WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK
NEW ON DVD
“The Contractor”: Chris Pine stars as a discharged veteran struggling to provide for his family who takes a private security gig in Germany, where he shortly finds himself on the run from a shadowy company.
“9 Bullets”: Lena Headey plays a former burlesque dancer who must protect a neighbor boy after he witnesses the murder of his parents in this thriller that also stars Dean Scott Vazquez and Sam Worthington.
“Catch the Fair One”: Kali “K.O. Mequinanoag” Reis, boxing’s first Indigenous American female world champ, makes her acting debut in this film about a former champion boxer who embarks on a search for her missing sister.
“Compartment No. 6”: Two strangers on a train bound for the Arctic Circle make a connection in this drama, which was Finland’s Oscar submission at this year’s Academy Awards.
AT THE MOVIES
“Jurassic World Dominion”: Now that dinosaurs live alongside humans, it’s time to determine once and for all which species will be the apex predator going forward. Directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt and Pittsburgh native Jeff Goldblum.
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
Carrie Underwood, “Denim & Rhinestones”: The pop-country star promises songs with a “throwback feel” on her ninth album.
Motionless in White, “Scoring the End of the World”: Sixth album from the Scranton metalcore band recently on Trinity of Terror tour.
WHAT’S ON TV
“Queer as Folk” (Thursday, Peacock): New Orleans is the setting for a reboot of the trailblazing LGBTQ-themed drama.
“Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration” (Thursday, Netflix): Billy Eichner hosts this star-studded stand-up showcase.
“Undiscovered: Finding Amelia” (Thursday, Discovery+): The fate of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart is investigated in this new documentary.
“Lamb” (8 p.m. Thursday, Showtime):
Noomi Rapace is feeling a little sheepish in this ominous 2021 horror fable.
“MTV Unplugged” (9 p.m. Thursday, MTV):
Pop rock duo Twenty One Pilots play the hits in this new episode.
“The Card Counter” (Friday, HBO Max; also HBO, 8 p.m. Sat.): Oscar Isaac is a ramblin‘, gamblin’ man in Paul Schrader’s edgy 2021 drama.
“Chloe” (Friday, Prime Video): A young Brit (“The Crown’s” Erin Doherty) stalks her former BFF in this BBC drama.
“Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute” (Friday, Netflix): The late comic and sitcom star is remembered/roasted by his peers in this new special.
“Fairfax” (Friday, Prime Video): This animated comedy set in that L.A. neighborhood is back for a second season.
“First Kill” (Friday, Netflix): Two teen girls share a forbidden romance in this new supernatural drama.
“For All Mankind” (Friday, Apple TV+): Is there life on Mars? They aim to find out as this alt-history drama launches Season 3.
“Huda’s Salon” (Friday, AMC+): A Palestinian woman is blackmailed into working for Israeli intelligence in this 2021 thriller.
“Lovely Little Farm” (Friday, Apple TV+): Kids and animals say the darndest things in this new live-action/animated series.
“Peaky Blinders” (Friday, Netflix): The period drama about an Irish crime family returns for its final season. With Cillian Murphy.
“Prince and the Revolution: The Purple Rain Tour” (8 p.m. Friday, PBS): His Purpleness holds court in a remastered version of this 1985 rock doc.
“David Bowie: Serious Moonlight” (9:30 p.m. Friday, PBS): The rock icon is in full-on pop star mode in this 1984 concert film.
“Panic 9-1-1” (10:01 p.m. Saturday, A&E): Season 3 of this docuseries, which frames its stories with audio from real-life 9-1-1 emergency calls, opens with “I’m Dying.”
“Amy Schumer’s Parental Advisory” (Saturday, Netflix): Schumer and guests wax domestic in this new stand-up showcase.
“Caribbean Summer” (8 p.m. Saturday, Hallmark): A morning show producer gets her groove back in this new TV movie.
“Dirty Little Secret” (8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime): Melissa Joan Hart plays a suburban mom with a hoarding disorder in this new TV movie.
The 75th Annual Tony Awards (8 p.m. Sunday, KDKA): Ceremonies are hosted by recent Oscar winner Ariana DeBose from Radio City Music Hall in New York.
TIME100: The World’s Most Influential People (8 p.m. Sunday, WTAE): One-hour special takes viewers inside the exclusive TIME100 Gala with host Simu Liu.
“Dark Winds” (9 p.m. Sunday, AMC): New thriller series is set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Utah, where Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police struggles to stay on top of a series of seemingly unrelated crimes.
“Becoming Elizabeth” (9:04 p.m. Sunday, STARZ): This new historical drama series chronicles the previously untold story of one of England’s most iconic monarchs: Elizabeth I, whom we meet as a teenager.