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NEW RELEASES

New DVDsTribune News Service

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

May 4“The Little Things”

“Judas and the Black Messiah”

“The Virtuoso”

May 11“The Marksman”

“Land”

“The Mauritanian”

“Justice Society: World War II”

“My Brother’s Keeper”

“Pixie”

“Senior Moment”

New gamesThe following is a list of video games scheduled for release next week, according to www.ign.com. Release dates are subject to change.

“Trash Sailors” (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC. Genre: Action, Adventure, Simulation. Rating: Everyone)

“Bibi & Tina at the Horse Farm” (PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5. Genre: Adventure. Rating: Everyone)

“Mad Devils” (PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Genre: Shooter. Rating: Pending)

“Arc The Lad R” (Android, iPhone. Genre: RPG. Rating: Not available)

“Jin Conception” (Nintendo Switch, PC. Genre: RPG. Rating: Pending)

“Retro Machina” (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC. Genre: Action, RPG. Rating: Pending)

“GetsuFumaDen” (PC. Genre: Action, Adventure, Platformer. Rating: Not available)

“Monster Harvest” (Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4. Genre: RPG, Simulation. Rating: Everyone)

“RWBY: Grimm Eclipse” (PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch. Genre: Action. Rating: Teen)

“Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids” (PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4. Genre: Action, Adventure, DLC / Expansion. Rating: Pending)

“Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind” (Nintendo Switch. Genre: Adven-ture, Visual Novel. Rating: Teen)

“Mass Effect: Legendary Edition” (PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. Genre: Compilation, RPG. Rating: Pending)

“Subnautica: Below Zero” (PC, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlaySta-tion 5, Xbox One. Genre: Action, Adventure. Rating: Everyone)

New musicThe following is a partial list of titles released Friday.

Compiled by Keith Coombes of Ernie November

Natalie Bergman “Mercy”

Kenny Chesney “Here And Now”

Gilby Clarke “Gospel Truth”

Infectious Grooves “Take You On A Ride”

Iron & Wine “Archive Series Vol. 5: Tallahassee Sessions”

DJ Khaled “Khaled Khaled”

Miranda Lambert “Marfa Tapes”

Leftover Salmon “Brand New Good Old Days”

Mighty Mighty Bosstones “When God Was Great”

Van Morrison “Latest Recordings Project Volume 1”

New Order “Live: education entertainment recreation”

Travis Tritt “Set In Stone”

We Came As Romans “Cold Like War”

Weezer “Van Weezer”

Tony Joe White “Smoke From The Chimney”

Lucinda Williams “Ramblin’ On My Mind: 1979 recordings”

Nancy Wilson “you and me”

Amy Winehouse “Live At The BBC”

Zappa “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”

ALBUM REVIEWSThe Philadelphia Inquirer

“SWEEP IT INTO SPACE”DINOSAUR JR. (JAGJAGUWAR) HHH

It was only a matter of time before Kurt Vile and J Mascis got around to working on an album together. Vile was a Dinosaur Jr. fan growing up in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, in the 1990s, and his loose, discursive style as a singer-guitarist owes a significant debt to the sound Mascis patented on the group’s 1987 album, “You’re Living All Over Me.”

Vile is credited as coproducer on the new “Sweep It Into Space,” the fifth album that Dinosaur Jr. has released since Mascis reconvened the original lineup of drummer Patrick Murphy and bassist Lou Barlow. Vile also plays 12-string guitar on “I Ran Away,” a bright, springy ditty that sounds for all the world like a Kurt Vile song.

The circle of influence isn’t seamless, however. Vile – who has announced that his next album will be on the storied jazz label Verve – began work on “Sweep It” in late 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from finishing at Dino headquarters in Amherst, Massachusetts. Instead, Mascis completed the album on his own.

Dinosaur Jr. is unquestionably Mascis’ band, and he deserves props for maintaining remarkable quality control over a 35-year period. His lazy drawl is as inviting as ever on “Sweep It,” wheth-er he’s singing over the cascading chords of “I Ain’t” or the AC/DC churn of “I Met the Stones.”

But credit for this melodically enticing and satisfyingly rocking new release must also go to Barlow, who penned the single “Garden” and the lovely psych-rock closer “You Wonder,” fulfilling his two-songs-per-album quota like Keith Richards on a quality Rolling Stones LP.

– Dan DeLuca

“HEART” HH ½

“SOUL” HHH

ERIC CHURCH (EMI NASHVILLE)

“I need a melody without a memory,” Eric Church sings on “Russian Roulette” from “Heart,” one of his two new albums. While revisiting a favorite topic – the power of music and radio – the country star is making a sly reference to his terrific 2011 hit “Springsteen,” in which he observed, “Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.”

Nothing on “Heart,” however, surpasses past glories or breaks ground, and the set suggests that the talented Church might benefit from a break from his longtime cast of co-writers and from his producer, the estimable Jay Joyce.

“Heart on Fire” is the kind of swaggering country-rocker Church excels at, and “People Break” is a finely wrought mid-tempo ballad. (“The ice on Hawk Lake this time of year/ Broken and busted like my bathroom mirror/ So hard to see what lies beneath/ Shattered reflections like the pieces of me.”)

But the most powerful track is one Church didn’t have a hand in writing: “Stick That in Your Country Song” is a searing indictment of the banality of most mainstream fare.

“Soul” features the same players, writers, and producer, but it’s more engaging largely because the arrangements tend to be more soulful and funky. That starts with the sinuous, slide-accented groove of “Rock and Roll Found Me.” And the brash, rocking “Break It Kind of Guy” introduces some welcome twang to the proceedings.

