Thandiwe Newton starring in a thriller, the return of the TV family wrestling drama BԪַHBԪַ and a new album from Post Malone are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you
Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated PressBԪַ are comedian Chris EstradaBԪַs series BԪַThis FoolBԪַ returning for a second season and Zach Galifianakis starring in a movie about the creation of the ultra-collectable Beanie Babies.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
BԪַ Zach Galifianakis takes on a different kind of role in playing Ty Warner, the founder of Ty, Inc. and creator of the Beanie Babies, which in the mid-1990s surged in popularity, and resale value, for several years. The film is however. Based on Zac BissonnetteBԪַs BԪַThe Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute,BԪַ directors Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash Jr. look at the women around Ty BԪַ his business partner, played by Elizabeth Banks; a single mother he dates, played by Sarah Snook; and a temp who puts his company online at the beginning of the e-commerce age, played by Geraldine Viswanathan. BԪַThe Beanie BubbleBԪַ is available on Apple TV+ starting Friday.
BԪַ Thandiwe Newton plays a former New Orleans cop-turned-college professor living in a remote part of Montana who catches two hunters trespassing on her property in the thriller streaming on Hulu on Friday. Based on James Lee BurkeBԪַs short story BԪַWinter Light,BԪַ the Julian Higgins-directed film debuted last year at Sundance to largely favorable reviews. In the Los Angeles Times, Robert Daniels wrote that BԪַBԪַGodBԪַs CountryBԪַ is a film that wants to disarm you at every turn, and it often succeeds with a transfixing, acute spirit of retribution against societyBԪַs toxic racial and gender power dynamics.BԪַ
BԪַ And in honor of BԪַOppenheimerBԪַ debuting in theaters, the programmers over at the Criterion Channel have waived the subscription fee and made Jon ElseBԪַs riveting 1981 documentary available for free until July 31. J. Robert Oppenheimer had died by the time the filmmakers started on this endeavor, but the film features interviews with an army of names that anyone who watched the movie, or read BԪַAmerican Prometheus,BԪַ will recognize. They include his brother Frank Oppenheimer, Haakon Chevalier, Hans Bethe, Isidor Rabi and more, reflecting on Oppenheimer and what they created at Los Alamos. ItBԪַs an essential historical document and fascinating companion piece to Christopher NolanBԪַs film.
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
BԪַ The music week belongs to Post Malone, whose new album BԪַAustin,BԪַ signals a move away from rap. ThereBԪַs already been the excellent single synth-pop tune the hungover ballad and the power rock of ,BԪַ where he sings BԪַIBԪַll remove my tattoos if thatBԪַs cool to you/IBԪַll do anything to be cool to you.BԪַ Post Malone says he played guitar on all of the 17-tracks and posted on Instagram: BԪַItBԪַs been some of the funnest music, some of the most challenging and rewarding music for me, at least BԪַ trying to really push myself and really do some cool stuff.BԪַ
BԪַ The Rolling Stones are reissuing their stuffed 2002 album BԪַForty LicksBԪַ digitally for the first time on Wednesday. ItBԪַs got over 2 1/2 hours of top-level Stones, including BԪַSatisfaction,BԪַ BԪַMiss You,BԪַ BԪַBrown Sugar,BԪַ BԪַPaint It, Black,BԪַ BԪַHonky Tonk Women,BԪַ BԪַGet Off of My CloudBԪַ and BԪַAngie.BԪַ BԪַForty LicksBԪַ would sell seven million copies around the world, and has come to be seen as the definitive anthology of the bandBԪַs recording career, bringing together songs from their early days via Decca UK and London US through to the establishment of their own Rolling Stones Records.
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NEW SERIES TO STREAM
BԪַ Comedian Chris EstradaBԪַs drops its 10-episode second season Friday on Hulu. The show is a working-class comedy about EstradaBԪַs character, Julio, living in South Los Angeles, who has the best of intentions but often finds himself in absurd situations. When we first met him in season one, Julio is living with his mother and grandmother, still using his childhood bedroom, and working for a gang rehabilitation group called Hugs not Thugs. In season two, Hugs not Thugs has shuttered. Julio, along with his ex-con cousin and now roommate Luis, and former support group boss, a minister played by Michael Imperioli, decide to open a coffee shop and name it Mugs not Thugs, which employs ex-felons.
BԪַ Stephen Amell and Alexander LudwigBԪַs family wrestling drama is back two years after its debut on Starz. The actors play brothers, Jack and Ace Spade, who are professional wrestlers in a small Georgia town called Duffy, where their drama and rivalry extends outside the ring. Ace, who is the hero character (known as BԪַthe faceBԪַ in wrestling-speak) has the potential to leave their Duffy Wrestling League for the big time while Jack BԪַ the villain known as BԪַthe heelBԪַ BԪַ also dreams of stardom but carries the burden of keeping the family business afloat. Season one followed the breakdown of the brothersBԪַ relationship and in season two, debuting Friday on Starz, the two must come together to restore the Duffy Wrestling League. Amell, who starred as Oliver Queen in The CWBԪַs BԪַArrow,BԪַ has said he never thought he would find a role as satisfying as that, .
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
BԪַ DisneyBԪַs Castle of Illusion, from 1990, was a charming adventure that could have turned Mickey Mouse into the next Mario. Alas, the Mouse House let the series wither, but EnglandBԪַs Dlala Studios has dusted off MickeyBԪַs white gloves for the new . ItBԪַs a two-dimensional romp in which Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy run, jump and bounce across the island in search of three magical books. Parents and kids can team up to play all four characters at once BԪַ you can boost a teammateBԪַs health meter with a hug BԪַ or you can explore solo. The animation looks more like the Rayman series than classic Disney, but itBԪַs vivid and lively. The frolicking begins Friday on Nintendo Switch.
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