HOT SUMMER NIGHTS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “When gawky teen Daniel is packed off to spend the summer with his aunt in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he soon falls in with bad-boy Hunter, and they begin peddling drugs together. As Daniel’s confidence grows, he sets his sights on his new pal’s sister.”
7/27/18- Really poor reviews from the critics with slightly better ones from audiences. TRDB.
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BLINDSPOTTING- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “With three days left in his yearlong probation, ex-con Collin is working at a moving company with his childhood best pal and watching the time tick down when he witnesses a police shooting that jeopardizes his freedom and the friendship.”
7/19/18- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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GENERATION WEALTH- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “For many, the American Dream has become a nightmare, with the quest for material possessions outpacing people’s earning potential. Using her 25-year body of work, photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield examines our wealth-obsessed society.”
7/19/18- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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SHOCK AND AWE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “This real-life drama about the manipulation of public opinion recounts the tragically successful efforts of George W. Bush’s administration to convince the American people, wrongly, that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.”
7/12/18- Terrible reviews from everyone. TRDB.
Add comment July 13th, 2018
DARK MONEY- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In Montana, corporate campaign financing was prohibited for nearly a century, but “dark money” from anonymous corporate donors now skews the electoral process. This engrossing documentary follows citizens’ grassroots efforts to amend the situation.”
7/12/18- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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SORRY TO BOTHER YOU- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Losing faith in his persuasive skills, telemarketer Cassius Green takes a co-worker’s advice and finds that he suddenly has a gift for selling that elevates him to the executive echelon — where he discovers the chilling secret of his bosses.”
7/5/18- Fairly good reviews for this comedy that didn’t sound so good to me. TRDB.
11/25/18- I did not like the movie and turned it off. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Add comment July 6th, 2018
DARK RIVER- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the wake of her father’s death, Alice returns to her hometown in Yorkshire after 15 years away to settle the inheritance of the family farm with brother Joe. But a bitter quarrel between the two soon brings traumatic memories to the surface.”
6/29/18- Fairly good reviews from critics and audiences alike. TRDB.
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LOVE, CECIL- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “A photographer, set and costume designer, and writer, Cecil Beaton takes his own turn in the spotlight in this engaging documentary that draws on personal diaries, archival footage and photos to profile one of the 20th century’s great tastemakers.”
6/29/18- Good reviews from the critics but poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
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WOMAN WALKS AHEAD- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “When artist Catherine Weldon leaves her Brooklyn, New York, home in 1889 and travels to the Dakota Territory to paint a portrait of Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull, she becomes immersed in the Plains Indians’ struggle over land rights.”
6/29/18- Poor reviews from the critics for this movie starring Jessica Chastain. Audiences have liked it. TRDB.
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EATING ANIMALS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s best-selling book, this eye-opening documentary looks at the high cost — to animals, the environment and human health — of our insistence on cheap food and reliance on the agro-industrial complex that produces it.”
6/15/18- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Add comment June 15th, 2018