{"id":173135,"date":"2025-06-07T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T10:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/i-watch-netflix-for-a-living-heres-what-im-streaming-this-weekend-june-6-8\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T10:15:55","slug":"i-watch-netflix-for-a-living-heres-what-im-streaming-this-weekend-june-6-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/i-watch-netflix-for-a-living-heres-what-im-streaming-this-weekend-june-6-8\/","title":{"rendered":"I Watch Netflix for a Living \u2014 Here\u2019s What I\u2019m Streaming This Weekend (June 6-8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>May was an unexpectedly great month to watch movies. From the latest \u2014 and possibly last \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tom-cruise-attends-mission-impossible-final-reckoning-cannes-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mission: Impossible<\/em> sequel<\/a> to the excellent horror flick <em>Bring Her Back<\/em>, movie theaters were the place to be last month.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming wasn\u2019t slacking either, with guilty pleasures like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/fear-street-prom-queen-what-to-know-about-netflixs-spooky-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Fear Street: Prom Queen<\/em><\/a> and some of 2024\u2019s prestige films like <em>The Brutalist<\/em> wreaking havoc on my social life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s June programming schedule is just as impressive, with so many films to watch that I had to cancel my wedding.<\/p>\n<p>All joking aside, I have to be selective about what I\u2019m watching, and this week, I picked an underrated 2012 film that no one really talks about today \u2014 <em>Hitchcock<\/em>. Don\u2019t be fooled \u2014 this isn\u2019t a routine womb-to-tomb biopic. Instead, it\u2019s a fascinating portrait of an artist at a crossroads and the creation of one of the most influential movies ever made.<\/p>\n<h3>A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Masterpiece<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psycho Official Trailer #1 - Martin Balsam Movie (1960) HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HjI1Of2lfhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That movie is <em>Psycho<\/em>, which is so famous, everyone knows what happens in it even if they haven\u2019t seen it. In case you don\u2019t know, here\u2019s a quick plot summary: A woman steals cash from her work, flees to an isolated hotel in the desert, befriends the hotel\u2019s owner, is stabbed to death in the shower and the killer is revealed to be the owner.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty straightforward, right? But in 1960, when sex and violence were strictly prohibited thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiobinder.com\/blog\/what-is-the-hays-code-1934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hays Code<\/a>, this was pretty lurid stuff, and a story like<em> Psycho<\/em>\u2019s just wasn\u2019t made by mainstream directors. But Alfred Hitchcock (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/anthony-hopkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anthony Hopkins<\/strong><\/a>) was always drawn to the macabre, and the film chronicles his growing obsession with adapting the true story of Ed Gein to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hitchcock Movie CLIP - Why This One, Hitch? (2012) - Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren Movie HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxrRf9KL72g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy this one?\u201d his wife Alma (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/helen-mirren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Helen Mirren<\/strong><\/a>) asks early in the film. The answer is obvious \u2014 the Master of Suspense is bored, and he wants to shake things up a bit. There\u2019s an infectious, rebellious spirit throughout <em>Hitchcock<\/em> as the great director labors to convince his reluctant staff, skeptical studio executives and nervous actors that <em>Psycho<\/em> is a movie worth doing.<\/p>\n<p>For every stumble, like Paramount initially refusing to finance the film, there\u2019s a win, like when Hitch cons the censors into thinking he deleted a violence sequence they wanted cut when he actually just re-edited it differently. Even though it takes place when he was 61 and already famous, <em>Hitchcock<\/em> showcases the director as a maverick willing to bend the rules to realize his artistic vision.<\/p>\n<h3>Scenes from a Marriage<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hitchcock (2\/3) Movie CLIP - Cutting Psycho (2012) HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3iZ1TVOskhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Hitchcock<\/em> isn\u2019t just about the man himself \u2014 it\u2019s also about his marriage to Alma. At this point, they\u2019ve been married for over 30 years, and their partnership extended to work as Alma reviewed scripts and contributed valuable notes to some of her husband\u2019s greatest films. In the film, their union is solid, but it\u2019s not perfect, and Alma feels restless with her husband\u2019s total focus on <em>Psycho<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/best-hulu-thrillers-on-right-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/best-hulu-thrillers-on-right-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">7 Must-Watch Hulu Thrillers on Right Now (June 2025)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhat makes a good thriller? The acting? The direction? The clever screenplay with a twist ending? Or is it some mixture of all those elements that provides enough thrills to satisfy a viewer? Watch With Us may not have clear answers to all those questions, but we do know a good thriller when we see [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She finds solace with Whitfield Cook (<strong>Danny Houston<\/strong>), a writer who urges Alma to strike out on her own. Alma loves her husband, but she\u2019s a little envious of his success and has unrealized ambitions of her own. <em>Hitchcock<\/em> presents a marriage at a crisis point \u2014 what happens when love just isn\u2019t enough anymore? The filmmaker puts up a great front, but when faced with the prospect of losing Alma for good, he\u2019s as scared as the audience members he\u2019s frightened for years.