VELVET BUZZSAW- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Eager to make it in the Los Angeles art scene, young agent Josephina is elated when she finds a collection of paintings by a recently deceased neighbor. Disregarding instructions to destroy the works, she begins showing them … with dire results.”
2/1/19- Fair to poor reviews from critics and audiences. TRDB.
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PIERCING- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Haunted by an impulse to kill his infant, new father Reed decides to get rid of his homicidal demons by killing a prostitute instead. But his intended victim proves more than a match, and the two are soon locked in a battle of wills.”
2/1/19- Fair reviews by the critics and poor ones by audiences. TRDB.
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BRAID- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “To support themselves, would-be artists Petula and Tilda deal drugs till a bust puts them in debt to their supplier. When they flee to the estate of childhood chum Daphne — who’s become unhinged — she forces them into a warped game of role-playing.”
2/1/19- Most of the reviews were very good but some didn’t like it at all. TRDB.
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THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Peter Jackson directs this homage to the British troops of the First World War with never-before-seen-footage of soldiers as they faced the fear and uncertainty of frontline battle in Belgium.”
1/30/19- Great reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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JIHADISTS- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Banned in France (released as ‘Salfistes’), JIHADISTS goes deep into the heart of the Salafi movement, to reveal the inner workings of extremist Islam. A pair of Western filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to fundamentalist clerics of Sunni Islam who proselytize for a “purer” form of Islam–including jihad of the sword–in Mali, Tunisia, Iraq and Afghanistan.”
1/25/19- Fair reviews. TRDB.
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HEARTLOCK- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Born into a clan of prison guards and continuing the family business, Tera Sharpe should know all about “ducking”: inmates’ practice of befriending guards in order to extort them. But that doesn’t stop her from falling for a charming new convict.”
1/25/19- Just 2 reviews so far and they are both poor. TRDB.
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KING OF THIEVES- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on an improbable true story, this star-studded crime drama recounts the 2015 robbery of London’s Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Co. — the largest and most audacious heist in British history, perpetrated by a gang of retired criminals.”
1/25/19- Awful reviews that even Michael Caine couldn’t help. TRDB.
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THE IMAGE BOOK- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Unspooling through the prism of French cinematic giant Jean-Luc Godard, this video essay — a stream-of-consciousness collage of images and sound — is a dark meditation on the power of imagery and the state of the world.”
1/25/19- Good reviews from the critics and absolutely terrible ones from audiences. TRDB.
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SERENITY- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “A Caribbean fishing boat captain’s simple life is suddenly transformed by the appearance of a beautiful woman, whose presence forces him to face his complicated past — and realize that his life will never be the same.”
1/23/19- Terrible reviews. TRDB.
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AN ACCEPTABLE LOSS- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Libby Lamm accepts a university teaching position, she hopes to close the door on her past as a national security adviser, but old decisions come back to haunt her as a former colleague resurfaces. Meanwhile, a student becomes obsessed with her.”
1/23/19- Terrible reviews by the critics but audiences have liked it. TRDB.
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