Posts filed under 'Comcast On-Demand'
EUROPA REPORT- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this nail-biting thriller, a private space-exploration company sends six astronauts to determine whether Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, can sustain life — and what they find terrifies and transforms them.”
6/28/13- Reviews are fairly good for this sci-fi thriller. TRDB.
8/2/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
10/15/13- A very interesting concept but for me something got lost in the execution. One critic said “What isn’t straightforward about the plot is either hackneyed, implausible, or both.” I have to agree. TRDB.
Tags: sci-fi, thriller
June 28th, 2013
VEHICLE 19- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Recent parolee Michael Woods unsuspectingly rents a car that ends up entangling him in a dangerous web of corruption involving the local police. With his future freedom at stake, Michael has to decide whether to flee or to try and be a good citizen.”
6/14/13- Weak reviews all around including the review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
June 14th, 2013
I DO- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. ” I Do is the deeply affecting story about a man forced by discrimination to make an impossible choice. Yet while both sides of the issue passionately state their cases, what’s left in the balance are families and couples often split apart, especially those with bi-national makeups. Immigration, which most heterosexual couples take for granted as a given, complicates same-sex relationships, even in states where marriage is now legal.”
5/31/13- A poor review from everybody, including today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
June 4th, 2013
ERASED- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Ex-CIA agent and current security expert Ben Logan has moved to Belgium with his estranged 15-year-old daughter. But when they’re both targeted for assassination, they must go on the run and learn to trust each other.”
5/17/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times and from others as well. TRDB.
Tags: thriller
May 19th, 2013
VENUS AND SERENA- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Offering an inside look at the Williams sisters — Venus and her younger sibling Serena — this documentary follows the tennis megastars throughout 2011, when disabling injuries and illness threatened to end their careers.”
5/10/13- A fair review in today’s NY Times saying that the movie was interesting for tennis fans but had nothing new to say. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
April 30th, 2013
SEE GIRL RUN- Synopsis by Netflix. “Fleeing a stale marriage, New Yorker Emmie returns home and hooks up with old flame Scott, a cartoonist who’s settled for mediocrity. Amid the promise of new romance, they discover that the years apart have changed them forever.”
4/28/13- Early reviews are fair at best. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Romance
April 28th, 2013
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST- 2012. “Pakistani professor Changez Khan regales a journalist with his U.S. experiences in the opening scene of this compelling post-9/11 drama. As their chat continues, however, it emerges that Khan has much more on his mind than the past.”
4/19/13- Mixed early reviews. TRDB.
4/26/13- A fairly good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
5/5/13- Despite a bit of Hollywood this movie held my interest and portrayed fairly well the ambivalence of the lead character. TRDB. Comcast On-Demand.
Tags: drama
April 19th, 2013
ANTIVIRAL- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “This wild sci-fi vision imagines a freaky future where diseases caught by celebrities are put on the market for injection by their obsessed fans. Virus dealer Syd March makes a big mistake when he gives himself the same bug that killed a superstar.”
4/12/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times but other critics have given this sci-fi thriller better reviews. TRDB.
Tags: sci-fi, thriller
April 13th, 2013
6 SOULS- 2009. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this eerie thriller, a forensic psychiatrist who has spent her career exposing false cases of multiple personality disorder must think outside the box when she takes on a patient whose various personas are those of murder victims.”
4/5/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
April 5th, 2013
MENTAL- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “After his wife has a breakdown, a smarmy politician hires Shaz, a “nanny” he finds on the side of the road, to care for his daughters. But the freewheeling Shaz has her hands full with the girls, each of whom claims her own brand of mental illness.”
3/29/13- Poor reviews all around. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 29th, 2013
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