Netflix Instant Watch September Preview

• Haywire – such a wonderfully underrated little action flick with a great cast
• Traffic – more greatness from Soderbergh
• Dark Tide – sure it was DTV, but a movie with Halle Berry in a bikini can’t be all that bad
• Super 8 – the best movie (that I saw) of 2011
• The Expendables – so much less fun than it should have been
• Piranha – so much more fun than it had any right to be
• Battle Royale – The Hunger Games but far more intense
• Wilfred – hilarious TV show starring Elijah Wood and a man in a dog suit
• Captain America – see more of what came before The Avengers
• God Bless America – Bobcat Goldthwait continues to be one of the most unique filmmakers working today
• ESPN’s 30 for 30 series – if you’re a fan of sports or documentaries, you should seek these out

Hold on to your butts, because we’re in for a HUGE month:

New on Netflix Instant Watch September 1st:

• Abduction – Taylor Lautner running around from people
• The Descent 2 – the first Descent is a classic, but the sequel is no slouch either
• Titan A.E. – Don Bluth brings his animation to space
• African Queen – Bogart + Hepburn
• Everybody Loves Raymond – the highly-rated TV show for old people comes to a service old people don’t use
• Coming to America – Eddie Murphy at just about his peak
• Mean Girls – apparently its sequel also hits Netflix on the 1st too
• Chaplin – RDJ before he became the world’s biggest movie star
• King Kong – the goofy Jeff Bridges version
• Clueless – kinda like Mean Girls but 10 years prior
• Beverly Hills Cop – the first and second movies hit Netflix as news is released that Murphy is trying to bring back his character in a TV show
• Tommy Boy – the perfect comedy?
• Pootie Tang – quickly becoming a cult classic
• Hot Rod – another great little comedy that flew in under the radar
• Eddie Murphy Raw – funny, but hard to view through today’s more politically correct worldviews
• The Omen – the original
• The Longest Yard – the Adam Sandler remake
• The Conversation – Coppola’s stealth masterpiece
• Beavis & Butthead Do America
• Footloose – the original
• Black Dog – Swayze.
• The Mummy – the original
• I.Q. – cute rom-com about Einstein
• Network – I’ve thrown out the word “great” a lot in this post, but this movie truly is one of the all-time greats
• Dog Day Afternoon – Al Pacino robs a bank
• The Night of the Hunter – I’ve thrown out the word “great” a lot in this post, but this movie truly is one of the all-time greats
• Braveheart – Mel Gibson at the peak of his abilities to be tortured
• A Night at the Roxbury
• Double Jeopardy – Ashley Judd in the most Ashley Judd “thriller” that ever existed
• Highlander – 1 and 2!
• Varsity Blues & Basic Instinct – movies known for one scene
• Insomnia – semi-early Christopher Nolan
• Passenger 57 – Wesley Snipes on a plane
• Sunset Blvd – I’ve thrown out the word “great” a lot in this post, but this movie truly is one of the all-time greats
• Exlporers – very strange, but kinda watchable, family sci-fi from the 80’s
• Mission: Impossible – 1 and 3
• Clue – proof that board games can make movies that are slightly watchable
• Shooter – insanely good Mark Wahlberg action movie
• What Women Want – Mel Gibson shows his sensitive side
• Face/off – I was just telling my wife Netflix needed more Nic Cage movies…
• Star Trek Insurrection – The Next Generation crew gets a movie
• We Were Soldiers – more Mel Gibson
• The Thing – Keith David is just the best 
• Soapdish – RDJ behind the scenes of a soap
• Days of Heaven – Terrence Malick’s masterpiece
• South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut and Team America – that’s a strong double-feature for a lazy Sunday afternoon
• Ghost – Swayze.
• Deep Impact – so much better than Armageddon, but still pretty lousy
• Serpico – Al Pacino is a cop

• Dinosaurs – the TV show from the 90’s

• Marley – the new Bob Marley doc

• There be Dragons – crazy great title, not so great movie

• Terra Nova – Netflix originally wanted to try and produce a second season of this failed series on their own. I guess we’ll just have to live with being able to watch the first season

• The Grey – Liam Neeson vs. wolves

• Alias – a fun spy TV show

• A Good Old Fashioned Orgy – great cast, not quite so great movie

 *As always, these are totally subject to change at Netflix’s whim so they may not be 100% accurate…