NEW YORK (AP) — The second season of the Star Wars sequence “Andor” and the streaming launch of the Wu Tang Clan’s newest album 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: Willie Nelson releases his 77th solo studio album, “Oh What A Beautiful World,” and the arrival of Nicole Kidman’s “Babygirl” on Max.
New films to stream from April 21-27
– Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” (streaming Friday on Max) stars Nicole Kidman as a CEO who has an affair with a a lot youthful male intern ( Harris Dickinson ). The A24 movie, which earned Kidman a Golden Globe nomination, resurrects the steamy, campy environment of erotic thrillers like “Basic Instinct” and “9 ½ Weeks” however tells it from a extra feminine perspective. In my evaluation, I wrote that the “ever-shifting gender and power dynamics make ‘Babygirl’ seldom predictable — even if the film is never quite as daring as it seems to thinks it is.”
– Gareth Evans, the Welsh filmmaker of “The Raid” franchise, returns with extra brutal, choreographed mayhem in “Havoc” (Netflix, Friday), an motion thriller starring Tom Hardy as a detective battling a prison underworld. Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker and Luis Guzmán co-star.
— Movie Author Jake Coyle
New music to stream from April 21-27
— Wu-Tang Clan is eternally, however their touring days are numbered. In June, the legendary hip-hop group will embark on a ultimate tour titled the “Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber.” Whether or not you’re planning on attending or not, there isn’t any unhealthy time to throw on one in every of their information. On Friday, Wu-Tang’s joint album with Arithmetic, “Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman,” launched earlier this month as a Document Retailer Day unique, will hit streaming platforms. Why not begin there?
— Calling Willie Nelson prolific is about as revelatory as saying the sky is blue; it’s self-evident. On Friday, he’ll launch his 77th solo studio album, “Oh What A Beautiful World,” celebrating the work of songwriter Rodney Crowell. Nelson embodies many Crowell classics – like 1976’s “Banks Of The Old Bandera,” recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker and 1981’s “Shame On The Moon” for Bob Seger. Crowell and Nelson be part of forces on the music’s title reduce. The album additionally arrives simply 5 months after his 76th solo studio album, “Last Leaf on the Tree,” his first produced fully by his son Micah. “He’s a real artist,” Nelson described his son to The Related Press on the time. “He picked all the songs.” (Learn AP’s evaluation right here.)
— Twangy punk band Rodeo Boys are consultants in sugary, spirited hooks – from 2019’s debut “Cherry” to their 2023 Don Giovanni Data debut “Home Movies.” However the Lansing, Michigan, group’s 2025 album “Junior,” out Friday, that takes them to nice new heights — a set of sardonic, queer Americana, melodic songs for and by the heartland. One of the best description of the band is the one they wrote themselves: “Rodeo Boys is what happens when the Miller High Life gets legs and starts walking around on its own.” Yeehaw.
— Music Author Maria Sherman
New tv to stream from April 21-27
— The “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” prequel sequence “Andor” returns for its second and ultimate season Tuesday on Disney+. Diego Luna stars as Insurgent spy Cassian Andor and follows his radicalization towards the Galactic Empire main as much as “Rogue One” and “Star Wars.” The primary season of “Andor” was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for excellent drama sequence and acquired reward from critics. It additionally stars Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgard, Fiona Shaw and Genevieve O’Reilly.
— Penn Badgley is closing out his chapter because the stalking serial killer Joe Goldberg –who can be disturbingly likeable however that’s for a remedy session– in Netflix’s “You.” Its fifth and ultimate season debuts Thursday. Whereas Season 4 happened in London with Joe working as a literature professor, he’s now returned to his hometown of New York. Joe is married to Kate Lockwood (performed by Charlotte Ritchie) whom he met in Season 4 — and so they’re a New York energy couple. Joe is proud of Kate and intends to cease killing folks, however the man is vulnerable to constructing tangled webs of obsession that go away useless our bodies in his wake. The brand new episodes additionally characteristic Madeline Brewer of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Anna Camp.
— In Season 1 of Hulu’s “Vanderpump Villa,” Lisa Vanderpump oversaw a younger employees at French chateau that each lived and labored collectively for the summer time. For Season 2, she’s relocated to a fort in Italy and introduced roughly half of the “Villa” employees along with her. She’s additionally invited “Vanderpump” all-star, Stassi Schroeder to be a particular VIP and to function her eyes and ears with the employees. Schroeder starred on “Vanderpump Rules” for eight seasons earlier than she was fired for slurs and racial profiling in 2020. Schroeder has since written two best-selling books, launched a brand new podcast, acquired married and grow to be a mom of two. She additionally has her personal present for Hulu within the works. “Vanderpump Villa” premieres Thursday.
— When Brett Goldstein isn’t writing and appearing in hit reveals like “Ted Lasso” and “Shrinking,” he’s a busy slapstick comedian. Goldstein lately taped his first comedy particular known as “Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life” for Max. It premieres Saturday.
— Bravo has tapped a few of its most well-known single women from “The Real Housewives” to star in a brand new relationship present known as “Love Hotel.” Cameras observe Shannon Storms Beador (“The Real Housewives of Orange County”), Luann de Lesseps (“The Real Housewives of New York City”), and Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby (“The Real Housewives of Potomac”) as they keep at a lodge in Los Cabos, Mexico and meet eligible bachelors who’re simply guests to the property, except they get an official invite from one of many women to test in. Bravo superfan Joel Kim Booster hosts as their “Love Concierge.” “Love Hotel,” premiering Sunday on Bravo, streams subsequent day on Peacock.
— Alicia Rancilio
New video video games to play week of April 21-27
— Yearly, the magical Paintress paints a brand new quantity, and each particular person of that age dies. This 12 months’s quantity is 33, so its as much as the crew of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to attempt to cease her. It’s the debut title from French developer Sandfall Interactive, and it aspires to the storytelling, exploration and turn-based staff fight of basic role-playing video games like Last Fantasy and Persona. The graphics evoke the luxurious glamor of Belle Epoque Paris, whereas the voice solid options heavyweights like Charlie Cox (“Daredevil”) and Andy Serkis (“The Lord of the Rings”). It’s uncommon for a younger studio to launch such an formidable RPG sequence — and we’ll see if it pays off Thursday, April 24, on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
— Lou Kesten
