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Where to stream the Scream movies in Canada before Scream (2022)

Ten years after the last Scream movie, Ghostface and the Woodsboro gang are back.

The fifth film, simply titled Scream, is set to hit theatres on January 14th. Notably, it’s the first in the series to not be directed by horror legend Wes Craven, following his passing in 2015. Instead, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not) are helming the new Scream.

Still, the film promises to bring back several Scream veterans, including Guelph, Ontario’s own Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), David Arquette (Dewey Riley), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) and Roger L. Jackson as the voice of Ghostface. On top of that, early reviews peg the film as showing a deep “reverence” for its predecessors.

With all of that in mind, we’ve rounded up how you can stream the four previous Scream movies ahead of Scream (2022).

Anyway, here’s where to watch the Wes Craven Scream flicks. Basically, Prime members are completely covered, although there are some options if you don’t have the service and/or prefer alternatives:

  • Scream (1996) — Amazon Prime Video (base tier, as well as on premium Super Channel and Starz channels), Crave (Crave + Starz subscription required)
  • Scream 2 (1997) — Amazon Prime Video (base tier, as well as on premium Super Channel and Starz channels), Crave (Crave + Starz subscription required)
  • Scream 3 (2000) — Amazon Prime Video (base tier, as well as on premium Shudder, Super Channel and Starz channels), Crave (Crave + Starz subscription required)
  • Scream 4 (2011) — Amazon Prime Video (base tier, as well as on premium Super Channel channels)

Hopefully, this will be helpful for both fans and newcomers. It should be noted, though, that moviegoers in Ontario and Quebec are out of luck at the moment when it comes to the new Scream, given provincial COVID-related theatre closures. For now, Paramount says the movie will premiere exclusively in Canadian theatres on January 14th in whichever provinces permit them; in other words, no premium video on demand (PVOD) option will be offered.

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You won’t be able to watch the 2022 Golden Globes in Canada (or elsewhere)

Every year, we do a “how to watch the Golden Globes” story.

While the majority of our regular smartphone-focused readers likely aren’t interested, a lot of general internet users absolutely are. However, we’re here now to say that the 2022 Golden Globes, set for Sunday, January 9th at 9pm ET, will not actually be aired publicly at all.

“This year’s event is going to be a private event and will not be livestreamed,” the show’s organizer, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), said in a statement on social media.

Instead, the group says it will provide “real-time updates on winners” from the 90-minute show on its website and social media channels, like Twitter and Facebook.

Historically, the event has aired on NBC in the U.S. and Bell’s CTV networks in Canada. That said, NBC confirmed last May that it would not broadcast the Globes due to ongoing issues surrounding the HFPA, which include accusations of corruption and a complete lack of Black members. Studios, actors and other representations jointly condemned the organization and called for reform. The HFPA, for its part, says it’s “committed” to change but that it needs time to enact it.

According to Deadline, these controversies are one reason for the switch to a private event, although an NBC source claimed the company wasn’t preventing the HFPA from doing its own livestream. As well, Deadline notes that this year’s event, in general, has been significantly pared down due to COVID. That means no red carpet, media or celebrities in attendance, so there won’t actually be any presenters or nominees. Given all of that, there wouldn’t have been much for people to watch even if there was a livestream.

As for the nominees, Kenneth Branagh’s Irish comedy-drama Belfast and Jane Campion’s Western drama The Power of the Dog lead the pack with five nods each. In particular, both are up for Best Picture Drama, alongside Sian Heder’s CODA, Quebec-born Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard.

The full list of nominees can be found here.

Image credit: Warner Bros.

Source: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Black Widow lost over $600 million in PVOD revenue due to piracy: report

For a long period earlier during the pandemic, all eyes were on Disney to see whether the company would bring Marvel’s Black Widow to Disney+ and theatres on day one, as it did with 2020’s live-action Mulan remake.

