What’s New to Stream on Netflix for July 2022

Crossing the Streams is a collection of columns spotlighting all of the choices hitting the massive streaming companies every month. This time we’re trying out the brand new Netflix arrivals for July 2022. They embody the Russo Brothers’ The Grey Man, a season finale for Stranger Issues, and extra!

Netflix Decide of the Month for July 2022

I’ve been anticipating The Grey Man (premieres July twenty second) because it was first introduced, and the explanations are quite a few. First, I’ve learn and loved Mark Greaney’s novel, and a film might be nice enjoyable whereas kicking off a whole franchise as there are at present eleven novels within the collection. Second, this forged is aces with Ryan Gosling within the title function as an expert hitman focused by worldwide assassins, Chris Evans as a rogue CIA officer on his path, and Ana de Armas as… a personality I’m undecided is even within the e book? (I might be fallacious, but when she’s there it’s a small character that doesn’t resemble the one Armas is enjoying.) Add in Billy Bob Thornton, Jessica Henwick, Alfre Woodard, and the Russo Brothers within the administrators’ chairs, and there’s actual promise right here. If there’s a priority it’s that $200 million price ticket, one thing the e book’s motion can’t justify, suggesting that the considered a sequel is already useless within the water.

New Netflix Sequence for July 2022

I haven’t achieved the maths, and Netflix’s numbers aren’t all the time to be believed, however Stranger Issues 4: Quantity 2 could be set to interrupt each report the streamer has up to now with reference to viewers. The present is definitely amongst (if not on the high of) the streamer’s hottest choices, and whereas I by no means caught season three and actually don’t keep in mind season two, I do know I’m within the minority. Count on this season’s finale to be the discuss of the interwebs for days to come back… after which marvel why Netflix doesn’t change this to a weekly launch to maintain the dialog going.

Against this, The Longest Night time (premieres July eighth) is arriving with no preconceived notions in anyway, and I’m hoping which means we’re in for a surprisingly good time. The restricted collection is about in and round a high-security jail for the mentally insane as an armed group of males arrives intent on extracting a convicted serial killer. Are they there to rescue him or kill him? No clue, however I’m all the time down for motion/thrillers with dangerous males, worse males, and loads of violence.

Caught someplace in between expectation and the unknown is the model new live-action collection of Resident Evil (premieres July 14th). After quite a few video games, films, and animated options, the favored franchise will get a collection bringing collectively previous and new characters for extra encounters with monsters and company misbehaviors. The synopsis states “an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Company’s darkish secrets and techniques” and no, you assume? Appears like the identical story being advised each time, however motion/horror is stuffed with promise, and with Lance Reddick and Ella Balinska alongside for the experience it would simply be an entertaining one.

Okay, sufficient with the monsters and murders you’re considering, the place are the romantic comedies?! Uncoupled (premieres July twenty ninth) is to scratch that itch, and it’s fairly good (up to now)! Neil Patrick Harris stars as a man in his 40s whose snug, long-term relationship implodes when his boyfriend walks out on him. What follows is an try to grasp the breakup whereas additionally stepping tentatively into the NYC courting scene. The present is co-created by Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman, and it’s an entertaining time with enjoyable characters and somewhat little bit of coronary heart.

Horrors New and Outdated-ish (However Not Actually As a result of Come On This Is Netflix)!

It’s all the time the precise time of yr for horror films, and Netflix has you lined with a contemporary traditional, a mixed-bag sequel, and two new originals. First up is the traditional, James Wan’s Insidious (2010). This film stays an all-timer for my cash because it’s one of many few horror films to ship actual scares. Wan is a grasp of each massive scares and atmospheric dread, and each come into play right here with the story of an otherworldly demon traumatizing a pair’s baby. We get soar scares with music stingers, scares with none audible cue in any respect, and a wildly imaginative villain who stares straight and terrifyingly into the digital camera. Only a incredible time.

I’m admittedly far much less enamored by Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett’s reboot/sequel Blair Witch (2016, arrives July third), but it surely has many followers on the market. The movie sends one other group of unlucky souls into the woods armed solely with recording tools and a demise want, however this time round we do see somewhat bit extra of the supernatural shenanigans occurring on the market. It’s an uneven experience, however there’s enjoyable available for followers of the franchise, discovered footage, and the filmmakers.

Two unknowns are dropping this month for horror followers, and each look simply promising sufficient. Incantation (premieres July eighth) is a discovered footage movie from Taiwan with an fascinating premise — “WARNING: It is a cursed video, it would include sure dangers to look at. For individuals who dare to comply with, please remedy the puzzle of my daughter’s curse with me.” That direct plea to viewers is intriguing, and the trailer suggests a superb mixture of mythology and scares.

Valley of the Lifeless (premieres July eleventh) debuted on the Sitges Movie Competition in 2020 earlier than disappearing till now. Whether or not or not that’s a nasty signal is one thing we’ll uncover collectively. It’s a zombie flick, one paired with motion as a platoon of Spanish troopers stumbles right into a zombie rebellion. The trailer reveals some strong bloodletting — actual crimson and moist stuff versus a deal with cg blood — and mixed with the motion aspect that could be sufficient to ship a strong style outing.

The Oldest New Arrival to Netflix for July 2022

Considered one of Netflix’s weaknesses is a light-weight catalog of “older” titles, and by older, I imply films made earlier than the flip of the century. It’s a reputable gripe and one they’ll hopefully handle sometime, however till then we like to focus on the oldest new arrival to the streamer every month. Robert Aldrich’s The Soiled Dozen (1967) is July’s winner, and it stays a terrific motion/journey a few ragtag group of dangerous males tasked with an act of heroism. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland… this forged is stacked, and it’s thought of a traditional movie for a purpose.

The Full Netflix Record for July 2022

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