Netflix, Amazon, MyCanal, OCS, Disney +… Are you a bit lost in the content of the various platforms and have a little trouble making choices among all the new features? Le Parisien helps you find your way. At the beginning of each month, we present you the new films expected. Here is the program for June.
NETFLIX
"First contact"
Without warning, twelve extraterrestrial vessels set up on the globe. The world is in a panic. What do the aliens want? Should we welcome them with open arms or be afraid of them? Louise Banks (Amy Adams), linguist, and Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), scientist, are recruited by the American army to communicate with these beings from elsewhere ... "First Contact" bluffs thanks to the dazzling scene of Denis Villeneuve and this linguist character who, thanks to his exceptional mission, may be recovering from a family drama. Amy Adams portrays an exemplary heroine and the film constantly gives us the feeling of being breathless, of hovering in another dimension where time seems to have stood still. Available June 1st.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Like beasts"
Among those who own one of the 63 million pets in our country, who has never wondered what their cat or dog made as soon as they were alone at home? The team of “Comme des bêtes” decided to answer them in this animated film about their secret life. The story of Max the little terrier, jealous of Duke the mastiff, and heroic enemy of a cracked rabbit who has taken it into his head to fight humans ... If he sometimes suffers from lengths, the film multiplies the hilarious sequences and offers a priceless gallery of crazy critters… When the human is not there, cats dance.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"The Last days of american crime"
In the future, the government is preparing to launch a "signal" that will make any crime impossible, while at the same time it is developing a new currency system: digital monetary cards that can be recharged via specialized stations. A criminal who is preparing to rob one of these stations has only one week to get there before the signal is launched… Signed by Frenchman Olivier Mégaton (“Taken” 2 and 3, “Le Transporteur” 3 …) This science fiction thriller based on the actors Édgar Ramírez and Michael Pitt. Available June 5. NOT SEEN
"Da 5 Bloods: Blood Brothers"
Long after the Vietnam conflict, four veterans decide to return on the spot for a perilous double mission: to find the remains of their chief dead in combat, and to look for a treasure which would have been left in the jungle… The new film by Spike Lee had to be presented in a special session at the Cannes Film Festival this year, whose director was the president of the jury, but the epidemic of Covid-19 prevented the event from taking place. The film will nevertheless be visible, as expected, on Netflix ... Available on June 12. NOT SEEN
"Lost bullet"
A genius garage-builder, renowned for developing high-performance ram cars for robberies, was arrested by the police. A brigade chief offers to enroll him. But after a few months, he is accused of murder, and will have to find a bullet stuck in a car that has disappeared to prove his innocence ... Signed by Frenchman Guillaume Pierret, this Netflix novelty brings together a very nice cast: Alban Lenoir, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Ramzy Bedia… Available June 19. NOT SEEN
"Eurovision Song Contest: The story of Fire Saga"
The story of two amateur musicians who will be called upon to defend the colors of their country, Iceland, at the Eurovision competition ... This unusual, which promises to be as baroque as kitsch, still has three great Anglo comedians -saxons to its casting: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan. Available June 26. NOT SEEN
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
"The Best of Enemies"
Adapted from the American narrative "The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South" by Osha Gray Davidson, this feature film, which went unnoticed when it was released in September 2019, tells of the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and the leader of the Ku Klux Klan CP Ellis, and how, in 1971, their discussions ended up making them friends, which led to a radical change of ideology for the segregationist leader, who joined Atwater in his fight for civil rights. The actors Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell play the main roles. Available June 1st. NOT SEEN
"Rogue Warfare 1, 2 and 3"
"The art of war", "In enemy territory", "The Fall of a nation", these are the titles of the three successive parts of the saga "Rogue Warfare", released directly on DVD or VOD since the year latest. These futuristic war films content the alliance between the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China to create a secret elite anti-terrorist unit which will fight worldwide against a mysterious group that makes reigning terror ... The three films are available from June 1st. NOT SEEN
"Baptiste Lecaplain - Origins"
In this one-man show, the humorist Baptiste Lecaplain recounts his childhood. "I was a horrible and temperamental, angry baby," he begins. I did my nights at 4 years old. The young man with the quickdraw of a teenager becomes a baby again to lecture his mother: "You will have to seriously question yourself, Régine. I wonder how I was able to spend nine months with you. "He talks about his shyness when he has grown up a bit, then remembers his first sexual emotions and his first time" I made love when I was 23 in a car. I was driving accompanied, so there was my mother. The subject lacks a bit of originality, but Baptiste Lecaplain exudes an ultra-sympathetic energy. Available June 2.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 3/5
"Elie Semoun - To share"
In the show "To share", Elie Semoun paints with greed and talent a gallery of squeaky characters. Venturing into the minefield of jihad, his terrorist apprentice re-read everything: "Martyrdom on a plane", "Martyrdom on vacation" ... His far-right mayor "will close the library to make a halal butchery ... But no!" We're going to make a pig museum! There is also the multi-handicapped flirting on Skype or an obnoxious pedophile back from Thailand. Funny, but so disturbing that he specifies that it is a sketch… It is in balance on the red line that the tightrope walker of humor excels. Available June 3 .
