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What’s Coming to Netflix Canada in January 2018

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It will probably take you a good portion of January to remember to write “2018” on everything, but while you adjust to the changing year Netflix Canada will be there to entertain you through the winter. Original Netflix series like GRACE AND FRANKIE, LOVESICK and DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY are returning for new seasons. BLACK LIGHTNING, a new series from The CW, will be streaming weekly in Canada and you can check out the Netflix original film THE POLKA KING, starring Jack Black.

Check out the full list below of what’s coming to — and leaving — Netflix Canada in January 2018.

January 1
13 Minutes
Cast: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner
In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.

Age of Shadows
Formerly a Korean resistance fighter, a policeman working for Japan is tasked with tracking down resistance leaders before they acquire explosives.

AlphaGo 
Seemingly simple but deceptively complex, the game of “Go” serves as the backdrop for this battle between artificial intelligence and man.

Anne With An E – Season 1
Cast: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson
The adventures of a young orphaned girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery’s classic novels.

Camp Cool Kids
Cast: Michael Gross, Markie Post, Tyree Brown
Encouraged by his quirky grandfather, a young boy faces his fears at summer camp.

Chonda Pierce: Enough
Stand-up comedian Chonda Pierce, known as the “Queen of Clean”, continues to share her emotional journey and story in this sequel to her 2015 award winning documentary “Chonda Pierce: Laughing In The Dark”.

Dries
Cast: Dries Van Noten
This documentary explores the intense passion and distinctive talent that makes Dries Van Noten one of the most unique fashion designers in the world.

Eastsiders – Season 3
Cast: Kit Williamson, Van Hansis, Constance Wu
Cal turns to his friends for help through a hilariously dark time when he discovers that his partner Thom’s been cheating on him.

Functional Fitness
This documentary explores the challenging, demanding and transformative world of CrossFit through the eyes of the people who’ve embraced it.

Glacé – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Charles Berling, Julia Piaton, Pascal Greggory
A grisly find atop a mountain in the French Pyrenees leads investigator Martin Servaz into a twisted dance with a serial killer in this icy thriller.

Lovesick – Season 3 – Netflix Original
Best friends Dylan, Luke and Evie continue to navigate the ups and downs of relationships as they search for their soul mates.

Maddman: The Steve Madden Story
This documentary chronicles the rise of the footwear designer behind a billion-dollar empire and his subsequent comeback after a financial scandal.

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
Cast: Padraic Delany, Hugh Bonneville, Kuba Rudzinski
500 years ago, Martin Luther triggered a seismic upheaval that rocked the western world-with an impact that continues to reverberate to this day.

Murder on the Cape
Cast: Jade Harlow, Josh Walther, Heather Egeli
Based on the Christa Worthington case. An out of work fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer wintering on the Cape. She returns two years later with his child, and when she is murdered, the fisherman is the prime suspect.

Not Alone
An 18-year-old struggling to understand her best friend’s suicide talks to teenagers who have grappled with mental illness and suicidal thoughts.

Open Season: Scared Silly
Cast: William Townsend, Donny Lucas, Melissa Sturm
When a spooky werewolf tales scares Boog out of joining the annual camping trip, his friends hatch a plan to cure him of his fear.

Penn & Teller: Fool Us – Season 1
Cast: Penn Jillette, Teller, Jonathan Ross
The world-famous magic duo brings their singular brand of humor to a competition show in which
skilled illusionists vie for a grand prize.

Planetarium
Cast: Natalie Portman, Emmanuel Salinger, Lily-Rose Depp
In pre-World War II France, two sisters purport to be able to communicate with the dead and soon catch the eye of an ambitious filmmaker.

Splash and Bubbles – Season 1 
Cast: John Tartaglia, Leslie-Carrara-Rudolph, Raymond Carr
Curious pals Splash, Bubbles, Dunk and Ripple have fun exploring new places, making new friends and learning all about their amazing ocean home.

Super Dark Times
Cast: Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino
A tragic accident drives a wedge between two teenage boys, threatening a friendship that had semed firm and unshakeable.

Superbad
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Two best friends’ quest to buy booze for a party in hopes of scoring with girls leads them on a series of wacky misadventures.

The Babadook
Cast: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney
Sam’s frequent tantrums turn sinister when a creepy children’s book mysteriously appears in his room, and he asks his mother, “Do you want to die?”

The Layover
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Kate Upton, Kal Penn
Two friends on a road trip compete for the affections of a handsome man when their flight is redirected
due to a hurricane.

The Rehearsal
Cast: Kerry Fox, James Rolleston, Alice Englert
A drama student is torn between creative possibility and ethical boundaries when his girlfriend’s family
gets caught up in a sex scandal.

The Vault
Cast: Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, James Franco
A bank heist takes an unnerving turn when the three sibling robbers attempt to gain entrance into an subterranean vault with sinister secrets.

Treasures From The Wreck Of The Unbelievable
This cinematic journey into the waters off East Africa chronicles the story behind artist Damien Hirst’s massive exhibition of oceanic treasures.

Unleashed
Cast: Kate Micucci, Justin Chatwin, Steve Howey
When a cosmic event turns Emma’s dog and cat into two perfect guys, Emma reconsiders her outlook on dating, hilariously works out her trust issues, and ultimately learns to love herself.

January 2
Cheapest Weddings – Season 1
Couples on a tiny budget try to ensure that the day of their wedding turns out to be the magical experience they always dreamed it would be.

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Cast: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush
Captain Jack Sparrow finds himself in hot water when Salazar escapes the Devil’s Triangle and makes it his mission to obliterate every pirate at sea.

Mustang Island
Cast: Lee Eddy, John Merriman, Byron Brown
After being dumped on New Year’s Eve, Bill pursues his ex-girlfriend to an off-season Gulf Coast beach town, but things get complicated along the way.

Rent
Cast: Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson
Based on Puccini’s opera “La Boheme,” this musical follows a group of scrappy bohemians who face true love, drug addiction and AIDS in New York City.

Shameless (U.S.) – Season 7
Cast: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin
This dramedy based on a British series centers on siblings in a dysfunctional Chicago family who struggle while coping with their alcoholic father.

