SCENES FROM AN EMPTY CHURCH- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this topical dramedy set during the coronavirus pandemic, two New York City priests can’t hold mass in church but can open their doors to worshippers in crisis. As the clerics counsel all comers, they learn the importance of human connection.”
7/6/21- Fair reviews for this drama/comedy. TRDB.
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SOME OF OUR STALLIONS- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “After being released, former mental hospital patients Andy and Beautiful Bill try to re-enter “normal” society. But when things don’t go well — especially where romance is concerned — Bill comes up with a crazy plan.”
7/5/21- Just 2 reviews– 1 up and 1 down. Sounds bad to me!! TRDB.
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TILL DEATH- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Emma is stuck in a stale marriage to Mark and is surprised when he whisks her away to their secluded lakehouse for a romantic evening on their 10th anniversary. But everything changes the next morning when she finds herself handcuffed to Mark’s dead body.”
7/6/21- Very good reviews for this drama, mystery horror movie. I’ll skip it!! TRDB.
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WHITE ON WHITE- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A study of the physical aggressions committed on an indigenous population, particularly on women.”
7/5/21- Great reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.
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LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmaker Beth B accompanies the legendarily boundary-pushing No Wave musician and underground performance artist Lydia Lunch on her latest tour and, through interviews with her collaborators and Lunch herself, examines the qualities that have been present in her provocative and powerful art since the beginning.”
7/5/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE GOD COMMITTEE- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “This medical drama casts a spotlight on the ethics of a trio of physicians compelled to determine — within one hour — which of three transplant candidates should receive a life-saving organ. Six years later, the doctors face the ramifications.”
7/5/21- Fair reviews in general– better from audiences than from critics. TRDB.
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COUSINS- 2021. Synopsis by IMDB. “Entwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage.”
7/5/21- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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NO SUDDEN MOVE- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Set in 1954 Detroit, NO SUDDEN MOVE centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them — and for what ultimate purpose — weaves them through all echelons of the race-torn, rapidly changing city.”
7/4/21- Very good reviews by the critics and fair ones by audiences. TRDB.
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THE ONE AND ONLY DICK GREGORY- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Filmmaker Andre Gaines examines the remarkable life and career of stand-up comic, activist and pop culture icon Dick Gregory.”
7/2/21- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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KENNY SCHARF: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “The documentary shows Scharf’s New York City arrival in the early 1980s where he quickly befriended Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.”
6/27/21- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
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