Netflix: quick links
Netflix: new this week
The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 (25 June)
Series. Six couples put their love to the test by moving in with other partners. Are they ready for marriage — or is the one actually someone else?
Squid Game Season 3 (27 June)
Series. Devastated after losing his friend, Player 456 presses on – challenging the Front Man’s scheme in the final season of the globally most-watched series.
Starring Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Yim Si-wan and Kang Ha-neul. Watch the trailer.
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America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Season 2 (18 June)
Series. A new batch of hopefuls face fierce competition, high expectations and even higher kicks as they vie for a spot with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
KPop Demon Hunters (20 June)
Film (2025). When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums, they’re using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
Starring Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong and Ji-young Yoo. Watch the trailer.
Titan: The Oceangate Disaster (11 June)
Documentary. Exploring the Titan submersible’s doomed 2023 journey to the wreckage of the Titanic and the ambitious OceanGate CEO behind the endeavour.
Fubar Season 2 (12 June)
Series. Eager to return to action, Luke, Emma and the crew get more than they bargained for when a mysterious terrorist threatens to unleash worldwide chaos.
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carrie-Anne Moss, Travis Van Winkle and Fortune Feimster. Watch the trailer.
The Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish Season 2 (12 June)
Series. Hazel and friends return for more wish-fulfilment misadventures involving time travel, rock monsters, talking teeth and other fairly odd magical stuff.
Starring Ashleigh Crystal Hairston, Daran Norris and Susanne Blakeslee.
Ginny and Georgia Season 3 (5 June)
Series. As Georgia’s trial sends shockwaves through Wellsbury, Ginny and Austin become entangled in a web of lies and betrayal, where no one emerges unscathed.
Starring Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Felix Mallard and Sara Waisglass.
The Survivors (6 June)
Series. Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever when two people drowned and a young girl went missing in his home town of Evelyn Bay. Fifteen years later, returning with his young family, the guilt that still haunts him resurfaces.
When the body of a young woman is found on the beach, the town is once again rocked by tragedy and the investigation of her death threatens to reveal long-held secrets, the truth about the missing girl, and a killer amongst them.
Starring Charlie Vickers, Yerin Ha, Robyn Malcolm and Damien Garvey.
From ScreenHub’s review of The Survivors on Netflix:
As mysteries go, The Survivors (adapting a novel by Jane Harper) does a solid job of setting up an intriguing premise. There’s plenty of suspects, and a few obvious red herrings that’ll no doubt end up having a skeleton or two in the closet. Taken as a pure whodunnit, it ticks all the boxes; it’d be a first-rate drama if only Kieran – or anybody else – seemed likeable.
To be fair, everyone has a pretty good reason for being the way they are. Kieran is back solely out of a sense of duty to the parents he ran away from, while his left-behind mates are the kinds of screw-ups you’d expect to stick around in an isolated small town. Everyone else blames him for the two deaths (losing his own brother gets him no sympathy), and fair enough. Read more …