<\/p>\n<h3>Stars Playing Stars<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hitchcock Movie CLIP - The Oath (2012) - Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson Movie HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EwNocJqDLWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Movie biopics like <em>Hitchcock<\/em> are enjoyable on a superficial level since you get the chance to see modern movie stars playing older ones. That\u2019s certainly the case here, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jessica-biel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jessica Biel<\/strong> <\/a>playing actress <strong>Vera Miles<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ralph-macchio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ralph Macchio<\/strong><\/a> as the film\u2019s writer, <strong>Joseph Stefano<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/scarlett-johansson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Scarlett Johansson<\/strong><\/a> stepping in for <strong>Janet Leigh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latter who impresses the most, and with good reason \u2014 Johansson gets Leigh\u2019s ordinary girl charm just right, and her scenes with Hopkins\u2019 Hitch have a friendly intimacy that comes from two industry pros who know what they\u2019re doing. Johansson\u2019s highest praise, however, came from Leigh\u2019s daughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jamie-lee-curtis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jamie Lee Curtis<\/strong><\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jamie-lee-curtis-defends-scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-2021-9#:~:text=Curtis%20and%20Johansson%20have%20been,wrote%20for%20the%20Time%20piece.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said that a moment in the movie<\/a> \u201cstartles me, where I look at Scarlett and she\u2019s my mother.\u201d Her performance combines uncanny mimicry with real emotion, and it\u2019s one of Johansson\u2019s best roles in her impressive career.<\/p>\n<h3>Hitchcock\u2019s \u2018Psycho\u2019 \u2014 America\u2019s First True Crime Obsession?<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hitchcock (3\/3) Movie CLIP - Directing the Screams (2012) HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0_hajel24IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It would be enough if <em>Hitchcock<\/em> were just a biopic about a great movie or a portrait of a vulnerable marriage, but the film is more ambitious than that. It\u2019s also a commentary about America\u2019s obsession with true crime and how <em>Psycho<\/em> helped give birth to it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/best-movies-on-netflix-right-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-American.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"George Clooney in 'The American.'\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-American.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/best-movies-on-netflix-right-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">18 Must-Watch Movies on Netflix Right Now (June 2025)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAfter a quiet month for movies in May, Netflix is starting off June on a good note with a fresh selection of films. George Clooney\u2018s 2010 thriller, The American, is one of the great movies arriving on Netflix this month, and it gave him a chance to play a much darker character than usual. But [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Throughout the film, director <strong>Sascha Gervasi<\/strong> intercuts scenes with Ed Gein (<strong>Michael Wincott<\/strong>), who is the main inspiration for Norman Bates. This \u201cEd,\u201d though, isn\u2019t real \u2014 he\u2019s a figment of Hitchcock\u2019s imagination and a personification of his fixation on <a href=\"https:\/\/crimereads.com\/ed-gein-inspiration-for-psycho-and-chainsaw-real-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all the lurid deeds the notorious serial killer did in real life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hitchcock Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Anthony Hopkins Movie HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xbjz5uBToTQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Are these scenes necessary? Not really. They don\u2019t move the plot forward or give any insight into the actual production of <em>Psycho<\/em>. But I think they are crucial to what Gervasi is trying to say with this film: that Hitchcock\u2019s obsession is our own, and that\u2019s why <em>Psycho<\/em> still persists today in the public imagination.<\/p>\n<p>With its scenes of voyeurism and murder and suggestions of necrophilia and incest, <em>Psycho<\/em> painted an unflattering picture of America at a time when the myth of <strong>John F. Kennedy<\/strong>\u2019s Camelot reigned supreme. That\u2019s why it was so disturbing, and why another film \u2014 <em>Hitchcock<\/em> \u2014 had to be made to tell us just how revolutionary that picture was \u2014 and still is.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t take my word for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70258574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stream <em>Hitchcock<\/em> now on Netflix<\/a> \u2014 just make sure you don\u2019t go anywhere near a shower afterward.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/i-watch-netflix-for-a-living-heres-what-im-streaming-this-weekend-june-6-8-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May was an unexpectedly great month to watch movies. From the latest \u2014 and possibly last \u2014 Mission: Impossible sequel to the excellent horror flick Bring Her Back, movie theaters were the place to be last month. 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