Streaming in Canada on Amazon Prime Video, Crave, Disney+, Netflix and PVOD [Dec. 21-27]

Each week, MobileSyrup goes over a number of the most notable motion pictures and TV reveals that not too long ago hit Canadian streaming platforms.

Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column usually focuses on new content material from Amazon Prime Video Canada, Crave and Netflix Canada, however different providers like Apple TV+ and Disney+ might be talked about when related.

We’ll additionally spotlight reveals or motion pictures which are made in Canada, contain notable Canadian solid or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.

Lastly, with the COVID-19 pandemic inflicting many motion pictures to hit digital platforms a lot ahead of deliberate, we’ll make notice of any main movies — in addition to some other notable streaming service information — that fall into this class when relevant.

Usually, ‘Streaming in Canada’ goes up on Saturdays, however we wished to push this week’s column up by in the future so it’s dwell on Christmas Day, when Surprise Lady 1984 and Soul, two of 2020’s greatest movies, first turn out to be out there for streaming.

Amazon Prime Video

Sylvie’s Love [Amazon Original]

Previous lovers reconnect years later, solely to search out that their emotions for one another haven’t light away.

Sylvie’s Love was written and directed by Eugene Ashe (Homecoming) and stars Tessa Thompson (Westworld), Nnamdi Asomugha (Crown Heights) and Aja Naomi King (How To Get Away With Homicide).

Amazon Prime Video Canada launch date: December twenty third, 2020
Style: Romantic drama
Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 97 p.c (primarily based on 31 critiques)

Stream Sylvie’s Love right here.

Amazon Prime Video is included at no extra price in a $79 CAD/12 months Amazon Prime subscription.

The total record of flicks and reveals hitting Amazon Prime Video Canada this month will be discovered right here.

Crave

Felicity (Seasons 1-4)

After graduating highschool, a lady follows her crush to varsity.

Created by Matt Reeves (Battle for the Planet of the Apes) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Pressure Awakens), Felicity stars Keri Russell (The Individuals), Toronto-raised Scott Speedman (Underworld sequence), Amy Jo Johnson (Energy Rangers) and Scott Foley (The Unit).

Authentic TV broadcast run: September 1998 to Could 2002 (The WB)
Crave launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Drama
Runtime: 84 episodes (42 to 45 minutes every)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A

Stream Felicity right here.

Letterkenny (Season 9)

Within the ninth season of the acclaimed Canadian comedy sequence, the Hicks, Skids, and Hockey Gamers attend an American Buck and Doe, Katy takes her courting technique again to Letterkenny, and extra.

Letterkenny was created by Listowell, Ontario’s Jared Keeso (19-2) and stars Keeso, Calgary’s Nathan Dales (Supernatural), Vancouver’s Michelle Mylett (The Drownsmen) and Toronto’s Trevor Ok. Wilson (Goosebumps).

Crave launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Comedy
Runtime: Seven episodes (particular person size TBA)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A

Stream Letterkenny right here.

1917

Throughout WWI, two younger British troopers journey throughout the battlefield to ship a message to name off a doomed offensive assault.

1917 was co-written and directed by Sam Mendes (Skyfall) and stars George MacKay (11.22.63), Dean-Charles Chapman (Recreation of Thrones), Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Recreation).

Notably, the movie has been edited to look as if it’s all one steady shot.

Authentic theatrical launch date: December twenty fifth, 2019
Crave launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Battle drama
Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 89 p.c (primarily based on 448 critiques)

Stream 1917 right here. Observe {that a} $19.98/month Crave + Motion pictures + HBO subscription is required.

Trolls World Tour

After discovering that there are Six Troll tribes representing completely different musical genres, Poppy and Department journey to unite the trolls and save the various melodies from changing into extinct.

Trolls World Tour was directed by Walt Dohrn (Trolls) and options an ensemble voice solid that features Anna Kendrick (Pitch Good), Justin Timberlake (Inside Llewyn Davis), Rachel Bloom (Loopy Ex-Girlfriend), James Corden (The Late Late Present) and Ron Funches (Undateable).

Authentic launch date: April tenth, 2020 (theatres and PVOD)
Crave launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Animated musical comedy
Runtime: 1 hour, half-hour
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 71 p.c (primarily based on 154 critiques)

Stream Trolls World Tour right here. Observe {that a} $19.98/month Crave + Motion pictures + HBO subscription is required.

A typical Crave subscription prices $9.99/month, with Starz including one other $5.99/month and HBO an extra $9.99/month.

The total record of flicks and reveals hitting hit Crave in December will be discovered right here.

Disney+

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Season 2) [Disney+ Original]

Transcend #TheMandalorian. Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian returns with a model new particular, “Making of Season Two,” streaming Dec. 25 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/85HzemDQMK

— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) December 16, 2020

Lucasfilm gives a behind-the-scenes have a look at the making of The Mandalorian‘s second season with the solid and crew.

Disney+ Canada launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A

Stream Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian right here.