Eventually, Disney did indeed go this route in July 2021, in which Disney+ subscribers could pay $34.99 CAD to stream the movie. Now, we’re learning just how much that ‘Premier Access’ has cost the company.

In a larger feature about Hollywood’s approach to day-and-date theatrical/streaming releases, Deadline reports that rampant online piracy cost Disney around $600 million USD (about $762 million CAD) on the Scarlett Johansson-led superhero flick in premium video on demand (PVOD) revenue alone. That’s because people were quickly able to snag 4K-quality copies of the film in several languages and post them online.

This doesn’t count how much less money the movie earned in theatres due to the Premier Access release, or the $40 million-plus (about $51 million CAD) settlement it reached with Johansson over a high-profile Black Widow contract dispute.

Of course, a company like Disney will be more than fine after this, but it’s nonetheless interesting to see how much financial impact piracy can have.

The big takeaway from Deadline‘s feature, though, is that the hybrid cinema-digital release, in general, went out “like a dud.” Even movies that were offered day one at no cost in the U.S. on HBO Max, like King Richard, Reminiscence, In the Heights, Malignant and Judas and the Black Messiah, are said to have had “underwhelming” streaming audiences of two million or less.

That, coupled with the solid box office performance of films like Spider-Man: No Way Home, No Time to Die and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is encouraging more studios to stick to theatrical-first releases. It remains to be seen whether the Omicron variant — which has already led to theatres closing in Ontario and Quebec — will alter these plans.

Image credit: Marvel Studios

Source: Deadline

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Alienware’s Concept Nyx is all about streaming games over your local Wi-Fi

In classic CES fashion, Dell-owned gaming PC company Alienware is showing off a concept device you’ll probably never be able to buy that can power games across multiple screens in your home.

Engadget, which detailed Alienware’s ‘Concept Nyx’ extensively, described it as a Plex server but for video games. In short, Nyx appears to be a powerful gaming PC set up as a server. It handles all the complexities of gaming — rendering the content, connecting to networks, receiving inputs, etc. Then, Nyx streams the visuals over your local Wi-Fi network to whatever display you want to use, be it your TV, monitor or smartphone.

Perhaps the most unique part of Concept Nyx is Alienware’s pitch is that it can play multiple games simultaneously, even on the same screen. This looks really cool on paper (and in Alienware’s promotional material), almost like the couch co-op gaming of the early console era, except everyone on the couch can play their own game.

In practice, the feature doesn’t quite live up to Alienware’s pitch, according to Engadget reporters who went hands-on with Nyx. Engadget says running games simultaneously on a TV caused them to show up in tiny windows rather than cover half the screen like how Alienware shows it in promo materials.

Still, it is Concept Nyx, after all, so some hiccups are to be expected. Alienware representatives also couldn’t share details about what powers Nyx.

Further, since Nyx is a concept, there’s a chance it will never become a product that people can actually buy. Engadget notes that Alienware previously integrated parts of concept devices into new products. I could see future Alienware gaming PCs shipping with a Nyx app that lets you run games and stream them to another screen.

There are already ways to stream games over your local network

Of course, several products already do this. Popular PC game store and launcher Steam has a built-in ‘Remote Play’ feature that lets users launch a game on their computer and stream the visuals to another device (like a laptop with Steam or a smartphone). There’s also Nvidia’s ‘GameStream’ for playing games from your Nvidia-powered PC on an Nvidia Shield TV device.

While there’s a lot of potential with Nyx and other local streaming options, I also have to note that local streaming isn’t that great (at least in my experience). The few times I’ve tried to use Steam Remote Play, I’ve run into countless issues. Whenever I finally got it to work, the actual experience playing games was frustrating due to immense input lag. Others have had better luck than I have, but local streaming still needs some work before it can be a reliable option for most gamers.

Image credit: Dell (via Engadget)

Source: Engadget

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Where to stream the Harry Potter reunion special in Canada

Cast reunions are all the rage nowadays, be it last year for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, this year for Friends or anytime in between virtually for COVID.

