UNFORGETTABLE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Tessa is still waiting for the dust to settle on her failed marriage when her ex gets hitched again. With the new wife not only living in Tessa’s former home but playing stepmother to her daughter, Tessa’s jealousy begins to spin out of control.”
4/21/17- Awful reviews. TRDB.
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TRUMAN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Despite living far apart for much of their adult lives, boyhood pals Julián and Tomás have retained a deep connection. But when Julián is diagnosed with terminal cancer and Tomás arrives to urge him to continue treatment, tensions arise between them.”
4/20/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and fairly good ones from audiences. TRDB.
4/21/17- I liked this movie very much. Great acting and a very good story. TRDB.
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HEAL THE LIVING- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a surfer on his way home from a sunrise session is involved in a terrible car crash, his family faces the agonizing decision of whether to take him off life support. Meanwhile, a woman in Paris lies waiting for a desperately needed new heart.”
4/14/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and just OK ones from audiences. TRDB.
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NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As a small-time “fixer” whose business involves arranging quiet deals among politicos and other power brokers, opportunistic Norman Oppenheimer makes a golden connection when a politician he once befriended later becomes Israel’s prime minister.”
4/14/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and fairly good ones by audiences. TRDB.
5/6/17– I really liked this movie very much. Richard Gere did a great job as did the others as well. TRDB. At the Theater.
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LITTLE BOXES- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When interracial couple Mack and Gina make the life-changing decision to move from New York City to a small, all-white Washington town, adjusting to suburban culture proves trickier than the couple and their 11-year-old son imagined.”
4/14/17- Fairly good reviews. TDRB.
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BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “This layered nonlinear drama follows the lives of several diverse characters loosely connected by a tumultuous history that includes the infamous massacre of student protestors in 1976 Bangkok.”
4/14/17- Fairly good reviews for this drama from Thailand. TRDB.
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MIMOSAS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “With his life waning, an elderly sheikh is carried into the Atlas Mountains to be buried near his family. But after he dies en route, the caravaners transporting the old man refuse to continue the arduous journey — except for a pair of scoundrels.”
4/14/17- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Looking to experience life to the fullest, two young art-school friends embark on a circuitous odyssey of self-discovery through the nighttime streets of Warsaw, immersing themselves in a world of hedonism.”
4/14/17– Fair reviews from critics and audiences alike. TRDB.
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MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In a vision shared by any number of teenagers, this offbeat animated adventure charts the watery saga of Tides High School, which is suddenly disconnected from the rest of California by an earthquake and begins sinking into the ocean.”
4/14/17– Excellent reviews by the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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THE LOST CITY OF Z- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “This absorbing tale of mystery recounts the story of real-life British explorer Percy Fawcett, who in 1925 embarked on a journey through the Amazon jungle to locate a fabled ancient city — and never returned.”
4/14/17- Very good reviews from the critics and only fair ones from audiences. I’d see it. TRDB.
7/13/17-The topic was interesting– more so than the movie itself. Way to long! Still, I slogged through it and I’m glad I did. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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