Renée Zellweger returning to one in all her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” and Questlove providing the definitive documentary on funk crossover star Sly Stone are a few of the new tv, movies, music and video games headed to a tool close to you.
Also among the many streaming choices value your time as chosen by The Associated Press’ leisure journalists: husband-and-wife duo The War and Treaty return with the album “Plus One,” ice skaters of coloration and their coaches are the main focus of a brand new docuseries known as “Harlem Ice” and the primary two episodes drop of season three of Showtime’s horror sequence “Yellowjackets.”
— Renée Zellweger returns to one in all her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.” If you’ve misplaced observe, the movie, streaming Thursday on Peacock, is the fourth “Bridget Jones” film and first since 2016’s “Bridget Jones’ Baby.” In “Mad About a Boy,” primarily based on Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel, Jones, a widow now in her 50s, is drawn towards two romantic potentialities: a trainer performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and a 29-year-old performed by Leo Woodall.
— Questlove, the Roots drummer and ubiquitous performer, has was a must-watch documentarian. In “Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius),” Questlove follows his Oscar-winning “Summer of Soul” and the current “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music” with the definitive documentary on Sly Stone, the funk crossover bandleader of Sly and the Family Stone. The movie, filled with archival footage and up to date interviews, and spanning the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Stone, streams Thursday on Hulu.
— Scott Derrickson’s “The Gorge” stars Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy as a pair of operatives assigned to protect towers on opposing sides of a gorge, inside which a mysterious evil lurks. The movie, which debuts Friday, Feb. 14 on Apple TV+, co-stars Sigourney Weaver.
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
— It wasn’t that way back that Alessia Cara’s full-hearted pop was unavoidable; it earned her the coveted greatest new artist Grammy in 2018 and “Scars to Your Beautiful” endures as a 2010s traditional. But a lot has modified in that point, and the Canadian singer-songwriter has lived lots of life since. Her forthcoming fourth studio album, “Love & Hyperbole,” out on Valentine’s Day, is an expression of that progress. “Dead Man” traces the tip of a relationship; “(Isn’t It) Obvious” incorporates a guitar solo from John Mayer.
— Giants of nation music with the pipes to again it up, husband-and-wife duo The War and Treaty return with a brand new album, “Plus One.” Like the majority of their discography, this can be a assortment meant to encourage love and connection in its listeners (in fact amplified by the Valentine’s Day launch date) with soulful, twang-y songs about household and religion.
— For many, Shygirl is a brand new title, maybe most instantly related along with her remix of Charli xcx’s “BRAT” hit “365.” But that’s only for now. The forward-thinking English DJ and musician is making waves for her ingenious method to experimental pop, grime, home and membership music that works on a sweaty dancefloor as a lot because it does behind a browser. Just check out a few of the names on her upcoming EP, “Club Shy Room 2”: Jorja Smith,Saweetie, BAMBII, SadBoi, PinkPantheress, Isabella Lovestory and extra.
— In 1992, Eric Clapton recorded an hour-long efficiency at Bray Studios in Windsor, England, titled “Eric Clapton Unplugged,” one of many best-selling reside albums of all time. (And in fact it’s — nobody is proof against the charms of an acoustic “Tears in Heaven.”) On Wednesday, Paramount+ subscribers will get to expertise the magic as soon as extra — now within the type of an prolonged, remixed and remastered 90-minute version titled “Eric Clapton Unplugged… Over 30 Years Later.” It options new interview footage, captured earlier than the efficiency.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman— “Muslim Matchmaker” is a new Hulu docuseries that follows two matchmakers dedicated to helping Muslim American singles find love while also keeping in line with their religious values. Viewers will see these professional cupids navigate their clients’ expectations in a world of dating apps and ghosting. The series is created by the same person who brought “Indian Matchmaking” to Netflix. It premieres Tuesday.
— It should be chilly outdoors however it’s summertime on Bravo with season 9 of “Summer House.” The actuality sequence stars a gaggle of Manhattanites who share a home on the weekends within the Hamptons. Whereas final season adopted the tumultuous engagement of forged members Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke, the brand new episodes have been filmed a few 12 months later — after their breakup. The two could have moved on, however it doesn’t take a Magic 8 Ball to imagine they’ll nonetheless have points. We’ll additionally see Hubbard pregnant along with her first little one. “Summer House” premieres Wednesday on Bravo and streams on Peacock.
— Ice skaters of coloration and their coaches are the main focus of a brand new docuseries known as “Harlem Ice.” Viewers will observe the younger skaters expertise triumphs and challenges as they practice and compete in a sport that’s historically white. “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts is an govt producer alongside Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. All 5 episodes drop Wednesday on Disney+.
— The first two episodes of season three of Showtime’s horror sequence “Yellowjackets” drop Friday, Feb. 14 on Paramount+. When a aircraft carrying a women’ highschool soccer workforce crashes in the course of nowhere, its survivors are in a battle to outlive. It’s impressed by William Golding’s 1954 traditional, “Lord of the Flies.” “Yellowjackets” unfolds in two timelines: one on the time of the crash and one twenty years later when the women are grownup ladies. Its stars embrace Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci and Lauren Ambrose. Oscar winner Hilary Swank joins season three in a recurring function.
— Alicia Rancilio
— The world as we speak appears totally chaotic, so what higher time to experiment with beginning the entire thing over from scratch? That’s all the time been the attraction of Firaxis Games’ long-running Civilization sequence, and Sid Meier’s Civilization VII provides some intriguing new twists to the components. First, every session is split into three eras — Antiquity, Exploration and Modern — and every period ends with an empire-shattering disaster. You can bounce round between totally different cultures — say, beginning in historic China and winding up in the usA. And you could have a recent batch of leaders, from Confucius to Machiavelli to Harriet Tubman, to lean on for recommendation and inspiration. As common, you get to determine whether or not to be peaceable and diplomatic or run round blowing your neighbors to smithereens. The world is yours Tuesday on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One, Switch or PC.
— Lou Kesten
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