Posts filed under 'Drama'
SON OF SAUL- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Amid the horrors of Auschwitz, prisoner Saul Ausländer has the grim duty of transporting corpses from the camp’s gas chambers to the crematoria. But when he thinks he recognizes his son’s body, Saul sets out to save the boy from incineration.”
12/18/15- Excellent reviews for this Holocaust movie. Sounds grueling, however. TRDB.
2/10/16– Grueling was not quite descriptive enough. The movie describes a class of concentration inmates very well and tells a story at the same time. I don’t think that I liked this film as much as the critics did. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama, Foreign
December 18th, 2015
SCHWEIZER HELDEN (UNLIKELY HEROES)- 2014. Synopsis by IMDB. “In order to win the respect of her friends and family, divorced housewife Sabine decides to perform Wilhelm Tell with a group of Asylum seekers in the Swiss mountains.”
12/18/15- Good reviews for this film. TRDB.
12/18/15- I enjoyed this movie very much. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: Comedy, drama
December 18th, 2015
STINKING HEAVEN- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “At a suburban New Jersey commune for recovering addicts, the arrival of a recalcitrant young woman disrupts the precarious equilibrium as her presence ferments paranoia and pushes matters to the breaking point.”
12/11/15- Mixed reviews but some sounded fairly interesting. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 11th, 2015
DIXIELAND- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Fresh out of jail, Kermit returns home vowing to stay on the straight and narrow. But after falling for the pretty girl next door, Kermit finds himself agreeing to pull off one last job — which may provide the couple’s only chance at a better life.”
12/11/15- Terrible reviews by critics but audiences have liked it. Sounds bad to me. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 11th, 2015
AMERICAN HERO- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Melvin is a different kind of superhero — one with a host of bad habits that includes drugs and skirt-chasing, in addition to his awesome powers. But after realizing that he may lose custody of his son, Melvin vows to clean up his act.”
12/11/15- Poor reviews by critics but audiences have liked it. I’ll skip it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 11th, 2015
THE BIG SHORT- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Before the housing and credit bubble of 2007 triggers an international economic meltdown, a handful of financial outsiders sees the crash coming and bets against the big banks in a daring play that could reap them huge profits.”
12/11/15- Very good reviews for this Wall Street drama. TRDB.
12/31/15- This movie was done in a very clever manner and managed to make the recent near collapse of the world economy understandable at the same time. Liked the movie a lot. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama
December 11th, 2015
BOY AND THE WORLD- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. ” In this beautifully animated tale, young Cuca sets out to find his dad, who’s gone to the city looking for work. But the farther Cuca wanders from his remote village, the more baffling the world becomes with its proliferation of people and machines.”
12/11/15- Very good reviews for this animated film. TRDB.
Tags: animated
December 11th, 2015
THE GIRL IN THE BOOK- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “As 29-year-old Alice Harvey is working hard to find herself as a writer, a secret she’s kept buried in the past resurfaces in the form of aging novelist Milan Daneker — who seduced Alice 15 years earlier.”
12/11/15- Very good reviews from critics and audiences. TRDB.
11/8/16- I liked it very much. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
Tags: drama
December 11th, 2015
DON VERDEAN- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Offered a golden opportunity, biblical archaeologist Don Verdean travels to the Holy Land in search of religious relics on a trip financed by an evangelist. When the expedition fails to turn up artifacts, Don decides to manufacture some of his own.”
12/11/15- Poor reviews by most critics and audiences as well. TRDB.
Tags: Comedy, drama
December 11th, 2015
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Revisiting the incredible true tale of the whaling ship Essex, which was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in 1820, this historical drama chronicles the crew’s horrific 90-day struggle to survive amid storms, hunger and despair.”
12/9/15- Fair reviews so far. TRDB.
Tags: drama
December 9th, 2015
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