A documentary on Apple TV+ that took to becoming a basketball legend plus new tunes from the rock band Greta Van Fleet are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press鈥� are Laura McGann鈥檚 documentary 鈥淭he Deepest Breath鈥� which plunges into the world of free diving and Starz has given the workplace comedy 鈥淢颈苍虫鈥� a new home and a berth for season two.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
鈥� Laura McGann鈥檚 documentary plunges into the world of free diving, a sometimes deadly sport in which divers descend into watery depths with only a nose plug to defend from fluctuations in air pressure. The film, which made a well-reviewed debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, premiered Wednesday on Netflix. It's an immersive descent into a silent underwater realm and the risk-takers compelled to sink themselves to the ocean floor. McGann's film recounts the story, in particular, of two divers 鈥� Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan 鈥� brought together in love and tragedy.
鈥� Steph Curry is a four-time NBA champ, two-time MVP and nine-time all-star, so naming a documentary about the transformational shooting guard 鈥淯nderrated鈥� is, itself, a kind of provocation. But which debuts Friday on Apple TV+, chronicles the atypical path Curry took to becoming a basketball legend, with many doubters along the way. The film, directed by is further proof of a modern NBA truism: No matter how much he wins, Steph Curry is easy to root for.
鈥� A cinematic highpoint of the first half of the year, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes' began streaming Tuesday on the Criterion Channel. It's a heart-wrenching immigrant drama about 11-year-old Tori (Pablo Schils) and 16-year-old Lokita (Joely Mbundu), two African immigrants living in an unnamed Belgian city. Only Tori has the necessary papers to stay, and immigration authorities are pressing Lokita, dubious of her claims that Tori is her brother. In I wrote that 鈥渢heir bond is something more profound than blood, a product of shared circumstance and mutual perseverance.鈥�
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
鈥� The Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet is back with a 鈥淪tarcatcher,鈥� a strong album that shows the quartet鈥檚 maturity and embraces a more prog rock and psychedelic flavor. AP's review says it has The first single, the sprawling, Woodstock-y made the top 40 of Billboard鈥檚 Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. A few days after the release, Greta Van Fleet kick off a new tour in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena and will make stops at Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles and London鈥檚 OVO Arena Wembley.
鈥� Blur, who helped put the pop into Britpop, is releasing their first album in eight years, 鈥淭he Ballad of Darren.鈥� Among the 10 new tracks is the wistful, joyfully building with the lyrics: 鈥淚鈥檓 going to shine a light in your eyes/You will probably shine it back on me. But I won鈥檛 fall this time,鈥� and the sloppy rocker The band wasn鈥檛 planning on another album. 鈥淚t really is most unexpected,鈥� bass player Alex James told Rolling Stone magazine. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 know we were pregnant, and we gave birth in the supermarket car park. It鈥檚 like, 鈥極h, my God, it鈥檚 a beautiful boy!鈥欌�� Next week, the band of their album from London鈥檚 Eventim Apollo.
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NEW SERIES TO STREAM
鈥� Eight years after the series finale of 鈥淛ustified鈥� on FX, Timothy Olyphant returns as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in The limited series takes Givens to Detroit as the lawman hunts down a murderer played by Boyd Holbrooke. The story is based on the Elmore Leonard novel 鈥淐ity Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.鈥� Olyphant鈥檚 daughter, Vivian, plays Givens鈥� daughter on the show. The cast also includes Aunjanue Ellis. At a gathering of TV critics earlier this year, Olyphant said he 鈥渞eally didn鈥檛 have any concerns鈥� playing the character again. 鈥淚 just thought that I鈥檇 love to be there for it.鈥� The first two episodes of 鈥淛ustified: City Primeval鈥� premiered Tuesday on FX and is available on Hulu.
鈥� It鈥檚 charter boat season for Captain Jason and Chief Stew Aesha as they set sail in Australia with a new crew of deckhands, stewards, and a chef in season two of Besides the expected inter-personal drama from a Bravo show among the crew and demanding, occasionally unruly guests, the 鈥淏elow Deck鈥� cast must also contend with an aging yacht that has a lot of problems. 鈥淏elow Deck: Down Under鈥� airs on Mondays.
鈥� Despite favorable reviews, was canceled late last year in a cost-cutting move by the streamer formerly known as HBO Max. The decision came as 鈥淢颈苍虫鈥� was in production on its second season. Luckily, Starz swooped in to give the comedy a new home and season two returns Friday. Starring Jake Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond, 鈥淢颈苍虫鈥� is set in the 1970s and follows Lovibond鈥檚 Joyce, a young feminist who teams up with a seedy publisher named Doug (Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. Season two follows the team behind Minx magazine dealing with sudden success.
鈥� Tyler Sheridan has another new TV series and this one is not a Western. stars Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly and newcomer Laysla De Oliveira. , a member of a secret team of spies with the CIA. They recruit a young woman 鈥� played by De Oliveira 鈥� to go undercover and become friendly with a wealthy woman whose family is believed to have ties to a terror organization. The first two episodes premiere Sunday on Paramount+.
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
鈥� Nintendo's Pikmin may not deliver the star power of Mario, Zelda or Pok茅mon, but it does have a devoted cult audience who have been waiting 10 years for . The setup hasn鈥檛 changed: You are an astronaut who has crash-landed on an alien planet, and you need help from the plant-like title critters to survive. Any one Pikmin by itself is too small to get much done, so you need to summon and corral dozens of them at once to explore your new home and battle the native wildlife. The major addition on this expedition is an eager 鈥渟pace dog鈥� named Oatchi who鈥檚 happy to give your Pikmin a ride. It鈥檚 the kind of chill puzzle-adventure that may appeal to gamers who fell in love with Animal Crossing during the pandemic, and it arrives Friday on the Switch.
鈥� There鈥檚 nothing like playing a visual puzzle game 鈥� say, Portal or The Witness 鈥� when you want to settle into a kind of Zen groove. Aficionados of such brain-benders have been buzzing about , from Scotland鈥檚 Sad Owl Studios. Each level is a maze of sorts, but to get from one end to the other you need to tinker with reality. You have a magical camera that lets you take two-dimensional images, like paintings and photographs, and drop them into 3-D settings so they become part of the environment and fill in the gaps. The result 鈥� available now on Playstation 5 and PC 鈥� is as trippy and elegant as an M.C. Escher drawing.
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