S T R E A M Exploding cars! Space heroes! Some people being a bit grumpy in Canada! Why would you ever turn the TV off and go outside anyway?
Detective Pikachu
Schitt’s Creek
Rick & Morty
Therolethatnobodysawcoming forthefilmthatnobodysaw coming,RyanReynoldsisDetective Pikachu–afully-voicedPokemon outtosolvethemysteryofhis owner’sapparentdemise.It’salittle unnervingtohearDeadpoolvoicing asurprisinglyearnestcharacterin thisengagingfilm.Nintendofans, besuretocheckthisoneout. Film / Showmax
Brace yourself for the final batch of episodes of this beloved Canadian sitcom, which stars Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara as a formerly wealthy couple now bankrupt and forced to slum it in a tiny town they’d bought as a joke. Managing to be both acerbic and full of heart, Schitt’s Creek might be the perfect stuck-at-homebingewatchseries. S6 / Netflix
Yes, the latest batch of the cult not-for-kids sci-fi animation has finally landed on both Netflix and Showmax. If you haven’t yet accompanied misanthropic inventor Rick and his awkward teenage grandson on their adventures through time and space,youcancatchupwiththe first three seasons on Netflix. S4 final episodes / Netflix,Showmax
Hobbs & Shaw
Homecoming
Space Force
Sometimesthingslikeplot,themes, nuanceandrealismareimportant… andsometimesyoujustwantto watchcarsblowingup,carsjumping overbiggapsandcarsbeingdriven rathertooquickly,plusheavily muscledmentradingquipsand punches.That’sjustwhatyouget withthislatestadditiontotheFast &Furiousfranchise. Film / Showmax
Amazon’s tense psychological thriller about PTSD and identity startedlifeasapodcastdrama,but the first TV series clearly attracted enough eyeballs to warrant a follow-up. Janelle Monae joins the cast as a woman suffering total memory loss and seeking answers at the sinister Geist Group’s Homecoming Initiative. S2 / Amazon Prime Video
Steve Carell makes a long-awaited return to the small screen in this timely sitcom from Greg Daniels. Carell plays the general in charge of America’s newest branch of the armed forces, tasked with bringing US hegemony to the moon, the stars and beyond… butdon’texpectthingstogooff with military precision. S1 / Netflix
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The Last Dance S1 final episodes / Netflix
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So you know more about basket-weaving than basketball and think ‘nothing but net’ is some kind of angling technique. Who cares? This doc series about the Chicago Bulls’ 1997/98 season, rich in Shakespearean themes like jealousy, revenge, love, hate, glorious victory and crushing defeat, will get its hooks into you regardless. Looming largest in its cast of literal giants is Michael Jordan, at that time the world’s biggest sports star. Will off-court egos bring about the end of the team’s dominance?
