New Movies on Netflix Instant Streaming 8/3/2011

Another installment of New on Netflix Instant Streaming. Click the link to see them all or check out all of our Netflix postsincluding New on Netflix Instant Streaming, Lists, Reviews and more!

Please note these are not new to Netflix Instant today but merely in the past month or so.

Spaceballs (1987)

Director: Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles)

Starring: Mel Brooks, John Candy (Uncle Buck, Cool Runnings), Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Casper), Rick Moranis (Currently serving 2 years for child endangerment)

Genre: Comedy, Parody

Why You Should Watch It: Always on the list for top parody movies of all time, Spaceballs brings the funny to a trilogy that needed the funny. That may be a lie, both parts, but it was the first Start Wars movie parody, setting up current spoofs from the likes of Robot Chicken and Family Guy. Where would Seth Green and Seth MacFarlane be today without Mel Brooks paving the way into the future of creating Star Wars material that people actually want to watch? Creating Star Trek parodies, that’s where…*shivers*

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Director: Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard)

Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Chrales Bronson, John Cassavetes

Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy

Why You Should Watch It: The Dirty Dozen follows 12 convicted felons who are summoned to serve in an experimental WW2 platoon to carry out a specific mission involving killing German generals. There is drama, there are laughs, there are action scenes, shit blows up, and people get killed. You never thought you could enjoy a 1967 film so much, until you realize The Graduate and Cool Hand Luke came out the same year.

Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 (1987, 1989)

Director: Richard Donner (The Omen, Superman)

Starring: Mel Gibson (Homophobic, Anti-Semitic, Misogynist), Danny Glover, Gary Busey (1), Joe Pesci (2)

Genre: Action, Inter-racial Buddy Cop Films

Why You Should Watch It: Honestly, I haven’t seen either of these movies fully, but from the bits I do recall seeing it was a fun action cop drama with some dry humor. I have heeded my own advice and added them to the ever growing list, “Shit to watch on Netflix Instant”.  If you enjoy other Inter-racial buddy cop films such as Beverly Hills Cops 1-7, these two films are right up your alley. They made a total of four of these, so they can’t be too terrible, right?

XXX (2002)

Director: Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious)

Starring: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento (Foreign Films), Samuel L. Jackson (“Hold on to your butts”)

Genre: Mindless Action

Why You Should Watch It: I can’t in good conscious actually recommend this film unless you have no interest in thinking, you like seeing things blow up, enjoy salivating over dude sweat or get excited over glimpses of attractive females. It could be a good background movie, or a good way to start the night out with a fun drinking game. How about, every time Vin Diesel says something, awesome? Get ready for fun.

Trainspotting (1996)

Director: Danny Boyle (28 Days Late, Slumdog Millionaire)

Starring: Ewan McGregor (Star Wars I-III, Moulin Rouge!), Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller (Hackers), Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy)

Genre: Crime, Drama, Drugs

Why You Should Watch It: Academy Award Nomination. British Academy Film Award Nominations and won Best Screenplay. Ranked 10^th in the Brithish Film Institues top 100 British Films. A cult classic. Ewan McGregor. Ranked 7^th best motion picture soundtrack in history by Vanity Fair. A great depiction of the depressing highs and lows of heroin addiction. The list goes on. Just watch the damn movie already.

Bonus Television Show-

Mad Men (2007-Season 5 coming 2012)

Creator: Matthew Weiner

Starring: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss (The West Wing), Vincent Kartheriser (Angel)

Genre: Drama

Why You Should Watch It: This swell time piece has won thirteen Primetime Emmys, and four Golden Globes, among countless nominations in its short 4 year running. I just started catching up on these and I can assure you, you won’t be disappointed. It has been known to cause depression in those who are not able to drink while on the job, so be careful out there folks.

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