By Phillip Swann
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Peacock, the NBCUniversal-operated streaming service with plans starting at $5.99 a month, plans to add 86 new TV shows and movies to its lineup tomorrow (June 1, 2024). Here’s the three best, in my humble opinion:
The Bourne Collection
Peacock is adding the first two Bourne films (The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy) starring Matt Damon as an intelligence agent who seeks vengeance on his former government handlers for a myriad of misdeeds. The two films are action packed with some of the best automobile chase scenes you’ll ever see. Peacock tomorrow will also add 2012’s The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner starring but skip that and go with the Damon originals. See our article on how Matt Damon almost didn’t get the part of Jason Bourne.
The First 3 John Wick Movies
Keanu Reeves stars as the retired hit man who returns to the killing fields when Russian mobsters do away with a loved one (no, spoilers here). The first three John Wick films may be short on originality, but they breathe new life in the vengeance genre thanks to Reeves’ charisma and athleticism. The Matrix star still has all the moves, and they are in frequent display here.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan stars Tom Hanks as the captain of a World War II unit which must find a single soldier (Matt Damon) while navigating the horrors of war. There’s never been a better film on the sacrifice and unselfishness of America’s military and Hanks is especially good in lead. And the first 15 minutes, which depicts the D-Day invasion, immerses the viewer in battle unlike any scene before or since.
Complete List of New Titles Coming to Peacock On June 1:
Survivor’s Remorse: Seasons 1-4
2012*
About Time
Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Anna and the Apocalypse
Away & Back
A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery
The Best Man
Billy Elliot
The Birdcage
Blockers*
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Supremacy
Bride of Chucky
Brokeback Mountain
Burlesque*
Capote
Caribbean Summer
Christmas at Dollywood
Christmas at Graceland
Christmas at Rome
Christmas at Vienna
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs*
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2*
Clue
Constantine
The Croods
Dante’s Peak
The Derby Stallion
Despicable Me 3*
The Dilemma
A Fantastic Woman
Far From Heaven
Fences
Ghostbusters (1984)*
Ghostbusters II*
Girls Trip*
Gladiator
Gods of Egypt
Hidden Gems
If Beale Street Could Talk
In My Dreams
It’s OK to Ask Questions: Seasons 1-2
Jennifer’s Body
John Wick*
John Wick: Chapter 2*
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum*
The Joneses
Limbo*
Love is Strange
Love’s Portrait
Midway (1976)
Moriah’s Lighthouse
Nantucket Noel
The Other Guys
Philadelphia
Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery
Pride
Pride (2014)
The Producers (‘05)
Puss in Boots
Red
Red 2
Riddled with Deceit: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery
Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone
A Royal Makeover
RV (2006)
Safe House (‘12)
Saved!
Saving Private Ryan
The Secret Life of Pets
Seed of Chucky
Ships in the Night: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery
The Smurfs
The Smurfs 2
Stomp the Yard
A Summer to Remember
TED
The Terminal
Turbo
Van Helsing
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Wedding Date
What Happens in Vegas
With-In
* Denotes exclusive to Peacock.
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