James R | On 19, Dec 2018

As the end of 2018 looms, it’s time to look back and reflect upon the best things you saw this year, and what you’ve still got to catch up on. But it’s also time to count down until a whole flood of titles leave your favourite subscription services, as licences expire on New Year’s Eve and aren’t renewed for the immediate future. This December, that means now’s the time to catch modern classics such as Interstellar, In Bruges, Hellboy II, and older gems, such as North by Northwest and The Thing.

This is your last chance to stream the following on Amazon Prime Video UK:

Interstellar – 19th December

What’s the secret to interstellar travel? Christopher Nolan can’t decide if it’s gravity, love or something else entirely in this muddled sci-fi epic, which stars Jessica Chastain, Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey, but the visuals and world-building on display are undeniably beautiful to witness.

Shaun of the Dead – 21st December

“You’ve got red on you.”

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – 21st December

If Stranger Things got you feeling nostalgic for Spielberg’s films of old, don’t miss the chance to re-watch this favourite from your childhood.

In Bruges – 21st December

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are on hilarious form in Martin McDonagh’s profane, profound thriller about two hitmen lying low in the titular Belgian town.

Kick-Ass – 21st December

Why so serious? Matthew Vaughn’s twisted, funny take on superheroes, based on the Mark Millar comics, is fun, thrilling and gloriously violent.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army – 21st December

Hellboy II cements Del Toro’s position as a phenomenal force of cinema and imagination: uncompromising, uncanny and unbelievable.

North by Northwest – 21st December

Cary Grant takes on Hitchcock’s classic innocent-man-on-the-run role in this iconic thriller about an ad exec who’s pursued by a ruthless spy after being mistaken for a government agent.

Jaws – 21st December

Dummm dum. Dummm dum…

Bridesmaids – 23rd December

Kristen Wiig is the beleaguered head bridesmaid as bedlam breaks out in the run-up to her best friend’s wedding.

The Thing (1982) – 23rd December

John Carpenter’s classic sees a remote Antarctic research station infiltrated by a shape-shifting alien. Who can be trusted? And who will make it out alive?

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – 23rd December

Edgar Wright’s hyperactive style is a perfect fit for Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels about Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), a member of the band Sex Bom-Omb and a video game obsessive. Torn between two women, one of whom (Ramona Flowers) is literally his dream love, Scott has to fight all of Ramona’s exes to date her. This coming-of-age comedy tackles everything from projecting your ideals onto others and getting over past relationships to the way a young man uses computer games to understand the world. The stunning visuals, exciting action and laugh-out-loud jokes are the icing on a pixellated cake.

Children of Men – 23rd December

Alfonso Cuaron’s remarkable dystopian sci-fi, starring Clive Owen, only feels more relevant over 10 years after it was released.

The Holiday – 31st December

Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris (Kate Winslet) agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda (Cameron Diaz) for a much-needed break. Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village. Also starring Jude Law and Jack Black.

The Talented Mr. Ripley – 31st December

Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of her novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, is sumptuous stuff, with a stellar performance from Jude Law as rich boy Dickie Greenleaf and Matt Damon as the lower-class fraud who envies his life.

 

Other titles leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in December 2018 / January 2019:

10th December
Batman: Be-Leaguered

15th December
Demolition Man

19th December
After the Dark

20th December
Despicable Me
Cop Out
Blade
Ben Hur

21st December
United 93
Sleepers
Knocked Up
Hop
Inside Man
Casper
8 Mile
Serenity
Wild Child
Hannibal
The Theory of Everything
Couples Retreat
Definitely, Maybe
Leap Year
Role Models
Couples Retreat
The Chronicles of Riddick
Payback
The Blues Brothers
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Red Dragon
Ali G Indahouse
Soylent Green
Schindler’s List
Incredible Hulk
Paul
The Philadelphia Story
Robin Hood
Death Becomes Her
Uncle Buck
The Take
Poseidon
Mortal Kombat
The Lake House
Jane Eyre
American Gangster
Full Metal Jacket
American Pie
Get Smart
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Towering Inferno
Pitch Black
Holy Matrimony
Scarface (1983)
Lolita
Inglourious Basterds

22nd December
Watch Them Who?

23rd December
Twins
Step Up
Meet Joe Black
Get Him to the Greek
Atonement
The Game
Scent of a Woman
Free Birds
Van Helsing
Waterworld

24th December
The Promise

26th December
Adult World

27th December
Caddyshack
Enter the Dragon
Secret Garden
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Yes Man
Lethal Weapon 2
A Streetcar Named Desire
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

29th December
Kalinka

30th December
The Pianist
The Horse Dancer
The Deer Hunter
Escape Plan
Continuum
Ishq Hai Tumse
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years
Battle Over Normandy
Piku
Our Earth Our Oceans
Dragons of Camelot
Hercules Reborn
Chocolat

31st December
Notting Hill
The Adjustment Bureau
The Last of the Mohicans
The Invention of Lying
Nanny McPhee
Kinky Boots
Pulp Fiction
Halloween H20 – Twenty Years Later
Bridget Jones’s Diary
The Hours
The Boat That Rocked
The Brothers Grimm
Chicago
Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights
It’s Complicated
The Others
Beethoven

1st January
The Small Woman in Grey

4th January
Final Destination
16 Blocks
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Alexander

5th January
A Monster Calls

7th January
Miss Sloane

9th January
The Wizard of Oz
Westworld
Mystic River
Pacific Rim
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Kung-Fu Rabbit
Sugar Wars: The Rise of the Cleveland Mafia
Something’s Gotta Give

10th January
Office Christmas Party
Bad Santa 2

11th January
Gremlins
Project X #XTENDEDCUT
The Conjuring
Invictus
Cool Hand Luke
The Witches
Stuart Little 2
Gone with the Wind
The Island
Wrath of the Titans
Mad Max
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
Goodfellas
Mars Attack!
Watch What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?

12th January
City Rats

13th January
Panic Room
Top Cat Begins
Hook
The House Bunny
The Longest Yard
Punisher
The Walk
A League of Their Own
Think Like a Man
The Sweetest Thing
Not Another Teen Movie
13 Going on 30
Julie & Julia
Flatliners
Bottle Rocket
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Stepmom

14th January
Friends and Heroes: Volume 5

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