MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOVEMENTS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this moving reflection on silence and sound, director Irene Taylor Brodsky turns her lens on her hearing-impaired parents and deaf son Jonas. As the couple looks on in awe, Jonas masters Ludwig van Beethoven’s music, thanks to cochlear implants.”
9/15/19- Good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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CRACKED UP- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this documentary, “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Darrell Hammond recounts the abuse he suffered as a child, which led to a misdiagnosis and lifelong battles with addiction and depression till a doctor helped Hammond confront his repressed memories.”
9/14/19- Fairly good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Portugal withdraws from Angola in 1975 after five centuries of colonial rule, Polish war reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski insists on being there to capture the tumultuous events that ensue as Angola erupts into civil war.”
9/14/19- Good reviews. TRDB.
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AMERICAN DREAMER- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Computer programmer Cam once had it all, but when he loses his job and family, he ends up working as a ride-share driver. Desperate to make ends meet, the irrational Cam abducts the son of a drug-dealer client, hoping to collect a ransom.”
9/14/19- Awful reviews. TRDB.
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THE GOLDFINCH- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When his mother dies in a bomb attack at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, young Theodore Decker’s life is profoundly altered — especially after he steals a priceless painting from the debris and ends up involved in the art underworld.”
9/10/19- Terrible reviews for this movie based on a novel. TRDB.
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PROMISE AT DAWN- 2019. Synopsis by MetaCritic. “From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this epic drama tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.”
9/6/19- Fair very early reviews. TRDB.
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LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Linda Ronstadt loves to sing — a truth that can be heard in each note of every music genre she’s undertaken. This affecting documentary draws on archival footage and tributes from a wide swath of Ronstadt’s musical colleagues to chronicle her story.”
9/6/19- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
9/15/19- Great documentary. I got to know her and her music. TRDB. At the Theater.
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BLINK OF AN EYE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Centering on the fateful friendship between stock-car racers Michael Waltrip and the iconic Dale Earnhardt Sr., this documentary recounts the 2001 Daytona 500 as Earnhardt blocks competitors to let Waltrip win, only to die in a crash moments later.”
9/5/19- Fair reviews at best for this documentary. TRDB.
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SUPER SIZE ME 2- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “After exposing the health consequences of an all-fast-food diet in his 2004 documentary, Morgan Spurlock shines a light on the dark side of agribusiness — and the food industry’s dubious health claims — by opening his own chicken restaurant.”
9/5/19- Weak reviews. Looks like the original was better. TRDB.
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I’M LEAVING NOW-2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Undocumented Mexican immigrant Felipe Hernández has spent years working in New York City and sending his earnings home to his family. Now he’s ready to return, but his family isn’t ready for him to come back — leaving Felipe at a crossroads.”
9/5/19- Good early reviews but very few published as of now. TRDB.
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