Friday, January 1, 2021

This Month on The Roku Channel in Canada | January 2021

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New year, even more great FREE content! Get ready to cozy up inside this winter with some of these titles new this month on The Roku Channel.


Rudy
Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin) wants nothing more in life than to play football at the University of Notre Dame. Rudy however lacks the money for tuition as well as the grades to qualify for a scholarship. When his best friend (Christopher Reed) dies in an accident at the steel mills where Rudy works, he works to overcome his dyslexia with the help of his friend and tutor, D-Bob (Jon Favreau). Rudy gains admission to Notre Dame and fights his way onto the school’s fabled football team.

Dear White People
Following the lives of four Black college students at a predominantly white Ivy League school, Dear White People looks at racial identity in acutely-not-post-racial America. Samantha White starts a radio show called “Dear White People” and causes a stir when she announces that to avoid looking racist, white people are required to have at least two Black friends.

I Spy
When an American government prototype fighter jet is stolen, top spy Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is called in to track it down. However, Alex is surprised to learn he is partnered with an arrogant civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson (Eddie Murphy). The duo must work together to catch world class arms dealer Arnold Gundars and retrieve the stolen fighter jet.

Supernova
A small deep space rescue and recovery spaceship receives a distress call from a mining operation over 3,000 light years away. A rescue operation via dimension jump is attempted, but things go awry quickly when the ship’s equipment malfunctions.

National Lampoon’s Movie Madness
Consisting of three shorts, The Movie Madness spoofs Hollywood cliches. The shorts highlight personal growth, revenge, and police stories.

Bewitched (1964)
When witch Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) marries Darrin (Dick York/Dick Sargent), a mortal man, she can’t help but use her powers to solve the everyday issues her family faces despite Darrin’s wishes to live a normal life. Between Nosey Neighbours, Darrin’s parents and other mortals, Samantha needs to watch as not to spoil her secret to the world. Things become more interesting as the two start a family.

Little Women (1994)
A 1994 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic which features the coming of age of the March sisters in mid-19th-century Massachusetts. With their father fighting in the Civil War, the girls are forced to lean on each other and their mother more than ever as they navigate life.

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