Stan: quick links
Stan: new in June
This City Is Ours (4 June)
Series. This City is Ours is the story of Michael, a man who for all of his adult life has been involved in organised crime. But for the first time, Michael is in love. Now he sees a future: something to win and something to lose – Diana.
Starring Sean Bean, Saul Dibb, John Hayes and Eshref Reybrouck.
BMF – Black Mafia Family Season 4 (6 June)
Series. The new season continues the journey inspired by real life street legends and brothers Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory and Terry ‘Southwest T’ Flenory, who created one of the most influential crime families in the country.
Meech and Terry fight to keep their American Dream alive, staying ahead of their rivals and law enforcement takes a toll on their relationship.
The Gold Season 2 (9 June)
Series. Following the conviction of some of those involved in the theft and handling of the Brink’s-Mat gold, the police realised that those criminals only ever had half of it. Season 2 explores what happened to the other half, and the criminal fortune it created.
Alone Season 12 (13 June)
Series. In this new season of Alone the action moves across the globe to South Africa’s Great Karoo region. Not only does this mark the series’ first time filming in Africa, it’s also the first time the show has been shot in a semidesert environment. This wild, beautiful and remote location could pose serious new challenges for the contestants.
The Surfer (15 June)
Film (2024). When a man returns to Australia to buy back his family home after many years in the US, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a group of local surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.
Wounded, he defies them and remains at the beach, demanding acceptance. As the conflict escalates, he is brought right to the edge of his sanity and his entire identity is thrown into question.
Starring Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nic Cassim and Miranda Tapsell.
From ScreenHub’s four-star review of The Surfer:
As the unnamed surfer of the title, Cage’s vibrantly dyed ginger lead plays a man determined to reclaim his roots after decades away in California, where his accent presumably got lost. Wanting to reconnect with his teenage son (Finn Little) – despite his ex-wife (on the phone) being pissed he pulled him out of school – he hopes to snap up his childhood home, newly on the market.
But the surfer falls foul of the overheated Australian market, forced to beg for more financing with Rahel Romahn’s real estate shark unwilling to buy him time. Read more …
Revealed – Joh: The Last King of Queensland (22 June)
Documentary. A feature-length documentary about the divisive leader, conservative icon and former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and a timely examination of progress, power, corruption, and Joh’s complex legacy.
Hal & Harper (26 June)
Series. Hal and Harper are two codependent siblings living in LA, and are doing their best to navigate long-term relationships, friendships, and situationships. When their dad makes a big announcement, the two are forced to consider the current state of their lives and their complicated childhood.
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Lili Reinhart and Cooper Raiff.
