this month.

A Disney+ subscription costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year in Canada, while a Paramount Plus subscription costs $9.99/month.

Crave subscriptions start at $19.99/month and includes HBO content access. A $5.99 Starz add-on is also available. In this round-up, I don’t separate Starz from other Crave content, so it’s worth noting some of the titles cost an extra $5.99.

A Prime Video subscription costs $9.99 per month, and, lastly, Netflix is still on this list for those who continue to subscribe. Netflix starts at $5.99, but plans increase depending on whether you want multiple viewers, ad-free streaming or 4K content.

Coming Soon

  • Ex-Addicts Club — Netflix 
  • Welcome to Eden: Season 2 — Netflix 

April 1st

  • 10,000 B.C. — Netflix 
  • Catwoman — Netflix 
  • Click — Netflix 
  • Crash — Netflix 
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Netflix 
  • Girls Trip — Netflix 
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 — Netflix 
  • Jurassic Park — Netflix 
  • Laurence Anyways — Netflix 
  • Lego Ninjago: Season 4 Crystallized – Part 2 — Netflix 
  • Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort du monde — Netflix 
  • The Many Saints of Newark — Netflix 
  • Miracles from Heaven — Netflix 
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout — Netflix 
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol — Netflix 
  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation — Netflix 
  • New York Minute — Netflix 
  • Shark Tale — Netflix 
  • Something’s Gotta Give — Netflix 
  • Superbad — Netflix 
  • Wild Wild West — Netflix 
  • You Got Served — Netflix 
  • Zathura: A Space Adventure — Netflix 
  • Weather — Netflix 
  • Jurassic World: Dominion — Crave
  • Master Liar: Episodes 1-3 — Crave
  • Risky Business — Crave
  • Monster High (new episodes) — Paramount Plus

April 2nd

  • War Sailor: Limited Series — Netflix 

April 3rd

  • American Dad (Season 19) — Disney+

April 4th

  • My Name is Mo’Nique — Netflix 
  • The Signing — Netflix 
  • A Night at the Roxbury (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Amazing Grace (documentary) — Paramount Plus
  • Bossy Bear (New episodes) — Paramount Plus
  • Mission: Impossible — Fallout (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • SpongeBob SquarePants (new episodes) — Paramount Plus
  • The Big Short (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (movie) — Paramount Plus

April 5th

  • Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now — Netflix 
  • Area21 — Live on Planet Earth (Special)  — Disney+
  • The Crossover — Disney+
  • The Good Mothers — Disney+
  • The Pope Answers — Disney+
  • Predator: Bloodlines (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Susah Sinyal (Bad Signal) The Series (Season 1) — Disney+
  • The Challenge: Argentina (Season 1) — Paramount Plus
  • Perder Es Ganar Un Poco (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Nadie Sabe Para Quien Trabja — Prime Video

April 6th

  • Beef — Netflix 
  • Reminiscence — Netflix 
  • Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection: Season 1 — Crave
  • Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Season 1) — Paramount Plus
  • Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Cares? — Prime Video

April 7th

  • Chupa — Netflix 
  • Into the Storm — Netflix 
  • Kings of Mulberry Street: Let Love Reign — Netflix 
  • Oh Belinda — Netflix 
  • Thicker Than Water — Netflix 
  • Transatlantic — Netflix 
  • Tiny Beautiful Things — Disney+
  • Mary Makes It Easy: Season 2B — Crave
  • Bring It On: Cheer Or Die — Crave
  • Marry F**k Kill — Crave
  • Monster Family 2 — Crave
  • The Black Phone — Crave
  • Music Box: Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed @ 8pm ET — Crave
  • Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend — Crave
  • Parenthood — Crave
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love — Crave
  • Curly Sue — Crave
  • Catching Lightning (documentary) — Paramount Plus
  • Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • On a Wing and a Prayer (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Gangs of Lagos (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • De Viaje Con Los Derbez: Season 3 (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • El Internado: Las Cumbres: Season 3 (Exclusive Content) — Prime Video
  • Murilo Couto Comedy Special (Exclusive Content) — Prime Video
  • Code Name Banshee — Prime Video
  • Praise This — Prime Video
  • Sniper’s Eve: Fortress — Prime Video
  • Abandoned — Prime Video

