What’s New in Pop Culture: March 31-April 6, 2025
Releases this week in TV, Music, Movies & Games
New This Week: Devil May Cry arrives on Netflix; Jack Black digs into A Minecraft Movie; Brandi Carlile and Elton John duet on Angels.
TELEVISION
Tuesday 4/1: America’s Text Kitchen: The Next Generation (Prime Video; Cooking)
Season 2 of this reboot of the longtime cooking brand returns, with 11 cooks undergoing the “job interview of a lifetime” as they attempt to impress the panel of ATK luminaries.
Wednesday 4/2: Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America (Nat Geo; Documentary)
This three-part doc series goes in depth into the terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which took place 30 years ago this month. Expect archival footage and interviews with survivors of the attack, as well as former President Bill Clinton.
Thursday 4/3: Devil May Cry (Netflix; Anime, Action)
This anime adaptation of the popular Capcom video-game series sees demon-hunter Dante putting his massive sword and roguish charms to the test to prevent Hell being unleashed on Earth.
Thursday 4/3: The Bondsman (Prime Video; Supernatural, Action)
Kevin Bacon stars as a murdered bounty hunter who is resurrected to hunt down other escapees from Hell, and trying to redeem his own condemned soul to avoid that dark fate permanently.
Friday 4/4: Dying for Sex (Hulu/FX; Drama, Comedy)
Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Sissy Spacek, and Rob Delaney star in this dramatic adaptation of a podcast about a woman diagnosed with a terminal disease, who ditches her regular life to spend her remaining time exploring her sexual desires.
MUSIC
Friday 4/4: Elton John & Brandi Carlile Who Believes in Angels? (Pop)
Friday 4/4: L.A. Guns Leopard Skin (Rock)
Friday 4/4: Sleigh Bells Bunky Becky Birthday Boy (Alt-Pop)
Friday 4/4: Black Country, New Road Forever Howlong (Rock)
MOVIES
Friday 4/4: The Friend (Wide; Drama, Comedy)
Naomi Watts and Bill Murray star in this story about a writer whose life is thrown into chaos when her friend and mentor bequeaths her his enormous dog to take care of after his death.
Friday 4/4: A Minecraft Movie (Wide; Fantasy, Comedy)
Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Danielle Brooks star in this movie adaptation of the ridiculously popular video game that your kids have probably spent hundreds of hours playing
Friday 4/4: Freaky Tales (Wide; Action, High-Concept)
Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Ben Mendelsohn, and more star in this wild multi-plotline film set in Oakland in 1987, following the intersection of a thief, a basketball star, a hip-hop duo, teen punks, and more.
Friday 4/4: Hell of a Summer (Limited; Horror)
Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard co-directs and appears in this slasher following a camp counselor trying to protect his friends from a mass murderer hiding picking them off one by one.
GAMES
Wednesday 4/2: Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (PC, PS, Switch, Xbox; Remake, Adventure)
Another week, another remaster of a 90s 3D platformer. Look for updated graphics, as well as the ability to switch to the original throwback textures.
Thursday 4/3: Katamari Damacy: Rolling Live (Apple Arcade; Action)
The bonkers Japanese game from the 2000s gets a new installment on Apple Arcade, where you have to roll your ball over various objects, pick them up, grow your ball, and then roll over even larger things. Wild.
Thursday 4/3: Space Invaders Infinity Gene EVO (Apple Arcade; Action)
The iconic shooter game returns with more engaging graphics and intense gameplay.
