{"id":631492,"date":"2026-05-08T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631492\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:54:09","slug":"best-new-movies-and-tv-5-8-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/631492\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Movies and TV (5\/8\u201310)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Clockwise from top: The Sheep Detectives, The Other Bennet Sister, Mortal Kombat II, and Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour.
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Let\u2019s all ugly cry over\u00a0a Sherlockian flock, a smart cephalopod, and the long natural life of Sir David Attenborough this weekend. At the movies, The Sheep Detectives investigate the death of their noble shepherd, Sally Field\u2019s Remarkably Bright Creatures brings existentialism to the aquarium, and Billie Eilish takes her massive concerts to the moviegoing masses. On TV, a new Lord of the Flies leaves the lads to their devices on a desert island, while Salieri and Mozart duke it out in another Amadeus. Oh, there\u2019s also Mortal Kombat II. Get over here and watch something fun.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s harder to believe: that they made a movie in which a flock of talking sheep solve the murder of their shepherd, played by Hugh Jackman, or that this Babe-esque take on the cozy-mystery genre managed to make me cry<\/a> more than once? \u2014Alison Willmore<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For James Cameron\u2019s latest non-Avatar trick, he aimed his 3-D cameras at Billie Eilish\u2019s bombastic tour supporting her third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft<\/a>, to maximalist effect. Eilish is credited as a co-director on the $20 million concert movie.<\/p>\n

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How to Find an Empty Movie Theater<\/p>\n

To hell with oppressive movie-theater etiquette. Scroll TikTok in peace, text a friend without judgment, or, hey, do cartwheels in the aisle. Just make sure the theater is empty first. Thanks to a new tool<\/a> designed by programer Riley Walz, that\u2019s easier than ever. \u201cAbout 10 percent of AMC movie showings sell zero tickets,\u201d Walz writes on the website, which lets users search for empty screenings by Zip Code. Walz is careful to disclaim that the tool \u201cisn\u2019t affiliated with AMC Theaters.\u201d \u2014Hershal Pandya<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Audiences looking for a solid costume drama were likely disappointed by the recent PBS Forsytes adaptation, but have no fear: This yet-another-version-of\u2013Pride and Prejudice is a much stronger entry. Ella Bruccoleri plays Mary Bennet as a protagonist, and Richard Grant was born to be peevish, misanthropic Mr. Bennet. \u2014Kathryn VanArendonk<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

British writer Jack Thorne has become a go-to guy for both adaptations of children\u2019s stories (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, His Dark Materials) and treatises on the dangers of masculinity (Adolescence), so of course he\u2019s taking a stab at William Golding\u2019s 1954 novel. \u2014Roxana Hadadi\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u27bd In theaters<\/a>; read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

National treasure Sally Field befriends an octopus voiced by Doc Ock himself<\/a>, Alfred Molina, for your feel-good viewing pleasure. It could even be your Mother\u2019s Day programming.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Writer Joe Barton has proven himself with the wonderfully entertaining shows Giri\/Haji and Black Doves, and his ability to make a densely plotted series watchable energizes this adaptation of the 1979 stage play (which also inspired the 1984 film). Will Sharpe stars as the bratty wunderkind Mozart; Paul Bettany is the established composer Salieri, who becomes his jealous rival. \u2014Roxana Hadadi<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Happy 100th birthday today to Sir David Attenborough! Is there any centenarian left alive who\u2019s done more to raise awareness for the conservation of this beautiful ball of mud we\u00a0all share? If so, they don\u2019t have a snappy BBC doc made about them yet.<\/p>\n

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\u27bd Promised Sky \u2014 This year\u2019s New York African Film Festival opens with Erige Sehiri\u2019s drama about three migrant women in Tunisia, led by a pastor (A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga) whose precarious dynamic in their shared sanctuary is unsettled by an orphaned child. \u2014A.W.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

From the opening minutes of the HBO docuseries\u00a0The Dark Wizard, when mountain climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter describes his first memory as a dream of falling, it\u2019s clear that childhood experience shaped everything that came afterward. His free soloing of mountains. How he eventually pushed harder routes with a parachute strapped to his back. How he chased terminal velocity through BASE jumping off peaks and cliffs all around the world. And, perhaps, his mental-health struggles, his mood swings, and the antisocial behaviors that\u00a0The Dark Wizard\u00a0recounts and suggests were the cost of \u2014 or maybe the reason for \u2014 his athletic prowess. \u2014Roxana Hadadi on the show\u2019s unconquerable contradictions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson\u2019s messy marriage story The Drama<\/a> is out on premium video on demand. So are Ready or Not 2: Here I Come<\/a> (hates the rich<\/a>), the Lorne<\/a> doc (profiles a specific rich guy), and Exit 8<\/a> (solid video-game movie<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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