Zumbo’s Just Desserts – Season 1
Cast: Gigi Falanga, Rachel Khoo, Adriano Zumbo
Amateur Australian chefs compete to impress patisserie chef Adriano Zumbo with their sweet creations. Those who don’t fit the brief go head to head in the ‘Zumbo test’ to replicate his unique desserts.

January 3
6 Days
Cast: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen.

A Ghost Story
Cast: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.

January 5
All Eyez on Me
Cast: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham
Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur.

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Collections – Netflix Original
In Jerry Seinfeld’s unique series, he picks up a guest comedian in a cool car, then they set off for laugh-filled conversations fueled by caffeine.

DEVILMAN crybaby – Season 1 – Netflix Original
A demon possesses a boy’s dead body to do evil. But after falling in love with a human girl, he has a change of heart. Based on Go Nagai’s hit manga.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Season 2 – Netflix Original
Dirk and Todd reunite, along with Farah and new allies in Montana law enforcement, to investigate a case partly set in a magical fantasy realm.

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Cast: Carmen Argenziano, Horatio Sanz, Luis Guzman
In this modern adaptation of a Spanish classic, an eccentric, elderly gentleman sets out with his honest sidekick to right the wrongs of the world.

Rotten – Netflix Original
This docuseries travels deep into the heart of the food supply chain to reveal unsavory truths and
expose hidden forces that shape what we eat.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattison, Taylor Lautner
In the epic series’ final chapter, Bella and Edward’s newborn daughter forces the couple into a life-altering confrontation.

January 6
House of Z
Cast: Christina Binkley, Naomi Campbell, Sean Combs
A feature documentary on the life and career of designer Zac Posen.

Killing Ground
Cast: Aaron Pedersen, Ian Meadows, Harriet Dyer
An idyllic camping trip to an isolated beach turns into a harrowing ordeal after a young couple discovers an abandoned tent and a lost child.

The Journey
Cast: Timothy Spail, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore
Two bitter political rivals – Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness – share a ride to the airport in this reimagining of the 2006 St. Andrews Agreement.

January 10
Alejandro Riaño Especial de stand up – Netflix Original
The irreverent veteran of Columbian comedy delivers some of his most well-known routines in a performance from Bogotá’s Teatro Nacional La Castellana.

January 12
Boyka: Undisputed
Cast: Scott Adkins, Teodora Duhovnikova, Alon Aboutboul
The fourth film in the action franchise finds Boyka taking on brutal gangsters to protect the widow of a man he unintentionally killed in the ring.

Disjointed – Part 2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Kathy Bates, Aaron Moten, Tone Bell
Pete struggles with a crisis of confidence, Carter opens up to a new friend, Ruth returns to her roots, and
Olivia’s business takes off.

Somebody Feed Phil – Netflix Original
“Everybody Loves Raymond” executive producer Phil Rosenthal travels the world to take in the local cuisine and culture.

The Man Who Would Be Polka King
Cast: Jan Lewan, Greg Korin, Stan Tadrowski
This irreverent documentary reveals how charming entertainer Jan Lewan bilked investors out of millions in a complicated investment scam.

The Polka King – Netflix Film
Cast: Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman
A Polish-born bandleader who dreams of building a musical empire in the U.S. lures his fans into a Ponzi scheme in this comedy based on a true story.

January 14
Carol
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

Tom Segura: Disgraceful – Netflix Original
In his third Netflix special, the LA-based comic and podcast host talks about online shopping, weight loss and life on the road.

January 15
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Cast: River Hawkins, Rick Kissack, Manolo Blahnik
An in-depth portrait of MANOLO BLAHNIK, self-confessed ‘cobbler’ and the man regarded by most influential fashion figures as ‘the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries.’

Rip Tide
Cast: Debby Ryan, Genevieve Hegney, Andrew Creer
Following an embarrassing viral video, a New York model decides to espace from her suffocating existence by visiting her faraway aunt in Australia.

Unrest
In this heart-wrenching documentary, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student turns the camera on herself to capture her struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome.

January 16
Helix – Seasons 1-2
Cast: Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé
A team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation when they arrive in the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be an outbreak of a strange disease in a secluded international research facility.

Katt Williams: Great America – Netflix Original
The king of underground comedy takes the stage in Jacksonville with unflinching riffs on American politics and the raunchy perils of getting old.

January 17
Arango y Sanint: Ríase El Show – Netflix Original
Two legendary Columbian comedians — Julian Arango and Antonio Sanint — share the stage for the first time ever.

January 18
Bad Day for the Cut
Cast: Nigel O’Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawlowski
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.

Dear White People
Cast: Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner
The lives of four black students at an Ivy League college.

Dynasty – Season 1 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley, Grant Show
With a new face poised to join the family, the Carringtons and the Colbys feud for control over their fortune — and their children’s lives.

Kill the Messenger
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims
Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid-1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA’s past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. that was aggressively sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras’ rebel army.

Mr. Holmes
Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.

Mortdecai
Cast: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor
Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time
rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost
gold.

Riverdale – Season 1 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Marisol Nichols
If Jason Blossom’s murder revealed the slimy underbelly beneath Riverdale’s surface, as we enter season two, the shooting of Fred Andrews threatens to plunge the entire town into utter darkness.

Spotlight
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

The 5th Wave
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez
Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.

Tiempos de guerra – Temporada 1 – Netflix Original
Set in 1920s Morocco, Duchess of la Victoria leads a group of trailblazing nurses as they navigate the political and social challenges of war.

January 19
Drug Lords – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Witness the stories of history’s most notorious kingpins, their terrifying enforcers, and the men and women who swore to bring them down.

Grace and Frankie – Season 4 – Netflix Original
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Lisa Kudrow
As Grace and Frankie muddle through ups and downs with their business, romantic relationships and families, they must face some realities of aging.

In The Deep 
Cast: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine
With little oxygen left in their scuba tanks, two sisters are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean while great whites circle nearby.

The Open House – Netflix Film
Following a tragedy, a mother and her teen son move to a relative’s vacant vacation home, where eerie and unexplained forces conspire against them.

Trolls: The Beat Goes On! – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Picking up where the film left off, Poppy and all the fun-loving Trolls adjust to living with their Bergen neighbors in this colorful animated series.

