EVERYTHING WENT FINE- 2023. “When André (André Dussollier) contacts his adult daughter, Emmanuèle, (Sophie Marceau) with a devastating final wish, she is forced to reconcile her past with him, in François Ozon’s powerful family drama.”
4/17/23- Excellent reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
5/29/23- Wonderful acting and a very important topic as well. I liked it very much. TRDB.
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HONORABLE MEN- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Honorable Men tells the story of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s unexpected rise to power and his dramatic fall from grace, from the highest office in the land to Ward 10 at Maasiyahu Prison. Set as a political thriller, it follows the incredible events that elevated him to power and set the stage for his epic fall, creating a portrait of a multifaceted man and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the mechanisms and machinations that control politics, justice, war and peace.”
4/16/23- Just a few reviews so far and they are mixed. TRDB.
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TORI AND LOKITA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A friendship develops between two young people after they are exiled in Belgium.”
4/12/23- Very good reviews by the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
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JOYLAND- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Ranas–a happily patriarchal joint family–yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line. Their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for sexual rebellion.”
4/7/23- Excellent reviews for this drama in Urdu. TRDB.
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FUGUE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Alicja does not know how she lost her memory, but in two years, she has created a new, independent life for herself, and has turned her back on her unknown past. But her family finds her, and she is returned to a home she does not know to be a mother, daughter, and wife to people who are strangers to her.”
4/2/23- Excellent reviews for this Polish drama. TRDB.
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KILL BOKSOON- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “At work, she’s a renowned assassin. At home, she’s a single mom to a teenage girl. Killing is easy. It’s parenting that’s the hard part.”
4/2/23- Good reviews for this Korean drama. TRDB.
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THE FIVE DEVILS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Eight-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets and queer romance.”
3/26/23- Good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
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WALK UP- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A middle-aged film director, together with his daughter whom he has not seen in years, visits a building owned by an interior designer. They have come because the daughter also hopes to study interior design. The designer owns the 4-story walk-up building, and she takes them up floor by floor to show them the renovations she has done.”
3/26/23- This Korean drama sounds boring to me but it received excellent reviews. TRDB.
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THE WORST ONES- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A film shooting will take place at the cité Picasso, in the suburbs of Boulogne-Sur-Mer, in the north of France. During the casting, four teenagers, Lily, Ryan, Maylis and Jessy are chosen to play in the film. Everyone in the neighborhood is surprised: why only take the “worst ones”?
3/25/23- Excellent reviews for this French comedy/drama. TRDB.
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TORI AND LOKITA- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A friendship develops between two young people after they are exiled in Belgium.”
3/25/2023- Very good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
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