Netflix Instant Update (and general)

[D.B. Barnes]

US Highlights: Jack's Back,

They made a sequel to that aweful Robin Williams movie?

The one where he just stands around and gapes at everything?

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlights: A Mother's Love

Canadian Highlights: Restless and a lot of UFC

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlight: I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

Canadian Highlight: No new movies yet, but a lot of good ones are expiring soon.  Before June 1st, check out:

Adaptation
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (Imperfect but worth checking out B-movie homage)
Young People Fucking (good underrated Canadian sex comedy/anthology)
Groundhog Day
The Quick and the Dead (fun Sam Riami western)
Stand By Me
Starman
Stripes
Donnie Brasco

If you are a Canadian Netflix user, try to catch these before they expire at the end of the month.

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlights: Bridezillas and Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

Canadian Highlights: Pirate Radio, Dear John, Chloe and the remake of The Crazies.

[Sideswipe]

They have put the rest of the G.I. Joe episodes up now.

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlights: Mercy and Beast Wars: Transformers

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlights: South Park, Dead Space: Aftermath and Adventures in Lalaoopsy Land

Canadian Highlights: Take Shelter

[Johnny Unusual]

First of the month means lots of new stuff:

US Highlights: Lost in Translation, The Killer Inside Me, Foyle's War, Zonad, S.W.A.T. (the movie, not the show), Play Misty for Me, Lust in the Dust, Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within, The Patriot, The General's Daughter, Small Time Gangster, Many documentaries, Criminal Justice, and a few more TedTalks.

Canadian Highlights: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (season one), Dragon's Den (Canadian Version), 6 TedTalks and a bunch of children's shows.

[D.B. Barnes]

Lost In Translation? More like Sucks in Translation.

The cinematic equivalent of Ambien with a bourbon chaser.

On a streaming note, Drive has also recently been added to the US rotation.

[Darth Geek]

Lost In Translation? More like Sucks in Translation.

The cinematic equivalent of Ambien with a bourbon chaser.

I agree with this. The acting is good, and the direction is good too. But just boring as hell in it's nature.

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlights: The Secret Policeman's Ball and another TedTalk.

[Sideswipe]

Who the hell is Ted and why does he talk so much?

[Johnny Unusual]

TedTalks are speeches from the Ted Conference, which is a symposium for the world's leading thinkers to exchange interesting ideas and findings regarding science (primarily), art, politics and such.  I recommend checking some of them out, as many of them are very interesting and generally about 14 minutes on average.

[Johnny Unusual]

For some reason What's New on Netflix missed a lot of Canadian movies the premiered on the first.  And oddly, some include films that where on before and I didn't even remember being dropped (Kick-Ass, American Psycho, Reservoir Dogs).  Must have picked them up again pretty fast.

Canadian Highlights: Hostel Part II (may I suggest Cruise Control?), Water For Elephants, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Remember Me (no), Furry Vengeance (rated G?  Oh, not that kind of furry), Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Definitely, Maybe, New York, I Love You, Charlie Wilson's War (if you haven't seen this one, I highly recommend it), Breach, Children of Men, The Emerald City of Oz (the anime one with the voice of Margot Kidder), Meet the Fockers, The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Slings & Arrows, The Forsyte Saga, A Single Man and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (not the remake).

[Johnny Unusual]

US Highlights: Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe and Train to Nowhere

Canadian Highlights: Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe and Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain.