What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, 'Elsbeth' sleuths and Japan shines in 'Shogun'
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What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, 'Elsbeth' sleuths and Japan shines in 'Shogun'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: the video game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, a Paramount+ documentary revealing how law enforcement has quietly used rap lyrics against defendants for decades and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” starring Joaquin Phoenix storms Apple TV+. NEW MOVIES TO STREAM — Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is finally making its debut on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 1. That mix — Scott’s spectacle and Phoenix’s the-emperor-has-no-clothes performance — makes ‘Napoleon’ a rivetingly off-kilter experience.” — Adam Sandler is Jakob Procházka, an astronaut on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system in the sci-fi drama “Spaceman,” debuting on Netflix on Friday, March 1. — AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy NEW SHOWS TO STREAM — FX’s newest series is the Japanese historical drama “Shogun” based on a novel published in 1975 by James Clavell.

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Shōgun: The brutal Japanese history that inspired 2024's latest TV hit
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Shōgun: The brutal Japanese history that inspired 2024's latest TV hit

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Shōgun: The brutal Japanese history that inspired 2024's latest TV hit FX Cosmo Jarvis and Hiroyuki Sanada star in the new hit Hulu/FX/Disney+ series Shōgun, which brings to life Japan's violent feudal past in all its terrifying glory. The Portuguese and Spanish had two goals: the first was to convert Japan to Christianity… the second was to ultimately conquer Japan …

FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel ‘Shogun’
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FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel ‘Shogun’

Associated Press  

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Hindustan Times  

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What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, ‘Elsbeth’ sleuths and Japan shines in ‘Shogun’
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What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, ‘Elsbeth’ sleuths and Japan shines in ‘Shogun’

Associated Press  

Adam Sandler playing an astronaut on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system in the sci-fi drama “Spaceman,” and Disney+'s animated coming-of-age story “Iwájú” set in the future in Lagos, Nigeria, are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected …

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