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What's leaving Netflix Instant Watch?
We should probably start covering that. It seems like a boring topic but we jazz up your public service announcements. I'll close my eyes and play with the control bar and wherever I freeze the movie I'll share the image. This weekend is your last chance to watch these films for free for who knows how long. Since there are Oscar titles in the mix, perhaps you can fill some holes in your Oscar lists of Things To See or Rewatch.
Ready? In chronological order of their film year, seven films leaving Netflix on February 1st...
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983)
EMMA: I've got some good news. I'm unofficially pregnant. I mean I haven't got the tests back but I'm never late.
AURORA: [Pause] Well... No, I don't understand."
Look how crazy young Jeff Daniels is! Shirley Maclaine is so hilarious and complicated in this movie -- that long pause with cascading rejection of possible responses under frozen 'I don't understand' face. She's going to lose out since she doesn't want to think of herself as a grandmother. A well deserved Best Actress win, with Shirley obviously relieved about it "this show has been as long as my career."
Oscar Note: I know we've asked this before but how long before we get another girlie Best Picture winner it's been FOR-EV-ER. Terms of Endearment was nominated for 11 Oscars (an astounding amount for a contemporary-set film), winning 5.
six more movies after the jump
THE TERMINATOR (1984)
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