READY PLAYER ONE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In a future dominated by a virtual-reality program, young Wade Watts joins a cyber scavenger hunt for the fortune left by the system’s late creator. But with the prize valued in the billions, Wade has lots of competition — including corporate foes.”
3/28/18- Very good reviews. TRDB.
Add comment March 28th, 2018
NOVEMBER- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Set in a pagan Estonian village, this surreal tale centers on a love triangle among a peasant girl, a cocky stable boy and a sleepwalking baroness. Meanwhile, the approach of winter prompts the inhabitants to steal food and supplies from one another.”
2/22/18- Excellent reviews for this movie that I usually wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole. TRDB.
Add comment February 22nd, 2018
MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the final stirring chapter of the “Maze Runner” trilogy, Thomas and his Glader warriors have one last chance to find a cure for the Flare pandemic. As the apocalyptic face-off with the WCKD organization begins, Thomas employs a daring strategy.”
1/26/18- Poor reviews by the critics and OK ones by audiences. I’d skip it. TRDB.
Add comment January 27th, 2018
REALIVE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Marc is diagnosed with a disease and is given a short time to live. Unable to accept his own end, he decides to freeze his body. Sixty years later, in the year 2084, he becomes the first cryogenically frozen man to be revived in history. Marc discovers a startling future, but the biggest surprise is that his past has accompanied him in unexpected ways.”
9/29/17- Very good reviews by the critics and weak ones by audiences. TRDB.
10/5/17- I’ll go with the audiences this time. Boring while trying to be interesting. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Add comment September 29th, 2017
FALLEN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When young Lucinda Price lands at a reform school after being wrongly blamed for a boy’s death, she realizes that something is amiss — and soon finds herself being courted by not one but two fallen angels.
9/8/17- Terrible reviews by the critics and weak ones by audiences. TRDB.
Add comment September 9th, 2017
THE UNTAMED- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this genre-bending parable, unhappily married Alejandra and Angel find their parochial lives upended by an otherworldly creature that provides rapturous erotic pleasure — but is also a source of great danger.”
7/21/17- Good reviews from the critics and awful ones by audiences for this sci-fi, horror movie. I’ll skip it!!
Add comment July 24th, 2017
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Completing the “Planet of the Apes” trilogy, this epic of interspecies war pits the apes led by Caesar against a deadly human army. After catastrophic losses, Caesar reluctantly adapts ruthless tactics to assure his clan’s survival.”
7/14/17- Very good reviews from critics and audiences. TRDB.
Add comment July 14th, 2017
THE DISCOVERY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “After a physicist invents a device that seems to prove the existence of an afterlife, he retreats into isolation from the media when a rash of suicides ensues. But rather than denounce his work to prevent more suicides, he takes his research further.”
3/31/17- Poor reviews from most of the critics. TRDB.
Add comment April 3rd, 2017
LIFE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Humans have long considered the possibility of life on Mars. So, when an International Space Station crew discovers a one-celled organism in a sample from the red planet, they’re ecstatic — until the tiny life-form displays a freakish intelligence.”
3/24/17- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
Add comment March 24th, 2017
SPLIT- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this supernatural thriller, a man already shattered by a personal loss finds his world increasingly haunted by four young women, all of whom are after the same thing: his mortal identity.”
1/20/17– Some fairly good reviews and some fairly poor ones also. I’ll skip this one. TRDB.
Add comment January 21st, 2017