Van Helsing – Season 2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Kelly Overton, Jonathan Scarfe, Christopher Heyerdahl
An astonishing revelation about herself leads Vanessa to question her entire life story, while the battle to defeat Dmitri’s vampires rages on.

January 23
Black Lightning – Season 1 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
A retired vigilante leaves behind his quiet life as a school principal and returns to fighting crime in his New Orleans community.

Todd Glass: Act Happy – Netflix Original
Backed by a live band, Glass takes on big box stores, passive aggressive pigeons and identity politics.

January 24
Ricardo Quevedo: Hay gente así – Netflix Original
This former street performer and gifted storyteller offers observations about our cultural addiction to technology.

The Good Catholic
Cast: Zachary Spicer, Wrenn Schmidt, Danny Glover
Daniel loved his job as a small town priest more than anything. Then he met Jane. God help him.

January 25
Acts of Vengeance
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence — not to be broken until he can avenge the deaths of his wife and daughter.

Suits – Season 6 – New Episodes
Cast: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman
When he impresses a big lawyer with his razor-sharp mind, a college dropout scores a coveted associate job, even though he has no legal credentials.

January 26
A Futile and Stupid Gesture – Netflix Original
Will Forte and Domhnall Gleeson star in this exploration of the troubled life and groundbreaking career of “National Lampoon” co-founder Doug Kenney.

Dirty Money – Netflix Original
Focusing on different historical eras and geographical locations, this non-fiction series tells gripping stories of financial fraud and political corruption.

Llama Llama – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Llama, his family and his good friends have heart-warming adventures in a safe, friendly town. An animated show based on the award-winning books.

One Day at a Time – Season 2 – Netflix Original
With the help of her old-school Cuban-born mother, a recently separated woman navigates single life while raising her two children.

Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich – Netflix Original
The Argentine anti-hero reprises his long-running Buenos Aires routine.

The Adventures of Puss in Boots – Season 6 – Netflix Original
The world’s greatest swashbuckling kitty returns, taking on any daring adventure and every glass of milk in this family-friendly original series.

Mau Nieto: Viviendo sobrio… desde el bar – Netflix Original
Mexican comic Mau Nieto reflects on the challenges of staying sober — filmed live at a bar.

January 28
El Ministerio del Tiempo – Season 3 – Netflix Original
While grieving the loss of one of its own, the Ministry is called upon to right historical wrongs from 16th-century Mexico to 20th-century France.

January 29
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Cast: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela’s life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

Patient Seventeen
Meet a surgeon who claims to remove highly advance implants, nanotechnology microchips imbedded by aliens, non-humans monitoring our earth.

The Force
This documentary follows the police of Oakland, California, as they reform and face the challenges of corruption, commitment and cataclysmic change.

January 30
Babylon Berlin – Seasons 1-2 – Netflix Original
Cast: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Peter Kurth
Beneath the glittering excess of Berlin in the roaring 20s lies a world of organized crime and political extremism.

Retribution – Season 1 – Netflix Original
After brutally murdering a young couple, the killer heads to the rural Scottish Highlands, where their feuding families live.

January 31
Disney/Pixar Cars 3
Cast: Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper
Sleek female race car Cruz Ramirez helps old-time champion Lightning McQueen make a comeback as he faces a new generation of high-tech racers.

Last Call – Titles That Will be Rotating Off the Service in January 2018

January 1
The Patriot
24 – Seasons 1-8
Bridesmaids
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – Seasons 14-17

January 5
Cocaine Cowboys

January 14
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

January 15
101 Dalmatians

January 31
Les Misérables
Think Like a Man

SUPERGIRL Star Discusses the Big Breakup and Its Aftermath

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Maggie Sawyer and Alex Danvers have broken up. The sad event took place on this week’s SUPERGIRL, but the build-up had been happening for several weeks. After Alex realized that she wanted children in her future — and Maggie didn’t — they both saw no way for them to go forward as a couple.

During a visit to the set of SUPERGIRL today in Vancouver, we spoke to Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers)  about the big breakup and what it means for Alex and the LGBT-focused story.

Learning About the Breakup. “I found out about it during the hiatus [before season 3 began],” Leigh said. “I had a conversation with Andrew [Kreisberg] and really broke down a lot of what was going to be happening in the season. And obviously that being a big part of it, there’s so much that needed to go into it to be done as delicately as Alex’s story coming out story was. You had to approach it with the same delicacy to sort of end this particular chapter in Alex’s life. It doesn’t mean that Alex isn’t still a lesbian. It doesn’t mean that Alex’s journey ends there. It means that this is a loss, but also a gain for herself and understanding who she is. And no relationship is ever going to be guaranteed. They’re a hell of a lot of hard work. And regardless, there’s ups and downs.”

The Reasons Behind the Breakup. As the show explained, it was the issue of children that really drove the women apart, even though they still desperately love one another. “[Maggie and Alex] did come to an impasse,” Leigh explained. “There are certain things that you’re either always going to want or you’re never going to want. In this case with kids, that’s a pretty big deal. It’s not getting a dog, it’s not getting a pet, it’s not fighting over what bird you want to have. This is a life-changing thing one way or another. When you have decisions like that, when you come across obstacles that are that big, you really have to choose what’s going to be best for you individually. Alex would never wish anything but the absolute best for Maggie and vice versa. That’s really where, I think, you kind of see what is most heartbreaking about the ending of their relationship is how much they love each other and how much they want the best for each other. It’s not like you have this screaming [match where] you’re throwing vases around the room. It’s like you really see that the intention there is to allow them to be their best selves no matter what. I feel like we did a really good job with that.”

The Cast Felt the Emotion. “It’s a heavy episode, Leigh said. “It is a breakup. And honestly, in a lot of ways, it felt like a genuine breakup. I love Floriana [Lima] to pieces. She’s amazing. What we were able to do together for the community — but also for our friendship and being able to establish such strong characters — I mean that goes beyond how many episodes we do together, you know what I mean? I’m incredibly grateful for that. So tonight’s episode, yeah, it was heavy. The great thing was Kevin Smith [the director] kind of approached she and I. Initially, when we had the table read, we actually separated all of our stuff from the rest of the [cast’s] table read. So [we] didn’t sit in that one. Kevin really liked to make sure that we [did] this really well, and so he took Flo and I aside, and we did the table read just with us and Andrew Kreisberg and Jessica Queller. We wanted to make sure that the words were right, that the intention was right and the heart behind [it all] was right. Either way, any way you roll the dice, it’s not going to be easy, and it’s something that everybody felt. Not only that, but Kevin also said he thought it would be really great – and I totally agreed – to do all of the scenes in one day. So it was a hell of a day. It really was. But I really feel like we can only do our best with what we’re handed, right?”

