During the end of the world, billboards begin appearing thanking an accountant for 39 great years in The Life of Chuck. Marty Anderson (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a schoolteacher whose classes begin to dwindle due to seemingly apocalyptic events in the world. Marty begins to see billboards and advertisements congratulating Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) on “39 […]
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The final year of Ontario Place before redevelopment is observed in Your Tomorrow. When it opened in 1972, the provincial park Ontario Place was envisioned as a mirror for Ontario’s people. However, due to mismanagement by the Ontario Government, the amusement park that operated on the site closed after the 2012 season. It is now
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A New York sex worker spontaneously marries the son of a Russian oligarch, raising the ire of his family, in Anora. Anora (Mikey Madison), who prefers to go by the nickname Ani, is a sex worker who works in a New York City strip club. Due to her ability to speak Russian, Ani is introduced
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The nearly four-decade long career of The Tragically Hip is told in an all-emcompassing docuseries in The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal. The Tragically Hip consisting of Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair were five alumni of KCVI high school in Kingston, Ontario. Signed to MCA records in the late-1980s,
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A has-been actress uses an experimental drug to become a better version of herself in The Substance. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a once-popular actress now reduced to hosting the aerobics program Sparkle Your Life. However, Elisabeth ends up being fired, on her birthday, by her chauvinistic boss Harvey (Dennis Quaid), who begins looking for
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Two sisters reconcile past trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tautuktavuk (What We See). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Saqpinak (Carol Kunnuk), who lives in Igloolik, regularly has Zoom conversations with her younger sister Uyarak (Lucy Tulugarjuk) in Montreal. Uyarak has been dealing with a past traumatic event that resulted in her having to leave Nunavut. With
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A Montreal Drag Queen deals with self-esteem issues in his personal and professional life in Solo. Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is a makeup artist by day, who performs in Montreal’s drag scene at night. Things seem to be looking up for Simon, as he falls for new drag artist Olivier (Félix Maritaud), who recently moved to
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A cantankerous professor at a boarding school is left to watch those left behind during the Christmas holidays in The Holdovers. Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is one of the longest-tenured professors at the Barton Boarding School. As punishment for his strict methods, Paul must stay behind during the 1971 Christmas holidays to look after the
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Two identical twin salesmen try to reunite their divorced parents in Dicks: The Musical. Craig (Josh Sharp) and Trevor (Aaron Jackson) are two bitter rival salesmen competing to be the top seller for their girl boss, Gloria (Megan Thee Stallion). However, when they discover that they have the same birthday and matching lockets, Craig and
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A Japanese-Canadian woman’s relationship with her family is forever changed while at an island self-development retreat in Seagrass. Judith (Ally Maki) travels with her husband Steve (Luke Roberts) and children Stephanie (Nyha Huang Breitkreuz) and Emmy (Remy Marthaller) to a self-development retreat on a remote island in the Pacific. While attending group therapy sessions on
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