Soul [Disney+ Original]

Initially set to launch in theatres in June after which November, Pixar’s newest movie has now been launched straight onto Disney+ amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The movie follows a jazz musician who should discover his approach again from the afterlife alongside a cynical spirit. Soul was directed by Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and Kemp Powers (Star Trek: Discovery) and options the voices of Jamie Foxx (Ray), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) and Angela Bassett (What’s Love Received To Do With It).

Disney+ Canada launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Animated comedy-drama
Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 97 p.c (primarily based on 122 critiques)

Stream Soul right here.

A Disney+ subscription prices $8.99/month or $89.99/12 months in Canada.

The total record of flicks and reveals hitting Disney+ this month will be discovered right here.

Netflix

Bridgerton [Netflix Original]

From producer Shonda Rhimes (Gray’s Anatomy) comes Bridgerton, a interval drama about eight close-knit siblings who pursue love and happiness in London excessive society.

Based mostly on Julia Quinn’s best-selling novels, Bridgerton was created by Chris Van Dusen (Gray’s Anatomy), Phoebe Dynevor (Waterloo Highway), Regé-Jean Web page (For the Folks), Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch) and Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) because the narrator.

Netflix Canada launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Interval drama
Runtime: 9 episodes (particular person size TBA)
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100% (primarily based on 18 critiques)

Stream Bridgerton right here.

Dying to 2020 [Netflix Original]

Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones have a look again on the loopy 12 months that was 2020 by the lens of a mockumentary.

Dying to 2020 options an ensemble solid that features Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Hugh Grant (4 Weddings and a Funeral), Lisa Kudrow (Buddies), Leslie Jones (Saturday Evening Dwell), Joe Keery (Stranger Issues), Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) and Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs).

Netflix Canada launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Mockumentary
Runtime: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A

Stream Dying to 2020 right here.

The Midnight Sky [Netflix Original]

Within the post-apocalypse, a scientist races throughout the Arctic to warn a crew of astronauts to not return to Earth.

Based mostly on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight, The Midnight Sky was directed by George Clooney (Syriana) and stars Clooney, Felicity Jones (The Principle of All the things), David Oyelowo (Selma) and Kyle Chandler (Friday Evening Lights).

Netflix Canada launch date: December twenty third, 2020
Style: Sci-fi
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 54 p.c (primarily based on 138 critiques)

Stream The Midnight Sky right here.

We Can Be Heroes [Netflix Original]

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This standalone sequel to 2005’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D follows a bunch of youngsters that should group up save their mother and father and the world.

We Can Be Heroes was written and directed by Robert Rodriguez (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D) and stars YaYa Gosselin (13 Causes Why), Priyanka Chopra (Quantico), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Boyd Holbrook (Narcos) and Christian Slater (Mr. Robotic).

Netflix Canada launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020
Style: Superhero
Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: N/A

Stream We Can Be Heroes right here.

A ‘Fundamental’ Netflix subscription prices $9.99/month, a ‘Customary’ subscription (HD-supported) prices $13.99/month and a ‘Premium’ membership is priced at $16.99/month (4K-supported).

The total record of flicks and reveals hitting Netflix Canada this month will be discovered right here.

Premium video on demand (PVOD)

Surprise Lady 1984

Throughout the Chilly Battle, Diana (Surprise Lady) reunites with outdated flame Steve Trevor and faces off towards the shady businessman Maxwell Lord and animalistic villain Cheetah.

Surprise Lady 1984 was directed by Patty Jenkins (Surprise Lady) and as soon as once more stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine as Diana and Steve, with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) becoming a member of the solid.

Apparently, it’s been a long-time coming for the sequel to 2017’s acclaimed Surprise Lady. Initially set to launch late final 12 months, the movie was delayed to June fifth, 2020, however COVID-19 theatre shutdowns noticed the movie pushed to August 14th, October 2nd and, lastly, Christmas Day.

On high of that, Warner Bros. made the massive determination final month to launch Surprise Lady 1984 on the U.S.-only HBO Max streaming service similtaneously theatres, with the movie solely set to reach in Canadian cinemas. Nonetheless, one month later, WB lastly confirmed that the movie would come to PVOD in addition to theatres on Christmas in Canada — a welcome reversal contemplating theatres are closed in lots of areas throughout Canada.

Canadian PVOD launch date: December twenty fifth, 2020 at 12pm ET
Style: Superhero
Runtime: 2 hours, 31 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 70 p.c (primarily based on 236 critiques)

You possibly can lease Surprise Lady 1984 for $29.99 on quite a lot of PVOD providers for 48 hours, together with iTunes, Cineplex Retailer and Google Play.

What are you planning to stream this week? Tell us within the feedback.

For extra suggestions, take a look at final week’s Streaming in Canada column right here.

Since that is the final column for the 12 months, have a Merry Christmas/Completely satisfied Holidays and Completely satisfied New 12 months and we’ll see you once more on Saturday, January 2nd!

Picture credit score: Warner Bros.