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DINOTASIA- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “One of our favorite natural history subjects, the good old dinosaur, gets a makeover and then some in this fantastically ambitious and groundbreaking documentary. Based on cutting-edge paleontology and the latest fossil records, DINOTASIA presents a series of vignettes about dinosaurs – both familiar faces and some we have only found out about in the past ten years.”
10/26/12– Weak review in today’s NY Times and by other professional critics as well for this new documentary narrated by Werner Herzog. Audiences have liked it. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 27th, 2012
FUN SIZE- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When feisty teenager Wren loses her offbeat kid brother on Halloween, she joins forces with four friends — BFF April, wannabe player Peng and nerdy Roosevelt — to find him during one crazy, adventure-filled night.”
10/26/12- All I can say is that The NY Times didn’t pan it but everyone else did. Audiences, however, have liked it. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy
October 27th, 2012
LONG SHOT: THE KEVIN LAUE STORY- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Though born with one arm, Kevin Laue is determined to pursue his dreams and win the approval of his deceased coach father. This inspiring documentary follows Laue’s highs and lows as he works to become college basketball’s first one-armed player.”
10/26/12- A good review in today’s NY Times and OK reviews in general. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 26th, 2012
THE BLACK TULIP- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After the Taliban is routed from Afghanistan in early 2001, the Mansouri family seizes the new window of freedom by opening a restaurant called “Poet’s Corner,” with an open microphone and an inviting platform for all to read poetry and tell their stories. This newfound hope proves to be fleeting as they struggle to maintain their lifestyle when encountering very real threats from lingering factions of the Taliban.”
10/26/12- Weak review in today’s NY Times and by other professional critics as well. Audiences have liked this movie a lot. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 26th, 2012
CHASING MAVERICKS- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Chasing Mavericks is the inspirational true story of real life surfing phenom Jay Moriarity (played by newcomer Jonny Weston). When 15 year old Jay discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, is not only real, but exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson (played by Gerard Butler) to train him to survive it. As Jay and Frosty embark on their quest to accomplish the impossible, they form a unique friendship that transforms both their lives, and their quest to tame Mavericks becomes about far more than surfing. Chasing Mavericks was made with the help of some of the biggest names in the surfing world, and features some of the most mind-blowing real wave footage ever captured on film.”
10/26/12- An OK review in today’s NY Times but weak professional reviews in general. Audiences have liked it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 26th, 2012
THE LONLIEST PLANET- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Alex and Nica, a young engaged couple, are so eager to take a serious walking trek through Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains that they hire a local guide. Traveling deep into the wild landscape, however, the emotional atmosphere shifts for the trio.”
10/26/12- Very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
I saw 10 minutes of this movie on Comcast on Demand previews and I almost fell asleep. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
October 26th, 2012
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS- 2010. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A father and daughter are separated but are never truly apart in this touching story of a family tragically divided. Reshma is a troubled teenager in 1980s New York who struggles to discover a sense of self and strength amidst a daunting array of pressures and betrayals. While continually grappling with her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Reshma holds on to her dreams of reuniting with the father in Guyana she has not seen or heard from in thirteen years. Documentary filmmaker Shundell Prasad’s ambitious feature debut, which spans two continents and three decades, offers a nuanced and empathetic lens into the plight of displaced immigrant families struggling to create a brighter future for their children.”
11/2/12- Weak review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 26th, 2012
THE DETAILS- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After ten years of marriage, Jeff and Nealy Lang (Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks) have an idyllic suburban home… and a relationship on the skids. But, when a family of hungry raccoons ransacks their perfectly manicured backyard, Jeff becomes single-mindedly obsessed with eradicating the pests by any means necessary. Soon the relentless rodents aren’t merely uprooting the lawn, but also overturning the Langs’ entire bourgeois existence, as the man-versus-beast battle leads into an absurd mess of infidelity, extortion, organ donation and other assorted mayhem.”
11/2/12- An OK review in today’s NY Times but other reviews are mediocre at best. The movie sounds weird and I’ll probably skip it for now. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 26th, 2012
CLOUD ATLAS- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this star-studded drama, six seemingly disparate stories take viewers from a South Pacific Island in the 19th century to 1980s America to a dystopian future, exploring the complicated links that humans share through the generations.”
Reviews are mixed- a few said the movie was boring. TRDB.
Tags: drama
October 23rd, 2012
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmaker Ross McElwee finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, a defiant young adult who seems addicted to and distracted by the virtual worlds of the internet. To understand the growing distance between himself and his son, McElwee travels back to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany for the first time in decades to retrace his own journey into adulthood. He also hopes to track down his first employer, a photographer named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.”
10/12/12- A good review in today’s NY Times– I think! TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 23rd, 2012
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