THE HIGHWAYMEN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “With infamous bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow crisscrossing the Midwest in a deadly spree of violence, a coalition of banks hires retired Texas Ranger Frank Hamer to assemble a posse and hunt down the criminal duo.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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THE MUSTANG- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In jail — as he was on the outside — convict Roman Coleman is trapped in a life of violence. But when he starts working with wild mustangs as a part of a prisoner rehabilitation program, he slowly discovers his humanity.”
3/15/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
4/18/19- I liked the movie and loved the scenes of the wild horses. TRDB. At the Theater.
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THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Scheming cousins Vincent and Anton are determined to build a fiber-optic cable between Kansas and New Jersey that will provide a millisecond advantage over New York Stock Exchange transactions — but their ex-boss is intent on seeing them fail.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews from the critics but good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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YARDIE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Things are looking up for Jamaican “D” when he heads to London to deliver some cocaine and reunites with a former sweetheart and their child. But after learning his brother’s killer lives in England, D’s thoughts of going straight shift to revenge.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews from all sources. TRDB.
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KNIFE+HEART- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down.”
3/15/19- Fair reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
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ICEMAN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Using the discovery of a Neolithic man’s mummified remains as a jumping-off point, this inventive drama imagines that prehistoric man’s long and perilous quest to exact revenge for the murders that wiped out his tribe.”
3/16/19- Good reviews by the critics and poor ones by audiences. TRDB.
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ASH IS PUREST WHITE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a young gang attacks her mobster boyfriend, Bin, loyal Qiao uses his illegal gun to save him — landing her in prison for five years. But after she’s released, Qiao finds that Bin has moved on without her, and she sets off to track him down.”
3/15/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
7/26/19- Some interesting scenes that I enjoyed but I can’t really recommend this way-too-long Chinese movie. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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3 FACES- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “From Iranian director Jafar Panahi — who’s banned from making films in his country — comes this incisive parable that follows a rural girl bent on attending a Tehran drama conservatory despite her hidebound parents’ strong opposition.”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Four intertwining narratives propel this moving drama about a quartet of tortured souls trapped by circumstances and obsessed with reaching the city of Manzhouli, where a mythical elephant sits in indifference to the world’s cruelty.”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and fair at best reviews from audiences. TRDB.
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BABYLON- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Never-before released in North America, Franco Rosso’s incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but was banned from the New York Film Festival that same year for “being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension”
3/8/19- Excellent reviews by the critics and good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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