BLIZZARD OF SOULS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix.”Enraged by the loss of his home and mother to invading Germans during World War I, Latvian teen Arturs Vanags joins his country’s national battalion — and is forever changed by the horrors that he witnesses.
1/11/21- Fair reviews for this drama but it sounds OK to me. TRDB.
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MY REMBRANDT- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Rembrandt, the grandmaster of intimacy rocks the art world; 350 years after his death, many people, even entire nations are obsessed with his paintings.”
1/11/21- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE REASON I JUMP- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “With Naoki Higashida’s best seller about living with autism as a guide, this illuminating documentary looks at the reality of the disorder and how it’s viewed around the globe, dispelling myths and challenging common assumptions in the process.”
1/8/21- Very good early reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “By turns poignant and inspiring, this documentary follows a group of young children at New Jersey’s Good Grief counseling center, where they learn to cope with the traumatic loss of a parent or sibling by sharing their feelings with one another.”
1/8/21- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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WHITE LIE- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A university student who fakes a cancer diagnosis for the attention and financial gain struggles to maintain her secret.”
1/8/21- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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SOME KIND OF HEAVEN- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “All the packaged positivity in the world can’t mask the unhappiness of some residents of the Villages, where documentarian Lance Oppenheim trains his lens on four members of the Central Florida community dubbed the “Disneyland for Retirees.”
1/7/21- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
2/16/21- I liked this documentary very much. TRDB.
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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston in 1964 to become world heavyweight champ, he celebrates at a motel in a black ward of Miami with Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and gridiron star Jim Brown in this fictionalized account of that night.”
1/7/21- Great reviews by the critics but awful ones from audiences. I’ll definitely see this movie. TRDB.
1/15/21- Well, I saw it and was forced to turn it off. Poor acting and poorer screenplay!! TRDB.
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HAPPY FACE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “With his mom battling an aggressive form of cancer, 19-year-old Stan disguises his appearance to join a support group for disfigured people, desperately hoping to better understand his mother’s pain.”
1/2/21- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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SHADOW IN THE CLOUD- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett (CHLOË GRACE MORETZ) joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard by the presence of a woman on a military flight, the crew tests Maude’s every move. ”
1/2/21- Fair reviews so far. TRDB.
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NIGHT OF THE KINGS- 2020. Synopsis by IMDB. “A young man is sent to “La Maca”, a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new “Roman” and must tell a story to the other prisoners.”
1/2/21- Few reviews as of now and they seem excellent. TRDB.
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