Winter is upon us here in Australia and cosy nights tucked up on the couch begin to seem like the ideal way to spend a chilly evening. Of course, our friends across the pond at Netflix US are gearing up for their swimsuit season. Thankfully, they’ve still delivered on a bunch of new streaming content to see us through our cold snap. Let’s check out some highlights.
Those looking to sink their teeth into a new series should consider Gypsy Season 1. The incredible quality of television series in recent years has seen more and more seasoned film stars move across to the small screen format, and on this occasion, it’s Naomi Watts (St. Vincent) making the transition. Here Watts plays Jean Holloway, a therapist whose interest in the lives of her patients becomes problematic. Touted as a drama with thriller elements, scaredy-cats are advised to watch with a pillow to hide behind.
June 1 sees the season return of Arrow. Now in its fifth season, Arrow is the story of Oliver Queen, billionaire playboy turned hooded vigilante. Canadian actor Stephen Amell stars as Arrow. Also on offer this June is a freshly squeezed dose of Orange is the New Black. Returning for Season 5 is this popular series whose dark comedy takes place in a women’s prison. The series was created by Jenji Kohan who was also responsible for the cult fave, Weeds. And for something brand spanking new and a little different, what about GLOW, about a bunch of female wrestlers in Los Angeles? Season 1 kicks of June 23.
For those who like their movies gilded by Oscar, check out My Left Foot. The film won actor Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) the Best Actor award in 1990. Playing Christy Brown, a man whose cerebral palsy is no match for his indomitable will, Day-Lewis’ performance is extraordinary. Also critically acclaimed is Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick’s unflinching portrayal of war and its dehumanising effects.
Causing some controversy at Cannes, but not because of anything good or bad in particularly with the film, the charming and family friendly Netflix production Okja is definitely worth checking out, if not for the fact that it stars the excellent Tilda Swinton, The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun and it comes from the writer and director of Snowpiercer.
Documentary buffs would do well to catch Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trial of a Free Press. When Gawker, a celebrity and media industry gossip blog, posted a sex tape of Hulk Hogan, the Wrestlemania superstar launched a high-stakes legal battle in which the rights of an individual’s privacy were weighed up against the First Amendment. Brian Knappenberger’s documentary examines the lawsuit that ultimately bankrupted Gawker and explores the further reaching consequences of how money and power are damaging society’s access to a free media. Also streaming, Saving Banksy, the 2017 documentary about the infamous and enigmatic graffiti artist, Banksy.
And for the little ones, two of the biggest animated kids’ films of 2016 begin streaming this month, Disney’s Moana and Trolls.
Read on for all this month’s new additions and the titles that will be leaving.
Available June 1
1 Night
13 Going on 30
Amor.com
Arrow season 5
Burlesque
Catfight
Catwoman
Chingo Bling: They Can’t Deport Us All
Days of Grace
Devil’s Bride
Full Metal Jacket
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Intersection season 2
Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson
Little Boxes
Mutant Busters season 2
My Left Foot
Off Camera with Sam Jones series 3
Playing It Cool
Rounders
Spring
The 100 season 4
The Ant Bully
The Bucket List
The Queen
The Sixth Sense
Vice
West Coast Customs season 3
Yam
Young Frankenstein
Zodiac
June 2
Comedy Bang! Bang! season 5, part 2
Flaked season 2
Inspector Gadget season 3
Los Ultimos de Filipinas
Lucid Dream
Saving Banksy
The Homecoming: Collection
June 3
Acapulco la vida va
Blue Gold: American Jeans
Headshot
Three
Tunnel
War on Everyone
June 4
Turn: Washington’s Spies season 3
June 5
Suite Francaise
June 7
Disturbing the Peace
Trolls
June 9
My Only Love Song season 1
Orange is the New Black season 5
Shimmer Lake
June 10
Black Snow
Daughters of the Dust
Havenhurst
Sword Master
June 13
Oh, Hello on Broadway
June 14
Quantico season 2
June 15
Marco Luque: Tamo Junto
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4
Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance
June 16
Aquarius season 2
Counterpunch
El Chapo season 1
The Ranch part 3
World of Winx season 2
June 17
Grey’s Anatomy season 13
Scandal season 6
The Stanford Prison Experiment
June 18
Shooter season 1
June 20
Amar Akbar & Tony
Disney’s Moana
Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For the First Time
June 21
Baby Daddy season 6
Young & Hungry season 5
June 23
American Anarchist
Free Rein season 1
GLOW season 1
Nobody Speak: Trial of the Free Press
You Get Me
June 26
No Escape
June 27
Chris D’Elia: Man on Fire
June 28
Okja
June 30
Chef & My Fridge: Collection
Gypsy season 1
It’s Only the End of the World
Little Witch Academia season 1
The Weekend
Leaving June 1
D2: the Mighty Ducks
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Heterosexual Jill
House of Wax
Kidnapped
Knuckleball!
Las magicas historias de Plim Plim season 1
L’Auberge Espagnole
Serendipity
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Blair Witch Project
The Good Guys season 1
The Hustler
The Little Rascals
The Prince & Me
The Teacher Who Defied Hitler
The Three Musketeers
The Way of the Dragon
This Is Spinal Tap
Two Step
We Are the Giant
June 6
Private Practice seasons 1-6
June 8
Xenia
June 9
4:44: Last Day on Earth
Farewell Herr Schwarz
Free the Nipple
Remote Area Medical
Secrets: The Sphinx
Tough Being Loved by Jerks
June 14
Bob the Builder season 1
Boys of Abu Ghraib
June 15
The Lazarus Project
June 16
Jane Eyre
June 19
Daddy’s Home
Grand Piano
The Right Kind of Wrong
June 23
Jimmy Goes to Nollywood
June 24
Agent F.O.X.
Breath of the Gods
Dragon Guardians
June 29
CSI: NY seasons 1-8
June 30
Killer Couples season 1
Killer in the Family season 1
Murder Files season 1
Murder on the Social Network
My Online Bride
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Angie Maddison is a contributor for Streambly. You can follow Angie on Twitter.
