Netflix's list of departures for May was pretty kind, all things considered. As for the newly announced one for June? I'm sad to report it's far less summery.
As to be expected with HBO Max and Peacock joining the fray shortly, the Big Red Streaming Monolith is taking some significant cuts from just about everywhere – and that's not even mentioning that Disney+ still exists and is still taking back its movies, such as "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Tarzan." Need some screen scares to take you away from the scary news of the day? "Tremors," "The Ring" and "Cloverfield" are all screaming off the service. Catching up with Oscar favorites? Better get through Best Picture winners and nominees like "The King's Speech," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Elizabeth" and "Philadelphia" while you still can. Looking for big action blockbusters to binge? "Minority Report," "Inception," "Mask of Zorro" and "Equilibrium" are all waving bye. And speaking of binges, you best drink up "Mad Men" and "Cheers" before it's closing time for them in June too.
Another loss: "The Matrix" trilogy, which will unplug from Netflix in June after just being added this past April ... after it had just been removed this past February ... after it had just been added this past November ... after it had just been removed this past July ... after it had just been added last May. My brain hurts – and speaking of things that'll boggle your brain, apparently there's a show called "The Day My Butt Went Psycho." And it ran for two seasons! Anyways, that's gone too ... not that you probably knew it was there in the first place.
Here are the rest of the movies and TV shows you'll want to watch before they're gone in June.
June 1
"The King's Speech"
June 3
"God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness"
June 4
"A Perfect Man"
June 7
"Equilibrium"
"From Paris with Love"
June 9
"Mad Men" seasons 1-7
June 10
"Standoff"
June 11
"Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell" series 1
June 12
"Dragonheart"
"Dragonheart 3: A New Sorcerer"
"Dragonheart: A New Beginning"
"Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire"
June 13
"Cutie and the Boxer"
June 16
"The Stanford Prison Experiment"
June 22
"Tarzan"
"Tarzan 2"
June 24
"Avengers: Infinity War"
June 27
"Jeopardy! Celebrate Alex Collection"
"Jeopardy! Cindy Stowell Collection"
"Jeopardy! Seth Wilson Collection"
June 29
"The Day My Butt Went Psycho!" seasons 1-2
June 30
"21"
"The Amityville Horror"
"The Andy Griffith Show" seasons 1-8
"Blow"
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
"Brooklyn's Finest"
"Center Stage"
"Chasing Amy"
"Cheers" seasons 1-11
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
"Chloe"
"Click"
"Cloverfield"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Duchess"
"Elizabeth"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
"Ghost Rider"
"Happyish" season 1
"Here Alone"
"Inception"
"Instructions Not Included"
"The Invention of Lying"
"Julie & Julia"
"Kate & Leopold"
"Kiss the Girls"
"The Last Samurai"
"Limitless" season 1
"Little Monsters"
"Mansfield Park"
"The Mask of Zorro"
"The Matrix"
"The Matrix Reloaded"
"The Matrix Revolutions"
"Minority Report"
"Patriot Games"
"Philadelphia"
"The Polar Express"
"Race to Witch Mountain"
"The Ring"
"Scary Movie"
"Sliver"
"Stuart Little 2"
"Tremors"
"Tremors 2: Aftershocks"
"Tremors 3: Back to Perfection"
"Tremors 4: The Legend Begins"
"Tremors 5: Bloodline"
"What Lies Beneath"
"Yes Man"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
