April showers bring May flowers ... and also new releases to Netflix!
The streaming service announce its latest batch of arrivals – and while the summer blockbuster season in theaters may be delayed a bit, Netflix will bring the big-budget, star-studded blowouts right from the start. Director Zack Snyder will make his return to the zombie genre with "Army of the Dead," while the much-delayed Hitchcockian mystery "Woman in the Window" starring Amy Adams will finally see the light of day after making the leap from a theatrical release to the Big Red Streaming Monolith.
Even Netflix's outside acquisitions are big names, highlighted by the "Back to the Future" trilogy – its third return in less than a year's time. Talk about history repeating itself! Elsewhere, return to your trauamtized childhood with the animated weepie "The Land Before Time" or map out fun double features based around Julia Roberts ("Notting Hill" and "The Pelican Brief") or gangster movies ("Scarface" and "Layer Cake," featuring a pre-Bond Daniel Craig). Plus, if Netflix's new take on the zombie genre bites, you'll at least be able to get the taste out of your mouth with the recent undead favorite "Zombieland."
So even though you probably won't want to stay indoors during the (hopefully) wonderful weather of May – especially after the past year – Netflix will offer plenty of tempting reasons to do exactly that.
Here's the full list of everything coming to Netflix next month:
May 1
"Aliens Stole My Body"
"Angelina Ballerina" seasons 5-6
"Back to the Future"
"Back to the Future Part II"
"Back to the Future Part III"
"Barney and Friends" seasons 13-14
"Best of the Best"
"Dead Again in Tombstone"
"Due Date"
"Fun with Dick and Jane"
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Green Zone"
"Hachi: A Dog's Tale"
"JT LeRoy"
"The Land Before Time"
"The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure"
"The Lovely Bones"
"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted"
"Mystic River"
"Never Back Down"
"Notting Hill"
"Open Season"
"The Pelican Brief"
"Resident Evil: Afterlife"
"Resident Evil: Extinction"
"S.M.A.R.T Chase"
"Scarface"
"Sitting in Limbo"
"Stargate"
"State of Play"
"The Sweetest Thing"
"Under Siege"
"Waist Deep"
"The Whole Nine Yards"
"Your Highness"
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno"
"Zombieland"
May 2
"Hoarders" season 11
May 4
"The Clovehitch Killer"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Selena: The Series" part 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Trash Truck" season 2
May 5
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness"
May 6
"Dead Man Down"
May 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Girl from Nowhere" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Jupiter's Legacy"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Milestone"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Monster"
May 8
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mine"
May 11
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Money, Explained"
May 12
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dance of the Forty One"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Oxygen"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Upshaws"
May 13
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Castlevania" season 4
"Layer Cake"
May 14
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ferry"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Haunted" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "I Am All Girls"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Jungle Beat: The Movie"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Love, Death & Robots" volume 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Move to Heaven"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Strange House"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Woman in the Window"
May 16
"Sleight"
May 18
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sardar Ka Grandson"
May 19
"The Last Days"
"Sabotage"
"Small Town Crime"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Who Killed Sara?" season 2
May 20
"Hating Peter Tatchell"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Special" season 2
"Spy Kids: All the Time in the World"
May 21
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Army of the Dead"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Neighbor" season 2
May 22
"Sam Smith: Love Goes – Live at Abbey Road Studios"
May 25
"Home"
May 26
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Baggio: The Divine Ponytail"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Nail Bomber: Manhunt"
May 27
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Black Space"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Blue Miracle"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Eden"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Soy Rada: Serendipity"
May 28
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dog Gone Trouble"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Kominsky Method" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Lucifer" season 5 part 2
May 31
"Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Parisian Agency: Exclusive Properties"
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.
