Guest: Rick Forchuk - TV Week Magazine Columnist and CKNW Contributor

In theatres:

- The Fire Inside (2024): This is a boxing movie with a lot of differences from what we have previously seen of this genre, largely because its protagonist, the boxer in question, is a woman, not a man, as was Sylverster Stallone's "Rocky," Raging Bull's Jake LaMotta ... 2004's "Million Dollar Baby" had a female boxer (Hilary Swank) at its core, but was a fictional movie, while "The Fire Inside" is the real thing, the story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields who became the first American woman to win Olympic Gold in the boxing ring.

On Amazon Prime:

- Distant (2024): If ever there was a sci-fi space opera that should look and feel like an A-list film, it should be this one, given the talent behind it, which includes Distribution by Dreamworks, two stars with great credentials, and writers and directors who know their way around.

On Netflix:

- Squid Game season 2 (2024): This series, which is by far and away the most popular Netflix series worldwide with some 2.2 billion hours streamed, is back season 2, sort of. If you aren't familiar with this Korean production, dubbed into English for western viewers, it is full of brutal surprises.