BLACK NATIVITY- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Langston Hughes’s play is the basis for this uplifting drama about an angry teen whose single mother sends him to spend Christmas with his grandparents. Frustrated by their strictness, the youth runs away and learns about faith during his journey.”
11/27/13- Mixed reviews at best. TRDB.
7/29/14- I felt like I was in church instead of the movies. Skip it! TRDB. Netflix.
Add comment November 20th, 2013
SEX, LOVE & SALSA- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The story of Julian Suarez, 29 going on 30, who loves women so much he can’t have just one. Three in particular have caught his eye at the moment, Genny, voluptuous, rambunctious, romantic; Ingrid, posh, daring, sophisticated, and Maria, artful, salsa dancer, and it seems Mr. Suave might have just met his match with this Maria… makes him wonder when is it really the right time to settle down?
11/15/13- An OK review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
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OLDBOY- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “After being unaccountably held captive for years, Joe Doucett is suddenly released. Now, his only mission is to hunt down and punish his captors. Aided by a young stranger, he sets about unlocking his past in this remake of a popular Korean thriller.”
11/27/13- Weak reviews all around and in today’s NY Times as well. TRDB.
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DELIVERY MAN- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “After learning that he’s fathered hundreds of children, former sperm donor David Wozniak discovers that dozens of his offspring now want to meet him. Meanwhile, David’s current girlfriend is also pregnant and uncertain about their future together.”
11/12/13- This movie sounds an awful lot like the movie Starbuck. TRDB.
11/22/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times and from most others as well. TRDB.
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PHILOMENA– 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Floundering BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith and aging Irishwoman Philomena Lee form an unlikely bond when they pair up to find the son Philomena was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago.”
11/22/13- Excellent reviews all around including the NY Times. TRDB.
11/29/13- I liked this movie very much. Great and true story with great acting and very realistically done. Sad beyond sad at times. Everybody should see this. TRDB.
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PARIS COUNTDOWN- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Partners in a Parisian night spot, Milan and Victor try to line their pockets in an ill-fated drug deal and wind up getting arrested. Six years after beating the rap, the two face more peril when the gangster they ratted on gets out of prison.”
11/8/13- An OK review in today’s NY Times but every other critic I read panned it. TRDB.
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IT’S ME, IT’S ME- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Hitoshi spirals into a bizarre identity crisis when a simple prank causes multiple versions of himself to start showing up all over town! His quest to make sense of the event takes a dark turn when a few of the duplicates start stalking the others.”
11/8/13- A good review in today’s NY Times. I saw 2 other reviews, one up and one down. TRDB.
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Fate — with a little help from a mysterious unnamed benefactor — whisks young orphan Pip from poverty to a life of unexpected wealth. Filmmaker Mike Newell brings 19th-century London to life as never before in this adaptation of Dickens’s classic.”
11/8/13- Fairly good reviews in general but the NY Times panned it in today’s paper. TRDB.
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BLOOD AND TIES- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “A young woman sees a movie about a real-life unsolved kidnapping and murder of a boy, and suspects that her father is the anonymous perpetrator. Her horror is compounded when a man from her father’s past suddenly appears.”
11/8/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times but this movie sounds interesting. Audiences have liked it. TRDB.
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SUNLIGHT JR.- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Hard times befall an already struggling convenience-store clerk and her paraplegic boyfriend when they’re evicted from the seedy motel they call home, and she loses the job that barely supports them.”
11/15/13- Very good reviews in general but the NY Times review today was barely OK and said that the actors were not convincing. TRDB.
11/21/13- I enjoyed this movie very much as it presented a very realistic picture of what it’s like to be poor with little hope of improvement. I was rooting for the couple. TRDB.
Add comment November 5th, 2013