"Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver" on Netflix and Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" album are among the new TV, movies, music, and games coming to your device. The animated film “Migration” coaxes a family of ducks into flying south for the winter, and Conan O'Brien's new travel show “Conan O'Brien Must Go” for Max features him as the brunt of jokes.
Discover new movies to stream. The latest cartoon from Illumination, the makers of “Despicable Me” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Migration” (steaming Friday, April 19 on Peacock) coaxes a duck family's cautious father (Kumail Nanjiani) into traveling south for the winter.
“Migration” by “White Lotus” creator Mike White is another kid-friendly look at exotic holiday perks and cons. I reviewed “Migration” as “vividly animated with warm cartoon tones that would do Daffy proud.” Never quite opens its wings.” Keegan-Michael Key, Elizabeth Banks, Danny DeVito, Carol Kane, Awkwafina.
Zack Snyder, the director of “Man of Steel,” “Justice League,” and “Army of the Dead,” is loved or hated. If so, “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver” (Netflix, Friday, April 19) has been on your calendar since December. Sofia Boutella and Djimon Hounsou headline Snyder's “Star War” riff space opera ensemble.
Some films are heavy, but what about others that are brief? Criterion Channel's new series asks: How much can happen in a night? The series features the best dusk-to-dawn flicks. Evenings may be spent talking (“My Dinner With Andre”) or fighting (“Night of the Living Dead”), but the sun breaks the night. The highlights include Elaine May's “Mikey and Nicky,” Martin Scorsese's “After Hours,” Jim Jarmusch's “Night on Earth,” and Agnes Varda's “Cléo from 5 to 7.
New music available for streaming. In Taylor Swift's world, we merely exist. On Friday, April 19, the pop music and U.S. economy savior will release her highly anticipated 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” After winning best pop vocal album for her tenth album, “Midnights,” Swift surprised fans in February at the 2024 Grammys. No tracks have been released from “TTPD,” so little is known, which increases anticipation. What we know
The day following the Grammys, Swift teased 16 tracks and two features: “Fortnight,” with Post Malone, who recently appeared on Beyoncé's “Act ll: Cowboy Carter”; and “Florida!!!” with Florence + the Machine. “Down Bad,” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can),” “loml,” and “Clara Bow” are more good song titles. The physical edition will include four variants with bonus tracks: “The Manuscript”, “The Bolter”, “The Albatross”, and “The Black Dog.” At a Melbourne event, Swift called the album “a lifeline,” saying, “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I needed it on ‘Tortured Poets.’”
After 30 years, Pearl Jam's 12th studio album, "Dark Matter," drops on the same day as Swift's. They're keeping it in the family. Both are Republic Records artists. “Dark Matter” is Pearl Jam's first new album since 2020's “Gigaton,” a hard-rocking collection of songs from the saints of the 1990s Seattle scene that AP's Andrew Dalton called “athletic in its speed, aggression, and tenacity, sounding like it would make men of their age sore in the aftermath.” Producer Andrew Watt. Responsible listening.
NEW Streaming Shows — After her Oscar nomination, Lily Gladstone stars in Hulu's “Under the Bridge” limited series alongside Riley Keough. “Under the Bridge” is based on Rebecca Godfrey's true-crime novel about the late 1990s murder of Canadian girl Reena Virk. Gladstone portrays a police detective investigating the case, and Keough plays Godfrey, who immersed herself in Virk's world to document her death and its social and cultural effects. The Hulu premiere of “Under the Bridge” on Wednesday is already generating Emmy talk for Gladstone and Keough.
He loves being the brunt of jokes, as shown in his new Max travel show “Conan O’Brien Must Go”. The comedian is filmed in Ireland, Thailand, Argentina, and Norway. The series was announced last May, and Max quoted O'Brien: “My fans around the globe never asked me to visit them, so I did.” “Conan O’Brien Must Go” premieres Thursday on Max.
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