Flixist is headed to Austin, Texas for SXSW, so this week’s edition of Netflix now is just a warning: don’t mess with us, suckas. Matt can make all animals (including humans) do his bidding, Geoff can control the elements, and I can make an army of homunculi and golems out of anything. Our coverage promises to be badass and rough and tumble, just like ’em darn cowboys and samurais of old.
An all right week on Netflix Watch Instantly, unlike last week’s light additions. Some titles of note that are new include Hustle & Flow, Big Fish, Pretty in Pink, and the new version of the show Dallas. Also new is the abysmal hipster apocalypse slowburn First Winter and the not-necessarily-canon-to-the-H.G.-Lewis-film sequel 2001 Maniacs. If you’re a gorehound and have never heard of Lewis before, here’s a Cult Club primer on Lewis’s The Blood Trilogy.
After the cut, all the new stuff on Netflix Instant this week. And also, action, violence, and more action!
- 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck
- 10th District Court
- 2001 Maniacs
- 3 Seconds Before Explosion
- American Loser
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- The Awful Dr. Orlof
- Backtrack
- Bad Boy Street
- A Beginner’s Guide to Endings
- Big Fish
- Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet
- Brian Posehn: The Fartist
- Call the Midwife
- Casper’s Scare School
- Chicken Town
- China Girl
- Crooked Arrows
- Dallas (2012)
- Devil’s Kiss
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- The Dynamiter
- Eyes of an Angel
- Fat Man Little Boy
- First Winter
- Friends with Kids
- From the Hip
- The Grand Theft
- The Great White Odyssey
- Guardians of the Lost Code
- Guess with Jess
- Gun Hill Road
- Hedda Gabler
- Hiding Out
- Homer & Eddie
- Hunt for the Somali Pirates
- Hustle & Flow
- Hypothermia
- I Went Down
- Ice Castles
- Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under
- The Life Zone
- Madness in the White City
- Man, Woman, Wild
- Manhunter
- Michel Strogoff
- Mr. Hush
- Pretty in Pink
- Russia’s Toughest Prisons
- Star Kid
- Thou Shalt Laugh
- Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce
- A Thousand Cuts
- Trade of Innocents
- Trotro
- The Very Best of Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
- Warrior Graveyard
- Whore 2
- Wide Awake
- XIII: The Series
New additions to Netflix Watch Instantly apply only to readers in the United States. For those in other parts of the world, your choices may vary.
Weekly Netflix Now Awards
Most Likely to Be Watched First
2001 Maniacs
Honorable mention: Hustle & Flow
Most Likely to Be Watched Out of Perverse Curiosity
Ice Castles
Weirdest Birthday Party Game
Hunt for the Somali Pirates
Every Other Title This Week Could Work as a Subtitle for This One
Whore 2
Look at These Fucking Hipsters
First Winter
Not as Good as XI, But Better Than XIV
XIII: The Series
Better Than the Ender’s Guide to Beginnings
A Beginner’s Guide to Endings
Action Movie from the 1980s or LGBT Film Today?
Bad Boy Street
Best Catchphrase for a Character on a Sitcom
Call the Midwife
Best Movie to Watch on Basic Cable
Star Kid
Movie with Best Theme Song
Pretty in Pink
Best Title
Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce
Honorable mention: 3 Seconds Before Explosion
