What to Stream: Harry Styles, 'War Machine,' Steve Carell, 'Young
Sherlock' and Pokémon Pokopia
[March 02, 2026]
Harry Styles' fourth solo album, “Kiss All the Time. Disco,
Occasionally,” and Guy Ritchie's detective series “Young Sherlock” 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: Steve
Carell starring in the feel-good comedy “Rooster” on HBO, Nintendo’s
Pokémon Pokopia offering a peaceful gaming experience and Netflix has
the sci-fi action pic “War Machine.”
New movies to stream from March 2-8
— For anyone catching up with this year’s Oscar nominees, both Jafar
Panahi’s darkly comedic revenge film “It Was Just an Accident” and
Kleber Mendonça Filho 's “The Secret Agent” are streaming on Hulu
starting in March. Panahi's Palme d’Or-winner, which Mark Kennedy called
one of the most moving of the year in his AP review, is vying for best
international feature and best original screenplay at the Oscars on
March 15. “The Secret Agent” is up for best picture, best actor (Wagner
Moura), best international feature and best casting. In my review I
called it a “slow burn thriller,” adding that it is, “the best kind of
personal film, imbued with so many things that Mendonça Filho loves,
both resurrection and elegy.”
— Not to be confused with the David Michôd-directed Brad Pitt movie from
2017, Netflix has a new sci-fi action pic called “War Machine” streaming
on Friday, March 6. This new film stars Alan Ritchson as an Army Ranger
who while on a training mission comes across a deadly machine that
relentlessly hunts him and his peers. Dennis Quaid also stars alongside
Stephan James and Jai Courtney.
— A pickpocket (Ben Radcliffe) lands a job at a stately English manor
and begins a romance with the lady-of-the-house ( Thomasin McKenzie ) in
“Fackham Hall,” a slapstick spoof with a side of murder mystery that
crosses “Downton Abbey” with “Monty Python.” Also starring Katherine
Waterston, Damian Lewis and Tom Felton, “Fackham Hall” begins streaming
on HBO Max on March 6. Or if you’d just rather go with actual “Downton
Abbey,” the third movie, “The Grand Finale” is streaming on Netflix on
Saturday, March 7.
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
New music to stream from March 2-8
— He hath returned: Harry Styles is back with his fourth solo album,
“Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” out Friday via Columbia
Records. Details are sparse: He described the album as “an audio
representation of a long diary entry” in a Q&A with his stylist Harry
Lambert in The Sunday Times Magazine; he’s teased the release as a
direct reflection of his time spent out of the spotlight in Rome. The
first taste arrived in the form of “Aperture,” a Styles’ opening track
if we’ve ever heard one, a five-minute slow-burn built of accelerating
synths. He told BBC Radio 1 the song was at least partially inspired by
seeing LCD Soundsystem live and listening to the ’80s English post-punk
band The Durutti Column. Freedom, he seems to be teasing, comes from
anonymity, a dance floor, and braking as the music speeds.
— Denzel Curry and The Scythe (made up of rappers Bktherula, TiaCorine,
Key Nyata and Ferg, formerly known as A$AP Ferg) are back at it with
“Strictly 4 The Scythe.” Call them the exemplar Southern rap crew — this
dream team sounds like they’re having more fun than anyone else in the
game. That’s clear from the titular track “The Scythe,” with its bounce
verses and chant-along chorus.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
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This combination of images shows promotional art for "R.J. Decker,"
left, "Young Sherlock," center, and "Rooster." (Hulu/Prime/HBO Max
via AP)
 New series to stream from March
2-8
— Scott Speedman’s charisma is on full display in the new ABC series
“R.J. Decker.” Speedman plays a former newspaper photographer and
ex-con who has decided to forge a new path as a private
investigator. The show takes place in South Florida where the cases
can be bonkers, because Florida. The series is inspired by Carl
Hiaasen’s novel “Double Whammy.” Hiaasen is from Florida,
understands its oddities and sets his books there. “RJ Decker” will
be available beginning Wednesday on Hulu.
— Before Sherlock Holmes became the world’s
greatest detective, he studied at Oxford University. That’s the
backdrop for Prime Video’s “Young Sherlock,” starring Hero Fiennes
Tiffin as the titular character. The series is executive produced
and directed by Guy Ritchie and has all the qualities you would
expect from a Ritchie production: action sequences, fast-pacing and
smart dialogue. In this series, we also see Sherlock meet and
befriend of all people, James Moriarty, his biggest nemesis. All
8-episodes drop Wednesday.
— Another prequel premieres this week. “Ted” the TV series returns
for a second season Thursday on Peacock. It’s about the early days
of the foul-mouthed teddy bear (Seth MacFarlane) and his best friend
John (Max Burkholder) who is in high school. MacFarlane is also an
executive producer, writer, director and co-showrunner.
— Steve Carell stars in the new feel-good comedy “Rooster” for HBO.
He plays a best-selling author who takes a job at a college where
his daughter is also a professor and going through a tough time. The
series is cocreated by Bill Lawrence (“Ted Lasso,” “Scrubs” and
“Shrinking.”) Phil Dunster, Danielle Deadwyler and John C. McGinley
have main roles. It premieres Sunday, March 8 on HBO Max.
— Alicia Rancilio
New video games to play from March 2-8
— The folks at Bungie set a high standard for sci-fi shooters with
Halo and Destiny, but few players remember their first crack at the
genre: 1994’s Marathon. The new Marathon jumps 99 years into the
future and all the way out to a distant planet called Tau Ceti IV,
where the original explorers tried to build a new colony. By the
time you get there, though, most of the colonists have vanished, and
it’s up to you to collect whatever loot they left behind. Bungie
says you can play solo, but you’ll probably want to round up some
online crewmates once the player-vs.-player mayhem starts. The
expedition begins Thursday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
— Nintendo’s Pokémon Pokopia isn’t the usual “gotta catch ‘em all”
adventure. It’s more like “build ’em all a nice place to live and
hope they show up.” Your character is a shape-shifting Ditto, and
you’ve been dropped in a desolate landscape. Fortunately, the wise
old Professor Tangrowth is there to help spruce it up. You’ll need
to diversify if you want to attract visitors, since Pidgey’s
probably going to want some trees and Psyduck may want a lake. If
you’ve ever wanted to be surrounded by Pokémon without making them
fight, this must be the place. Move in Thursday on Switch 2.
— Lou Kesten
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