A DARK SONG- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Distraught over her son’s death, Sophia Howard hires an occultist to lead her through a six-month series of rituals at a secluded house to make contact with the boy. But as the days pass and their isolation increases, the two find themselves tested.”
4/28/17- Good reviews from the critics and just OK ones from audiences. As I hate “horror” movies I will probably skip this one. TRDB.
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ONE WEEK AND A DAY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “After the week of mourning for 25-year-old Ronnie Spivak comes to an end, his parents — mom Vicky and dad Eyal — cope in starkly different ways. While Vicky tries to resume her routines, Eyal decides to get stoned on his son’s medicinal marijuana.”
4/28/17- Very good reviews from the critics and OK ones from audiences. TRDB.
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BOONE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Eschewing the use of talking heads, this observational documentary reflects on the laborious life of the farmer, focusing on three young residents of a Southern Oregon organic farm who do everything from raising goats to repairing machinery.”
4/28/17- Just 2 reviews and they are both excellent. TRDB.
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BUSTER’S MAL HEART- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this mind-bending existential mystery, an eccentric fugitive living in the woods survives on food he steals from unoccupied vacation homes. But he’s tormented by visions of being adrift at sea and memories of his prior life as a loving family man.”
4/28/17- Fair reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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NATASHA- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 16-year-old Mark Berman’s great uncle enters into an arranged marriage with a woman from the old country — Russia — the bride’s nubile 14-year-old daughter becomes Mark’s charge. Before long, an illicit romance ensues.”
4/28/17- Excellent reviews from ALL of the reviewers. TRDB.
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LA 92- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a jury acquitted four white cops in the beating of Rodney King in 1992, Los Angeles erupted in violence. This documentary uses archival film, previously unseen footage and interviews with those involved to provide an inside look at the events.”
4/28/17- Mostly good reviews. TRDB.
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NISE: THE HEART OF MADNESS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Horrified by the electroshock therapy used to treat schizophrenics in the 1940s, Brazilian psychiatrist Nise da Silveira develops her own form of therapy, encouraging patients to express themselves creatively though art.”
4/28/17- Excellent reviews for this drama from Brazil. TRDB.
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CASTING JONBENET- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “More than two decades after the death of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, filmmaker Kitty Green travels to the family’s Colorado hometown to examine the story from the perspective of the community JonBenét lived in.”
4/28/17- Very good professional reviews and fair ones by audiences. TRDB.
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THE PROMISE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As the Ottoman Empire is waning and the population of Constantinople stands on the brink of World War I, a love triangle develops among a veteran American journalist, an unassuming doctor-to-be and an beautiful Armenian artist.”
4/21/17- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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THE PENGUIN COUNTERS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Embracing a challenge that many others might decline, a team of biologists traverses the southern reaches of Argentina and Antarctica’s Deception Island to record the effects of global climate change on regional populations of penguins.”
4/21/17- Just 1 review (from the NY Times) and it’s excellent. TRDB.
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