As if getting through your Netflix queue wasn’t hard enough, every so often titles disappear from the service entirely. Here are the movies you need to watch before they expire at the end of the month.
Expiring Sept. 29th
Coriolanus (2011) — This under-appreciated but highly acclaimed adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s final tragedies features incredible turns from Ralph Fiennes (as General Caius Martius Coriolanus), Vanessa Redgrave, and Jessica Chastain, and what is likely the best performance of Gerard Butler’s career as Coriolanus’ sworn enemy, Tallus Aufidius. It’s violent and angry and completely worth your time for the price of free.
Expiring Sept. 30th
Apocalypse Now (1979) — Time to do your film history homework!
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) — The final Hunger Games is coming out in November, and if you want to reminisce about the first time we really saw our Mockingjay fly then revisit Catching Fire. And if this is your first time watching—who are you?!
Nebraska (2013) — Director Alexander Payne does family dramedy in black and white for this story of a cantankerous old man (Bruce Dern) who thinks he’s won a million dollars and sets out on a road trip with his estranged son (Will Forte) to claim it. Rarely has the drive from Montana to Nebraska been so entertaining.
Saved! (2004) — Jena Malone has had a long and textured career, but to many she is still best loved for her turn as Mary, the ostracized pregnant teenager at the hip Christian high school in the fictitious universe of Saved!. This fantastic satire of so-now but so-judgy evangelicals in the age of Buddy Pastors is the best work either Mandy Moore or Macaulay Culkin ever did on screen. Other highlights include Mary-Louise Parker, Heather Matarazzo, Patrick Fugit, and Eva Amurri Martino, aka the daughter of Susan Sarandon, playing “The only Jewish to ever attend American Eagle Christian High School.”
The Skeleton Twins (2014) — You knew Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig could make you laugh, but in Skeleton Twins you learned they could make you cry. Watch them as two estranged siblings coming back together in sad circumstances to find comfort in each other and absurdity in life. Then re-watch them lip sync “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” over and over 1,000 times.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) — “Travel forward with us 300 years into the future to confront the greatest mystery ever to threaten mankind. We are aboard a huge starship called The Enterprise. This is the return of Captain Kirk.”
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) — JJ Abrams’ second Star Trek movie brings back some of the charming camp of the original series, and delves even deeper into one of the greatest love stories of our time: Spock and Kirk.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — Martin Scorsese’s very Scorsese interpretation of the real life of Jordan Belfort, the high-living, hard partying stockbroker who apparently set the gold standard for how to abuse power on Wall Street. Watch Wolf again with the knowledge that Margot Robbie will one day be Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, and hopefully by the time this comes back to Netflix, Leonardo DiCaprio will have finally won the Oscar he has worked very, very hard for.
World War Z (2013) — If there was ever an Undead Olympics, the zombies of World War Z would dominate every sprint competition hands down! If you haven’t caught Z yet, take the time watch Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos as the most unlikely yet believable on-screen married couple of 2013 while he saves the world from a heinous pandemic. You’ll probably like it more than you think you will!
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Nina Subin/Random House
Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the most famous journalists in America right now. His feature in The Atlantic, “The Case For Reparations,” won the George Polk Award for Commentary last year. His new memoir Between the World and Me had its publication date bumped up significantly due to its timeliness in the wake of so many conflicts between citizens and police forces, and has now been long-listed for the National Book Award. And his latest Atlantic cover story, “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” is making similar significant cultural waves. But now the renowned author will venture into another genre entirely: comics.
Victor Von, what’s good….
http://t.co/dsyl23jo2y pic.twitter.com/iz8HBq8glM
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) September 22, 2015
Starting in 2016, Coates will pen a new yearlong Black Panther series for Marvel titled “A Nation Under Our Feet.” Coates’ story, drawn by Brian Stelfreeze, takes its inspiration from the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning history book by Steven Hahn and will begin its run in the spring. According to the New York Times announcement of the project, his new gig came about as the result of an interview about diversity in comics that Coates did in May with Marvel editor Sana Amanat, who helped create Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel.
Justifiably, this sort of announcement received rapturous reactions on Twitter:
I wish Jack Kirby was alive to see this Black Panther news. I think he would be ecstatic.
— Devin Faraci (@devincf) September 22, 2015
Holy Exclamation-Point Worthy News, Batman: @tanehisicoates to write Black Panther comic for Marvel. http://t.co/P4GQLizZJ4 HT @sarahw
— Kathryn Schulz (@kathrynschulz) September 22, 2015
I think I might have to hate @tanehisicoates now http://t.co/T55JDCy22t
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) September 22, 2015
BREAKING: Black Panther #1 by @tanehisicoates to be 400 page meta-narrative examining inequality between Avengers. Already pre-ordered mine.
