Welcome to May! This month brings final exams, end of course exams, and crunch time for teachers. It’s just a wet and rainy month for others (that extended winter didn’t do anyone any favors). Why not take a moment to stop, breathe, and chill on the couch with Netflix? This month comes with a lot of good options, but we’ve highlighted two that we think you shouldn’t miss:
Disney·Pixar’s Coco
Not just for the kids, Disney·Pixar‘s Coco is a beautiful story of family and tradition. This film is a gorgeous animated tale of Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez), his love of music, and his quest to be like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Upon taking Ernesto’s guitar from his mausoleum, Miguel finds himself, and his dog, in the Land of the Dead, where he learns about his family’s history and meets Ernesto. Miguel is up against the clock to return to the land of the living before sunrise, but he must also uncover the truth about why music is banned in his house. The movie also features the voice talents of Gael García Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Renée Victor, Jaime Camil, and Alfonso Arau, along with Edward James Olmos and Cheech Marin. Coco comes to Netflix on May 29th.
From Disney·Pixar:
Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Hector (Gael García Bernal), the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Everyone needs a bit of history in their life. Go beyond the brief glimpse of the alternate history provided in an episode of Timeless of one of the best leading ladies of Hollywood of yore – watch Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, a documentary of Hedy Lamarr‘s life story told in her own words. Lamarr was the full package, beauty and brains, but the world never looked past her pretty face. Her inventions changed the world, but not many people know her name or what she did. Educate yourself and get inspired with Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story when it drops on Netflix on May 31st.
From Zeitgeist Films:
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and 40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a secure radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during WWII. Weaving interviews and clips with never-before-heard audio tapes of Hedy speaking on the record about her incredible life—from her beginnings as an Austrian Jewish emigre to her scandalous nude scene in the 1933 film Ecstasy to her glittering Hollywood life to her ground-breaking, but completely uncredited inventions to her latter years when she became a recluse, impoverished and almost forgotten—BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY brings to light the story of an unusual and accomplished woman, spurned as too beautiful to be smart, but a role model to this day.
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And now for the new May offerings from Netflix
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Soon Available for Binging
Arriving May 1
- 27: Gone Too Soon
- A Life of Its Own: The Truth About Medical Marijuana
- Amelie
- Beautiful Girls
- Darc
- God’s Own Country
- Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous Live at Radio City
- Mr. Woodcock
- My Perfect Romance
- Pocoyo & Cars
- Pocoyo & The Space Circus
- Queens of Comedy: Season 1
- Reasonable Doubt
- Red Dragon
- Scream 2
- Shrek
- Simon: Season 1
- Sliding Doors
- Sometimes
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- The Carter Effect
- The Clapper
- The Reaping
- The Strange Name Movie
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: Season 2
Arriving May 2
- Jailbreak
Arriving May 3
- Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Season 1
Arriving May 4
- A Little Help with Carol Burnett
- Anon
- Busted!: Season 1 (New Episode Every Friday)
- Dear White People: Volume 2
- End Game
- Forgive Us Our Debts
- Kong: King of the Apes: Season 2
- Lo más sencillo es complicarlo todo
- Manhunt
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Tina Fey
- No Estoy Loca
- The Rain: Season 1
Arriving May 5
- Faces Places
Arriving May 6
Arriving May 8
- Desolation
- Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives
Arriving May 9
- Dirty Girl
Arriving May 11
- Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 3
- Evil Genius: the True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist
- Spirit Riding Free: Season 5
- The Kissing Booth
- The Who Was? Show: Season 1
Arriving May 13
- Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
Arriving May 14
- The Phantom of the Opera
Arriving May 15
- Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce: Season 4
- Grand Designs: Seasons 13 – 14
- Only God Forgives
- The Game 365: Seasons 15 – 16
Arriving May 16
- 89
- Mamma Mia!
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- The Kingdom
- Wanted
Arriving May 18
- Cargo
- Catching Feelings
- Inspector Gadget: Season 4
Arriving May 19
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Disney’s Scandal: Season 7
- Small Town Crime
Arriving May 20
- Some Kind of Beautiful
Arriving May 21
- Señora Acero: Season 4
Arriving May 22
- Mob Psycho 100: Season 1
- Shooter: Season 2
- Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 2
- Tig Notaro Happy To Be Here
Arriving May 23
- Explained
Arriving May 24
- Fauda: Season 2
- Survivors Guide to Prison
Arriving May 25
- Ibiza
- Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
- The Toys That Made Us: Season 2
- Trollhunters: Part 3
Arriving May 26
- Sara’s Notebook
Arriving May 27
- The Break with Michelle Wolf (New Episode Every Sunday)
Arriving May 29
Arriving May 30
Arriving May 31
- Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Howard Stern
Arriving May ?? (No Date Announced)
- Arrow: Season 6
- Dynasty: Season 1
- Riverdale: Season 2
- Supernatural: Season 13
- The Flash: Season 4
Last Chance Binging
Leaving May 1
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Casper
- Chappie
- Charlotte’s Web
- Field of Dreams
- GoodFellas
- Ocean’s Eleven
- Sahara
- Silent Hill
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- The Hurt Locker
- To Rome With Love
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Leaving May 2
- 12 Dates of Christmas
- Beauty & the Briefcase
- Cadet Kelly
- Camp Rock
- Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
- Cow Belles
- Cyberbully
- Disney’s The Cheetah Girls
- Disney’s The Cheetah Girls 2
- Disney’s The Cheetah Girls: One World
- Frenemies
- Geek Charming
- Good Luck Charlie: It’s Christmas
- Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
- High School Musical
- High School Musical 2
- Jump In!
- Lemonade Mouth
- Little Einsteins: Seasons 1 – 2
- My Fake Fiancé
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
- Phineas and Ferb: Seasons 1 – 4
- Princess Protection Program
- Princess: A Modern Fairytale
- Read It and Weep
- Revenge of the Bridesmaids
- Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure
- Special Agent Oso: Seasons 1 – 2
- StarStruck
- Teen Spirit
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Seasons 1 – 5
- Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
- Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
Leaving May 7
- The Host
Leaving May 12
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Leaving May 30
- Disney’s The Jungle Book
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