1/17/2024 0 Comments New movies on netflix april 2022![]() The term game-changer is often overused, particularly in online journalism and film criticism, but Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde really was a seismic shift in the way mainstream moviegoers processed and thought about cinema. Del Toro also brought a visceral madness to the action, allowing Snipes to again show off his impressive martial arts skill as well as go pseudo-professional wrestler while matching charisma with the likes of Ron Perlman and Norman Reedus. Helmed by Guillermo del Toro when the future Oscar winner was at a crossroads in American cinema-struggling to make his wild visions come true with a Hollywood budget-the legendary genre auteur brought visual wit and depth to all the style of the first film, giving Snipes’ world both texture and genuinely creepy vibes by introducing a new type of vampire that really made this a creature feature. Nevertheless, Blade II elevated the material in almost every conceivable way. It also introduced us to Wesley Snipes in one of the all-time great superhero entrances during a blood rave in the movie’s opening moments. After all, it invented the black leather, badass action movie aesthetic often credited to The Matrix which came out one year later. ![]() The first movie is a great product of its time (and is also on Netflix this month). The second Bladecuriously seems underrated these days. ![]() Ben Affleck directs and stars (he controversially didn’t get a Best Director nomination) with an ensemble cast in this pacey thriller which is well worth a revisit on Netflix. It tells the wild true story of the CIA agent who worked with Hollywood in an attempt to rescue American citizens hiding with the Canadian ambassador in Iran during the hostage crisis in 1979 and ‘80. With the Oscars just behind us, but discourse still raging on after ‘that’ moment it could be a great time to revisit this stranger-than-fiction former Best Picture winner. As indicated below, the most popular streaming service in the world is preparing to share a relatively wide variety of quality (Hollywood) films beginning on April 1.īe it superhero movies with an edge or a genuine classic of American cinema from Arthur Penn, or one of the all-time great war movies and the impetus for the J-horror phenomenon in the States, there appears to be a movie for everyone in the list below. April showers may indeed bring May flowers, but Netflix is showering us with some dazzling entertainments this April all from the comfort of our own homes.
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