Amazon Prime Video: the programs not to miss in June 2022

Put on your tights, prepare your fists and put on your biggest commercial smile: in June, the neurotic superheroes of The Boys are back on Prime Video. But if you prefer espionage in finesse, you can always opt for the retro The Ipcress File. And if you’re more of a geek-minded dreamer, obviously go for the Ready Player One by Steven Spielberg.

Other cinephile classics of the month include the excellent Basic Instinctthe saga John Wickthe cult Highlander or the classic Gangs of New York. There is something for every taste !

Event of the month: The Boysseason 3, June 3

By betting in 2019 on a relatively unknown comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, Amazon had a hollow nose. At the peak of Marvel and DC superhero fashion, The Boys deconstructs and demolishes this figure of power so American in pleasurable excesses. This season 3 will not be an exception to the rule. Caught in the act of very bad company, the psychopathic Superman Homelander makes damage control but is more than ever on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Opposite him, Butcher and Hughie’s team has regularized its practices under the impetus of politician Victoria Neumann, who heads a government division regulating supers. Of course, all this little status quo will soon be shaken up and The Boys does not take long to fall back into its cartoonesco-gore violence. Between its endearing characters and its incredible way of twisting the clichés of the genre, the series has been one of the biggest assets of Prime Video in recent years, and has been able to gather around it a huge community of fans. We therefore expect a big success, even if we must recognize that we hope for a little renewal in the intrigues.

We are curious: Ipcress FileJune 1

If you like old-school spy thrillers, The Ipcress File should catch your eye. We are on the very classic: an agent who is a bit of a crook in the middle of the Cold War, a scientist specializing in nuclear power to be found, all in an aesthetic that smells good of the 60s. The series is also inspired by both the novel by Len Deighton and its first adaptation of 1965, famous for the interpretation of Michael Caine. Here, it is to the Peaky Blinder Joe Cole that the role of the spy returns, with facing him the actress Lucy Boynton, seen in Bohemian Rhapsodyand the unforgettable villain of Pirates of the Caribbean Tom Hollander. Much appreciated by American critics after its broadcast on AMC +, this retro series also takes malicious pleasure in winking at our time and its various turmoil.

We will be happy to see: Ready Player OneJune 1

At a time when fan service has become a real editorial line at some studios, it can sometimes be fashionable to relegate Ready Player One to the status of tasteless pop culture globi-boulga. It would be to forget a little quickly who is the man behind the camera. At 70 riverbanks past the release of the film, Steven Spielberg impresses. Even though it uses tricks similar to the big productions of its time, its feature film is filled with cinematic prowess that most Marvel films do not even dare to imagine. The director of Jurassic Park plays perfectly with the ultra-referential work of Ernest Cline, and manages to transcribe its eventful plot with stunning clarity. Beyond its graphic qualities, it is above all a great tribute to geek culture, which has been mocked for so long. And a necessary story about excessive technologism. What to make meditate the apostles without concession of the metaverse.