Next month, Netflix offers up a giant selection of films — modern to classic, animated to live action, Oscar winners and indie favorites — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch as soon as they’re available on the streaming service, either for the first time or as part of a nostalgic binge. Enjoy.
1. “Boogie Nights” (available January 1)
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy about a young man who gets into the California porn industry in the late 1970’s and ‘80s. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
2. “Braveheart” (available January 1)
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, the Mel Gibson-starring drama follows William Wallace’s revolt against King Edward I of England after his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her.
1. “Boogie Nights” (available January 1)
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy about a young man who gets into the California porn industry in the late 1970’s and ‘80s. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.
2. “Braveheart” (available January 1)
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, the Mel Gibson-starring drama follows William Wallace’s revolt against King Edward I of England after his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her.
- 12/15/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
April 21st is another big day for genre fans looking to add to their home entertainment collections, as we’ve got a bounty of titles heading our way this Tuesday. The good folks over at Scream Factory are keeping busy with the release of several great Blu-rays, including their Collector’s Edition of John Carpenter’s Escape From New York and their Ghoulies double feature. Joe Lynch’s Everly and the film fest sensation A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night are also making their way to Blu-ray and DVD this week, and we’ve got a Ton of indie titles arriving Tuesday to look forward to, including the latest from the great Jeffrey Combs, Motivational Growth.
Escape from New York (Collector’s Edition) (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
A thrilling landmark film that jolts along at a breakneck pace, Escape From New York leapt to cult status with high-octane action, edge-of-your-seat...
Escape from New York (Collector’s Edition) (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
A thrilling landmark film that jolts along at a breakneck pace, Escape From New York leapt to cult status with high-octane action, edge-of-your-seat...
- 4/21/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Writing about Stephen King movies is always an interesting – if daunting – prospect. If one wanted to be a stickler about things, there are really only a few actual “Stephen King films”: from Creepshow to A Good Marriage, they’re listed under "Screenplays" on the “also by Stephen King” page at the front of most of the man’s books. But that’s limiting. Since Brian DePalma adapted Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie, for the big screen in 1976, the Stephen King Movie has been a genre unto itself, encompassing myriad directors, writers, mediums, and styles, all tied together by the fact that Stephen King wrote something that served as inspiration. Where the publishing history of Stephen King is fairly straightforward (with a few hiccups), the movie history is chaotic, because making movies is more complicated than making books. Deals are made, then broken. Screenplays are written and discarded. Budgets are cut,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
This week in horror history saw the birth of two modern movies classics and one evil seductress. Vampira, born Maila Nurmi changed the face of TV as the hostess of the ‘50s cult and sci-fi series, The Vampira Show. She boasted two-inch nails, a micro waist, and a feline face.
Movie-wise Wes Craven’s 1996 film Scream introduced us to the “rules” of horror with a tongue-in-cheek look at the slasher genre that Craven was integral in creating more than 20 years earlier. 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors was Frank Oz’s musical adaptation of Roger Corman’s 1960 low-budget traum-com. It includes Steve Martin playing the most true-to-life dentist in movie history. Watch Clips below.
Title: Scream
Released: December 20, 1996
Tagline: Don't Answer The Phone. Don't Open The Door. Don't Try To Escape.
Title: Little Shop of Horrors
Released: December 19, 1986
Tagline: A Singing Plant. A Daring Hero. A Sweet Girl. A Demented Dentist.
Movie-wise Wes Craven’s 1996 film Scream introduced us to the “rules” of horror with a tongue-in-cheek look at the slasher genre that Craven was integral in creating more than 20 years earlier. 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors was Frank Oz’s musical adaptation of Roger Corman’s 1960 low-budget traum-com. It includes Steve Martin playing the most true-to-life dentist in movie history. Watch Clips below.
Title: Scream
Released: December 20, 1996
Tagline: Don't Answer The Phone. Don't Open The Door. Don't Try To Escape.
Title: Little Shop of Horrors
Released: December 19, 1986
Tagline: A Singing Plant. A Daring Hero. A Sweet Girl. A Demented Dentist.
