Open Road
June. That time of the month for feigning sickness, traversing to the beach, and spending your paltry wad of cash on water ice. You know what’s great to do on the beach? Watch Netflix on your device. Yup. Get the sun out of your eyes, the sand out of your tennis shoes, and catch up on Orange is the New Black. Soak up the sun rays while ingesting a healthy dose of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or just veg out while watching 72 Cutest Animals. (Yes, that’s a new show on Netflix, and you’re welcome.)
Here’s what you should be watching this June on Netflix…
The Jurassic Park Trilogy (6/1)
It’s time to go back to the island. No, not the island from Lost. The island from the first three Jurassic Park films. Yes, I know that a T-Rex invades L.A. in one of the films. Ugh.. just… just forget it.
The second two Jurassic Park films aren’t perfect, but what’s more exciting than a six-hour binge of dinosaurs wrecking people and stuff? Not-nothing is the answer. Plus, you get to see Jeff Goldblum with his shirt off, and that’s almost as good as Jeff Goldblum with his shirt off in The Fly. So, do it. Go back to the island from Lost. Dammit, I meant Jurassic Park! You win.
Spotlight (6/22)
Winner of the 2015 Oscar for Best Picture, our own Keith Phipps wrote that Spotlight, “…plays like a great piece of longform journalism.” The stellar cast of the award-winning true-life tale is a veritable who’s who of contemporary thespians: Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, and Rachel McAdams. The film is brave in its approach to pacing — eschewing large, dramatic set pieces — and really allows viewers to maintain a “fly on the wall” perspective. All that is to say, if you only watch one drama on Netflix in June, it should be this.
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 1 (6/10)
When this writer was just a tiny scribe, scribbling notes on a legal pad that his dad gave to him, he imagined various worlds where Voltron cyber-monsters roamed the land. It was a glorious time. Now, that time has returned as DreamWorks has taken over the 1984 cartoon and updated it with anime and CGI. Starring Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) and Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords), may all of your fantasies about space robots come to fruition.
Here’s the full list of titles coming to Netflix in June…
June 1
7 Chinese Brothers
72 Cutest Animals: Season 1
72 Dangerous Places: Season 1
A Walk to Remember
Big Stone Gap
Bob Ross: Beauty is Everywhere
Breaking the Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed: Season 1-2
Cold in July
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?
Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution
(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies
El Libro de Piedra
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Extraordinary Tales
The Fear of 13
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez
Gentlemen and Gangsters: Season 1
The Good Witch: Season 1
The Great Alone
Hadwin’s Judgement
J. Edgar
Jaco
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Lion Heart
Meadowland
The Odd Couple II
Off Camera: Series 1
Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
Pokémon: XY: Kalos Quest: Season 2
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
The Resurrection of Jake the Snake
Rock the Kasbah
Sam Klemke’s Time Machine
Second Coming
Tab Hunter Confidential
UFOs: The Best Evidence Ever (Caught on Tape)
Underdogs
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Wildlike
June 2
Beauty & the Beast: Season 3
Hibana: Spark
Pretty Little Liars: Season 6
June 3
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
June 6
Darkweb
June 7
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Jarhead 3: The Siege
June 10th
LEGO Friends: The Power of Friendship: Season 2
June 11
Me Him Her
Scandal: Season 5
June 12
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
June 14
The League: Season 7
June 15
After the Spill
Boom Bust Boom
The Giver
In the Shadow of the Moon
Naz & Maalik
Night Owls
Poverty, Inc.
Top Spin
TransFatty Lives
June 16
Being Mary Jane: Season 3
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 3
The Unborn
June 17
All Hail King Julien: Season 3
Orange is the New Black: Season 4
June 18
Cedar Cove: Season 3
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 12
June 19
Bunk’d: Season 1
I Am Thor
June 20
Life Story: Series 1
The Making of Life Story
June 21
Best Friends Whenever: Season 1
June 22
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
June 24
Dragons: Race to the Edge: Season 3
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Justin Time GO!
June 27
Cronies
June 29
Life
June 30
A Very Secret Service: Season 1
Palio
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