MARGUERITE- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “French socialite Marguerite Dumont has one great passion in life: singing opera. Unfortunately, she’s exceedingly bad at it. But with no one brave enough to tell her, she throws her heart and soul into preparing for her first solo recital.”
3/11/16- Excellent reviews by the critics and fairly good ones from audiences. TRDB.
4/6/16- A bit slow at times but I did like it. TRDB.
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HYENA ROAD- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “As Canadian Ryan Sanders and his team of snipers are protecting a strategic route into Taliban territory, guerillas ambush them. When the enemy is forced to retreat, Ryan’s crew returns to home base, where he’s drafted for a tricky covert operation.”
3/11/16- Weak professional reviews and OK audience ones. TRDB.
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CREATIVE CONTROL- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Blurring the line between reality and fantasy, a young ad executive begins to lose touch when he uses a client’s new Augmenta eyeglasses to create — and have a virtual affair with — a sexy avatar who looks like his best buddy’s girlfriend.”
3/11/16- Fair reviews by the critics although audiences have liked it more. I think I will skip it. TRDB.
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THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “A suave secret agent accepts a mission that requires him to go on the run with his brainless soccer hooligan of a brother in this uproarious and spectacularly vulgar.”
3/11/16- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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BOOM BUST BOOM- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Using humor, puppets and interviews with leading economists, this eye-opening documentary examines the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, concluding that mainstream economic theories ignore a central truth about human behavior.”
3/12./16- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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ABOUT SCOUT- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Scout’s estranged father abducts her sister, Lulu, the teenage rebel boosts a car and sets off across Texas to track down her sibling, aided by a mentally unstable young man named Sam.”
3/12/16- Just 2 reviews so far– one poor and the other mixed. I think I can safely skip this one. TRDB.
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HERE COME THE VIDEOFREEX- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1969, CBS News hired a group of alternative-media journalists armed with portable video cameras to report on the counterculture beat. While the results were never aired, the collective remained together and created its own progressive legacy.”
3/9/16– I’ve read just 2 reviews for this documentary and they are both good. TRDB.
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WHITE LIES- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this early 20th-century drama set in New Zealand, Maori medicine woman Paraiti is sought out by a European desperate to terminate her pregnancy. At first Paraiti refuses to help the woman, but subsequent tragic events begin to change her mind.”
3/4/16- Just 2 professional reviews and they are both very good. TRDB.
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TRAPPED- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Amid a political climate that’s produced a staggering array of regulations restricting abortion providers, this topical documentary looks at the clinics struggling to provide care and the people going to court to protect women’s reproductive rights.”
3/4/16- Great reviews for this well-times documentary. TRDB.
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THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “In a strict reading of Sharia law, Islamic jihadists who invaded northern Mali in 2012 invoked a total ban on music, driving Malian musicians into exile. But they’re determined to reclaim their musical culture, as chronicled in this documentary.”
3/4/16- Excellent reviews by the critics and very good ones by audiences. TRDB.
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