Now, Warner Bros. is back with perhaps its biggest reunion special yet — a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Harry Potter film franchise.

To commemorate the milestone, the company has brought together the cast and crew of the beloved fantasy series for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, including, most notably, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione).

For Warner Bros., it’s a significant piece of original content to bolster its HBO Max catalogue in the U.S. Thankfully, though, the company’s ongoing partnership with Bell Media means Return to Hogwarts is coming to the latter’s Crave service in Canada on January 1st, 2022. This is the same date as the American HBO Max premiere.

Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Tour in London, Return to Hogwarts offers a reflection on 20 years since The Philosopher’s Stone with Radcliffe, Grint, Watson, Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Tom Felton (Malfoy), Gary Oldman (Sirius), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George), Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix) and more. The series’ four directors — Chris Columbus (the first two films), Alfonso Cuarón (Prisoner of Azkaban), Mike Newell (The Goblet of Fire) and David Yates (the final four movies) — will also appear.

However, Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling will only be seen in archival footage. Presumably, Warner Bros. is attempting to distance itself from Rowling amid the ongoing controversy surrounding her transphobic views, which much of the Potter cast has condemned.

Crave costs $9.99 for a mobile-only tier or $19.99 for a ‘Total’ plan that includes all HBO content, including Return to Hogwarts. 

It’s worth noting that all eight Harry Potter films hit Crave late last month. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses, a Helen Mirren-hosted game show, is also now streaming on Crave.

Image credit: Warner Bros.

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The Book of Boba Fett’s first episode is now streaming on Disney+

Disney’s The Mandalorian spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett’s first episode is now available to stream on the company’s streaming service, Disney+.

The series follows Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) as they battle for control of territory formerly held by Jabba the Hutt. The first episode released on December 29th, 2021 with new episodes coming weekly. There will be seven episodes total with a runtime of around 30-40 minutes each.

To watch The Book of Boba Fett, you’ll need a Disney+ subscription. In Canada, that costs $11.99/month or $119.99/year.

You can watch the first episode on Disney+ here, or check out the other shows and movies coming to the platform this month here.

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Here’s what’s leaving Netflix Canada and Crave in January 2022

As is the case every month, several shows and movies are leaving Netflix, and Crave in January.

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 (again) 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. Usually, we have Prime Video in this article as well, but it hasn’t been released yet, so it will be added when available.

Below are all the shows and movies leaving Netflix and Crave in January

Leaving Netflix

  • Mean Girls (January 1st)
  • Meet the Fockers (January 6th)
  • Meet the Parents (January 6th)
  • It Chapter Two (January 10th)
  • Top Gun (January 15th)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship in Magic: seasons 1-8 (January 31st)
  • Parks and Recreation: seasons 1-7 (January 31st)

Leaving Crave

  • And The Birds Rained Down (January 7th)
  • The Song of Names (January 8th)
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (January 13th)
  • Almost Naked Animals: season 3 (January 14th)
  • Brexit (January 18th)
  • Les Miserables (2019) (January 19th)
  • On Freddie Roach (January 19th)
  • The Last Full Measure (January 20th)
  • Ailo’s Journey: The Amazing Odyssey of a Newborn (January 21st)
  • Reboot: season 1-4 (January 27th)
  • Endings, Beginnings (January 31st)
  • Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (January 31st)
  • Rabid (January 31st)
  • Being There (January 31st)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (January 31st)
  • Five Easy Pieces (January 31st)
  • Hitchock – Truffaut (January 31st)
  • I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and Peta (January 31st)
  • I’m Yours (January 31st)
  • Lawrence of Arabia (January 31st)
  • Network (January 31st)
  • On the Waterfront (January 31st)
  • Run This Town (January 31st)
  • Saw II (January 31st)
  • Saw III (January 31st)
  • Saw IV (January 31st)
  • Saw V (January 31st)
  • Saw: The Final Chapter (January 31st)
  • The Age of Innocence (January 31st)
  • The Big Sick (January 31st)
  • The Colony (January 31st)
  • The Conspiracy (January 31st)
  • The Lake House (January 31st)
  • Tootsie (January 31st)
  • William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (January 31st)
  • Boys Don’t Cry (January 31st)
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (January 31st)
  • Gandhi (January 31st)
  • Midnight Express (January 31st)
  • Norma Rae (January 31st)
  • The Quarry (January 31st)
  • When Harry Met Sally (January 31st)
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be available on PVOD on January 4

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will be available on PVOD on January 4th and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray and DVD on February 1st.

