A “Hannah Montana” anniversary particular starring Miley Cyrus and contemporary music from Robyn and Charlie Puth album are a few of the new tv, movies, music and video games headed to a device close to you.
Also among the many streaming choices price your time this week, as chosen by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: the Oscar-winning Norwegian household drama “Sentimental Value,” James Marsden as a success man in “Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice” and the San Francisco Giants host the New York Yankees on Netflix’s first MLB broadcast.
New motion pictures to stream from March 23-29
— In “Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice” (Friday, March 27 on Disney+), James Marsden performs a hitman named Mike who’s employed by a time traveler named Nick (Vince Vaughn). Nick desires to forestall the largest mistake of his life by killing his previous self. Writer-director BenDavid Grabinski’s movie, lately premiered on the SXSW movie competition.
— Following its win on the Academy Awards, Joachim Trier’s Norwegian family drama “Sentimental Value” has its streaming debut Monday on Hulu. Nominated for 9 Oscars, together with finest image, it won for best international film. In it, Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas play sisters who reconnect with their filmmaker father (Stellan Skarsgård), who’s making an autobiographical movie starring an American actor (Elle Fanning). In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr wrote that the movie’s focus “may be small and limited — one Norwegian family struggling to connect and communicate — and yet its emotional scope is downright cosmic.”
— Daniel Day-Lewis came out of retirement to star in his first movie since 2017’s “Phantom Thread” in “Anemone” (Saturday, March 28 on Netflix), a household drama directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. In it, Day-Lewis performs a hermit within the North England woods who’s visited by an outdated good friend (Sean Bean) despatched to carry him again to his son. In her review, AP’s Jocelyn Noveck known as it “bleak, somber, absorbing but also sometimes frustratingly opaque.”
New music to stream from March 23-29
— The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ eccentric bassist Flea will launch his debut album on Friday. And in a real shock to those that don’t know him, it’s a trumpet-forward jazz file. You learn that appropriately. Long earlier than the rocker made a reputation for himself in a band recognized for songs about California, he was an enormous jazz fan, a musical world he explores on the file titled “Honora.” Come for the title, keep for his ingenious improvisations and star-studded collaborations, which embody Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and the at all times introspective Nick Cave.
— Rather a lot has occurred to singer/songwriter Charlie Puth within the time since his final album, “Charlie,” was launched in 2022. He bought married. He’s anticipating his first youngster. He carried out on the Super Bowl. Taylor Swift gave him a shoutout on her album “The Tortured Poets Department.” And now, he’s embracing all of it on a brand new file, the playful “Whatever’s Clever!” Expect enjoyable pop songs about life and its many transformative moments. That, and a few Kenny G.
— Swedish pop savant Robyn has returned with “Sexistential,” her first album in eight years. It is nine-tracks of shimmering synths (“Dopamine,” “Really Real”) ascendant choruses (“Into the Sun”) and rebellious pop songs that double as emotional life rafts (“Sucker for Love.”) The songs are all about freedom, single motherhood, love and lust — usually in the identical breath. It’s a lascivious assortment for the dancefloor: precisely what most pop stars hope to obtain, many fail, and Robyn makes look easy.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
New sequence to stream from March 23-29
— “Hannah Montana” made Miley Cyrus a star and a brand new particular streaming Tuesday on Disney+ celebrates 20 years for the reason that present’s premiere. Filmed in entrance of a dwell viewers, the “Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special” will characteristic music, archival footage and an interview with Cyrus, hosted by podcast host Alex Cooper.
— Grab your peanuts and Cracker Jack as a result of Netflix’s first MLB broadcast is opening-night on Wednesday. The San Francisco Giants will host the New York Yankees. Former Giants outfielder Barry Bonds has joined the commentary crew for the streamer.
— A bride-to-be begins to get a foul feeling about her impending nuptials. Is it chilly toes or instinct? “Something Very Bad is Going to Happen” stars Camila Morrone (“Daisy Jones & The Six”) and Adam DiMarco (“The White Lotus”) star within the new creepy limited-series debuting Thursday on Netflix.
New video video games to play from March 23-29
— In 2015’s Life Is Strange, a younger girl named Max rewound time to save her childhood good friend Chloe’s life. The sequence has bounced round since between totally different lead characters with totally different supernatural presents, however Max and Chloe are again in Life Is Strange: Reunion. Max is now a trainer whose college has been destroyed by an inferno — and when she turns again the clock this time, Chloe exhibits up. Does she have mysterious powers of her personal? Can they save the varsity and their relationship? If you’re craving an emotional, metaphysical thriller, you may examine in Thursday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S or PC.
