[Weekly Netflix Fix] Final July 2015 Update
The end of July is here, and with it comes an assortment of new Netflix Instant additions! As well all know, the highly-entertaining BoJack Horseman has returned for a second season (of which Bridjet reviewed recently). The other major addition to Netflix Instant is the Netflix-exclusive series, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which is a prequel to the 2001 cult classic. Another personal recommendation is The Skeleton Twins, starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig.
Find all of the latest additions to Netflix Instant below!
BoJack Horseman: Season 2
The Business of Being Born
Cantinflas
The Human Experiment Invizimals: The Alliance Files
Tig
The True Cost
Glee: Season 6
Java Heat
Peace After Marriage
Je suis Femen
Set Fire to the Stars
Jim Norton: Contextually Inadequate
Teacher of the Year
Zero Motivation
The Avenging Eagle
Come Drink with Me
Hercules
Martial Arts of Shaolin
Out of the Dark
The Road to Fallujah
Shaolin Martial Arts
24 Days
The Guest
Sword of Vengeance
Dial a Prayer
52 Tuesdays
Comet
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.: Season 2
Almost Mercy
Donde Esta Elisa
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 5
Of Girls and Horses
Relaciones Peligrosas
Staten Island Summer
Still
Victoria
The Wrecking Crew
The New Black
The Skeleton Twins
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
[Weekly Netflix Fix] Mid-July 2015 Update
Sorry for missing last week's Weekly Netflix Fix - I was afflicted with a mild case of strep throat, and being sick in the middle of the summer is the worst thing to ever happen to man. This week, we have an extra-sized installment combining all of the latest Netflix Instant additions from the past two weeks. Spike Lee's most recent film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, has been added, the indie darling Faults starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), and Mark Duplass' Creep are my personal recommendations. Take a look at all of the new Netflix Instant additions below!
Changeling
Plague
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
An Act of War
Carita de Angel
The Comedian
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
El Chavo Animado: Season 1
El Chavo Animado: Season 2
El Chavo Animado: Season 3
El Chavo Animado: Season 4
El Internado: Season 1
El Internado: Season 2
El Internado: Season 3
El Internado: Season 4
El Internado: Season 5
El Internado: Season 6
El Internado: Season 7
Eugene Mirman: Vegan on His Way to the Complain Store
H2O: Mermaid Adventures: Season 2
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie
The Physician
Rebelde
Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour
Vandal
XH Derbez
A Year in Champagne
America's Book of Secrets: Season 3
An Amish Murder
Bad Ink: Season 1
The Bible Rules: Season 1
Bible Secrets Revealed: Season 1
Carnal Innocence
Christie's Revenge
Creep
From the Dark
God, Guns & Automobiles: Season 1
Goodbye to All That 2014
Human Planet
Human Planet: Behind the Lens
Imaginary Friend
The Killer Speaks: Season 2
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
MonsterQuest: Season 1
MonsterQuest: Season 4
Pastor Brown
Preachers' Daughters: Season 2
Storage Wars: Texas: Season 1
The Unwanted
WWII From Space
Corvette Nation: Season 1
Corvette Nation: Season 2
Hard Drive
Adventures of Pepper and Paula
Opposite Field
These Final Hours
Chris Tucker Live
The Expendables 3
Violetta: Season 1
Violetta: Season 2
Are We Done Yet?
Deep in the Darkness
The Last Unicorn
Monsters: Dark Continent
The Phoenix Project
Serena
Baby Boom
Knights of Sidonia: Season 2
Faults
Hell on Wheels: Season 4
White Collar: Season 6
Superfast!
Bitten: Season 2
Underwater Dreams
Alien Outpost
Dark Summer
Gerontophilia
A Gesar Bard's Tale
Loitering with Intent
Monster High: Scaris, City of Frights
The Pact 2
The Search for General Tso
Wild Canaries
Witches of East End: Season 2
Genocide
Hjørdis
I Have Never Forgotten You
The Long Way Home
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Are We Done Yet?
