From Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein to the debut of an intriguing new series from the creator of Breaking Bad, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Robin Hood – Sunday, November 2, Super Channel Fuse | Series Premiere Courtesy of Super ChannelThe medieval outlaw with a wooden bow and a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0EccvKJFpo Tracy Morgan leads this Neighbourhood spinoff as an empty nester whose nest fills right back up again after a pair of family crises With financial times being tough these days, multigenerational households are on the rise. And after all, economy aside, it takes a village to raise kids (and keep grandparents occupied), right? In…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEsvnr_hARA TV Week chats with Eugene Levy about his no-longer-so-reluctant travels, and the importance of coming to Canada this season When The Reluctant Traveler first launched, the show’s core premise was eliciting laughs by taking more-comfortable-on-his-couch Canadian treasure Eugene Levy through intense excursions like ice floating in the Arctic Circle and spending a bug-infested night…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjN2f5tu2s Netflix’s sleeper hit poignantly, amusingly follows a young gay man in the ’90s who joins up with a Marine Corps still mired in homophobia If you want to make a TV cast unite fast, have their heads shaved on camera. “The minute you’re with a group of people that you’re working with, and you…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee1V2vTePlY This U.K. genre-bender combines Hitchcockian thrills with raunchy comedy, as an unexpected bond between two mothers leads to shocking revelations and amusing misunderstandings A heartfelt comedy about friendship and motherhood that’s also a paranoia-soaked thriller? Not the likeliest of genre mash-ups — but in the right creative hands, they can go together seamlessly. Premiering…
From Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order to Stephen King’s IT: Welcome to Derry, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Talamasca: The Secret Order – Sunday, October 26, AMC | Series Premiere AMCIn her collection of horror novels, the late Anne Rice created a richly woven tapestry of supernatural…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK9dU6JIroU Season four of the hit fantasy thriller opens to find its leading man magically transformed, as original star Henry Cavill exits and Liam Hemsworth takes up the swords of monster hunter Geralt Ghouls, goblins and sorcerers are no match for Geralt of Rivia. For three seasons, the magically engineered monster hunter has faced off…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9BCtrziWtg Oscar winner Gary Oldman reflects on his path to becoming acting royalty and the sly spy thriller that, five seasons in, feels like home Throughout his career, Gary Oldman has received his fair share of accolades. Academy Award-nominated for his turns in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Mank, and Emmy-nominated for Friends and Slow…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnYEi3bDCcc The writers and stars of this Apple original film discuss crafting a bittersweet “will they, won’t they” through the off-centre lens of science fiction In 2020, Ted Lasso actor and writer Brett Goldstein and Black Mirror scribe William Bridges premiered a slightly dystopian series called Soulmates on AMC, set in a future where a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66w_P39wi0 Kristen Bell and Adam Brody reunite and re-canoodle for a second season of unlikely — yet eminently relatable — romance It’s that time of year. Leaves are crisp and colourful, wardrobes are stuffed with chunky knits, and hearty meals-for-two are set at the dining table. And what better way to spend your cozy nights-in…