Wisely, Church again brings in backup singer Joanna Cotten for both albums. Her soul-drenched contributions elevate even the most pedestrian material and undercut the occasional bursts of macho bluster.

– Nick Cristiano

“KOROLEN”TOUMANI DIABATE AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (WORLD CIRCUIT) HHH ½

Mali’s Toumani Diabate is a master of the 21-string West African kora. Diabate has released many celebrated albums: of solo kora work, with his Symmetric Orchestra of fellow griots, and in collaborations – notably with Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure and American bluesman Taj Mahal. He also guested on Bjork’s “Volta.”

“Korolen” documents a 2008 performance at London’s Barbican Centre by Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. It’s a thoughtful, engrossing work of synergy and synthesis.

Diabate’s kora creates precise, crystalline notes in the foreground, both in meditative, circular patterns and in sudden lightning-fast arpeggios. His compositions here, several of which appeared on albums such as “The Mande Variations” and the Grammy-winning “In the Heart of the Moon,” often build on traditional folk tunes but provide a lot of room for improvisation over the course of their seven or so minutes.

An orchestra, of course, isn’t built for improvisation. But conductor Clark Rundell and the arrangers here – Britain’s Ian Gardner and America’s Nico Muhly – find ways for it to recede to the background and then build on a melody so that it interacts with Diabate’s kora.

Muhly’s three arrangements tend to be more coloristic and ambient than Gardner’s three, which are more assertive, but always the interplay is fascinating. “Korolen” is a complex work of calm beauty that rewards close listening.

– Steve Klinge

By Moira Macdonald

The Seattle Times

Good luck planning ahead to see movies this summer; the schedules (and the theatrical versus stream-ing strategies) are still changing rapidly. But here are a dozen movies I’m keeping an eye on, and hoping to see on the biggest screen I can find.

“The Dry” (May 21). Based on a wonderfully atmospheric novel by Jane Harper, Robert Connolly’s film stars Eric Bana as an Australian federal agent who reluctantly agrees to investigate a crime in his hometown.

“A Quiet Place Part II” (May 28). The original “A Quiet Place,” back in 2018, freaked me the hell out, to put it mildly. (Do not watch this film in an empty house; every subsequent noise will terrify you.) Now the sequel to John Krasinski’s very effective horror movie, in which he stars with Emily Blunt as a couple who must fend off apocalyptic monsters who are triggered by sound, is coming up, with even more silence. Yikes.

“Cruella” (May 28, also streaming on Disney+ Premier Access). Do we really need an origin story for “101 Dalmatians” villain Cruella de Vil? Apparently we do! Two always-splendid Emmas – Stone and Thompson – appear in this live-action Disney comedy, with Stone as the young title character who dreams of being a fashion designer. The cos-tumes alone, by the great Merchant-Ivory veteran Jenny Beavan, look to be a treat. Craig Gillespie (“I, Tonya,” “Lars and the Real Girl”) directs.

“Vivo” (June 4). It’s the Summer of Lin-Manuel Miranda

at the multiplexes! (And after the year we’ve all been through, we deserve all the L-MM we can get.) First up: this animated family comedy about an adventurous kin-kajou who travels from Havana to Miami. Miranda (“Hamilton,” should you need reminding) wrote the songs; his “In the Heights” collaborator Quiara Alegría Hudes wrote the script with director Kirk DeMicco.

“In the Heights” (June 11, also streaming on HBO Max). See above! A year after it was originally scheduled to be in the-aters, the film of Miranda’s hit Broadway musical about a Washington Heights bodega owner is finally hitting the multi-plexes. Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”) directs; expect dancing in the streets.

“Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It” (June

18). You might know Moreno from “West Side Story,” or maybe from growing up with “The Electric Company,” or maybe more recently from her delightful work on “One Day at a Time” – regardless, the EGOT winner is a legend in show business, and has long deserved a documentary of her own.

“Blue Bayou” (June 25). The latest from filmmaker/actor Justin Chon (“Gook”) sounds timely and moving; let’s hope it doesn’t get lost in a sea of higher-profile films. Chon plays a Korean adoptee liv-ing in Louisiana with his wife (Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”) who learns that he is facing deportation.

“F9” (June 25). Inject this movie into my veins immediately, please. Dwayne Johnson might have left this fast-driving, insanely fun franchise, but Vin Diesel,

Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez and the rest of the gang return – along with Helen Mirren, who according to the trailer gets her own car this time. Bring it on!

“Black Widow” (July 9, also streaming on Disney+ Premier Access). The 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has at its center one Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), a former KGB assassin and present Avenger; it takes place after the events of “Captain America: Civil War.” It’s been delayed three times due to the pandemic, but finally hits theaters in midsum-mer. And sure, you could stream it, but don’t you want to see this one big?

“Cinderella” (July 16). Billy Porter as Fairy Godmother? Sign me up. This musical version of the familiar fairy tale also stars recording artist Camila Cabello (in her first feature film) and Idina Menzel as her wicked stepmother.

“Old” (July 23). M. Night Shyamalan’s output has been decidedly uneven since “The Sixth Sense,” but what the heck, we’ve all been missing movies so let’s give this one a go. Gael Garcia Bernal and Vicky Krieps (“Phantom Thread”) play a cou-ple who are horrified when their children begin rapidly aging on a remote tropical beach. OK then!

“Respect” (Aug. 13). Jennifer Hudson was personally chosen by Aretha Franklin, years before the Queen of Soul’s death in 2018, to play her as a young woman in this biopic, which also stars Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald and Mary J. Blige (the latter as Dinah Washington). And yes, of course Hudson does her own singing.

A scene from the upcoming film “In the Heights,” based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical. Warner Bros/courtesy

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