By Phillip Swann
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Former editor of 4 TV magazines. Author of TV Dot Com.
Are you in the mood for a movie? Peacock is planning to remove 58 movies after tomorrow (January 31) and here are three great ones to check out before they leave.
Fight Club (1999)
The 1999 drama from director David Fincher stars Edward Norton as a meek worker-bee who breaks out of his shell (and breaks a few bones) when he joins an underground boxing community. Brad Pitt plays his alter ego/friend who teaches him the ropes while simultaneously (metaphysically speaking) tying him up with them. This is early Fincher at his weirdest (and most brilliant) and you’ll either love this film or hate it. If you love it, watch it again for all the clues you missed the first time.
Basic Instinct (1992)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Basic Instinct is a psychological thriller that explores the dangerous allure of a hedonistic author (Sharon Stone) suspected of murder. Michael Douglas plays the investigating detective who falls headfirst in the honeypot. The film is a classic neo noir that made Stone a star and her tete a tetes with Douglas (written by crazy Joe Eszterhas) are both funny and seductive. Great f—- film, so to speak.
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Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Adam McKay’s hilarious send-up of the NASCAR circuit starring Will Ferrell as a witless but winning driver. Sacha Baron Cohen is Peter Sellers-like funny as a French driver and rival to Ferrell’s Ricky Bobby and the rest of the supporting cast includes Amy Adams, John C. Reilly and Leslie Bibb. Rev your engines and prepare to laugh.
Complete List of Movies Leaving Peacock After January 31
Along Came Spider
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New
The Bank Job
Basic Instinct
Battleship
The Best Man Holiday
Billy Madison
Bringing Down the House
Casa de Mi Padre
The Cases of Mystery Lane
The Dilemma
The Dog Lover’s Guide to Dating
Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
Everest
Family History Mysteries: Buried Past
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fight Club
Hell or High Water
Identity Thief
In Good Company
The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost
Land of the Lost
Leatherheads
Little Rascals
Love in the Maldives
Madea’s Family Reunion
Madea’s Witness Protection
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Mortal Kombat (2021)
Oblivion
Ocean’s 8
Ocean’s Eleven
Ocean’s Thirteen
Ocean’s Twelve
A Pinch of Portugal
The Proposal
Remember Sunday
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Rundown
Sex Drive
Shrek Forever After
Sideways
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground
Sing
Sweet Home Alabama
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
True Grit
True Lies
Twilight
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Twilight Saga: New Moon
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral
An Uncommon Grace
Wanted
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