March 1: The Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Film, Television and Radio Artists union is presenting the 32nd Actor Awards, live, with host Conan O’Brien. Netflix.
March 4: Based on Andrew Lane’s novel and directed by Guy Ritchie, the eight-episode “Young Sherlock” stars Donal Finn, Joseph Fiennes and Colin Firth in a movie about the origin of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective in 19th century Oxford. Amazon Prime.
March 6: “War Machine” is sort of a cross between “Robocop” and “Predator,” with Alan Ritchson starring as a soldier leading troops battling a high-tech foe. Dennis Quaid and Esai Morales are featured. Netflix.
March 6: “The Bride!” (of Frankenstein, that is) has actor/director Maggie Gyllenhaal taking the familiar story to a new setting: 1930s Chicago. Jessie Buckley (from “Hamnet”) stars as the companion of the original creature (Christian Bale). Together they turn to a life of crime. It’s creative, with touches of gangster movies and musicals along with a dash of horror. The cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz and Annette Bening. In theaters.
March 11: “Scarpetta” stars Nicole Kidman as Patricia Cornwell’s Italian-American forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta tracking a serial killer in an eight-episode series. Jamie Lee Curtis and Bobby Cannavale co-star. Amazon Prime.
March 15: The 98th Academy Awards will air from Hollywood. ABC.
March 18: Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss and Kate Mara star in “Imperfect Women,” an eight-episode thriller about an investigation into a murder, exposed secrets and ensuing chaos upending a lifelong relationship between three friends. Apple+.
March 20: Billie Eilish at last month’s Grammy Awards (where she made history with her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell as the first artists to win Song of the Year three times) had one of the most memorable comments — “No one is illegal on stolen land.” They could gain new fans with the concert film “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” (co-directed with filmmaker James Cameron), chronicling her sold-out 2024-2025 world tour and using new 3D, large-format technology. In theaters.
March 20: “Project Hail Mary” stars Ryan Gosling as a middle-school science teacher somehow plucked to travel millions of light years to figure out why our Sun is dying — as are other stars. Adapted from the novel by Andy Weir (“The Martian”), it’s ambitious and quirky. James Ortiz co-stars as an alien seemingly made of rock (called … “Rocky”). In theaters.
March 22: Public TV’s “Masterpiece” ups its game with the new series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” Alexander Dumas’ tale of revenge. Sam Claflin (“The Hunger Games”) stars, with Jeremy Irons. PBS.
March 22: Presented as three two-hour installments, “The Faithful” stars Minnie Driver and Jeffrey Donovan in a dramatization of Bible stories, here focusing on love, marriage and family as well as the emergence of the Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Fox.
March 25: Major League Baseball returns, with the Yankees visiting San Francisco the night before the official Opening Day. Netflix.
March 31: With voice performances from a cast including Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry, and F. Murray Abraham, “This Ordinary Thing” is a moving documentary about non-Jews who saved Jewish people throughout Europe during the Holocaust. It premiered in limited cities in December and is scheduled to be in wide release and available as Video On Demand. In theaters.