SWAN SONG- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Once a respected hairdresser and well-known drag performer, ailing Pat Pitsenbarger finds himself confined to a Sandusky, Ohio, retirement home. But his old magic returns when he sets off on a crosstown journey to style a now-dead client’s hair.”
9/9/21- Excellent reviews from the critics and OK ones from audiences. TRDB.
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THE CARD COUNTER- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Now making his living as a card shark, military veteran William Tell ekes out a meager existence on the casino circuit. But when a troubled young man seeks Tell’s help in exacting revenge on a mutual foe, he finds himself facing his dark past.”
9/9/21- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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BITCHIN: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A raw and intimate documentary look at the wildly colorful life of legendary funk artist Rick James from acclaimed Director Sacha Jenkins.”
9/4/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A love letter to cinema, shot across the US, Iran, Chile, China and Thailand, by seven of today’s most vital filmmakers. New life in the old house. A breakaway, a reunion. Surveillance and reconciliation. An unrecognizable world, in the year of the everlasting storm.”
9/4/21- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “Taking a look at the stormy debate over socialism in the United States — and strong voter opposition to the term — this in-depth documentary explores the notion that socialist policy and American democracy share many basic tenets.”
9/4/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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MEMORY HOUSE- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “After migrating for work from his home in northern Brazil to a former Austrian colony in the south, Cristovam has his soul crushed by racism. But when he finds an abandoned home full of objects reminiscent of his roots, he begins a transformation.”
9/4/21- Good reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.
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HAPPIER THAN EVER: A LOVE LETTER TO LOS ANGELES- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “GRAMMY® Award-winning and chart-topping artist Billie Eilish will make her Disney+ debut with “Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles,” a cinematic concert experience. Fresh off the heels of her brand-new album, “Happier than Ever,” the Disney+ original will feature an intimate performance of every song in the album’s sequential order – for the first and only time – from the stage of the legendary Hollywood Bowl.”
9/4/21- Excellent early reviews for this documentary.
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FAYA DAYI- 2001. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this engrossing documentary, director Jessica Beshir takes viewers to Ethiopia’s Harar highlands to show how khat — a plant with stimulant properties, and social and religious significance — has become the nation’s most important cash crop.”
9/4/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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MOGUL MOWGLI- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “Before starting a world tour, British-Pakistani rapper Zed visits his family in London to reconnect with them. But he soon ends up hospitalized with an autoimmune disorder, suffering from unnerving hallucinations involving repressed boyhood memories.”
9/3/21- Excellent reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
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ANNE AT 13000 ft. 2021- Synopsis by Netflix. “Not much is going right for 27-year-old Anne when she goes skydiving during a friend’s bachelorette party. Transformed by the experience, Anne tries to apply the clarity and focus she discovered in midair to the rest of her life, with mixed results.”
9/3/21- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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