The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Amazon and More in May
join Michôd and Pitt in delivering the kind of hefty political satire
that not long ago was something only Hollywood movie studios made, not video streaming services.—
Have you watched the four first seasons of “House of Cards?” Then this note’s for you!—
Also of interest: “Chocolat” (May 1), “Happy Feet” (May 1), “Beyond the Gates” (May 8), “Inglourious
Basterds” (May 22), “Bloodline” Season 3 (May 26) and “F For Family” Season 2 (May 30).—
Before Billy Bob Thornton berated bratty kids on a baseball team in Richard Linklater’s 2005 film of
the same name, Walter Matthau did the same to a group of potty-mouthed misfits in the 1976 original.
This year, the special guest stars Laura Dern, Daveed Diggs, Maya Rudolph
and Jon Hamm will help creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock tell the next phase of their heroine’s story, as she tries once again to restart her life in New York City.—
The acclaimed Australian director David Michôd (“The Rover,” “Animal Kingdom”) shepherds what is easily Netflix’s biggest gamble yet in the original movie department: a big-budget adaptation of the Michael Hastings book “The Operators,” with Brad Pitt producing
and starring as a fictionalized version of Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
It would be silly not to actually put silly people in a film like this, so Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci,
and Chris Gethard star alongside Mike Birbiglia, who wrote and directed the film (and whose recent Netflix stand-up special, “Thank God for Jokes,” is a sweet and fun time.
