David Farnor | On 23, Apr 2016

As April escapes our clutches like a slippery, elusive analogy, and a stretched metaphor runs out of steam sooner than expected, you suddenly notice that it’s almost May and you’re nearly halfway through another year.

That traumatic realisation, though, is nothing compared to the monthly agony of seeing titles on Netflix UK ripped away from you, as their streaming rights expire. This time, though, you can rest easy, as April’s list of departures is surprisingly small and relatively painless – unless you really, really like Tim Allen and dogs. Oh, and pretty much every Disney movie you ever loved as a child. Yes, almost half a year after Disney launched its own subscription platform (Disney Life) in the UK and Sky and Disney extended their multi-year deal, a whole heap of House of Mouse favourites are departing Netflix.

This is your last chance to stream the following:

Rabbit Hole – 29th April

Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart play a couple whose son is hit by a car. Their lives are torn apart: the dog gets kicked out; the house becomes a shrine to the past; and marital conversation turns to awkward silence. James Cameron Mitchell’s exploration of their loss makes for an intense 91 minutes, but surprising laughs, a distinct lack of scenery chewing and a brief turn from Miles Teller make this a heart-rending study of bereavement. You’ll be moved, but you’ll never feel manipulated.

Down Terrace – 30th April

A Brighton mob family try to smoke out the informant responsible for putting their son in the slammer. Of course, as the stakes are raised and the walls start closing in, it’s only a matter of time before they turn on their own.

Wheatley’s debut film is a micro-budget marvel about domestic gangsterism in middle England. Filmed in a matter of days for the cost of a packet of fags, Down Terrace does so much with very little. It’s the Argos Sopranos. Bad decisions and the banality of violence given a Pound Shop twist.

(Read our full review.)

Pulp Fiction – 30th April

Quentin Tarantino’s second film is considered by many to be his best. The fact that this description could simply be a list of quotes is testament to just how witty, intelligent and, despite its many imitators, instantly recognisable it is.

Disney Movies – 2nd May

Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Up, The Aristocats. The lists goes on. Prepare to bid farewell to, essentially, all your childhood Disney favourites (a full list is below).

Calvary – 10th May

“Killing a priest on a Sunday. That’ll be a good one.” That’s an unknown congregation member to Father James (Brendan Gleeson) one day in the confession box. Told he has one week to get his house in order, the priest finds himself facing death – for the price of other people’s sins. Blackly funny and movingly sincere, the result is a powerful story of a decent man coming to terms with his own mortality. Killing a bad priest? That’s nothing. Killing a good priest? That really does stay with you.

The Raid 2 – 10th May

This overblown sequel fails to live up to the taut, tense original, but it does boast one of cinema’s greatest car chases.

Caesar Must Die – 12th May

Directed by Paulo and Vittorio Taviani, Caesar Must Die is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before. Starring a host of prisoners, it follows the rehearsals for an in-house production of Julius Caesar. Why? Why not? Is there a better fit for Shakespeare’s backstabbing Rome than behind bars?

Computer Chess – 12th May

Who are we? What’s it all about? And can anyone find the ice machine? These are just a few of the questions hot-wired into Andrew Bujalski’s lo-fi baffle ballad Computer Chess. It’s smart, funny, weird – and so naturalistic it’s practically free range. More than worth a rook. Ahem. Read our full review

 

Other titles leaving Netflix UK in April / May 2016:

25th April
Kiss the Water
The Network

26th April
Kill Dil

28th April
Kumare
The Shaggy Dog
The Waiting Room

30th April

Almost Naked Animals
Angels of Sex
Beloved
Beneath Hill 60
Billy Madison
Camp 14: Total Control
Drunkboat
Eating Out: Drama Camp
Forbidden Woman
The Good Life
The Great Divide
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
I Am Slave
Mixed Kebab
Neurons to Nirvana
Our Paradise
Pimp
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Role/Play
Smokey and the Bandit II
Splinters
@Suicide Room
Unhung Hero
War of the Worlds
The Whistleblower

1st May

Cheetah
Soul Surfer

2nd May

102 Dalmatians
A Christmas Carol (2009)
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood
A Goofy Movie
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
The Aristocats
Atlantis: Milo’s Return
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bedtime Stories
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
The Big Green
Brave
Brother Bear
Brother Bear 2
Chicken Little
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Condor Man
Enchanted
Flubber
Frozen
G-Force
George of the Jungle
Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds
Heavyweights
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Hocus Pocus
Home on the Range
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
In Search of the Castaways
John Carter
The Jungle Book 2
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
The Love Bug
Man of the House
Max Keeble’s Big Move
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
Midnight Madness
The Mighty Ducks
Monsters University
Morning Light
The Muppets Christmas Carol
The Muppets (2011)
National Treasure
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Old Dogs
Oliver & Company
The Parent Trap
Pete’s Dragon
Pinocchio
The Pirate Fairy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Planes
The Prince and the Pauper
Ratatouille
Recess: School’s Out
The Rescuers
Return to Never Land
Return to Oz
Shipwrecked
Snow Buddies
Snow Dogs
Summer Magic
Superdad
Tex
Tinker Bell
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3
Trail of the Panda
Treasure Planet
Tuck Everlasting
Underdog
Up
Whisper: An Elephant’s Tale

10th May
Firewalker
Killers

12th May
The Andromeda Strain
Berlin 36
Damien: Omen II
Demoted
More than Honey
Only the Lonely
The Parole Officer
Someday This PainWill Be Useful to You

14th May
Lightning Point
Wild Kratts
Clean Spirit
Crowsnest
I Am Love
Lightning Point
Magic Journey Africa
Serial Mom
The Soccer Nanny
Something Ventured

 

With thanks to uk.newonnetflix.info for some of the information.

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