Here鈥檚 a collection curated by The Associated Press鈥� entertainment journalists of what鈥檚 arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
鈥� Is it really time to say goodbye to Jamie Lee Curtis鈥� Laurie Strode? That鈥檚 the idea behind which promises some kind of conclusion to the Michael Myers saga, which has been going on now for 45 years, and as the promos tease 鈥渙nly one of them will survive.鈥� Director David Gordon Green returns to close his modern trilogy, which will be released on Friday. The last film, ended on a cliffhanger with a mob rising up to hunt down Michael Myers. Green said in an interview recently that, 鈥淎ny frustration that was expressed about the last one, I kind of just smile and say, 鈥楬old tight, here we come.鈥欌��
鈥� 鈥滲ooksmart鈥� star Kaitlyn Dever lends her comedic skills to a cheeky twist on the 鈥淩omeo and Juliet鈥� story focused on Romeo鈥檚 briefly mentioned ex. Dever plays the title character who has just discovered that her love (Kyle Allen) has become interested in someone else, Juliet (Isabela Merced), and she takes it upon herself to try to sabotage the new relationship. Coming to Hulu on Friday, 鈥淩osaline鈥� is based on a young adult novel by Rebecca Serle, adapted for the screen by 鈥�(500) Days of Summer鈥� scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber and directed by Karen Maine (鈥淥bvious Child鈥�). Minnie Driver and Bradley Whitford co-star. It could make a thematically appropriate double feature with .
鈥� On video on demand, you can also check out a horror that got good buzz out of the Sundance Film Festival early this year. The film stars Laura Gal谩n as a teenage girl who is overweight and bullied by the locals in the Spanish countryside where she spends her summers. But things take a turn when she finds that her tormenters have been kidnapped and she has to figure out what to do about it. It鈥檚 the feature debut of Carlota Pereda, who wrote the script, and whose work on the film drew comparisons to Brian De Palma and 鈥淐arrie.鈥�
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MUSIC
鈥� With 鈥淏eing Funny In a Foreign Language,鈥� The 1975 continue their tradition of long and cryptic album titles. The only clues about the direction of their latest, 11-track collection is some of its singles 鈥� the funky the sweet, uncynical throwback and the ambitious, totally cynical and progressive with singer Matty Healy鈥檚 memorable lyrics: 鈥淎m I ironically woke? The butt of my joke? Or I am just some post-coke, average, skinny bloke calling his ego imagination?鈥� So where does that seem to lead? So far, just good music. ( .)
鈥� Red Hot Chili Peppers aren鈥檛 ready to stop spicing up our lives this year. Their album 鈥淩eturn of the Dream Canteen,鈥� comes out Friday, their second album release of 2022, following 鈥淯nlimited Love鈥� from April. Once again, they鈥檝e joined forces with longtime producer and creative confidant Rick Rubin, with an early single being In between albums, the band won the prestigious Global Icon Award and performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. The band says the new album 鈥漣s everything we are and ever dreamed of being. It鈥檚 packed. Made with the blood of our hearts.鈥�
鈥� If you鈥檙e feeling down, who is there? Exactly. We mean dance diva Betty Who. It鈥檚 virtually impossible to be down after listening to her 14-track 鈥淏IG!鈥� 鈥� brimming with self-love and acceptance. 鈥淚 won鈥檛 apologize for taking up space/I鈥檓 not gonna fight it/I belong out of place,鈥� she sings on the title track. The project鈥檚 debut single, is pure empowerment pop and sees Betty looking back to an earlier, less conscious self: 鈥淪econd choice and second best/Couldn鈥檛 say the things she meant/Or find the missing pieces that were broke/But she could dance.鈥�
鈥� Global trailblazer and provocateur M.I.A. is back and you better make room. 鈥淏eep, beep! Yeah, I鈥檓 tryna come through,鈥� she sings on the hypnotic from the new album, 鈥淢eta.鈥� Other singles include and where M.I.A.鈥檚 sarcastic view of fame is hard to hide: 鈥淪uddenly it鈥檚 about me, 鈥檅out me/ Now you wanna be around me, 鈥檙ound me.鈥� The follow-up to 2016鈥檚 鈥淎im,鈥� 鈥淢ata鈥� is years in the making, its compositions recorded in London, Los Angeles, Italy, Bali, Jakarta and St Vincent.
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TELEVISION
鈥� 鈥淪upernatural,鈥� which ended its 15-year-run in 2020, begat a comic book series, novels and, . Dean (Jensen Ackles) serves as narrator for which traces the love story of John Winchester (Drake Rodger) and Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly) in the 1970s. He鈥檚 a newly returned Vietnam War veteran, she鈥檚 fighting her own battles as a demon hunter, and they are intent on uncovering secrets kept by both their families. The series debuts Tuesday on the CW.
鈥� 鈥淗igh School,鈥� the 2019 memoir by indie pop duo and twins Tegan and Sara Quin, has been adapted for an eponymously named series set in 1990s Canada. TikTok creators Railey and Seazynn Gilliland, also twins, play the teenage versions of, respectively, Tegan and Sara, in the coming-of-age story flavored by the era of grunge. Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer guest star as the twins鈥� parents in which debuts Friday on the Amazon Freevee streaming service.
is another book-based series, this time the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. In vividly depicted 1980s Bombay, India, fugitive Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam) is trying to disappear into a new life but finds that old patterns and love are getting in the way. It's a grueling journey for Lin, as it was in the novel that Roberts has said incorporates elements of his own life, including drugs, prison and an unlikely role as healer. The Apple TV+ series debuts with three episodes on Friday, with the remaining nine episodes released weekly.
鈥� AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
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