Q Wave’s Watchlist: March 2022
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The Adam Project (Netflix)
Ryan Reynolds (Red Notice) is certainly carving out a lane for himself in Hollywood as a guy you can bank on for a blockbuster popcorn flick, and he’s back it with The Adam Project.
This sci-fi movie stars Reynolds Adam, a fighter pilot from the year 2050 who has to go back in time and team up with his 12-year-old self and his father, played by Mark Ruffalo (of Hulk fame), to save the world.
Reynolds is teaming up again with Shawn Levy who directed him in last year's hit, Free Guy. The two cited 80’s movies like E.T., Back to the Future, and The Goonies as inspirations for the film in terms of the tone of the movie. The original script was written way back in 2012, and actually had Tom Cruise attached to star. The film never gained steam and lay dormant for years until Netflix picked it up in 2020.
Keep an eye out for Canadian scenery, as The Adam project was filmed in Ryan Reynolds's hometown of Vancouver!
The Adam Project debuts on Netflix on March 11th.
You'd like this if you enjoyed: Stranger Things, The Tomorrow War, Free Guy
Runtime: 106 minutes
Genre: Science fiction, action
LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (Amazon Prime)
Canada has always supported quality comedy but especially recently, with shows like Schitt's Creek and Kim’s Convenience gaining a following and becoming hits south of the border. It’s no secret that there is a ripe comedy scene in this country, and LOL: Last One Laughing showcases that in a big way.
LOL is centered around a pretty simple concept; take some famous comedians, put them in a house together for 6 hours, and the person who can go without laughing the longest, wins. What does ‘winning’ mean in this sense? The winner is given $100,000 to a charity of their choosing. The show has been around since 2016, with 9 different installments each taking place in a different country and featuring top comedians from that location with past seasons highlighting places like Japan, Mexico, Australia, Italy and more.
The Canadian version is hosted by Jay Baruchel (Goon) and features some of the funniest people in the country like Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall), Colin Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?), Tom Green (The Tom Green Show), Mae Martin (Feel Good), Andrew Phung (Run the ‘Burbs) and more.
LOL takes place in a solitary room containing props, instruments, food and costumes so there is no shortage of material for the pros to riff on. Viewer beware, the comedy can get somewhat offside at times.
The first two episodes launched on February 18th, with the final two appearing on the service March 4th.
You'd like this if you enjoyed: Whose Line is it Anyway?, Murderville
Runtime: 6 episodes, 26-36 minutes each
Genre: Comedy
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (Crave)
Sports fans and TV fans rejoice! HBO is here with their latest prestige TV offering that is sure to spark your interest regardless of which category you identify with.
Based on Jeff Pearlman’s 2014 New York Times best-selling book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, the show tells the story of the 80’s Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most revered and dominant dynasties in sports history. The franchise was inundated with colorful characters and personified by flamboyance and excess that came to define the 1980’s.
Oscar nominee John C. Riley (Moonbase 8) is the series lead playing Jerry Buss, a businessman, investor and philanthropist who was the majority owner of Lakers and would go on to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The role was originally set to be played by Michael Shannon (Knives Out), but he exited the project due to creative differences, as he found the technique of breaking the fourth wall to be tricky to nail down.
The series has a ton of faces viewers will recognize, featuring Jason Clarke (Pet Sematary), Gaby Hoffman (Transparent), Adrien Brody (The French Dispatch), Sally Field (Lincoln), Michael Chiklis (Don’t Look Up), Jason Segel (Our Friend) and more.
Winning Time premieres on Crave on March 6th.
You'd like this if you enjoyed: Ballers, Don’t Look Up
Runtime: 10 episodes
Genre: Drama
The Dropout (Disney Plus)
On the heels of buzzed-about shows like Inventing Anna, Super Pumped and Pam & Tommy, The Dropout is the latest offering in the genre of true stories being turned into a bingeable series.
In a performance that’s already generating awards chatter, Amanda Seyfried (Mank) plays Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford dropout who founded the medical technology company Theranos in 2003, becoming the world's youngest female billionaire. There was just one problem though, the technology Theranos was selling and that Holmes was profiting off of didn’t actually exist, she was defrauding investors.
Originally told as a podcast, it’s a wild story and has a wildly talented cast to go along with it, featuring Naveen Andrews (Lost), William H. Macy (Shameless), Laurie Metcalf (Ladybird), Alan Ruck (Succession), and Kurtwood Smith (Patriot) just to name a few.
Kate Mckinnon (Saturday Night Live) was originally set to play Holmes before exiting the project for another true story turned TV show Joe Vs Carole (inspired by the Tiger King stars). She was replaced with Seyfried, who originally passed on the project due to contracting COVID, but upon recovering had a change of heart.
The Dropout hits Disney Plus on March 3rd.
You'd like this if you enjoyed: Inventing Anna, Dr. Death
Runtime: 7 episodes
Genre: Drama
Severance (Apple TV+)
More and more A-list talent are finding themselves being drawn to the small screen, and Ben Stiller is no exception. Only in this case, it’s for a role behind the camera in the new futuristic thriller Severance.
In the second series he’s helmed after 2018’s prison drama, Escape at Dannemora, Stiller directs the majority of the episodes and does a fantastic job, as the visuals in Severance are stunning.
The series is set in New York City, where a mysterious company called Lumon Industries uses a controversial ‘severance’ program to separate the non-work memories of its employees from their work memories, which essentially creates two different versions of themselves; the version that only exists at work, and the version that only exists outside of work. It's a workplace, sci-fi dystopian thriller and there really isn’t anything else like it on television right now.
Adam Scott (Big Little Lies) leads a distinguished cast featuring Patricia Arquette (The Act), John Turturro (The Night Of) and Christopher Walken (Percy).
The first two episodes were released on February 18th, with new episodes released every Friday until the April 8th finale. In a vote of confidence for the show, a second season has already been given the green light and is set to start shooting this month.
You'd like this if you enjoyed: Homecoming, Mr. Robot
Runtime: 9 episodes, 53-55 minutes each
Genre: Sci-fi, thriller
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