A new era of streaming selections is here. For the past several years, our monthly column, the Nerd’s Watch, has been the place to find out all the best genre titles coming to the biggest streaming services. It wasn’t a complete list. We just posted the titles we think you’d care about, but it was still long, and frankly, it was hard to pick out the best of the best.
The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (September 1 on Netflix)
Whether or not we’ll see Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in a future Marvel movie, it’s always nice to look back at these films, as flawed as they are. He and Emma Stone were just so perfect as their characters, plus the casting of the villains was next-level good.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (September 1 on Netflix)
After attending a recent concert of John Williams’ music, I said to myself, “I need to rewatch E.T. asap.” And now, Netflix has made that very easy.
Edge of Tomorrow (September 1 on Netflix)
If you’ve read this column before, first, thank you. Second, you might know my rule that anytime Edge of Tomorrow appears on a new streaming service, I vow to let you know. And so it happens again. And again. Just like the movie itself.
The Running Man (September 1 on Netflix)
Before we see Edgar Wright and Glen Powell’s version of this Stephen King story, head back down memory lane to see the original 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger version. It’s a hell of a lot of fun.
The Shrek series (September 1 on Netflix and Peacock)
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