Coping With the Loss. How Alex deals with the breakup will be a significant part of her story going forward, at least for a little while. “Because of the significance of it, it’s not like you can sweep it under the rug, you know what I mean, and just try to be chipper and move on,” Leigh said. “At the same time, Alex has a very hard time of really dealing with things. So the episode that we see after tonight’s episode is when Kara and Alex go back to Midvale, and it’s a really, really cool flashback episode where you see the initial dynamic between Kara and Alex and how that was really difficult for them in the beginning and sort of what the catalyst was for the turn in their relationship. But with that, you kind of see Alex going back and really having to figure some stuff out. But that’s just the beginning of it. From there, I think in some ways we try to busy ourselves, and you sort of put things off a little bit. I think there was a fine line. I think there was a balance that we really had to establish in kind of saying, ‘OK, we don’t want to be Debbie Downers all the time. But at the same time, there’s a reality of that’s an incredibly significant relationship.’ I mean this is the first time Alex ever really said ‘I love you’ to anybody, let alone get engaged and have wedding talk and all that stuff. So you see her sort of like go forward and go back, and then go forward and go back. I think there’s a pretty good balance with that.”

The Sisters Bond Over Their Shared Heartbreak. Kara is still reeling from the loss of Mon-El when her sister ends her engagement. How will the Danvers girls bond over the loss of their relationships? “Ice cream, pizza and the couch scenes are my favorites,” Leigh said. “It is interesting because in the very first few episodes [of the season] when Kara’s really dealing with the loss of Mon-El, Alex has sort of been the one saying, ‘Hey, it’s been six months. We need to kind of help you move on a bit.’ So it’s interesting because of how the tables have turned in that way, but it’s not like now Kara is all happy and fine. They’re really kind of in the mud together. The great thing about the sister dynamic is that regardless of what circumstance they’re facing, they’re always going to be each other’s champion. They’re always going to be the one that’s like, “Hey, it is what it is. We’re going to walk through this together.” You really see that true dynamic. And that was a big part of what Andrew [Kreisberg] talked to me initially about before we started the season — [that] we really want to see that relationship come back as the heartbeat of the show. So you do get to see a lot of that really, really sweet scenes with Melissa [Benoist] that I’m just gratefully appreciative of.”

The Future of Sanvers. As for whether there’s any hope for Maggie and Alex in the future, Leigh said that “As of now, what we know is we got these five amazing episodes [this season], based on [Floriana’s] availability. I know that just sounds like words, but it really does just come down to that. If she can come back, I know we would all love to have that happen. So if she’s available, that would be fantastic. I don’t know what that would look like. I don’t know how that would [be] incorporated, but that’s not my job. My job is to do the best with what has been handed to me.”

“I’ve kind of been avoiding social media today,” Leigh admitted towards the end of our interview, “only because I’m still trying to figure out how to really answer this for a lot of fans that I know personally and that I’ve come across that might not totally understand it. Dnd I want to make sure that people know that regardless they’re loved and that they matter and that the story that they have to tell is just as important as the story we told on the show and that that continues for them as well. Nothing ends tonight. That’s the biggest thing that I’ve been so worried about — that I don’t want people to think that this is the end of something really, really significant and important. It is really just the beginning in a lot of ways. I hope people can really latch onto to that and hang onto that. Almost like Alex in this situation, you can’t ask people to sweep it under the rug because what we did, I feel – maybe I’m biased – but what we did, I feel was pretty groundbreaking, and to have such a strong relationship, I feel, portrayed as well as we did, I think we did a very great justice to that storyline and for the community. The hope, honestly, is just that people can see what it was and celebrate that just as much as I do and I know Flo does, and really be able to grow from here and just see what comes next for Alex. That’s my hope.”

SUPERGIRL airs Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

OUTLANDER: Caitriona Balfe Teases Claire and Jamie’s Reunion

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OUTLANDER finally reunited Claire and Jamie at the end of the last episode, but fans had to wait two weeks before seeing the outcome of that brief scene…which ended with Jamie fainting from shock. The big question, of course, is how that reunion will actually play out. After being separated for 20 years, will the former couple pick up right where they left off? Caitriona Balfe (Claire Fraser) shared her thoughts on Claire’s decision to reunite with Jamie and how they will react to seeing each other again (aside from the fainting, that is).

“I don’t think [Claire would have gone back in time] if she didn’t believe in her heart that if she still feels the same way, that [Jamie] will [too]. But I think she’s also someone who’s slightly pragmatic because I think she tries to prepare herself for the possibility that he has lived other lives, or maybe there’s somebody involved [with him]. But she’s giving up everything. One of the challenges for me this season was wrapping [my] head around ‘ok, how does someone make that decision [to leave your daughter] when they don’t know what the outcome is on the other side?'”

But I also think it’s that thing when you get to a certain point in your life and you’re being haunted by something, if you don’t try and find out — if you don’t try and do something — then you’re just going to live this shadow life for the rest of your time. But obviously Claire going to Jamie and making that decision…I’m sure that entire journey she played every single scenario over and over in her head. The beauty is that it’s nothing like she would have imagined. She takes a huge leap of faith, but I think she doesn’t have any other option at this point.”

As for how the reunion itself goes, Balfe said that “what we always talked about with the writers is that in your own lives if there’s somebody that you haven’t seen in a long time, sometimes you can end up putting those people on pedestals. For Jamie…he has no inclination that Claire is going to walk through the door. The man is completely blindsided. But the beauty of it is anyone who’s been in a long-distance relationship can understand — even on a micro level — if you haven’t seen somebody for a while, you see them again, and it’s like ‘ahhhh, I’m so excited to see you’. And then you’re thinking ‘I’m not quite sure how to act in your presence’. It takes some time to get used to each other again. And I think that that’s the way it is with this reunion.”

