One of the greatest things to come out of the Pandemic for me was re-discovering the joys of RuPaul’s Drag Race. I had been crazy about the Series when it first came out. The competition pits a talented slate of Drag Queens together in a series of performance challenges which test their show-womanship, sense of fashion and makeup together in a race for the crown. Its legacy speaks for itself with an incredible 24 Emmy wins, plus various spinoffs having been spawned around the globe including Canada’s Drag Race, which had its Season Two premiere just this week. But above this, it has helped a wide spectrum of under-seen people feel seen! The definition of “Drag Queen” even has been expanded to include women or maybe those who don’t identify with any specific gender as well.

While life happened, I completely lost track of the Series, but being home over the past 19 months has helped me rediscover how much it is I love it! I’m actually proud how versed I am in the world of Drag Race!

Many of the stars from the Series arrived in Toronto for the completely sold-out Night of the Living Drag at Meridian Hall tonight, fresh-off their first show in Boston! The Show is a dazzling Halloween spectacle!

We are over the moon meeting these bright stars including:

Kim Chi (S8), Plastique Tiara (S11), Rosé (S13), Gottmik (S13), Kandy Muse (S13), Jaida Essence Hall (S12 winner), Aquaria (S10 winner) and Hostess Violet Chachki (S7 winner).

It was amazing seeing these Queens on their Starbucks coffee runs this morning, after navigating Covid-19 protocols and requirements when landing. We appreciate they were running on little rest and still so lovely to stop for pics! We hope the success of this Tour, which stops next in Vancouver, leads to these being a more regular thing here!

While we love them all, we were so stoked meeting Gottmik, the Series’ first Trans-Man Drag Queen whom we were so mesmerized by week after week with her sense of style, makeup and just how dramatically she improved as a performer. Of course, there’s the amazingly-talented triple threat Rosé and the charismatic Kandy Muse whom after meeting we are an even bigger fan of!

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Paramount Home Entertainment x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win a SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS Prize Pack. It is out on 4k Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD October 19, 2021!

The Prise Pack, valued at $175 CAN, includes:

• 4K UHD copy of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
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  • Snake Eyes – White Towel
  • Snake Eyes – Face Mask
  • Snake Eyes – Sunglasses
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In celebration of Halloween, Netflix unveil their selections as part of their NETFLIX & CHILLS Programme!

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK Cast Members Ross Hull, Jodie Resther and Daniel DeSanto gather around the campfire to tell us some spooky stories!

Check-out some of the exciting NETFLIX & CHILLS 2021 Programming line-up available to you!

FILMS

NOW AVAILABLE

Prey 🇩🇪
On his bachelor party weekend, Roman, his brother Albert and their friends go on a hiking trip into the wild. When the group hear gunshots nearby, they attribute them to hunters in the woods. However, they soon find themselves in a desperate bid for survival when they realize that they have fallen prey to a mysterious shooter.

Starring: David Kross, Hanno Koffler, Maria Ehrich, Robert Finster, Yung Ngo, Klaus Steinbacher, Livia Matthes, Nellie Thalbach
Written and Directed by: Thomas Sieben
Produced by: Barbara Mientus, Sonja Ewers

Nightbooks
When Alex (Winslow Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, is imprisoned by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her contemporary New York City apartment, he meets Yasmin (Lidya Jewett), who is also trapped there, and learns he must tell a new scary story every night in order to stay alive.

Directed by: David Yarovesky
Starring: Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett and Krysten Ritter
Screenplay by: Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis
Based on the book by: J.A. White
Produced by: Sam Raimi, Romel Adam, Mason Novick, Michelle Knudsen

Intrusion
After a deadly break-in at a couple’s new dream home, the traumatized wife searches for answers — and learns the real danger is just beginning.

Directed by: Adam Salky
Starring: Freida Pinto and Logan Marshall-Green

No One Gets Out Alive
Ambar is an immigrant in search of the American dream, but when she’s forced to take a room in a boarding house, she finds herself in a nightmare she can’t escape.

Directed by: Santiago Menghini
Starring: Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca

There’s Someone Inside Your House
Makani Young has moved from Hawaii to quiet, small-town Nebraska to live with her grandmother and finish high school, but as the countdown to graduation begins, her classmates are stalked by a killer intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past of her own, Makani and her friends must discover the killer’s identity before they become victims themselves. THERE’S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE is based on Stephanie Perkins’ New York Times best-selling novel of the same name and written for the screen by Henry Gayden (Shazam!), directed by Patrick Brice (Creep) and produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster (The Conjuring) and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps (Stranger Things).

