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New to streaming this week: Selena series, 'Mank,' 'Shameless' and Shawn Mendes

Associated Press
Dec 1, 2020 6:00 AM - Netflix's "Selena: The Series" with Christian Serratos debuts Friday, "Mulan" will finally be free for Disney+ subscribers Friday, and Shawn Mendes releases his new album, "Wonder," on Friday.
'Zappa' and 'Mank' have a genius for avoiding accountability

By Ann Hornaday
Nov 30, 2020 6:00 AM - As a portrait of an uncompromising artist with intimacy issues, "Zappa" offers a rock 'n' roll bookend to "Mank," David Fincher's just-released drama about "Citizen Kane" screenwriter (ahem, co-screenwriter) Herman Mankiewicz.
Testing new release strategy, 'The Croods' opens to $14.2M

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 29, 2020 6:38 PM - Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures' animated sequel 'œThe Croods: A New Age' had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, grossing $14.2 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday
Some think watching holiday movies feels sad this year, while others started in March

By Ashley Fetters and Lisa Bonos
Nov 29, 2020 7:28 AM - David Gowan, 30, has long been known to bust out his favorite Christmas movies a little on the early side, often just before Thanksgiving. This year he watched his first one on July 28. "Christmas movies just bring that warm feeling," he said. In such a tense time, "seeing happy movies just helps."
'Love Story' a trip down memory lane with Timothy Leary's companion

By Ann Hornaday
Nov 29, 2020 7:30 AM - If Joanna Harcourt-Smith hadn't existed, a screenwriter might have had to invent her. She provides delightful ballast to "My Psychedelic Love Story" (airing Sunday on Showtime), which centers on her relationship with Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary.
Clea DuVall wanted to see more queer Christmas movies -- so she made one herself

By Sonia Rao
Nov 28, 2020 7:28 AM - Part of what makes holiday movies so appealing is the promise of comfort. But few experiences are universal, and the new movie "Happiest Season" presents a version of the story that, before this year's crop of LGBTQ holiday fare, was rarely depicted on-screen.
The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever

By Jake Coyle
Nov 27, 2020 8:42 AM - Much remains uncertain about how the movie business will survive the pandemic. COVID-19 is remaking Hollywood, accelerating a digital makeover and potentially reordering an industry that was already in flux.
'Zappa' documentary makes case for musician's brilliance

By Ann Hornaday
Nov 27, 2020 8:09 AM - In "Zappa," actor and filmmaker Alex Winter provides an economical, uncritical documentary about the eponymous musician, who died at 52 in 1993. Frank Zappa became famous as an iconoclast, his note-heavy, hyper-orchestrated instrumental riffs meshing with satirically pointed lyrics to create a cerebral, funny, musically mind-blowing genre all his own.
Hunker down with Fonzie, Mr. Phelps and more old friends for free this weekend

By Sean Stangland
Nov 27, 2020 6:00 AM - Pluto TV, a free video service from ViacomCBS, has launched six new streaming channels dedicated to classic TV shows.
Humanity, hilarity hang in the balance in Melissa McCarthy's so-so 'Superintelligence'

By Jake Coyle
Nov 27, 2020 8:40 AM - When an AI superintelligence decides to put average Carol (Melissa McCarthy) to a three-day test to decide whether humanity is worth saving, she has to make the case that it is.

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