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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Movies to stream in June: our expert's 15 must-watch movies new to Netflix, Disney Plus, Max and more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Looking for some new movies to stream in June? Well great news, there are plenty of options across the likes of Netflix, Max, Disney Plus and all of the major streaming services this month. With that said, it can be a lot to scroll through, so allow me to offer my humble services in helping you find the new movies on streaming that you are not going to want to miss. The below list of movies are taken from the major streaming services: Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, Hulu, Max, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock and Prime Video. I'm also specifically picking movies that are new to streaming this month — in this case, these are 15 movies that are landing on one of the major streamers for the first time, or coming back to streaming services after only being available via on-demand. So without further ado, here are my picks for the 15 movies to stream in June. While The Actor made very little noise at the box office, it did seem to resonate with those who saw it, as the movie earned a 90% positive score from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. So what is this indie movie about? Based on the novel Memory by Donald E. Westlake, The Actor is a psychological drama about a man who is left for dead in a small town in 1950s Ohio, with his memory completely gone. He must figure out how to reclaim what he has lost. Andre Holland stars alongside Gemma Chan, Toby Jones and more. Stream The Actor on Hulu in the US starting June 30; there's no UK streaming info available at this time. Beasts of the Southern Wild is a magical movie. The southern folk tale focuses on a young girl named Hushpuppy, played by Quvenzhané Wallis, who must go on an adventure to save her ill father and their bayou home as it is threatened by melting ice-caps and mythical beasts. Director Behn Zeitline has unfortunately not made a movie to rival this one (his only other feature credit to date is 2020's Wendy, which came and went with little fanfare), but if his sole movie of note is Beasts of the Southern Wild, then he's put his stamp on cinema with a gem that deserves to be rediscovered. Stream Beasts of the Southern Wild on Hulu in the US starting June 1; streaming on StudioCanal Presents and ITVX Premium in UK To help mark the 30th anniversary of Before Sunrise, I declared the movie's central couple Jesse and Celine, played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Deply, as the greatest movie couple of all time. That's not just because of their magical night in Vienna, but the entire run of their relationship that we see in Before Sunset and Before Midnight. You can experience the latter on streaming again in June. Before Midnight picks up with Jesse and Celine after another nine years. They are married and vacationing in Greece with their family, but is the spark that they had in Vienna and Paris something that is built to last? Stream Before Midnight on Hulu in the US starting June 1; streaming on Prime Video in the UK Looney Tunes were a big part of growing up for me, as I loved watching the old cartoons. Well, kids today have gotten their very own Looney Tunes original, and it's a feature-length movie. In The Day the Earth Blew Up, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig must save the world from an alien invasion; expect wacky antics to ensue. The Day the Earth Blew Up is 'Certified Fresh' on Rotten Tomatoes. With kids at home for the summer from school, the timing is perfect to give them something fun to watch. Stream The Day the Earth Blew Up on Max in the US starting June 27; there's no UK streaming info available at this time. Fans of Frozen can watch the well known story of Anna, Elsa and Olaf in an entirely new way, as a Broadway production. Telling the same story and featuring iconic songs like 'For the First Time in Forever,' 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' and of course 'Let It Go,' the recording of the stage production also features 12 new original songs. Disney previously had a massive streaming hit with a recording of Hamilton on Broadway, this could be something just as big. Stream Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical on Disney Plus worldwide starting June 20. It's crazy to think that Nancy Meyers hasn't made a movie since 2015's The Intern (she was working on a project with Netflix but it was ultimately scrapped because of budget concerns). While I wouldn't say that The Intern is her best movie (The Holiday, Something's Gotta Give top the list for me), The Intern is a charming movie about a retiree (Robert De Niro) deciding to rejuvenate his life by becoming an intern for a startup, where he becomes a key ally and confident to the novice CEO (Anne Hathaway). It's the easy kind of watch that you just need some times. Stream The Intern on Netflix in the US and UK starting June 22 Summer is beach season, which makes the terror of Jaws all the more palpable; don't worry, shark attacks are not nearly as prevalent as Steven Spielberg's breakout movie (though notably not Spielberg's first big-screen movie) would make it seem. The all-time classic celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025, so there's no better time to watch. Stream Jaws on Peacock in the US starting June 15; Jaws is not streaming in the UK at this time. Another underrated gem from 2015 to stream this month is Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. A coming-of-age comedy with some darker tones focuses on a high schooler that befriends a classmate that has been diagnosed with cancer. A breakout movie for Olivia Cooke (who plays the titular dying girl), Thomas Mann and RJ Cyler — supported by the likes of Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon, Connie Britton and Jon Bernthal — the movie doesn't pander to its primary teen audience, offering a mature take on growing up, connection and death. Stream Me and Earl and the Dying Girl on Hulu in the US starting June 1; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is not streaming in the UK at this time. While we don't have an