On Google Play and iTunes, the movie costs $24.99 CAD to pre-order in 4K quality.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a Sony Pictures movie, which means it has equal opportunities to come to Crave, Netflix, Prime Video, or even the CTV app in Canada, which means if you’re waiting for a streaming service to watch this channel, you might be out of luck.

It’s worth noting that this movie has a few Canadian actors in the movie such as Jason Reitman, Finn Wolfhard, and Dan Akyroyd. Additionally, the movie was filmed in Alberta, Canada as well.

Source: Sony Pictures

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Here’s what’s coming to Crave in January 2021

Bell has announced all of the content coming to its Crave video streaming platform in January.

Series and movies like the original the second episode of Euphoria, Doctor Who — Eve of the Daleks, Search Party season 5, and a spin-off of The Suicide Squad film, Peacemaker will all hit the streaming service this January.

Below is all the content coming to Crave in January 2021:

January 1st

  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — HBO + Movies
  • Apollo 13 — Starz 
  • Doctor Who – Eve of the Daleks @8pm ET

January 2nd

  • Buckley’s Chance  — HBO + Movies
  • JFL Gala 2021: Rita Baga and Jean-Thomas Jobin Part 1

January 5th

  • Falls Around Her — Starz, HBO + Movies
  • Crossing Swords: season 2 @10:30pm ET

January 7th

  • Search Party  — HBO + Movies
  • Back of the Net — HBO + Movies
  • Crimson Peak — HBO + Movies
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat — HBO + Movies
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — HBO + Movies 
  • Frailty — HBO + Movies
  • Jacob’s Ladder — HBO + Movies
  • The Many Saints of Newark — HBO + Movies
  • Nutty Professor II: The Klumps — HBO + Movies
  • Riders of Justice — HBO + Movies
  • Sex and the City 2 — HBO + Movies
  • Trigger Point — HBO + Movies
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race: season 4
  • Aussie Gold Hunters: season 5

January 9th

  • Euphoria: season 2, episode 1 — HBO + Movies 
  • The Righteous Gemstones: season 2, episodes 1-2 @10pm ET
  • JFL Gala 2021: Rita Baga and Jean-Thomas Jobin part 2

January 13th

  • My Mom, Your Dad: season 1 — HBO + Movies
  • Peacemaker: season 1, episodes 1-3 — HBO + Movies 

January 14th

  • Ray Donovan: The Movie @ 9pm — HBO + Movies
  • 1000 to 1 — Starz, HBO + Movies
  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse — Starz, HBO + Movies
  • L.A Story — Starz, HBO + Movies,
  • The Midnight Meat Train — Starz, HBO + Movies
  • Near Dark — Starz, HBO + Movies
  • Nobody — HBO + Movies

January 15th

  • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: season 1, episodes 1-2
  • the Adventures of Tintin: season 1

