Did the typical heist-flick shenanigans of Solo leave you underwhelmed? Then now is your chance to revisit Rian Johnson’s sublime (if polarizing) entry into the Star Wars saga, which centres on young Rey’s force-awakening boot camp with curmudgeonly retired Jedi Luke Skywalker—and her increasingly complicated psychic relationship with arch-nemesis Kylo Ren. Even Last Jedi naysayers can’t deny that the balletic lightsaber duel in Supreme Leader Snoke’s red lair is the most elegantly shot fight scene in the entire series. June 26.
Lights! Camera! Spandex! Alison Brie’s turnbuckle-busting comedy—which follows the fictionalized exploits of the namesake all-female wrestling league—returns for a second round in the ring, promising bigger body slams and ozone-depleting quantities of hairspray. To whet your appetite for all things ‘80s, watch the cast vamp its way through the Flashdance classic “Maniac” in the neon-tinted video above. June 29.
Sure, Drake got bodied hard by Pusha T this week, but there was once a time when high-profile rap beefs ended in bullets. The unsolved shooting deaths of rival rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls in 1997 have yielded a cottage industry of investigative books and documentaries that attempt to solve the mystery of these infamous murders. This series takes the dramatized American Crime Story approach, depicting the once-friendly MCs’ souring relationship, and the L.A.P.D. detectives entrusted with cracking the case. June 18.
In this era of perpetual outrage and divisive rhetoric, comic W. Kamau Bell has emerged as a level-headed voice of reason—even when he’s getting up close and personal with white supremacists on his CNN travelogue show, United Shades of America. In this stand-up special, he draws upon his experiences as a black man in America to deliver cheeky but probing commentaries on race, politics and parenting in the Trump era. June 26.
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut was a darling of awards season this past winter, but summer is the ideal time of year to immerse yourself in this warm, coming-of-age dramedy about a precocious high school graduate (played with plucky aplomb by Saoirse Ronan) trying to forge her own path in life without the interference of her loving but domineering mother (Laurie Metcalf). June 3.
On December 9, 2001, novelist Michael Peterson called 911 to report that his wife, Kathleen, had fallen down a staircase in their home and died—but the subsequent investigation revealed that there was a lot more to the story than he was letting on. That phone call snowballed into one of the most sensational murder trials of the early 2000s, and yet, despite so much evidence to the contrary, Peterson and his children maintained his innocence through it all. But his conviction in 2003 was by no means the end of this saga: this documentary series packages an eight-episode miniseries that first aired in 2004 with a follow-up 2012 special and, now, three brand new episodes that update us on the latest twists and turns in this ongoing drama. June 8.
Available June 1
About a Boy
Anaconda
Baby Mama
Barbie: Video Game Hero
The Bone Collector
The Boxtrolls
Busted!
The Cave
Charlie Wilson’s War
Cinderella Man
The Disaster Artist
Gridiron Gang
Hail, Caesar!
The Indian Detective: Season 1
Jarhead
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Monster High: Electrified
Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef
Monster High: New Ghoul at School
Monster High: Scaremester Collection
The Mothman Prophecies
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Notting Hill
November 13: Attack on Paris
Panic Room
Savages
Sense and Sensibility
Stealth
W1A: Season 3
Welcome to Monster High: The Origin Story
Available June 3
The Break with Michelle Wolf
Available June 5
Delirium
Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok
Mr. D: Season 7
Available June 8
Sense8: The Series Finale
Alex Strangelove
Ali’s Wedding
All I See Is You
The Hollow
Marcella: Season 2
Treehouse Detectives
Available June 11
Lights Out
The Shallows
Available June 12
Champions
Available June 14
Marlon
Available June 15
The Ranch: Part 5
Lust Stories
Maktub
Set It Up
Sunday’s Illness
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 6
Available June 16
Nostalgia
Available June 17
Club de Cuervos presenta: La balada de Hugo Sánchez
Available June 19
Kim’s Convenience: Season 2
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
Available June 22
Marvel’s Luke Cage: Season 2
Brain on Fire
Cooking on High
Derren Brown: Miracle
Desolation
Kaleidoscope
Starbuck
Available June 24
To Each, Her Own (Les Goûts et les couleurs)
The Last Laugh
Available June 26
Ghostbusters
Secret City
Available June 29
Nailed It!: Season 2
Bullet Head
Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits
Harvey Street Kids
Kiss Me First
La Forêt
Paquita Salas: Season 2
Recovery Boys
TAU
Available June 30
Fate/EXTRA Last Encore: Oblitus Copernican Theory
Suburbicon
Leaving Netflix this month
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Little Chaos
Born on the Fourth of July
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doctor Dolittle
Fatal Attraction
The Great Outdoors
Ice Age: Collision Course
Independence Day: resurgence
Knocked Up
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War
Miami Vice
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Oz the Great and Powerful
Seventh Son
Sherlock: Series 3
Shutter Island
Smokin’ Aces
True Grit
Uncle Buck
Unlocking Sherlock
Varsity Blues
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