What to stream this weekend: Inside Out 2, Clooney and Pitt, Princess Zelda and Grotesquerie

What Ellen DeGeneres says is her latest landing in a comedy special on Netflix, and George Clooney and Brad Pitt starring in a sleek New York City adventure are some of the new shows, movies, music and games directed to a device near you.

Also among The Associated Press-selected streaming offerings that are worth your time. Entertainment journalists: Serj Tankian, frontman of Grammy Award-winning Armenian-American nu-metal band System of a Down, releases a solo EP, we get two Ryan Murphy series – “Grotesquerie” on FX and the ABC medical drama “Doctor Odyssey” – And almost 40 years after the debut of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo is finally making the title character the star of her own game.

NEW MOVIES TO STREAM IN SEPTEMBER. 23-29

– As hard as it is to believe, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are a good match. Yeah, stop the press and all that. But it’s been a while since Clooney and Pitt, who first teamed up for “Ocean’s 11,” had a film based on their easy-going charisma. “Wolves” Streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday, correct that with a elegant New York caper about two fixers who were hired to do the same cleanup job. In my review of the film by writer and director Jon Watts (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”) I wrote that “Wolfs” is “designed to show you that they can still get the job done without ever really breaking a sweat.”

– Some Pixar fans have argued in the past when the digital animation studio focused too much on sequels. But the box office for “Inside Out 2” is difficult to refute. With ticket sales of nearly $1.7 billion, it is the biggest box office hit of the year. “Inside Out 2” arrives on Disney+ on Wednesday, making one of the most anticipated streaming debuts of the year. In it, Riley has grown up for a few years but has begun a new chapter in life: puberty, which brings with it a range of new emotions. In my review I wrote: “The filmmakers of ‘Inside Out 2’ have once again succeeded in filtering complex psychological developments into a bright, entertaining head trip that packs an emotional thrill at its finest moments.”

– Will Ferrell and Harper Steele became friends and collaborators on “Saturday Night Live,” where Steele was head writer from 2004 to 2008. When Steele came out as transgender a few years ago, Ferrell, interested in reconnecting, suggested a road trip. In “Will & Harper” Streaming on Netflix on Friday, the two embark on a cross-country expedition filled with revelations about what it will and won’t change about their relationship.

— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle

NEW MUSIC TO STREAM IN SEPTEMBER. 23-29

– Remember the first time you heard it “Million Dollar Baby”? The rap record feels like it came out of nowhere — like so many TikTok hits — but endures, evolving from the hit song of the spring to the hit song of the spring Hit song of the summer the hit song of autumn and beyond. But now fans of Tommy Richman can delve deeper into his musical abilities when he releases the full-length album “Coyote” on Friday. Little is known about the 11-track release, but lead singles “Whitney,” a disco-funk-electro detour, and “Thought You Were the One” — a hook-heavy R&B ballad — suggest a range close.

— Serj Tankian, frontman of the Grammy-winning Armenian-American nu-metal band system of a down, will release a short solo EP called “Foundations” on Friday. The release maintains his band’s wear and tear but experiments with different forms of sonic rebellion. The single “AF day” is, for example, a kind of psychedelic punk treatise on the absurdity of everyday life. And it sounds explosive.

— There’s nothing predictable about the band Being Dead’s second album, “EELS,” produced by Grammy winnerJohn Congleton. Across 16 tracks that range from asymmetrical egg-punk to devo-worship to a bus driver recording, it has enough timeless, almost psychedelic harmonies and various other strange sensibilities to make them the best college radio rock band in recent history – Being Dead’s organized chaos is both forward-thinking and familiar.

— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman

NEW SHOWS TO STREAM IN SEPTEMBER. 23-29

– Ellen DeGeneres says her next comedy special on Netflix will be her last. “For your consent” drops Sept. 24, and the comedian is “going there” by addressing reports she’s had a hard time dealing with behind the scenes Daytime talk show that ended its run in 2022 after 19 seasons. “I was thrown out of show business,” she says in the trailer.

– Ryan Murphy has a new series on FX called “Grotesque.” Niecy Nash plays a detective who agrees to help a nun and reporter (Micaela Diamond) at a Catholic newspaper solve a series of gruesome murders. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end who won the Super Bowl Travis Kelce (aka Taylor Swift’s boyfriend) plays a secret role in the series.

— If “Grotesquerie” isn’t your thing, there’s another series from Ryan Murphy making its debut this week. A medical drama called “Doctor Odyssey” Premieres Thursday on ABC. Joshua Jackson plays a doctor aboard a luxury cruise ship called the Odyssey. Don Johnson, Philippa Soo and Sean Teale also star. The show also features a number of guest stars including John Stamos, Kelsea Ballerini, Shania Twain and Chord Overstreet. A trailer for the show was viewed nearly 78 million times in 48 hours, making it the most-watched trailer for a newly broadcast TV show. Episodes are also streaming on Hulu.

— One might think of a television show with the title “Colin from accounting” takes place in an office environment. Instead, it’s a modern romantic comedy from Australia. The film was created by and stars real-life husband and wife Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammel. You play two people who are brought together by an injured dog named Colin. All eight episodes of season two premiered on Paramount+ on Thursday.

— “The Walking Dead” characters Daryl and Carol (played by Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride) form one of the most popular platonic pairings on television. The two unlikely friends share a similar past and share deep trust. Next they star “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol.” It premieres September 29th on AMC and AMC+.

– Zachry Quinto is back on TV Monday in a medical drama. But he’s not portraying a grumpy, rule-following doctor – he’s playing Dr. Oliver Sacks, the famous neurologist, pioneering researcher and author who was once called the “laureate of medicine.” NBC’s “Brilliant Minds” takes Sack’s personality – a motorcycle-riding, fern-loving doctor who died in 2015 at the age of 82 – and sets his career in the present, with the creators theorizing that he had no idea who Taylor Swift was, or a would own a cell phone.

— Alicia Rancilio

NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY

– Almost 40 years after the debut of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo is finally making the title character the star of her own game. As The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom At the start, Link – our usual hero – has disappeared, so he sets out to rescue Princess Z. She’s hardly a damsel in distress, armed with a “Tri Rod” that allows her to duplicate items she finds outside her castle. She can even copy monsters and have them fight on her side. The magical staff gives Zelda the improvisation skills that made Tears of the Kingdom a hit last year, while top-down dungeon exploration will remind old-school fans of early games in the series. The Echoes began reverberating on Switch on Thursday.

— Lou Kesten