I was recently considering canceling my Netflix account as I have noticed a decrease in return time and lack of good movies to watch instantly. I love watching a movie right before bed on my 22″ Samsung monitor, but lately I’ve been noticing that there just isn’t anything to watch except documentaries and lame TV series’. The delay in movie return time (supposed to be 1 day first class, but it’s repeatedly taken 2-3 days for a few months) probably isn’t their fault anyway – it’s probably USPS that is dropping the ball on that one. I found out today that Netflix has now partnered with Starz Entertainment, bringing a whole new set of quality movies into the ‘Watch Instantly’ realm.

Not only does this deal add another 2,500 or so movies to Netflix’s existing streaming library of roughly 12,000 films and TV shows, but it also adds some sorely-need, recent A-list titles, such as No Country for Old Men, Superbad, and Spiderman 3. Most of the movies are older titles and classics, but they represent a noticeable step up from the rather non-Hollywood-based titles that have been the main fodder on Netflix’s Watch Instantly feature until now.

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I guess I’ll stick around for another month and see what happens. Vietnam war flicks, here I come!

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