BEST BET – FILM
Okja – 6/28
God bless Netflix. No, really. Who else would bankroll an environmental satire/kid-creature buddy movie from Bong Joon Ho? While booed at Cannes – mostly for its “They’re killing the theatrical experience!” B.S. – its fans are very passionate. Given how great The Host and Snowpiercer were, I’m certain I will be, too.
BEST BET – TV
Orange Is the New Black (Season 5) – 6/9
Though critics and fans were divided on last season – its shocking last two episodes in particular – I’m very intrigued to see how the show deals with the aftermath of pushing the entire prison to its breaking point. Allegedly, this entire season takes place over the course of one weekend when the prisoners overtake Litchfield. It could be interesting or a bit of a stretch, but certainly gives them plenty of room down the road.
BEST BET – COMEDY
Oh, Hello on Broadway – 6/13
If you missed Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s tour of this show – basically a real-life Statler & Waldorf – you’re in luck, because Netflix is proving to be the premiere destination for your typical comedy specials, as well as more theatrical events like this and Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King.
NETFLIX ORIGINALS
Flaked (Season 2) – 6/2
Inspector Gadget (Season 3) – 6/2
Lucid Dream – 6/2
My Only Love Song (Season 1) – 6/9
Shimmer Lake – 6/9
Marco Luque: Tamo Junto – 6/15
Counterpunch – 6/16
The Ranch (Part 3) – 6/16
World of Winx (Season 2) – 6/16
Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time – 6/20
Free Rein (Season 1) – 6/23
GLOW (Season 1) – 6/23
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press – 6/23
You Get Me – 6/23
Chris D’Elia: Man on Fire – 6/27
Gypsy (Season 1) – 6/30
Little Witch Academia (Season 1) – 6/30
CATALOG SHOWS
Intersection (Season 2) – 6/1
Off Camera with Sam Jones (Series 3) – 6/1
West Coast Customs (Season 3) – 6/1
Comedy Bang! Bang! (Season 5, Part 2) – 6/2
Turn (Season 3) – 6/4
Quantico (Season 2) – 6/14
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season 4) – 6/15
Aquarius (Season 2) – 6/16
El Chapo (Season 1) – 6/16
Grey’s Anatomy (Season 13) – 6/17
Scandal (Season 6) – 6/17
Shooter (Season 1) – 6/18
Baby Daddy (Season 6) – 6/21
Young & Hungry (Season 5) – 6/21