MONEY MONSTER- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Landing in dire financial straits after following a stock tip from bombastic TV persona Lee Gates, fuming Kyle Budwell takes the lout hostage on live television and threatens to kill him unless he turns the stock price around before the closing bell.”
5/10/16- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
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MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Photographing rock stars and stoking her red-hot career, single shutterbug Rigby Gray is riding a wave of success when she suddenly finds herself pregnant. Slowly, her focus shifts as she begins documenting the relationship between mother and child.”
5/6/16– Awful reviews from the critics and good ones from audiences. I’ll probably try it. TRDB.
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DHEEPAN- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Forced into exile by war in his native Sri Lanka, former Tamil resistance fighter Dheepan is able to find refugee housing in the suburbs of Paris. However, he soon discovers that his new world is nearly as oppressive as the one he left behind.”
5/6/16- Excellent professional reviews and very good audience reaction as well. TRDB.
6/16/17- A wonderful movie that again brought out the effects of war on those who flee. TRDB. Netflix. Disc.
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BRIDGEND- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “When her dad is sent to a small Welsh town to investigate a series of teen suicides, inquisitive Sara falls in with a group of the victims’ friends and gets closer than her father to figuring out what’s behind the frightening phenomenon.”
5/6/16- Very good reviews with a few notable exceptions. TRDB.
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BELLADONNA OF SADNESS- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “A woman makes a pact with the devil to exact revenge on the man who assaulted her in this masterpiece of 1970s psychedelic cinema. The story is told through gorgeous animated watercolor stills reminiscent of Alphonse Mucha’s art nouveau paintings.”
5/6/16- Very good reviews for this animated movie and despite my dislike of that genre I will recommend this interesting movie. TRDB.
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BEING CHARLIE- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “For Charlie, spending his 18th birthday in a Utah rehab clinic is not OK. So he busts out and heads back to California — only to be greeted by his politico dad, who promptly enrolls him in another facility. Here, things begin to change.”
5/6/16- A few good reviews but mostly poor ones. My nephew co-wrote this movie and he is very funny and very creative so I’d make every attempt to see this film. TRDB.
10/8/16- Really poor reviews but I thought that the movie had merit and I enjoyed it. My nephew Matt Elisofon co-wrote the screenplay. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “Over the course of a single night, this multistranded romantic drama looks into the lives of four gay Philadelphia men — a writer, a sculptor, an actor and a talent agent — each exploring the different desires that guide them.”
5/6/16- Weak reviews all around. TRDB.
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SIN ALAS- 2015- Synopsis by Netflix. “While reading the paper, retired Cuban journalist Luis Vargas sees an obituary for the married ballerina he fell in love with almost 50 years earlier, kindling reflections of their affair and the life he abandoned to follow political revolution.”
5/4/16- Just 4 professional reviews– 3 up including the NY Times and 1 down. Sounds good to me. TRDB.
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A BIGGER SPLASH- 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “As wealthy Americans Paul and Marianne are enjoying a serene vacation on a remote Italian island, two surprise guests arrive: Marianne’s former lover and his teenage daughter — who quickly change the social and sexual dynamics.”
5/4/16- Very good professional reviews and fair audience reaction. TRDB.
5/13/16- I liked the movie a lot- great acting and a very good story. TRDB. At the Theater.
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RIVER OF GRASS- 1995. Synopsis by Netflix. “Cozy and Lee (Lisa Bowman and Larry Fessenden), lovers who are as criminally inclined as they come, plan a road spree of robbery and mayhem. But after bungling a series of heists and having to outrun the police for a crime they didn’t commit, they decide that doin’ what comes naturally requires more effort than they can exert. Talk about laid-back gangsters!”
5/4/16- Very good reviews. TRDB.
5/7/16- I enjoyed the movie despite the lack of action. TRDB.
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