The arrival of August caused another circular of new videos to watch on Netflix, ah, and some other videos leaving the platform. There are dozens of videos coming out on Netflix from now through Aug. 31, adding a recent Best Picture winner that spans multiple universes, a fashion farce that would make Shakespeare proud and make his eyes pop out of their sockets, and a mockumentary based on a short film. A series of videos that have been lived since the beginning of YouTube. Yes, the list of videos that will soon disappear this month is eclectic, which makes it difficult to know which ones to watch.
Well, I hope I can help you with this decision. Below are ten films that I love and that I think cross enough genres and types of storytelling to appeal to a wide diversity of tastes. Then, at the bottom of the article, find a complete list of all the movies leaving Netflix until the end of August. I believe in this organization to find a new favorite, or maybe not forget a movie you’ve been wanting to see again.
Is it just me, or does the hype surrounding Everything, Everywhere, Everything at Once make it seem like it happened ago. . . ? I noticed the 2022 Best Picture winner, but I feel like I haven’t noticed it in years, making it ideal to rewatch before it leaves Netflix. For those who haven’t noticed yet (consider yourself lucky, because now you can fix that), the film follows a mother named Evelyn Wang, a middle-aged woman who runs a long-suffering laundromat with her husband Array Waymond and daughter she. Happiness. Array When her company is audited by the IRS and it looks like they will lose everything, Evelyn finds herself involved in a multiverse adventure where she connects with other versions of herself from exchange realities in which she has made other decisions. Array The genre-bending adventure features an eclectic story. Combination of science fiction, action, comedy, drama and martial arts, making it one of the strangest but most profound stories in history. Recent cinematographic history.
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (aka The Daniels), Everything Everywhere All at Once stars Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
It’s no secret that Joel and Ethan Coen love Shakespeare, especially given the former’s adaptation of “Macbeth” in 2021. But fewer Shakespeare sight lines can also be found in their filmography, most notably in their incredibly ridiculous farce Burn After Reading , which also happens. to be his funniest film to date. This black comedy goes through a series of misunderstandings and coincidences involving an organization of distraught characters. After Osborne, a CIA analyst, quits his job, his wife, Katie, files for divorce and steals her monetary records. The files end up in the hands of two clumsy gym employees, Linda and Chad, who mistake them for top-secret government documents. Hoping to profit, they blackmail Osbourne, setting off a chain of events of infidelity, espionage. . . and murder. The film’s absurd and eccentric characters are perfectly portrayed through its star-studded cast, who in combination offer a dark and cynical vision of a world governed by self-centered and misguided motivations.
Directed by the Coen brothers, Burn After Reading stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Richard Jenkins and Tilda Swinton.
Never in a million years would I have imagined that Marcel the Shell, a shy anthropomorphic stop-motion shell who appeared in a series of short videos that circulated among my circle of friends in college, would become the star of a feature film. . mockumentary more than ten years later. But I’m glad we were given this strange and glorious film. Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is a heartwarming story that follows Marcel, who lives with his grandmother, Connie, in a space they share with an unwitting Airbnb guest. A filmmaker discovers Marcel and begins documenting his life, leading to viral fame. As Marcel navigates his new life in the spotlight, he longs to reunite with his family, who were accidentally taken away when the former owners abandoned the space. The warm, intimate telling of this smile-making story, with its emphasis on small main points and mundane beauty, makes you feel like you’re searching for a seashell in first position: you’re just so involved. Training
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (who stars in the film), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On stars Jenny Slate (as Marcel), Rosa Salazar, Lesley Stahl, Isabella Rossellini and Thomas Mann.
It’s hard to pass up the opportunity to introduce Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. Because I have to wonder, in a world ruled by the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the accompanying Spider-Verse movies: have younger people noticed?If not, prepare yourself. Serving as an original story for the web-slinging superhero, Spider-Man introduces us to Peter Parker, an excellent student at the school who gains superhuman strength after being bitten by a genetically modified spider. With his newfound strength, Peter temporarily learns that, as his uncle Ben says, “with wonderful strength comes wonderful responsibility,” as he tries to balance a burgeoning career as a photographer and a possible romance with his daughter. ‘The house next door, Maria. Jane Watson, with a combat opposite to the Green Goblin, who terrorizes New York. Raimi’s creative and avant-garde camerawork shines through in this stylish superhero film, with its fast zooms, instant cuts, and tilt angles that evoke the comic book aesthetic that gave birth to the combatant superhero. beloved crime.
Directed by Raimi, Spider-Man stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, J. K. Simmons and Rosemary Harris.
Joel Edgerton is undoubtedly one of the most productive actors in Hollywood, with pitch-perfect performances in films like Animal Kingdom, Warrior, and Zero Dark Thirty. But let’s not stop at his greatest directing contribution: the fantasy mystery The Gift. Oh yeah: it also offers wonderful functionality in this movie. This mental story follows a married couple, Simon and Robyn, after they move to Los Angeles in hopes of a new beginning. They soon meet Gordo (Edgerton), an old acquaintance of Simon’s from the best school, who continually leaves mysterious gifts on the couple’s door. Although they seem harmless at first, these gifts become increasingly disturbing as Gordo’s habit becomes more and more intrusive and, soon after, he reveals deep, dark secrets about himself. Edgerton does a deft job of highlighting the tension in this gripping story, opting for a minimalist narrative that doesn’t rely on overt exposition or flashy scenes, one that chooses to focus on the characters and their ethical ambiguity.
