Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite as a body-switching mother-daughter duo in Freaky Friday, while albums by 5 Seconds of Summer and rapper NF are just some of the new TV shows, movies, music and games. headed towards the device next to you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as chosen by The Associated Press. entertainment journalists: Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys team up for new limited series thriller The Beast in Me, gamers get Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and Apple TV's star-studded series Palm Royale returns.
—Richard Linklater's love letter to the French New Wave and the making of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. “New Wave” will stream on Netflix on Friday, November 14th. In his review, Associated Press writer Jake Coyle writes: “Linklater's largely French-language and Academy Film-styled black-and-white style 'Breathless' fully embraces that spirit, reviving one of cinema's most hallowed eras to capture an iconoclast in the making. The result is something endlessly stylish and almost absurdly uncanny.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reunite as a mother-daughter duo who switch bodies. “Freaky Friday” the sequel to their 2003 film, which will stream on Disney+ on Wednesday. In her review, Jocelyn Noveck writes: “The main weakness “Freaky Friday” – a friendly, often joyful and decidedly chaotic reunion – is that while it sticks too closely to the structure, storyline and even dialogue of the original, it tries too hard to up the ante. Thus, the comedy becomes a little more manic and the plot machinations more drawn out (and sometimes distractingly stupid).”
—Ari Aster's Last Nightmare “Eddington” Set in a small fictional New Mexico town during the coronavirus pandemic, it becomes something of a microcosm for our polarized society as a whole, with Joaquin Phoenix as the sheriff and Pedro Pascal as the mayor. In my review, I wrote that “it's an anti-escapist symphony of mask debates, conspiracy theories, YouTube prophets, TikTok trends and third-rail themes in which no side is spared.”
— A terminal cancer diagnosis may not be the most obvious starting point for a funny and positive film, but that's the magic of Ryan White's documentary Come to Me in a Good Light, about two poets Andrea Gibson, who died in Julyand Megan Falley face difficult realities together. It will be on Apple TV on Friday, November 14th.
“There’s nothing worse than a group without a sense of humor.” Fortunately 5 seconds of summer aware of the joke. Their sixth studio album, Everybody's a Star! sounds like the Australian pop rock band are having fun again, from The Prodigy-esq. “Not OK” with the self-referential and erasing “Boy Band.” Sincerity is now their provocation, and that sounds good, especially after the way the group has spent the last few years I'm exploring solo projects.
— R&Bi and neo-soul powerhouse Summer Walker is back with her third studio album and first in four years. “Finally Over It,” released Friday, November 14, will be the final chapter of her “Over It” trilogy; release dedicated to transformation and autonomy. This is evident in the dreamy single “Heart of A Woman,” in which the song's protagonist is frustrated with her partner, but with remarkable self-awareness. “In love with you, but I can’t stand your way,” she sings. “And I try to be strong/But how much can I take?”
– Consider him one of the greatest artists on the planet that you may not be familiar with. NF, Nate Feuerstein's musical moniker, emerged in the world of Christian rap as a modern response to Eminem only to top the main all-purpose Billboard 200 chart twice, with “Perception” in 2017 and “The Search” in 2019. On Friday, November 14, he will release “Fear,” a new six-track EP featuring MGK. (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) and English singer James Arthur.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
— Apple TV Stars “Palm Royal” back just in time for the new social season. Starring Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Kaia Gerber, Ricky Martin and Carol Burnett. The show is campy, colorful and fun, plus it has great costumes. Wiig plays Maxine, a woman desperate to be accepted into high society in Palm Beach, Florida, in the late 1960s. The first episode will air on Wednesday, and the second will air weekly until January.
— Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member Heather Gay wrote a book called Bad Mormon about how she went from being a devout Mormon to leaving the church. Then she hosts a new documentary series that also delves into this topic, called “Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay.” The reality star also reaches out to other people who have left religion. All three episodes will air Wednesday on Peacock.
“With Homeland and The Americans, Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys helped make the term “prestige television” more prestigious. They grace the screen together in a new limited series for Netflix called “The beast in me.” Danes plays a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who finds a new subject in her neighbor, a real estate magnate who may or may not have also killed his first wife. Howard Gordon, who worked with the Danes on Homeland, is also the showrunner and executive producer of The Beast in Me. The premiere will take place on Thursday.
— David Duchovny and Jack Whitehall star in a new thriller on Prime Video called “Malice.” Duchovny plays Jamie, a wealthy man on vacation with his family in Greece. He hires a tutor (played by Whitehall) named Adam to work with the children, who seems nice and personable, and they invite him into their world. It soon becomes apparent that Adam's charm is, in fact, creepy. Something's wrong. As these stories say, getting rid of an intruder is never easy. All six episodes will be released on Friday, November 14th.
— “Martin Scorsese Presents: Saints” returns to Fox Nation on Sunday, November 16th for its second season. The premiere tells the story of St. Patrick in detail. The show is a passion project Scorsese who executive produces, hosts and narrates the episodes.
— Billy Bob Thornton found oil in season two “Landman” on Paramount+. Created by Taylor Sheridan, the series is set in modern-day Texas, in the world of big oil. Sam Elliott and Andy Garcia have joined the cast, and Demi Moore is also returning. The show returns on Sunday, November 16th.
— The Call of Duty team that created the Black Ops subseries released a chapter last year — but they're already back with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The new installment of the popular first-person shooter franchise is set in 2035, in a world “on the brink of chaos.” (What else is new?) Publisher Activision promises a “reality-shattering” experience that will delve “into the deepest recesses of the human psyche.” In addition to this storyline, there are 16 multiplayer maps and the ever-popular Zombies mode, where you and your friends can fight against the relentless hordes of the undead. Lock and download Friday, November 14th on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, or PC.
— Lumins arise is the latest game from Enhance Games, the studio behind puzzle games like Tetris Effect, Rez Infinite and Humanity. The main task is quite simple: colorful 2×2 blocks float across the screen, and you need to arrange them so that they form single-colored squares. Filled squares will disappear unless you use the “explosion” mechanic, which allows you to build ever larger squares and score more points. It's all accompanied by hallucinatory graphics and powerful electronic music, and you can plug in a virtual reality headset if you really want to feel like you're at a rave. Enjoy Music Tuesday on PlayStation 5 or PC.
