The Stream
What's new this week in television, films and music
Jeff Probst hosts "Survivor 50."
From left, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff and Donald Faison are back in the "Scrubs" reboot.
"In the Blink of an Eye"
ENTERTAINMENT
MOVIES
Andrew Stanton has directed some very memorable Pixar movies ("WALL-E," "Finding Nemo"), but his live-action track record is more checkered. Following 2012's poorly received "John Carter," Stanton is back with "In the Blink of an Eye," a film that brings together a handful of interconnected stories that explore the history of the world. Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs co-star. After a rocky reception at the Sundance Film Festival last month, "In the Blink of an Eye" debuts Feb. 27 on Hulu.
The Actor Awards, formerly the SAG Awards will be handed out March 1 in a Netflix-livestreamed ceremony. Dished out by SAGAFTRA, the actors guild, the awards are one of the most closely watched Oscar predictors. This year, Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" is the lead nominee.
— Jake Coyle
MUSIC
For the Paul McCartney superfan comes a new documentary series from director Morgan Neville, who also helmed "Won't You Be My Neighbor" and "Piece by Piece." Not on the Beatles, but what came after. "Paul McCartney: Man on the Run," which hits Amazon Prime Video on Feb. 27, chronicles the music man's life in the 1970s — Wings and then some. It's an intimate portrait worth spending time with.
Also on Feb. 27: The return of Bruno Mars! "The Romantic" is Mars' fourth full-length project and first solo album since 2016's hit-making "24K Magic." (That's of course excluding his mega-popular collaborative project with Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic, and their 2021 release "An Evening with Silk Sonic.") Retro-pop is the name of the game, and Mars remains one of the great, spirited nostalgists. That's evident from the jump: "I Just Might" is feel-good disco-pop-soul; it's clear Mars is making his return just when the world wants him most.
All four members of K-pop girl group Blackpink have found incredible success as soloists, with ubiquitous pop hits like "APT." and starring roles on "The White Lotus" among them. But now is the time for a comeback. On Feb. 27, Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa will release "Deadline," their latest EP. De-tails surrounding the five-track release are scant, but the bilingual "Jump" is bouncy Europop that flirts with hardstyle, the ideal soundtrack to a Las Vegas day club. Clearly, they just want their listeners to have fun.
— Maria Sherman
SERIES
Season 2 of "Paradise" starring Sterling K. Brown is now streaming on Hulu. Brown plays Xavier, a Secret Service agent assigned to protect the President of the United States, played by James Marsden. In Season 1, we learned that Marsden's character and a small number of privileged people escaped to an underground bunker just as an apocalypse was about to destroy everything. Xavier and his kids also made it to safety, but his wife got left behind. In Season 2, he sets out to find her. Shailene Woodley joins the cast, and Julianne Nicholson and Marsden return.
The 50th, yes 50th, season of
"Survivor" streams live on Paramount+ on Feb. 25 as it airs on CBS. Make sure to have your whole night free though, because the first episode is three hours long. Season 50 features all returning "Survivor" contestants, including "The White Lotus" creator Mike White.
Sixteen years after it aired its series finale, Zach Braff's "Scrubs" has been resuscitated.
The irreverent hospital series begins streaming on Hulu on Feb. 26, with returning cast members Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke and Judy Reyes.
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman first worked together on the film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." They've got a new collab as executive producers of a new Civil War series for Prime Video called "The Gray House." Mary Louise Parker stars alongside Ben Vereen, Robert Knepper ("Prison Break") and Paul Anderson of "Peaky Blinders." All eight episodes drop Feb. 26.
A washed-up Broadway actor (played by Kevin Kline) returns to his hometown and ends up direct-ing a local production of "Our Town" in the new series "American Classic." He also butts heads with his former girlfriend-turned-mayor played by Laura Linney. MGM+ kicks off the series by releasing the first two episodes on March 1. — Alicia Rancilio
