YOU’RE THE KING OF THE COUCH! And as a benevolent ruler, you need to know what’s on Netflix so you can properly schedule your viewing time. If you haven’t seen these movies in a while (or ever), hop to it because they are leaving Netflix streaming at the end of July.
GONE as of Aug. 1:
Titanic (ugly-cry at the ending one more time)
Face/Off (classic John Woo, plus this movie ties with Con Air for peak Cage)
The Fifth Element (get your fill of Leeloo and Ruby Rhod before you can’t anymore … except chopped up to bits on TBS, TNT and USA every other weekend)
Kiss the Girls (starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd at her ultra-’90s apex)
Shooter (Mark Wahlberg as a military sniper framed in a conspiracy; the movie is being expanded into a TNT series next year)
Joe Dirt (a feature-length David Spade joke. Why?)
Fools Rush In (Chandler Bing and Frida Kahlo get married; cultural misunderstandings ensue!)
Driving Miss Daisy (worth the watch to see what kind of racism was not just acceptable, but Oscar-winning, just 23-ish years ago)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (this movie about a car is from 1968, yet is less racist. Plus, better songs)
Digimon (digital monsters … gotta watch ’em all)
Gone Aug. 15:
Family Ties (Alex P. Keaton’s briefcase! Tina Yothers’ crimping iron! Meredith Baxter Birney pretending her skin doesn’t crawl at a man’s touch!)
Gone Aug. 23:
Jiro Dreams of Sushi ( a must-see for obsessives of all types, not just foodies)
This article appears in Jul 22-28, 2015.
