THE BRASS TEAPOT- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this cautionary comedy, an impoverished young couple finds the answer to their money woes in the form of a magical brass teapot that dispenses cash whenever they feel pain. But as the teapot ups the ante, how far will they go to make a fast buck?”
3/22/13- Just a few reviews and they are poor. TRDB.
4/5/13- Poor review in today’s NY Times as well. TRDB.
Add comment March 22nd, 2013
UPSTREAM COLOR- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “A woman is abducted and hypnotized with material harvested from a flower. When she falls for a man, the two realize they have been subjected to the same process. Together they search for a place of safety and struggle to reassemble their wrecked lives.”
3/22/13- Sounds strange but very good reviews from lots of critics. TRDB.
4/5/13- Today’s NY Times liked the movie but also found it strange. TRDB.
5/19/13- One of the biggest wastes of time as far as I’m concerned– I turned it off. TRDB.
Add comment March 22nd, 2013
VANISHING WAVES- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this cerebral sci-fi tale, a scientist who’s part of a neurological research team volunteers for a series of unusual experiments that will afford him access to the feverish thoughts of a comatose female patient.”
3/15/13- Generally good reviews but the NY Times panned it in today’s review. TRDB.
Add comment March 15th, 2013
UPSIDE DOWN- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Adam lives on a poverty-stricken world, while Eden is from its affluent twin planet, and their love sparks an interplanetary incident. Social stigma, family and government forces work to keep them apart, but they’ll stop at nothing to be together.”
3/15/13- Awful reviews everywhere. TRDB.
Add comment March 15th, 2013
THE SILENCE- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 13-year-old Sinikka goes missing from the same spot where another girl was murdered 23 years earlier, a retired investigator teams up with a younger colleague to unravel the parallel mysteries.”
3/8/13- Good reviews all around including today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Add comment March 10th, 2013
JOHN DIES AT THE END- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “It’s a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can’t.”
2/1/13- This movie sounds stupid but the NY Times and others have given it good reviews. A few have not. TRDB.
Add comment February 1st, 2013
LOOPER- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good… until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,” sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination.”
9/28/12- Excellent reviews for this sci-fi thriller. TRDB.
Add comment September 29th, 2012
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “As an asteroid hurtles toward Earth, a man whose wife has abandoned him spends the planet’s final days on a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. But a lovely neighbor who tags along for the ride complicates his plans.”
Fair professional reviews but good audience reaction. TRDB.
6/22/12- Poor review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
2/16/13- I found this movie ridiculous and turned it off. TRDB.
Add comment June 19th, 2012
SOUND OF MY VOICE- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Wishing to infiltrate a California cult, curiosity seekers Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) undergo an elaborate preparation process that leads from a desolate road to an unmarked location, but the mystery only deepens when their blindfolds are removed. In this absorbing psychological thriller, the line between voyeurism and belief blurs once the pretenders shake hands with sphinx-like cult leader Maggie (Brit Marling).”
4/27/12- Good reviews in general and in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
1/1/13- Very mixed reviews and I almost turned it off at the midpoint but I stuck it out and actually liked it. Reviewers seemed to like Marling but I thought that she was the weakest link in the movie. TRDB. Netflix.
Add comment April 27th, 2012
4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “After learning that the world will end the following day at 4:44 a.m., a New York City couple lives out their final hours with mixed emotions. They also try to say goodbye to loved ones, which results in some eleventh-hour issues.”
3/23/12- Good review in today’s NY Times but awful professional and audience reviews in general. TRDB.
8/23/12- After a group of better movies with a similar theme this was an incredibly boring exercise and I turned it off. TRDB. Netflix.
Add comment March 8th, 2012