Director: Patrick Brice
Writer: Henry Gayden
Producers: Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, James Wan and Michael Clear
Cast: Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Dale Whibley, Jesse LaTourette, Diego Josef, Burkely Duffield, Sarah Dugdale, William MacDonald, Andrew Dunbar, Markian Tarasuik

Fever Dream / Distancia de Rescate 🇵🇪
A young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family. Based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin.

Directed by: Claudia Llosa
Written by: Claudia Llosa, Samanta Schweblin
Produced by: Mark Johnson, Tom Williams, Claudia Llosa
Starring: María Valverde, Dolores Fonzi,

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

The Trip / I onde dager 🇳🇴
Eager to end their marriage by murdering each other, a husband and wife head to a remote cabin — but soon find themselves facing an even bigger threat.

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 20

Night Teeth
A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodthirsty intentions — and their dangerous, shadowy underworld — he must fight to stay alive.

Directed by: Adam Randall
Starring: Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Raúl Castillo, Alfie Allen, Alexander Ludwig, Sydney Sweeney, Megan Fox

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27

Hypnotic
A young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist, but after a handful of intense sessions, soon discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.

Directed by: Suzanne Coote and Matt Angel
Produced by: Michael Luisi
Written by: Richard D’Ovidio
Starring: Kate Siegel, Jason O’Mara, Dulé Hill

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27

Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight Part 2 🇵🇱
Nobody Sleeps In The Woods 2 is a continuation of the first Polish slasher film, based on a screenplay by Mirella Zaradkiewicz and Bartosz M. Kowalski, who also directed the film. The main character of the film is Adaś, a young, lonely, unhappy policeman from a small village in Podlasie. Ignored by his colleagues and beautiful and extremely confident Wanessa, the shy boy is looking for his place in the world. In the sequel, we will also learn more about the fate of Zosia, who will show a completely new and surprising face. The film is a perverse, ironic, grotesque and bloody story about looking for love and discovering one’s own self in a world that divides us more than it unites us. It’s a slasher that will turn genre rules upside down this time.

Starring: Mateusz Więcławek, Julia Wieniawa, Zofia Wichłacz, Andrzej Grabowski, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Izabela Dąbrowska, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Robert Wabich
Produced by: Akson Studio

SERIES

NOW AVAILABLE

Into the Night: Season 2 🇧🇪
While we leave our Flight 21 passengers at the end of Season 1 having finally found refuge from the sun in an old Soviet military bunker in Bulgaria, unfortunately their respite is cut short when an accident ruins part of their food supply. Suddenly chased back out above ground, they must travel to the Global Seed Vault in Norway as a desperate attempt to secure their survival. But they are not the only ones with that idea… In the name of the greater good, our group will have to split up, play nice with the hosting military crew, and make sacrifices in a race against time.

Lucifer
This is it, the final season of Lucifer. For real this time. The devil himself has become God… almost. Why is he hesitating? And as the world starts to unravel without a God, what will he do in response? Join us as we say a bittersweet goodbye to Lucifer, Chloe, Amenadiel, Maze, Linda, Ella and Dan. Bring tissues.

Squid Game 🇰🇷
A mysterious invitation to join the game is sent to people at risk who are in dire need of money. 456 participants from all walks of life are locked into a secret location where they play games in order to win 45.6 billion won. Every game is a Korean traditional children’s game such as Red Light, Green Light, but the consequence of losing is death. Who will be the winner, and what is the purpose behind this game?

Midnight Mass
From The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan, MIDNIGHT MASS tells the tale of a small, isolated island community whose existing divisions are amplified by the return of a disgraced young man (Zach Gilford) and the arrival of a charismatic priest (Hamish Linklater). When Father Paul’s appearance on Crockett Island coincides with unexplained and seemingly miraculous events, a renewed religious fervor takes hold of the community – but do these miracles come at a price?

