ROXANNE ROXANNE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1984, 14-year-old Lolita Shanté Gooden bursts onto the hip-hop scene when she releases a track called “Roxanne’s Revenge,” which becomes a sensation. But despite the song’s success, she struggles to feed her family amid life in the projects.”
3/23/18- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
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THE FINAL PORTRAIT- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “FINAL PORTRAIT is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and Alberto Giacometti, revealing unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes the chaos of the artistic process.
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THE WORKSHOP- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Once bustling, the port town of La Ciotat has seen better times — which writers in a workshop there are trying to reflect in their collective novel. But the hostility and disturbing vision of one participant soon alarm his peers and the instructor.”
3/23/18- Very good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
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ISMAEL’S GHOSTS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “While preparing to shoot a movie about a diplomat’s life, director Ismaël Vuillard gets an unexpected visit from his long-dead lover Carlotta — which not only drives away his current partner but soon begins driving him out of his mind.”
3/23/18- Fair reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
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ISLE OF DOGS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Featuring a star-studded voice cast and set against the landscape of rural Japan, this animated adventure follows a game young boy on his long and often-dangerous search to find his beloved dog.”
3/23/18- Excellent reviews for this animated movie. TRDB.
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DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1946, filmmaker Travis Wilkerson’s great-grandfather S.E. Branch killed an unarmed black man but was never convicted of the crime. Looking to find the facts behind the case, Wilkerson travels to the rural Alabama town where the murder occurred.”
3/21/18- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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THE LAST SUIT (EL ULTIMO TRAJE)- 2018. Synopsis by IMDB. “Abraham Bursztein, an 88 years old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II.”
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UNSANE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Shot in secret on an iPhone in just over one week, this experimental tale from director Steven Soderbergh focuses on a woman who finds herself committed to a mental asylum, where she will confront her greatest fear.”
3/21/18- Fairly good reviews for this drama/mystery. TRDB.
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JOURNEY’S END- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Set in March 1918, this tense World War I drama focuses on a small group of British soldiers in the trenches at Mont Saint-Quentin, France, who know exactly what’s coming: a massive German offensive. But what they don’t know is when.”
3/16/18- Excellent reviews from all sources. TRDB.
7/28/18- I enjoyed this movie which shows yet again that war is certainly like hell. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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DEAR DICTATOR- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “When island-nation dictator Anton Vincent gets run out of office, he takes refuge in the garage of his 16-year-old American pen-pal, Tatiana Mills. Before long, he’s teaching his young protégé how to dethrone the mean girls and rule her school.”
3/16/18- Awful reviews and included here only because Sir Michael Caine is one of the stars. TRDB.
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