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The most powerful superhero team-up story ever, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and tracy morgan With a new comedy called “Crutch” returning to TV, some new television, movies, music and games are coming to a device near you.
One of the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as chosen by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Top-down drama “Downton Abbey” bids farewell in one final film, Kim Kardashian Plays a Divorce Lawyer in Hulu’s “All’s Fair” Willie Nelson They continue to showcase their impressive output with the release of another new album this year.
New films will stream from 3-9 November
— Guillermo del Toro realizes his longtime dream of a brilliant Mary Shelley adaptation in “Frankenstein” (Friday Nov. 7 on Netflix). Del Toro’s film, starring oscar isaac Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as his monster use all the trappings of handmade film craft to give Shelley’s classic an epic sweep. In her review, AP film writer Lindsay Bahr wrote: “Everything about ‘Frankenstein’ is larger than life, from the runtime to the emotions on display.”
— Matt Shakman’s intensely serious superhero team-up tale “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (Wednesday on Disney+) helps ease the checkered history of big-screen adaptations of the classic Stan Lee-Jack Kirby comic. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Barach and Joseph Quinn play Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Thing and the Human Torch, respectively. In 1964 they work to rescue Earth From its impending destruction by Galactus. In my review, I praised “First Steps” as “a lush romance of the ’60s, bathed in retrofuturism and bygone American optimism.”
– “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (Friday, Nov. 7 on Peacock) says goodbye to the Crawleys, 15 years after Julian Fellowes first debuted his upstairs-drama. The cast of the third and final film, directed by Simon Curtis, includes Hugh Bonneville, Mitchell Dockery and Paul Giamatti. In her review, AP’s Jocelyn Noveck wrote that the film “gives loyal Downton fans what they want: a satisfying chunk of finale and the realization that the future, though a little scary, might look good on Downton Abbey.” Peacock is also streaming the last two movies and all six seasons of “Downton Abbey.”
— “The Materialists” (Friday, Nov. 7 on HBO Max), the sequel to Celine Song’s Oscar-nominated 2023 success “Past Lives,” stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in a romantic triangle. The New York-based film adds a dose of economic reality to a romantic comedy plot, which was a modest summer hit for A24. In her review, AP’s Jocelyn Noveck called it “a smart rom-com that tries to be honest about life and still leaves us smiling.”
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
New music will stream from November 3-9
– The legendary Willie Nelson continues his stellar run by releasing another new album this year. “Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle,” scheduled for release Friday, November 7, is exactly what it sounds like: Nelson offers new interpretations of 11 classic songs written by Merle Haggard. And we do mean classics: Check out Nelson’s latest renditions of “Okie From Muskogee,” “Mama Tried,” “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink” and more.
– Where is the future of the global music industry? All things considered, sure, but it would be more than a little wise to look towards Brazil. It’s no different from Ludmila in how Anita brought her country’s funk genre into the international mainstream through various collaborations and genre interventions. On Thursday, she will release a new album, “Fragmentos,” following her charming, bilingual collaboration with Grammy winner Victoria Monet, “Cam Girl.” It’s a combination of R&B, funk and then some.
—AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
The new series will stream from November 3-9
– Tracy Morgan returns to TV with a new comedy called “Crutch.” Morgan plays a widowed empty-nester whose world is upended when her adult children move in with her grandchildren. The Paramount+ series debuts on Monday.
– Kim Kardashian says she’ll soon find out if she’s passed the bar exam to become a lawyer, but she’s playing a divorced attorney in her new TV series “All’s Fair” for Hulu. Kardashian starred alongside Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash-Bates, Naomi Watts and Teyana Taylor in the show about an all-female law firm. Ryan Murphy created the show with the Kardashians in mind after she starred in “American Horror Story: Delicate.” It premieres Tuesday on Hulu and on Hulu’s Disney+.
– The old adage about truth being stranger than fiction applies to Netflix’s new four-episode limited series “Death by Lightning.” It is a historical dramatization (with some comedy) of how James Garfield became the 20th President of the United States. Four months later he is shot by a man named Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen), who was desperate to get Garfield’s attention. Two months later, Garfield died of complications from his injuries. It’s a Wild Story also stars Betty Gilpin, Nick Offerman, Bradley Whitford and Shea Whigham. The series will premiere on Thursday.
– HBO has introduced a new documentary about the life of retired baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez. “Alex vs. A-Rod” features intimate interviews with people who know and relate to Rodriguez, as well as the man himself. The three-part series will premiere on Thursday.
-The next installment of “Wicked,” called “Wicked: For Good,” hits theaters on Nov. 21, and NBC has created a musical special to promote the release. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead “Wicked: One Wonderful Night,” a musical show that premieres Thursday on NBC and streams on Peacock Friday, Nov. 7. Additional film cast members such as Michelle Yeoh, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, and Ethan Slater also appear.
– Alicia Ransilio
New video games to be played from November 3-9
-The next Legend of Zelda game will take a while, but if you want to spend some time with the princess, check out Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. In this spinoff, which is a prequel to 2023’s Tears of the Kingdom, Zelda travels back in time to join forces with the Six Sages in a war against the invading Ganondorf. You can even drag another human into battle with the split-screen or GameShare feature on Nintendo’s new console. Like previous collaborations between Nintendo and Koei Tecmo, it’s more hack-and-slash action than exploration and discovery. It arrives on Switch 2 on Thursday.
-Lou Chestnut