January 16th

  • Somebody Somewhere: season 1, episode 1 @10:30pm ET —  HBO + Movies

January 17th

  • Fanny: The Right to Rock — HBO + Movies

January 21

  • False Positive — HBO + Movies
  • Free Willy, — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Free Willy 2 — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Hellboy: Blood and Iron — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Hellboy: Sword of Storms — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • In the Earth — HBO + Movies
  • Kindergarten Cop — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Kindergarten Spirits — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Miss Sharon Jones! — HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Ocean’s Twelve —  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Traffik HBO + — Movies, Starz
  • Ram Leela
  • Yeh Jawwani Hai Dewwani — HBO + Movies
  • Bajirao Mastani — HBO + Movies
  • Action Jackson — HBO + Movies
  • Dabaang — HBO + Movies
  • Ki & Ka — HBO + Movies
  • Agneepath (2012) — HBO + Movies
  • Housefull — HBO + Movies
  • Housefull 2 — HBO + Movies
  • Sarkar 3 — HBO + Movies
  • Manmarzian — HBO + Movies
  • Happy Bhaag Jayegi — HBO + Movies
  • Son of Sardaar — HBO + Movies
  • Badlapur — HBO + Movies
  • Singham Returns — HBO + Movies
  • Ridiculousness: season 20-22

January 22nd

  • Real Time with Bill Maher: season 20 — HBO + Movies
  • Geronimo Stilton: season 3
  • The Jungle Bunch: season 1, episodes 1-20

January 23rd

  • Billions: season 6, episode 1 @9pm ET

January 24th

  • The Gilded Age: season 1, episode 1 @9pm ET — HBO + Movies 

January 26th

  • Astrid and Lilly Save the World: season 1, episode 1

January 28th

  • The Fallout — HBO + Movies 
  • Campus Code — HBO + Movies
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — HBO + Movies
  • Enter the Dragon–  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Eve’s Bayou —  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Black Bodies —  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Ocean’s Thirteen —  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Patch Adams —  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • Reminiscence —  HBO + Movies, Starz
  • The Sting–  HBO + Movies, Starz

January 29th

  • Blippi Visits: season 1, episodes 1-20
  • Handico: season 1,
  • Legendaries: Season 1
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog
  • Denver
  • Moominvalley: seasons 1-2

We’ve separated the different shows and movies by which tier of Crave they fall within. Crave has three tiers: basic, Crave + Movies + HBO and Starz Programming. On top of Crave’s regular monthly $9.99 CAD cost, Crave + Movies + HBO costs an extra $9.99 per month and Starz is an extra $5.99 per month.

Further, Crave is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5 and more.

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RiverTV adds HGTV and Food Network Canada to its streaming app

VMedia’s RiverTV has added house renovation and real estate-focused channel HGTV Canada and Cuisine-based channel Food Network Canada to its streaming app.

The newly added channels, which feature top shows like Love it or List It, Island of Bryan, Top Chef Canada and Great Chocolate Showdown are now a part of RiverTV’s core package of over 40 channels.

“With HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada, two must-have Canadian channels, RiverTV is an unbeatable lifestyle and family-focused TV service in North America,” said Alexei Tchernobrivets, CEO of VMedia. “There is no better value in home — and out of home — entertainment for Canadians looking for a more affordable live TV solution, especially millennials and families with young children.”

RiverTV offers a seven-day free trial and costs $16.99 per month with no term or contract. The app is available on all major streaming devices, including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku and more. “The addition of these great new channels at no additional cost are RiverTV’s holiday season gift to its current subscribers, and all Canadians!” reads RiverTV’s release about the new channels.

Other channels in RiverTV’s catalogue include Global TV, CHCH, W Network, Adult Swim, Showcase, Slice, History, Teletoon, Treehouse, YTV Family, Family Jr, H2, Lifetime, Cottage Life, Makeful, MovieTime, Silver Screen, Smithsonian Channel, Cheddar, Drink TV, Law & Crime, Newsmax, Newsy, Real Vision and Revolt TV.

RiverTV offers cable-free live and on-demand TV. Unlike other IPTV options available in Canada, RiverTV is a streaming video subscription app similar to Netflix or Disney+.

Since the service is focused on live TV, it also includes the ability to pause and resume live television, start a show from the beginning if you happen to catch it a little late, and a section called ‘My TV’ that lets you save all of your favourite channels in one location.

Learn more about RiverTV or try out its free seven-day cable-free live TV subscription here.

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