EDITOR'S NOTE: 3/5
"7500"
In this new German and Austrian co-production, stamped "Amazon Original", the co-pilot of an airliner that flies from Berlin to Paris is threatened, like all the crew, by several armed men. He will do everything to save his passengers ... It is the amazing Joseph Gordon-Lewitt, seen in "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises" or "Snowden", who embodies the hero. Available June 19. NOT SEEN
"Chicken Run"
This lively little British humor could immerse us in 1950, in Yorkshire, among the hens of the peaceful Tweedy farm. Life is happy in this chicken coop, except for Ginger, one of the gallinaceous, who dreams of wide open spaces and freedom. One day, Rocky, "free and lonely rooster boy", lands in the barnyard. Ginger then sees him as the savior ... Rhythmic scenario, well-laid dialogues, gags to peck every ten seconds ... The adventures of these chicks, delicious to follow, are transcended by animation, image by image, plasticine figurines , specialty of the Aardman studio, to whom we also owe "Wallace and Gromit" or "Shaun the sheep". Available June 19.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
MYCANAL
"Two me"
Mélanie and Rémy, two thirty-something Parisians, neighbors in the Gare-du-Nord district, meet without knowing each other, while they both suffer from an emotional desert. Mélanie multiplies the missed meetings on the dating sites, which lead her directly to her shrink, Rémy is haunted by the memory of her little sister who disappeared very young ... Two-voice chronicle of the syndrome of loneliness in big cities, the last Cédric Klapisch, if he sins by lengths and a few shots, makes up for it in numerous sequences dominated by an urban poetry imbued with a beautiful gray softness. Available June 1st.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: 3/5
"Gemini Man"
After a final mission in Belgium, a sniper working for a secret American agency decides to retire. But he realizes that he was deceived about his last target, and he quickly finds himself chased by a killer as relentless as himself. And for good reason: it was his clone, younger and more efficient, which was launched after him… From the banal subject of the assassin who wants to hang up his gloves, Ang Lee shoots an impressive thriller with science fiction a double role for Will Smith: that of the hero, but also that of his double genetics. As impactful as it is immersive! Available June 5.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Save or perish"
The worst that can happen to a firefighter? Being a victim of the flames himself. This is what happens to Franck Pasquier (Pierre Niney), passionate about his profession, madly in love with his wife Cécile (Anaïs Demoustiers) pregnant with their twins, who selflessly accompanies her suffering. The slow rehabilitation of a man transformed into a mummy. But little by little something breaks despite it. "Save or perish" affirms all the qualities of a great film. We are at the forefront of the daily life of firefighters, and when the film switches to drama, the ordeal of physical reconstruction is just fascinating. Available June 6.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Venom"
Eddie Brock, an ex-drifting TV journalist, is contaminated by a very aggressive extraterrestrial organism, which regularly takes control of his body. He is tracked down by an American billionaire interested in the alien… Venom is at the origin a super-villain of comics, often defined as the black side of Spider-Man. However, this “Venom” 2018 makes a clean sweep of the past, and offers us a whole new character, without any link with the spider-man, or even any of the other Marvel heroes. The muscular Tom Hardy takes on a talented role here where action and humor alternate. Available June 12.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Roubaix, a light"
In Roubaix (North), one Christmas night, Commissioner Daoud (Roschdy Zem) is confronted with the all-rounder of a night on call, before taking charge of an investigation into the assassination of an octogenarian for whom two young girls are suspected. The film therefore turns into a patient interrogation of Claude (Léa Seydoux) and Marie (Sara Forestier), followed by a methodical reconstruction of the facts. Little by little, the noose tightens around the two women, less and less able to stand together… The game deployed by the duet of actresses makes a strong impression, just like that of Roschdy Zem, crowned with the César for best actor for this role last February. Available June 16.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Hotel Transylvania 3: A monstrous vacation"
Tired of managing his monster hotel, Dracula decides to take a vacation and take his family and his joyful troop of creatures with him for a cruise to the Bermuda Triangle. But on the spot, an ugly hunter of monsters, stashed in the holds, elaborates a diabolical plan ... Gags galore, whimsical spirit, permanent twists and turns, ingenious discoveries and very neat animation: this "Hotel Transylvania 3", to die for laughs, is the most successful of the saga. If we find there a Dracula more endearing than ever, we enjoy especially thanks to his acolytes… Until a final in songs as hilarious as bewildering. Available June 26.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
OCS
"Budapest"
