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Best Of Netflix: Obscure Shower Scenes, Vol. 1
You know the "classic" shower scenes in movies like Psycho, Porky's and Carrie. Here are a few unsung shower scenes that you might not be as familiar with... but most definitely should be. Grab a bar of soap and get wet and steamy on Netflix Instant.
Treasure Island Music Festival 2011 Lineup
Treasure Island Music Festival celebrates its fifth birthday in October with a great lineup: Empire of the Sun, Cut Copy, Death From Above 1979, Flying Lotus, Dizee Rascal, Chromeo, YACHT, Shabazz Palaces, Warpaint, The Antlers, Friendly Fires, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions In The Sky, Beach House and more.
Cowboys & Aliens Movie Review
Director Jon Favreau's genre mashup makes for both a dull Western and a mediocre piece of science fiction, but Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford manage to ride into town and save at least part of the day.
New On Netflix: The Fighter
Believe the hype: this Oscar-winning boxing drama starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale is a heavyweight cinematic champion.
New On Netflix: Man’s Best Friend
More like Man's Worst Enemy! Ally Sheedy adopts a mean and mighty Tibetan Mastiff that's been subjected to Lance Henriksen's mad scientist experiments in this silly '90s horror flick.
Music For: Positive Vibes
Comfort is the core of this tunes round-up— all these songs feel good; complimenting healthy serotonin levels, or perhaps sending them sky-high.
New On Netflix: Skyline
L.A. is punished for its sins in this grim and visually impressive low-budget alien invasion flick from the Brothers Strause.
Stroked: A Tribute to Is This It
Hard to believe it, but The Strokes debut album, Is This It, is about to turn 10 years old. To celebrate, the good folks at Stereogum put together an album of covers for you to download. Free. Hear Austra, Peter, Bjorn and John, Real Estate and others rework your favorite tracks.
New On Netflix: Four Rooms
Every once in a while, really talented people come together and inexplicably make a piece of crap; this hotel-set anthology film starring Tim Roth as an ever-mugging bellhop is one of these unfortunate incidents.
What’s New In Games This Week
Believe it or not, this summer's hottest game actually lands this week! Plus two other titles that certainly aren’t too shabby either.
What’s New In Music This Week
This week: The Horrors bring an expansive third album with Skying; Arrange explores tragedy; Little Dragon is getting bigger; Fair Ohs soundtrack your August BBQs; Inc. excite and disappoint.
New On Netflix: B. Monkey
Asia Argento burns up the screen as a Euro bad girl in this smart, sexy little thriller co-starring Jared Harris, Rupert Everett and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
Best Of Netflix: The Big House
Lock down and lights out! Spend some solitary time with a few of the best prison films on Netflix Instant -- and be really, really happy that you're not an inmate in one of these hellholes.
Captain America Movie Review
The final stand-alone character adventure before next summer's Marvel mash-up, The Avengers, is a highly enjoyable, often rousing and deeply satisfying comic book fable.
New On Netflix: Navy SEALs
Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn lead a team of highly trained super-soldiers in this extremely far-fetched, shamelessly patriotic and terrifically entertaining action flick.
New On Netflix: The Omega Man
The last man on Earth is one of the hammiest actors on the planet as Charlton Heston battles pale nocturnal hippies in this adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.
Music For: Getting Physical
Get physical. And not like Olivia Newtown John. Here's a collection of potent albums, mixtapes, and tracks for you to run to, rep to, or you know, mentally move with, however you choose.
New On Netflix: The Dream Team
Michael Keaton leads a quartet of crazies on the loose in the Big Apple in this strange and seemingly slapped-together late '80s comedy.
Tyler, The Creator “Summer Camp Mix 2011″
Odd Future's most outspoken member Tyler, The Creator's mixtape of his favorites for Summer 2011. Thankfully he has great taste in music and the mix is fun: downtempo hip-hop, a nice sampling of R+B, and a couple of indie tracks. SWAG.
New On Netflix: Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
This witless and pointlessly crass crime caper starring Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken and a bunch of other actors who should know better might be the most wretched of the nihilistic '90s Tarantino-wannabes.
What’s New In Games This Week
The two standouts this week include the wild west in modern day L.A., and a whole new world that's ready to be rebuilt from the ground up, literally.
What’s New In Music This Week
This week: Pictureplane gets physical; Crystal Antlers take it up a notch; Autre Ne Veut...you love it or you hate it; Future Islands most potent expression to date; Brooklyn MC Theophilus London has something for everyone.
New On Netflix: I Saw the Devil
Ji-woon Kim's fascinating and deeply disturbing revenge film should please fans of Oldboy and connoisseurs of extreme cinema.
Best of Netflix: The Art of Time Travel
You don't need a DeLorean to enjoy all of the time-traveling adventures available on Netflix Instant. Get ready for some wild rides to the past, present, future and all of the mind-boggling alternate realities in-between.
All Tomorrow’s Parties / I’ll Be Your Mirror Lineup
Portishead curates this year's three day event, featuring Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel, Battles, Swans, Ultramagnetic MCs, Mogwai, The Horrors and more.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Movie Review
The final adventure of The Boy Who Lived is a grand, operatic and richly satisfying curtain call filled with astonishing spectacle, rich emotion and, above all, powerful performances.
New On Netflix: Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Cary Elwes makes for a fine Robin of Loxley (complete with real British accent) in Mel Brooks' not-bad spoof of the Merry Men legend.
eMusic’s Free Pitchfork Fest Sampler
eMusic has put together a free, 29-song sampler with artists playing at this weekend's Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. Fleet Foxes, Battles, Toro Y Moi, Neko Case, Deerhunter, OFF!, Yuck, Shabazz Palaces and more show up.
New On Netflix: Vision Quest
Matthew Modine is a high school wrestler who falls for the older Linda Fiorentino in this hokey yet earnest coming-of-age '80s drama.
Capitol Hill Block Party Music Festival Lineup
Seattle's next big music weekend: TV On the Radio, Explosions In The Sky, Ghostland Observatory, Thurston Moore, Yuck, Austra, The Cave Singers, Best Coast, Handsome Furs, Kurt Vile, Cold Cave, F*cked Up, Les Savy Fav, Battles, Ra Ra Riot, My Goodness and a whole lot more.
