The return of one of Netflix‘s slow-burn romance drama favorites; Mexico’s first ever stop-motion animated feature; an excruciating buddy comedy starring Eric Andre and John Cena; Julian Schnabel’s time-spanning, star-studded Dante drama; the first Harlan Coben Netflix thriller set in America; and a second outing for The Last Airbender are among the new film and TV highlights to hit Netflix in June.
Despite the flashy big budget, high concept fare, the real backbone of Netflix is the unassuming dramas like Virgin River, Sullivan’s Crossing and Ginny & Georgia that it churns out at an impressive clip. Add to that list Sweet Magnolias, romantic drama that returns for its fifth season on June 11. An adaptation of Sherryl Woods’ novels, the show follows three women, best friends living in South Carolina, and their struggles, romances and more. It’s not overly complex, and that’s just the way Sweet Magnolias heads like it.
June 12 sees the debut of Arturo and Roy Ambriz’s I Am Frankelda, an innovative Mexican stop-motion animated musical feature that has a real chance of being a breakout hit for Netflix this month. The film is a prequel to the television series Frankelda’s Book of Spooks, and has been generating a lot of buzz on social media for being the first Mexican movie made entirely in stop-motion animation. If you’re wondering what that is, just think of something akin to Wallace and Gromit. The dark fantasy story is about a young 19th century Mexican horror writer named Francisca Imelda who writes about an imagined world, which just so happens to be real.
