Movies Interesting Facts Billie Eilish’s third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft” and the return of “Bridgerton” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Among the streaming offerings worth your time, selected by Associated Press entertainment journalists: Zayn Malik releases a new album, the video game Homeworld returns after more than 20 years and Cord Jefferson’s Oscar-winning “American Fiction” comes to Prime Video .
– Cord Jefferson’s Oscar-winning “American Fiction,” one of the most celebrated directorial hits in recent years, arrives on Prime Video on Tuesday. Jeffrey Wright plays Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a frustrated novelist who, in an angry drunken rage, writes a satirical book parodying popular things, but it becomes a sensation. Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erica Alexander, Issa Rae and Leslie Uggams are a stellar ensemble. In her review, film writer Lindsay Bahr wrote that “American Fiction” is “hugely watchable, staged without flash or pretension, relying on its sharp script and talented and charismatic actors to keep the audience moving. ”
– The trio of new movies coming to Netflix covers a wide spectrum. The animated “Thelma the Unicorn” is about a little pony portrayed as a unicorn, voiced by Grammy-winning singer-guitarist Brittany Howard. Yance Ford’s “Power” examines the roots of American policing and its evolution over time. And “Madame Web,” the much-hyped Marvel entry in Sony’s Spider-Man universe of films, is coming to Netflix on Tuesday. Bahr, who starred Dakota Johnson, wrote in his review, “It feels like a stitched-together product of a group of people who weren’t really collaborating.”
– The odds are more in favor of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which begins streaming Tuesday on Starz after a successful theatrical run last November. It is a prequel to the Hunger Games. The games are in their 10th year and ratings are declining, but a few twists and turns will propel them to the center stage of Panem. The origin story is also for the man who would become President Coriolanus Snow, played by Donald Sutherland in the first four films. Here, the young, ambitious Snow is played by Tom Blyth, whose performance brings the film to life. In my review, I wrote: “Like the ‘Hunger Games’ films led by Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen, the new film proves just how much you can sacrifice in story when you have an exciting young actor commanding the screen. can do.”
– Film writer Jake Coyle
– What can listeners expect from Billie Eilish’s third studio album, “Hit Me Hard & Soft”? It’s a secret, and the pop star is keeping it that way for a reason. Last month, Eilish announced the album by sharing artwork on Instagram. It shows Eilish swimming in water after being pulled out of a door. In the caption she wrote that she will not release singles before the release. “I want to give you all this together,” she captioned the photo. “I really couldn’t be more proud of this album.” Here’s what we know: Eilish once again worked with her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas on “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”
– Zayn Malik, once known as the heartthrob with the best pipes in the British boy band One Direction, was the first to boldly leave the group that started his career and start an R&B pop career . That was a lifetime ago — now, on Friday, he’ll release his fourth solo studio album, “Room Under the Stairs,” which he dreamed up and wrote at his home in rural Pennsylvania. This time he worked with renowned country producer Dave Cobb for Malik’s most popular release to date. It’s part-R&B, part-soul, part-acoustic Americana – a new, mature Malik for a new era.
– For several years now, SQURL, the musical alias of filmmaker duo Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, has presented sound compositions to partner the cinematic works of Dadaist Man Ray. On Friday, all that work will reach its natural climax when they release a new album, “Music for Man Ray,” marking the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s film career. Surreal music for the senses.
– Alternative rock fans, there’s a new docu-reality series for you. “Billy Corgan’s Adventures in Carnieland” is an eight-part unscripted series from The CW that follows the Smashing Pumpkins frontman as he navigates fatherhood, being in a band, and his other roles as a wrestling promoter and owner of the National Wrestling Alliance. Completes specific tasks. , Stream it Tuesdays on the CW app and cwtv.com.
-Music writer Maria Sherman
– Seasons one and two of “Bridgerton” follow the first two novels of Julia Quinn’s series. Each book, taking place in Regency-era London, is about the love story of a member of the Bridgerton family. However, season three reaches book number 4 with the lovers’ courtship with friends Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington. Netflix has broken the season into two parts, with the first batch of new episodes premiering on Thursdays.
– Sophie Rundle of “Peaky Blinders” plays a police officer in a U.K. town that’s devastated by a flood in “After the Flood.” The six-episode series is both a thriller and a warning about the consequences of climate change. The series premieres on BritBox on Monday.
—Josh Brolin leads “Outer Range” on Prime Video, about neighboring farmers battling for land in a western that quickly gets tricky with time-travel. Lili Taylor, Tom Pelphrey, Imogen Poots and Sean Sipos also star. All seven episodes of season two drop on Thursdays.
– Andre Holland plays Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton in the new series “The Big Cigar” for Apple TV. This true story tells how Holland was being prosecuted by the FBI for murder and assault charges in 1974. To escape to Cuba he got help from a film producer named Bert Schneider. The six-episode series will debut on Friday.
– The popular food competition series “Ciao House” returns for its second season Sunday on Food Network. In the show, 12 chefs live together in a Tuscan village and compete in various culinary challenges. Competitors form alliances and rivalries. Finally, the winner receives training under a master Italian chef. “Iron Chef” champions Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabe Bertacini return as hosts.
– Alicia Ransilio
Twenty-one years isn’t that much time on a cosmic scale, but for fans of the science fiction epic Homeworld – who have been waiting since the last full-blown installment from 2003 – it’s been an eternity. As Gearbox Publishing’s Homeworld 3 begins, the galaxy has enjoyed an era of prosperity due to the discovery of a network of hyperspace gates. However, the good times are coming to an end, as some of the gates are mysteriously collapsing. Developer Blackbird Interactive, which includes some veterans from the original game, promises plenty of the 3D outer space combat that made it a hit, whether you want to fly solo or engage in free-for-all against your friends . Liftoff on PC is Monday.
– If you like your mysteries a little more mundane, Annapurna Interactive’s Lorelei and the Laser Eyes has you covered. You are invited to explore an old hotel somewhere in Europe, where you will soon find yourself “entangled in a game of illusion”. The aesthetic is classic film noir, with eerie black and white settings with splashes of red. Swedish studio Simogo, known for mind-benders like Year Walk and Device 6, promises “a massive amount of handcrafted puzzles,” so if you’re really craving a big escape room, head to Thursday Check in on Nintendo Switch and PC.
-Lou Keston
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