Posts filed under 'Drama'
THE HAPPY POET- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Director Paul Gordon also stars in this quirky indie offering as an earnest but penniless poet who tries to make a living by making a stand — that is, a food stand that only sells organic eats and caters to a mostly vegetarian crowd. His unconventional menu doesn’t appeal to everyone, particularly those hankering for a hot dog. But it does attract a regular customer (Liz Fisher) who just so happens to love poetry.”
3/14/13- Poor early reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 14th, 2013
ADMISSION- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “While scouting applicants at an experimental high school, Ivy League admissions officer Portia Nathan discovers that the school’s founder is her former college classmate John Halsey — and that she may have a connection to one of his students.”
3/14/13- Mixed reviews at best. TRDB.
3/22/13- A barely OK review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
11/4/13- A few bright spots in an otherwise weak story. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 14th, 2013
I KILLED MY MOTHER- 2009. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Hubert Minel, a brash 17 year old, dislikes his mother intensely. He gauges her with contempt, only seeing her out-of-date sweater, her kitschy décor and the vile bread crumbs that lodge in the corners of her noisy mouth. Below the surface of these irritating traits, lie the ingrained mechanisms that his mother has always cultivated so dearly – manipulation and guilt. Hubert, confused and torn by a love-hate relationship that obsesses him more and more each day, wanders in and out of an adolescence that is both marginal and typical, combining artistic discovery, openness to friendship, ostracism, and sex. All the while, he is consumed by his all encompassing contempt for this woman he somehow once loved.”
3/13/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. Other critics have liked it as well. TRDB.
8/29/13- Very difficult to watch the conflict between mother and son but the movie was well done and I enjoyed it. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama, Foreign
March 13th, 2013
THE SILENCE- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 13-year-old Sinikka goes missing from the same spot where another girl was murdered 23 years earlier, a retired investigator teams up with a younger colleague to unravel the parallel mysteries.”
3/8/13- Good reviews all around including today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: thriller
March 10th, 2013
ELECTRICK CHILDREN- 2013. Synopsis by IMDB. “Pregnant by music? Rachel, a young teenager from a fundamentalist Mormon community, believes in immaculate conception, while her fundamentally religious family regards her condition as an intolerable transgression. The search for the child’s origins is a revelation for the 15-year-old.”
3/8/13- An OK review in today’s NY Times and from others as well. TRDB.
9/30/13- An interesting fable that held my interest. It’s different all right but worth seeing. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
Tags: drama
March 10th, 2013
DEAD MAN DOWN- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Niels Arden Oplev, the acclaimed director of the original The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, makes his American theatrical debut with the new action thriller, DEAD MAN DOWN. Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace star as two strangers who are irresistibly drawn to one another by their mutual desire for revenge.”
3/8/13- Poor review in today’s NY Times and in general. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Mystery
March 10th, 2013
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there’s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act-both onstage and off-if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.”
3/15/13- A poor review in today’s NY Times and mostly negative reviews from others as well. TRDB.
3/6/17- This movie was so stupid it was hilarious. I really enjoyed it. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Tags: drama
March 3rd, 2013
GINGER & ROSA- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “With the Cold War looming over them, teen best pals Ginger and Rosa share everything in early 1960s London — until betrayal drives them apart. Sally Potter directs this intimate period drama steeped in the anxieties of the dawning nuclear age.”
3/3/13- Mixed early reviews. TRDB.
3/15/13- Good review in today’s NY Times and from others as well. TRDB.
3/31/13- Despite being slow paced, good acting and some interesting characters made this movie enjoyable. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama
March 3rd, 2013
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “As Japan prepares to host the Olympics, Shun, a school reporter, fights to save a clubhouse from progress-minded authorities. He gets unexpected help from Umi, a classmate who’s fallen in love with him.”
3/3/13-Fairly good early reviews. TRDB.
3/15/13- A good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: animation, drama
March 3rd, 2013
CAMP (2013)- Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A slick investment advisor attempts to impress a prospective client by volunteering as a counselor at a camp for foster children, and begins to reassess his priorities after developing a bond with a young boy from a broken home in this tender drama inspired by actual events. Eli’s mother is a drug addict, and his father is physically abusive. When police answer a domestic disturbance call at Eli’s home on his 10th birthday, the young boy is placed in a youth facility where compliance takes precedence over compassion.”
3/3/13- No reviews as yet but this sounds interesting. TRDB.
Tags: drama
March 3rd, 2013
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