April 8th

  • Hunger — Netflix 
  • Spiral: From the Book of Saw — Netflix 

April 10th

  • CoComelon: Season 8 — Netflix 

April 11th

  • Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman — Netflix 
  • Yonder (Season 1) — Paramount Plus
  • Buddy Games (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Get Rich or Die Tryin’ — Paramount Plus
  • Missing Link (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Primal (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Save Me (all seasons) — Paramount Plus
  • Voice (Season 1-2) — Paramount Plus
  • Signal (Season 1) — Paramount Plus
  • Transformers: The Last Knight (movie) — Paramount Plus

April 12th

  • American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing — Netflix 
  • Celeste Barber Fine, thanks — Netflix 
  • Operation: Nation — Netflix 
  • Smother-in-Law: Season 2 — Netflix 
  • Atomu No Ko (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Cesar Milan: Better Human Better Dog — Disney+
  • The First Responders (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Justified (Seasons 1-6)  — Disney+
  • Little Mosque on the Prairie (Seasons 1-6)  — Disney+
  • Pandora: Beneath the Paradise (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Rennervations — Disney+
  • Tá Tudo Certo — Disney+
  • Duran Duran: A Hollywood High (Documentary) — Paramount Plus
  • True to Love (Exclusive Content) — Prime Video

April 13th

  • The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib: Season 2 — Netflix 
  • Florida Man — Netflix 
  • Obsession — Netflix 
  • Soltos: Season 3 (Amazon Original) — Prime Video

April 14th

  • Phenomena — Netflix 
  • Queenmaker — Netflix 
  • Queens on the Run — Netflix 
  • Seven Kings Must Die — Netflix 
  • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (short) — Crave
  • Ozur Dilerim — Crave
  • Just for Laughs 2022: The Gala Specials — Jo Koy — Crave
  • Law & Order: Seasons 11 &12 — Crave
  • Black Lady Sketch Show: Season 4, Episode 1 @11pm ET — Crave
  • The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist: Season 1 — Crave
  • Blade of the 47 Ronin — Crave
  • None — Crave
  • Blindspotting: Season 2, Episodes 1-2 — Crave
  • 21 Jump Street — Crave
  • 22 Jump Street — Crave
  • Boyz N’ The Hood — Crave
  • Casper — Crave
  • Pumping Iron — Crave
  • Raw  Deal– Crave
  • Something Borrowed — Crave
  • Waco: The Aftermath (limited series premiere) — Paramount Plus
  • Personality Crisis: One Night Only (Movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Rugrats (New season) — Paramount Plus
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5 (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Salade Grecque (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Caravana Das Drags (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Pearl — Prime Video

April 15th

  • Bolduc, La — Netflix 
  • Doctor Cha — Netflix 
  • Le mirage — Netflix 

April 16th

  • The Nutty Boy Part 2 — Netflix 
  • Barry: Season 4, episodes 1-2 @10pm/10:30pm ET — Crave
  • The 100 Foot Wave: Season 2, Episode 1 @8pm ET — Crave

April 17th

  • Oggy Oggy: Season 2 — Netflix 
  • 752 Is Not A Number — Crave
  • Till — Prime Video

April 18th

  • Better Call Saul: Season 6 — Netflix 
  • How to Get Rich — Netflix 
  • Longest Third Date — Netflix 
  • Bossy Bear (new episode block) — Paramount Plus
  • Cirque Du Soleil Worlds Away (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Corozonada (The Lottery) (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Strangers: Prey at Night (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • The Italian Job (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Neeyat — Prime Video

April 19th

  • Chimp Empire — Netflix 
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always — Netflix 
  • Alone (Season 6) — Disney+
  • Doctor Lawyer (Season 1) — Disney+
  • The Owl House (Season 3, all episodes) — Disney+
  • My Family: S1 (New Episode) — Disney+
  • Mascara Contra Caballero (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Mr. Mercedes (Seasons 1-3) [Star] — Disney+
  • Yang Hilang Dalam Cinta/What We Lose to Love (Season 1) — Disney+