Directed by Joel Edgerton (who stars in the film), The Gift stars Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall.
I can’t forget watching The Lego Movie in theaters in 2014 and thinking, “How come no one has made such a lively, colorful, and. . . fun animated movie?” » Hence, despite the film’s reception, the Lego logo will never reproduce such good luck again. But for my money, The Lego Batman Movie is a worthy sequel and just as fun. This story follows, as you may have guessed, Batman, the self-proclaimed hero of Gotham City who is subsidized by a hilariously inflated ego (played to perfection by Will Arnett). After the Joker frees the most dangerous villains from the Phantom Zone, Batman must be asked to work with others to save the city from him. The caped crusader adopts a young orphan named Dick Grayson, who becomes Robin, and teams up with Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) and Alfred, his faithful butler. This high-energy film is filled with innocent, playful humor for kids and satirical, irreverent humor for adults, all backed by the kind of visual aesthetic that made the Lego movie franchise so exciting in the first place.
Directed by Chris McKay, The Lego Batman Movie stars Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, and Zach Galifianakis.
If there’s one thing that can be said unequivocally about Antoine Fuqua’s films, it’s that they’re great. The gritty realism that reflects the harsh and unforgiving worlds of his stories, the methodical pacing that reflects the calculated and exact nature of his protagonists, the super-stylized cinematography that strongly emphasizes contrast and shadows. . . yes, a Fuqua film will give you offer a price for your cash every time. only once. And that goes double for The Equalizer, which follows the most desirable character in Fuqua’s catalog: a retired black ops agent named Robert McCall. Brilliantly played by Denzel Washington, this character tries to live a quiet life in Boston, but feels called to duty after befriending a young prostitute who is mistreated by a Russian mafia. He takes on the project of protecting the woman and dismantling her hateful masters. Fuqua’s definitive film about justice and vigilantism, a film that questions the morality of taking justice into one’s own hands through an anti-hero complex, has stood the test of time and feels as colorful and essential as when it was released. here for ten years. There is.
Directed by Fuqua, The Equalizer stars Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, David Harbor and Bill Pullman.
Until Amsterdam was released in 2022, David O. Russell had been absent from the Hollywood scene for several years. Which is crazy considering the critically acclaimed career he enjoyed between 1999 and 2015, from Three Kings to I Heart, The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and Joy. But there was one film from this crazy era that many considered his contribution: the period piece American Hustle. This crime drama, inspired by the real events of the FBI’s Operation Abscam in the late 1970s, follows criminals Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney Prosser, who are forced to work with ambitious FBI agent Richie DiMaso to set up a covert operation targeting corrupt politicians. Soon, personal and professional tensions arise between the party members, confused by the unpredictable habit of Irving’s wife, Rosalyn. More than any other O. Russell film, American Hustle features a vibrant, lively pace, an aesthetic driven by fluid camera paintings that move with the characters as they move through scenes at a frenetic pace. It’s exciting to see him again.
Directed by O. Russell, The Great American Hustle stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jeremy Renner.
Needless to say, Michael Mann’s career is unquestionable. The kind that brought us movies like Heat, The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans (and, not to mention, their classic debut, Thief) has been a visually dynamic aesthetic. for decades, depending on a mix of authenticity in his film. Characters and locations, sublime camera work that balances the immediacy of the hand and long-term beauty, and complex and morally questionable characters that serve as guides and warnings. And many other people would agree that no Mann film handles this formula better than Miami Vice. This modern adaptation of the old TV series from the 80s follows undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs as they infiltrate a tough drug trafficking network. As this duo becomes deeply entrenched in the criminal organization, their professional and non-public lives begin to blur, leading, Mann-style, to dramatic confrontations with their morality, with their profession, with themselves.
Directed by Mann, Miami Vice stars Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris and Ciarán Hinds.
Why not close this list with a comedy? And not just any comedy: one of the most productive comedies of the 2000s. The comedy that, after all, brought together Seth Rogen and James Franco in their first real film collaboration: Pineapple Express. This stoner comedy full of many absurd moves follows Dale Denton, a lazy bartender who can’t seem to grow up, and his laid-back idiot dealer, Saul Silver, two men united by their only true passion: smoking marijuana, as they find themselves on the run. of a drug dealer and corrupt police officers after witnessing a murder. Scared to death and armed with plenty of goods, they flee and fight to survive, while gathering an eclectic cast of characters along the way. The absurd humor of this outrageous film still holds up today, thanks in large part to its hilarious and compatible leads who share fantastic on-screen chemistry from start to finish.
Directed by David Gordon Green, Pineapple Express stars Rogen, Franco, Danny McBride, Gary Cole, Craig Robinson, Amber Heard and Rosie Perez.
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