"Halloween's End," "Rosaline," and The 1975

(AP) – New entertainment releases this week include The 1975 and Red Hot Chili Peppers albums, the appearance of the horror thriller “Halloween Ends,” and the “Supernatural” franchise. ‘Booksmart’ star Kaitlyn Dever lends her comical skills to ‘Rosaline’, a cheeky twist on the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ story focused on Romeo’s briefly mentioned ex. I’m here. Also, her 2019 memoir High School by indie-pop duo and twins Tegan and Sara Quin was adapted into her eponymous series set in 1990s Canada for the Amazon Freevee service. rice field.

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Is it really time to say goodbye to Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode? That’s the idea behind ‘Halloween End’, promising some sort of ending to the 45-year-old Michael Myers story. and is teased in the promo that “only one survives”. Director David Gordon Green returns to wrap up his modern-day trilogy, which opens in theaters and Peacocks on Friday. It ended with a cornering cliffhanger. In his recent interview, Green said:

‘Booksmart’ star Kaitlyn Dever lends her comical skills to ‘Rosaline’, a cheeky twist on the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ story focused on Romeo’s briefly mentioned ex. I’m here. Daver plays the titular her character, who has just discovered that her lover (Kyle her Allen) is interested in someone else, Juliet (Isabella her Merced), and she finds herself her new home. Try to sabotage the relationship. “Rosaline,” which hits Hulu Friday, is based on a young adult novel by Rebecca Serle and is being adapted into a movie by (500) Days of Summer writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber and directed by Karen Maine ( “Obvious Child”). Starring Minnie Driver and Bradley Whitford. On Prime Video, you can make her double feature thematically appropriate with Lena Dunham’s “Catherine Called Birdy.”

You can also check out Video on Demand for the horror movie Piggy, which made headlines at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film stars Laura Galán as a teenage girl who is overweight and bullied by the locals in the Spanish countryside where she spends her summers. But things take a turn when she realizes her tormentor has been kidnapped and she has to figure out what to do. It was screenwriter Carlo Tapereda’s feature debut, and his work on film has been compared to Brian de Her Parma and ‘Carrie’.

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The 1975 continues the long cryptic tradition of album titles with Being Funny In a Foreign Language. The only clues as to the direction of their latest 11-track collection are some of its singles. The funky “Happiness,” the sweet, uncynic throwback “I’m In Love With You,” and the ambitious, utterly cynical and progressive “Part.” of the Band,” with singer girlfriend Matty Healy’s memorable lyrics. my joke ass? Or am I just an average post-cocaine skinny guy calling his ego imagination? So where does that seem to lead? So far, only good music.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are not ready to stop inspiring our lives this year. Their album ‘Return of the Dream Canteen’ will follow ‘Unlimited Love’ in April 2022 It will be released on Friday, the second album release of the year. They once again joined forces with their longtime producer and creative confidante Rick Rubin, with an early single, ‘Tippa My Tongue’. In between albums, the band won the prestigious Global Icon Award and performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. The band said the new album is “everything we’ve ever dreamed of. Packed. Made in the blood of our hearts.”

If you’re depressed, who’s there? Exactly. Dance diva Betty Who. After she hears her 14 of her tracks “BIG!”, it’s virtually impossible to put down. — full of self-love and acceptance. “I make no apologies for taking up space/I’m not going to fight it/I belong out of place,” she sings on the title track. Pure empowerment pop, “She Can Dance” sees Betty reflect on her lesser self before. Or she finds a missing piece that was broken/But she could dance. ”

Global trailblazer and provocateur MIA is back. “Beep, bleep! Yeah, I’m trying to get through,” she sings on the hypnotic “beep” from her new album Meta. Her other singles include “The One” and “Popular,” and it’s hard to hide MIA’s ironic take on fame. Following 2016’s ‘Aim’, ‘Mata’ has been in production for many years, with compositions recorded in London, Los Angeles, Italy, Bali, Jakarta and St. Vincent.

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“Supernatural,” which ended its 15-year run in 2020, spawned a comic book series, a novel, and finally a spin-off about the parents of the Winchester brothers, Sam and Dean. Dean (Jensen Ackles) is the narrator of “The Winchesters,” a 1970s love story between John Winchester (Drake Roger) and Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly). He is a veteran who has just returned from the Vietnam War and she is fighting her own battle as a demon her hunter. The series debuts on her CW on Tuesday.

High School, the 2019 memoir by indie-pop duo and twins Tegan and Sara Quin, was adapted into the series of the same name set in 1990s Canada. TikTok creators Rayleigh and Seegin Gilliland are twins who play teenage versions of Tegan and Sara, respectively, in a coming-of-age story flavored with a grunge era. “High School,” which guest-stars Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer as the parents of twins, debuts on his Amazon Freevee streaming service on Friday.

‘Shantaram’ is another book-based series, this time a novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. In his vividly portrayed 1980s Indian Bombay, fugitive Linford (Charlie Hunnam) is about to disappear into his new life, only to find that old patterns and love are getting in the way. increase. It’s a tough journey for Lynn, as Roberts said the novel incorporates elements from his own life, including drugs, prisons, and an unlikely role as a healer.Apple TV+ The series debuts with his three episodes on Friday, with the remaining nine of his episodes released weekly.

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