April 20th

  • 42 — Netflix 
  • The Diplomat — Netflix 
  • Tooth Pari: When Love Bites — Netflix 
  • Quasi — Disney+
  • Mrs. Davis: Season 1, episodes 1-4 — Crave
  • Fired on Mars: Season 1, episodes 1-2 — Crave
  • Mike Judge’s Beavis & Butt-Head (Season 2) — Paramount Plus
  • Bromates (movie) — Paramount Plus

April 21st

  • 8 Mile — Netflix 
  • A Tourist’s Guide to Love — Netflix 
  • Chokehold — Netflix 
  • Erin Brockovich — Netflix 
  • Indian Matchmaking: Season 3 — Netflix 
  • One More Time — Netflix 
  • Rough Diamonds — Netflix 
  • The Ark: Season 1 — Crave
  • Astro Boy — Crave
  • Jerry Maguire — Crave
  • One Year Off– Crave
  • The Angry Birds Movie — Crave
  • The Craft — Crave
  • The Banshees of Inisherin — Crave
  • Summer with Hope — Crave
  • 1-800-Hot-Nite (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Dead Ringers (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Judy Blume Forever (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • LOL: Chi Ride È Fuori: Season 3 (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • Wild Isles: Season 1 (Exclusive Content) — Prime Video
  • Fabio Rabin Comedy Special (Exclusive Content) — Prime Video
  • Vendetta — Prime Video
  • Con Los Años Que Nos Quedan — Prime Video

April 22nd

  • Ada Twist, Scientist: Season 4 — Netflix 
  • Stowaway — Netflix 
  • Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Wild Australia (Season 1) — Disney+
  • Nasha (Exclusive Content) — Prime Video
  • ONEFC: One Fight Night 9 — Prime Video

April 23rd

  • Somebody Somewhere: Season 2 @10:30pm ET — Crave
  • From (Season 2) — Paramount Plus

April 24th

  • Gunda — Crave
  • Crank — Prime Video

April 25th

  • John Mulaney: Baby J — Netflix 
  • Matildas: The World at Our Feet
  • Saint X — Disney+
  • Sam: Ein Sachse/Sam: A Saxon (Season 1)  — Disney+
  • The 1619 Project — Disney+
  • Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Season 1, shorts) — Disney+
  • Backtrace (movie) — Paramount Plus
  • Blaze and the Moster Machines (new episode block) — Paramount Plus

April 26th

  • The Good Bad Mother — Netflix 
  • Kiss, Kiss — Netflix 
  • Love After Music — Netflix 
  • Malignant — Crave
  • Anything for Fame (documentary) — Paramount Plus

April 27th

  • Firefly Lane: Season 2 Part 2 — Netflix 
  • The Matchmaker — Netflix 
  • The Nurse — Netflix 
  • Sharkdog: Season 3 — Netflix 
  • Sweet Tooth: Season 2 — Netflix 
  • Love & Death — Crave

April 28th

  • AKA — Netflix 
  • InuYasha: Season 6 — Netflix 
  • King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch — Netflix 
  • Peter Pan & Wendy — Disney+
  • Call Jane — Crave
  • MVP — Crave
  • The Iron Giant — Crave
  • MTV’s EX on the Beach: Couples: Season 6 — Crave
  • Heavy Rescue 401: Season 7 — Crave
  • Fifty Shades Darker — Crave
  • Split — Crave
  • Anything for Fame (documentary) — Paramount Plus
  • Citadel (Amazon Original) — Prime Video
  • LOL: The Last One Laughing (De): Season 4 (Amazon) — Prime Video

April 30th

  • Clock [Star] — Disney+
  • Fatal Attraction (series premiere) — Paramount Plus
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Keanu Reeves movies to stream in Canada after John Wick: Chapter 4

Who doesn’t love Keanu Reeves?

For decades, the Toronto-raised actor has won the hearts of many for kindness, strong work ethic and varied career that includes big blockbusters, comedy, romance, video games and, even, reporting for the CBC.

