THE ROYAL ROAD- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “The oldest road in California — the more-than-600-mile-long El Camino Real — serves as the jumping-off point for this cinematic rumination on both the Spanish colonization of California and the filmmakers’ own odyssey through life and longing. ”
10/30/15- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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THE PRICE WE PAY- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “As this disturbing documentary reveals, the use and abuse of international tax regulations in recent decades has enabled global corporations to avoid paying billions of dollars in corporate taxes by exploiting transnational financial havens.”
10/30/15- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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McCULLIN- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The made-for-cinema documentary shows how Don McCullin created some of the latter twentieth-century’s most iconic images of man’s inhumanity to man. Working at a critical time in global photojournalism, he witnessed the change of ethos to publishing and editorial freedom for newspapers to print what they wanted”
10/30/15- Great reviews. TRDB.
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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Spanning the years 1971-79, this absorbing documentary chronicles the birth of Greenpeace, which quickly became a media-savvy organization that used the power of images as a mechanism for environmental change.”
10/30/15- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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CITY SLICKERS CAN’T STAY WITH ME: THE COACH BOB LARSEN STORY- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “One of the most respected and successful coaches in U.S. track-and-field history, Bob Larsen helped mold the careers of numerous Olympians, including Meb Keflezighi, who was also the first U.S. male in more than 30 years to win the Boston Marathon.”
10/30/15- Very few reviews, one OK and the other less OK. TRDB.
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BARE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Growing up in a small Nevada town, Sarah lives a less-than-enthralling life that turns upside-down when she meets a charismatic bad girl named Pepper. Soon, Sarah is introduced into an exotic underworld of drugs, strip bars and dangerous characters.”
10/30/15- Just 2 reviews and they are both bad. TRDB.
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DANCIN’ IT’S ON- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Jennifer and Ken may come from different worlds, but when it comes to dance they’re always on the same beat in this musical that finds the posh beauty and the dishwasher falling in love as they prepare for a dance contest.”
10/23/15- No reviews as yet. TRDB.
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HENERAL LUNA- 2015. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Set during the Philippine-American war, Heneral Luna follows the life of one of Philippine history’s most brilliant military men, General Antonio Luna, as he tries to lead his countrymen against colonial masters new and old, and to rise above their own raging disputes to fulfill the promise of the Philippine Revolution.”
10/23/15- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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HARD LABOR- 2015. 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Soon after opening the small grocery store she’s always dreamed of, Helena suffers a series of reality checks — beginning with her husband’s sudden loss of his well-paying job, which makes Helena the primary breadwinner.”
10/23/15- Mixed reviews for this Brazilian drama. TRDB.
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OUR BRAND IS CRISIS- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “After leaving the bruising world of Washington, D.C., politics, expert campaign consultant Jane Bodine finds herself lured back into the fray when she agrees to help a reviled Bolivian president hang on to his job in the next election.”
10/23/15- Generally poor reviews for this drama with Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. TRDB.
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