Killer clowns, zombie hordes, and a sociopathic Adam Brody are all new to Netflix this month.
Crossing the Streams is our sequence of guides taking a look at all of the choices hitting the massive streaming companies every month. This time we’re testing what’s new to streaming on Netflix in August 2023, together with Killer E-book Membership, an entertaining reboot of The River Wild, and extra!
Netflix Choose of the Month for August 2023
Look, I’ll be sincere. My success fee on the subject of making Netflix Authentic movies my decide of the month sight unseen has been fairly rattling low. I’m an optimist, although, and I refuse to let that deter me when a film appears to be like worthwhile. Which brings us to August’s decide of the month, Killer E-book Membership (2023). It’s a brand new Spanish horror/thriller a few group of horror story followers who begin getting picked off one after the other by a killer clown. There’s quite a bit right here to pique my curiosity, from horror lovers to homicidal clowns, so whereas I don’t acknowledge any of the filmmaking expertise I’m nonetheless hopeful that this tight, eighty-nine minute thriller would possibly simply deliver the loopy clown items.
New Netflix Originals and Extra
Curtis Hanson’s The River Wild stays one of many mid 90s extra well-crafted journey/thrillers, and it’s removed from a movie you’d assume was in want of a remake. That’s by no means stopped Common 1440 Leisure, although, however whereas most of their direct to video revisits are mediocre at greatest, River Wild (2023) is definitely fairly darn entertaining. Leighton Meester steps into Meryl Streep’s very massive sneakers whereas Adam Brody performs the sociopath beforehand dropped at life by Kevin Bacon. It’s not a direct remake and as an alternative finds its personal story, however the core idea stays as a foul man ruins a rafting journey leading to a really imply little thriller.
New movies from Poland don’t all the time attain these shores, however these odds at the moment are rising because of Netflix’s world attain. Soulcatcher (2023) is a brand new Polish thriller mixing sci-fi thrills and motion with its story of a weapon able to turning individuals into psychotic killers. A navy man units out to steal it after his family falls sufferer, and motion beats and homicide observe. Director Daniel Markowicz’s fifth movie in 4 years, Soulcatcher appears to be like to be a visually thrilling and fascinating time.
Zombies are one of many extra ubiquitous of film monsters partially as a result of they’re low cost and straightforward to provide. Cake on a little bit make-up, and Bob’s your uncle. Zom 100: Bucket Checklist of the Useless (2023) is a brand new function from Japan, and it appears to be like to be a mixture of quick zombie motion, darkish humor, and thrills. The movie is an adaptation of a well-liked manga and anime, and director Yûsuke Ishida is making his function debut with it. Zom-coms generally is a troublesome subgenre to stability proper, however right here’s hoping Ishida and buddies nail the mix.
A “Pleasant” Double Function
Generally competing film studios launch a pair of movies shut collectively which can be conspicuously comparable. Assume 1998’s Deep Influence and Armageddon as an enormous, bombastic instance. 2011 noticed simply that happen with the discharge of No Strings Connected in January and the premiere of Mates With Advantages simply six months later. Each motion pictures are a few younger, enticing couple who determine to hang around and bang with the complication of emotional emotions — shock, they find yourself falling for one another anyway. What makes this particularly fascinating are two issues. First, Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman star within the former whereas Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake star within the second. Kutcher and Kunis are a pair! Is that the place the script idea leaked?! And second, every movie tapped out on the worldwide field workplace with $149 million every. That’s a wild coincidence implying the identical actual individuals went to see every movie.
The Oldest New Arrival to Netflix for August 2023
Netflix is deserving of quite a few criticisms, and the streamer’s lack of older titles is someplace close to the highest. It’s a website constructed on new content material and comparatively latest motion pictures, however a number of older titles — pre 90s — often sneak by way of. Steve Martin could also be greatest recognized for 1991’s L.A. Story, however his filmography options a number of extra bangers through the years. Carl Reiner’s The Jerk (1979) was a monster hit on its $5 million finances and sees Martin taking part in a rustic bumpkin who by accident makes it massive within the metropolis. He’s joined by M. Emmet Walsh, Reiner himself, and a terrific Bernadette Peters, and the comedy stays daring, broad, and hilarious greater than thirty years later. Martin commits to the character whereas discovering enjoyable and coronary heart alongside the best way, and for these lamenting the dearth of studio comedies lately it’s a really humorous time.
