PERSONAL SHOPPER- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “A few months after her twin brother’s death, Maureen is working in Paris as a personal shopper for a demanding celebrity, hoping a better job will come along. Meanwhile, she waits for a sign from her sibling, who had the ability to talk to spirits.”
3/10/17- Fairly good reviews from the critics but weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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CANNERS- 2017. This movie is about the “canners”, the people who pick up trashed cans and bottles to earn money on the deposits collected.
3/10/17- I’ve seen just 3 reviews but they are all positive for this documentary. TRDB.
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WOLVES- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Captain of his high school basketball team and headed to Cornell on a scholarship, Anthony Keller is popular and smart. But he’s also miserable thanks to his gambling-addict dad, whose debts are jeopardizing Anthony’s dream and the family’s future.”
3/3/17 Weak reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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LOVE & TAXES- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this comic amalgamation of solo performance and scripted scenes, monologist and legal assistant Josh Kornbluth faces a quandary after he meets the love of his life: He must either pay his back taxes or risk losing her.”
3/3/17- Just 3 reviews so far and they are all good. TRDB.
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NAKOM- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When med student Iddrisu returns to his village in Northern Ghana after the death of his father, he finds it both difficult and fulfilling to re-adapt to the rural ways of a place he left behind long ago. Now, he must decide where his future lies.”
3/3/17- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “The often-colorful history of California water rights gets an update in this penetrating look at the struggles small farmers and nearby towns face in trying to obtain water supplies that are controlled by profiteering private interests.”
3/3/17- No reviews as yet but it sounds good. TRDB.
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JUNCTION 48- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the midst of Tel Aviv’s thriving hip-hop scene, two Palestinian rappers take on conservative resistance to a wave of change in their own community and the oppression of Israeli authorities.”
3/3/17- Fair reviews. TRDB.
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DONALD CRIED- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “After Peter Latang returns to his hometown to bury his grandmother, circumstances force him to ask for help from emotionally stunted boyhood pal Donald Treebeck. But what starts as a small favor soon becomes an uncomfortable plunge into their past.”
3/3/17- Very good reviews by the critics and audiences as well. TRDB.
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APPRENTICE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Hardworking and principled, young corrections officer Aiman is transferred to his territory’s highest-security prison, where he unexpectedly becomes the prospective successor to aging sergeant Rahim: the chief executioner.”
3/3/17- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
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AS YOU ARE-2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Set in early 1990s rural New York, this engrossing drama unspools as a series of conflicting memories of three misfit teenage friends, whose secrets are part of the mystery surrounding a tragic crime.”
2/24/17- Mixed reviews with more positive than negative. TRDB.
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