Thandiwe Newton starring in a thriller, the return of the TV family wrestling drama 91ƵH91Ƶ 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 Press91Ƶ are comedian Chris Estrada91Ƶs series 91ƵThis Fool91Ƶ 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
91Ƶ 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 Bissonnette91Ƶs 91ƵThe Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute,91Ƶ directors Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash Jr. look at the women around Ty 91Ƶ 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. 91ƵThe Beanie Bubble91Ƶ is available on Apple TV+ starting Friday.
91Ƶ 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 Burke91Ƶs short story 91ƵWinter Light,91Ƶ the Julian Higgins-directed film debuted last year at Sundance to largely favorable reviews. In the Los Angeles Times, Robert Daniels wrote that 91Ƶ91ƵGod91Ƶs Country91Ƶ is a film that wants to disarm you at every turn, and it often succeeds with a transfixing, acute spirit of retribution against society91Ƶs toxic racial and gender power dynamics.91Ƶ
91Ƶ And in honor of 91ƵOppenheimer91Ƶ debuting in theaters, the programmers over at the Criterion Channel have waived the subscription fee and made Jon Else91Ƶs 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 91ƵAmerican Prometheus,91Ƶ 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. It91Ƶs an essential historical document and fascinating companion piece to Christopher Nolan91Ƶs film.
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
91Ƶ The music week belongs to Post Malone, whose new album 91ƵAustin,91Ƶ signals a move away from rap. There91Ƶs already been the excellent single synth-pop tune the hungover ballad and the power rock of ,91Ƶ where he sings 91ƵI91Ƶll remove my tattoos if that91Ƶs cool to you/I91Ƶll do anything to be cool to you.91Ƶ Post Malone says he played guitar on all of the 17-tracks and posted on Instagram: 91ƵIt91Ƶs been some of the funnest music, some of the most challenging and rewarding music for me, at least 91Ƶ trying to really push myself and really do some cool stuff.91Ƶ
91Ƶ The Rolling Stones are reissuing their stuffed 2002 album 91ƵForty Licks91Ƶ digitally for the first time on Wednesday. It91Ƶs got over 2 1/2 hours of top-level Stones, including 91ƵSatisfaction,91Ƶ 91ƵMiss You,91Ƶ 91ƵBrown Sugar,91Ƶ 91ƵPaint It, Black,91Ƶ 91ƵHonky Tonk Women,91Ƶ 91ƵGet Off of My Cloud91Ƶ and 91ƵAngie.91Ƶ 91ƵForty Licks91Ƶ would sell seven million copies around the world, and has come to be seen as the definitive anthology of the band91Ƶs 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
91Ƶ Comedian Chris Estrada91Ƶs drops its 10-episode second season Friday on Hulu. The show is a working-class comedy about Estrada91Ƶs 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.
91Ƶ Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig91Ƶs 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 91Ƶthe face91Ƶ in wrestling-speak) has the potential to leave their Duffy Wrestling League for the big time while Jack 91Ƶ the villain known as 91Ƶthe heel91Ƶ 91Ƶ also dreams of stardom but carries the burden of keeping the family business afloat. Season one followed the breakdown of the brothers91Ƶ 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 CW91Ƶs 91ƵArrow,91Ƶ has said he never thought he would find a role as satisfying as that, .
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
91Ƶ Disney91Ƶs 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 England91Ƶs Dlala Studios has dusted off Mickey91Ƶs white gloves for the new . It91Ƶs 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 91Ƶ you can boost a teammate91Ƶs health meter with a hug 91Ƶ or you can explore solo. The animation looks more like the Rayman series than classic Disney, but it91Ƶs vivid and lively. The frolicking begins Friday on Nintendo Switch.
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