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What to stream this weekend: Zendaya hits aces, Orville Peck duets and Elizabeth Taylor sparkles

Aug. 02, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

The Olympics-ready “Challengers” making its streaming debut and an EP from country-turned-pop singer Maren Morris 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...

AP picks 2024's best movies so far, from 'Furiosa' to 'Thelma,' 'I Saw the TV Glow' to 'Challengers'

Jun. 28, 2024 12:06 PM EDT

The movie year, jumbled a bit by 2023’s strikes, might feel like it’s only just getting going. The box office is, finally, booming thanks to “Inside Out 2.” But at the year’s midway point, a lot of terrific movies have already come out – more, maybe, than you might realize. ...

Rebellious. Cool. Nostalgic. Bringing ‘The Bikeriders’ to life, and movie theaters

Jun. 25, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

Jeff Nichols had dreamt of making a film about a 1960s motorcycle club for over 20 years. The obsession started in his brother’s apartment, when he first cracked open Danny Lyon’s book “The Bikeriders,” a New Journalism-style account of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club in...

Movie Review: In 'The Bikeriders,' the birth of a subculture on two wheels

Jun. 19, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

Still images have been a source of wonder and mythology in the films of Jeff Nichols. “Mud,” Nichols’ Twain-soaked Mississippi fable, seemed derived from the magical sight of a boat held aloft by a tree. “Loving,” about a ‘60s interracial marriage, took inspiration from...