What's New on TV, Netflix, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: June 5-11
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new TV, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
"Beauty and the Beast"
Disney's blockbuster tale as old as time is ready to waltz into your home this Tuesday, June 6 on Digital HD, DVD, Blu-ray, Disney Movies Anywhere, and On Demand. There's a long list of bonus features, including behind-the-scenes videos of the cast table read, the creation of props and costumes, the secrets behind special effects, 10 minutes of deleted scenes, Making a Moment with Celine Dion, Emma Watson hosting a feature on the women who helped make the film, and more. Here's the full list.
Check out this clip from the table read bonus feature, showing the cast performing the script for the first time:"The Sense of an Ending"
Jim Broadbent plays a man who becomes haunted by his past when given a mysterious legacy in this acclaimed drama based on the novel of the same name, co-starring Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer, and Harriet Walter. The suspenseful drama arrives on DVD and On Demand June 6, and the disc has two behind-the-scenes featurettes, "Doing Right by a Great Book" and "Power of Memory: Making The Sense of an Ending."
"A United Kingdom"
David Oyelowo ("Selma") and Rosamund Pike ("Gone Girl") star in this true love story set in the 1940s, following the international uproar that occurred when the king of Botswana fell in love with a white English woman. The movie arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on June 6, including several behind-the-scenes making-of features.
"A Cure for Wellness"
An ambitious young executive (Dane DeHaan) sent to retrieve his company's CEO from a remote "wellness center" begins to unravel the retreat's terrifying secrets, and sees his own sanity tested, in this psychological thriller out on Blu-ray and DVD June 6. Bonus features include a deleted sequence, three "Meditations," the score, and trailers.
"Sky on Fire"
In this action thriller, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD June 6, the chief security officer at a top-secret medical facility (Daniel Wu) gets caught in an explosive battle when a young thief and his accomplices steal a groundbreaking curative medicine.
"Orange Is the New Black" Season 5 (Netflix Original)
The fifth season of Netflix's hit prison dramedy is doing something a little bit different -- the whole story is taking place over just three days, picking up from the end of last season, with the start of the prison riot. Watch the 13 episodes play out starting this Friday, June 9."Shimmer Lake" (Netflix Original Film)
This dark comedy crime thriller, which unfolds in reverse time, follows a local sheriff hunting three bank robbery suspects (including his own brother). The stellar cast includes Benjamin Walker, Wyatt Russell, Rainn Wilson, Adam Pally, John Michael Higgins, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Sigman, and Rob Corddry. Watch it on Netflix starting Friday, June 9."Trolls"
You still can't stop the feeling, so keep it going when this 2016 DreamWorks animated hit arrives on Netflix June 7. FYI, a sequel is coming in 2020, with Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake returning to voice Poppy and Branch.
"My Only Love Song" Season 1 (Netflix Original)
A top star (Gong Seung-yeon) who believes that status and money can get you anywhere accidentally falls into a time portal and travels to the past, where she meets a man (Lee Jong-hyun) who'll do anything to make money, but gives generously to the needy. The South Korean TV series arrives on Netflix June 9.
New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital
"Band Aid"
This comedy written, directed by, and starring Zoe Lister-Jones, follows a non-stop fighting married couple (Lister-Jones and Adam Pally) who attempt to save their marriage by turning their fights into songs. The comedy has a phenomenal supporting cast, including Fred Armisen, Retta, Hannah Simone, Jesse Williams, Ravi Patel, Brooklyn Decker, Jerry O'Connell, Jamie Chung, Colin Hanks, Chris D'Elia, and Susie Essman. It opened in select theaters June 2, and is available on VOD June 9."Prisoner X"
As the world rages in civil war, a CIA agent (Michelle Nolden) arrives at a secret underground prison to interrogate a terrorist (Romano Orzari) believed to be responsible for the catastrophe. Turns out, this terrorist arrived from the future with ninety-eight other time travelers who are still at large and wreaking havoc around the world. Watch what happens when this sci-fi thriller -- based on the Hugo-nominated Novella "Truth" by Robert Reed -- arrives on Digital, VOD, and DVD on June 6. The DVD includes the bonus feature "Behind the Scenes of PRISONER X.""Miles"
Desperate to move to Chicago, Miles (Tim Boardman) discovers an unusual college scholarship opportunity through a loophole that allows him to join the girls' volleyball team. The family dramedy, co-starring Stephen Root, Missi Pyle, Paul Reiser, Molly Shannon, and Yeardley Smith, arrives in select theaters and On Demand June 9."Land of Mine"
This Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film explores the relationship between a hardened Danish sergeant and the young German prisoners of war who are conscripted to defuse thousands of land mines from the Danish coast. The World War II drama arrives on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on D-Day, June 6. Special features include "In Conversation with Director Martin Zandvliet."
"Dark Signal"
The spirit of a murdered girl returns with a message for the staff of a local radio station in this horror/thriller available on VOD and iTunes on June 6.
TV Worth Watching
"Claws" Season 1 (Sunday on TNT at 9 p.m.)
This new TNT dramedy set in Palmetto, Florida follows five manicurists at the Nail Artisan salon of Manatee County who enter the world of organized crime when they begin laundering money for a neighboring pain clinic. Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Harrold Perrineau, Dean Norris, Jack Kesy, and Karrueche Tran star. The series premiere, "Tirana," airs June 11.
Tony Awards (Sunday on CBS at 8 p.m.)
The 71st Annual Tony Awards air live June 11, hosted by Kevin Spacey. According to Playbill, presenters include Tina Fey, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Colbert, Anna Kendrick, Josh Gad, Taraji P. Henson, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Wilde, and nominees Bette Midler, Ben Platt, and Josh Groban.
"Wynonna Earp" Season 2 (Friday on Syfy at 10 p.m.)
The second season of Syfy's supernatural Western horror show -- following Wyatt Earp's demon-slaying great-granddaughter -- arrives June 9. In the Season 2 premiere, "Steel Bars and Stone Walls," "Wynonna [Melania Scrofano] tries to rescue a seemingly mutated Dolls [Shamier Anderson]; there may be more to Waverly [Dominique Provost-Chalkley] than meets the eye."
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