The Stream
What's new this week in television, films, music and games
Miley Cyrus, star of "Hannah Montana" in 2007
"Something Very Bad is Going to Happen"
MLB Opening Day on Netflix
Sean Bean, left, and Daniel Day-Lewis in "Anemone"
"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice"
Renate Reinsve, left, and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas star in "Sentimental Value."
ENTERTAINMENT
MOVIES
'Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice'
In "Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" (March 27 on Disney+), James Marsden plays a hitman named Mike who's hired by a time traveler named Nick (Vince Vaughn). Nick wants to prevent the biggest mistake of his life by killing his past self. The film by writer-director BenDavid Grabinski recently premiered at the SXSW film festival.
'Anemone'
Daniel Day-Lewis came out of retirement to star in his first film since 2017's "Phantom Thread" in "Anemone" (March 28 on Netflix), a family drama directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. In it, Day-Lewis plays a hermit in the North England woods who is visited by an old friend (Sean Bean) sent to bring him back to his son. In her review, AP's Jocelyn Noveck called it "bleak, somber, absorbing but also sometimes frustratingly opaque."
'Sentimental Value'
Joachim Trier's Norwegian family drama "Sentimental Value" is now streaming on Hulu. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including best picture, it won for best international film. In it, Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas play sisters who reconnect with their filmmaker father (Stellan Skarsgård), who's making an autobiographical film starring an American actor (Elle Fanning). In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr wrote that the film's focus "may be small and limited — one Norwegian family struggling to connect and communicate — and yet its emotional scope is downright cosmic."
— Jake Coyle
VIDEO GAME
Life is Strange: Reunion
In 2015's Life Is Strange, a young woman named Max rewound time to save her childhood friend Chloe's life. The series has bounced around since between different lead characters with different supernatural gifts, but Max and Chloe are back in Life Is Strange: Reunion. Max is now a teacher whose university has been destroyed by an inferno — and when she turns back the clock this time, Chloe shows up. Does she have mysterious powers of her own? Can they save the school and their relationship? If you're craving an emotional, metaphysical mystery, you can check in March 26 on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S or PC.
— Lou Kesten
MUSIC
Flea
The Red Hot Chili Peppers' eccentric bassist Flea will release his debut album on March 27. And in a true shock to those who don't know him, it's a trumpet forward jazz record. You read that correctly. Long before the rocker made a name for himself in a band known for songs about California, he was a huge jazz fan, a musical world he explores on the record titled "Honora." Come for the name, stay for his inventive improvisations and starstudded collaborations, which include Radiohead's Thom Yorke and the always introspective Nick Cave.
Charlie Puth
A lot has happened to singer/songwriter Charlie Puth in the time since his last album,
"Charlie," was released in 2022. He got married. He's expecting his first child. He performed at the Super Bowl. Taylor Swift gave him a shoutout on her album "The Tortured Poets Department." And now, he's embracing it all on a new record out March 27, the playful "Whatever's Clever!" Expect fun pop songs about life and its many transformative moments. That, and some Kenny G.
Robyn
Swedish pop savant Robyn returns with "Sexistential," her first album in eight years. It is ninetracks of shimmering synths ("Dopamine," "Really Real") ascendant choruses ("Into the Sun") and rebellious pop songs that double as emotional life rafts ("Sucker for Love.") The songs are all about freedom, single motherhood, love and lust — often in the same breath. It's a lascivious collection for the dancefloor: exactly what most pop stars hope to achieve, many fail, and Robyn makes look effortless. Available March 27.
— Maria Sherman
TELEVISION
MLB on Netflix
Grab your peanuts and Cracker Jack, because Netflix's first MLB broadcast is opening night on March 25. The San Francisco Giants will host the New York Yankees. Former Giants outfielder Barry Bonds has joined the commentary team for the streamer.
'Something Very Bad is Going to Happen'
A bride-to-be starts to get a bad feeling about her impending nuptials. Is it cold feet or intuition? "Something Very Bad is Going to Happen" stars Camila Morrone ("Daisy Jones & The Six") and Adam DiMarco ("The White Lotus") star in the new creepy limited series debuting March 26 on Netflix.
'Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special'
"Hannah Montana" made Miley Cyrus a star and a new special streaming March 24 on Disney+ celebrates 20 years since the show's premiere. Filmed in front of a live audience, the "Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special" will feature music, archival footage and an interview with Cyrus, hosted by podcast host Alex Cooper.
— Alicia Rancilio
