Posts filed under 'Coming or Opening in the Next Week'
IDENTICAL- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Identical twin brothers (both played by Blake Rayne) are separated at birth during the Great Depression. Their parents (Brian Geraghty, Amanda Crew) just cannot afford to give them both a life beyond poverty, so one is adopted by loving family. Despite their very different upbringings, the boys’ shared passion for music causes their lives to unknowingly intersect as they experience a powerful and mysterious connection often felt by twins.”
8/25/14- No reviews as yet. TRDB.
Tags: drama
August 25th, 2014
BUT ALWAYS- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A snapshot of young love in the 1970s: two school friends, growing up in Beijing, both with different backgrounds and different families. As time progresses their relationship grows and so too do their families. Separated, they lose touch, only to rekindle the romance in New York City, but now having to face the fact that they both have established lives and established loves.”
9/5/14- Awful reviews from nearly every critic. Audiences didn’t like it either. TRDB.
Tags: drama
August 25th, 2014
THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Kevin Kline stars as an aging Errol Flynn in this biopic that chronicles the womanizing actor’s relationship with teenager Beverly Aadland. The film examines Beverly’s mother’s role in the affair and the private demons behind Flynn’s reputation.”
9/3/14- Very weak professional reviews and audiences give mixed reviews- about equal up and down. TRDB.
Tags: drama
August 25th, 2014
CANTINFLAS- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Cantinflas is the untold story of Mexico’s greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time.”
9/4/14- I’ve seen just 4 reviews and they are poor. TRDB.
Tags: drama
August 25th, 2014
CANOPY- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “After being forced to bail out over the jungle in Singapore, a World War II fighter pilot ends up suspended by his chute in tall trees — and that’s just the beginning of the problems he’s facing if he hopes to survive.”
8/25/14- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
August 25th, 2014
STARRED UP- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this gritty drama, Jack O’Connell gives a standout performance as a teenage offender whose violent temper gets him moved to an adult prison, where he finds a different breed of inmate — including his long-incarcerated father.”
8/25/14- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
8/27/14- This movie, without sub-titles, is, as far as I’m concerned, WORTHLESS. I had to turn it off as I could not understand most of what they were saying. TR DB.
Tags: drama
August 25th, 2014
TO BE TAKEI- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Proving there’s life after “Star Trek,” this documentary profiles the career of actor George Takei, who played Lieutenant Sulu in the series and later became a well-known advocate for gay rights, backed by a legion of enduring fans.”
8/22/14- Very good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
August 22nd, 2014
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY- 2014- Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Mona (Eleanore Pienta) is a mentally unbalanced and very pregnant young woman in a hideous orange coat. Without any friends to speak of and alienated from her hoochie mama coworkers at a crummy Brooklyn supermarket, Mona maintains a strangely close relationship with her campy, recovering alcoholic mother May (Dana Eskelson).
8/22-14- I’ve seen just 3 professional reviews and they were all good. Audiences have liked it as well. TRDB.
Tags: drama
August 22nd, 2014
THE POSSESSION OF MICHAEL KING- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “After the trauma of his wife’s unexpected death, filmmaker Michael King decides to revisit the question of supernatural forces in life. But he gets more than he bargained for when he makes himself the subject of a movie that explores the occult.”
8/22/14- Poor reviews all around including the one in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: horror
August 22nd, 2014
MAY IN THE SUMMER- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “May travels to Jordan for her wedding to Ziad, a fellow Arab American, but faces the disapproval of her mother, a converted evangelical Christian who doesn’t want her daughter marrying a Muslim man.”
8/22/14- Mixed reviews from critics and good ones from audiences. TRDB.
9/19/14- I enjoyed this movie very much, especially the relationship between the main character May and her sisters. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
August 22nd, 2014
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