‘Wicked’ Landing on Peacock for Home Sing-Alongs and Ellen Pompeo In her first major role since the return of ABC’s ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, some of this week’s new stream entertainment releases are on their way to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offers worth your time, as selected by the Associated Press’s entertainment journalists: Selena Gomez and her fiancé, producer and songwriter Benny Blanco, set a joint album, Dennis Quaid Stars in Paramount +’s Ware Crime Series “Happy Face”, about a Serie killer and Assassin’s Creed Shadows Brees Ubisoft’s globetrotting, time-hope gaming epin to Feudal Japan.
New films to stream March 17-23
-There are many Oscar winners and contenders to streaming services now that the show is over, and starts with the best picture -winner “Anora”, which debuted on Hulu on Monday. The filmmaker Sean Baker’s Odyssey of a Brooklyn sex worker, whose whirlwind relationship with the wild son of a Russian oligarch is very wrong, also won the best director, best editing and best actress for Mikey Madison. Baker has devoted most of his Oscars speech to the importance of movies to see and see movies on the big screen, but don’t worry, we won’t say if you first decide to watch this one on the small screen. Just put the phone down: it’s a ride worth taking.
-Another great Oscar player, perhaps ‘anora’s’, is an opposite as a large, exceptionally expensive studio -musical, ‘Wicked’ begins on Friday, March 21, on Peacock Stream. There will also be a Singalong version available and some bonus content for the super fans. Filmmaker Jon M. Chu tackled the Gargantuan Task to adjust the Broadway Music Music for the Big Screen, and he went out. In her review for The Associated Press, Jocelyn Noveck wrote: ‘If it feels like they could buy the best’ wicked ‘film money – well, that’s because they did.’ The film won two Oscars for costume and production design.
-And, finally, a gem that got a little lost in the mix, “Sing Sing” arrives on Friday, March 21. This inspired-by-real-life life movie about prisoners who find a creative outlet through acting and execution earned three Oscar nominations: for Colman Domingo’s starring role, for the customized screenplay, and for the best original song, but not the 0/3 disappear. “It’s a cinematic high five for all art programs behind bars and especially the power of theater,” wrote Mark Kennedy, AP, in his review. ‘The film’s most influential scenes are those who follow the prisoners who do the crafts – tender auditions, record their lines while doing tasks and working on their characters. It is all of us to watch them in costume in costume in front of a show. “
– AP -Film writer Lindsey Bahr
New music to stream March 17-23
-On the end of last year, Grammy and Emmy-nominated Multi-Hyffenate Selena Gomez announced her engagement to hit producer and songwriter Benny Blanco. Music is their shared language, and the couple releases a joint album on Friday, “I said I love you first.” Haters of romance, turn away. It is a celebration of their affection, but not without introspection. It is clear in the acoustic ballad “afraid to love you” and the pop -rock “Call me when you break up”, with Gracie Abrams.
– In the fall, the Grand Ole rises its milestone 100th anniversary. But the festivities begin much earlier. The party starts on Wednesday with a television special, ‘up 100: a direct celebration’, which will appear on NBC and Simulcast on Peacock. Artists include Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Reba Mcentire, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Post Malone, Jelly Roll, Eric Church and more. Now it’s piled up.
– AP music writer Maria Sherman
New shows to stream March 17-23
– With ‘Good American Family’ on Hulu, Ellen Pompeo plays in her first major role since she returned from her series’ regular status on ABC’s’ Gray’s Anatomy ‘. ‘Good American Family’ fictionalizes the true story of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born orphan with dwarfism, adopted by an American family as a child-who later accused her of lying about her age with sinister intentions. The wild story became known after it was the subject of a documentation that debuted in 2023 on investigating discovery. In ‘Good American Family’, Pompeo and Mark duplass play the adoptive parents of Natalia (Imogen Faith Reid). It premiere Wednesday.
– What if your father was a convicted serial killer? That horrible thought is a reality for TV producer and Podcaster Melissa G. Moore, whose father Keith is JESSON, who now serves several life in prison for a series of murders in the early 1990s. Melissa had a loving relationship with her father until he learned about his crimes as a teenager. JESSON was called the Happy Face Killer because he drew happy faces on confessions that boasted his murders. Melissa’s story is played in “Happy Face” who debuted on Paramount+on Thursday, with Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid.
– As public interest in women’s sport increases, a new weekly talk show that comes to the Roku channel is dedicated to female athletes. “Women’s Sports Now” is hosted by former WNBA player Renee Montgomery, comedian Sarah Tiana and sports reporter Suzy Shuster. The show will follow women’s sports teams at university and professional level. Reese Witherspoon is an executive producer. It debuted Thursday.
– Alicia Rancilio
New video games to play
-Asassin’s Creed Shadows brings Ubisoft’s globetrotting, time-hoppic email to the feudal Japan. This chapter tells the story of Naoe, a Ninja who wants to avenge her father’s death, and Yasuke, a former African slave who has become a well -known samurai. (He is based on a real historical figure.) The double protagonists mean that you can use a different approach on each mission: Do you want to pick up your enemies with stealth or swing with swords? It all takes place during the late Sengoku period of the 1500s, a turbulent era when different warlords fought to control Japan. But the right question for AC fans, as always, is: Where will Naoe and Yasuke descend into the eternal struggle between the Freedom Fighters of the Assassin Brotherhood and the oppressive Templar Order? Grab your Katana Thursday at PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
– Lou Chestnut