Deep in the Darkness
The Last Unicorn
Monsters: Dark Continent
Serena
[Weekly Netflix Fix] Final June 2015 Update
The final Netflix update of the month doesn't offer too much. However, one title, All the Wilderness, is well worth a night in. As I wrote in my review this past February, the film " will appeal to indie film darlings that can't get enough of coming-of-age films." Indeed, it was an early 2015 favorite of mine. Also of note is A Most Wanted Man, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2014 and is the last of Philip Seymour Hoffman's films released before his untimely death.
You can check out the full list of new Netflix Instant titles below!
Cedar Cove: Season 1
Cedar Cove: Season 2
Earth From Above: Season 1
Earth From Above: Season 2
Earth From Above: Season 3
Earth From Above: Season 4
All the Wilderness
Revolver Rani
16-Love
A Most Wanted Man
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
The Birthday Boys: Season 2
Some Assembly Required: Season 1
Daddy's Home
Supremacy
Cake
GasLand
Ugly
Walking with the Dead
Confessions of a Prodigal Son
Advantageous
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
Beyond the Lights
Green Street 3: Never Back Down
Total Siyappa
After the Ball
Twin Warriors
King of Comedy
Ballet 422
God of Cookery
My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes
[Weekly Netflix Fix] Champs, Orange is the New Black
It's been a week since the surprise early release of Orange is the New Black's third season on Netflix. I'm sure you've all binge-watched the entire 13 episode season, but if not - why haven't you? Our other main highlight for this new installment of Weekly Netflix Fix is the boxing documentary Champs. Keen readers will remember we not only reviewed the film back in March, but we also interviewed Champs director Bert Marcus. I highly recommend watching the documentary, then reading our review and interview!
You can find the full list of new Netflix Instant titles below.
Life of Crime
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
Life with Boys: Season 1
If I Had Wings
Champs
Orange Is the New Black: Season 3
The Cobbler
Austin to Boston
High Fidelity
Snap
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Vengeance of an Assassin
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Grey's Anatomy: Season 11
Scandal: Season 4
Avengers Grimm
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Danger Mouse: Season 10
Danger Mouse: Season 9
Danger Mouse: Season 8
Danger Mouse: Season 7
Danger Mouse: Season 6
Danger Mouse: Season 5
Danger Mouse: Season 4
Danger Mouse: Season 3
Danger Mouse: Season 2
Danger Mouse: Season 1
Hawaizaada
Toby's Travelling Circus: Season 1
InuYasha: Season 2
Vecinos: Season 2
Vecinos: Season 1
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit: Season 1
Bite Size
Know How
Rita: Season 3
Rodney Carrington: Laughter’s Good
Wizards vs. Aliens: Season 1
Wizards vs. Aliens: Season 2
Wizards vs. Aliens: Season 3
Really Me: Season 1
Really Me: Season 2
Bindi's Bootcamp: Season 1
Team Toon: Season 1
Black Friday
Death Note
Paa
Nana / Season 1
Cuidado con el Angel
Teresa
Isa TKM
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Miss XV
Eastern Boys
3 Nights in the Desert
Vampire Knight: Season 1
Vampire Knight: Season 2
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Leprechaun: Origins
Little White Lie
Gukjeshijang
Monster
Venus Talk
Curious George
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of
[Weekly Netflix Fix] Hot Girls Wanted, The Aviator
A plethora of new films and TV shows were added over the past week, coinciding with Netflix's penchant to bring a large in flux of additions at the beginning of the month. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's The Aviator, Audrey Hepburn's Roman Candle, and Alfonso Cuaron's Y tu mama tambien are the biggest titles added in this initial June wave.
However, it's the Rashida Jones-produced documentary Hot Girls Wanted that has many talking. The doc, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, exposes the harsh reality that many amateur porn stars face. While it serves as a cautionary tale, it doesn't exactly share any new information to those that are already aware of the plight facing young women that turn to the industry. Nevertheless, it's a well-made documentary (albeit with an uneven tone) that should be seen.
You can find the full list of new Netflix Instant additions below.