“They want to hold each other, but then they don’t even know how to talk to each other, how to touch each other. I think for both of them it’s not even just about each other. Neither of them have been intimate with anyone in a very long time. They’re almost like teenagers again. And it’s almost like that first time again. It’s complicated and awkward and kind of clumsy. But I think that makes it feel real and it’s really charming and I actually really liked the way that the writers decided to approach it in that way.”

As for what’s to come for the couple beyond their initial reunion, Starz hinted that “Jamie’s new business dealings jeopardize the couples’ hopes for a simple life together.” When asked about Jamie’s job, Balfe teased that “the repercussions of his activities — and also maybe Claire’s interference in his activities — causes them to have to leave Scotland yet again. And I think that that obviously then has a huge impact on the rest of their lives.”

OUTLANDER airs Sundays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Starz (U.S.) and at 9:00 p.m. on W Network (Canada).

WILL & GRACE Sneak Peek: Grace Encounters Leo Again

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When WILL & GRACE returned for an all new season after being off the air for so long, the show established that Grace and Leo were now separated, having done away with the storyline of them reuniting and having a child. Instead, the two are on their way to a divorce, leaving Grace living at her old apartment with Will.

But there’s a bit of closure that’s needed between this couple, especially with the way in which the show essentially erased a major part of their old history. So in this week’s episode, Grace is surprised when her doctor’s office calls her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Leo, as her emergency contact (which also leads to a very familiar nurse). The pair will address their old relationship and impending divorce.

Meanwhile, Jack isn’t having much luck booking acting gigs, so she takes on a new job he never expected to like. And Karen ends up making friends with a 12-year-old girl in the Bronx who really seems to get her.

Don’t miss an all new episode of WILL & GRACE tonight (October 12) at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

THIS IS US: The Cast Talks Season 2

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With Sterling K. Brown’s recent Best Actor Emmy win, THIS IS US is heading into its second season with critical and fan acclaim. The NBC series didn’t reveal how Jack died before its first season ended, but we may be working our way towards that big moment in season 2. For now, however, there’s still a lot of life yet to live for many of these characters.

Several characters are facing big choices or obstacles as we head into season 2. Kate and Toby have moved in together and she wants to pursue a career as a singer, but her journey won’t be easy. Then there’s Kevin, who has recently reunited with his ex-wife, Sophie, but is facing the possibility of taking on a movie and having to be away from her. Meanwhile, Randall tells his mother that his wife is struggling with his decision that they should stop a child.

In the past, Jack and Rebecca have separated, but how soon before the pair reunite? Or will Jack’s death interfere with that?

Browse through photos from the premiere above and then watch sneak peeks below.THIS IS US returns September 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

OUTLANDER: Caitriona Balfe on Frank and Claire’s Relationship, Brianna and More

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Claire and Jamie have a long road to travel in season 3 of OUTLANDER before the pair are reunited. In the season 3 premiere we saw Claire and Frank move to America where Claire’s daughter with Jamie was soon born. But the happiness surrounding Brianna’s birth was burst when the nurse remarked on her bright red hair — a trait she inherited from her birth father, Jamie.

During a recent interview with actress Caitriona Balfe, she spoke about how Frank and Claire’s relationship would continue to unravel in the 20 years Claire remains separated from Jamie and how Brianna bonds with the man who isn’t her biological father.

Claire and Frank. We saw a lot of tension between the couple in the season 3 premiere of OUTLANDER, although Brianna’s arrival may ease that tension a little bit. Certainly, Balfe doesn’t want fans to think that there is no hope for at least civility and respect between Claire and Frank, even if just for Brianna’s sake. “Tobias [Menzies] and I really wanted to play with the fact that there had to be hope. That it would be very unbelievable and make both of them somewhat pathetic characters if there was no hope and they just sat in this marriage of misery for 20 years. I don’t think that either of them would do that. So I definitely think Brianna does bring [them together]. You know, we see it at the very end of the first episode — yes, there’s the elephant in the room with the red hair, but I do think that children are such a pure form of hope and life. And I think that you can’t help but be around that and not find some way to build something that may not be perfect, but that there is common respect and common love there.”

Brianna and Frank. One might forgive Frank for feeling a bit cold towards the little girl who isn’t really his, but Balfe actually says this is not the case this season: “I think it’s actually easier for Frank to forget about Jamie, because he’s never met him. For him, looking at Brianna, obviously there’s red hair but he doesn’t look at her face and see Jamie. Whereas every time Claire looks at Brianna it’s such a strong reminder of a man that she knew so well. But for Frank he has no context for that. What I love about Diana [Gabaldon]’s depiction of their family dynamic is that in many ways she flipped the script and Claire became…maybe not the primary breadwinner, but definitely the workaholic or the person who was more engaged in her career. And Frank became pretty much the primary caregiving in the house.”

“I also think that because Claire has a secret in not being able to tell Brianna about her real father, that there’s always this barrier or something there between them. But Frank doesn’t have that burden, so they’re able to form a much stronger bond in many ways. And that’s not to say that Claire doesn’t love Brianna, but I do think that in many ways Frank is able to replace the love that he had for Claire with the love that he has for Brianna. They almost have the better relationship than Claire and Brianna do.”

How Does Claire Deal With the Loss of Jamie? Claire may have Brianna and she may also reach a sort of peace with Frank, but her loss of Jamie will always cut her. “I looked at it very much that this is a widow in many ways. For her, Jamie has died at the Battle of Culloden. She has made not only a promise to him about how she will raise their daughter, but she’s made a promise to Frank to never bring it up again. [She promised] to put that whole side of her life and the whole experience to one side. For me, I think it ties in with Claire’s ability as a surgeon — you have to be able to compartmentalize things. I think she takes all of that and locks it away and I think she pays a huge price for that. Part of that price is her sort of intimacy with her daughter. And I think she becomes a much more reserved and rigid person and she loses some of her freedom and her honesty with herself in a weird way. And I think that you really see in these first few episodes, that she’s a shadow of her former self.”

OUTLANDER airs on on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Starz (U.S.) and at 9:00 p.m. on W Network (Canada).

What’s Coming to Netflix Canada in August 2017?

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Marvel’s THE DEFENDERS is coming to Netflix Canada in August 27 as the streaming service’s four heroes team up to save New York City. Several other Netflix originals are also coming, including ATYPICAL and a new installment of WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER.