Created and directed by Flanagan, the seven episode limited series also stars Kate Siegel, Rahul Abburi, Crystal Balint, Matt Biedel, Alex Essoe, Annarah Cymone, Annabeth Gish, Rahul Kohli, Kristin Lehman, Robert Longstreet, Igby Rigney, Samantha Sloyan, Henry Thomas, and Michael Trucco. The series is executive produced by Flanagan and Trevor Macy for Intrepid Pictures.

The Chestnut Man 🇩🇰
From the creator of The Killing, The Chestnut Man is set in a quiet suburb of Copenhagen, where the police make a terrible discovery one blustery October morning. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Next to her lies a small man made of chestnuts. The ambitious young detective Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) is assigned to the case, along with her new partner, Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man – evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and was presumed dead – the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung (Iben Dorner).

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

You: Season 3
In Season 3, Joe and Love, now married and raising their baby, have moved to the balmy Northern California enclave of Madre Linda, where they’re surrounded by privileged tech entrepreneurs, judgmental mommy bloggers and Insta-famous biohackers. Joe is committed to his new role as a husband and dad, but fears Love’s lethal impulsiveness. And then there’s his heart. Could the woman he’s been searching for all this time live right next door? Breaking out of a cage in a basement is one thing. But the prison of a picture-perfect marriage to a woman who’s wise to your tricks? Well, that’ll prove a much more complicated escape.

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 22

Locke & Key: Season 2
After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them. From Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) and Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House), Locke & Key is a coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family. Locke and Key on Netflix is the television adaptation of the best-selling comic book series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez for IDW Entertainment and returns this October for Season 2.

NETFLIX KIDS & FAMILY

NOW AVAILABLE

Scaredy Cats
On Willa Ward’s twelfth birthday, she inherits a beautiful charm necklace that belonged to her mother, who was a witch. She soon learns 2 bad witches, Wilma and Wanda are after her locket so they can have ultimate power, and she alongside her best friends Scout and Lily turn into cats to escape. They must learn to use the necklace and her witch powers to defeat the bad witches and save their town.

A Tale Dark & Grimm
Based on the best-selling book series by Adam Gidwitz, the animated series follows Hansel and Gretel as they run away from home to find better parents…or at least ones who won’t chop off their heads! As Hansel and Gretel leave their own story and venture through other classic Grimm fairy tales, unexpected narrators’ guide us through their encounters with witches, warlocks, dragons and even the devil himself. As the siblings roam a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind the famous tales, as well as how to take charge of their destinies and create their own happily ever after. Because once upon a time, fairy tales were awesome.

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15

Sharkdog’s Fintastic Halloween
The Sharkpack gets ready for Halloween with the spooky legend of the “Fearsome Fog” — and Sharkdog must save trick-or-treating from a slimy sea monster!”

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

October is a busy month for new streaming releases, so many we have to do a second volume of What to Watch! In case you missed our Volume I, catch-up here.

YOU – SEASON THREE (NETFLIX)

Just when we thought the second season of YOU couldn’t have topped the first, it actually did. Penn Badgley‘s Joe had met his match finally in Love (Victoria Pedretti) and this new season explores the challenges our favourite murderers face as they navigate parenthood. They move into a new affluent neighbourhood together, but really find it a struggle to blend in with some of the artifice and judgment. Love quickly becomes threatened by a woman in the neighbourhood whom Joe seems to connect to, and things once again spiral out of control with deadly consequences. What makes this season different is that it really does the work to explore the headspaces of our fascinating flawed hero and heroine, and the consequences of their actions, past and current. They go through counselling together but can’t ever really go all-in as they both are hiding some horrific things. Temptation gets the better of each of them as we’re introduced to some new characters like Theo (Dylan Arnold) who unashamedly pursues Quinn and Marienne (Tati Gabrielle), a Librarian whom Joe befriends, plus Sherry (Shalita Grant) a popular local influencer whom Quinn befriends. This season more than the others is sexually-charged, as we explore how this is tied-in to the toxicity of Joe and Love‘s relationship and bad habits. While it takes a bit longer to get there in season three, it still does possess all the thrills, shocks and jaw drops we’ve come to enjoy of the Series. YOU Season Three is streaming now on Netflix.

