Every week, MobileSyrup goes over some of the most notable movies and TV shows to recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Typically, this column will focus on content from Amazon Prime Video Canada, Crave and Netflix Canada, although other streaming services may be mentioned when relevant.
Any shows or movies that are made in Canada, involve notable Canadian cast or crew or are filmed in Canada will also be highlighted.
Amazon Prime Video
Hanna
Based on the 2011 film of the same name, Amazon’s Hanna is a high-concept drama-thriller series that follows the journey of the eponymous young girl who was raised in the forest and must evade a CIA agent, all while trying to discover who she is.
Hanna was created and written by the co-writer of the 2011 film, David Farr (The Night Manager), and stars Esme Creed-Miles (Mister Lonely), Mireille Enos (The Killing) and Joel Kinnaman (Altered Carbon).
Fun fact: Nanaimo, B.C.’s Seth Lochhead wrote the original story and script for the Hanna film while he was a student at the Vancouver Film School.
Amazon Prime Video Canada release date: March 29th, 2019
Number of episodes: 8 (around 45 minutes each)
The full list of new movies and shows streaming on Amazon Prime Video in March can be found here.
Crave
Broad City (full series)
Crave now has the final episode of creators and stars Ilana Glazer (Rough Night) and Abbi Jacobson’s (Disenchantment) Broad City sitcom, meaning the entire five-season run of the series is now available for streaming on the service.
The series is based on the real-life friendship between Glazer and Jacobson and follows their eponymous characters as they try to “make it” in New York.
Canadian TV broadcast date: March 28th, 2019
Crave release date: March 29th, 2019
Number of episodes: 50 (around 22 minutes each)
Temptation Island (Season 1)
This reboot of the 2001 reality series of the same name focuses on a group of couples who travel to a tropical paradise where they must decide if they’re ready to commit to one another for the rest of their lives.
The Temptation Island reboot was created by Glenn GT Taylor (Kitchen Nightmares) and is hosted by Market Warriors‘ Mark L. Walburg (not to be confirmed with Marky Mark.)
Original TV broadcast run: January to March 2019
Crave release date: March 29th, 2019
Number of episodes: 11 (around 42 minutes each)
The full list of new movies and shows streaming on Crave this month can be found here.
Netflix
The Highwaymen
Netflix’s latest Original film, The Highwaymen, follows two Texas Rangers in the 1930s as they attempt to find and apprehend infamous criminals Bonnie and Clyde.
The crime film was directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) and stars Kevin Costner (The Bodyguard) and Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).
Netflix Canada release date: March 29th, 2019
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes
Santa Clarita Diet (Season 3)
Netflix’s zany horror-comedy series is back for its third season, once again following Joel Hammond and his zombified, flesh-craving wife Sheila.
The series was created by Victor Fresco (Better Off Ted) and stars Drew Barrymore (Grey Gardens) and Timothy Olyphant (Justified).
Netflix Canada release date: March 29th, 2019
Number of episodes: 10 (around 30 minutes each)
The full list of new movies and shows streaming on Netflix Canada this month can be found here.
What will you be streaming this weekend? Let us know in the comments!
