Jason Momoa hosting a new travel docuseries for Max called 91ƵOn the Roam91Ƶ and the are some of the new television, movies, music and games near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press91Ƶ are Mandy Patinkin starring in a whodunit aboard an ocean liner in Hulu91Ƶs 91ƵDeath and Other Details,91Ƶ the big and fun action movie 91ƵFast X91Ƶ and a Paramount+ documentary on June Carter Cash.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
91Ƶ The best romantic comedy of the year was an 81-minute Finnish film called 91ƵFallen Leaves,91Ƶ which begins streaming on MUBI on Friday. Director Aki Kaurismäki points his lens towards an alcoholic construction worker, Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) and a supermarket employee, Ansa (Alma Pöysti) who has just been sacked. Their surroundings are bleak, but their awkward courtship is anything but. AP film writer Jake Coyle named 91ƵFallen Leaves91Ƶ that 91Ƶshort, sweet and utterly delightful, (91ƵFallen Leaves91Ƶ) is the kind of movie that91Ƶs so charming, you want to run it back the moment it91Ƶs over.91Ƶ
91Ƶ Fashion model Bethann Hardison, now 81, looks back at her five decades as a Black woman in the industry in a documentary she co-directed with Frédéric Tcheng, which is now on on Hulu. Hardison famously participated in the 1973 91ƵBattle of Versailles91Ƶ fashion show and later founded coalitions to encourage more diversity in high fashion. 91ƵBethann91Ƶs legacy is undeniable,91Ƶ Tcheng told the AP in an interview last year. 91ƵShe91Ƶs really changed the way fashion looks. She singlehandedly led the industry to really change the way they thought about racial diversity and integrated the modeling industry. And she went way beyond that. Now she91Ƶs working with designers and just creating community at every stage of her life.91Ƶ
91Ƶ Or if you just want some big, dumb, fun action 91ƵFast X91Ƶ is racing to Prime Video on Tuesday. that 91ƵFast X91Ƶ is monstrously silly and stupidly entertaining 91Ƶ just Wile E. Coyote stuff, ridiculous stunts employing insane G-forces and everything seemingly on fire. There are elements of 91ƵMission: Impossible,91Ƶ 007 and 91ƵJohn Wick,91Ƶ as if all the action franchises were somehow merging. But here91Ƶs a warning: It careens to an end without a payoff, a more dangerous stunt than any in the movies themselves.91Ƶ Kennedy singled out Jason Momoa91Ƶs bad guy as one of the main reasons to watch and called the film 91Ƶpure popcorn lunacy.91Ƶ
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
91Ƶ In some ways, 2024 began with Green Day. The pop-punk trio performed 91ƵAmerican Idiot,91Ƶ the title track from their 2004 rock opera, during 91Ƶ 91Ƶ special on ABC. It was innocuous enough, save for a slight change in lyrics that drew ire from certain political parties. 91ƵI91Ƶm not a part of the MAGA agenda,91Ƶ frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sang, a reference to President Donald Trump91Ƶs political campaign. It is necessary context for the band91Ƶs 14th studio album, 91ƵSaviors,91Ƶ which maintains Green Day91Ƶs no-nonsense criticism of power players delivered atop ascendent power chords. For the part-time punks who have work in the morning, and the full-time ones, too.
91Ƶ In 2023, country music listenership 91Ƶ one of the biggest jumps across any genre. There are many reasons for the increased curiosity 91Ƶ among them, country music has diversified its approach to the music, weaving in new sounds into traditional instrumentation and narrative lyricism. It also means there91Ƶs a up-and-coming generation of performers changing the game, including Brittney Spencer. Her debut album, 91ƵMy Stupid Life,91Ƶ gives credence to her position one very 91Ƶartist to watch91Ƶ list: from her soulful piano ballads (91ƵBigger Than the Song91Ƶ) to her anthemic crowd-stompers (91ƵNight In91Ƶ), Spencer defies categorization, an artist raised on R&B and in equal measure.