WHAT HAPPENED, BRITTANY MURPHY? (CRAVE/HBO MAX)

Brittany Murphy‘s star rose quickly at the turn of the millennium, starring a several successes like 8 Mile, Clueless, Sin City, Just Married and Girl, Interrupted. Murphy brought an energy to her performances that made your eyes gravitate always to her. The world was devastated by her premature passing in 2009 and the circumstances surrounding her death always have been suspicious. For one, how could she be living in a home with her husband Simon Monjack and mother, X, gravely ill and nobody send her to the hospital? Director Cynthia Hill re-examines the controversy with documented footage and interviews with fans who have their own theories, a remorseful Perez Hilton, Amber Ryland formerly of RadarOnline who was entrusted with a visit inside Murphy‘s home after her death, and we even meet Monjack’s parents. Despite examining the subject matter again, it still truly remains a mystery what went beyond the walls of Murphy‘s home where she was secluded and under Monjack‘s control and some surprising revelations about him are brought to light which leave no doubt that a series of events resulting from Murphy’s connection to him led her passing. WHAT HAPPENED, BRITTANY MURPHY? streams now on Crave in Canada.

LOCKE & KEY – SEASON TWO (NETFLIX)

This Series filmed in and around Toronto was one of Netflix‘s bigger success stories of 2020, with second and third seasons already having wrapped. The Supernatural Horror centering on a woman and her three children dealing with the grief of having lost their husband/father is packed with thrills and scares as they continue to unlock the mystery surrounding keys planted throughout their home. While there’s a bit of gore, underneath it all is a family Drama about the children coming of age and protecting their mother from what they know, and also all of them together moving on in their lives. Great performances from Nina (Darby Stanchfield) who plays the mother, and the trio of siblings played by Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones (whom we adored in CODA) and young rising star Jackson Robert Scott. Toronto’s own Hallea Jones also is great as the deliciously evil Eden Hawkins, throwing obstacles every which way she turns. LOCKE & KEY Season Two arrives October 22, 2021 on Netflix.

CANADA’S DRAG RACE – SEASON TWO (CRAVE)

Traci Melchor, Amanda Brugel and Brad Goreski join Brooke Lynn Hytes on the judging panel for Season Two of CANADA’S DRAG RACE. The new season promises clinking of glasses, scratching of claws and tears! We cannot wait wait to see who of the 12 queens will snatch the crown,with guests including Fefe Dobson, Caitlin Cronenberg, Connor Jessup, Rachel Zoe and more! For the first time ever we see a queen from Calgary in the running and look out for Montreal’s Suki Doll and her amazing aesthetic! New episodes arrives Thursdays 9 PM ET on Crave Canada.

SUCCESSION – SEASON 3 (HBO/CRAVE)

This goddamn family. Why can’t they just sort things out? Actually on second thought, we hope The Roys never stop feuding! This third season of the acclaimed (seven-time Emmy-winning) HBO Series already is rolling in accolades, picking right up where we left off. Kendall (Jeremy Strong) still is at odds with his family as it tries to figure out who will be head of Waystar RoyCo as patriarch Roy (Brian Cox) begrudgingly steps down. Trying to clean-up his reputation, we see Kendall hire PR and a lawyer, who happens to be a close friend to sister Shiv (Sarah Snook). Meanwhile, Sarah also is out to prove she can run the company despite few believing in her. Roman (Kieran Culkin) still remains the dark horse of the family, liked more than his sister buy still perceived as unready. The first episode already is packed with drama and we can’t wait to see what twists and turns this season takes. SUCCESSION airs Sunday nights on HBO Canada/Crave at 9 PM ET.

Catch-up on Reviews of the newest theatrical releases here including NO TIME TO DIE, MASS, THE LAST DUEL, VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, LAMB and more!

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Searchlight Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver a chance to attend an Advance Screening of ANTLERS!

Screenings are as follows:

MONTREAL

Screening is Monday, October 25:

• Scotiabank Montreal at 7:00 PM

TORONTO

Screening is Wednesday, October 27:

• Scotiabank Toronto at 7:00 PM

VANCOUVER

Screening is Wednesday, October 27:

• Cineplex International Village at 7:00 PM

Synopsis:

From the visionary world of acclaimed director Scott Cooper (CRAZY HEART, HOSTILES) and horror maestro Guillermo del Toro (THE SHAPE OF WATER) comes ANTLERS. In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother (Jesse Plemons) become embroiled with her enigmatic student (Jeremy T. Thomas) whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them. Based on the short story The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca, screenplay by C. Henry Chaisson & Nick Antosca and Scott Cooper. Produced by Guillermo del Toro, David S. Goyer, and J. Miles Dale.