His latest film, John Wick: Chapter 4, is arguably his best yet, delivering some of the most visceral, slick and well-shot action in recent memory. While Reeves is set to make an appearance in next year’s John Wick spin-off, the Ana de Armas-led The Ballerina, his future with the series beyond that remains in question.

For now, though, we can at least go back to his older work. So, if you want more Keanu in your life after Chapter 4, here’s where to watch a bunch of his most prominent movies in Canada (See here for a John Wick-specific round-up).

Bill & Ted trilogy

Reeves’ breakthrough role came as the titular Ted in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, a sci-fi comedy about two time-travelling dim-witted high school students. Alongside Alex Winter (Bill), Reeves would return for two sequels.

Constantine

While it received mixed reviews upon its release in 2005, this DC Comics adaptation has become something of a cult film ever since. In it, Reeves stars as John Constantine, a cynical exorcist with the ability to travel between Earth and Hell. It’s worth noting that Reeves and original director Francis Lawrence have also been trying to get a sequel made.

Unfortunately, Constantine isn’t on any subscription streaming service, so you’ll have to rent or buy the film on PVOD platforms like iTunes and Google Play (starting at $4.99).

The Devil’s Advocate

This supernatural horror film stars Reeves as a lawyer who joins a major firm only to discover that its owner, played by Al Pacino, is actually the Devil.

Stream The Devil’s Advocate on Netflix.

Man of Tai-Chi

Reeves’ directorial debut has him playing the antagonist in this story about a young martial artist in an underground fighting ring. Although it was a box office bomb, it did receive fairly positive reviews for its action.

Stream Man of Tai-Chi here.

The Matrix series

Arguably Reeves’ most iconic role pre-Wick saw him kung fu his way through the digital world to save humanity from an AI.

Unfortunately, only 2021’s The Matrix Resurrections — which saw Reeves reunite with fellow Canadian Carrie-Anne Moss — is on a subscription streaming service: Crave. The original trilogy — The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions — are only available to rent or purchase on platforms like iTunes and Google Play, starting at $4.99.

Much Ado About Nothing

In Kenneth Branagh’s romantic comedy adaptation of the eponymous Shakespeare play, Reeves portrays Don John, the evil half-brother of Denzel Washington’s character, Don Pedro.

Stream Much Ado About Nothing on Hoopla (free with supported library cards) and Tubi (free with ads).

My Own Private Idaho

A smaller and more intimate movie than many younger audiences might expect from the John Wick star, My Own Private Idaho stars Reeves as Scott, a young man who travels with his best friend Mike (the late River Phoenix) to find the latter’s mother.

Stream My Own Private Idaho on Amazon Prime Video and Crave (Starz membership required for both).

Point Break

In this iconic 1991 crime action film, Reeves plays an undercover FBI agent tasked with investigating a group of bank robbers, leading him to develop a complex relationship with the ringleader (the late Patrick Swayze).

Sadly, Point Break isn’t on any subscription streaming service, so you’ll have to rent or buy the film on PVOD platforms like iTunes and Google Play (starting at $4.99).

Speed

Pop quiz, hotshot: which high-octane 1994 action movie stars Reeves as an LAPD officer who’s trying to save a bus that’s rigged with a bomb that will detonate if it goes below 50 mph (80km)? Speed, of course, which co-stars Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper. Fun fact: it was also written by Reeves’ fellow Torontonian, Graham Yost.

Stream Speed on Disney+.

Toy Story 4

We might be a little biased here, but Reeves has arguably the best role in this animated “fourquel” as Duke Caboom, a larger-than-life Canadian daredevil toy.

Stream Toy Story 4 on Disney+.

Naturally, that only covers some of Reeves’ lengthy filmography and doesn’t include TV appearances or video game roles. On the latter front, he plays Johnny Silverhand in the massive RPG Cyberpunk 2077, a role he’s set to reprise in an expansion, Phantom Liberty, releasing later this year.

What are your favourite Keanu Reeves roles? Let us know in the comments.

Additionally, here’s where to stream other non-John Wick action movies in Canada.

