3 solid Paramount+ movies you'll want to watch this week ...

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Real talk: Three movies that cut through the noise: a nerve-rattling thriller, a music-driven biopic, and a tender small-town classic.

3 solid Paramount+ movies you’ll want to watch this week (February 23 - March 1) Credit: Lucas Gouveia/How-To Geek By Derek Malcolm Published Feb 23, 2026, 5:00 PM EST Derek Malcolm has been covering the worlds of tech and entertainment for more than two decades. Before coming to How-To Geek in 2025, Derek was a contributing editor and writer for the A/V and Home Theater section at Digital Trends , where he wrangled and wrote everything from what to watch on Netflix to reviews, explainers, and guides on the latest Bluetooth speakers, turntables, projectors, and other A/V gear. (we’re not making this up)

Based in Toronto, Derek graduated from Humber College’s Journalism program in 1999, after which he kicked off covering the worlds of music, movies, TV, and celebrity for publications such as TV Guide, Hello!

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Magazine, and Inside Entertainment. He then got the bug for covering tech and gadgets in 2006, when he served as editor-in-chief of Canadian tech magazine Connected for more than a decade.

An avid skier, when all the snow’s gone Derek can be found at home spinning vinyl with his daughter or cheering on his favorite F1 team, McLaren. Sign in to your How-To Geek account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Paramount+ is definitely a streaming service with a library big enough to make browsing its catalog for a movie to watch feel productive and indecisive at the same time.

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You didn’t for a scavenger hunt, but we did—challenge accepted. Even though the end of the month pickings are getting slim, for the week of February 23 to March 1st, skip the hunt with these three solid movies: a Coen Brothers modern classic that’s gotten better with age, a music biopic told in a unique way, and a small-town drama with a stacked ensemble cast when they were all young.

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