Check out the full list below of what’s coming to (and leaving) Netflix Canada in August 2017.

August 1
Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock
Capturing global attention, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe leads a peaceful protest against an oil pipeline threatening the drinking water of millions.

Boychoir
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard
A angel-voiced boy in agony faces a new kind of challenge. Opportunity is fleeting, and talent is just the beginning.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Cast: Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis
A decade after their escape, Caesar and his fellow super-intelligent apes strike a tenuous peace with human survivors of the simian virus.

Ex Machina
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.

It Follows
Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

Jackie
Cast: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig
Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.

Land Girls – Series 1 – 3
Cast: Becky Gemmell, Susan Cookson, Mark Benton, Mykola Allen, Sophie Ward
Follow the lives, loves, highs and lows of four members of the Women’s Land Army who are working at the Hoxley Estate during WWII.

Maz Jobrani: Immigrant – Netflix Original
Iranian American comic Maz Jobrani takes the stage in Washington, D.C. to discuss immigration, protests, political donations, the Olympics and more.

Opening Night
Cast: Lauren Lapkus, Lesli Margherita, Topher Grace, Anne Heche
Once a rising star on Broadway, Nick is now the perennially pestered production manager for a new musical dedicated to rock music’s one-hit wonders.

Planet of the Apes
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth
An Air Force astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.

Ripper Street – Season 5
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg
It’s been six months since the last Jack the Ripper killing, and East London is hopeful that his reign of terror might have run its course.

Rules Don’t Apply
Cast: Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Warren Beatty, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen
The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver, and their boss, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.

Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments – Season 2 Part B – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Cast: Matthew Daddario, Katherine McNamara, Alberto Rosende
Despite a stunning betrayal, Clary and the Shadowhunters go to war against Valentine’s new army to determine the ultimate fate of the Shadow World.

Still Alice
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Surviving Escobar: Alias JJ – Season 1 – Netflix Original
After the death of Pablo Escobar, a former Medellin Cartel leader who willingly turned himself in fights his way to the top of the prison underworld.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander
In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

The Royal House of Windsor – Season 1
Drawing on newly available info, this show traces how the British royal family has survived the last 100 years of power struggles, politics and more.

Walking with the Enemy
Cast: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon
A young man, separated from his family in WWII, disguises himself as a Nazi SS Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.

Woman in Gold
Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bru?hl
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Words and Pictures
Cast: Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison
A picture is worth a thousand words — or is it? That’s the question prep school students must answer as their art and English teachers egg them on.

August 2
Hook
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.

The Founder
Cast: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch
After a fateful encounter with the McDonald brothers, struggling salesman Ray Kroc becomes driven to change the way hamburgers are made and sold.

August 3
The Truman Show
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Truman Burbank is the star of “The Truman Show,” a 24-hour-a-day TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge.

August 4
Alan Saldaña: Mi vida de pobre – Netflix Original
Mexican comedian Alan Saldaña finds humour in his struggles to achieve financial success in this original stand-up comedy special.

Chelsea – Season 2 – Netflix Original – New Episodes Weekly
Exciting guests, timely topics, global destinations. Chelsea returns with a fresh new format, bringing her bold perspective to a changed world.

Icarus – Netflix Original
Cast: Bryan Fogel, Grigory Rodchenkov
An American filmmaker and cyclist unwittingly wades into a global scandal when a Russian scientist leaks shocking details of a vast doping conspiracy.

Insidious: Chapter 3
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson
A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

Voltron: Legendary Defender – Season 3 – Netflix Original
Cast: Jeremy Shada, Tyler Labine, Bex Taylor-Klaus
In an all-new series, five unlikely heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil.

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Amy Poehler, Chris Pine
Ten years after the original film, fans can finally find out what happened to their favorite campers and counselors in this eight-episode series.

August 8
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Season 7
Cast: Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong
Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.

August 10
Psycho
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore
In this remake of the 1960s classic, Marion Crane stops at the Bates Motel, only to encounter Norman Bates, a man with a lot of secrets to hide.

Ricki and the Flash
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sebastien Stan, Mamie Gummer
When her daughter’s marriage unravels, errant Rocker Ricki wants to help. But her estranged kids might not welcome her back.

August 11
Allied
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Atypical – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Rapaport
Sam, an 18-year old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful journey of self-discovery for love and independence.

Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh – Season 3 – Netflix Original
Cast: Rachel Crow, Mark Whitten
A misfit alien named Oh moves in with Tip and her family, in a series that picks up the dynamic duo’s adventures where the hit film left off.

Naked – Netflix Original Film
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall
Rob’s madly in love and about to be married. Unfortunately, he’s also naked, stuck in an elevator and caught in a time loop.

White Gold – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Ed Westwick, Linzey Cocker, James Buckley
In 1980s Essex, cocky salesman Vincent Swan and his unscrupulous team will do anything to get the sale — including throwing honesty out the window.

August 14
Pan
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara
As a kind of prequel to the Peter Pan story, this fantasy relates how Peter first met and initially befriended Captain Hook and fought alongside him.

August 15
All These Sleepless Nights
Cast: Krzysztof Baginski, Michal Huszcza, Eva Lebuef
A new era is coming, and Warsaw stands uncomfortably at its edge. Art school classmates Christopher and Michal, on the precipice of their own coming of age, restlessly roam their city’s streets in search of living forever inside the beautiful moment.

Barbecue
A blend of cultural nuance and mesmerizing techniques adds flavor to this globe-hopping celebration of cooking, tradition and community.

Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo – Netflix Original
Country music star Brad Paisley hosts a night of music and laughs with comics Nate Bargatze, John Heffron, Sarah Tiana, Mike E. Winfield and Jon Reep.

The Sweet Life
Cast: Chris Messina, Abigail Spencer, Brian Shortall
The Sweet Life, an edgy and unconventional dramedy, is the love story of Kenny Parker and Lolita Nowicki, each struggling with their own brand of demons, who first meet by chance in Chicago and form a pact to travel across country to the Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide… together.

August 16
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack
The life of a White House butler who served under eight presidents unfolds against a backdrop of unparalleled change in American history.

RV
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth
Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they ultimately have to contend with a bizarre community of campers.

