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You’ve never seen Joshua Jackson like this before. In his new series, Dr. Death, Jackson plays former doctor Christopher Duntsch, the negligent neurosurgeon who maimed nearly all of his patients, and killed two of them during surgery.

Making friends on vacation can be a funny experience, and that’s exactly what the new comedy Vacation Friends is all about.

Welcome to Fantasy Island! The classic series returns, making dreams come true for a new group of guests, and since we last visited, a lot has changed about the island, the hosts, and the fantasies.

Teen Wolf and All American’s Cody Christian stars in Notorious Nick as Nick Newell, an individual born with a congenital arm amputation. The movie chronicles his journey from high school wrestler to professional MMA fighter, and all the pain, obstacles and heartache along the way.

As Canadians are forced into a reckoning of systemic racism with the discovery of thousands of indigenous children’s bodies in residential schools, the release of director Tracey Deer’s Beans couldn’t be more timely.

Vacationing somewhere tropical would be great right now, wouldn’t it? Imagine the beach, drinks under palm trees, and interesting people. HBO’s new comedic drama, The White Lotus, takes you away to Hawaii on July 11, there’s just a lot going on with these well-to-do, and strangely broken “interesting people.”

Vancouver filmmaker, director, and editor Lawrence Le Lam has had the idea for his upcoming movie, The Chinatown Diner, stewing in his head since childhood. The film is based on memories throughout his life, placed in the underground Chinatown hip hop scene and following a young beatmaker who, like him, has a parent who works in real estate.

On this week’s Hudson & Rex, our boy Rex is at the centre of a murder investigation as Sarah discovers dog fur on a murder victim’s body, before investigators arrived on the scene. When the dog fur matches Rex’s DNA, Charlie and Rex have to dig deep for an answer, and end up going undercover to solve the case.

Change is coming for Doctor Who and her companions and it starts tonight with Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks, the New Year’s Day special that’s also going to set the stage for the upcoming 13th series later this year.

George Clooney’s new film, The Midnight Sky, debuts on Netflix starting tomorrow, and it’s a complex, moving, and epic sci-fi adventure with a story that feels especially prescient this year.