(KUTV) The list isn't all that long, but there are quite a few titles exiting Netflix's streaming service in March including TV series like "Archer," "Voltron 84" and "The Killing" and movies that I've featured in the past like "Jaws," "Memento," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" and "The Craft." Here are a handful of other titles I recommend watching before they're gone.
As long as you don’t look to “Anastasia” tell the real story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, there’s plenty of enjoyment to be found in this animated musical directed by Don Bluth (“An American Tail,” “The Land Before Time”) and Gary Goldman (“Pete’s Dragon”). The story features a sorcerer who, in his efforts to destroy the Romanov family, starts the Russian Revolution. This forces 8-year-old Anastasia to flee, but in the process, she bumps her head and forgets who she is and where she came from. Will Anastasia ever remember who she is and find her way home?
Let's go back to 1987 when Robert Downey Jr. was just Robert Downey Jr. and Andrew McCarthy and James Spader were still teenage heartthrobs. Based very loosely on Bret Easton Ellis’ novel, “Less Than Zero” is something of a curiosity. Ellis hates the movie and it reeks of studio involvement as the nihilistic qualities have been stripped away in hopes of appealing to a much wider audience. The results aren’t nearly as disastrous as you might expect, but that might just be my ‘80s nostalgia glossing over the film’s flaws.
Based on a real U.S. Coast Guard rescue from 1952, “The Finest Hours” suffers from a Jekyll and Hyde complex in that when it sticks to the rescue it provides the sort of white-knuckle action that you’d expect. The problem is when we step away from the incident the tone shifts and the action fades into the background for a nostalgic romance drama that doesn’t quite measure up. Still, the action elements are engaging enough to justify sitting through the less effective telling of the love story.(Leaving 3/6/18)
We talked about "Zootopia" when it came to Netflix a year ago, but as one of the bigger titles leaving the platform its worth bringing up again.
Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin), a rookie bunny cop, teams with Nick (Jason Bateman), a con artist fox, to locate a group of missing animals and uncover a massive conspiracy in the process. The adventure they embark on is joyous exploration of a world populated by anthropomorphic animals with personalities, abilities and prejudices that are specific to their species. (Leaving 3/20/18)
I'm a huge fan of DreamWorks Animation's “Voltron: Legendary Defender,” a rebooted take on the first season of the original Voltron series (which was adapted for American audiences from the Japanese anime series “Beast King GoLion”). The new series has improved upon the original in numerous ways, but there is still value in revisiting the original. This 12-episode collection was put together by the team working on the new series as a way to highlight some of their favorite episodes from the original 72-episode run between 1984 and 1985.
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A Gang Story
Anastasia
Baby's Day Out
Eyewitness
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
First Response
Forget and Forgive
Hitch
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Less Than Zero
Memento
Slums of Beverly Hills
The Chase
The Craft
The Panic in Needle Park
Trigger Point
Two Wrongs
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Chloe
Safe Haven
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The Finest Hours
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Victoria
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Believe
Glitch
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Standby
Disney’s The Santa Clause
Disney’s The Santa Clause 2
Disney’s The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
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Breakout Kings: Season 1
City of God: 10 Years Later
London Has Fallen
The Killing: Seasons 1-2
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Archer: Seasons 1-7
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V/H/S: Viral
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Zootopia
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Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
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Voltron 84: Season 1
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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The Gates: Season 1
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Life in Pieces: Season 1
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Awake: Season 1
Bordertown: Season 1
Breakout Kings: Season 2
Brickleberry: Seasons 1-3
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life: Season 1
Friends with Benefits: Season 1
In Like Flint
Lights Out: Season 1
Rosewood: Season 1
Salem: Seasons 2-3
Small Shots: Season 1
The Awakening
The Carmichael Show: Seasons 1-2
The Chicago Code: Season 1
The Crazy Ones: Season 1
The Finder: Season 1
The Good Son
Traffic Light: Season 1