Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Richard Linklater’s deliciously wistful “Blue Moon” starring Ethan Hawke, Aldis Hodge returning for Season 2 of "Cross" and Nintendo may have its most frenetic tennis game yet with Mario Tennis Fever.— The A24 romance “Eternity” (Friday, Feb.13 on Apple TV) stars Elizabeth Olsen in an afterlife conundrum.In a kind of weigh-station purgatory, she must choose how to spend her afterlife, with her longtime husband (Miles Turner) or her first love (Callum Turner), who died in World War II.
In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr called “Eternity” “imaginative and shrewdly whimsical with an utterly charming cast.” — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle— Patience is a virtue and time is luxury, particularly for those subject to the music industry.Luckily, Jill Scott, the once-in-a-generation R&B, neo-soul-and-then-some singer plays by her own rules.On Friday, she will release “To Whom This May Concern,” her sixth studio album and first full-length project in a decade.
Lead singles “Beautiful People” and “Pressha” make it clear that this a meditative release born of experience — lush production, live instrumentation and at its center, the intimacy of Scott’s unmistakable voice like a musical north star.The album will also features Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack and Too $hort.— Charli xcx’s first full-length album since “Brat” summer came and went is the soundtrack to Emerald Fennell’s starry adaptation of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” out Friday.It might be wise not to expect the neon-chartreuse of her rave work; the first taste came in the form of “House” featuring John Cale, an industrial, gothic introduction to the romance.
That song, to quote Charli quoting Cale, is both “elegant and brutal.” Other moments contain Charli’s signatures: autotuned vocals, unexpected production, shackled pop hooks.If that resonates, begin with “Wall of Sound” and “Chains of Love.”Popular ReadsTrump says he didn't see full racist video, says he won't apologizeFeb 6, 10:09 PMStepbrother arrested, charged after teen girl's death on Carnival Cruise: StepfatherFeb 6, 7:01 PMMinneapolis live updates: ICE arrest powers expanded, memo saysJan 31, 5:23 PM— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman— Aldis Hodge is back as Alex Cross, the detective created by novelist James Patterson, in Season 2 of “Cross” for Prime Video.In the new episodes, Cross is on the case of a serial killer hunting corrupt billionaires.
It drops Wednesday.— Alicia Rancilio— Lou Kesten
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