August 17
Minority Report
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
In the late 21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they’re committed, a top “Precrime” cop is targeted for a murder charge.

August 18
Dinotrux – Season 5 – Netflix Original
Cast: Andrew Francis, Richard Ian Cox, Ashleigh Bell
Half dinosaur, half construction truck, full-on fun! Wtach giant Ty Rux, his little buddy Revvit and the crew come fact-to-face with evil D-Structs.

Glitter Force Doki Doki – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Stephanie Sheh, Melissa Fahn, Debi Derryberry
A new squad of Glitter Force warriors unite to defend Earth and the magical kingdom of Splendorious from the evil King Mercenare and his minions.

Marvel’s The Defenders – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Charlie Cox, Mike Colter, Finn Jones
It will take an epic team of heroes to save New York City. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage come together in The Defenders.

The Bye Bye Man
Cast: Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas
Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.

August 21
Unacknowledged
“Unacknowledged” focuses on the historic files of the Disclosure Project and how UFO secrecy has been ruthlessly enforced-and why. The best evidence for extraterrestrial contact, dating back decades, is presented with direct top-secret witness testimony, documents and UFO footage, 80% of which has never been revealed anywhere else. The behind-the-scenes research and high-level meetings convened by Dr. Steven Greer will expose the degree of illegal, covert operations at the core of UFO secrecy.

August 22
How to Get Away with Murder – Season 3
Cast: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch
A tough criminal law professor challenges her students to solve thorny cases, but five scholars soon learn the high-price of impressing her.

Lynne Koplitz: Hormonal Beast – Netflix Original
Unbashed New Yorker Lynne Koplitz offers a woman’s take on being crazy, the benefits of childlessness and the three things all men really want.

The Blacklist – Season 4
Cast: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff
After turning himself in, a brilliant fugitive offers to help the FBI bag other criminals, but only if rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen is his partner.

The Intern
Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

August 23
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Cast: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young
Barely competent pet private eye Ace Ventura is put on the case when kidnappers with an ax to grind abduct Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins’ mascot.

August 24
Fences
Cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

School of Rock
Cast: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
Musician Dewey Finn gets a job as a fourth-grade substitute teacher, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock ‘n’ roll.

Sixteen Candles
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall
Samantha’s family has forgotten her sixteenth birthday, a day that could be perfect if only Jake Ryan would look her way.

August 25
Death Note – Netflix Original Film
Cast: Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield
Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. Based on the famous Japanese manga.

Disjointed – Part 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Kathy Bates
She’s living her dream as the owner of a cannabis dispensary. She and the budtenders — her son and a guard — are pretty much constantly high.

DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge – Season 5 – Netflix Original
From the creator of “How to Train Your Dragon” comes an all-new Netflix original series that takes Hiccup and Toothless to the edge of adventure!

Love & Mercy
Cast: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks
In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.

The Mist – Season 1 – Netflix Original
Cast: Morgan Spector, Frances Conroy, Alyssa Sutherland
A town is engulfed by a mysterious fog that conceals terrifying visions and deadly creatures in this new horror series based on Stephen King’s story.

August 26
Personal Shopper
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Sigrid Bouaziz, Lars Eidinger
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

August 29
Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack
Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Cristine Prosperi, Jordan Rodrigues
When Destiny (Prosperi), captain of three-time national champions “The Rebels,” is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called “The Truth,” the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the world.

Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face – Netflix Original
Small-town native Ryan Hamilton talks about adjusting to life as a clean-living comedian in New York City in this new stand-up special.

August 30
The Perfect Guy
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut
After lobbyist Leah ends her longtime romance with marriage-phobic Dave, she falls for Carter, a charming security expert with a hidden, dark agenda.

War Room
Cast: Karen Abercrombie, Priscilla C. Shirer, T.C. Stallings
Fed up with her marriage to a selfish workaholic, Realtor Elizabeth seeks guidance from an older woman, who counsels her in the power of prayer.

Last Call – Titles that Will be Rotating Off the Service in August 2017

August 1
Fantastic Four

August 2
Run All Night

August 4
Ultimate Spider-Man – Season 1

August 10
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Notting Hill

August 11
Sleeping Beauty

August 28
Goodbye to All That

August 31
The Hotwives of Orlando

THE 100 at Comic-Con: The Cast and Producers Tease Season 5

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The main characters of THE 100 were separated in a major way at the end of season 4, with Octavia and Abby joining a large group of grounders in a bunker underground; Bellamy, Raven, Monty and Murphy heading up to the ark with some grounders; and Clarke remaining back on the ground, prepared to sacrifice herself so that her friends could get to space. But Clarke didn’t die and now she has a young girl, Maddie, that she is looking after. She’s also been out of communication with her mother and friends for over six years and, as we saw, there is a group of mysterious new people hovering in ships in the sky, coming down to the ground.

The cast, including Eliza Taylor (Clarke), Bob Morley (Bellamy), Marie Avgeropoulos (Octavia), Lindsey Morgan (Raven), Richard Harmon (Murphy), Chris Larkin (Monty), and executive producer Jason Rothenberg came to San Diego Comic Con to talk about season 5. In addition, we got a few extra tidbits from THE 100 press room, so read on for more about the upcoming season.

Reinventing the Show. We pick up six years and 7 days down the line when THE 100 returns for the fifth season. One of the coolest things about a time jump is that the writers can show this new chapter of the character’s lives and how they have changed, Rothenberg said. Major changes make sense given what everyone has been through but we will see that the characters are still the people we know and love, even if they’ve grown in some cases or devolved in others.

The New Guys. The arrival of the prisoners on those mysterious ships is the primary story for the season. They are definitely from Earth and in a time before the first apocalypse — which means they had been in cryo-sleep for 100 years. Now the planet has been destroyed twice and there is just a “Garden of Eden” that Clarke has been living in and there won’t be enough room for everyone, Rothenberg teased. The new group will also be led by a strong female character that we will meet.

