Wecome to the New Year’s edition of the Geekgasm. TV rules the new arrivals this month. Beloved shows such as Adam-12, the original Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., Miami Vice, and Quincy M.E. alongside newer series Ghost Hunters: International, United States of Tara, and Supernatural premiere. On the movie front, the classic Chinese Ghost Story trilogy and True Legend headline the meager movie selections.
* streaming for the first time via Netflix.
* streaming in HD
* close captioning is available
Premiering January 1:
*Adam-12
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
*Amazing Stories
Antitrust
*Beyblade: Fierce Battle: The Movie Despise titles with two colons. It’s just wrong.
*A Chinese Ghost Story
*A Chinese Ghost Story 2
*A Chinese Ghost Story 3: Special Edition
*City on Fire "Lung fu fong wan"
*Disco Worms
*The Dark Half
Dragnet (1967)
Dying Breed (2008)
*Ghost Hunters: International
*Going Berserk
*In the Cold of the Night
*Knight Rider (1982) The original "classic" show
*Louis C.K.: Hilarious
*Magnum P.I.
*Miami Vice (1984)
*The Mod Squad (1999)
*The Neverending Story 3: Escape From Fantasia
Office Space
*Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys
*Quincy, M.E.
Rollerball (1975)
*Sitting Ducks
*Swordsman "Xiao ao jiang hu" (1990)
Toys (1992)
*True Legend "Su Qi-Er"
Premiering January 2:
*Phase 7
*United States of Tara
Premiering January 5:
*Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
Premiering January 6:
American Kickboxer 1
*Carrie (2002)
Premiering January 12:
*The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman
Premiering January 24:
*Grave Encounters
Premiering January 30:
*Supernatural (2005)
Titles expiring soon
Expiring January 1:
*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
*Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
**Amadeus
*Arsenic and Old Lace
**Arthur (1981)
*The Blues Brothers
Cannibal! The Musical
*Carrie (1976) Apparently two verisions of Carrie streaming at the same time will cause a disruption in the spce-time continutity.
*Chinatown
Class of Nuke ‘Em High
*A Clockwork Orange
*Cobra
*Conspiracy Theory
**The Craft
*CQ
Creepshow
*Cypher
**Dial M for Murder (1954)
Drunken Master
*Duck, You Sucker
**Dumb and Dumber: Unrated
*Ghost Story (1981)
Gotcha!
*The Gumball Rally
**Hearts in Atlantis
**Heavenly Creatures Better hurry up if you plan on catching Peter Jackson’s best movie!
**The Hudsucker Proxy
**Insomnia (2002)
**Interview with the Vampire
Jeremiah: Season 2
**The Lost Boys: Special Edition
**Mad Max
**The Majestic
**Murder by Death
**Natural Born Killers: Director’s Cut
*9 1/2 Weeks
*Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
**The Omega Man
**One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
**The Queen of the Damned
**Racing Stripes
*Scarface (1983)
**The Science of Sleep
Shadowlands (1985)
Shiri
**Space Cowboys
The Street Fighter (1974)
*Streets of Fire
Supercop
*Superfly
*Superman: The Movie
**Superman II
Superstarlet A.D.
Surf Nazis Must Die
*Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
Teen Wolf
*Teen Wolf Too
Teenage Catgirls in Heat
**The Terminator
Terror Firmer: Special Edition
*(John Carpenter’s) The Thing (1982)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Time Barbarians
**Timecop
The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger, Part 2
The Toxic Avenger, Part 3
**Trick ‘r Treat
Troma Triple B-Header: Vol. 5: Bloodspell
Tromeo & Juliet
True Stories
*Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show
*Weird Science
**Wild Wild West Good riddance!
Wizards of the Demon Sword
Wolfen
Yes, Madam Michelle Yeoh’s first starring role
Young Einstein
Zombie Island Massacre
Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain
Expiring January 4:
Wizards of Waverly Place: Season 1
Expiring January 5:
*2012: Supernova
*Haunting of Winchester House
*The Land That Time Forgot (2009)
*Transmorphers: Fall of Man
Expiring January 6:
Independent Lens: The Atom Smashers
Expiring January 7:
Memoirs of an Invisible Man Great book, terrible movie
Expiring January 8:
Bond Girls Are Forever
Casino Royale (1954) 1st ever James Bond screen adaptation was originally intended as the pilot for a TV series
*Diamonds Are Forever
*Dr. No
*For Your Eyes Only
Goldeneye
*Goldfinger
*Licence To Kill
*Live and Let Die
*The Living Daylights
*The Man With the Golden Gun
*Moonraker
*Never Say Never Again
*Octopussy
*On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
*The Spy Who Loved Me
*Thunderball
*A View To a Kill
*The World Is Never Enough
*You Only Live Twice
Expiring January 10:
*Lost Boys: The Thirst
Expiring January 12:
Backwoods
The Color of Magic
Gulliver’s Travels (1996)
Hogfather
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
*Killer Wave
*Son of the Dragon
*Tin Man
Expiring January 14:
Body Snatchers
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