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Instant Entertainment: Elizabeth Taylor Edition

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Where: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is on Netflix Instant.Plot: "Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son."Trailer:

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Where: If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Butterfield 8.Plot: A bitter aging couple with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.Trailer:

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Where: Giant is on Netflix Instant.Plot: "Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates."Trailer:

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Where: The Last Time I Saw Paris is on Netflix Instant, but you can also watch on Hulu Plus—which also has Mondo Hollywood in full.Plot: "Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and Stripes" when he met Marion and Helen. He would marry and be happy staying in Paris after his discharge and working for a news organization. He would try to write his great novel and that would come between Charlie, his wife and his daughter."Trailer:

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Where: Cleopatra is on Netflix Instant.Plot: "Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra."Trailer:

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Where:Life With Father is on Netflix Instant.Plot: "A financier from New York rules his numerous family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousity of a bookkeeper."The first half:

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<strong>Where:</strong> <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Father-s-Little-Dividend/495660?trkid=1660#height1467"><em>Father's Little Dividend</em></a> (a sequel to <em>Father of the Bride</em>) is on Netflix Instant.<p><strong>Plot:</strong> "Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father having to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad."</p>

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