Director Baz Luhrmann transforms his 2008 movie Australia into the new-ish miniseries Faraway Downs
We all roll our failures over in our minds from time to time, so it would make sense that even blockbuster film directors are no different. In cultural memory, the 2008 epic drama Australia has remained a dim corner in director…
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Pluto TV has become Canadians’ go-to free streaming service — and the best is yet to come
Do you long for pajama Sundays, where you settle down for a day on the couch to watch a marathon of your favourite sitcoms from years past? While streaming has certainly made many TV shows available at the…
Office alum Craig Robinson talks season 2 of swamp comedy Killing It
Divorced father and aspiring entrepreneur Craig Foster may not be out of the weeds despite his $20,000 reward in the Florida Python Challenge, but as far as Killing It star and exec producer Craig Robinson (The Office) is concerned, the group behind this…
CBS announces the newest face in late night, Taylor Tomlinson
It’s been several months since James Corden signed off as the host of CBS’ The Late Late Show, and news has finally broken about what — and who — will be taking over.
Earlier this year, the network revealed plans for a shakeup to the late-night landscape…
Tennis legend Billie Jean King interviews seven famed female athletes in probing new documentary Groundbreakers
In a two-hour documentary, sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King invites seven other legendary athletes to discuss how their own struggles and achievements shaped their sport. Flag football player Diana Flores, basketball legend Nancy Lieberman, Olympic gold snowboarder…
A quarter-century later, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reunite for a sequel to their 1997 comedy Good Burger
It’s been more than 25 years since Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell last portrayed burger-flipping duo Dexter and Ed in the 1997 comedy, Good Burger, and now they’re back with a long-awaited sequel.
Dexter and Ed first met…
Jon Hamm and Juno Temple headline the long-awaited fifth season of Fargo
It’s no secret that Alberta is an ideal filming location for a snowy series. And while the cast and crew of Fargo had long since finished filming by the time Calgary received its most recent unseasonable dumping of snow, TV audiences are just…
A gaggle of wealthy American women hit London in search of aristocratic British husbands in edgy new costume drama Buccaneers
A near century may have passed since Edith Wharton’s novel about young American women making their mark on London’s high society was first published, but the kind of glee, adventure and heartache experienced by the…
David Oyelowo stars as a legendary frontier figure in Lawmen: Bass Reeve
People make history every day, but there can only ever be one “first.” To be the first of something is no small feat as it often requires a massive cultural shift, a significant change in circumstance or — if you believe in such…
Apocalypse now
Hollywood hasn’t had the best track record when it comes to bringing video games to film and TV. Despite big stars and big budgets, movies like Prince of Persia, Max Payne and the infamous Super Mario Bros. have failed to recapture the magic of their source material.
But if anyone can turn that trend around, it’s HBO. Based on…