Here鈥檚 a collection curated by The Associated Press鈥� entertainment journalists of what鈥檚 arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
鈥� Robert Downey Jr. affectionately pays tribute to this late father, Robert Downey Sr. in an intimate documentary the younger Downey spent three years filming with his dad at 85. Downey Sr. was a noted cult filmmaker in the 鈥�60s and 鈥�70s. His freewheeling movies also featured his son's first steps into acting, and had a profound influence on him. 鈥淪r.," which debuts Friday on Netflix, lovingly celebrates their on and off screen life together.
鈥� Joanna Hogg, the British filmmaker of reteams with longtime collaborator Tilda Swinton in 鈥淭he Eternal Daughter." The film, which opens in theaters and on video on demand Friday is a ghost story. Swinton plays a middle-aged filmmaker on a cozy and quiet holiday with her elderly mother, who is also played by Swinton. 鈥淭he Eternal Daughter," , hauntingly digs into the joy and guilt that can come from mining one's family for fiction.
鈥� Little is as festive as a good screwball comedy. Thankfully, for the holiday season, the has gathered together some of the best for a series of pure cinematic bliss, beginning Thursday. Many of the classics are here 鈥� Howard Hawks' 鈥淗is Girl Friday,鈥� Preston Sturges' 鈥淭he Palm Beach Story," Ernst Lubitsch's 鈥淭o Be or Not to Be.鈥� If they have for any reason passed you by, seek out 鈥淭he Awful Truth" (1937), with Cary Grant and Irene Dunn as a divorcing couple sharing custody of a Wire Fox Terrier; and Mitchell Leisen's 鈥淢idnight鈥� (1939), with Claudette Colbert, John Barrymore and a taxi-driving Don Ameche.
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MUSIC
鈥� Just in time for Christmas, BTS鈥� RM will release his debut solo album, 鈥淚ndigo,鈥� on Friday. In a statement, the singer said he worked on the collection for four years and 鈥渋t will be very different from my past projects, and a lot of fun friends are gathered in it.鈥� RM has previously released a pair of mixtapes, 2018鈥檚 鈥淢ono鈥� and 2015鈥檚 鈥淩M,鈥� but 鈥淚ndigo鈥� has been described as his first full-length effort. The seven-member K-pop supergroup for members to pursue individual music releases. In October, Jin debuted his first solo single
鈥� Half Alive deserve to get your full attention. The trio鈥檚 鈥淐onditions of a Punk鈥� arrives Friday with their unique brand of R&B, funk, indie pop, alternative rock, soul and disco, which some compare to Twenty One Pilots, a band they have opened for on the road. Half Alive is composed of lead vocalist Josh Taylor, drummer Brett Kramer and bassist J. Tyler Johnson and was formed in 2016 in Long Beach, California. New singles include the lushly pop and which goes from Mumford & Sons to Coldplay in under 4 minutes.
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TELEVISION
鈥� Family secrets, betrayal and power struggles are abundant in the new Amazon Prime Video series When a self-made cosmetics king and the patriarch of an affluent Black family in London suffers a stroke, his surviving relatives from two sets of families swoop in to take control of his empire. The stakes are high and so is the level of drama. All six-episodes of the show featuring a cast that includes Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie, and Sarah Niles, drop on Friday. Show creator and writer Abby Ajayi worked previously on ABC鈥檚 鈥淗ow to Get Away With Murder鈥� and the Netflix series 鈥淚nventing Anna.鈥�
鈥� You don鈥檛 have to be Clark Griswold to appreciate 鈥� or judge 鈥� a home鈥檚 outdoor holiday display. returns to ABC on Monday with two episodes beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Now in its 10th season, each episode follows four families across the U.S. as they trick out the front of their homes with holiday cheer. Carter Oosterhouse and Taniya Nayak choose a winning display and the winning family is awarded a Light Fight trophy and a cash prize of $50,000.
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VIDEO GAMES
鈥� adds a dash of strategy to the usual superhero slugfest. You are the Hunter, a demon-slayer who鈥檚 invited to join more familiar names like Wolverine, Scarlet Witch and Blade in a campaign to stop a terrifying threat from the supernatural side of the Marvel Universe. It鈥檚 not a test of your reflexes 鈥� instead, you need to figure out when and where to play cards to unleash your most effective attacks. 鈥淢idnight Suns鈥� comes from 2K Games鈥� Firaxis studio, known for brainier challenges like 鈥淐ivilization鈥� and 鈥淴COM.鈥� It arrives Friday on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox X/S. Xbox One and PC.
鈥� Fans of "Dead Space,鈥� the beloved 2008 science fiction thriller, should check out Krafton鈥檚 It鈥檚 the debut game from Striking Distance, a studio launched by 鈥淒ead Space鈥� co-creator Glen Schofield. The protagonist, Jacob Lee, is an inmate of a maximum-security penitentiary on one of Jupiter鈥檚 moons 鈥� and if that鈥檚 not bad enough, most of the other prisoners are turning into monsters. At least Jacob has a high-tech arsenal, including a weapon that warps gravity itself. Blast off for Callisto on Friday, for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox X/S. Xbox One and PC.
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