Google has shut down the Google Showtimes service, which was available at google.com/movies for a long long time. The message on the site now reads:

True, all you need to do now is search Google for [movies] and you get a list of movies playing nearby.

There are a bunch of searchers not happy with this, including this thread at the Google Web Search Help forums and WebmasterWorld thread. Here are their thoughts:

Google has stopped showing lyrics for at least a month, too. Has that been announced as well? Seems like a pattern at Google where they’re pulling back from licensing or repurposing other site’s content?

Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help and WebmasterWorld.