exact date, we do know that the biggest movie of 2025 to date is coming to streaming in June, as A Minecraft Movie is set to premiere on Max. After raking in early a billion dollars worldwide and causing quite the stir in theaters (thanks in large part to the chicken jockey), the video game adaptation hits home, allowing fans to dive into the world of Minecraft once again. An exact streaming premiere date for A Minecraft Movie is not available as of publication. Parthenope the movie is much like Pathenope the character, mysterious (perhaps a bit confusing) yet quite alluring. The movie was not a big hit with most critics, but I enjoyed Paolo Sorrentino's exploration of Naples through the years via the perspective of the titular young woman, played by newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta (read my Parthenope review for more details on why). The movie also features a brief supporting turn from Gary Oldman as famous author John Cheever. While I don't know if it's one of the best, Parthenope is definitely one of the most intriguing movies of the year. Stream Parthenope on Max in the US starting June 6; there's no UK streaming info available at this time. Steven Soderbergh's other 2025 new movie, aside from Black Bag, is a haunted house movie that has also received great critical acclaim ('Certified Fresh' at 88%). Despite the solid reviews, Presence got little fanfare at the early year box office, so this is going to be the chance for the movie — starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Julia Fox — to finally find its audience. Stream Presence on Hulu in the US starting June 3; there's no UK streaming info available at this time. Netflix is giving legendary director Alfred Hitchcock the spotlight in June, as the streaming service is adding six of his movies, including classics like Vertigo and The Birds. But my pick of the Hitchcock movie you need to watch on Netflix this month is Rear Window. The movie stars Jimmy Stewart as a professional photographer bored out of his mind while recovering from a broken leg, who begins to watch the neighbors in his apartment complex. Things get dicey when he begins to suspect that one neighbor has murdered his wife. This is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies, and is a perfect sampling to see why he is considered one of the greatest directors of all time. Stream Rear Window on Netflix starting June 1. An American icon, Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, but back on Earth things were complicated in her personal life. This new documentary, from National Geographic and Emmy-winning documentarian Cristina Costantini, reveals the sacrifices that Sally Ride made in her life, with testimony from her life-partner of 27 years, Tam O'Shaughnessy. Stream Sally on Disney Plus and Hulu in the US starting June 17; streaming on Disney Plus in the UK as of June 17. Another documentary to watch on streaming in June is Titan: The OceanGate Disaster. Most will remember the tragic story of the implosion of an OceanGate submersible, the Titan, that killed all five passengers in 2023. This documentary will look at what went wrong to lead to such an outcome. This is one of two documentaries about the Titan incident, with the other being Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster. Stream Titan: The OceanGate Disaster on Netflix starting June 11. The prolific Tyler Perry has a brand new project as the director and writer of Straw, a thriller starring Taraji P. Henson as a single mother who is pushed to the brink, leading her to a shocking act of desperation. Henson is joined in the cast by Teyana Taylor, Sherri Shepherd, Rockmund Dunbar, Glynn Turman and, in one of his most profile roles in years, Sinbad. Stream Straw on Netflix starting June 6.
Saudi Gazette
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Saudi Gazette
Balad Al-Fann returns to Historic Jeddah with contemporary art exhibitions
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Ministry of Culture launched the second edition of the "Balad Al-Fann", which includes a series of art exhibitions held in the historic Jeddah area. The event will continue until June 15. The program includes a memorial exhibition for the late artist Hisham Bnjabi, titled "Memory of the City, the People, and the Nation," held at Naseef Boutique. It celebrates his artistic legacy through audio-visual archives and private collections, exhibited for the first time, documenting his artistic career and his relationship with Jeddah as a city and a memory. Naseef Boutique is hosting a memorial exhibition for the late artist Safia Binzagr, exploring the region's history through photographs, archives, and artifacts that shed light on Jeddah's social and architectural memory. The events also include a photography exhibition titled "Texture of Time" at Beit Barghouta, highlighting crafts and visual memory, an experimental exhibition of handicrafts and Arabic calligraphy using contemporary interactive methods, held at Beit Fatima Nawara, and an artist-in-residence exhibition titled "Narratives of Craft" at Beit Shuaib. The diversity of exhibitions at Balad Al Fann reflects a new creative approach to telling the local story from the heart of historic Jeddah, through the intersection of archival materials, installations, and contemporary images within spaces that respond to the identity of the place and invoke its history as a living source of inspiration. This year's exhibitions bear the theme "Stories in the Memory of the Place," which highlights the narrative nature of Jeddah's historical experiences and evokes inherited stories as essential components of the region's cultural identity, bringing together oral tradition and contemporary creative expressions. The "Balad Al Fan" initiative is part of the Ministry of Culture's efforts to revive historic Jeddah as a center for cultural production, enhance community engagement with the region's architectural and human heritage, and stimulate creativity and develop the local cultural economy by supporting talent and providing sustainable exhibition platforms within the historical area. This will achieve the goals of Vision 2030, which aims to consolidate Saudi Arabia's position on the global cultural map and develop renewable cultural platforms within its heritage sites.