— JAPSPEPORJ FENWAY (@SidizenKane) September 22, 2015
There’s no word on an official release date yet, but it’s already safe to say that with Coates’ series and Marvel’s plans for a Black Panther movie in 2017 as a part of Phase Three, the character will have a much higher profile very soon.
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Fox
Last night’s Emmys telecast had more than a few LoLs courtesy of Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and Saturday Night Live alum Andy Samberg. The most “awww snap!” one, though, was this moment when he took a fun jab at Lena Dunham’s HBO show by sticking his face in the butt of the giant Emmy statue on stage and saying, “Here’s my impression of the last season of Girls.” (For those who don’t get the joke, here’s a primer on the show’s graphic moment.) Again, Samberg had some doozies during the Emmys telecast, but this one—at least visually—hit the hardest.
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
My real family
A photo posted by @amyschumer on
Sep 20, 2015 at 8:46pm PDT
A lot of things happened for the first time during last night’s Emmys telecast. Andy Samberg hosted for the first time. Game of Thrones helped HBO win the best drama category for the first time in eight years. Inside Amy Schumer won the first Emmy for outstanding variety sketch series ever. And Jon Hamm, finally after a bajillion nominations, won his first Emmy for playing Don Draper on Mad Men. But, most importantly, Viola Davis became the first African-American woman to win for best lead actress in a drama series for How to Get Away with Murder. And in non-first happenings, streaming networks Netflix and Amazon both had good nights with Orange Is the New Black and Transparent each taking home trophies. Overall it was a good show—and Samberg was funny!—and nothing went too awry. (Unless you count the fact that Anna Chlumsky didn’t win for best supporting actress in a comedy, despite the fact that many of her cast-mates did and she was clearly the standout on Veep this season.) In case you missed the telecast, here are some of the night’s big winners.
Outstanding Drama Series: Game of Thrones
Outstanding Comedy Series: Veep
Outstanding Limited Series: Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Variety Talk Series: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series: Inside Amy Schumer
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Allison Janney, Mom
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Tony Hale, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Regina King, American Crime
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: David Nutter, Game of Thrones
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special: Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series: Chuck O’Neil, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special: Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: Jill Soloway, Transparent
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, Veep
Outstanding Television Movie: Bessie
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Twitter
The fact that Grey’s Anatomy is huge on Twitter is no surprise; it’s been around for a bajillion seasons (give or take) and, along with all the other Shonda Rhimes shows, breeds online discussion. What is surprising, however, is that shows like Scream Queens, which haven’t even premiered yet, are also getting huge Twitter followings.
Overall, Nielsen and Twitter have clocked some 21 million tweets about the upcoming fall TV premieres—up 34 percent over last year. Some 2.2 million of those tweets went to fan fave Grey’s Anatomy with Supernatural close behind with 2 million tweets. Meanwhile, amongst the new TV crop, the upcoming Lady Gaga-starring American Horror Story: Hotel has hit 1.1 million tweets and Scream Queens already has 314,000 tweets. (Hey, it’s Ryan Murphy’s world, we just live in it.)
Check out more highlights from the Nielsen/Twitter number-crunching in the infographic above.
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Back in April, reboot-happy Netflix made the surprise announcement that it had ordered four half-hour episodes and an hour-long making-of special of a sketch series from Mr. Show creators Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. With Bob and David filmed in the spring, and then the wait began for the time when everyone else would get to see the reunion of Tobias Fünke and Saul Goodman in the format that made them beloved comedians in the first place. Now there’s an official announcement in the form of a 21-second teaser: With Bob and David will drop on Nov. 13. There’s also the briefest glimpse of a sketch, as Odenkirk and Cross step out of a spaceship/port-a-potty and look at their older selves. It’s basically the same strategy Netflix used for last week’s Jessica Jones release date announcement: a teaser that provides little to no content and the only salient detail is the premiere date. We appreciate the head’s up, Netflix, but seriously: please give us a full trailer next time.
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
If you love cars, watch movies, and will be in the Los Angeles area next weekend, go snag a ticket to the Jalopnik Film Festival.
Hosted by the Gawker channel that’s all about cars and car culture, the event kicks off Friday, September 26 with a free screening of Adam Carolla’s very good film Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, followed by a Q&A with Carolla and a party.
For $25 on Saturday, you can see the original Mad Max, Johnny Knoxville’s movie about Evel Knievel, a new film about Steve McQueen and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Ronin.
You can get the exact specs and tickets over at Jalopnik.
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Stevie Wonder is an icon. So having him get your wife on the horn to sing “I Just Called to Say I Love You” is a major Life Moment. No wonder it made James Corden cry during this edition of The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke. Well done, James. You kept it together a lot more than we would have. (Also, stick around for these two working their way through many of Wonder’s hits.)
