This July, Netflix is getting into the Independence Day spirit by really putting the red into the red, white and blue – and not just because red is the company's signature color. No, it's because, according to its latest monthly announcement of departures, July is going to be a bloodbath.
The "Matrix" trilogy? Gone. "The Mummy" and its admittedly much lesser sequels? Gone. "Dumb and Dumber"? Dead. "Wedding Crashers"? Crushed. "Boondock Saints"? Say your prayers. Retro classics like "Doctor Zhivago," "Cool Hand Luke," "East of Eden," "The Wild Bunch" and "The Terminator"? History. You want movies made past 1980? Welp, then YOU WANT A DIFFERENT STREAMING SERVICE. (Or, I don't know, just wait to see what they're hopefully replacing them with; Netflix's history, however, isn't encouraging.) Award winners like "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Silence of the Lambs"? Pack up your fancy gold trophies and go.
And that's just scratching the surface of this movie streaming massacre. I didn't even get to the fact that "Bull Durham" will be going, going, gone. Is it un-American to remove the greatest baseball movie ever made mere days before the Fourth of July? I nominate yes. WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA, NETFLIX?!
Anyways, here's the full list of movies and TV shows leaving Netflix next month. (And for everything coming to the streaming service in July, click here.)
July 1
"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"
"Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"
"Blood Diamond"
"Body of Lies"
"The Boondocks Saints"
"Bull Durham"
"Chasing Amy"
"Cool Hand Luke"
"Definitely, Maybe"
"Did You Hear About the Morgans?"
"Doctor Zhivago"
"Dolphin Tale"
"Dumb and Dumber"
"East of Eden"
"Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer" season 1
"The Interview"
"It Takes Two"
"Malibu's Most Wanted"
"The Matrix"
"The Matrix Reloaded"
"The Matrix Revolutions"
"Monster-in-Law"
"The Mummy"
"The Mummy Returns"
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"Punch-Drunk Love"
"Silence of the Lambs"
"The Terminator"
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"
"Turner and Hooch"
"Valkyrie"
"Wedding Crashers"
"The Wild Bunch"
July 2
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"
July 4
"The Indian in the Cupboard"
July 9
"Lion"
July 10
"Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie"
July 12
"Gone Baby Gone"
July 14
"The Immigrant"
July 16
"American Gangster"
July 27
"Pretty Little Liars" seasons 1-7
July 30
"Staten Island Summer"
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.
