Ladies First, Netflix
Rosamund Pike as Alex Fox and Fiona Shaw as Felicity Chase in 'Ladies First.'Rob Youngson/Netflix/Supplied
If your biggest disappointment about the Barbie movie was its too-short scenes of female empowerment, this trope-twisting film should land in your wheelhouse. Ladies First stars Oscar-nominee Sacha Baron Cohen as a chauvinistic ladies’ man who wakes up in a parallel universe where women dominate. Starring opposite Cohen is fellow Oscar-nominee Rosamund Pike, his powerful boss in this strange new world. Director Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) presents a somewhat predictable but entirely cathartic take on what it really would look like if women ran the world, and it is fine companion viewing for Eléonore Pourriat’s French film I Am Not an Easy Man, on which it’s based.
Fawlty Towers, BritBox
The legendary sitcom created by John Cleese and his former wife, Connie Booth, is finally available for Canadian audiences to stream. Both six-episode seasons landed on BritBox recently, bringing episodes such as The Hotel Inspectors, The Germans and The Psychiatrist back into our lives. For the uninitiated, the series revolves around an incompetent man named Basil (Cleese) trying to run a hotel alongside his wife Sybil (Prunella Scales). There, they have the help of maid Polly (Booth) and a Spanish-speaking butler named Manuel (Andrew Sachs). The show is always worth a rewatch thanks to the situational gags, physical humour and all-around chaotic storylines, which land in the best way possible.
In the City, Hayu
The brand-new series 'In The City' arrived on Hayu on May 19.Hayu/Supplied
Summer House fans have been eagerly following the behind-the-scenes scandal between Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula, Ciara Miller and West Wilson, which is expected to culminate in the three-part reunion show that begins next week. Until then, this spinoff bridges the gap and takes the action from the Hamptons to Manhattan. In The City follows Cooke and Batula as they figure out their lives postseparation and features other familiar faces from the mothership series. It comes just in time for those who want to live vicariously through the drama at the end of a long day and prefer soapy viewing to doom scrolling before bed.
Fishing for History (s2), Super Channel
'Fishing for History' stars hosts Mike Lenton and Justin Gerbrandt.Super Channel/Supplied
Fishing season is here, but the personalities behind this Canadian series are looking for anything but aquatic wildlife. Fishing for History stars hosts Mike Lenton and Justin Gerbrandt, alongside their sidekick Toban Gottfried, as they magnet fish for historic artifacts and other interesting items. The stuff they pulled out in Season 1, which included wartime and industrial debris, was wild. In Season 2 the trio is expected to up the ante as they continue fishing around North America and, for the first time, Europe.
SkyMed (s4), Paramount+
Michael Rhoades as Ambrose, Sydney Kuhne as Stef and Thomas Elms as Nowak in SkyMed, streaming on Paramount+.Pief Weyman/Paramount+/Supplied
The fourth season of this Canadian-filmed air-rescue series returns to streaming this week with eight new episodes. If you’re caught up and looking forward to the new season, expect plenty of the same power struggles, interpersonal dynamics and medical emergencies that have been featured in the past. If you’re new to the show, it’s a beautiful look at some of Canada’s most gorgeous landscapes in North Bay, Ont., and Manitoba. This year Lauren Lee Smith (Frankie Drake Mysteries) joins the cast in a recurring role as a captain who has a past connection to Aaron Ashmore’s Wheezer character.