Here鈥檚 a collection curated by The Associated Press鈥� entertainment journalists of what鈥檚 arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
鈥� Did you follow all the fuss and forget to watch the film behind it all? Well, don鈥檛 worry, darling, Olivia Wilde鈥檚 mid-century styled psychological thriller be streaming on HBO Max starting Monday. For those who鈥檝e managed to stay blissfully unaware of spit-gate and salad dressing and 鈥淢iss Flo,鈥� Wilde鈥檚 film takes us into a planned community in the desert, where the martinis flow, the women clean and the men go off to work during the day. But Alice (Florence Pugh) starts seeing cracks in her seemingly perfect life with Jack (Harry Styles) and starts asking questions about the mysterious company he works for, run by an enigmatic leader played by Chris Pine. In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that 鈥溾�橠on鈥檛 Worry Darling鈥� is
鈥� Film critic and historian Elvis Mitchell looks at the history of Black cinema and 鈥渁 group of artists who changed the culture forever鈥� with the landmark films of the 1970s in a new Netflix documentary, streaming Friday. Using clips from over 100 films and new interviews from the likes of Harry Belafonte, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg and Zendaya, Mitchell looks at the impact of Black voices, creators and actors on cinema and makes the case that blaxploitation wasn鈥檛 just a niche moment, but as influential and important as what the new generation of white, male filmmakers were making in the '70s. Also arriving on Netflix on Saturday is the adaptation of 鈥淲here the Crawdads Sing鈥� and, on Thursday, the Lindsay Lohan rom-com 鈥淔alling for Christmas.鈥�
鈥� Disney+ gets one of the best documentaries of the year starting Friday, in about Katia and Maurice Krafft, French, celebrity volcanologists who died on Japan鈥檚 Mount Unzen in 1991. Sara Dosa鈥檚 experimental documentary about a strange love triangle between man, woman and volcano is compiled from hundreds of hours of the Krafft鈥檚 wildly cinematic footage of their explorations. Dosa drew on the aesthetics of French New Wave films to help inform the tone and style of the film, including playful split screens and zooms. They leaned into the with a 鈥渄eadpan curious鈥� narration by Miranda July and an original 鈥渞etro-futuristic鈥� score from Nicolas Godin of the French music duo Air.
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MUSIC
鈥� Bruce Springsteen takes on the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Frankie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and other soul legends in an album of cover songs due out Friday. The disc 鈥淥nly the Strong Survive鈥� is named for the Jimmy Butler song, among the 15 other covers. Among the songs he tackles are The Walker Brothers鈥� 鈥淭he Sun Ain鈥檛 Gonna Shine Anymore and the Four Tops鈥� 鈥淲hen She Was My Girl.鈥� The disc arrives three months before the beginning of his tour with the E Street Band.
鈥� Louis Tomlinson seems to be in an optimistic mood judging from the title of his sophomore album, 鈥溾�橣aith in the Future.鈥� It鈥檚 the former One Direction member鈥檚 first album since 2020鈥瞫 鈥淲alls鈥� and the first single has a massive pop hook. Tomlinson says the goal is 鈥渢o produce a collection of songs befitting an anthemic live show.鈥� Another single, has a darker, more hard rock vibe with the lyrics 鈥淒emons, I鈥檓 takin鈥� all of my demons/ Putting them where I won鈥檛 see them/ 鈥機ause I just wanna feel alive.鈥�
鈥� Morris Day, lead singer of The Time, is calling time. His fifth solo album, 鈥淟ast Call,鈥� will be his last, he says, and he鈥檚 brought some friends along to say goodbye. ZZ Top鈥檚 Billy Gibbons appears on features Big Daddy Kane and 鈥淯se to Be the Playa鈥� has Snoop Dogg aboard. Other guests include E40, Flo-Rida, Tech N9ne and Trinidad James. Day rose to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of The Time, a band put together by Prince, who released several classic albums and singles, including 鈥淛ungle Love, 鈥�777-9311鈥� and 鈥淭he Bird.鈥�
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TELEVISION
鈥� Road trip! The proprietors of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop are heading out from their 鈥淧awn Stars鈥� Las Vegas home base for The History Channel's Father-son shop owners Rick Harrison and Corey Harrison and pal Austin 鈥淐humlee鈥� Russell visit eight states in the eight-part series, debuting Wednesday. Stops include Austin, Texas; Denver; and Savannah, Georgia. Among the finds: a letter from George Washington, shield of French King Henry II and a signed Yousuf Karsh photo of Ernest Hemingway.
鈥� Dan Levy of Emmy-winning 鈥淪chitt's Creek鈥� fame is serving up a change of pace with a cooking competition he created and hosts. The HBO Max series, debuting with the first three of its eight episodes on Thursday, aims to tout 鈥渋nspiring and undiscovered culinary voices" from across the country. Ten chefs vying for a $300,000 prize will be judged by Levy 鈥� who calls brunch 鈥渢he ultimate connector鈥� 鈥� along with chef Sohla El-Waylly and restaurateur Will Guidara.
鈥� In Netflix's aristocratic foreigner Lady Cornelia Locke and Eli Whipp, a Native American ex-cavalry scout, join forces in a perilous trek across 1890 America to reach a fledgling Wyoming town that's no safe haven 鈥� it's beset by murders. Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer star in what's described both as an epic chase Western and a 鈥減arable on race, power and love.鈥� The series, with an ensemble cast including Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Toby Jones and Ciar谩n Hinds, debuts Friday.
鈥� AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
VIDEO GAMES
鈥� Kratos, the surly, tattooed protagonist of Sony鈥檚 is more complicated than your average slab of beefcake. Sure, he鈥檇 like nothing more than to plant his axe in the skull of any Norse deity who crosses his path. On the other hand, he wants to protect his teenage boy, Atreus, who鈥檚 trying to get a grip on his own supernatural talents. Along with their pal Mimir 鈥� the disembodied head of 鈥渢he smartest man alive鈥� 鈥� they set out on an odyssey spanning multiple dimensions. The 2018 鈥淕od of War鈥� reboot did a remarkable job blending bone-crushing battles with eye-popping exploration, and 鈥淩agnarok鈥� promises even more of both. It comes out Wednesday for PlayStation 5 and 4.
鈥� It鈥檚 been five years since the last video game starring Sonic the Hedgehog, but the spiky blue speed demon has become a movie star in the meantime, headlining two hit features. Sega is hoping that momentum carries over to Producers are pitching it as the first 鈥渙pen-world鈥� adventure in the series, promising Sonic will be able to explore its vast islands in every direction while still maintaining the high-octane thrills fans have enjoyed since 1991. We鈥檒l see if that formula works when Sonic returns Tuesday on PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox X/S and One, Switch and PC.
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