Renée Zellweger returning to considered one of her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” and Questlove providing the definitive documentary on funk crossover star Sly Stone are a number of the new tv, movies, music and video games headed to a tool close to you.
Additionally among the many streaming choices price your time as chosen by The Related Press’ leisure journalists: husband-and-wife duo The Struggle and Treaty return with the album “Plus One,” ice skaters of coloration and their coaches are the main focus of a brand new docuseries known as “Harlem Ice” and the primary two episodes drop of season three of Showtime’s horror collection “Yellowjackets.”
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM FEB. 10-16
— Renée Zellweger returns to considered one of her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.” If you happen to’ve misplaced observe, the movie, streaming Thursday on Peacock, is the fourth “Bridget Jones” film and first since 2016’s “Bridget Jones’ Baby.” In “Mad About a Boy,” based mostly on Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel, Jones, a widow now in her 50s, is drawn towards two romantic potentialities: a trainer performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and a 29-year-old performed by Leo Woodall.
— Questlove, the Roots drummer and ubiquitous performer, has become a must-watch documentarian. In “Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius),” Questlove follows his Oscar-winning “Summer of Soul” and the current “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music” with the definitive documentary on Sly Stone, the funk crossover bandleader of Sly and the Household Stone. The movie, filled with archival footage and modern interviews, and spanning the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Stone, streams Thursday on Hulu.
— Scott Derrickson’s “The Gorge” stars Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Pleasure as a pair of operatives assigned to protect towers on opposing sides of a gorge, inside which a mysterious evil lurks. The movie, which debuts Friday on Apple TV+, co-stars Sigourney Weaver.
— AP Movie Author Jake Coyle
NEW MUSIC TO STREAM FEB. 10-16
— It wasn’t that way back that Alessia Cara’s full-hearted pop was unavoidable; it earned her the coveted greatest new artist Grammy in 2018 and “Scars to Your Beautiful” endures as a 2010s traditional. However a lot has modified in that point, and the Canadian singer-songwriter has lived a whole lot of life since. Her forthcoming fourth studio album, “Love & Hyperbole,” out on Valentine’s Day, is an expression of that development. “Dead Man” traces the tip of a relationship; “(Isn’t It) Obvious” encompasses a guitar solo from John Mayer.
— Giants of nation music with the pipes to again it up, husband-and-wife duo The Struggle and Treaty return with a brand new album, “Plus One.” Like the majority of their discography, this can be a assortment meant to encourage love and connection in its listeners (after all amplified by the Valentine’s Day launch date) with soulful, twang-y songs about household and religion.
— For a lot of, Shygirl is a brand new identify, maybe most instantly related together with her remix of Charli xcx’s “BRAT” hit “365.” However that’s only for now. The forward-thinking English DJ and musician is making waves for her creative method to experimental pop, grime, home and membership music that works on a sweaty dancefloor as a lot because it does behind a browser. Simply check out a number of the names on her upcoming EP, “Club Shy Room 2”: Jorja Smith,Saweetie, BAMBII, SadBoi, PinkPantheress, Isabella Lovestory and extra.
— In 1992, Eric Clapton recorded an hour-long efficiency at Bray Studios in Windsor, England, titled “Eric Clapton Unplugged,” one of many best-selling stay albums of all time. (And naturally it’s — nobody is resistant to the charms of an acoustic “Tears in Heaven.”) On Wednesday, Paramount+ subscribers will get to expertise the magic as soon as extra — now within the type of an prolonged, remixed and remastered 90-minute version titled “Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later.” It options new interview footage, captured earlier than the efficiency.
— AP Music Author Maria Sherman
NEW SHOWS TO STREAM FEB. 10-16
— Pack your baggage as a result of HBO’s “The White Lotus” is again for its third season premiering Sunday. This time, creator Mike White has chosen an opulent resort in Thailand as his new backdrop for social commentary about faith, spirituality and loss of life. The solid consists of Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Natasha Rothwell, who reprises her position from season one. Lisa of the Okay-pop lady group Blackpink performs a workers member on the White Lotus. Episodes additionally stream on Max.
— “Muslim Matchmaker” is a new Hulu docuseries that follows two matchmakers dedicated to helping Muslim American singles find love while also keeping in line with their religious values. Viewers will see these professional cupids navigate their clients’ expectations in a world of dating apps and ghosting. The series is created by the same person who brought “Indian Matchmaking” to Netflix. It premieres Tuesday.
— It could nonetheless be chilly exterior nevertheless it’s summertime on Bravo with season 9 of “Summer House.” The truth collection stars a bunch of Manhattanites who share a home on the weekends within the Hamptons. Whereas final season adopted the tumultuous engagement of solid members Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke, the brand new episodes have been filmed a few yr later — after their breakup. The 2 might have moved on, nevertheless it doesn’t take a Magic 8 Ball to imagine they’ll nonetheless have points. We’ll additionally see Hubbard pregnant together with her first youngster. “Summer House” premieres Wednesday on Bravo and streams on Peacock.
— Ice skaters of coloration and their coaches are the main focus of a brand new docuseries known as “Harlem Ice.” Viewers will comply with the younger skaters expertise triumphs and challenges as they practice and compete in a sport that’s historically white. “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts is an government producer alongside Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. All 5 episodes drop Wednesday on Disney+.
— The primary two episodes of season three of Showtime’s horror collection “Yellowjackets” drop Friday, Feb. 14 on Paramount+. When a aircraft carrying a women’ highschool soccer workforce crashes in the midst of nowhere, its survivors are in a struggle to outlive. It’s impressed by William Golding’s 1954 traditional, “Lord of the Flies.” “Yellowjackets” unfolds in two timelines: one on the time of the crash and one 20 years later when the women are grownup girls. Its stars embody Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci and Lauren Ambrose. Oscar winner Hilary Swank joins season three in a recurring position.
— Alicia Rancilio
NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
— The world at this time appears totally chaotic, so what higher time to experiment with beginning the entire thing over from scratch? That’s at all times been the attraction of Firaxis Video games’ long-running Civilization collection, and Sid Meier’s Civilization VII provides some intriguing new twists to the formulation. First, every session is split into three eras — Antiquity, Exploration and Trendy — and every period ends with an empire-shattering disaster. You’ll be able to bounce round between completely different cultures — say, beginning in historical China and winding up in the usA. And you’ve got a contemporary batch of leaders, from Confucius to Machiavelli to Harriet Tubman, to lean on for recommendation and inspiration. As traditional, you get to resolve whether or not to be peaceable and diplomatic or run round blowing your neighbors to smithereens. The world is yours Tuesday on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Change or PC.
— Lou Kesten
