Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White starring in the family wrestling dynasty in “The Iron Claw” and Brooke Shields playing the unwitting title role in the romantic comedy “Mother of the Bride” on Netflix are some of the new television series, films, music and games coming to a device near you.
Also among the worthwhile streaming offerings selected by Associated Press entertainment journalists: Colombian musician Ryan Castro’s new album “El Cantante Del Ghetto,” the series “Pretty Little Liars” returns on Max and a new documentary details the career of the Indigo Girls. rise and subsequent marginalization.
– Whether or not you know anything about the tragedies that befell the Von Erich family wrestling dynasty, “The Iron Claw” is worth watching. Zac Efron stars as one of the brothers, Kevin, in a cast that includes Harris Dickinson and Jeremy Allen White as his brothers, Lily James as his wife, and Holt McCallany and Maura Tierney as his parents. In her AP review, Jocelyn Noveck wrote that “Efron, with his hard physique and ’70s mullet, delivers some of the most moving work of his career. White is also excellent, though more inscrutable as Kerry, initially the golden boy until his own brush with disaster sends him on a downward spiral. It will be available on MAX on Friday, May 10th.
– Brooke Shields is the titular mother of the bride in a new romantic comedy coming to Netflix on Thursday. The presumption here is that her daughter (Miranda Cosgrove) is getting married and she only finds out when she arrives at the island resort where it turns out that the groom is the son of the guy who broke her heart in college, played by Benjamin Pirralho. “Mother of the Bride” was directed by Mark Waters (“Mean Girls” and “Just Like Heaven”).
– “The Idea of You” is a lot of fun and Anne Hathaway looks amazing in it, but it’s lighter. If you want to continue a Hatha-thon with something dark and moody, look no further than William Oldroyd’s “Eileen,” which hits Hulu on Friday, May 10. Hathaway is otherworldly as the glamorous, martini-drinking Rebecca Saint John, an endlessly quotable Hitchcock blonde with a Harvard doctorate, in this stylish adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel. She becomes an object of fascination for Thomasin McKenzie’s shy Eileen when she slips into the dingy juvenile detention center where they both work one winter in Massachusetts, 1964. The noirish, troubled cousin of “The Idea of You” ,” there’s also some flirting and dancing and drinking in “Eileen,” but with a shocking twist looming.
– Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer
– One of the best alternative albums of the year may well be the soundtrack to the A24 thriller about two teenagers watching a mysterious late-night television show, “I Saw the TV Glow.” The film’s official trailer has arrived with a haunting version of Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems of a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” performed by Yeule – the perfect introduction to an ambitious compilation. Other highlights that may not shine alongside big names like Phoebe Bridgers and Caroline Polacheck of Boygenius, but are very much worth the nod: Philly emo greats Sadurn, the rising power of Jay Som’s indie-pop, and experimental songwriting from L ‘rain.
– Colombian musician Ryan Castro may not be a household name yet – you’ve probably heard his “Mujeriego” on TikTok – but tastemakers would be wise to pay attention now. On the title track of his upcoming album, “El Cantante Del Ghetto,” Castro pays homage to Puerto Rican salsa icon Héctor Lavoe, aka “El Cantante,” with his own twist – a rap break that manages to intertwine perfectly in classic production. . (For those keeping track: Lavoe’s music entered the National Recording Registry earlier this month.) Elsewhere, Castro delivers a reggaeton banger with help from regional Mexican star Peso Pluma on “Quema” and trap on “Rich Rappers” with Rich the Kid.
– It’s the end of an era: ska punk and reggae rock heroes Sublime with Rome are officially calling it a day. They are currently embarking on a farewell tour and a final self-titled album will arrive on Friday, May 10th. It’s not all bad news: the group is calling it a day because Sublime (…without Roma) has reunited with the late singer. Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob fronts the band, but that means saying goodbye to singer Rome Ramirez. The album is a fitting coda. It’s all sun, California, and climbing at a pessimistic pace.
– With work that goes beyond perfect synchronization in the blockbuster “Barbie”, where Margot Robbie’s Barbie and Ryan Gosling’s Ken scream along to their hit “Closer to Fine” as they leave the paradise that is “Barbieland”, the Indigo Girls They have long been ahead of their time. “Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All” is a new documentary that details the duo’s rise and subsequent marginalization by the press as a political group of queer artists. This document, available on video on demand Tuesday, tells his story in new and critical detail.
