3 GENERATIONS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a New York City teen seeks a sex change from female to male, her life-changing decision raises identity issues for her family as her single mother and lesbian grandmother struggle to make sense of it all.”
5/3/17- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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THE DINNER (2017)- Synopsis by Netflix. “During a tense meal at an elegant restaurant, two brothers and their wives discuss how far to go in order to prevent their sons from being identified and arrested for a violent crime they committed that was caught on a security camera.”
5/2/17- Poor reviews but I like Richard Gere and Laura Linney so I might see this anyway.. TRDB.
8/15/17- If you can get by all of the zigzagging from present to past you can really enjoy the movie. Very well acted and I recommend it. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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A DARK SONG- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Distraught over her son’s death, Sophia Howard hires an occultist to lead her through a six-month series of rituals at a secluded house to make contact with the boy. But as the days pass and their isolation increases, the two find themselves tested.”
4/28/17- Good reviews from the critics and just OK ones from audiences. As I hate “horror” movies I will probably skip this one. TRDB.
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ONE WEEK AND A DAY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “After the week of mourning for 25-year-old Ronnie Spivak comes to an end, his parents — mom Vicky and dad Eyal — cope in starkly different ways. While Vicky tries to resume her routines, Eyal decides to get stoned on his son’s medicinal marijuana.”
4/28/17- Very good reviews from the critics and OK ones from audiences. TRDB.
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BUSTER’S MAL HEART- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this mind-bending existential mystery, an eccentric fugitive living in the woods survives on food he steals from unoccupied vacation homes. But he’s tormented by visions of being adrift at sea and memories of his prior life as a loving family man.”
4/28/17- Fair reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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NISE: THE HEART OF MADNESS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Horrified by the electroshock therapy used to treat schizophrenics in the 1940s, Brazilian psychiatrist Nise da Silveira develops her own form of therapy, encouraging patients to express themselves creatively though art.”
4/28/17- Excellent reviews for this drama from Brazil. TRDB.
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THE CIRCLE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Ambitious Mae Holland can’t believe her good luck when the mightiest tech company on Earth — The Circle — hires her. But Mae’s enthusiasm for her new job wavers after meeting a colleague who’s skeptical of the company’s objectives.”
4/28/17- Terrible reviews. TRDB.
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THE PROMISE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As the Ottoman Empire is waning and the population of Constantinople stands on the brink of World War I, a love triangle develops among a veteran American journalist, an unassuming doctor-to-be and an beautiful Armenian artist.”
4/21/17- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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SLACK BAY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “With tourists vanishing from the shores of Channel Coast, famed sleuths Malfoy and Machin are bought in to work the case. Their investigation leads to two clans on opposite ends socially: the rabble-rousing Bréforts and the bourgeois Van Peteghems.”
4/21/17- Weak reviews from audiences and critics. TRDB.
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THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Artfully re-creating the atmosphere of early 1960s Finland, this riveting boxing drama follows 25-year-old Olli Mäki as he prepares to fight for the world featherweight crown on his home turf in Helsinki, with his nation’s hopes riding on his fists.
4/21/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and good ones by audiences as well. TRDB.
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