Welcome to your Netflix Streaming Report for October 1, 2015. After the long week you deserve a relaxing staycation with a bowl of popcorn, a bucket of ice cream, and only your Netflix queue to judge you. This past week, Netflix Watch Instant has been kind enough to supply us with The Walking Dead Season 5, Batman Begins, Love Actually, The Wedding Singer, and more. Also, see all the titles that are leaving this month.

The Walking Dead Season 5 (Scott M. Gimple) Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. Starring Andrew Lincoln, Steven Yuen, Norman Reedus, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Emily Kinney, and Danai Gurira

Das good, eh? Sí. Me gusta. Season 4 started off strong, but became aggravatingly slow in its later half. Season 5 is unrelenting. There’s never a dull moment despite a more transitional back eight episodes in the Alexandria Safe-Zone. It’s only setting up to a big premiere with Season 6 starting up October 13. And it’s going to be a really great season. Binge! Binge! Binge!

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Love Actually (Richard Curtis) Rated R [135 min] – Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. Starring Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keria Knightley, and Andrew Lincoln

Is it too soon for Christmas movies? Yes. Is it a hilarious coincidence that this film and The Walking Dead Season 5 both appeared on Netflix streaming within the same week? Double yes.

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Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) Rated PG-13 [140 min] – After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it. Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, Katie Holms, Gary Oldman, and Cillian Murphy

It’s not the Dark Knight trilogy film we deserve, but the one Netflix subscribers need? It’s not what Netflix is underneath, but what they choose to stream that defines them?

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American Pie (Paul Weitz) Rated R [95 min] – Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. Starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Alyson Hannigan, Shannon Elizabeth, Eddie Kay Thomas, Sean William Scott, Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne, and Eugene Levy

This coming of age teen sex comedy holds a special place in my heart. It’s like what Scream did to the horror genre. American Pie was a complete revitalization for comedies and it still withstands the test of time because of how relatably hilarious it is.

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Also newly available on Netflix streaming this week:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• About Alex
• Alexander: Theatrical Cut (2004)
• American Wedding
• Anna and the King
• Any Day (2015)
• Art & Copy
• Bones (Season 10)
• Boogie Nights
• The Bourne Identity
• The Bourne Supremacy
• The Butcher’s Wife
• The Canyons
• Carousel (1956)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The Johnny Depp One)
• A Christmas Carol (1938)
• A Clockwork Orange
• Corpse Bride
• Coyote Ugly
• Curse of Chucky
• Cyberchase (Seasons 1-5)
• Dark Matter (Season 1)
• Design on a Dime (Season 1)
• The Drop Box
• Extreme Homes (Season 1)
• Girl Eat World (Season 1)
• Glengarry Glenn Ross
• The Good Thief
• The Graduate
• The Great Food Truck Race (Season 1)
• Gringolandia (Seasons 1-2)
• HALO Legends
• Hawaii Five-0 (Season 5)
• Heartbreakers
• High Society (1956)
• Hotel Rwanda
• I Believe in Unicorns
• The Imposters (1998)
• Intruders (2011)
• King Kong (1976)
• Kingpin
• La Casa de al Lado (Season 1)
• Laura (1944)
• Man v. Food (Season 1)
• Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Million Dollar Baby
• Monkey Theives (Seasons 1-3)
• Murdoch Mysteries (Season 4-7)
• Nature (Various PBS Collections)
• Nova (Various PBS Collections)
• The Odd Couple (1968)
• On the Town (1949)
• Puncture
• The Punisher
• Reasonable Doubt
• The Relic
• Richard Pryor: Icon (PBS Documentary)
• Risky Business
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• Robin Williams Remembered (PBS Documentary)
• Runoff (2014)
• Salvage Dawgs (Season 1)
• Sex in the Wild (Season 1)
• Someone Like You
• Sphere
• Spiral (Seasons 1-4)
• Street Food (Season 2)
• This Must be the Place
• Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
• The Vanilla Ice Project (Seasons 1-4)
• The Wedding Singer
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Wild Horses (2015)
• Worst Cooks in America (Season 1)

Leaving Netflix this October

October 1

• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• American Masters: Billie Jean King
• Analyze That
• Analyze This
• Angela’s Ashes
• Annie Hall
• Baby’s Day Out
• Bandits
• Barnyard
• Beyond Borders
• Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman Collection
• Buying & Selling: Seasons 1-2
• Caprica: Season 1
• Charlie Bartlett
• Clockstoppers
• Cold Mountain
• Days of Heaven
• Dead Man Walking
• Destination Truth: Season 4
• Domestic Disturbance
• Down to Earth
• Ella Enchanted
• Hawaii Five-O: Season 11-12
• Hotel Impossible: Season 1-2
• Interview with the Vampire
• Kangaroo Jack
• L!fe Happens
• L’Auberge Espagnole
• Maverick
• Nature: Ireland’s Wild River
• Nature: Leave It to Beavers
• Nature: Love in the Animal Kingdom
• Nature: My Bionic Pet
• Nature: Parrot Confidential
• Nature: Saving Otter 501
• Nature: Snow Monkeys
• Nature: Touching the Wild: Living with the Mule Deer of Deadman Gulch
• Off Limits Collection: Collection 1-2
• Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
• Plankton Invasion
• Restaurant: Impossible Collection: Impossible
• Rob Roy
• Romeo + Juliet
• Saturday Night Live: The 2010s: Season 37
• Sid the Science Kid: Season 1
• The Beautician and the Beast
• The Big Lebowski
• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
• The Dead Files: Season 1-2
• The Devil’s Rejects
• The Exorcist
• The Hunt for Red October
• The Phantom of the Opera
• The Pioneer Woman Collection: Collection 1
• The Producers
• The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
• This Is Spinal Tap
• Twilight
• Twins
• Windtalkers
• You Got Served

October 4

• Wolverine and the X-Men: Season 1

October 7

• Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure
• Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games

October 8

• Snoop Dogg Presents The Bad Girls of Comedy

October 9

• Crank

October 12

• Bratz Kids: Fairy Tales

October 15

• Good Luck Chuck
• Pinky Dinky Doo: Season 1
• Play with Me Sesame: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Animals and Nature: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Classics: Vol. 1-2
• Sesame Street: Cookie and Friends: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Creativity and Imagination: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Everyday Moments: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Music and Dance: Season 1
• Sesame Street: Numbers and Letters: Season 1

October 16

• Brüno
• Chico & Rita

October 20

• Freelancers

October 22

• Machine Gun Preacher

October 25

• Nanny 911: Season 1

October 26

• Bratz: Genie Magic

October 27

• Alexandria

October 29

• America’s Sweethearts

October 30

• Life in Our Universe: Season 1

October 31

• Braxton Family Values: Season 3

What will you be watching this weekend?

Look forward to more new titles from the Netflix Streaming Report every Thursday on TTRC.

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All plot synopses courtesy of IMDb.com