M. Night Shyamalan’s thrilling “Trap” and Billy Crystal starring in a new series for Apple TV+ called “Before” are some of the new television and films headed to a device near you. The Boss shines in the documentary “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,” 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.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM 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 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 on Netflix.
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 on Disney+ and Hulu), is still a notable addition to the ever-expanding cottage industry of all things Bruce. The film is direct.