Jean-Luc Godard said that the best way to criticize a movie is to make another movie. That has already been done in the case of "The Theory of Flight," a British film about a young woman in a wheelchair who desperately desires to have sex. The movie that eclipses this one is "Dance Me to My Song," an Australian film that played in 1998 at the Cannes Film Festival and silenced the audience with its stark courage. (It still lacks U.S. distribution.) "The Theory of Flight" stars Helena Bonham Carter as Jane, the young woman in the chair, who suffers from ALS and uses a voice synthesizer to help her communicate. It is a good performance but just that, a performance. What is astonishing about "Dance Me to My Song" is that it was written by a young woman named Heather Rose, who has cerebral palsy, lives in a chair, communicates with a machine and actually plays Julia, the heroine of her movie.
Here’s your full comprehensive look at what’s coming to Netflix Canada in May 2021. As the month progresses, and throughout May more movies and TV series will be announced.
What’s Coming to Netflix Canada on May 1st
Blood Diamond (2006) – Leonardo DiCaprio headlines this thriller about an ex-mercenary now turned smuggler.
Dark Skies (2013) – Sci-fi horror from the producers of
Paranormal Activity.
Evil Dead (2013) – Horror reboot about a young woman who stumbles upon the Book of the Dead.
Forbidden Kingdom – Martial arts fantasy adventure starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Gandhi – Unclear what version this is.
Good Girls Get High (2018) –
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Ocean’s Eleven meets
Resident Evil in Zack Snyder’s new action-comedy, which follows a motley crew of mercenaries who return to a ravaged post-apocalyptic Las Vegas for a $50-million heist. To get to the good stuff, they have to weave and dodge their way through the zombie army that’s taken over the streets (including a kinda-lovable zombie tiger).
May 21
The Upshaws
Netflix is resurrecting the ’90s family sitcom with this series about an everyday blended family in small-town Indiana. Executive producer Mike Epps stars as a mechanic shop owner who lives with his wife, kids and prickly sister-in-law, played by Wanda Sykes. Expect a comforting, nostalgic mix of zingy one-liners and lighthearted, resolved-in-22-minutes plots.
What’s New on Netflix Canada in May 2021
As we continue to move through yet another lockdown, it’s the wide array of streaming content on Netflix that has kept many of us going. Something to look forward to this month is the thriller
The Woman in the Window, based on the novel of the same name and starring Amy Adams. There’s also a second season of the popular series
Who Killed Sara? and Part 2 of
Selena: The Series. There’s plenty to choose from, so sit back and check out our New on Netflix Canada guide for May.