What’s New in Pop Culture: February 17-23, 2025
Releases this week in TV, Music, Movies & Games
New This Week: Suits L.A. debuts on NBC; Tate McRae makes her big bid for pop stardom; Avowed comes to video-game consoles.
TELEVISION
Thursday 2/20: Zero Day (Netflix; Drama, Political Thriller)
Robert DeNiro comes to television in this prestige limited series, playing a former U.S. President brought out of retirement to investigate a brutal cyberattack, which leads to a vast web of conspiracies and serious ethical questions. With Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, and Angela Bassett.
Thursday 2/20: Reacher (Prime Video; Action, Thriller)
Human flesh wall Alan Ritchson returns for the third season of this action thriller, this time facing off against rogue DEA agents, contract killers, and a mysterious family business. With Anthony Michael Hall.
Sunday 2/23: The Americas (NBC 7pm; Nature Documentary)
National Treasure Tom Hanks narrates this prestige nature documentary about the natural treasures of the continent containing North America, Central America, and South America, spotlighting the wildlife and the landscapes of the sprawling land masses we call home.
Sunday 2/23: Suits L.A. (NBC 9pm; Drama, Legal)
Following the unexpected Netflix popularity of concluded USA Network legal drama Suits, NBC is bringing back the original show’s creator to do a new spinoff in the same universe. Suits LA will follow a former New York prosecutor turned high-profile entertainment lawyer, played by Stephen Amell (Arrow). Expect original suits star Gabriel Macht to reprise his Harvey Specter role in a recurring capacity.
Sunday 2/23: Grosse Point Garden Society (NBC 10pm; Drama, Suspense)
The creator of Good Girls takes a stab at the Desperate Housewives format with this drama set in an upscale suburb, where the members of a garden club are entangled in a murder and subsequent hiding of the body. Starring Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries), Ben Rappaport (Ozark), and Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder).
MUSIC
Friday 2/21: Imagine Dragons Reflections (From the Vault of Smoke + Mirrors) (Pop/Rock)
Friday 2/21: Mike Posner The Beginning (Pop)
Friday 2/21: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Honeysuckle (Country Blues)
Friday 2/21: Roddy Ricch The Navy Album (Hip-Hop Rap)
Friday 2/21: Tate McRae So Close to What (Pop)
MOVIES
Friday 2/21: The Unbreakable Boy (Wide; Drama, Inspirational)
Zachary Levi stars in this drama about a family raising an autistic child, and how he teaches unexpected lessons.
Friday 2/21: The Monkey (Wide; Horror, Suspense)
Osgood Perkins (Longlegs) wrote and directed this adaptation of a Stephen King short story about twin brothers who find a mysterious toy monkey, which leads to a slew of grisly murders. Starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, and Elijah Wood.
Friday 2/21: Cleaner (Limited; Action, Thriller)
Daisy Ridley (Star Wars sequel trilogy) and Clive Owen stars in this film by Martin Campbell about a former soldier now working as a window cleaner who attempts to rescue a crowd of people being held hostage at a gala.
Friday 2/21: Old Guy (Limited; Action, Comedy)
Oscar winner Christoph Waltz plays a past-his-prime hitman who is forced to train his Gen Z replacement in the bloody business, until the two become the target of a double cross. With Lucy Liu.
Friday 2/21: Millers in Marriage (Limited; Drama)
Edward Burns returns for a new movie about three couples grappling with major mid-life questions. Starring Morena Baccarin, Gretchen Mol, Minnie Driver, Juliana Margulies, Benjamin Bratt, Patrick Wilson, and others.
GAMES
Tuesday 2/18: Avowed (PC, Xbox S|X; Action RPG)
Set in the same universe as Pillars of Eternity, you play as an envoy on a supernatural island trying to stave off a potentially deadly plague.
Tuesday 2/18: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (PC, PS5, Xbox S|X; Adventure)
The first in a two-part adventure game sees you playing as a member of a group of friends reuniting after 27 years over mysterious circumstances.
Friday 2/21: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox S|X; Action/Adventure)
This spinoff of the Like a Dragon series follows cast member Goro, who has been stranded on an island, lost his memories, and now pillages the seas with his pirate crew.