– In a new Paramount+ documentary produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck titled “Kiss the Future,” director and co-writer Nenad Cicin-Sain takes a close look at Sarajevo during the Bosnian War – particularly the ways in which communities Music and arts flourished as places of resilience and safety, and later the role that Irish band U2 played in drawing attention to the conflict in their concerts. It’s not a music documentary in the traditional sense – it’s much bigger.
—AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
– Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly star in the new limited series “Dark Matter.” Edgerton plays Jason, a disaffected physics professor who is attacked one night by a masked man who also drugs him. When he wakes up, Jason finds himself in an alternate timeline of his life where he is a world-famous physicist. Jason’s wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and son don’t exist in this alternate version, and he struggles to get back to them. “Dark Matter” is based on the book by Blake Crouch. Premieres Wednesday.
– The almost unbelievable true-crime story of freelancers looking for their big break in Hollywood who are duped into a long-running scam is the subject of a new docu-series for Apple TV+. Dubbed the “Hollywood Con Queen” in an article for The Hollywood Reporter and a book by Scott C. Johnson, the three-part series of the same name details his and an investigator’s work on the case, interviews victims and presents the real swindler. Premieres on May 8th.
— “The Popular History of Black Twitter” examines the rise and influence of Black Twitter in culture and politics. He also addresses the reaction to his prominent voices and comments. The series is inspired by a three-part article for WIRED by Jason Parham. “Black Twitter” will stream May 9 on Hulu.
— Sparks fly between two students at an elite high school in “Maxton Hall: The World Between Us.” Ruby comes from a working-class family, while James is rich and has a big ego. The story is based on a German YA book series called “Save Me” by Mona Kasten. The series will be available in German with English subtitles or dubbed in English. All episodes will be released on May 9th on Prime Video.
– If you’re counting down the days until school ends for the summer, the new “Pretty Little Liars” returns Thursday on Max. The teen horror series picks up at the start of summer vacation, which our final five girls have to attend summer school for staying behind while being targeted by a serial killer. The “Liars” find time for summer jobs and romances. New cast members include Antonio Cipriano (“National Treasure: Edge of History”) as the love interest of Bailee Madison’s Imogen.
– In Netflix’s “Bodkin,” premiering Thursday, a podcaster, a journalist and her researcher team up to solve a decades-old murder in a small town in Ireland. Everyone has their own reason for needing to resolve the case. As they get closer to the truth, the trio discover that some people prefer to keep secrets buried in the past. The dark comedy mystery series is the first narrative project from the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground.
– Turn on the TARDIS, Ncuti Gatwa is the 15th Doctor Who when the series makes its debut on Disney+ on Friday 10 May. The Doctor of Gatwa is accompanied on his time traveling adventures by his companion Ruby Sunday, played by Millie Gibson.
– After bringing the world of Anne Rice to television with the first season of “Interview with the Vampire” (and later, “Mayfair Witches”) on AMC, the series returns on Sunday, May 12. sits down for a second interview with a veteran journalist named Daniel, played by Eric Bogosian. Louis says he’s a vampire and years ago he gave Daniel an interview that wasn’t official. Louis claims he was seduced and turned into a vampire in the early 1900s by Lestat de Lioncourt. The second season begins with Daniel viewing Louis as an unreliable narrator because the details of the two interviews do not match. It also explores the love affair between Louis and the vampire Armand, played by new cast member Assad Zaman, and how the vampire Lestat still controls Louis. “Interview with the Vampire” also airs on AMC+.
– Alicia Rancilio
– Video Games 101 teaches us that if you have to go underground, you will be attacked by all kinds of horrible beasts. Animal Well, from independent publisher Bigmode, takes a different approach. This cave has some creatures you wouldn’t expect, like flamingos and kangaroos, and some of them are more helpful than hostile. “It’s not that you’re not welcome,” says solo designer Billy Basso. “It’s just that they got here first.” The result is a non-combat but still tricky maze with over 250 rooms full of puzzles. The graphics are pleasantly eerie, coloring old-fashioned pixel art with an eerie bioluminescence, and the soundtrack is full of haunting echoes. Start exploring Thursday on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC.
-Lou Kesten
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