Graduates from HEC, Vincent and Arnaud are bored in their executive jobs in suit and tie. One evening, while burying a boyfriend's boy life, a stripper tells them about Budapest's cheap bawdy-house parties. Arnaud then convinces Vincent to embark on the business of organizing bachelor parties in "Buda". But the company will prove to be perilous on a professional and personal level ... Largely inspired by "Very bad trip", this comedy also has its eye on "Borat". We laugh a lot at these situations and these valves. The trio of main actors excels, each with a different degree of madness - wise for Manu Payet, "borderline" for Jonathan Cohen, completely broken down for Monsieur Poulpe. Available June 10.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Children of the sea"
Ruka, a high school girl whose father works in an aquarium, meets during her vacation two mysterious boys, Umi and Sora, who seem to have a gift for communicating with marine animals. By frequenting them assiduously, she discovers that not only can they swim underwater like fish, but also that she was linked to them without knowing it, the marine world and the cosmos being part of a big whole ... With her Amazing animation, "The Children of the Sea" gives the spectator this rare impression of being completely wrapped in a film. This fantastic universe allows the director to dare almost everything, especially on the graphic level: immerse yourself in this masterpiece! Available June 15.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 5/5
"The incredible story of the Postman Horse"
From the second half of the 19th century and until the beginning of the following century, Joseph-Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924), a postman in the Drôme, aged 43, embarked on an undertaking as ambitious as it was unique: building with stones of the region an "ideal Palace" for the little Alice that Philomène, the love of her life gave him ... This project called for an ideal actor, credible in a quiet character, unsuited to the world of men. It is paradoxically Jacques Gamblin, usually attached to making his body dance, who succeeds in making this performance overwhelming. The actor is the cement, quicklime, of this reconstruction and which is accompanied from one end to the other by a very beautiful work of light. Available June 17.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Jeanne"
In 1429, during the Hundred Years War, Jeanne la vircelle, after having put the dolphin on the throne of France, was imprisoned in Compiègne, delivered to the English. Here she is in Rouen at the gates of her trial where she will be sentenced to a pyre for heresy ... The cathedral is the sumptuous and disturbing decor of this adulterated justice ceremony ... On the pedestal of a play by Charles Péguy, the cinema of Bruno Dumont attends another story planet. He works directly on the bone, does not look for any relief in his dialogues. The young Lise Leplat Prudhomme, who plays Jeanne, performs an amazing performance. Available June 24.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 3/5
"The hour of the exit"
Substitute teacher, Pierre Hoffman (Laurent Lafitte) joined the prestigious college of Saint-Joseph following a drama: in full class, the French teacher of the third class defenestrated himself. In the midst of this group of gifted people, Pierre feels a latent hostility which obsesses him more and more. To the point that he comes to spy on his students outside of class ... This strange, original and very addictive film intrigues first because it is interested in early teens, then because it deals with very contemporary themes such as harassment at school, adolescent rites and anxiety about the ecological threat. Finally, because it flirts with the fantastic in a disturbing way. Available June 29.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
DISNEY +
"Frozen, happy holidays with Olaf"
As the end of year celebrations approach in the Kingdom of Arendelle, Queen Elsa and her sister Anna prepare the festivities at the castle for all the inhabitants ... Until they discover that they have planned to go join their families elsewhere. To console them, the snowman Olaf will secretly organize a nice surprise for the two sisters ... This 22-minute film was designed in 2017 to make fans wait between the original of 2013 - which remains the most animated film Seen from History - and its sequel to 2019. Amazing, this joyful short film is a delight in every way: script, animation, songs ... Available on June 5.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5
"Artemis Fowl"
A gifted 12 year old child, who descends from a line of criminals, will have to face the People of the Fairies, creatures who live in an underground universe ... It is the British director Kenneth Branagh who adapts here the youth novels of 'Eoin Colfer, for an unreleased film which was originally due to go to the cinema, which proved impossible because of the closure of the cinemas due to confinement, hence its direct distribution on Disney +. Available June 12. NOT SEEN .
"The Recalcitrant Dragon"
In the Middle Ages, a little boy, who dreamed of becoming a knight and a dragon hunter, ended up finding one of these legendary animals. But the dragon in question, wacky and facetious, is very different from the expectations of the budding knight ... This little wonder of 1941 has the particularity, while developing its history, to show behind the scenes, the making of a long - animation footage. This fourth feature from Disney studios, which mixes animation and real shots, had disappeared from radars over time, it's a pleasure to see it relaunched on the platform, especially because of its “historic” dimension " Available June 21.
EDITOR'S NOTE: 4/5