June is shaping up to be a great month for the best streaming services, with plenty to keep us entertained across all genres.
Whatever you’re in the mood for, we’re sure you’ll find it here. Some of our highlights this week include a Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker-led comedy about a strained friendship, a fiery slow-burn summer romance and Netflix’s World Cup coverage led by the biggest names in football.
We are spoiled for choice here. Without further ado, let’s take a look at our streaming recommendations this weekend (June 12-14). — Lucy Buglass, Senior Entertainment Writer
Alice and Steve (Hulu, Disney+)
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Alice and Steve explores what happens when a long-standing friendship quickly falls apart. As catalysts go, this one is particularly shocking when Alice (Nicola Walker) learns that Steve (Jemaine Clement) has started dating his 26-year-old daughter.
If you shuddered to read that, you’re not alone. Alice and Steve certainly lures us in with a controversial plot line, even if it doesn’t always pan out in execution. In my review I noted that the lack of chemistry can leave you frustrated, but you’ll have to judge that.
All episodes are now streaming and it’s worth binging on Disney+ as the shocks just keep on coming. So do the laughs, to be fair. — LB
Every Year After (Prime Video)
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Loved Off Campus and can’t get enough of Prime Video’s pounding young adult drama series? Well, Every year after is binge for you.
The performance is based on the novel Every summer after by Carley Fortune. We follow Percy Fraser (Sadie Soverall) and Sam Florek (Matt Cornett) as they fall in love, then join them one weekend, years later, as they reunite to confront a “heartbreaking mistake,” according to Amazon.
It’s a beautiful slow-burn romance in an even more beautiful setting. Honestly, this is exactly how I want to spend my weekend while the weather is absolutely abysmal. – Jasmine Valentine, entertainment reporter
Sweet Magnolias Season 5 (Netflix)
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We have been waiting for over a year, but now Sweet Magnolia Season 5 is finally returning to Netflix.
The big news is Maddie’s (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) new publishing career in New York City, which tests her relationship with Cal (Justin Bruening). But Helen’s (Heather Headley) engagement has also set the stage for a potentially big wedding this season, with Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) also trying to balance her growing kitchen business.
But surely the girls have to return to Serenity at some point, right? Regardless, I’m totally here for their feel-good vibes (and routine drinking schedule). — JV
It Ends With Us (Hulu)
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If you haven’t heard of It ends with usI’m going to assume you don’t have access to any kind of 21st century technology (meaning how are you reading this?).
Based on the popular Colleen Hoover novel of the same name, the film follows florist Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) as she builds a new life in Boston, where she falls for charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni).
When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), appears out of thin air, she is forced to confront the cycle of abuse in her life and make a difficult choice for her future as well as her daughter’s safety.
It’s not exactly a light-hearted watch, and frankly, neither is the real drama surrounding it. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s a cultural staple in the 2020s. — JV
Proud (HBO Max)
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We’ve gone incredibly European for this week’s HBO Max picks, thanks to Polish-language original drama, Proud.
Perfectly timed for Pride Month, the series tells the story of a young, carefree, drug-loving gay man who is suddenly forced to take care of his niece after a family tragedy.
It has been tipped as a “perfect story about imperfect people” and potential viral comparisons to Heated rivalry is already being thrown around on the web. In short… if you don’t want to, you’ll probably get FOMO. — JV
They Will Kill You (HBO Max)
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They will kill you seems to have fallen under the radar, which can be forgiven due to the countless new horror films that arrived in May alone.
However, you need to get one of these ASAP (and now you have no excuse not to). We follow a woman who answers a cryptic ad for a housekeeping job in a luxury apartment in New York City, only to discover that the residents there have disappeared without a trace for decades.
Add in some satanic cult behavior and high stakes violence and you’re in for a roaring time. Just never respond to a cleaning ad again. — JV
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Football is coming home thanks to Netflix, which has a brand new talk show ready to be your World Cup companion. Each day of the tournament will feature “witty debates and unfiltered footage” from legendary names such as Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.
The talk show will be available globally and will feature game analysis, special guests, interviews and insight into the action on and off the field. Although it broadcasts live at 6am BST / 1am ET / 10pm PT, you can also watch episodes on demand so you don’t miss a thing.
Wherever you are in the world and whoever you support, these guys have got you covered. — LB
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