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What you're streaming: “Yellowstone” begins its ending, Eddie Redmayne as a sniper and Aubrey Plaza gets high

What you're streaming: “Yellowstone” begins its ending, Eddie Redmayne as a sniper and Aubrey Plaza gets high

Eddie Redmayne as a sniper for hire in new limited series The Day of the Jackal and Yellowstone riding off into the sunset with the release of its final episodes are some of the new TV, film, music and gaming releases There is a device near you on the way.

Also among the streaming offerings selected by The Associated Press entertainment journalists are Aubrey Plaza, the lead in the coming-of-age comedy “My Old Ass,” and two famous Nintendo siblings who are up for the Video game Mario team up & Luigi Brotherhood and Whitney Houston's epic 1994 concert video in post-apartheid South Africa.

– What better way to spend election week than with a psychedelic mushroom-induced Aubrey Plaza? Well, there probably is. But still, Megan Park's “My Old Ass” (streaming on Prime Video on Thursday) is a uniquely charming and strangely moving coming-of-age drama. The film stars Maisy Stella as Elliott, an 18-year-old whose birthday mushroom trip while camping in the Muskoka region of Ontario conjures up a surreal visitor: her 39-year-old self (played by Plaza). In his review, AP's Mark Kennedy called the results “uneven, but (Park) nails the landing.”

– Of the many fans of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's films, none are more passionate than Martin Scorsese. In “Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger” (airing Thursday on TCM), Scorsese recounts his journey through films that had a profound impact on the filmmaker. In it he describes how he was “so enchanted by them as a child that they form a large part of the subconscious of my films.” Directed by David Hinton and produced by Thelma Schoonmaker, the documentary is not only a chronicle of films such as “The Red Shoes”, “Black Narcissus” and “I Know Where I'm Going!” but captures how films captivate you, change you and can live with you as you grow older.

– With many glued to their screens on Tuesday for the election results, it could be a good week to rewatch some of the best films about American politics. Alan Pakula's spooky assassination thriller The Parallax View is streaming on Paramount+. On Hoopla you'll find both John Frankenheimer's mind control masterpiece The Manchurian Candidate and Elia Kazan's prescient A Face in the Crowd. “Election,” Alexander Payne’s biting satire, is streaming on Fubo. Spike Lee's powerful film “Malcolm X” is available to rent, as is Steven Spielberg's epic “Lincoln.” But if you're feeling more cynical, you can find Mike Judge's “Idiocracy” on Hulu.

AP Film Writer Jake Coyle

— On Friday, November 8, the Whitney Houston Estate and Legacy Recording will release “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban),” the recording of their epic concert in post-apartheid South Africa following the landmark election of President Nelson Mandela took place. This is followed by the fully remastered theatrical release of a concert film of the same name. In 1994, Houston took the stage for three concerts in South Africa, including in Durban at Kings Park Stadium, Johannesburg and Cape Town. Over 200,000 people took part. The album is also Houston's first ever live concert album (but not her first live album, give due credit – Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances and 2014's VH1 Divas 1999). She's never sounded better.

— Another look back at the '90s: Tsunami, the wild indie rock band led by frontwomen Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson, co-owners of the Simple Machines record label, receives a long-overdue, career-spanning collection from the prolific Numero Group: A vinyl Five LP box set containing demos, singles, 1993's “Deep End”, 1994's “The Heart's Tremolo” and – pressed in wax for the first time ever – 1997's “A Brilliant Mistake”. If that's too much physical media, don't worry – listeners can also educate themselves on streaming platforms.

— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman

– Eddie Redmayne hasn't starred in a TV series since 2012's two-part World War II saga “Birdsong.” He marks his return as a hired sniper in the new Peacock limited series The Day of the Jackal. It is an updated version of a novel by Frederick Forsyth published in 1971. Lashana Lynch plays an intelligence officer who wants to catch Redmayne's mysterious killer, known by the nickname “The Jackal.” “The Day of the Jackal” premieres Thursday on Peacock.

– Prime Video’s spy series “Citadel” now includes “Citadel: Honey Bunny.” Set in India, this version is a prequel to the 2023 original starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden. Set in the 1990s, it introduces viewers to the parents of Chopra Jonas' character Nadia. Samantha Ruth Prabhu plays Nadia's mother Honey while Varun Dhawan plays her father Bunny. The series starts on Thursday.

– “Yellowstone,” the contemporary western about a family that owns the largest cattle ranch in the United States for generations, returns for the second half of its final season on Sunday, November 10th. Fans will want to tune in to find out how Kevin Costner is eliminated from the series and what happens to couple Rip and Beth, played by Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly. “Yellowstone” Season 5B debuts on Paramount Network.

Alicia Rancilio

— Mario may be the biggest star in the Nintendo universe, but some of his most satisfying adventures have involved his lanky brother Luigi. The boys team up again for Mario & Luigi: Brothership, in which they explore an ocean dotted with a multitude of islands. They have to switch between the two to solve different puzzles, and sometimes they have to team up to fly over or knock over obstacles. When they encounter an enemy, the action switches to turn-based combat where timing is crucial. Mama mia! Set sail on the Switch on Thursday.

Lou Kesten

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