Posts filed under 'Seen On Netflix'
JULIE AND JULIA- Premise by Netflix. “Play Preview Amy Adams stars in this truth-inspired tale as Julie Powell, a disenchanted government secretary who decides to enliven her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child’s culinary classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Based on Powell’s book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, director Nora Ephron‘s heartwarming dramedy also stars Meryl Streep as legendary chef Child.” This film got mixed reviews- VERY mixed. I plan to see it.
12/10/09- I just saw this wonderful movie and I liked it a lot. Very good script carried the day. TRDB.
Tags: drama
November 28th, 2009
LION’S DEN- Premise by Netflix. “After waking to find her apartment a bloody mess, with her ex-lover Nahuel dead and her ex-lover Ramiro (Rodrigo Santoro) wounded, Julia (Martina Gusman) finds herself pregnant and in prison. Incarcerated with other mothers, she gives birth and tries to raise her son behind bars. As she continues to push for a new trial, Julia also deals with her formerly estranged mother, Sofía (Elli Medeiros), who now wants to take her son from her.” Good reviews for this odd sounding movie.
12/8/09- I just saw this movie and liked it a lot. Great acting and very realistic. At points I was riveted to the screen. Highly recommended. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 28th, 2009
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD- Premise by Netflix. “Play Preview After his son (Daryl Sabara) dies in an awkward freak accident, high school poetry teacher Lance (Robin Williams) ghostwrites a suicide note to spare the family embarrassment. But when the note becomes an unexpected hit, Lance sees a chance to resurrect his writing career. In a bid for literary fame, Lance writes his son’s journal and passes it off as his own. Writer-director Bob Goldthwait‘s comedy debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.” This film got fairly good reviews and I’ll see it.
12/10/09– I saw this and liked it a lot. One critic called the film “a mind blowing shot of black-comic genius” and I agree. Netflix. 12/09
Tags: drama
November 28th, 2009
EVERYBODY’S FINE- Premise by Zap2it. “Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children’s lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they’ve made them out to be.” Mixed reviews, mostly good.
EVERYBODY’S FINE- Premise by Netflix. “Frank (Robert De Niro) just lost his wife, and without their mother by his side, Frank’s grown children aren’t compelled to visit for the holidays. So he hits the road to visit them — collecting various revelations and learning about himself along the way. Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Melissa Leo co-star in writer-director Kirk Jones’s family tale, an update of Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1990 Italian film.”
3/10- Cheesy at times but I did like the movie, especially the scenes where De Niro looks at his adult children and sees them as young kids. How many times have I done that? TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama
November 28th, 2009
THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN- Premise by Zap2it. “In the early 1900’s a Native American boy escapes from a training camp and a Cherokee bounty hunter, who has adopted the white man’s way of life, is sent to find him. A tragic incident spurs the bounty hunter’s nemesis, a famous Indian fighter, to search for him and the boy.” Very good early reviews.
6/10- This is a part of history that I knew nothing about. OK movie despite a ridiculous ending. Netflix.
November 28th, 2009
LA FEMME NIKITA- 1990. By Luc Besson and starring Anne Parillaud. She plays a petty criminal who is convicted of murder. She is rehabilitated as an assassin in exchange for her prison sentence. I saw this years ago and loved it and I enjoyed it again but nowhere like the first time. Netflix. 11/09
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 28th, 2009
FOOD, INC. – Premise by Netflix. “Drawing on Eric Schlosser‘s Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan‘s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, director Robert Kenner‘s documentary explores the food industry’s detrimental effects on our health and environment. Kenner spotlights the men and women who are working to reform an industry rife with monopolies, questionable interpretations of laws and subsidies, political ties and rising rates of E. coli outbreaks.”
11/22/09-I just saw this, found it very informative and a scathing indictment of the industry and it’s labor and safety practices. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 23rd, 2009
WAKE UP SID- Premise by Netflix. “After he graduates from college, spoiled trust fund brat Sid (Ranbir Kapoor) finds himself stuck in a rut of meaningless late-night parties and lazy irresponsibility — until he meets Aisha (Konkona Sen Sharma), a significantly older woman and writer. As their unlikely relationship evolves, Sid discovers how to step into the world as his own person. Ayaan Mukherji directs this lighthearted romantic comedy that co-stars Rahul Khanna.
November 22nd, 2009
PAPER HEART- Premise by Netflix. “Play Preview Eccentric performer and romantic skeptic Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest to learn the true nature of love — and gathers some surprising findings when she begins a relationship with actor Michael Cera. Real-life sweethearts Yi and Cera star as themselves in this quirky hybrid of documentary and scripted comedy. The charming romance was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.”
12/3/09- I saw and liked this quirky mockumentary. TRDB
Tags: dra, Drama/Romance
November 22nd, 2009
THE BAADER MEINHOFF COMPLEX- Premise by Netflix. “Uli Edel directs this Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee charting the birth of West Germany’s Red Army Faction, a radical left-wing terrorist group formed in the late 1960s amid a climate of revolution and a fallen generation. Staging a series of bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, the RAF waged a war against fascism with a direct assault against the powers of American imperialism and the fledgling German democracy.” This movie has received very good reviews and I plan to see it.
12/9/09- I saw this and liked it. It was very well done and a good approximation of what that period was really like. Netflix Streaming. TRDB.
November 22nd, 2009
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