Are Canadians ready to see a six episode series about Canada losing to the United States? This seemed to be the acceptance hurdle facing creator Anthony Q. Farrell (The Office) and New Metric Media (Letterkenny, Shoresy) in mounting Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, streaming now on Paramount+ and GameTV. Hear this however. Hate
Is the network sitcom drought finally coming to an end? St. Denis Medical is hale and hearty in its second season. Stumble, the cheerleader-centred comedy on NBC is flying high. But the best sign of a revival of the sitcom comes with another NBC series, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (Monday nights on
Full disclosure: I am generally so busy trying to keep ahead of all the TV series premieres that I do not have much time to watch the latest movies. We did watch “One Battle After Another” a few days ago and while we were both entertained and loved the performances (especially the mix of established
On March 3, Prime Video in Canada started streaming all six seasons of one of Canada’s most groundbreaking and influential sketch comedy series, SCTV. And just like everything else on TV a half century ago, not all of it holds up. There are, however, plenty of laughs. There is also great joy in seeing these
Some Tuesday TV news and notes: This morning started with a visit with my pals Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson of Humble & Fred fame. Every two months I talk to the lads only to find out they are watching more TV than me. Howard is big on the new Jason Bateman series DTF St.
After a brief theatrical run, the documentary “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run” premiered Friday on Prime Video. If you are a fan of McCartney’s post-Beatles band Wings, this is the story of that group, which sold a lot of records throughout the 1970s. American director Morgan Neville has distinguished himself with several compelling docs
It is not enough to say that Bad Bunny just headlined the best Super Bowl halftime show ever. This was like a fleet of stealth bombers, launched into 135.4 million American homes at once (according to early NBC reports), dropping joy, spirit, culture, exuberance, and, yes, a wake up call for a nation under attack.
I have a confession to make: The original Star Trek launched on its three year mission in 1966. As a young lad at the time, I never got into it. It seemed too soapy for me, and also that men in pajamas thing. I was more into Batman and Lost in Space. How would I