Dolly Parton hosting a two-hour puppy-filled variety special on CBS and the seventh and final season of the hospital drama, 鈥淭he Good Doctor鈥� 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 Press鈥� : Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira in their own spin-off, 鈥淭he Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live鈥� and 鈥淎vatar: The Last Airbender鈥� .
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
鈥� It missed out on Oscar nominations, but was one of the best films of 2023. The film, now on Hulu , as a writer working on an autobiographical script, work that transports him back to his childhood home where he finds his long dead parents (Claire Foy, Jamie Bell) as they once were. At the same time, a romance with a neighbor (Paul Mescal) evolves. Metaphysical and melancholy, 鈥淎ll of Us Strangers鈥� is a stunner that AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr called an 鈥渁 deeply felt journey of acceptance, love and forgiveness鈥�
鈥� Another near-miss with the Oscars, hits Max on Friday. Coppola鈥檚 dreamy, textured tale of Priscilla Presley鈥檚 surreal romance with Elvis produced two of last year鈥檚 most memorably breakthrough performances in Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi. In my review, I praised 鈥淧riscilla鈥� as 鈥渁 kind of fairy tale that turns claustrophobic and cautionary.鈥�
鈥� Two notable veterans of last year鈥檚 Oscar race, both from A24, arrive this week on Netflix. 鈥� 鈥� arrives Friday, almost exactly a year after the anarchic sci-fi whatsit鈥檚 Also hitting Netflix, on Saturday is the 2023 best animated-nominee Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer Camp鈥檚 whimsical stop-motion animated film about a one-inch tall seashell with a big heart and
鈥� AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
鈥� MGMT is ready to midwife their 10-track 鈥淟oss of Life,鈥� which the band says had a 鈥渞elatively painless birth after a lengthy gestation period.鈥� The psychedelic, synth-pop duo of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser joke 鈥淢usically speaking, we are running at around 20% adult contemporary.鈥� Christine and the Queens appear on the song 鈥淒ancing in Babylon鈥� 鈥� the first-ever feature on an MGMT album. 鈥淟oss Of Life,鈥� the follow-up to 2018鈥檚 鈥淟ittle Dark Age,鈥� has spun off the singled 鈥淣othing To Declare,鈥� and It lands Friday.
鈥� Goth-pop singer Allie X is putting it all on the line with 鈥淕irl With No Face,鈥� her first self-produced album. 鈥淭here is a death in this music, as well as the beginning of a rebirth. I needed to make something that came completely from me,鈥� she wrote. The classically trained pop artist from Toronto has released a trio of tracks from the new collection, including an off-kilter, retro electro-banger with a video she directed and the lyrics, 鈥漈he world goes round/Makes me dizzy but I hold my ground/When I get nauseous I just gag it down.鈥� The album drops Friday.
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NEW SHOWS TO STREAM
鈥� If you already miss the Dolly Parton has you covered. The country music icon hosted the two-hour variety special that first aired Wednesday on CBS. It featured the latest in doggy fashion and performances of Parton classics, including 鈥�9 to 5,鈥� 鈥淚 Will Always Love You,鈥� 鈥淧uppy Love鈥� and 鈥淛olene,鈥� with Parton and country hitmakers Lainey Wilson, Carly Pearce, Chris Janson and KC of KC of the Sunshine Band performing. 鈥淚 know all the animal lovers out there are going to love this show,鈥� Parton said in a statement.
鈥� A trio of popular ABC shows returned Tuesday after eight months due to the Hollywood strikes. based on books by Karin Slaughter, stars Ramon Rodriguez as an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. Nathan Fillion leads the police procedural and Freddie Highmore returns for the seventh and final season of the hospital drama, where he plays a surgeon with autism. Episodes also stream on Hulu.
鈥� Fifteen years after the popular Nickelodeon animated series went off the air, the story has gotten the live-action treatment by Netflix. This new 鈥淟ast Airbender鈥� stars Gordon Cormier as Aang, a 12-year-old boy with the fate of the world on his shoulders. The series premiered Thursday.
鈥� Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira return to 鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥� universe in their own spin-off, The six-episode series follows their star-crossed characters, Rick and Michonne, as they fight to find their way back to one another after years of separation. Scott Gimple, the chief content officer for 鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥� franchise created the series with Lincoln and Gurira. New characters are also played by Terry O鈥橯uinn, Lesley-Ann Brandt and Aaron Bachelor. The show premieres Sunday on AMC and AMC+.
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
鈥� From 鈥淭win Peaks鈥� to 鈥淭wilight,鈥� the Pacific Northwest is the epicenter of a peculiar kind of pop culture weirdness. It鈥檚 also a cool place to go for a drive. Seattle-based indie Ironwood Studios aims to combine the two with its debut game, . Your mission is to explore the 鈥淥lympic Exclusion Zone,鈥� where experiments by some secretive organization have unleashed supernatural anomalies. Your only companion is a beaten-up old station wagon (dig the wood paneling), which you can upgrade with gadgets scavenged from the abandoned labs. You鈥檒l need to soup it up to deal with the radiation and bizarre weather in the Zone. Hit the road on PlayStation 5 or PC.
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