Posts filed under 'Coming To Netflix'
UNDERTOW (CONTRACORRIENTE)- 2009. Premise by Netflix. “Writer-director Javier Fuentes-León sets this offbeat romantic ghost story on the rough-hewn but gorgeous Peruvian coast, where a married fisherman must come to terms with his love for another man, despite the strict moral codes of his homeland. This winner of the World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic at Sundance is a vivid examination of the ways in which affairs of the heart supersede social strictures and all other forms of logic.” Very good reviews.
I saw this at the Palm Springs Int. Film Festival and liked it very much. TRDB.
May 17th, 2010
DADDY LONGLEGS- Premise by Netflix. “Frazzled divorced dad Lenny (Ronald Bronstein) gets just two weeks each year to spend time with his sons Sage and Frey (Sage and Frey Ranaldo), so he’s determined to make those 14 days memorable. But the 34-year-old New Yorker isn’t quite what you’d call a responsible adult. Dodging his responsibilities left and right, Lenny grapples with the age-old dilemma of whether to act like a father or a friend to his kids.”
5/10- Frazzled isn’t all this guy was in a tale of a divorced NY family. Some merit to the movie but you can do without it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 6th, 2010
NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS- 2009. Premise by Netflix. “What do you do when you can’t play music in your homeland, but you can’t leave your country to play it abroad either? This is the dilemma faced by an Iranian guy and gal who, fresh on the heels of their prison release, decide to form a rock band. Despite having drive and ambition to spare, the wannabe rockers are stymied by lack of passports, lack of funds and lack of musicians who’re willing to leave Iran in this drama from Bahman Ghobadi.” Great early reviews.
4/10- A film worth seeing that shows us what life can be like in Iran today for people who don’t conform to the repressive rules. While the street scenes of downtown Tehran and the music were very good I was only mildly entertained by the story itself as it seemed repetitive and predictable and I think more of a political statement than a great movie. TRDB. Comcast On-Demand.
Tags: drama, Foreign
April 16th, 2010
SUMMER HOURS- Premise by Netflix. “Sensing that death is close at hand, 75-year-old Hélène (Edith Scob) summons her three adult children to her home in the French countryside and tasks them with deciding the fate of her extraordinary art collection. This touching drama from internationally acclaimed writer-director Olivier Assayas stars Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling and Jérémie Renier as the three siblings forced to ponder their legacy and identity.” I saw this a year ago on Comcast On-Demand and liked it very much. Highly recommend it.
April 1st, 2010
AN EDUCATION- Premise by Netflix. “AN EDUCATION- Premise by Netflix. “Jenny’s (Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan) Oxford-bound teen life is undistinguished in 1961 London until she’s given a different kind of education after being immersed in the beguiling but hazardous world of cultured and much-older David (Peter Sarsgaard). Even Jenny’s father, Jack (Alfred Molina), is intrigued by him, but her school’s unimpressed headmistress (Emma Thompson) works to keep Jenny’s entire future from crumbling under David’s influence.”
2/10- I like this movie a lot. Some thought it was Anti-Semitic but the story was true and taken from memoirs. TRDB.
Tags: Drama/Romance
March 24th, 2010
FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY- Premise by Netflix. “As fireworks light the sky on the eve of the Persian New Year, a young Iranian maid named Rouhi begins a new job working for a middle-class couple whose marriage is on the verge of implosion. The tension mounts when Rouhi’s employer decides to use her as a spy to determine whether her husband is being unfaithful. Asghar Farhadi directs this Farsi-language drama that offers a rare glimpse of private life in modern-day Iran.”
3/10- Another interesting slice of life from Iran and I liked it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 23rd, 2010
THE POOL- Premise by Netflix. “In this seriocomic study of class differences in India, a young hotel worker becomes obsessed with a swimming pool at an opulent mansion in Panjom, Goa. His life takes a wild turn when he meets the mysterious family that arrives at the house. The film, a World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, is the narrative feature debut of director and co-writer Chris Smith, who helmed the famed documentary American Movie.”
1/27/10- I found this movie very interesting and very well done. I’d definitely recommend it when it comes to Netflix. I saw it on the Sundance Channel. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 28th, 2010
FISH TANK- Premise by Netflix. “The life of hot-tempered teen outcast Mia (Katie Jarvis) takes an unexpected turn when her mother (Kierston Wareing) brings home a handsome and mysterious boyfriend named Connor (Michael Fassbender), who pledges to bring sweeping positive changes to the household. For her sophomore feature, British writer-director Andrea Arnold draws upon the same themes from her Oscar-winning short “Wasp.”
1/28/10- I liked the movie and thought that Katie Jarvis’ performance was better than the movie itself. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 2nd, 2010
WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON-Premise by Netflix. “In this eye-opening, equitable documentary, filmmakers Kate Davis, David Heilbroner and Franco Sacchi explore the lives of evangelical Christians who believe that Armageddon is imminent and that Israel will be the site of Christ’s second coming. The film follows evangelicals as they prepare for the apocalypse and examines how their beliefs have influenced the U.S. government’s relationships with Israel and the Muslim world.”
January 2nd, 2010
THE LOVELY BONES- Premise by Netflix. “Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz star in Peter Jackson‘s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel. When 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is murdered, she watches over as her family deals with her tragic death — and her killer prepares to strike again. Torn between the desire for vengeance and the need for healing, her family and friends are forever changed. Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci also star in this moving drama.”
November 20th, 2009
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