Calgary Herald
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Review: Light and fluffy, Legally Blonde a perfect summer musical
Article content Legally Blonde The Musical could be subtitled Not So Clueless. Article content When main character Elle Woods turns up at Harvard, we're supposed to be as shocked as her former boyfriend Warner Huntington III. But when we first met her, she was, after all, at a university majoring in marketing. When she set her mind to qualifying for Harvard, she made that happen, with the help of her equally astute sorority sisters. Article content Article content Emmett, who starts as her mentor and ends up being her new love interest, says it best when he points out Elle's IQ drops to 40 whenever Warner is in the room. The bimbo facade is what he wanted, so she gave it to him. We're supposed to love Elle because she doesn't drop the blond persona just because she is at Harvard. That highlights one of the themes of the musical: that you have to be true to yourself. Article content Article content Legally Blonde is two hours of silly, predictable, girl-power behaviour from stereotypes rather than characters and, under Stephanie Graham's direction, it is one of the pinkest, gayest romps imaginable. Article content When Emmett first visits Elle's dorm room, he discovers she lives on energy drinks, which presumably explains her eternally effervescent behaviour. In this way, the musical is like Elle. While you're ingesting it, you feel energized and elated, but those feelings wear off quickly once it's over. Article content Legally Blonde is a musical without memorable music. Say what you want about Andrew Lloyd Webber, but when you leave one of his musicals, you're humming at least one tune. Think Memory from Cats, Don't Cry For Me Argentina from Evita, or I Don't Know How to Love Him from Superstar. You don't come out of Legally Blonde humming Blood in the Water, Omigood You Guys, or Whipped into Shape. They are fun in context, but they don't live outside the musical, because they are more dialogue than songs. Article content Graham, who also choreographed Legally Blonde, gives us everything from cheerleading to exercise moves, and it's always high energy. Article content The fairest thing to be said about Legally Blonde is it's a genuine crowd pleaser. All the laughs and the feel-good moments are in the right places, and Graham knows how to punctuate them. There is no question that this is a fun evening, and Graham has assembled a most talented cast.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Your eyes can reveal the accuracy of your memories
We like to think our brains are reliable recorders—but reality says otherwise. From misremembered childhood moments to mistakenly 'recalling' that you took your pills when you didn't, false memories are surprisingly common. And in high-stakes situations like courtroom testimony, these errors can have devastating consequences. Wouldn't it be amazing if there were an objective way to measure just how accurate someone's memory really is? New research suggests we might be able to do just that—by watching the eyes. Scientists have known since the 1960s that our pupils tend to widen when we're thinking hard—whether we're remembering something, solving a problem, or paying close attention. But those early studies mostly looked at short-term memory, so it wasn't clear whether the same effect applied to long-term recall. Then came a curious discovery in the 1970s: people's pupils also dilated when they recognized something they'd seen before. This phenomenon, called the 'pupil old/new effect,' has since been confirmed in multiple experiments. But recent research has taken this a step further, suggesting that pupil dilation may not just reflect whether something feels familiar, but also how clearly and precisely it's remembered. In a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, researchers Ádám Albi and Péter Pajkossy from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics set out to test this idea. They recruited 28 volunteers in Hungary and asked them to study 80 two- or three-syllable words that are infrequently used in the Hungarian language. The words were presented to the participants on a screen at a specific point along the edge of an invisible circle. Later, participants were shown a mix of old and new words, this time centered on the screen. For each word they recognized, they were asked to recall where it had originally appeared. While participants responded, the researchers tracked their pupil size. The results were striking. When people recognized a word they'd seen earlier, their pupils dilated—and the effect was more pronounced when participants could precisely remember the word's original location. Even when people weren't sure where on the screen they had seen the word before but recognized the word as familiar, their pupils still dilated more than when they saw a brand-new word. This suggests our eyes reflect two layers of memory: a general sense of familiarity, and the precision of specific details, Albi tells Popular Science. So, what's actually going on inside the brain? 'To date, there is no consensus on the precise cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms that drive pupil responses during different forms of memory retrieval, such as recognition,' Albi says. But one leading theory centers on the concept of attentional salience—how much something grabs our focus. A vivid memory might not just come to mind; it demands attention. That memory could trigger activity in a region of the brain called the locus coeruleus–noradrenergic system, which regulates attention. When activated, this system also causes the pupils to dilate. This growing understanding opens up some exciting possibilities. 'Pupil dilation could serve as a non-invasive marker of memory quality in settings such as education, clinical assessment, or legal testimony—especially when evaluating the depth or reliability of someone's memory,' Mohamed El Haj, a neuropsychologist and professor at the University of Nantes in France, who was not involved in the study, tells Popular Science. And because pupil measurement is noninvasive, cost-effective, and methodologically simpler than other brain analysis techniques like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or electroencephalogram (EEG), as Albi points out, it holds real promise for widespread use. Imagine being able to gauge the reliability of an eyewitness just by tracking their pupils. That future may not be far off.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
