M. Night Shyamalan’s thrilling “Trap” tops this week’s streaming releases. Also this week, Billy Crystal stars in a new series for Apple TV+ called “Before,” about a man grieving the death of his wife.
Taylor Sheridan’s CIA show called “Special Ops: Lioness” returns for its second season on Paramount+ and one of the documentary standouts of the Sundance Film Festival, “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,” lands on Netflix. ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ One of the documentary standouts of the Sundance Film Festival, “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” packs an emotional wallop. The film, which won both the audience award and the directing award for documentary at Sundance, is about Mats Steen, a quadriplegic Norwegian who died from a degenerative disorder at age 25.
After his death, his parents discovered their son’s life was far richer than they had imagined. To a wide “World of Warcraft” community, Steen was Ibelin Redwood, a cherished virtual friend. Much of the film, directed by Benjamin Ree ( “The Painter and the Thief” ), is told through “War of Warcraft”-style animation.
Streaming Friday, Oct. 25, on Netflix. DETAILS ‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’ There hasn’t been a shortage of Bruce Springsteen documentaries in recent years, but “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” (streaming Friday, Oct.
25, on Disney+ and Hulu), is still a notable addition to the ever-expanding cottage industry of.