- 12/21/2012
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
Hey, kids! Do you love your horror sumthin’ fierce? Are you lookin’ for a place to mingle amongst your fellow fiends and bask in the warm, green glow of famous zombies and assorted masters of horror? Well then, Saturday Nightmares is the place for you! This June 3rd-5th, the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in East Rutherford, NJ, goes to Hell...and plays host to horror’s elite.
Guests include the great Martin Landau, Tippi Hedren, Sid Haig, Ken Foree, Bruce Dern, Julian Sands, and Doug Bradley alongside the casts of Dawn of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead and many more! There'll be Q&A sessions with your favorite creeps, movies rolling 'round the clock and a sea of vendors offering collectibles you can't live without. They have such sights to show you! From a live screening of The Birds with star Tippi Hedren to a Martin screening with...
Guests include the great Martin Landau, Tippi Hedren, Sid Haig, Ken Foree, Bruce Dern, Julian Sands, and Doug Bradley alongside the casts of Dawn of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead and many more! There'll be Q&A sessions with your favorite creeps, movies rolling 'round the clock and a sea of vendors offering collectibles you can't live without. They have such sights to show you! From a live screening of The Birds with star Tippi Hedren to a Martin screening with...
- 5/26/2011
- by Nomad
- DreadCentral.com
“Have no fear; Pam Grier is here…a chick with drive, who don’t take no jive.”
The trailer for Coffy (1973)
She’s wearing a short dress that barely covers her curvaceous brown body. Her hair is styled in an impressive afro. In the darkness of the bedroom she purrs in front of us – sexual and wanting. But as she turns we see she is no longer so willing. Her eyes become steel, we see a gun:
“This is the end of your rotten life you mother fucking dope pusher,” says Coffy and a squeeze of the trigger sprays the gangster’s head all over the wall.
Pam Grier had arrived.
1973s Coffy didn’t just make Grier a star; it turned her into an icon. Written and directed by Jack Hill, the film offered one of the blaxsploitation genre’s first female protagonists. Indeed here was a rare action hero,...
The trailer for Coffy (1973)
She’s wearing a short dress that barely covers her curvaceous brown body. Her hair is styled in an impressive afro. In the darkness of the bedroom she purrs in front of us – sexual and wanting. But as she turns we see she is no longer so willing. Her eyes become steel, we see a gun:
“This is the end of your rotten life you mother fucking dope pusher,” says Coffy and a squeeze of the trigger sprays the gangster’s head all over the wall.
Pam Grier had arrived.
1973s Coffy didn’t just make Grier a star; it turned her into an icon. Written and directed by Jack Hill, the film offered one of the blaxsploitation genre’s first female protagonists. Indeed here was a rare action hero,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Tom Fallows
- Obsessed with Film
Up-and-coming convention Saturday Nightmares, which runs this June 3-5, 2011, in East Rutherford, NJ, has quite an impressive lineup. From a live screening of The Birds with star Tippi Hedren to a Martin screening with John Amplas to Barbara Steele introducing The Pit and the Pendulum, it has a little something for everyone.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Along with Tippi, John, and Barbara, guests over the weekend include the following: Bruce Dern, Sid Haig, Karen Black, Julian Sands, Doug Bradley, Lisa Marie, Ken Foree, David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Michael Gornick, Scott Reiniger, Beverly Randolph, Don Calfa, Jewel Shepard, Allan Trautman, Thom Mathews, Linnea Quigley, and many more. In addition, the lovely Ladies of The Evil Dead - Ellen Sandweiss, Theresa Tilly, and Betsy Baker - will be fielding questions following a screening of the film.
All the usual convention festivities will be taking place: Panel discussions, vendors room,...
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Along with Tippi, John, and Barbara, guests over the weekend include the following: Bruce Dern, Sid Haig, Karen Black, Julian Sands, Doug Bradley, Lisa Marie, Ken Foree, David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Michael Gornick, Scott Reiniger, Beverly Randolph, Don Calfa, Jewel Shepard, Allan Trautman, Thom Mathews, Linnea Quigley, and many more. In addition, the lovely Ladies of The Evil Dead - Ellen Sandweiss, Theresa Tilly, and Betsy Baker - will be fielding questions following a screening of the film.
All the usual convention festivities will be taking place: Panel discussions, vendors room,...
- 4/2/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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