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MAY 23-JUNE 3, 2022

Almost two years have gone by since we’ve had new episodes of “The Boys,” and my excitement for the new season is high. So the first three episodes of season three of “The Boys” was an easy pick for the return of the Streaming Guide. “Navalny” is a MUST-SEE documentary. I saw it during Sundance, and it remains one of my favorite films of the year. Speaking of favorites of the year, “1917” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” both Oscar winners, were some of my favorite films of their respective years. And speaking of Sundance, “The World to Come” was one of my favorite films from the festival last year.

Some recent releases from this year are now streaming, including “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.” Also, with the release of David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” this weekend, if you’re looking for more Léa Seydoux, I will be seeking out her in the 2014 adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” (she’s also in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”). The home video release of “Dual” is just around the corner, and I’m in the mood to seek out director Riley Stearns’ earlier work “The Art of Self-Defense.” Lastly, with the recent release of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (and the upcoming streaming release just around the corner), if you’re looking for more Elizabeth Olsen, don’t miss one of her first acting forays in “Martha Marcy May Marlene.”

THE BOYS: SEASON THREE
(FIRST THREE EPISODES)

SYNOPSIS: One year following Stormfront’s public controversy, Butcher and the Boys now work as contractors for Neuman’s Bureau of Superhero Affairs in order to apprehend problematic Supes, with Hughie acting as their liaison.

CAST: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Laz Alonso, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Chace Crawford, Jessie T. Usher, and Nathan Mitchell

RELEASE DATE
June 3, 2022

DIRECTOR
Phil Sgriccia & Julian Holmes

STUDIO
Amazon Studios

STREAMING
Prime Video

Navalny

SYNOPSIS: Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

CAST: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Dasha Navalnaya, and Zakhar Navalny

RELEASE DATE
April 11, 2022

DIRECTOR
Daniel Roher

STUDIO
Warner Bros.

STREAMING
HBO Max

ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER

1917

SYNOPSIS: During World War I, two British soldiers — Lance Cpl. Schofield and Lance Cpl. Blake — receive seemingly impossible orders. In a race against time, they must cross over into enemy territory to deliver a message that could potentially save 1,600 of their fellow comrades — including Blake’s own brother.

CAST: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch

RELEASE DATE
December 25, 2019

DIRECTOR
Sam Mendes

STUDIO
Universal

STREAMING
Peacock

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

SYNOPSIS: When the manic Dr Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails is all that stands in their way.

CAST: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Lee Majdoub, Idris Elba and Jim Carrey

RELEASE DATE
April 8, 2022

DIRECTOR
Jeff Fowler

STUDIO
Paramount

STREAMING
Paramount+

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

SYNOPSIS: Albus Dumbledore assigns Newt and his allies with a mission related to the rising power of Grindelwald.

CAST: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, and Mads Mikkelsen

RELEASE DATE
April 15, 2022

DIRECTOR
David Yates

STUDIO
Warner Bros.

STREAMING
HBO Max

Beauty and the Beast (2014)

SYNOPSIS: An unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.

CAST: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier, and Eduardo Noriega

RELEASE DATE
September 23, 2016

DIRECTOR
Christophe Gans

STUDIO
Pathé

STREAMING
Criterion Channel

ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER

The Grand Budapest Hotel

SYNOPSIS: A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel’s glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

CAST: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, and Owen Wilson

RELEASE DATE
March 7, 2014

DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson

STUDIO
Searchlight Pictures

STREAMING
HBO Max

Martha Marcy May Marlene

SYNOPSIS: Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

CAST: Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy

RELEASE DATE
October 21, 2011

DIRECTOR
Sean Durkin

STUDIO
Searchlight Pictures

STREAMING
Hulu

The World To Come

SYNOPSIS: Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.

CAST: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott and Casey Affleck

RELEASE DATE
February 12, 2021

DIRECTOR
Mona Fastvold

STUDIO
Bleecker Street

STREAMING
Hoopla

The Art of Self-Defense

SYNOPSIS: After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.

CAST: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola and Imogen Poots

RELEASE DATE
July 12, 2019

DIRECTOR
Riley Stearns

STUDIO
Bleecker Street

STREAMING
Hoopla

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