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The latest season of Netflix’s hit TV series Kim’s Convenience aired on January 7th, 2020 which featured George Ryan’s single “Lifestyle” from the debut studio project Hall of Mirrors, now available on Shazam and all major music retailers (Spotify, iTunes, etc.). Tune in Tuesdays at 9pm on CBC Gem.
The 1st single "Lifestyle" from the debut mixtape Hall of Mirrors by Toronto rapper George Ryan will be featured in CBC's hit TV show Kim's Convenience in Episode 1 of Season 4 premiering January 7th, 2020.
Read moreAs TV nerds, we know its hard to find good shows to watch and we wanted to share some of our favourites we've been watching lately. The past few years have been amazing for television. With the Netflix and Hulu revolution to big budget actors taking key TV roles the landscape of a television series has changed drastically. There is seemingly no format these days with shows going 10 episodes and some going into their 20's. It seems like American TV is finally taking some hints from the British TV world by not over extending stories and realizing that sometimes less is more. Shows like Game of Thrones, Vikings and Top Boy were too old to make the list but are definitely worth checking out. Below is our list of the best shows of 2015 & 2016. Leave your comments and tell us what you think.
We all know the famous gangster and drug trafficker Pablo Escobar's name but do you know his story? Narcos takes us through the earlier days of Pablo's life and gives us an inside look into his family and business affairs. Wagner Moura (Pablo Escobar) truly embodies this role and takes it to the next level. The one criticism of this show is that they moved so quickly through Pablo's drug trafficking days where they could've spread that out Soprano's-style over at least a season or two.
This Stephen King adaptation of the days preceding the assassination of JFK, filmed right here in Toronto, is one of the best mini-series based on a novel to ever be released. James Franco does an incredible job of portraying a modern man who steps into the past (1960) to try to stop Lee Harvey Oswald - the alleged JFK assassin - from murdering the President of the United States of America.
Everyone knows who OJ Simpson is. The older generations may remember his amazing football talents while younger people only know him for his highly public murder trial. This 10-part series briefly documents the days prior to his trial but mostly focuses on the trial itself and the stories of both the defence and prosecutors. It's packed with stars like Cuba Gooding Jr. (OJ Simpson), John Travolta (Robert Shapiro) and David Schwimmer (Robert Kardashian). Even people familiar with the case can learn a lot about OJ Simpson and the details surrounding the murder.
Have you been living under a rock lately? If so, you might not have heard about the gripping documentary series about Steven Avery and the mysterious murder of Autotrader Photographer Theresa Halbach on October 31, 2005. Filmed over a 10-year period, the show follows Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who was convicted of a crime he didn't commit and spent 10 years in jail as a result. He and his family fought hard to expose the local police corruption that surrounded his case and have his name cleared from the record books. When they finally got their wish 10 years later and Steven Avery returned home, he was charged with a new crime and thrown back in jail almost immediately. This heart wrenching story depicts Steven Avery as an innocent man but takes so many twists and turns along the way that you are forced to come to your own conclusions about him. Do you think he killed Theresa Halbach? We're leaning towards yes for this one, but decide for yourself after watching!
Netflix and Marvel team up to provide us with an adaptation story of the Jessica Jones superhero character from several Marvel comic books such as Alias and The Pulse. The series follows the life of a former superhero turned private investigator who is haunted by a powerful man named Kilgrave. As a private investigator she helps people in need with protection and strong arm negotiating tactics while battling her demons and a wicked case of PTSD.
Now in its second airing season Daredevil follows blind attorney Matt Murdoch (Charlie Cox) through Hells Kitchen, New York as he fights vigilantes and crooks. Another Marvel adaptation, Murdoch has superhuman powers that he uses to ward off evil in his home city and showcases martial art skills that Jackie Chan would be jealous of.
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Walking Dead (the original TV series) is drawing to an end and will most likely be complete after Season 7 airs sometime in 2017. But how did the zombie apocalypse all start? Where did it start? We look for the answers in the new adaptation series that takes us back to the first days of the outbreak. The beautiful California scenery is the perfect backdrop for the dark storyline. We prefer this series over the original as it is more cinematic and the acting is much better. For some reason, a British guy playing a county police officer with a thick southern american accent seems a little silly and unconvincing. The only beef with both of the Walking Dead shows that we have is that the blood hungry zombies are dumb and very, very slow - two characteristics our intelligent species would overcome very quickly.
By far the biggest disappointment recently was the HBO series Vinyl which had such high promise with rocker Mick Jagger at the helm. We were excited to hear that a show about the music business would be coming to our TV sets but were really upset with the final result which is boring and uneventful. Although the acting is actually pretty good in all respects, the storyline does itself no justice and sort of just lags on. HBO is known for pushing the envelope and portraying life in a realistic manner and not shying away from things like profanity and nudity which, lets admit, we all want to see somewhere in our shows. The drugs, the partying, the sex are all inevitabilities in the music industry world and we wanted to see what it was like behind closed doors for some of these artists while also learning about the history of one of the biggest record labels of the 90's. Another show we had high hopes for was Hannibal which flopped in many ways (most of which started on set while filming). From the get-go the choice of camera shots was questionable and the depth-of-field in the final product was way off and looked flat. To our approval, NBC finally succumbed to the numbers and finally cancelled the show last year.
