BUSTER’S MAL HEART- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this mind-bending existential mystery, an eccentric fugitive living in the woods survives on food he steals from unoccupied vacation homes. But he’s tormented by visions of being adrift at sea and memories of his prior life as a loving family man.”
4/28/17- Fair reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Add comment April 30th, 2017
SLACK BAY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “With tourists vanishing from the shores of Channel Coast, famed sleuths Malfoy and Machin are bought in to work the case. Their investigation leads to two clans on opposite ends socially: the rabble-rousing Bréforts and the bourgeois Van Peteghems.”
4/21/17- Weak reviews from audiences and critics. TRDB.
Add comment April 21st, 2017
NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As a small-time “fixer” whose business involves arranging quiet deals among politicos and other power brokers, opportunistic Norman Oppenheimer makes a golden connection when a politician he once befriended later becomes Israel’s prime minister.”
4/14/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and fairly good ones by audiences. TRDB.
5/6/17– I really liked this movie very much. Richard Gere did a great job as did the others as well. TRDB. At the Theater.
Add comment April 17th, 2017
YOUR NAME- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Living in a mountain village, restless teen Mitsuha, dreams of escaping her boring rural life and making her way to Tokyo. Meanwhile, Tokyo high schooler Taki has been having strange dreams in which he becomes a girl living in a mountain village.”
4/7/17- Excellent reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
Add comment April 7th, 2017
PREVENGE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the seventh month of her pregnancy, recently widowed Ruth begins to converse with her unborn baby — who’s angry about being deprived of a father and prods Ruth to engage in a vengeful killing spree.”
3/24/17- Excellent reviews by the critics for what sounds ridiculous. TRDB.
Add comment March 24th, 2017
WILSON- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel comes to life in this comic tale about a man who gets back together with his long-estranged wife … and learns he has a daughter. Set in his ways and decidedly neurotic, he’s determined to win his offspring’s affection.”
3/21/17- Mostly poor reviews. TRDB.
Add comment March 21st, 2017
FRANTZ- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the wake of World War I, young Anna tends her fallen fiancé’s grave each day. During one of her visits, she sees a stranger placing a bouquet on the grave and soon comes to learn that the two men were once friends — but all is not what it seems.”
3/17/17- An excellent drama that I thoroughly enjoyed. TRDB. At the Theater.
Add comment March 17th, 2017
TICKLING GIANTS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 2011, Egyptian heart surgeon Bassem Youssef traded his scalpel for a microphone and soon became the most popular satirical voice on Egyptian television with “Al Bernameg,” a show that regularly tests the tolerance of government authorities.”
3/17/17- Critics loved this movie– audiences liked it but were less enthusiastic. TRDB.
6/15/17- An excellent documentary about Egypt and about freedom in general. TRDB. Seen at Temple Beth El in Chappaqua.
Add comment March 17th, 2017
THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When her landlord forces librarian and aspiring author Bella Brown to clean up her overgrown garden, she meets grumpy elderly neighbor Alfie Stephenson, who’s an avid horticulturalist — and an unlikely friendship is born.”
3/10/17- Fair reviews. TRDB.
Add comment March 10th, 2017
THE WOMEN’S BALCONY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As an Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem is celebrating the bar mitzvah of one of its members, the balcony that holds the women collapses. When an ultraconservative new rabbi takes charge of the repairs, he incites a gender war in the process.”
3/7/17- Just a few reviews but they are all good. TRDB.
3/13/17- I really enjoyed this movie even though it was a bit too long. TRDB. At the Theater.
Add comment March 8th, 2017