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Pachinko on Apple TV+. Pictured: Actor/singer Kim Sungkyu (left) joins Minha Kim (centre) for season two.
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Pachinko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYNKNhuEHgM  An epic saga continues with the second season of multigenerational drama Pachinko Pachinko is a game of chance. Commonly played in cacophonous, neon halls that hum with the farrago of machine clangour and player anticipation, pachinko is a popular Japanese pastime whose closest American counterpart is the slot machine. First created (in its recognized…
August 12, 20240Comments

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Chimp Crazy on HBO Canada. Pictured: Chimpanzee Tonka and Tonia Haddix, the subjects of new HBO documentary Chimp Crazy.
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Chimp Crazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqP1VUhCpi8  By Maxine Bass The self-proclaimed “Dolly Parton of chimps” is the subject of a new docuseries from the director of Tiger King Back in 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, people who suddenly found themselves trapped in their homes binge-watched Tiger King. That bonkers Netflix docuseries chronicled the bizarre-but-true feud between flamboyant…
August 12, 20240Comments

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The Last Timbit on Crave. Pictured: The play is based on a real-life incident, when a 2010 blizzard resulted in an Ontario Tim Hortons becoming a refuge.
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The last timbit

By Maxine Bass Made-in-Canada musical The Last Timbit comes to television, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Tim Hortons Tim Hortons has been a Canadian institution since the iconic purveyor of coffee and donuts first launched back in 1964. In celebration of Tim Hortons’ 60th birthday this year, Come From Away producer Michael Rubinoff unveiled The…
August 6, 20240Comments

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Seal Team on Paramount+. Pictured: David Boreanaz as Master Chief Jason Hayes of Bravo Team returns for one last deployment.
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Seal Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9PZYcQ0YIo  Master Chief Jason Hayes and the stalwart SEALS of Bravo Team return for one last deployment, as the hit action drama wraps after seven seasons A world at war needs saving yet again, and the only ones for the job are the most elite unit of the Navy SEALs. The long-running military drama SEAL…
August 6, 20240Comments

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Plan B on CBC Gem. Pictured: Officer Mia Coleman (Vinessa Antoine) learns that time travel always comes at an unexpected cost.
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Plan B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_tfWAVRTzQ  The mind-bending, heart-rending sci-fi drama returns with a whole new cast and a whole new story of one cop’s futile attempts to turn back the clock and save a life The platinum-haired twins with their time-travelling white van are back for a second trip. After a first season that followed young businessman Phillip (played…
August 6, 20240Comments

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Omnivore on Apple TV+. Pictured: Chef René Redzepi takes viewers on a foodie-friendly world tour.
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Omnivore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUaHDc1LL0  Celeb chef René Redzepi dishes on his new docuseries — which examines our relationship with food by honing in on the key ingredients that have shaped humanity across generations A documentary series about food and sustainability in the 21st century is more likely than not going to focus on what one shouldn’t eat. But…
August 6, 20240Comments

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The Umbrella Academy on Netflix. Pictured: An adult trapped in a kid’s body, time-travelling sibling Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) is the Hargreeves clan’s most fascinating contradiction.
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The Umbrella Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOFIxbotYCU  The kooky superhero romp returns for an abbreviated final season of explosive action and intimate family dramatics Stripped of their powers and facing new foes that want them dead, the Hargreeves siblings are back in the fourth and final chapter of The Umbrella Academy. The critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated superhero series returns for a highly…
July 30, 20240Comments

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The Instigators on Apple TV+: Pictured: Homecoming alum Hong Chau is Rory’s therapist and unwitting accomplice, Dr. Donna Rivera.
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The Instigators

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5oqpxi3U7M  Ocean’s Eleven co-stars Matt Damon and Casey Affleck reunite for another action-packed heist comedy — this one from Damon’s old Bourne Identity director Doug Liman As Matt Damon, like many other movie stars in recent years, continues taking his talents to the streaming world, he’s reuniting with some co-workers — and a city —…
July 30, 20240Comments

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Lady in the Lake on Apple TV+. Pictured: Natalie Portman as housewife-turned-journalist Maddie Schwartz and Moses Ingram as doomed Black activist Cleo Johnson.
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Lady in the Lake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V04ptsZ-Jg  Oscar-winner Natalie Portman and up-and-comer Moses Ingram lead this period drama about two women whose ahead-of-their-time dreams land them at the intersection of racism, sexism and murder in 1960s Baltimore The disappearance of a young girl on Thanksgiving 1966, closely followed by the murder of Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram), a Black activist trying to…
July 30, 20240Comments

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Hotel Portofino on PBS. Pictured: Natascha McElhone as hotel owner Bella Ainsworth and Lily Frazer as singer-dancer-actress Claudine Pascal — two independent women making their way in 1920s Italy.
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Hotel Portofino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_zXuU59oCU  British hotelier Bella Ainsworth and her friends/lovers/employees return for a third season of romance and intrigue on the Italian Riveria, all under the looming shadow of fascism From the iconic fashions to the stunning views, Hotel Portofino has been a feast for the eyes since the very beginning. The British ex-pat family that owns…
July 30, 20240Comments

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