Still thriving: ‘Drive to Survive’ rolls in for Season 5
WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX
Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Season 5
Gear up and take your places for the Season 5 premiere of the smash-hit Netflix docuseries “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” when it launches on the streamer Friday, Feb. 24. Offering unprecedented access to the talented drivers and the hard-working teams that bring the races to life, “Drive to Survive” follows them through their racing season as they compete for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 world championship. With all-new rules that prove to be a game-changing challenge for both teams and drivers, this season will prove to be anything but predictable. Featuring never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, the series features Formula 1’s 2022 lineup of 22 athletes from around the world, including Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez for Red Bull Racing; Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz for Ferrari; George Russell and Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes; Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo for McLaren Mercedes; Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso for Alpine Renault; Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu for Alfa Romeo Ferrari; Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll and Nico Hulkenberg for Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes; Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher for Haas Ferrari; Pierre Gasley and Yuki Tsunoda for Alphatori; and Alexander
Albon, Nicholas Latifi and Nyck De Vries for Williams Mercedes. The series is executive produced by James Gay-Rees (“Amy,” 2015) and Paul Martin (“Break Point”) for Box to Box Films.
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME
The Consultant - Season 1
This Friday, Feb. 24, Prime premieres its twisted new series, “The Consultant,” a darkly comedic workplace thriller based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Bentley Little. The series stars Christoph Waltz (“Django Unchained,” 2012) as Regus Patoff, a new consultant who is hired to improve the business at a mobile gaming company in Los Angeles. Exploring the sinister relationship between boss and employee, the series follows along as the employees on CompWare experience a new host of demands and challenges that put everything — including their lives — into question. Created and executive produced by showrunner Tony Basgallop (“Servant”), “The Consultant” is directed by Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”), Daniel Attias (“Homeland”), Charlotte Brändström (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), Alexis Ostrander (“Supergirl”), Karyn Kusama (“In Treatment”). Nat Wolff (“The Stand”), Brittany O’Grady (“Star”), Aimee Carrero (“The Menu,” 2022), Sydney Mae Diaz (“Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” 2021), Sloane Avery (“Purity Falls,” 2019), Michael Charles Vaccaro (“For All Mankind”) and Erin Ruth Walker (“Leverage: Redemption”).
WHAT’S NEW ON APPLE TV+
Liason - Season 1
Explore the endless possibilities of space and time with the new, contemporary thriller series “Liason,” when it premieres its first episode on Apple TV+ Friday, Feb. 24. Episodes air weekly on Fridays there after. Across the series’ six-episode premiere season, the story explores how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. In a high-stakes, multilayered plot, “Liason” sees “espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love” (per Apple TV+). The first French and English-language Apple Original series, “Liason” comes from creator Virginie Brac (“Cheyenne & Lola”), with direction by Stephen Hopkins (“The Fugitive”). Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan,” 2010), Eva Green (“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” 2016), Peter Mullan (“Ozark”), Gérard Lanvin (“Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1,” 2008), Daniel Francis (“Stay Close”), Stanislas Merhar (“The Count of Monte Cristo”), Laetitia Eido (Fauda”), Eriq Ebouaney (“Rogue City,” 2020), Bukky Bakray (“Rocks,” 2019) and Thierry Frémont (“Das Boot”).
WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY+
Movie: Bruiser
Onyx Collective and Hulu present the new drama film “Bruiser,” premiering Friday, Feb. 24, on Disney+. The film follows 14-year-old Darious (Jalyn Hall, “Till,” 2022) as he searches for his place among his friends, family and in the world in general. Guided by his hardworking but stern father, Malcolm (Shamier Anderson, “Invasion”), and his calm, nurturing mother, Monica (Shinelle Azoroh, “Swagger”), Darious explores the boundaries of manhood through the tumultuous interactions with his father. When Darius befriends and turns to a charismatic drifter named Porter (Trevante Rhodes, “Moonlight,” 2016) for help after being beaten up, his new acquaintance’s true identity threatens to unravel the foundations of his family.An exploration of fathers, families, generational violence and toxic masculinity, “Bruiser” marks director Miles Warren’s (“Huntress,” 2018) feature film debut. Written by Ben Medina, who collaborated with Warren on the 2021 short, “Bruiser,” the cast of the film is rounded out by Frank Oakley III (“Sweet Magnolias”), Jonah Bishop-Pirrone (“Law of Attraction,” 2020), Sarah Bock (“Pink fong & Baby Shark’s Space Adventure,” 2019), Kiah Alexandria Clingman (“Thick Skin”), Moses Jones (“Playing Through,” 2022), Gavin Munn (“Raising Dion”), Ava Ryback (“Life & Beth”) and Jay Santiago (“Ghostwriter”).