SYNONYMS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this well-crafted drama inspired by director Nadav Lapid’s experiences, a young Israeli lands in Paris determined to speak only French in order to shed his national identity. But assimilation proves tough until a bourgeois couple offers to help.”
10/25/19- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
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BURNING CANE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this slice-of-life drama about rural Louisiana and the people who inhabit it, lush cinematography blends with Southern Gothic storytelling to relate the tale of a pastor experiencing a crisis of faith and a mom trying help her alcoholic son.”
10/25/19- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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PARADISE HILLS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Uma wakes up one morning in Paradise Hills, a high-class treatment facility on an isolated tropical island where well-off families send their daughters to become perfect versions of themselves. But Uma soon realizes that lurking behind all this beauty is a sinister secret. It’s a race against the clock as Uma and her friends try to escape paradise hills before it consumes them all.”
10/25/19- Fair reviews at best for this sci-fi drama. TRDB.
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FARMING- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s experiences, this powerful coming-of-age drama follows a young Nigerian whose parents send him to live with a white British family hoping boost his prospects. Instead, he falls in with a skinhead gang.”
10/25/19- Weak reviews for this drama but the critics had a few nice things to say. TRDB.
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BLACK AND BLUE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “A rookie policewoman is shaken to her core when she happens upon her colleagues murdering a drug dealer. With the killing caught on her body cam, she’s soon targeted by the corrupt cops … and some vengeful criminals.”
10/25/10- Poor reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
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THE LIGHTHOUSE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “From the director of the horror classic “The Witch” comes this hallucinatory fable set in the 1890s off the New England coast, where a temperamental old lighthouse keeper and his new assistant push each other to the brink of insanity.”
10/18/19- Excellent reviews but I think I’ll skip it. TRDB.
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THE ELEPHANT QUEEN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Forced by drought conditions to leave their customary watering hole, an elephant herd headed by 50-year-old matriarch Athena undertakes a perilous trek across the African savanna to locate a new water source.”
10/18/10- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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CHEZ JOLIE COIFFURE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Cameroon native Sabine has created a refuge for other West African women in her small Brussels salon, where this observational documentary captures the conversations that take place and underscores the struggles these immigrant women face.”
10/18/19- I’ve seen just 2 reviews and they are both very good. TRDB.
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JOJO RABBIT- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this World War II satire, young Jojo Betzler is yearning to join the Hitler Youth when he discovers that his mother — who secretly works for the resistance — is hiding a Jewish girl in the attic to save her from death.”
10/18/19- Good reviews by the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
2/26/20- I enjoyed this very clever drama/comedy. TRDB.
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TELL ME WHO I AM- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 18-year-old Alex Lewis wakes up from a coma after surviving a motorcycle accident, the world is not one he remembers. He has forgotten everything. His home. His parents. He can’t even remember his own name. The only thing he does know is that the person sitting next to him is his identical twin brother, Marcus.”
10/18/19- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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