:-( I've been a subscriber nearly from the start and I've watched hundreds of movies via this service. It is a tragedy simply because so much content is not available any other way or a myriad of disparate streaming services that I am not going to subscribe to. There was a good article about this topic in the WSJ from a few months ago [0]. As the article states:
"This month the Washington Post’s Ty Burr reminds us of some movies we can’t stream: “Cocoon” (1985), directed by Ron Howard, “Short Cuts” (1993) by Robert Altman, “New York, New York” (1977) by Martin Scorsese, “Henry & June” (1990) by Philip Kaufman and “Silkwood” (1983) by Mike Nichols."
The only silver lining is I am probably going to start exploring the Kanopy catalog more which may be available via your local public library.
I think there is also something else afoot whether it is health care, skin products, easier living in general, etc... I am often mind blown when I look at pictures of athletes or movie stars from decades ago. They often would look 50-60 years old but then you see they were like 31 when the picture was taken.
The Brimley/Cocoon line twitter account sort of shows this. Wilford Brimley was 50 when Cocoon came out in 1985 - I thought he was easily 70.
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:-( I've been a subscriber nearly from the start and I've watched hundreds of movies via this service. It is a tragedy simply because so much content is not available any other way or a myriad of disparate streaming services that I am not going to subscribe to. There was a good article about this topic in the WSJ from a few months ago [0]. As the article states:
"This month the Washington Post’s Ty Burr reminds us of some movies we can’t stream: “Cocoon” (1985), directed by Ron Howard, “Short Cuts” (1993) by Robert Altman, “New York, New York” (1977) by Martin Scorsese, “Henry & June” (1990) by Philip Kaufman and “Silkwood” (1983) by Mike Nichols."
The only silver lining is I am probably going to start exploring the Kanopy catalog more which may be available via your local public library.
[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/dvds-demise-leaves-many-films-gone-with-the-wind-netflix-streaming-culture-tv-movies-cdee40b3
I think there is also something else afoot whether it is health care, skin products, easier living in general, etc... I am often mind blown when I look at pictures of athletes or movie stars from decades ago. They often would look 50-60 years old but then you see they were like 31 when the picture was taken.
The Brimley/Cocoon line twitter account sort of shows this. Wilford Brimley was 50 when Cocoon came out in 1985 - I thought he was easily 70.
https://twitter.com/brimleyline?lang=en
Even blockbuster movies. Does anyone remember the movie “Cocoon”? Is impossible to watch it now unless you can find it in an old VHS tape