New this week: Angelina Jolie thrills and Black Keys rock
By The Associated Press
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES After a bit of a hiatus from action films, Angelina Jolie is back in the thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead” as a Montana smoke jumper who comes across a 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) on the run and in need of help. Director Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated writer of “Hell or High Water” and co-creator of the TV series “Yellowstone,” told the AP that the film was “very on-brand” for him and his proclivity for stories about vengeance and the American West. Available Friday on HBO Max for 31 days, “Those Who Wish Me Dead” co-stars Nicholas Hoult, Jon Bernthal and Tyler Perry.
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In the 2018 superhero hit Venom, Tom Hardy had his body snatched by an alien monster with a terrifying maw. Now Woody Harrelson gets his chance, too, in the anticipated sequel.
The first trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage (in theaters Sept. 24), directed by Andy Serkis, dropped on Monday with a wackier sense of humor, the return of Hardy s very strange and violent protector Venom, and Harrelson as his dangerous new arch enemy.
San Francisco investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Hardy) became the human host of a black symbiote, who gives Eddie awesome powers like instant healing and super-strength but also has a tendency to eat people, and the sequel finds the two still figuring out how to get along. Venom makes a real mess when he tries to make Eddie breakfast yet also is a polite sort, saying hi with a gooey tentacle to the woman at the local store.
New this week: Angelina Jolie thrills and Black Keys rock
This combination photo shows promotional art for the films Those Who Wish Me Dead, premiering Friday on HBO Max, left, and The Woman in the Window, premiering Friday on Netflix. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP, left, and Netflix via AP) May 11, 2021 - 7:02 AM
Hereâs a collection curated by The Associated Pressâ entertainment journalists of whatâs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
â After a bit of a hiatus from action films, Angelina Jolie is back in the thriller âThose Who Wish Me Deadâ as a Montana smoke jumper who comes across a 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) on the run and in need of help. Director Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated writer of âHell or High Waterâ and co-creator of the TV series âYellowstone,â told the AP that the film was âvery on-brandâ for him and his proclivity for st
New this week: Angelina Jolie thrills and Black Keys rock
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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows promotional art for Those Who Wish Me Dead, a film starring Angelina Jolie, premieres in theaters and on HBO Max on May 14. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES – After a bit of a hiatus from action films, Angelina Jolie is back in the thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead” as a Montana smoke jumper who comes across a 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) on the run and in need of help. Director Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated writer of “Hell or High Water” and co-creator of the TV series “Yellowstone,” told the AP that the film was “very on-brand” for him and his proclivity for stories about vengeance and the American West. Available Friday on HBO Max for 31 days, “Those
MOVIE REVIEW by Richard Roeper MONSTER Three stars Steve ..... Kelvin Harrison Jr. Mrs. Harmon ... Jennifer Hudson Mr. Harmon .. Jeffrey Wright Bobo .... John David Washington
Netflix presents a film directed by Anthony Mandler and written by Radha Blank, Colen C. Wiley and Janece Shaffer. Rated R (for language throughout, some violence and bloody images). Running time: 99 minutes. Available now on Netflix.
For 18 years, everything has been going Steve s way. He s a smart and warmhearted young man with wonderful parents, terrific friends, fantastic teachers and a future so bright he really does have to wear shades.
And then, in the span of maybe five minutes, it all falls apart. There s a man lying dead on the floor of his own store, and Steve is accused of being part of the chain of events that led to this tragedy. Now it s up to the courts and a jury to decide his fate.