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Searchlight Pictures release ANTLERS October 29, 2021.

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She’s finally back! Adele‘s comeback single from her upcoming fourth album, 30 is before us. EASY ON ME is a gorgeous, understated ballad. Signature Adele. And how crazy is it that Xavier Dolan directed this video in Quebec?

Adele‘s 30 is in stores November 19, 2021.

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Beginning October 22, 2021, W Network in Canada will be ready to get you into Holiday mode as they present to you, HALLMARK CHANNEL’S COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS with 41 festive premieres coming your way!

Titles this year include:

• You, Me & The Christmas Trees, starring Danica McKellar ( The Wonder Years), Benjamin Ayres ( Suits), Jason Hervey ( The Wonder Years)
• Boyfriends of Christmas Past, starring Catherine Haena Kim ( FBI), Raymond Ablack ( Ginny & Georgia), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee ( Kim’s Convenience)
• The Santa Stakeout, starring Tamera Mowry-Housley ( The Real,  Sister, Sister), Paul Campbell ( Battlestar Galactica), Joe Pantoliano ( The Matrix)
• Christmas in Harmony, starring Ashleigh Murray ( Riverdale),  Luke James  ( Little,  Star),  Loretta  Devine ( Queen Bees,  Family Reunion), Michelle  Williams (Destiny’s  Child,  The  Masked Singer), Basil Wallace ( Blood Diamond)
• Coyote Creek Christmas, starring Janel Parrish ( Right in Front of Me), Ryan Paevey ( A Little Daytime Drama)
• Christmas Sail, starring Katee Sackhoff ( The Mandalorian), Patrick  Sabongui ( Firefly  Lane),  Terry O’Quinn ( Lost)
• Open by Christmas, starring Alison Sweeney ( Days of our Lives), Erica Durance ( Smallville),  Brennan Elliott ( Christmas in Vienna)
• Next Stop, Christmas, starring Lyndsy Fonseca ( How I Met Your Mother), Chandler  Massey  ( Days of our Lives), Lea Thompson ( Back to the Future), Christopher Lloyd ( Back to the Future)
• A Christmas Treasure, starring Jordin Sparks ( Sparkle,  American Idol), Michael Xavier ( Christmas  Comes Twice,  Beware of the Midwife)
• Christmas at Castle Hart, starring Lacey Chabert ( Sweet Carolina), Stuart Townsend ( Salem)
• The Christmas Contest (wt), starring Candace Cameron Bure ( Fuller House), John Brotherton  ( Fuller House), Barbara Niven ( Chesapeake Shores)
• The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls (wt), starring Robert Buckley ( Chesapeake  Shores), Ana Ayora ( In the Dark), Jonathan Bennett ( Mean Girls), with Sharon Lawrence ( NYPD   Blue), Treat Williams ( Chesapeake Shores) and Brad Harder ( Aurora Teagarden Mysteries)
• The Nine Kittens of Christmas, starring Brandon Routh ( The Rookie), Kimberley Sustad ( Christmas by Starlight), Gregory Harrison ( Chesapeake Shores)
• Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday and  Sister Swap: Christmas in the City starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley ( Darrow Mysteries,  Father of the Bride), Ashley Williams ( Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater,  The Jim Gaffigan Show), Mark Deklin ( Grace and Frankie,  Designated Survivor), Keith Robinson ( Saints & Sinners,  A Christmas Love Story), Susan Yeagley ( Mike  Tyson Mysteries,  Parks and Recreation) and Kevin Nealon ( Man with a Plan,  Weeds)
• The Christmas Promise, starring Torrey DeVitto ( Chicago Med), Dylan Bruce ( Orphan Black), Patrick Duffy ( Dallas)
• Debbie Macomber’s A Mrs. Miracle Christmas, starring Kaitlin Doubleday ( Love on Iceland), Steve Lund ( Baby, It’s Cold Inside), Caroline Rhea ( Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
• Small Town Christmas, starring Ashley Newbrough ( Love Under the Stars), Kristoffer Polaha ( Hearts of Christmas)
• Swept Up by Christmas, starring Lindy Booth ( The Librarians), Justin Bruening ( Sweet Magnolias)

But what if there’s a movie from years past that you wanted to revisit again? No worries, you can stream all Hallmark Channel Movies Live and On Demand with STACKTV and the Global TV App!

