THE QUITTER- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “When a failed baseball player’s ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career. What follows is his earnest, awkward, and at times hilarious fight to become the father he never was.”
9/15/14– I’ve seen just 4 reviews– 3 up including the NY Times and 1 down. Sounds good to me. TRDB.
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HONEYMOON- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Soon after arriving at a secluded woodland cabin, a honeymooning couple sees their bliss evaporate when a sleepwalking incident leads to increasingly odd behavior by the bride — and mounting paranoia on the part of her groom.”
9/12/14- Sounds unusual but this movie has received good reviews. The NY Times liked it. TRDB.
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THE FRONTIER- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “After a prolonged estrangement, a boozy retired professor contacts his son to encourage a face-to-face meeting between them. Despite father and son’s best efforts, however, old tensions soon begin to resurface.”
9/12/14- Very weak reviews from all sources. TRDB.
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FAITH CONNECTIONS- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmaker Pan Nalin travels to the Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s most extraordinary religious events. There, he encounters remarkable men of mind and meditation, some facing an inextricable dilemma: to embrace the world or to renounce it. FAITH CONNECTIONS explores such diverse and deeply moving stories such as those of a young runaway kid, a Sadhu, a mother desperately looking for her lost son, a yogi who is raising an abandoned baby.”
9/12/14- Just a few reviews and they are mixed. The NY Times was down on it. TRDB.
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THE DROP- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “THE DROP is a new crime drama from Michaël R. Roskam, the Academy Award nominated director of Bullhead. Based on a screenplay from Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), THE DROP follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) through a covert scheme of funneling cash to local gangsters – “money drops” in the underworld of Brooklyn bars. Under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin Marv (James Gandolfini), Bob finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry.”
9/15/14- Very good reviews. TRDB.
9/19/14- I enjoyed the movie– didn’t love it. In particular I liked the different characters who felt like caricatures to me. Also fun seeing James Gandolfini in his last role. TRDB.
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ARCHEOLOGY OF A WOMAN- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In ARCHAEOLOGY OF A WOMAN, Margaret (Sally Kirkland), a feisty, tormented former newspaper columnist, fights to protect her freedom in spite of the dementia she cannot control. After an episode in a shopping plaza parking lot where she is unable to find her car and is driven home by the police, her daughter Kate (Victoria Clark), an aspiring New York City chef, is beckoned upstate to her mother’s aide.”
9/8/14– Mixed professional reviews yet but the concept sounds good. TRDB.
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ALUMBRONES- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Taking viewers into the homes and workspaces of 12 artists living in Havana, this documentary shines a spotlight on the art, culture and hard realities of life in modern Cuba at a time when the country is at a crossroads.”
9/8/14- I found 4 professional reviews- 3 up including the NY Times and 1 down. The movie sounds interesting. TRDB.
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ALTINA- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “A fashion sensation in the 1930s with her design for Harlequin eyeglasses, Altina is an affecting, provocative, and richly informative documentary about an American trendsetter–a woman before her time.”
9/12/14- Good reviews. TRDB.
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THE RULE- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “See how the Benedictine monks of Newark Abbey, in the heart of one of America’s most dangerous cities, are able to achieve amazing success with the most vulnerable population: inner city African American and Latino teenage males. While Newark, NJ, with a high poverty rate of 32%, has an abysmal high school graduation rate, St. Benedict’s Prep has a near 100% COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE rate.”
9/5/14- Just 4 reviews so far—3 up and 1 down (the NY Times.) TRDB.
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NAKED OPERA- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Born with a disease that condemns him to an early death, Marc is a wealthy businessman determined to enjoy his remaining days to the fullest. This documentary follows Marc around the world in search of the perfect staging of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.”
9/7/14- Poor early reviews. TRDB.
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