He said that when a knife crime among young people takes place, the first reaction may be to question the background of the murder suspect and how they were raised.
. 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’i 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 “the warm Polynesian spirit and open-sea sense of adventure is back in ‘Moana 2,’ but little of the original’s humor or catchy songs finds its way into this heartfelt but lackluster sequel.”
— Directors Anthony and Joe Russo (“Avengers: Endgame”) are back on Netflix with their adaptation of Simon Stalenhag’s 2018 illustrated novel “The Electric State.” The Russos, who last releasedon 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).begins streaming on the Criterion Channel. The film,
, is about three Mumbai hospital workers — played by Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha and Chhaya Kadam — who are each grappling with different constrictions in modern Mumbai. When they travel to a seaside town, “All We Imagine as Light” transforms into a radiant, illusary imagination of the lives they could have., AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr wrote, “Like a dream, this is a film that washes over you.”
emerged fully-formed: An ambitious Gen Z quintet whose hooks who helped usher in a new wave of such groups. It was their single “ANTIFRAGILE” that seemed to suggest a new sound was being popularized: They pulled from reggaetón
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, “HOT,” its title-track promising further combinations of “rock and disco elements, revolving around love,” their agency Source Music said in a statement. It’s enough to get excited about.— In a recent viral interview, the
declared “the party is over.” In the music video for “Forever Yung,” the lead single from his forthcoming record, he takes that spirit quite literally and holds a funeral for himself. It’s a sinisterly cheerful affair, bolstered by the song’s lo-fi production and reverbed vocals. His latest album, “Jonatan” — taken from his real name Jonatan Leandoer Håstad — arrives Friday via World Affairs.return with another album full of good-time anthems titled “Love & Light,” their latest for Mercury Nashville/UMG. “Drunk Girls in Bathrooms” might be the most romantic song written about a glorious five-minute friendship; “Kissing Cowboys” sounds like a raucous good time in a crowded dive bar. It is the soundtrack to a summertime road trip with girlfriends.
will release the A-side to his debut album, “LVRS PARADISE” on Friday. The rising talent brings Southern Florida bounce to his smooth vocal performances.— Tina Fey and Steve Carell — who teamed up in 2010 for “Date Night” — are reuniting again for the upcoming Netflix series