Would You Rather
Bandslam
Between
Boy Meets Girl
Fishtronaut
Hot Girls Wanted
Kids from Shaolin
Middle of Nowhere
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Fishtronaut: Season 1
Fishtronaut: Season 2
Mako Mermaids: An H2O Adventure: Season 3
Shaolin Temple
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie...
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Beginnings
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Eternal
The Queens of Comedy
The Quiet American
R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly
R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Redemption: Kickboxer 5
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Revolución
Roman Holiday
The Rugrats Movie
Elias: Rescue Team Adventures: Season 1
La Suegra: Season 1
Los tiempos de Pablo Escobar: Season 1
Familia P. Luche: Season 1
SheZow: Season 1
Bleach: Season 2
TEDTalks: Life Lessons & Confessions: Season 2
Familia P. Luche: Season 2 2007
Bleach: Season 3
Familia P. Luche: Season 3
Chuggington: Season 4
Sex Ed
Shaq: All Star Comedy Jam: Atlanta
Shaq: All Star Comedy Jam: Orlando
Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star...
She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone
SheZow
Something Wild
Stash House
Sucker Punch
Tear This Heart Out
Tetro
Transit
Troll
Troll 2
Una Familia de Diez
Used Parts
Virgingate
We Are the Giant
A Wonderful World
The Inbetweeners 2
Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion: Season 1
Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion: Season 2
Four Brothers
Further
Girl on a Bicycle
The Good Guy
Hammett
Heterosexual Jill
Hidden Kingdoms
The High and the Mighty
Higher
Hits
Iesodo: Believe
Innocent Voices
The Island of Dr. Moreau: Director's Cut
Kickboxer
Kickboxer 2
Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor
Kidnapped
Kiss the Girls
La Suegra
La Vida Despues
Las magicas canciones de Plim Plim
Le voyage dans la lune
Le voyage dans la lune (Color)
Los tiempos de Pablo Escobar
México Pelágico
Maria de todos los Angeles
Metastasis
Mooz-Lum
Never on a Sunday
A Night at the Roxbury
Night Falls on Manhattan
Nine Months
On the Way to School
One from the Heart
The Others
Oveja Negra
Pablo Escobar, el patrón del mal: Season 1
The Paper Chase
People Will Talk
The Perfect Dictatorship
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 2
Philly Kid
Plan B: True
Best of Me
Hector and the Search for Happiness
The City
El Chapulin Colorado
Elias: Rescue Team Adventures
The Great Escape
La Rosa de Guadalupe
LI’L QUINQUIN
Nature's Weirdest Events
Out of the Dark
Purgatorio
Pretty Little Liars: Season 5
Y Tu Mamá También
009-1: The End of the Beginning
18 cigarrillos y medio
All Over the Guy
Amar
Amor Xtremo
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now Redux
The Aviator
Bad Habits
Big Muddy
The Black Power Mixtape
Bleach
Brian's Song
The Burbs
Celia's Lives
Cephalopod
Cochochi
Dead Snow
Deeper
Delivery
Dragon Eyes
Edge of the Earth
El Gringo
El informe Toledo
Employee of the Month
The Escape Artist
Expelled from Paradise
Familia P. Luche
Far From Home: Adventures of Yellow Dog
A Feast at Midnight
Fishtail
Arrested Development Season 5 Coming to Netflix in 2016?
As a very dedicated Arrested Development fan, any news about the cult favorite TV series is going to be met with giddiness and delight. Even after the letdown that was Arrested Development's Netflix debut, fans understood the final product was a result of unfortunate schedule conflicts and not quite the level of quality everybody expected for the beloved series. While series creator Mitch Hurwitz and co. tried to make the best of everybody's schedules by shooting the season in a non-linear style that didn't rely on the entire cast being on set at the same time. However, this resulted in a diluted story that, while still having its moments, paled in comparison to the series' previous three seasons.
