What to Stream: 'Jurassic World Rebirth,' Florence + the Machine, &TEAM,
'Sorry, Baby' and 'Hedda'
[October 27, 2025]
“Jurassic World Rebirth” roaring and snarling on Peacock and
Florence + the Machine’s latest Halloween-ready album, “Everybody
Scream,” 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: Eva
Victor’s “Sorry, Baby,” one of the most exciting debuts of the year,
landing on HBO Max, the nine-member Japanese boy band &TEAM releasing
their debut Korean album and comedian Rachel Sennott's new Gen Z comedy
“I Love LA" pops up on HBO.
New movies to stream from Oct. 27-Nov. 2
— Eva Victor’s “Sorry, Baby,” one of the most exciting debuts of the
year, comes to HBO Max on Thursday. Victor wrote, directed and stars as
Agnes, a graduate student in a quaint New England town, who is assaulted
by her professor. But the film, which unfolds across five chapters, one
being “the year with the bad thing,” is less about the incident and more
about life after. In his review for The Associated Press, film writer
Jake Coyle wrote, “In this remarkably fully formed debut, the moments
that matter are the funny and tender ones that persist amid crueler
experiences. … Just as Agnes is sarcastically and self-deprecatingly
resistant to convention, Victor’s film sidesteps the definitions that
usually accompany such a story.”
— Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss are brilliant in Nia DaCosta’s fiery,
sensuous reimagining of the classic Henrik Ibsen drama “Hedda,” which is
streaming on Prime Video on Wednesday. The film transports the
“catastrophically bored” housewife to 1950s England where Hedda
(Thomson) manipulates and schemes over the course of a lavish party at
her country estate. DaCosta makes the story her own, seamlessly blending
race, gender and queerness into the drama. In my review, I called it a
“deliriously fun, intelligent and impassioned spin” on a familiar tale
that requires no previous Ibsen knowledge.
— Colin Farrell plays a high-stakes gambler running away from his past
in Macao in “Ballad of a Small Player,” streaming on Netflix on
Wednesday. The film, a stylish neo-noir from “Conclave” director Edward
Berger, received mixed reviews.
— “Jurassic World Rebirth” also makes its Peacock debut on Oct. 30. In
his review for the AP, Mark Kennedy wrote that this installment,
directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson and
Mahershala Ali, proves there’s “still life in this old dino series”
adding that “it captures the awe and majesty of the overgrown lizards
that’s been lacking for so many of the movies.”
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
New music to stream from Oct. 27-Nov. 2
— Leading up to Florence + the Machine’s latest album, “Everybody
Scream,” out on Halloween, frontwoman Florence Welch suffered the
effects of an ectopic pregnancy onstage. A fallopian tube then ruptured
and she nearly died. It’s a harrowing story, one that no doubt lends
itself to the thematic horrors that abound on the band’s record. The
title is appropriate. But for all the tragedy, there are pleasures
across the release. Consider a song like “One of the Greats,” a fierce
indictment of double standards that also happens to be quite funny. “It
must be nice to be a man and make borin’ music just because you can,”
she sings. “Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan / You’re my second
favorite frontman.”
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This combination of images shows promotional art for the series
"Down Cemetery Road," from left, "I Love LA," and "Robin Hood."
(Apple TV+/HBO Max/MGM+ via AP)
 — The nine-member Japanese boy band
&TEAM will release their debut Korean album, “Back to Life,” via
HYBE Japan and YX LABELS on Tuesday. It’s a big step for the group
whose members first turned heads on the South Korean survival show
“I-Land” (the same that launched the popular boy band ENHYPHEN) and
the Japanese program “&Audition — The Howling.” Their multi-genre,
multilingual approach to pop is sure to earn them new fans.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
New series to stream from Oct. 27-Nov. 2
— Adapting novels by Mick Herron has worked out for Apple TV with
its acclaimed series “Slow Horses.” Now, they've got “Down Cemetery
Road," also from Herron's catalog. It stars Emma Thompson as a
brazen, brash detective and Ruth Wilson as her unlikely Girl Friday.
The first two episodes premiere Wednesday.
— A new “Robin Hood” reimagining on MGM+ is described as “a romance
adventure.” It stars Jack Patten and Lauren McQueen as Robin (he
goes by Rob) and Marian, who fight corruption together. Sean Bean
plays the main antagonist, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The 10-episode
series debuts Sunday, Nov. 2.
— HBO loves a comedy about friendships and hopes it has found a Gen
Z answer to fill the millennial void left by“Insecure” and “Girls."
Actor and comedian Rachel Sennott created and stars in a new Gen Z
comedy “I Love LA" about a budding talent manager in Hollywood, and
her friend group (featuring Josh Hutcherson as her boyfriend). It
also makes its debut Sunday, Nov. 2.
— Alicia Rancilio
New video games to play from Oct. 27-Nov. 2
— In the galaxy of The Outer Worlds 2, three factions are battling
for dominance: the hypercapitalist Auntie’s Choice, the
authoritarian Protectorate and the quasi-religious Order of the
Ascendant. If none of those sounds particularly appealing, that’s
kind of the point. In order to accomplish your mission, you’ll find
yourself trying to meet the sometimes preposterous demands of one
faction without aggravating the other two. Developer Obsidian
Entertainment brings a sarcastic edge to your usual space opera,
hoping to leave you laughing while you’re hunting down radioactive
mutants or malfunctioning robots. The studio has an impressive track
record of role-playing games like Pillars of Eternity and Avowed, so
if you’re hungry for that sort of action with rockets and lasers,
prepare for liftoff Wednesday on Xbox X/S, PlayStation 5 or PC.
— Lou Kesten
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