What’s New in Pop Culture: March 10-16, 2025
Releases this week in TV, Music, Movies & Games
New This Week: John Mulaney goes live on Netflix; the Looney Tunes gang tries to survive The Day the Earth Blew Up; Roman Reigns enters the ring with WWE 2K25.
TELEVISION
Wednesday 3/12: Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix 10pm; Talk Show)
Very funny, and often messy, writer and comedian John Mulaney launches a live celebrity talk show in which viewers can apparently call in with questions and comments. Let’s see how this turns out!
Thursday 3/13: The Wheel of Time (Prime Video; Fantasy, Drama)
Prime Video’s OTHER fantasy epic continues to adapt — broadly — Robert Jordan’s book series. The first two seasons were polarizing, but when this show is good, it’s fantastic. If you need your high-fantasy itch scratched, push through the weak episodes and immerse yourself in this world.
Thursday 3/13: Top Chef (Bravo 9pm; Cooking Show, Reality Competition)
The 22nd season of Bravo’s high-stakes cooking show heads to Canada, just in time for our trade war with our neighbors to the north. Fifteen new chefs compete for more than half a million dollars in prizes, with returning judges Kristen Kish, Tom Colicchio, and actual Canadian Gail Simmons.
Friday 3/14: Dope Thief (Apple TV+; Drama, Crime)
Bryan Tyree Henry (Atlanta) and Wagner Moura (Narcos) play two Philadelphia friends who pose as DEA agents to steal narcotics from small-time drug dealers. Things go sideways when they steal from the wrong people. With Kate Mulgrew and Ving Rhames.
MUSIC
Friday 3/14: St. Lucia Fata Morgana: Dawn (Electronica/Pop)
Friday 3/14: Coheed and Cambria The Father of Make Believe (Prog Rock)
Friday 3/14: Throwing Muses Moonlight Concessions (Alternative Rock)
Friday 3/14: Dorothy The Way (Blues Rock)
MOVIES
Friday 3/14: Black Bag (Wide; Spy Drama)
Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett star as married spies whose allegiances are questioned, forcing them to decide between country and partner. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Friday 3/14: Novocaine (Wide; Action, Comedy)
Jack Quaid (The Boys, son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan) makes his big-screen leading-man debut as a regular guy who loses the ability to feel pain. That comes in handy when he tries to rescue his kidnapped love interest.
Friday 3/14: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (Wide; Animated, Family)
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig star in this first-ever full-length, fully animated Looney Tunes film, trying to save the planet after uncovering a sinister alien domination plot.
Friday 3/14: The Electric State (Netflix; Action, Comedy)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Chris Pratt star in this dystopian adventure as an orphaned teen and a mysterious drifter on the road and besieged by mechanical menaces inspired by pop culture.
GAMES
Friday 3/14: WWE 2K25 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox S|X; Sports)
Champion Roman Reigns is front and center in this new WWE video game, which features a roster of more than 300 current WWE Superstars, Legends, and Hall of Famers.
Tuesday 3/11: Wanderstop (PS5, Steam, Xbox S|X; Cozy)
You play as a wounded fighter trying to find a new master, who is sidetracked into running the tea shop of a burly stranger; it’s all about shop management and tea brewing.
