What I Watched in June 2026
Spielberg brought aliens to IMAX, Pixar asked if toys still matter, and A24 killed Robin Hood. June was the month I remembered why I built this database.
Disclosure Day
Spielberg made a sci-fi film and I watched it opening night in IMAX. That's all you need to know about my priorities.
Emily Blunt is fantastic. She carries the first act almost entirely alone β the quiet dread of the pre-contact sequence is vintage Spielberg. The aliens feel practical even when they're not. The IMAX format makes the sky scenes overwhelming in the best possible way.
John Williams did the score. I don't know if it's his last, but it sounds like he wrote it knowing it might be. There's a weight to it.
Best Spielberg since War of the Worlds. I'll stand by that. The Jurassic Park comparisons are lazy β this is closer to Close Encounters with a thriller spine. $82 million opening weekend tells you the audience showed up. They should.
The Death of Robin Hood
A24 took Robin Hood and made it about dying.
Hugh Jackman as a broken, aging Robin Hood who can barely hold a bow. Jodie Comer as the woman offering something between redemption and a trap. Bill SkarsgΓ₯rd as Little John β and not the merry one. Michael Sarnoski directed Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One β he brings the same patient, deliberate pacing. Scenes breathe. Nobody rushes.
It's dark. It's quiet. It's not for everyone.
Absolutely for me.
Toy Story 5
My childhood in a movie theater, again.
The tablets-vs-toys premise hits different when you watch your own screen time habits. Andrew Stanton knows what he's doing β this is the guy who made WALL-E and Finding Nemo. Greta Lee as Lilypad is unsettling in the best way. She's not evil. She's just... better at keeping Bonnie entertained. That's scarier than any Pixar villain.
Toy Story hit me in 1995. Toy Story 3 made me cry in 2010. Toy Story 4 felt like an epilogue. Toy Story 5 feels like a question: do we still need these characters?
The answer is yes. Not as good as 3. Better than 4. That'll do.
Avatar: The Last Airbender S2
Toph. That's the review.
Fine, I'll elaborate. Season 2 found its footing. The earthbending is incredible β the choreography team deserves an award. Still not the animated series β it never will be β but it's its own thing now. And its own thing is good.
Seven episodes, binged in two days. Ba Sing Se looks massive. The Toph casting is perfect. If season 1 left you unsure, season 2 earns another chance.
The Vampire Lestat
They renamed the show, reframed it around Lestat, and Sam Reid went full rock god. Interview with the Vampire season 3 is the best thing AMC has done since the first season of this same show. The 1980s setting is vibrant. Lestat's transformation from brooding aristocrat to stadium performer is exactly as ridiculous and compelling as it should be.
Jsem hooked.
Quick Mentions
Supergirl β Milly Alcock is a star. The cosmic setting is refreshing after years of city-destruction superhero films. Krypto steals scenes. Database updated opening weekend.
Jackass 5 β The last one. Knoxville says no more. After Jackass Forever, I wasn't sure they had anything left. They did. I added it to the database with a smile and maybe a little sadness.
Grantchester S11 β Final season. 1963 setting. Robson Green carrying the show one last time. Binged all eight episodes in one sitting and then sat with it for a while. A proper farewell to a proper show.
Sweet Magnolias S5 β Comfort binge. The NYC girls' trip was a fun change of pace. Nothing groundbreaking, nothing wrong with that.
The Database Side
June was massive for spameri.cz. Disclosure Day, Toy Story 5, Supergirl, The Death of Robin Hood, Jackass 5, ATLA S2, The Vampire Lestat β all added on release day. The blog hit 52 posts across nine personas. The content pipeline is running ahead of schedule by three months.
The database keeps growing. Every title gets its page, its metadata, its connections. That's the whole point of this project β not just watching, but cataloging. Making it findable.
BavΓ mΔ to. See you next month.
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