What’s streaming this weekend: ‘Inside Out 2’, Clooney and…

Ellen DeGeneres says the latest comedy special is coming to Netflix and some of the new TV, movies, music and games starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt in a glitzy New York City romp I turned to a device. near you.

Also among Associated Press’s selection of publishing offerings worth your time entertainment journalists: Serj Tankian, frontman of Grammy-winning Armenian-American nu-metal band System of a Down, releases a solo EP, two Ryan Murphy series — “Grotesquerie” on FX and ABC medical drama “Doctor Odyssey” — The Legend of Zelda Almost 40 years after ‘s release, Nintendo is finally making the title character the star of its own game.

NEW MOVIES WILL BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 23-29

– Although it’s hard to believe, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are good together. Yeah, stop the repressions and stuff. But it’s been a long time since Clooney and Pitt, who first teamed up for “Ocean’s 11,” crafted a movie built around their easy-going charisma. “Wolves” This was corrected in Friday’s release on Apple TV+ flashy New York joke about two mechanics those hired for the same cleaning job. In my review of the film by writer-director Jon Watts (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”), I wrote “Wolves” “designed to show you that they can literally get the job done without breaking a sweat.”

— Some Pixar fans have argued in the past about the digital animation studio leaning too heavily on sequels. But box office “Inside Out 2” It is difficult to refute. It became the biggest box office hit of the year, with ticket sales of approximately $1.7 billion. On Wednesday, “Inside Out 2” comes to Disney+ for one of the most anticipated releases of the year. In this movie, Riley had grown up a few years, but had entered a new phase in her life: Adolescence brought with it a new set of emotions. In my review, “The makers of ‘Inside Out 2’ have once again managed to filter complex psychological developments into a bright, entertaining mental journey that packs an emotional punch at its best moments.” I wrote.

— Will Ferrell and Harper Steele became friends and collaborators on “Saturday Night Live,” where Steele was head writer from 2004 to 2008. When Steele came out as transgender a few years ago, Ferrell, looking to reconnect, asked for a road trip. Inside “Will and Harper” Released on Netflix on Friday, the pair embark on a cross-country exploration filled with revelations about what has and hasn’t changed in their relationship.

— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle

NEW MUSIC WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 23-29

— Remember the first time you heard it? “Million Dollar Baby”? The rap record, like many TikTok successes, seems to come out of nowhere, but it continues to endure, shifting from spring hit to new song. hit song of the summer The hit song of autumn and beyond. But now fans of Tommy Richman will get an even deeper dive into his musical talents when he releases the full-length “Coyote” on Friday. Little is known about the 11-track release, but lead singles “Whitney,” a disco-funk electro-meander, and “Thought You Were the One,” a hook-heavy R&B ballad, suggest the range.

– Serj Tankian, lead singer of the Grammy-winning Armenian-American nu-metal band System of a Down, He will release a short solo EP called “Foundations” on Friday. The album continues the fraying of his band but experiments with different forms of aural rebellion. Only “AF Day” is, for example, a kind of psychedelic-punk examination of the absurdity of everyday banality. And it sounds explosive.

— There is nothing predictable about “EELS,” the second album produced by the band Being Dead. Grammy award winner John Congleton. Composed of 16 tracks that draw from asymmetrical egg punk, Devo-worship, a bus driver’s record with enough, timeless, almost psychedelic harmonies and other assorted weird sensibilities to make them the best college radio rock band in recent history – Being Dead’s organized chaos is both futuristic and familiar.

— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman

NEW SERIES WILL BE AIRED IN SEPTEMBER 23-29

— Ellen DeGeneres says her next comedy special coming to Netflix will be her last. “For Your Approval” It airs on September 24 and the comedian is “going there,” addressing reports that he was difficult to deal with backstage Daytime talk show ending broadcast in 2022 After 19 seasons. “I got kicked out of show business,” he says in the trailer.

— Ryan Murphy has a new series on FX “Gothic.” Niecy Nash plays a detective who agrees to help a nun and reporter (Micaela Diamond) at a Catholic newspaper investigate a series of gruesome murders. The end of the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce (also known as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend) has a secret role in the series.

— If “Grotesquerie” isn’t your bag, another Ryan Murphy series is airing this week. A medical drama “Doctor Odyssey” It premiered on ABC on Thursday. Joshua Jackson plays a doctor aboard a luxury cruise ship called the Odyssey. Don Johnson, Philippa Soo and Sean Teale also star. The show also features numerous guest stars, including John Stamos, Kelsea Ballerini, Shania Twain, and Chord Overstreet. The trailer for the series received nearly 78 million views in 48 hours, making it the most viewed trailer for a newly released TV show. Episodes are also streaming on Hulu.

— One might assume a TV show called: “Colin from Accounts” takes place in an office environment. Instead, it’s a modern romantic comedy made in Australia. It was created by and stars real-life husband and wife Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammel, who portray two people brought together by an injured dog named Colin. All eight episodes of the second season were released on Paramount+ on Thursday.

— “The Walking Dead” characters Daryl and Carol (played by Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride) make up one of the most popular platonic pairings on television. Two dissimilar friends bond through similar backgrounds and share a deep trust. They will co-star in the next movie “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – Carol’s Book.” It will premiere on AMC and AMC+ on September 29.

— Zachry Quinto returned to television on Monday with a medical drama. But he doesn’t portray a dour, rule-abiding doctor; Renowned neurologist, groundbreaking researcher and author once called the “poet of medicine”, Dr. He plays Oliver Sacks. NBC’s “Bright Minds” It takes the persona of Sack (a motorcycle-riding, fern-loving doctor who died in 2015 at the age of 82) and places his career in the present day, where the creators theorize that he had no idea who Taylor Swift was or that she had a cell phone.

— Alicia Rancilio

NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY

— Almost 40 years after the release of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo is finally making the title character the star of its own game. Like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom When it begins, our usual hero Link has disappeared, so Princess Z comes to his rescue. Armed with a “Rod of Three” that allows her to make copies of objects she finds outside her castle, she hardly seems like a damsel in distress. He can even create copies of monsters and have them fight on his side. The magical staff will give Zelda the improvisational skills that made last year’s Tears of the Kingdom a success, while the top-down dungeon exploration will remind old-school fans of the first games in the series. Echoes launched on Switch on Thursday.

— Lou Kesten