Albany Times Union (Sunday)

New this week: ‘Tetris,’ ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Riverdale’

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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainm­ent journalist­s of what’s arriving on TV and streaming services this week.

Movies

■ Romantic comedy fans would do well to make an evening around “Rye Lane,” a Sundance Film Festival breakout that arrives Friday on Hulu. The 80-minute charmer follows 20-somethings Dom (“Industry’s” David Jonsson), sensitive and a little uptight, and Yas (Vivian Oparah), a lively free spirit, on one eventful day in South London. When they meet, they are strangers who are reeling from bad breakups and appear to be polar opposites. The feature debut of director Raine Allen-Miller and writers Tom Melia and Nathan Byron, has garnered comparison­s to Richard Curtis and had critics singing about Jonsson and Oparah’s terrific chemistry.

■ “Tetris,” a new film coming Friday to Apple TV+, explores the wild origin story of how one of the most popular video games of all time reached the world from its Soviet beginnings. Taron Egerton, sporting a Ted Lasso mustache, plays Henk Rogers, the American who secured the rights to distribute it globally from the Soviets and, specifical­ly, Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian computer engineer who created the game. Directed by Jon S. Baird, the film takes quite a few liberties with the truth to create suspensefu­l, comedic, Cold War-era thriller.

■ With more than $2.3 billion grossed at the box office, there’s a good chance you have already seen “Avatar: The Way of Water,” James Cameron’s 13-years-in-the-making, $350 million, three-hour-long spectacle that won over critics and audiences alike. Starting Tuesday, it’ll be available to purchase digitally (its Disney+ release date has yet to be announced).

Television

■ A new docuseries on Fuse tackles issues surroundin­g women in sports including mental health, gender, race, social stigmas, and body image. “Like A Girl” is hosted by former college basketball player and designer Bejia Velez. Female athletes featured include Paralympic swimmer Anastasia Pagonis, beach volleyball player April Ross, who is a three-time Olympic medalist, and a skateboard­er from Jersey City, N.J., named Jennifer Soto. “Like a Girl” debuts Monday on Fuse.

■ “Riverdale” returns for its final season Wednesday on the CW. Like the previous “Riverdale” seasons, the last episodes will also feature a murder mystery.

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