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Marvel fans, here’s your first glimpse of upcoming Disney+ Series HAWKEYE starring Jeremy Renner!

Synopsis:

Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” is an original new series set in post-blip New York City where former Avenger Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. But when a threat from his past shows up, Hawkeye reluctantly teams up with Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), a 22-year-old skilled archer and his biggest fan, to unravel a criminal conspiracy. The series also features Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James and newcomer Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez. Helmed by Rhys Thomas and directing duo Bert and Bertie, “Hawkeye” debuts exclusively on Disney+ on Nov. 24, 2021.

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George Clooney directs THE TENDER BAR, starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe, coming next year to Amazon Prime Video. See the new Trailer for the Film which premiered at the London Film Festival.

Synopsis:

The Tender Bar tells the story of J.R. (Sheridan), a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie (Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother (Rabe) struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father (Christopher Lloyd) — J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams — with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar. The Tender Bar is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by J.R. Moehringer.

THE TENDER BAR is in theatres December 22, 2021 and on Amazon Prime Video on January 7, 2022.

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By Mr. Will Wong

Bruno Feldeisen has travelled the world, wowing palates internationally with his vision and skill. In addition to being the Executive and Executive Pastry Chef at the likes of Semiahmoo Resort, Four Seasons Hotel New York and Vancouver, in Toronto he oversaw the offerings at Soho Metropolitan‘s Senses, as stars feasted on his creations during TIFF. In addition to adding Cook Book Author to his Résumé, Feldeisen soon can be seen in the upcoming fifth season of CBC hit Series THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW in which he appears as judge once again alongside Kyla Kennaley.

Chatting with us from his home in Vancouver, Feldeisen lets us know about some of his favourites from over the seasons, what to expect in this delicious fifth season, the most common mistakes made by Bakers on the Show and more.

We ask Feldeisen where Canadian cuisine stands today on the world stage and where The Great Canadian Baking Show stacks against its peers.

Feldeisen: “Canadian food is really embracing the ethnicities of so many backgrounds and we are very fortunate to be able to enjoy and taste food from all parts of the world.”.

“I’ve watched different versions of The Great Canadian Baking Show and I think we are in the top three shows for food in terms of Baking, just in terms of diversity. I believe diversity brings trends. When you keep looking at the world from one lens, it’s very limited. But when you open your eyes to the world, it just creates magic.”.

In what surely is a tough task (!!) sampling some of the dazzling creations each episode, we wonder what some of his favourite creations are from seasons past.

Feldeisen: “Anybody who bakes with spices from the East like India, really gets me into an excited mood. Anybody who brings a unique flavour to the table, just opens my mind and I get so excited about it. And then there’s the technical aspect. Last year Raufikat made a Chocolate Mousse, which could be very basic. But that Chocolate Mousse was perfect! Probably one of the best I have ever had. It’s confidence, skills and the ability to deliver in a very specific amount of time as well.”.

We consistently see Bakers opening the oven which can slow-down the baking process. A problem when they are on a time crunch. We wonder what other common mistakes are made by the Contestants.

Feldeisen: “Every season almost every Baker opens the oven. We cannot tell the Baker their mistakes as it puts others at a disadvantage. But I would say it’s wasting time on cutting fruit. Fruit on its own is beautiful, so when I see a Baker slicing strawberries very small, thin layers, it doesn’t do anything to the fruit. A beautiful strawberry, let it speak for itself… it’s definitely a waste of time. Every minute and second counts.”.

Feldeisen currently is promoting his latest Cookbook, BAKING WITH BRUNO which has been a bit of a challenge navigating during the Pandemic. We ask about his Book Tour and are trying not to take it personal there hasn’t yet been a Toronto stop!

Feldeisen: We are visiting cities where it’s safe. We picked Nanaimo because it’s a small time and space is very important. It was a very safe space. Toronto is on the list, probably not this year. Next is Victoria!”.

A second book is almost finished and a third is on the way.

We ask about the one showstopper recipe in this Book.

Feldeisen: I’d say Chocolate Soufflé. It’s about timing, being patient and really about understanding the Recipe.

More on BAKING WITH BRUNO here.

Watch our Chat here:

The fifth season of CBC‘S THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW premieres October 17, 2021 at 8 PM.

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