EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “This true-crime drama focuses on one of the most chilling serial murderers in U.S. history, Ted Bundy, whose good looks and sunny demeanor enabled him to abduct and then kill at least 30 young women before being caught and later executed.”
5/3/19- Poor reviews. TRDB.
Add comment May 4th, 2019
CHASING PORTRAITS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Before his life ended at the Majdanek death camp during World War II, Polish artist Moshe Rynecki created nearly 800 paintings. This moving documentary chronicles his great-granddaughter’s long search to recover some of his lost art.”
4/26/19- Very good reviews. TRDB.
Add comment April 26th, 2019
TESLA NATION- 2018. Synopsis by IMDB. “We are all one. People are interconnected by invisible forces. Creative documentary about the history of Serbian immigration to the USA. Road movie through the present, from the East Coast to the West Coast. Global story about a nation.”
4/26/19- No reviews available at this time. TRDB.
Add comment April 26th, 2019
INSTANT DREAMS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Once a source of family fun, the Polaroid instant camera was rendered obsolete by the digital age. But in 2008, some die-hard fans bought the last Polaroid film-production plant in an effort to revive the format, as detailed in this documentary.”
4/19/19- Poor reviews, but some of us elders might find it interesting. TRDB.
Add comment April 19th, 2019
FAMILY- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Workaholic Kate Stone is the last person you’d expect to find baby-sitting. But she can’t refuse when her brother asks her to watch his pubescent daughter — who runs off to become a juggalo after befriending a fan of the band Insane Clown Posse.”
4/19/19- Just OK reviews. TRDB.
Add comment April 19th, 2019
BREAKTHROUGH- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this fact-based drama, 14-year-old John Smith falls through a frozen lake and is pronounced dead after 27 minutes of CPR fail to revive him. But his mother is having none of it and prays loudly at John’s bedside — until his heart begins”
4/18/19- Poor reviews by the critics and OK ones by audiences. TRDB.
Add comment April 18th, 2019
RAMEN SHOP- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Japanese ramen chef Masato Yamamoto lost his mother at age 10, so when he comes across an old notebook of hers after his father dies, he travels to Singapore — where he was born — to piece together his family’s history.”
3/22/19- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
Add comment March 22nd, 2019
I AM CUBA- 1995. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Hidden away in the Soviet archives for three decades, “I Am Cuba” is a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality — a whirling, feverish dance through both the sensuous decadence of Batista’s Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people.”
Add comment March 20th, 2019
TWO PLAINS & A FANCY- 2019. About a group of women who traverse Colorado in the 1890’s.
3/8/19- Poor reviews. TRDB.
Add comment March 8th, 2019
THE KID- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Still barely a teen, young Rio is thrust into the adult world when he goes on the run to save his sister from an evil uncle. Along the way, Rio crosses paths with Sheriff Pat Garrett and the man he’s chasing: notorious outlaw Billy the Kid.”
3/6/19- Just 1 review noted and it’s not too good. TRDB.
Add comment March 7th, 2019