A BOROWED IDENTITY- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Brought up in Israel, a bright young Arab admitted to a top-tier boarding school in Jerusalem struggles to blend in with his Jewish classmates. Finding himself pulled in two directions, he faces a life-altering choice regarding his identity.”
6/26/15- Very good reviews for this movie. TRDB.
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A BORROWED IDENTITY- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Brought up in Israel, a bright young Arab admitted to a top-tier boarding school in Jerusalem struggles to blend in with his Jewish classmates. Finding himself pulled in two directions, he faces a life-altering choice regarding his identity.”
6/29/15- Very good reviews. TRDB.
10/29/15- I liked this movie very much. In a way it is a coming of age story with some twists related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Well acted and a great screenplay. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
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RUNOFF- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “With her husband’s health and business failing, Betty Freeman is forced to take on a host of burdens — including preventing foreclosure of the family’s rural Kentucky home. Before long, she learns that desperate times require desperate measures.”
6/26/15- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
8/25/15- A well written and well acted drama. TRDB. Netflix.
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ADVANTAGEOUS- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “When age threatens her job as spokesperson for a radical procedure that offers lasting youth, a single mom faces a difficult decision to undergo the treatment — a sacrifice that may forever alter her but will secure her daughter’s future.”
6/26/15- Professional critics liked it but audiences did not. I’m not into sci-fi. TRDB.
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MAX- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this affecting drama based on real events, military dog Max is adopted by the family of his trainer, who was killed in Afghanistan. Besides helping the family overcome their grief, Max’s arrival provides new clues about the soldier’s death.”
6/26/15- Weak critical review but audiences have liked it. TRDB.
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THE PRINCESS OF FRANCE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “After his father’s death, theater director Victor returns to Buenos Aires to helm a radio version of a Shakespeare comedy, which attracts the interest of several actresses who have been — or hope to be — amorously involved with him.”
6/26/15- Decent reviews by critics, mostly for mood and language rather than the drama alone. Audiences have given this movie terrible ratings. TRDB.
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A LITTLE CHAOS- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “When headstrong landscape designer Sabine De Barra is chosen to work on the gardens of King Louis XIV’s opulent new palace at Versailles, she finds herself at odds with the project’s famed chief architect — and thrust into a web of court intrigue.”
6/23/15- Weak reviews. TRDB.
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FIVE STAR- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “Putting gang culture under the microscope, this potent drama follows John, a teen tempted by thug life, and Primo, an ex-con trying to escape it. With his father dead from a gunshot, John looks to street veteran Primo for life lessons.”
8/7/15- Good reviews from critics and audiences as well. TRDB.
10/28/15- I liked this movie very much. I feel that it portrayed the characters very realistically and I think that I understood the push and pull of the streets in a way that I never have before. TRDB. Netflix.
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THE TRIBE- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this dark-edged drama conveyed completely in sign language, teenager Sergey arrives at a boarding school for deaf-mute students and quickly discovers that there’s far more going on among the students than meets the eye.”
6/19/15- Fairly good reviews– some very good. TRDB.
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TENTACLE 8- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a computer virus erases top-secret files at the National Security Agency, codebreaker Ray Berry becomes the target of an internal probe. Suddenly in the crosshairs, Ray must rely on his cunning to elude pursuers while trying to reveal the truth.”
6/19/15- Poor early reviews from critics but audiences have liked it uniformly. TRDB.
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