Posts filed under 'Drama'
SOUND OF HOPE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The fight for kids begins now. Inspired by the powerful true story, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, follows Donna and Reverend Martin as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in the foster system that nobody else would take. By doing the impossible–adopting 77 children–this East Texas community proved that, with real, determined love, the battle for America’s most vulnerable can be won.”
7/7/24- Good reviews by the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 7th, 2024
JANET PLANET- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child’s experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.”
7/6/24- Good reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 6th, 2024
GREEN BORDER- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.”
7/6/24- Excellent reviews from the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 6th, 2024
THELMA- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin’s own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, shining the spotlight on an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero.”
6/18/24- Early reviews are very good. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
June 18th, 2024
TIGER STRIPES- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.”
6/17/24- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
Tags: drama
June 17th, 2024
TREASURE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A father-daughter road trip set in 1990s Poland, TREASURE follows Ruth (Dunham), an American music journalist, and her father, Edek (Fry), a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While Ruth is eager to make sense of her family’s past, Edek embarks on the trip with his own agenda. This emotional, funny culture clash of two New Yorkers exploring post-socialist Poland is a powerful example of how reconnecting with family and the past can be an unexpected treasure.”
6/17/24- Poor reviews from the critics but excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
June 17th, 2024
REVERSE THE CURSE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Reverse the Curse follows Ted (Logan Marshall-Green), a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut slinger who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty (David Duchovny). While Marty strives to make amends for his past, his health drops abruptly whenever his beloved Sox lose a game.
6/16/24- Really poor reviews by the critics and good ones from audiences.” TRDB
Tags: drama
June 16th, 2024
AM I OK? 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. But when Jane announces that she’s moving from LA to London for a job, Lucy reveals a deeply buried, long-held secret.”
6/8/24- OK reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
June 8th, 2024
I USED TO BE FUNNY- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “I Used To Be Funny is a dark dramedy that follows Sam Cowell (Rachel Sennott), an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, as she decides whether or not to join the search for Brooke (Olga Petsa), a missing teenage girl she used to nanny.”
6/8/24- Very good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
June 8th, 2024
BANEL & ADAMA- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple lives in a remote village in northern Senegal. For them, nothing else exists except each other. But for the rest of their tight-knit village, duty dictates that Adama soon accept the role of chief. The two lovers have other plans… until something in the air changes.”
6/8/24- Excellent reviews for this movie from Senegal. TRDB.
Tags: drama. foreign
June 8th, 2024
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