91Ƶ The reveal underexplored truths, shining light on those influential, larger-than-life figures. The best ones offer course-correcting history lessons that go down like water. That is the case of 91ƵJune,91Ƶ Paramount+91Ƶs new documentary on . Featuring interviews with everyone from Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Kacey Musgraves and Reese Witherspoon (who won an Oscar for her role as Carter Cash in the 2005 film 91ƵWalk the Line91Ƶ), and stacked with previously unreleased archival material, 91ƵJune91Ƶ recontextualizes the country icon91Ƶs place in music canon. She91Ƶs so much more than Johnny Cash91Ƶs wife 91Ƶ lest we forget she wrote 91ƵRing of Fire,91Ƶ after all.
91Ƶ 91ƵLittle Rope,91Ƶ the latest album from indie rock heroes Sleater-Kinney, the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, was written in a place of mourning and meditation 91Ƶ of personal loss and political unease. In the fall of 2022, Brownstein91Ƶs mom and stepfather were killed in a car accident while vacationing in Italy. In the months that followed, Brownstein found comfort playing guitar for hours on end. 91ƵI just needed to feel my fingers on something that was solid,91Ƶ she . 91ƵWhen people leave this Earth, you are aware of what is still here, and what is tactile versus what you91Ƶll never touch again.91Ƶ The result is a ferocious and frustrated album 91Ƶ easily one of their most essential.
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NEW SHOWS TO STREAM
91Ƶ Mandy Patinkin and Violette Beane star in a whodunit aboard an ocean liner in the Mediterranean in The pitch for the series may have described it as 91ƵThe White Lotus91Ƶ meets 91ƵKnives Out91Ƶ meets 91ƵMurder on the Orient Express.91Ƶ Beane91Ƶs character, Imogene Scott, becomes the prime suspect of a murder aboard the cruise ship and she must rely on detective extraordinaire, Rufus Cotesworth, (Patinkin) to clear her name. The 10-episode series is now on Hulu.
91Ƶ It91Ƶs time to head back to the Windy City with the return of otherwise known as One Chicago, also known as 91ƵChicago Med,91Ƶ 91ƵChicago Fire91Ƶ and 91ƵChicago P.D.,91Ƶ returning for new seasons on Wednesday on NBC. Then, sound the gong! premiered season 23 on Thursday. The 91ƵChicago91Ƶ shows, and 91ƵLaw & Order91Ƶ were delayed eight months because of the Hollywood actors and writers strikes. They also can be found on Peacock.
91Ƶ Momoa gets a second entry this week as the host of a new travel docuseries for Max called Cameras follow the actor as he travels across the U.S. in search of creative artisans who inspire him including a Hollywood prop maker, a photographer, and motorbike builder. Momoa says he91Ƶs 91Ƶa roamer91Ƶ by nature so the show is an accurate picture into his world. It91Ƶs now on Max.
91Ƶ Ruth Wilson stars in a new mystery series called for Paramount+ with Showtime. Wilson stars as Lorna, a woman who wakes up one morning to discover a dead body in her home and she doesn91Ƶt know what happened. Lorna is immediately under suspicion by a local investigator played by Daryl McCormack (91ƵGood Luck to You, Leo Grande91Ƶ) because she91Ƶs got a reputation in town for her strange behavior. Lorna suffers from trauma after becoming pregnant as a teen and being sent to a religious home, where her newborn baby was taken from her. 91ƵThe Woman in the Wall91Ƶ premieres on Paramount+ on Jan. 19 before its broadcast debut on Paramount+ with Showtime (the cable channel formerly known as Showtime), on Sunday.
91Ƶ A new dating show on TLC finds out whether love really is a universal language. In premiering Sunday, three American men and 12 international women mingle on a remote island. The problem 91Ƶ besides the ratio of men to women 91Ƶ is that the women don91Ƶt speak English and the men don91Ƶt speak their languages. 91ƵLove & Translation91Ƶ will also stream on Discovery+ and Max.
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
91Ƶ The Prince of Persia has been through a lot since he first scampered across Apple II screens in 1989. He started off in two dimensions, went 3D in a spectacular 2003 reboot, and even made it to the big screen in a 2010 movie. He91Ƶs back after too long an absence, returning to his 2D roots in Ubisoft91Ƶs . Alas, the Prince himself has been kidnapped, and it91Ƶs up to a young warrior named Sargon to rescue him. Not to worry, though: Sargon is just as slick a swordsman, with the ability to swing two blades at once, pull off superhuman acrobatics and even stop and rewind time. And he has a cool haircut. The swashbuckling begins on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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