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
.@VanityFair BETTER pic.twitter.com/EfPbTQ3qZ8
— Samantha Bee (@iamsambee) September 14, 2015
Samantha Bee’s new show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee doesn’t debut on TBS until January. But that doesn’t mean she should be left out of a survey of the current late-night landscape. Vanity Fair’s October feature on the state of late-night TV included all of the current hosts—Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Bill Maher, John Oliver, Larry Wilmore, and even the yet-to-debut-on-The Daily Show Trevor Noah—but somehow didn’t include “female as fuck” Bee. Rightfully perturbed that she’s got a show and was literally not invited to the boys’ club photoshoot, Bee didn’t waste time with a rant, she just ethered the magazine with one tweet.
One of the major reasons “Why Late-Night Television Is Better Than Ever,” to borrow the feature’s headline, is because Bee is getting her own show and breaking up the sausage fest, so her absence from the Vanity Fair photo is a pretty glaring omission. (Vanity Fair and WIRED are both owned by Condé Nast.) The image also speaks to the dearth of women in late-night that Bee is trying to address/combat. The former Daily Show correspondent is not just producing her own show to fit into the current late-night lineup; she’s pointing out the gender disparity at every turn, making incisive jokes about it, and building her standalone reputation. Here’s hoping bits like this one below hit hard and often when Full Frontal debuts next year—and garner Bee a magazine feature all her own.
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Congrats @Schwarzenegger on being named the new host of ‘Celebrity Apprentice!’ We can’t wait to hear this: pic.twitter.com/bAXaTEiyxD
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) September 14, 2015
Internet, it’s time to get some new material. Long before Donald Trump made “You’re fired!” his tagline, Arnold Schwarzenegger made it famous in True Lies. Didn’t know that? Well, you do now! If you turned on Twitter at all today you saw the news that Schwarzenegger has been named the new host of Celebrity Apprentice. This news was, almost undoubtedly, accompanied by some pithy joke and a GIF or image macro of the Terminator’s famous Lies line. (Yes, there were Terminator-related gags, too.) It was really funny! Now, it’s over. If you’re reading this and you haven’t made your of-the-moment Schwarzenegger joke yet, please check the internet before you do and make sure everyone else hasn’t made it already.
Arnold be hosting Celebrity Apprentice like pic.twitter.com/tZ1uauic4c
— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) September 14, 2015
BREAKING NEWS: first footage of @Schwarzenegger as the host of Celebrity Apprentice. https://t.co/EyvpdRzkJW
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) September 14, 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger hosting The U.S. Apprentice? Brilliant. “Hasta la vista baby. You’re fired. nOW GET OUUUUT”
— Annie Honeyball (@cumberbamf) September 14, 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger to host The Celebrity Apprentice, taking over from Donald Trump. YOU’RE FIRED pic.twitter.com/hEx6DzFdIm
— Catriona Wightman (@catrionaw890) September 14, 2015
Imagine if ‘The Terminator’ tells you: ‘You’re fired!’ http://t.co/p1J9Y3fL01
— Phanendra Deka (@DhrubRaaj) September 14, 2015
Commence the Arnold Schwarzenegger “You’re Fired!” impressions. He’s replacing Trump on Celebrity Apprentice. http://t.co/ZDeyRUEBI8
— WOWO 1190AM 92.3FM (@WOWOFORTWAYNE) September 14, 2015
The new “You’re fired!” could become “You’re terminated!” Arnold Schwarzenegger to host ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ http://t.co/s4guL70QVQ
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 14, 2015
There were other Ah-nold jokes to be had too:
Instead of saying ‘You’re Fired’ you just know ‘Apprentice’ host Schwarzenegger is going to say ‘You’re Terminated’
— James Hibberd (@JamesHibberd) September 14, 2015
THE NEW CEO OF “CELEBRITY APPRENTICE”: @Schwarzenegger (via @RyanRuggiero ) Suggested taglines? “Hasta la vista, baby” “I’ll be fired”
— janewells (@janewells) September 14, 2015
Ready for @Schwarzenegger to say “You’re fired!”? He’s the new host of #CelebrityApprentice http://t.co/cFZnOjd7Sv pic.twitter.com/evFHI9Piwm
— Kristin Dos Santos (@KristinDSantos) September 14, 2015
OK, this one was pretty good:
Arnold @Schwarzenegger is the new host of “Celebrity Apprentice” — they’ve now taken away Donald Trump’s job, and given it to an immigrant.
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) September 14, 2015
Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.
Read more –
Check Out These Netflix Movies Before They Expire Next Week