Everything Coming to Netflix August 2015

The heat of August will set upon us soon, and with it the desire to stay indoors, waist immense amount of dollars on air conditioning and resent the sun for existing. Of course, it’s a certain streaming service’s sincere hope that you’ll do all that while watching TV shows and movies delivered right to the ominous box in your living room.

July isn’t quite done with its releases, the most exciting of which yet to hit (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, July 31). That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t prepare for August, though, since camp only ever lasts so long.

The full list is below. First, here are a couple of highlights derived from a completely biased and certainly unworthy perspective. Feel free to skip on past, you elitist.

The Hurt Locker

In The Hurt Locker, following the tragically realistic exploits of an American bomb disposal team in the midst of the Iraq war, director Kathryn Bigelow leads Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty through a film both resonant and revealing for a generation of Americans consistently draped in a jingoistic lens. In other words, it’s the anti-American Sniper in the best way possible. It also opened up the doors for Bigelow to tackle Zero Dark Thirty and Renner to trade his assault rifle for a bow.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find unlikely love during, literally, the last days of humanity’s tenure on planet Earth. The film opens with the horrifying news that an asteroid is most definitely going kill everyone on earth, Carell’s wife sprinting away from him as fast as she can. Stranger still: it’s a romantic comedy that pops entertainingly from drug-infused orgy parties to the sentimentality of existing at all. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World hit at a good time. As the films around it trumpeted the dire consequences of screwing up our world, this one figured the comedy of the situation was more worthwhile.

Lord of War

Nicolas Cage, directed by Gattaca’s Andrew Niccol, is an arms dealer risen from the small-time to the global stage, now hunted by authorities and confronted constantly by the morality of his business. The indefinitely underrated Ethan Hawke and underrated-until-recently Jared Leto help things along in a film trying to balance a strong message with loathsome people. If anything, it gave us one of the best posters in history:

Here’s everything else, including official upload dates for the above three films. It’s a bit of a weak month for Netflix, lacking any exciting originals or truly good “gets” for the service. Still, The Hurt Locker is a multi-Academy Award-winning movie, including a win for film of the year. Did I forget to mention that?

August 1

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
Asylum (2005)
Back in Time/ Cong Cong Na Nian (2014)
Beneath the Helmet (2014)
Breakup Buddies/ Xin Hau Lu Fang (2014)
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
Casting By (2012)
Dancing on the Edge: Season 1
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Season 2
Dear Frankie (2004)
Dogs on the Inside (2014)
Electric Slide (2014)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Flex is Kings (2013)
Lost and Love/ Shi Gu (2015)
Masha and the Bear: Season 1
November Rule (2015)
Odd Squad: Season 1
Outcast (2014)
Pants on Fire (2014)
Reading Rainbow: Volume 1
Russell Brand: End the Drugs War (2014)
Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery (2012)
Somewhere Only We Know/ You yi ge di fang zhi you wo men zhi dao (2015)
Sorority Row (2009)
The Code: Season 1
The Golden Era/ Huang Jin Shi Dai (2014)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Living (2014)
The Mind of a Chef: Season 3
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (2008)
Utopia: Season 1
Vexed: Season 1-2
War (2007)
Wing Commander (1999)

August 3

Chronic-Con, Episode 420: A New Dope (2015)

August 4

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2015)

August 5

Yellowbird (2014)

August 6

Kill Me Three Times (2014)
My Amityville Horror (2012)
The Look of Love (2013)
Welcome to Me (2014)

August 7

Club de Cuervos: Season 1
HitRECord on TV: Season 1
Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story (2015)
Project Mc2 (2015)
Transporter: The Series: Season 2

August 8

Doctor Who: Season 8

August 11

Fred: The Movie (2010)
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011)
Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012)
Two Days, One Night (2014)

August 12

For a Good Time, Call… (2012)
Leap Year (2010)
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)

August 14

Demetri Martin: Live (At The Time) (2015)
DinoTrux
Ever After High: Way to Wonderland (Season 3)
Ship of Theseus (2012)

August 15

Alex of Venice (2014)

August 16

Being Flynn (2012)
Pariah (2011)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

August 17

Lord of War (2005)

August 19

Jerk Theory (2009)
Real Husbands of Hollywood: Season 3

August 20

30 for 30: Angry Sky (2015)
As Cool As I Am (2013)
Strange Empire: Season 1

August 21

Grantham & Rose (2014)
Transcend (2014)

August 23

Girl Meets World: Season 1

August 27

Byzantium (2012)
White God (2014)

August 28

Inspector Gadget: Season 2
Narcos: Season 1
Once Upon a Time: Season 4
Revenge: Season 4

August 29

Ride (2015)

August 30

Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)

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