Life in Colour with David Attenborough
(Netflix)
The last documentary from the acclaimed nature lover was a harsh and arguably much-needed wake-up call that humanity's lack of action towards climate change and mass disregard for the environment was killing the planet. This new one finds the popular documentarian in a more wondrous state of mind. Over three episodes he travels the globe, plunging deep into the Costa Rica rainforests and scaling the snowy Scottish Highlands to show and explain the mind-boggling ways animals use colour. While we all know the basics - reds and yellows are a blatant warning to wannabe predators - this series uses specially created new camera technology to show us how colour in the animal kingdom is far more complicated than we originally thought. Especially those colours our humble human eyes can't see. Streaming now.
Mad Max: Fury Road
(Neon)
This decades-in-the-making Mad Max sequel elevated action to an Academy Award-winning art form. Fans of the genre had long argued it was anyway, but with this movie writer/director/creator George Miller cemented the idea in the mass consciousness.
![Charlize Theron is in the driver's seat for Mad Max: Fury Road. Streaming on Neon.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WI2VB6G57PVXECKUDTSWJYAOA4.jpg?auth=78ad9d9677af8b2ae7e9a6df8d8adc515d9440aa24a51458b50b303de70775fe&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)