The Jack Black-led movie phenomenon 鈥淎 Minecraft Movie鈥 and Lorde's fourth studio album, "Virgin," are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press鈥 : All 10 episodes of season four of FX鈥檚 鈥淭he Bear鈥 drop Wednesday, Nelly and Ashanti get their own reality show and Bill Skarsg氓rd leads an update of the 1922 silent vampire classic 鈥淣osferatu.鈥
New movies to stream from June 23-29
鈥 The Porky Pig and Daffy Duck movie 鈥淭he Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie鈥 comes to HBO Max on Friday (it will also broadcast on HBO on June 28 at 8 p.m. ET). Reviews were a little mixed, but mostly positive for the full-length animated feature. Bob Strauss wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that 鈥淭he laugh ratio is more hit-and-miss than in the tightly scripted shorts, but enough jokes land to satisfy most funny bones.鈥 The film had a wild ride to end up where it was originally intended, including a theatrical release in December not from Warner Bros. but Ketchup Entertainment (who will also distribute the previously shelved ).
鈥 about her mother Jayne Mansfield, 鈥淢y Mom Jayne,鈥 will also be streaming on HBO Max on Friday. The Hollywood bombshell died in a car accident at 34, when Hargitay was only 3.
鈥 La-la-la-lava, ch-ch-ch-chicken, Steve鈥檚 lava chicken is now streaming on HBO Max, as is the rest of A box office phenomenon with over $950 million in worldwide ticket sales and counting, this movie adaptation of the popular game stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa. In his AP review, Mark Kennedy wrote that 鈥渢he Jared Hess-directed action-adventure artfully straddles the line between delighting preteen gamers and keeping their parents awake. It鈥檚 an often-bananas adaptation, with bizarre digressions into turquoise blouses and tater tot pizzas. It has being very Jennifer Coolidge. Need we say more?鈥
鈥 Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsg氓rd lead the Robert Eggers-directed update of the 1922 silent vampire classic streaming on Prime Video starting Friday. Jocelyn Noveck wrote in her AP review that 鈥渋t will chill you to the bone鈥 but that 鈥渋t may not terrify you.鈥 Everything, she adds, in Eggers 鈥渇aithful, even adoring ... looks great. But with its stylized, often stilted dialogue and overly dramatic storytelling, it feels more like everyone is living in a quaint period painting rather than a world populated by real humans (and, well, vampires) made of flesh and, er, blood.鈥
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New music to stream from June 23-29
鈥 What will the next era of Lorde look like? 鈥淲hat Was That,鈥 the singer鈥檚 first new single in four years, recalls the clever synth-pop of her casting aside the folk detour of The song that followed, 鈥淢an of the Year,鈥 is stripped and spare 鈥 just Lorde and a sorrowful bass. Who knows what will come next? Listeners will have to wait until Friday when she releases her fourth studio album, 鈥淰irgin.鈥
鈥 starring Brad Pitt and is quickly gearing up to be Naturally, the filmmakers knew its sound had to be massive, too. That arrives via a score by the many-time and a huge soundtrack releasing as 鈥淔1 The Album鈥 via Atlantic Records, the team behind with bespoke tracks from Chris Stapleton, Ed Sheeran, Myke Towers, Blackpink鈥檚 Ros茅, Tate McRae and many more. Learn all about how the soundtrack
鈥 On Friday, arty alt-rock legends Failure will receive documentary treatment in 鈥淓very Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film about Failure,鈥 available to stream on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. The unorthodox and influential band finally gets their due in the project, directed by frontman Ken Andrews. And don鈥檛 worry if Failure isn鈥檛 a familiar name to you. Some of the featured voices in the documentary certainly will be: actor Jason Schwartzman, comedian Margaret Cho, legendary producers and Butch Vig and many more participate.
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New series to stream from June 23-29
鈥 All 10 episodes of season four of dropped Wednesday on Hulu. Viewers will find out if Michelin-starred chef Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) can successfully run an acclaimed and profitable fine dining restaurant in Chicago. has led to acting awards for White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Liza Col贸n-Zayas.
鈥 Jensen Ackles (鈥淪upernatural,鈥 鈥淭racker鈥) stars in a new crime thriller series for Prime Video called Ackles plays a LAPD detective assigned to a task force investigating the murder of a government official. of 鈥淕rey鈥檚 Anatomy鈥 and 鈥淓uphoria鈥 also stars. It premiered Wednesday.
鈥 didn鈥檛 work out but there鈥檚 another celebrity couple who has rekindled a past flame. Recording artists were an item for more than 10 years before their breakup in 2013. They got back together in 2023 and are now married with a son. The pair are the subject of their own reality show called It debuted Thursday on Peacock.
鈥 Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett star in the new thriller for Apple TV+ as investigators working together to catch two serial arsonists. and based on a true story where an arson investigator turned out to be a serial arsonist. 鈥沦尘辞办别鈥 reunites Egerton and Lehane who worked on the Apple limited-series 鈥淏lackbird." John Leguizamo and Greg Kinnear also appear in 鈥淪moke,鈥 out Friday.
鈥 a reimagining of Jules Verne鈥檚 novel 鈥淭wenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas鈥 comes to AMC+ Friday. It鈥檚 an origin story of the character known as Captain Nemo and portrayed by Shazad Latif. Nemo is an Indian prince whose birthright was stolen from him and he鈥檚 on a mission for revenge.
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New video games to play from June 23-29
鈥 In 2019鈥檚 Death Stranding, a courier named Sam worked to reconnect survivors in a postapocalyptic America beset by 鈥渂eached things,鈥 gooey monsters trapped between the worlds of the living and the dead. Sam is back in , but now he faces a question we鈥檝e all asked in the internet age: Was connecting everyone really such a good idea? The series is the brainchild of legendary 鈥淢etal Gear Solid鈥 mastermind Hideo Kojima, and fans know they can expect a complex story, flamboyant graphics and some off-the-wall gameplay ideas. (The original included a lot of walking and inventory management next to some mind-blowing boss battles.) Norman Reedus of 鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥 returns as Sam, and yes, he鈥檚 still carrying a baby who has psychic powers. Embrace the weirdness Thursday on PlayStation 5.
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