Image credit: 20th Century Studios

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New on Crave: April 2023

Bell has announced that a ton of new content is coming to Crave in April (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.

Below is all the content coming to Crave in April 2023:

April 1st

  • Jurassic World: Dominion
  • Master Liar: Episodes 1-3
  • Risky Business — Starz

April 6th

  • Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection: Season 1

April 7th

  • Mary Makes It Easy: Season 2B
  • Bring It On: Cheer Or Die
  • Marry F**k Kill
  • Monster Family 2
  • The Black Phone
  • Music Box: Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed @ 8pm ET
  • Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend — Starz
  • Parenthood — Starz 
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love — Starz 
  • Curly Sue — Starz 

April 14th

  • Just for Laughs 2022: The Gala Specials — Jo Koy
  • Law & Order: Seasons 11 &12
  • Black Lady Sketch Show: Season 4, Episode 1 @11pm ET
  • The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist: Season 1
  • Blade of the 47 Ronin
  • None
  • Blindspotting: Season 2, Episodes 1-2
  • 21 Jump Street — Starz 
  • 22 Jump Street — Starz 
  • Boyz N’ The Hood — Starz 
  • Casper  
  • Pumping Iron — Starz
  • Raw  Deal — Starz 
  • Something Borrowed — Starz 

April 16th

  • Barry: Season 4, episodes 1-2 @10pm/10:30pm ET
  • The 100 Foot Wave: Season 2, Episode 1 @8pm ET

April 17th

  • 752 Is Not A Number

April 20th

  • Mrs. Davis: Season 1, episodes 1-4
  • Fired on Mars: Season 1, episodes 1-2

April 21st

  • The Ark: Season 1
  • Astro Boy
  • Jerry Maguire — Starz
  • One Year Off — Starz 
  • The Angry Birds Movie
  • The Craft — Starz 
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Summer with Hope

April 23rd

  • Somebody Somewhere: Season 2 @10:30pm ET

April 24th

  • Gunda

April 26th

  • Malignant

April 27th

  • Love & Death

April 28

  • Call Jane
  • MVP
  • The Iron Giant
  • MTV’s EX on the Beach: Couples: Season 6
  • Heavy Rescue 401: Season 7
  • Fifty Shades Darker — Starz
  • Split — Starz 

What’s leaving Crave in April

  • Reminiscence (April 4th)
  • Stage Fright (April 5th)
  • 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus (April 7th)
  • Rogue Hostage (April 9th)
  • Spiral: From the Book of Saw (April 13th)
  • Crutch (April 17th)
  • Siberia (April 17th)
  • Cinema Toast: Season 1 (April 19th)
  • Sasquatch: Season 1 (April 19th)
  • Scary Movie (April 19th)
  • Scary Movie 2 (April 19th)
  • Scary Movie 3 (April 19th)
  • Scary Movie 4 (April 19th)
  • Scary Movie 5 (April 19th)
  • Malignant (April 26th)
    Free Guy (April 28th)
  • A Cinderella Story: Starstruck (April 30th)
  • After Dark, My Sweet (April 30th)
  • Angel Heart (April 30th)
  • August: Osage County (April 30th)
  • Belle (April 30th)
  • Big Miracle (April 30th)
  • Boogie (April 30th)
  • Four Christmases (April 30th)
  • Friday Night Lights (2004) (April 30th)
  • Grizzly Man (April 30th)
  • I Am Ali (April 30th)
  • I Heart Huckabees (April 30th)
  • Land (April 30th)
  • Letters to Juliet (April 30th)
  • Minions (April 30th)
  • Monsoon Wedding (April 30th)
  • Peacock (April 30th)
  • Red (April 30th)
  • Red 2 (April 30th)
  • Ride the Eagle (April 30th)
  • Riders of Justice (April 30th)
  • Rio (April 30th)
  • Rio 2 (April 30th)
  • Snowpiercer (April 30th)
  • Spirit Untamed (April 30th)
  • Super Troopers (April 30th)
  • Super Troopers 2 (April 30th)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (April 30th)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (April 30th)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (April 30th)
  • The Bank Job (April 30th)
  • TMNT (April 30th)