It's no secret that Netflix wants to develop more original programming and are major supporters of Arrested Development, so the only hurdle for more Bluth family antics involved finding the right time to get everybody together. Nevertheless, producer Brian Grazer confirmed plans to begin production in early 2016 during an appearance on Adam Corolla's podcast earlier this week:
Well, I had a conversation with Fox today, this morning. Netflix is determined to do more episodes, so we’re gonna do more episodes. We’re going to do it [at] the turn of the year. January, February we’re gonna start it. […] Mitch Hurwitz, who I just called while I was sitting out there in your beautiful waiting room. […] I made the call to Mitch to say everybody’s into it.
Netflix hasn't officially announced anything, and there's still the aforementioned hurdle of getting as much of the cast together for as long as possible, but the prospect of more Arrested Development is a lot better than no Arrested Development. We'll see how this one shakes out, but thing is clear - I'm more than ready to fall back in love with Tobias, GOB, George Michael, and the others once again.
[via /Film]
Netflix Testing Teasers Before and After TV Shows
Of all of the benefits Netflix offers over other services is their refusal to implement third-party ads. While the price of subscription has changed a bit over the years (and is perhaps facing another upcharge imminently), their dedication to bringing amazing content to their subscribers, both original programming and licensed shows/films, is well worth weathering an extra buck or two, especially when we can binge-watch Scrubs (like what my roommates and I currently do) or Orange is the New Black (like what my roommates and I will do soon) uninterrupted.
However, Netflix has recently begun testing pre-roll and post-roll teasers for their Netflix original shows for certain users/markets. While the next logical conclusion would be the introduction of third-party ads a la Hulu, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took a very clear stance yesterday following speculation that the aforementioned teasers were paving the way for ads in the future, sharing on Facebook: "No advertising coming onto Netflix. Period. Just adding relevant cool trailers for other Netflix content you are likely to love."
Indeed, the teasers have been for other Netflix original series, such as Marvel's Daredevil or the upcoming third season of Orange is the New Black. The teasers serve as the next wave of recommendations, and while they may be a bit intrusive, who isn't on the constant prowl for a new show to binge-watch once their current show's run comes to an end?
[via Tech Crunch]
[Weekly Netflix Fix] Fruitvale Station
By now, we all know Netflix Instant's mid-month updates are lacking, and this week is no different. However, the amazing (and unfortunately relevant) Fruitvale Station has finally been added to the service. Stop what you're doing and watch this powerful film. The rest of this week's updates are below.
Girlhood
La chambre bleue
In the Bedroom
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the...
First Period
12 Horas 2 Minutos
After
Bandidos Legendarios de México
Bienvenida Realidad
Canciones de la granja: Vol. 1
Canciones de la granja: Vol. 2
The Cardenas Era
Clean Spirit
Cyber-Seniors
Dawg Fight
Earthquake of Mexico
El Asesinato de Trotsky
El Carnaval de Barranquilla
El Dorado
El Escape de Hitler
Fists of Legend
Galinha Pintadinha
Gaturro, the Series
Give Me Shelter
Granite Flats
The Killer
La Batalla de Zacatecas
La Masacre de Tlatelolco
La Prepago
La Red Nazi en México
Lottie Dottie Chicken
Magnicidios
Magnicidios II
María la del Barrio
Mengele, the Angel of Death
Mundo Gaturro
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!
Pancho Villa, Aquí y Allí
A Pope For Everyone
Porque el amor manda
The Quest
Revolucion Mexicana
Rondas y Clasicos Infantiles
Scintilla
The Quest: Season 1
When Calls the Heart: Season 1
Lottie Dottie Chicken: Season 1
Metastasis: Season 1
Young & Hungry: Season 1
Granite Flats: Season 1
Porque el amor manda: Season 1
Galinha Pintadinha: Season 1
La Prepago: Season 1
Granite Flats: Season 2
Granite Flats: Season 3
Grand Hotel: Season 3
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Season 4
The Soccer Nanny
Temporada de Zopilotes
Toobys
When Calls the Heart
Young & Hungry
Zapata, Lives
Corky Romano
The Enforcer
Fist of Legend
[REC] 4: Apocalipsis
The Universe: Season 4
Fruitvale Station