What to Stream: Charli xcx, Chalamet in 'Marty Supreme,' Ethan Hawke,
'Cross' and Mario Tennis Fever
[February 09, 2026]
By The Associated Press
Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme”
and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are
some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device
near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as
selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Richard
Linklater’s deliciously wistful “Blue Moon” starring Ethan Hawke, Aldis
Hodge returning for Season 2 of "Cross" and Nintendo may have its most
frenetic tennis game yet with Mario Tennis Fever.
New movies to stream from Feb. 9-15
— Pull up a chair to listen to Ethan Hawke’s Lorenz Hart hold court in
Richard Linklater’s deliciously wistful “Blue Moon” (Saturday, Feb. 14
on Netflix). Linklater’s film spends one night with the celebrated
lyricist who is watching his longtime songwriter partner, Richard
Rodgers (Andrew Scott) move on with the premiere of “Oklahoma!” on
Broadway. Hawke is nominated for best actor by the Oscars. In my review,
I called Hawke's Hart "extraordinarily good company.”
— The A24 romance “Eternity” (Friday, Feb. 13 on Apple TV) stars
Elizabeth Olsen in an afterlife conundrum. In a kind of weigh-station
purgatory, she must choose how to spend her afterlife, with her longtime
husband (Miles Turner) or her first love (Callum Turner), who died in
World War II. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr called
“Eternity” “imaginative and shrewdly whimsical with an utterly charming
cast.”
— Another A24 hit, “Marty Supreme,” arrives on premium video-on-demand
Feb. 10. It’s the first chance to watch one of 2025’s most acclaimed and
Oscar-nominated movies at home. In her review, AP’s Jocelyn Noveck
called it “a nerve-busting adrenaline jolt of a movie.” Timothée
Chalamet stars as a 1950s shoe salesman in New York hellbent on becoming
the top professional ping-pong player.
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
New music to stream from Feb. 9-15
— Patience is a virtue and time is luxury, particularly for those
subject to the music industry. Luckily, Jill Scott, the
once-in-a-generation R&B, neo-soul-and-then-some singer plays by her own
rules. On Friday, she will release “To Whom This May Concern,” her sixth
studio album and first full-length project in a decade. Lead singles
“Beautiful People” and “Pressha” make it clear that this a meditative
release born of experience — lush production, live instrumentation and
at its center, the intimacy of Scott’s unmistakable voice like a musical
north star. The album will also features Ab-Soul, J.I.D., Tierra Whack
and Too $hort.
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This combination of images show promotional art for "Blue Moon,"
left, "Eternity," center, and "Marty Supreme." (Sony Pictures
Classics/A24/A24 via AP)
 — Charli xcx’s first full-length
album since “Brat” summer came and went is the soundtrack to Emerald
Fennell’s starry adaptation of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,”
out Friday. It might be wise not to expect the neon-chartreuse of
her rave work; the first taste came in the form of “House” featuring
John Cale, an industrial, gothic introduction to the romance. That
song, to quote Charli quoting Cale, is both “elegant and brutal.”
Other moments contain Charli’s signatures: autotuned vocals,
unexpected production, shackled pop hooks. If that resonates, begin
with “Wall of Sound” and “Chains of Love.”
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
New series to stream from Feb. 9-15
— Aldis Hodge is back as Alex Cross, the detective created by
novelist James Patterson, in Season 2 of “Cross” for Prime Video. In
the new episodes, Cross is on the case of a serial killer hunting
corrupt billionaires. It drops Wednesday.
— Alicia Rancilio
New video games to play from Feb. 9-15
— While most of the world is watching the Winter Olympics, our
friends in the Mushroom Kingdom are hitting the courts in Mario
Tennis Fever. This could be Nintendo’s most frenetic tennis game
yet, thanks to “fever rackets” that let you uncork fireballs,
lightning bolts, tornadoes and other effects against your opponents.
You can play singles or doubles matches against friends, choosing
from a cast of 38 favorites like Princess Peach, Donkey Kong and
Yoshi. Or you can play solo in an adventure that turns Mario and
company into babies who have to learn tennis skills before they can
grow up. Opening serve comes Thursday, Feb. 12, on Switch 2.
— Tokyo’s Grasshopper Manufacture has built a reputation over the
years with extravagantly gory games like No More Heroes and Lollipop
Chainsaw. Its latest is Romeo is a Dead Man, in which the studio
promises “super bloody action” and “crazy twists and turns to blow
players’ minds.” Romeo Stargazer is an FBI agent hunting fugitives
across multiple universes after the space-time continuum collapses.
He can wield swords, guns and more futuristic weapons, and he can
summon small minions to attack en masse. And yes, there is a missing
girlfriend named Juliet. These violent delights commence Wednesday,
Feb. 11, on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
— Lou Kesten
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