SD Memory Cards Celebrates 25 Years as the World's Favorite Memory Card
SDA celebrates 20th Anniversary of microSD, donates to plant trees, empower women, remains dedicated to its legacy of innovation contributing to the advancement of technology for the convenience, enjoyment, and well-being of consumers SAN RAMON, Calif., May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SD Association (SDA) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the venerable SD memory card launched in 2000 and its long history of improving the lives of billions of people globally in numerous ways. Throughout the last 25 years, SD and microSD memory cards have sold more than 12 billion cards and evolved by offering massive storage capacities and lightning fast speeds, meeting industry needs. SD memory cards remain the most used removable storage card for consumer electronic devices. This year, the SDA is celebrating another significant milestone, the 20th anniversary of the ground-breaking microSD. microSD memory cards remain a powerful and popular storage choice and played a pivotal role in transforming the mobile industry as the first storage expansion option for billions of mobile phones. Selfies, mobile phone photography, enjoying music and videos on a mobile phone all became possible because of innovation driven by the SDA. Today, SD memory cards remain a valued part of the consumer and industrial products, allowing people to download and enjoy content from the world's most popular video streaming services, store games and run apps directly from a card, and use those cards as an efficient memory expansion of their products. To honor the support SD technology customers worldwide overwhelmingly provided SD during the past 25 years, the SDA contributed to OneTreePlanted and the Morino Project, expediting the planting of 25,000 trees around the world to help fight climate change and benefit the planet. It also contributed $25,000 to the Audiopedia Foundation to support its efforts to empower African women through preloading audio content onto microSD memory cards allowing the most basic mobile phones to become portals of empowerment, turning isolated communities into connected hubs of health, financial, and educational information. Some of the most advanced gaming consoles and handheld gaming devices rely on SD memory cards for storage expansion. This storage feature allows players to easily upgrade their devices and maintain a broad portfolio of their favorite digital games while optimizing their user experience. "SD memory cards continue delivering portability and convenience, letting people upgrade the storage in their devices at any time thanks to the dedication and vision of our nearly 800 SDA members," said Yosi Pinto, Chairman of the SDA. "The cards continue to help product manufacturers innovate and provide better user experience because SD is a proven storage solution that continuously evolves with technology evolutions and market needs requiring higher speed data access and larger capacities." Progress & Innovation: SD Memory Card Statistics The first SD card sold in 2000 provided just 8 megabytes of storage capacity, whereas today's SDUC or microSDUC cards offer 4 terabytes of capacity, a 500,000 percent capacity increase Boosted card speeds specifications from 12.5 MB/sec to ~4GB/sec with the latest SD Express specification, more than x300 speed increase Maintained backward compatibility support with plug-and-play convenience "The SDA is laser-focused on ensuring its standards remain a compelling storage choice across an extensive variety of products and uses for both consumers and businesses," said Hiroyuki Sakamoto, President of the SDA. "We expect SD memory cards to remain a critical, cost-effective storage option across a variety of applications and devices in the future since 394 zettabytes of data is expected to be created by 2028." SD enables new applications with unique storage requirements not imagined 25 years ago. VR/AR, drones, gaming consoles, medical devices, 360-degree cameras, nature monitoring, IoT, Edge computing and space exploration increasingly rely on SD. With the growth of AI, storage needs are expected to increase on devices and will require SD Express memory cards and their SSD-level performance and features. SD Association The SDA is a global ecosystem of nearly 800 technology companies charged with setting interoperable SD standards. The SDA encourages the development of consumer electronics, wireless communication, digital imaging, industrial and networking products utilizing market-leading SD technology. The SD standard is the number one choice for consumers and businesses, having earned more than 80 percent of the memory card market with its reliable interoperability and easy-to-use format. Today, smartphones, tablets, drones, IoT devices, HDTVs, audio players, automotive systems, computers, digital cameras, and a variety of industrial uses feature SD interoperability. For more information about SDA or to join, please visit the Association's website, SD logos are trademarks licensed by SD-3C LLC. View source version on Contacts Media Contact Kevin SchaderSD Association+1.925.275.6670media@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