The Full Netflix Checklist for July 2023
Launch DateTitleNote
8/12 Quick 2 Livid (2003)
Bee Film (2007)
Cloudy With a Likelihood of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Coming to America (1988)
Despicable Me (2010)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Eat Pray Love (2010)
Quick & Livid (2009)
Quick 5 (2011)
The Quick and the Livid (2001)
The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Mates With Advantages (2011)
It is Difficult (2009)
The Jerk (1979)
Simply Go With It (2011)
Misplaced in Translation (2003)
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Needed (2012)
No Strings Connected (2011)
Pawn Stars – Season 14
Poms (2019)
River Wild (2023)
Terminator: Genisys (2015)
Ugly Betty – Seasons 1-4
Untold – weeklyNetflix Documentary
8/2Mark Cavendish: By no means EnoughNetflix Documentary
Poisoned: The Soiled Fact About Your FoodNetflix Documentary
Soulcatcher (2023)Netflix Movie
8/3Head to Head (2023)Netflix Movie
Heartstopper – Season 2Netflix Sequence
The Final Hours of Mario BlondoNetflix Documentary
The Lincoln Lawyer – Season 2, Half 2Netflix Sequence
Zom 100: Bucket Checklist of the Useless (2023)Netflix Movie
8/4The Massive Nailed It Baking ChallengeNetflix Sequence
Deadly Seduction – Quantity 2Netflix Sequence
8/7Gabby’s Dollhouse – Season 8Netflix Household
8/8The Seven Lethal Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh – Half 2Netflix Anime
ZombieverseNetflix Sequence
8/9Ladies First: A Story of Ladies in Hip-HopNetflix Documentary
8/10Jagun Jagun (aka The Warrior) (2023)
Marry My Useless Physique (2023)Netflix Movie
Mech CadetsNetflix Household
PainkillerNetflix Sequence
8/11Down for LoveNetflix Documentary
Coronary heart of Stone (2023)Netflix Movie
8/12Behind Your TouchNetflix Sequence
8/14Paddington (2014)
The Wiggles: Prepared, Regular, Wiggle – Season 4
8/15Ancient Aliens – Season 5
Ballers – Seasons 1-5
Jared Freid: 37 and SingleNetflix Comedy
8/16At Residence With the FurysNetflix Sequence
The Chosen OneNetflix Sequence
Depp v HeardNetflix Documentary
8/17My Dad the Bounty Hunter – Season 2Netflix Household
The Upshaws – Half 3Netflix Sequence
8/1810 Days of a Dangerous Man (2023)Netflix Movie
Love, Intercourse, and 30 Candles (2023)Netflix Movie
Masks GirlNetflix Sequence
The Monkey KingNetflix Household
8/22LighthouseNetflix Sequence
8/23The Massive Brief (2015)
Destined With YouNetflix Sequence
Sausage Occasion (2016)
Squared Love Ever Lasting (2023)Netflix Movie
The Ultimatum: Marry or Transfer On – Season 2Netflix Sequence
8/24Baki Hanma – Season 2, Half 2Netflix Anime
Ragnarok – Season 3Netflix Sequence
Who Is Erin Carter?Netflix Sequence
8/25Killer E-book Membership (2023)Netflix Movie
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)Netflix Movie
8/30Live to 100: Secrets and techniques of the Blue ZonesNetflix Documentary
Miss Adrenaline: A Story of TwinsNetflix Sequence
8/31Choose Love (2023)Netflix Movie
Karate Sheep – Season 2Netflix Household
One PieceNetflix Sequence
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