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

Every week, MobileSyrup outlines a number of the most notable films and TV reveals that lately hit Canadian streaming platforms.

Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column usually focuses on new content material from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, however different companies like Apple TV+ and Disney+ are talked about when related. Premium video-on-demand (PVOD) platforms are additionally honest recreation as films proceed to come back to digital early.

Finally, we’ll spotlight reveals or films which are made by Canadian firms, contain notable Canadian solid or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.

Amazon Prime Video

Beautiful Disaster [Amazon Original]

Amazon Prime Video Canada launch date: August twenty fifth, 2023

Genre: Romantic drama

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

College freshman Abby tries to withstand her attraction to Travis, an enthralling campus playboy.

Based on Jamie McGuire’s novel of the identical identify, Beautiful Disaster was directed by Roger Kumble (After We Collided) and stars Dylan Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) and Virginia Gardner (Marvel’s Runaways).

Stream Beautiful Disaster right here.

An Amazon Prime Video subscription is included at no further price with an Amazon Prime membership, which is priced at $99/yr.

The full checklist of flicks and reveals hitting Prime Video Canada this month will be discovered right here.

Apple TV+

Invasion (Season 2) [Apple Original]

Apple TV+ Canada launch date: August twenty third, 2023 (first episode, new episodes each Wednesday)

Genre: Sci-fi

Runtime: Ten episodes (round one hour every)

Months after the occasions of the primary season, the aliens escalate their assaults into an all-out conflict with the people.

Invasion was created by Simon Kinberg (X-Men franchise) and David Weil (Solos) and stars Golshifteh Farahani (Extraction), Toronto’s Shamier Anderson (Wynonna Earp), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool 2) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park).

Stream Invasion right here.

An Apple TV+ membership prices $8.99/month and can be included in Apple One subscription bundles, which begin at $18.95/month.

Crave

BS High

Cravelaunch date: August twenty third, 2023

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

BS High explores the scandal surrounding Bishop Sycamore High School, a fabricated highschool in Columbus, Ohio led by a self-described “honest liar.”

Stream BS High right here.

The Flash

Original theatrical launch date: June sixteenth, 2023

Cravelaunch date: August twenty fifth, 2023

Genre: Superhero

Runtime: 2 hours, 24 minutes

Barry Allen/The Flash travels by time to avoid wasting his mom, resulting in lethal unintended penalties all through the multiverse.

The Flash was directed by Andy Muschietti (It) and stars alleged felony Ezra Miller (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Michael Keaton (Batman), Sasha Calle (The Young and theRestless), Michael Shannon (Man of Steel) and Kiersey Clemons (Dope).

Stream The Flash right here.

It’s value noting that whereas it was a field workplace bomb, The Flash continues to be an vital DC movie — regardless of all of its many controversies — because it successfully units up a reboot of the DC movie universe forward of this month’s Blue Beetle and James Gunn’s 2025 movie Superman: Legacy.

Recently, Crave rolled out two new ad-supported plans. As such, Crave’s normal $19.99/month membership has been renamed to ‘Crave Premium Ad-Free.’ Meanwhile, there’s now a ‘Crave Basic with Ads’ for $9.99/month and ‘Crave Standard with Ads’ for $14.99/month. (Starz stays ad-free and on the identical value). More info is obtainable right here.

The full checklist of flicks and reveals hitting Crave this month will be discovered right here.

Disney+

Ahsoka [Disney+ Original]

Disney+ Canadalaunch date: August twenty second, 2023 at 9pm ET (first two episodes, new episodes each Tuesday)

Genre: Sci-fi

Runtime: Eight episodes (round one hour every)

Note: While Disney+ reveals usually premiere on Wednesdays, Disney has given Ahsoka a particular Tuesday night time launch schedule.

Following the occasions of Star Wars Rebels, former Jedi Ahsoka Tano should examine an rising menace to the galaxy.

Ahsoka was created by Dave Filoni (Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rebels) and stars Rosario Dawson (Dopesick), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (The Society), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo), the late Ray Stevenson (RRR), Ivanna Sakhno (Pacific Rim Uprising) and Lars Mikkelsen reprising his Rebels function of Admiral Thrawn. It’s additionally value noting that Vancouver’s Hayden Christensen will reprise his function of Anakin Skywalker.

Stream Ahsoka right here.

A Disney+ subscription prices $11.99/month or $119.99/yr.

The full checklist of flicks and reveals hitting Disney+ Canada this month will be discovered right here.

Netflix

You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah [Netflix Original]

Netflix Canada launch date: August twenty fifth, 2023

Genre: Comedy-drama

Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes

Bat mitzvah plans are upended when two finest associates begin combating over the identical man.

Based on the 2005 younger grownup novel of the identical identify, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah was directed by Sammi Cohen (CollegeHumor) and stars Sunny Sandler (HubieHalloween), Samantha Lorraine (The Walking Dead: World Beyond), Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore) and Idina Menzel (Frozen).

It’s value noting that the movie was shot in and round Toronto.

Stream You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah right here.

A ‘Standard with Ads’ subscription prices $5.99/month, a ‘Standard’ subscription (HD-supported) prices $16.49/month, and a ‘Premium’ membership is priced at $20.99/month (4K-supported). It’s vital to notice that the previous $9.99 ‘Basic’ membership is now not obtainable, whereas different subscriptions have been renamed to ‘Standard.’

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

Premium video on demand (PVOD)

Past Lives

Original theatrical launch date: June 2nd, 2023

PVOD launch date: August twenty second, 2023

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes

Two childhood associates from South Korea reunite in New York, main them to ponder the place they’ve ended up.

Past Lives was written and directed by South Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song (The Wheel of Time) and stars Greta Lee (Russian Doll), Teo Yoo (Leto) and John Magaro (Orange is the New Black).

You should buy Past Lives for $19.99 on PVOD platforms like iTunes and Google Play. It will turn out to be obtainable for hire on September nineteenth.

What are you planning on watching this week? Let us know in the feedback.

For extra recommendations, try final week’s Streaming in Canada column.

Image credit score: Lucasfilm