Reunited, But Butting Heads. All three “crews” are very different when they return. One thing that will be fun and interesting is that the main group of characters used to work together well overall. But now they’re going to bump heads with each other even more thanks to their leadership styles. For example, Octavia has what Rothenberg says is “one of the coolest stories we’re going to tell”. She is “full-on” he hinted without saying more. Bellamy has become a leader on the ark in his own right. He has fulfilled Clarke’s request for him in the finale when she asked him to lead with his head and heart. He’ll be a more heroic and “holistic” Bellamy. Clarke, meanwhile, is going to remain a badass who is in charge, but now she has the dynamic of looking after a child. Her relationship with Maddie is very much a “mother-daughter” relationship and her priorities have changed. Her “crew” is now that child and what’s good for Maddie might not necessarily be good for someone else. It sounds like that’s going to cause a lot of conflict.

Mother Clarke. A lot has changed for Clarke in the six years that have passed, according to Taylor. Despite having gone through a lot while originally on the ark, she went from a kid dropped on Earth in the series premiere of THE 100 to becoming more mature as the years have passed. She’s now a 24 year old woman on the show and Taylor is looking forward to playing a more “maternal and simplified” character. Clarke’s only real responsibility is now to this young girl, Maddie. And while Clarke will still always be in survival mode, there is more care and softness she’ll be displaying towards Maddie.

From Sky Person to Grounder. Things have flipped for Clarke with the arrival of these new people from the sky. In essence, Clarke is “the grounder now”, according to Taylor. When the 100 kids first arrived from the sky the grounders originally reacted out of fear and tried to defend themselves. Now Clarke is reacting much in the same way, which may lead her to “react violently” out of sheer fear from the newcomers. Rothenberg said that Bellamy will help Clarke see that they have to do things differently now from when they were coming down from the sky because all Clarke wants to do is protect her home.

Did Murphy Grow? Life on the ark has been more about the day-to-day living for the characters as opposed to a never-ending fight for their lives. That’s not necessarily Murphy’s style, unfortunately, which means we might see more of a “regression” for him, according to Harmon. But expect to see/learn more about what happened on the ship. Harmon teased that in the premiere there’s a lot of experiences that are alluded to even if the writers don’t outwardly reveal everything that happened. It’s likely going to take a while for us to fully learn what happened to everyone, but it sounds like it’s coming — whether through flashbacks or through the characters themselves discussing it. Rothenberg also hinted at flashbacks, saying “we will come to understand how all of them became the characters we will see in the premiere”.

Raven’s Guilt. We’re going to see that Raven has struggled a lot with guilt in the six years that have passed. She and her friends managed to make it to the ark solely because Clarke sacrificed herself (at least that’s what her friends believe). And everyone came back to save Raven, which eventually led to Clarke’s death. Raven has spent many years trying to repay Clarke for the sacrifice she believes she made for her.

New Dynamics in the Ark. Morgan is most excited for Raven to develop relationships with both Echo and Emori. After all, Raven never really had much interaction with grounders because she was always preoccupied with “space stuff”. But allowing Raven to develop a friendship with two women from a very different world than she came from will be interesting.

Sheriff Octavia. In season 5 you’ll see what Octavia’s plan is to keep the peace and how she reprimands others “in her special way” for people who try to step out of line.

Echo’s New Role. The actress who plays Echo (Tasya Teles) will be a series regular in season 5), which means we’ll see a lot more of the character.

Other Tidbits. We’re going to see an interesting new dynamic develop between Murphy and Raven, according to Rothenberg. Rothenberg also wouldn’t hint at the state of relationships for the people who made it to the ark. He just said that some people “break up” but can also “get back together”.

THE 100 will return midseason on The CW.

ZOO Season 3 Sneak Peek: It’s a Brave New World 10 Years Later

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ZOO’s second season ended with a time jump, but before we went ten years into the future Mitch, Jamie, Logan, Dariela, Abe, Clementine and Jackson enacted a daring plan to cure the animals from their murderous tendencies. Unknowingly, however, they also sterilized the entire human population and Mitch was killed in the process.

Now it’s 2027 and humanity has reached a tipping point: the human population is dwindling as a result of babies no longer being born and “the hybrids” (an army of unstopping lab-made creatures) are working on destroying the remaining humans. While the team has separated over the last decade, they are forced to come together again when they learn that Mitch might actually be alive. CBS teases that “as the planet’s future hangs in the balance, the team must race to stop the hybrids and their creator – a shadowy figure with a startling connection to the team’s past.”

Here is where everyone is when the show returns for season 3:

  • Jackson: Protecting people in the hybrid zones.
  • Mitch: His daughter, Clementine, reunites the team to search for her father who she believes is still alive and may hold the secret to stopping the hybrids.
  • Abraham: Trying to solve the human reproductive crisis.
  • Dariela: Her son with Abraham, Isaac Kenyatta, is one of the last remaining children on the planet.
  • Jamie: A successful author searching for Mitch and hunting down Shepherds, the people responsible for sterilizing humanity.
  • Logan: As an NYPD detective, he’s investigating hybrid attacks across the country.

Don’t miss the return of ZOO tonight (June 29) at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS (U.S.) and CTV (Canada).

THE 100 Sneak Peek: No Turning Back Now

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Last week’s episode of THE 100 was the end of the road for many of our favorite new characters. Ilian, Roan, Luna and nine other warriors died in the conclave, leaving Octavia the victor and Skaikru the rightful owners of the Second Dawn bunker to ride out the coming nuclear apocalypse. Yet in a surprising move, at the last minute Octavia decided to open up the bunker to everyone, proclaiming, “I was fighting for us all!” Too bad Clarke and Jaha had already secretly taken the bunker for themselves and locked their people inside.

Tonight Clarke will face the consequences of her fateful choice. In this week’s episode, written by Shawna Benson and Julie Benson and directed by star Henry Ian Cusick (Kane), the radiation levels on the ground are becoming critical. Trapped inside the bunker, Bellamy is desperate to find out what happened to his sister. However, if they open the door, the people outside will stop at nothing to get in. Clarke must make a choice on whether to stop her strongest ally.

Still Bellamy isn’t the only person separated from someone they love. In a new clip from the episode, we see Clarke’s mom Abby isn’t happy to be locked inside while Kane is above ground. She isn’t willing to let Jaha tell her what to do like he used to do on the Ark. It’s a very different life down on Earth.

Open up and they all die. Or survive with the knowledge their loved ones died in their place. Watch some sneak peeks from the new episode below. THE 100 airs tonight (May 10) at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

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