THE MISSION- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Every year, over 60,000 young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sent across the world to preach their gospel. Sundance Film Festival selection THE MISSION follows four Latter-day Saints te enagers from their training in Utah to their missions in Finland, home of Europe’s most private and secular people.”
1/31/23- Fair reviews at best for this documentary. TRDB.
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CAIRO CONSPIRACY- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.”
1/31/23- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
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THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After a Jewish couple (Jérémie Renier and The Artist’s Bérénice Bejo) sells their basement to a former history teacher (The Intouchables’ François Cluzet), they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naïve teenage daughter.”
1/28/23- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.
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CLOSE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.”
1/28/23- Excellent critical reviews and fair audience ones. TRDB.
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REMEMBER THIS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn (NOMADLAND, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, LINCOLN) portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office.”
1/28/23- Just 3 reviews– 2 up and 1 down. TRDB.
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KOMPROMAT- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Based on incredible true events, Jérome Salle’s gripping new espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly finds himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia’s FSB.”
1/28/223- Fair reviews. TRDB.
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NOSTALGIA- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After living 40 years abroad, Felice returns to Naples and discovers again places and codes of the city, facing a past that eats him away.”
1/28/23- Fair to good reviews by the critics including some excellent ones. Audience reviews were weak. TRDB.
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.”
1/26/23- Excellent reviews for this re-make. TRDB.
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ONLY IN THEATERS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “ONLY IN THEATERS, a film by actor/director Raphael Sbarge, is an intimate and moving journey taken with the Laemmle family, spanning nearly three years of challenges, losses, and personal triumphs.”
1/20/23- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD- 2023. “Evelyn (Julianne Moore) has devoted herself to helping people in hard times, but she struggles to connect with her son Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), an aspiring internet star oblivious to the problems of the world.”
1/20/23- Poor reviews from the critics. TRDB.
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