鈥淢oana 2,鈥 the third-biggest movie box-office hit of 2024, and Amanda Seyfried playing a Philadelphia patrol officer fighting rampant opioid addiction in Peacock鈥檚 鈥淟ong Bright River鈥 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 : A long-lost documentary resurfaces on Tom Petty, comedian John Mulaney launches a live weekly celebrity talk show on Netflix and a six-part series called 鈥淐onfessions of Octomom鈥 looks back at the turbulent life of single mom Nadya Suleman.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM MARCH 10-16
鈥 鈥淢oana 2鈥 . Instead, it arrived Wednesday on Disney+ after more than $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. The movie, the third-biggest box-office hit of 2024, is set three years after the 2016 original. Moana (Auli鈥檌 Cravalho) again sets sail from her home island, this time in search of a wider community of Pacific Islanders. Dwayne Johnson, as the voice of Maui, is also back. I wrote that 鈥渢he warm Polynesian spirit and open-sea sense of adventure is back in 鈥楳oana 2,鈥 but little of the original鈥檚 humor or catchy songs finds its way into this heartfelt but lackluster sequel.鈥
鈥 Directors Anthony and Joe Russo (鈥淎vengers: Endgame鈥) are back on Netflix with their adaptation of Simon Stalenhag鈥檚 2018 illustrated novel 鈥淭he Electric State.鈥 The Russos, who last released on the streaming service, bring their big-budget flare to a retro-futuristic tale populated by cartoon-like robots. Millie Bobby Brown stars as a teenager in search of her long-lost brother, who travels the American southwest with Keats (Chris Pratt) and his robot sidekick, Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie).
鈥 begins streaming on the Criterion Channel. The film, , is about three Mumbai hospital workers 鈥 played by Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam 鈥 who are each grappling with different constrictions in modern Mumbai. When they travel to a seaside town, 鈥淎ll We Imagine as Light鈥 transforms into a radiant, illusary imagination of the lives they could have. , AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr wrote, 鈥淟ike a dream, this is a film that washes over you.鈥
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NEW MUSIC TO STREAM MARCH 10-16
鈥 In 2022, the emerged fully-formed: An ambitious Gen Z quintet whose hooks who helped usher in a new wave of such groups. It was their single 鈥淎NTIFRAGILE鈥 that seemed to suggest a new sound was being popularized: They pulled from reggaet贸n as much as they did the tentpoles of much K-pop: stacked melodies, R&B, hip-hop, EDM. On Friday, they release a new EP, 鈥淗OT,鈥 its title-track promising further combinations of 鈥渞ock and disco elements, revolving around love,鈥 their agency Source Music said in a statement. It鈥檚 enough to get excited about.
鈥 In February 1983, 鈥淭om Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party鈥 aired just once on MTV 鈥 a long-lost documentary that doubles as true directorial debut. It follows Petty and his Heartbreakers around their 1982 鈥淟ong After Dark鈥 album. The film has been found and remastered and is now on Paramount+.
NEW SHOWS TO STREAM MARCH 10-16
鈥 In 2009, the world was introduced to a single mom of six who gave birth to eight living children at one time via in vitro fertilization. The public fascination into this woman dubbed Octomom quickly became vicious and judgmental. Suleman had no job and relied on government assistance, so she was declared irresponsible and unfit to raise 14 kids. She did capitalize on the attention with a book deal, tabloid deals and paid TV appearances but within a few years she'd declared bankruptcy, turned to pornography to earn money and was accused of welfare fraud by the state of California. A new six-part series called looks back at that turbulent time and how Suleman and her 14 kids made it through. It debuted Wednesday on Lifetime and streams on Hulu live.
鈥 Comedian launches a live weekly celebrity talk show on Netflix called It鈥檚 a follow-up to 鈥淛ohn Mulaney Presents: Everybody鈥檚 in LA鈥 a live nightly show during last year鈥檚 Netflix is a Joke comedy festival. Richard Kind returns as the sidekick. At a press event earlier this year to promote Netflix鈥檚 2025 programming, Maloney promised, 鈥淲e will never be relevant. We will never be your source of news. We will always be reckless.鈥 The show is streaming now.
鈥 who won an Emmy Award in 2022 for portraying former Silicon Valley It Girl, stars in a new thriller series for Peacock. In Seyfried plays Mickey, a Philadelphia patrol officer in a neighborhood plagued by rampant opioid addiction. Mickey becomes determined to solve a series of murders when her sister, who is also an addict, goes missing. It鈥檚 based on a novel by Liz Moore. The eight-episode series launched Thursday.
鈥 A different limited series for Apple TV+ called is also set in Philadelphia against the world of drugs. and Wagner Moura star as two longtime friends who pose as DEA agents and conduct fake raids to take possession of other people鈥檚 drugs and money. It鈥檚 a series of easy scores until the two men target the wrong people. 鈥淒ope Thief,鈥 produced by Ridley Scott, begins streaming Friday.
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NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
鈥 Video games love to make you feel like a hero, but what happens to warriors who fail? Alta, the protagonist of , takes a job managing a quiet tea shop in a magical forest. That sounds like the setup for a relaxing, 鈥渃ozy鈥 game like Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley 鈥 but be warned, one of its creators is Davey Wreden, the mastermind behind 2013鈥檚 The Stanley Parable. That cult classic is one of the most devious brain-twisters ever, so who knows what Wreden and his colleagues at Ivy Road have up their sleeves for their indie studio鈥檚 debut release? Judging from the trailer, Alta may have more on her mind than creating the perfect cup. Find out what's brewing now on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
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