(DIS)HONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “From little white lies to earth-shattering deceits, this documentary explores how and why human beings lie. Interviews with psychologists, behavioral scientists and liars themselves reveal much about the impetus and impacts of fibbing.”
5/22/15- Critics gave this movie fairly good reviews and audiences liked it very much. Sounds interesting to me. TRDB.
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SUNSHINE SUPERMAN- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Obsessed with skydiving since childhood, Carl Boenish pioneered foot-launched human flight — aka BASE jumping — as chronicled in this fascinating documentary. Footage of Boenish’s earliest feats includes his famed leap from Yosemite’s El Capitan.”
5/22/15- Generally good reviews with a few noted exceptions. TRDB.
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WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “A lonely city girl with chronic asthma, Anna Sasaki is sent to spend the summer with relatives in a seaside town where the air is clean. Before long, Anna makes friends with a mysterious girl living in a deserted villa — but is she real or a dream?”
5/22/15- Very good reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
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ALOFT- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Twenty years after their traumatic separation, Nana and the son she abandoned have an intense reunion, surrounded by a dizzying landscape. The dialogue between the estranged mother and son changes both their lives in this tragedy-driven drama.”
5/22/15- Terrible critical review and audiences just so-so. I’ll skip it. TRDB.
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ONE CUT, ONE LIFE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Upon learning he’s terminally ill, revered documentarian Ed Pincus decides to make a final movie — about his life. Collaborator Lucia Small weighs in with musings on his life and their creative relationship in this candid autobiographical portrait.”
5/15/15- Great reviews from critics and audiences. TRDB.
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OUR MAN IN TEHRAN- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Following close on the heels of Hollywood’s version of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis (Argo), this documentary focuses on Canada’s role in the ordeal, revealing new details about the efforts of the Canadian ambassador and the CIA to save six Americans.”
5/15/15- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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L FOR LEISURE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Set in the early 1990s, this quirky comedy follows a group of vacationing graduate students as they share the pleasures of partying, idling and speculating about the nature of the universe.”
5/15/15- Sounds dumb to me and the few reviews available are mixed. TRDB.
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WHERE HOPE GROWS- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “After chronic anxiety attacks bring a premature end to Calvin Campbell’s professional baseball career, he spirals into depression — until he begins an unlikely friendship with a young supermarket clerk who has Down syndrome.”
5/15/15- Poor critical review but audiences have liked it. TRDB.
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KNOW HOW- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “In a film written and acted by former foster care youth, five journeys interweave as they confront loss, heartbreak, and come of age in this tale about transience, survival and perseverance.”
5/15/15- I’ve seen just 4 reviews– 2 up and 2 down. I’d give it a chance. TRDB.
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EVERY SECRET THING- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Convicted of killing an infant when they were 11-year-old girls, Alice and Ronnie — now 18 and just out of jail — find themselves suspects again. This time, it’s a 3-year-old who’s missing … and no one in town can forget the young women’s pasts.”
5/15/15- Awful reviews. TRDB.
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