Huluis absolutely the underrated king of streaming services. Few people look at what they have, but there are always good movies coming and going on this site. If we’re lucky, Disney+ will bundle Hulu into one giant platform and have a serious fight with Prime Video here soon. Fox and Disney content would be like PB&J if they would ever stop weirdly restricting what you can access on which one.Futuramais on Hulu, butThe Simpsonsis only Disney+?
Let’s take a look, though, at a bunch of the movies leaving the big green H. You’re likely to find something you’ve had on your watchlist for a while now. Note all these movies will be leaving on the 30 of September, so you’ve got just over a month. You better get at it as soon as you can.
The Alien Quadrilogy
Back when it was a quadrilogy before Ridley Scott decided we had it too good and made two more embarrassing films, then pulled inthe guy fromEvil Dead(2013)to continue his vision. No, these are just the first four films that deliver mixed emotions. The first,Alien, was a triumph of science fiction and was one of the first real horror movies set in outer space on a paltry budget of $9 million.
It’s a claustrophobic movie filled with creativity where the terrifying alien is only on-screen for about 3 1/2 minutes total. Then you have the sequel that James Cameron carefully devised by putting a dollar sign behind the name of the first movie’s title—more of an action movie with 1,000 memorable quotes by the Marines.Alien 3is next, the sad one where Ripley shaves her head and goes to prison. And finally,Alien Resurrection,which only happened because Fox parked a dump truck full of money in front of Sigourney Weaver’s house. It’s not to be watched unless it’s a bad movie night.
Bottle Rocket
This is a strange movie.Wes Anderson’s directorial debut, but it’s before he really develops the iconic quick whip pans and perfectly framed shots everyone knows him for. It’s written by the Wilson brothers, who also debuted here and marked the very first Owen, “Wow.”
Owen and his brother Luke Wilson are Wes Anderson criminals, so they’re really quirky and bad at their jobs. It weirdly evolves to feature a heist as well as a romance subplot.
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Anabsolutely overlooked Peter Jackson filmwith some fantastic makeup and set design and a very real-looking Kong fighting some big dinosaurs. Jack Black is on a mission to film some natives for his own profit, similar to aCannibal Holocaust. As you’d expect, though, if you’re going to Skull Island, you’re in for a lot more than cannibals.
The natives offer Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) as a sacrifice to the almighty Kong, and the film crew has to march into the jungle with lots of guns to find her. There are many spiders and creatures here, in what amounts to an entertaining adventure movie with a similarly lighthearted feel toThe Mummy.
The definitive Christmas movie. Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman; this is as good as action movies get. If you haven’t seen it, it’s past time. If you have, you absolutely need to see for yourself what all the fuss is about.
What a classic horror film. The premise is that diplomat Gregory Peckmay be raising the anti-Christ. Mysterious and gruesome deaths seem to happen wherever his little boy Damien enters the frame. But the Catholic church is after the boy, all the while trying to fight the spawn of Satan.
He’s got powers of telekineses, a pretty nasty little babysitter he’s in cahoots with, and his daddy does not want his plans spoiled. The question arises of whether or not they and Gregory Peck can succeed before the anti-Christ rises to full power. It’s a slow-burn style of movie with a brilliant soundtrack of gothic choir chanting that also gave birth to a pretty great episode ofSouth Parkabout 40 years after it was released.
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There’s nothing like an Oscar film featuring a lot of misery and yelling to finish off a list here. It’s a film about passion, pushing yourself to the absolute limit, and then some. Miles Teller is a jazz drummer who wants to be the best of the best. JK Simmons is a grouchy old man who wants to churn out music legends in his classroom (and win an Oscar) no matter what it does to their mental state, ridiculing and insulting those who aren’t measuring up to his standard of absolute perfection. What you get is Teller pouring out his soul into his art, bleeding, suffering, and hating Simmons' Fletcher, all driving the passion with which he goes about his craft.
While he’s not doing what is morally right in any way by abusing people trying to learn, the movie does raise questions about the importance of true creativity. It ruthlessly criticizes the laziness of music churned out without passion, driven only by the motivation of endless consumerism. It’s a fascinating topic made more relevant by the abundance of easy-to-access, background music so prevalent right now. Maybe you don’t have to scream at people and insult their shortcomings, but pushing for better is something that is lacking in films and music right now.
You can check out the complete list of moviesleaving right here.
