WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK
NEW ON DVD
“The Invisible Man”: In this reimagining of the H. G. Wells sci-fi novel and 1933 film, Elisabeth Moss plays a woman who believes she is being stalked by her abusive boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), even after his apparent suicide. Rotten Tomatoes: 91% fresh
“Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band”: Martin Scorsese, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard executive produced this documentary that follows his personal journey and the creation of one of the most iconic rock bands.
“Endings, Beginnings”: Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan star in this romantic drama about a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year.
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
Lady Gaga, “Chromatica”: Sixth album from the pop megastar, featuring the topcharting single “Stupid Love,” features collaborations with Ariana Grande, Elton John and Blackpink. It will be available on CD, vinyl and cassettes in various colors.
Nicole Atkins, “Italian Ice”: For her fifth album, the singer-songwriter from Asbury Park, N.J., ventured to the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama, where she worked with members of the Bad Seeds, Dap-Kings and the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. “I’m a superfan of all of them,” she said, “and we ended up with the weirdest, craziest band ever. It just became this awesome misfit party.”
Flying Lotus, “Flamagra (Instrumentals)”:
A year after “Flamagra,” Stephen Ellison, the LA funk/hip-hop producer, who works as Flying Lotus, released this 54-song compilation, which includes contributions from Thundercat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Brandon Coleman, Justin Brown, Herbie Hancock, Deantoni Parks, Robert Glasper and more.
Kip Moore, “Wild World”: The country star best known for “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck” releases a fourth album that draws on his experiences in Maui, Costa Rica, Australia, Scotland and beyond.
WHAT’S ON TV
“Space Force” (Friday, Netflix): New comedy series stars Steve Carell as a four-star general thrown for a loop when he finds himself tapped to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces: Space
Force. Also stars John Malkovich, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Ben Schwartz and Lisa Kudrow.
“Somebody Feed Phil” (Friday, Netflix): Phil Rosenthal is back on his tasting tour of the world for another five episodes in the third season with comical culinary adventures to Marrakesh, Chicago, London, Seoul and Montreal.
“Friday Night In with The Morgans”(10
p.m. Friday, AMC): A mini “One Tree Hill” reunion is on tap in this new episode of the “quarantine chat show,” as married hosts Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton Morgan welcome her former co-star Sophia Bush for a conversation via video chat.
“Celebrity Family Feud” (8 p.m. Sunday, WTAE): Season 6 opens with host Steve Harvey welcoming the casts of the original “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and its Netflix streaming reboot “Queer Eye.”
“Press Your Luck” (9 p.m. Sunday, WTAE): Actress Elizabeth Banks (the “Pitch Perfect” movies) returns as host and executive producer for Season 2 of this vintage game show reboot, on which contestants earn cash and merchandise if they correctly answer questions Banks puts to them.
“Match Game” (10 p.m. Sunday, WTAE): Alec Baldwin returns to host Season 5 of this beloved vintage game show reboot.
“Quiz” (10:02 p.m. Sunday, AMC): Three-part miniseries chronicles a real-life 2001 game-show scandal that rocked British television, as British army major Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen, HBO’s “Succession”) and his wife, Diana (Sian Clifford, “Fleabag”), are accused of cheating on the U.K. edition of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
STREAMING
Friday: The August Wilson African American Cultural Center introduces Lit Fridays a literary-focused, virtual salon on the venue’s Facebook page on the last Friday of each month featuring conversations and guest performances. At noon, Jessica Lanay, the center’s curator of literary programs, will moderate a conversation with poet Yona Harvey (author of “You Don’t Have To Go To Mars for Love” who also wrote for the Marvel Comics character Storm) and Homewood-based multidisciplinary artist Vanessa German.
Friday: Dropkick Murphys will take the field in Boston for Streaming Outta Fenway, a free livestreamed performance that includes a remote guest spot from longtime friend Bruce Springsteen. The event begins at 3 p.m. on the band’s Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch pages and will raise money for Boston Resiliency Fund, Feeding America and Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston. The Celtic punk band has played Fenway a number of times, but this will be the first time that a band will play on the baseball diamond at Fenway.