BROKER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.”
12/29/22- Excellent reviews for this Korean drama. TRDB.
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THE QUIET GIRL- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.”
12/18//22- Excellent reviews from the critics and audiences as well. TRDB.
3/10/23- I found it slow sometimes but I enjoyed the movie very much. TRDB.
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LADY CHATTERERLY’S LOVER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Marrying Sir Clifford Chatterley, Connie’s life of wealth and privilege seems set as she takes the title of Lady Chatterley. Yet this idealistic union gradually becomes an incarceration when Clifford returns from the First World War with injuries that have left him unable to walk. When she meets and falls for Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on the Chatterley family estate, their secret trysts lead her to a sensual, sexual awakening. But as their affair becomes the subject of local gossip, Connie faces a life-altering decision: follow her heart or return to her husband and endure what Edwardian society expects of her.”
12/15/22- Good reviews- better from the critics than from audiences. TRDB.
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BLANQUITA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.”
12/12/22- Excellent reviews for this Spanish drama. TRDB.
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THE WHALE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.”
12/11/22- Poor reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. Strange but I enjoyed it. TRDB.
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ONE FINE MORNING- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail to get him the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is in a relationship, the two begin a passionate affair.”
12/11/22- Very good reviews for this French drama. TRDB.
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LOST ILLUSIONS- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 1821, Lucien de Rubempré (César winner Benjamin Voisin) arrives in Paris as a sensitive, and idealistic young poet determined to write a reputation-making novel. Instead, he finds himself swept into journalism, whose influence and reach is booming with the help of the printing press, widely available of late. Under the mentorship of cynical editor Étienne Lousteau (César winner Vincent Lacoste), Lucien agrees to write rave theater reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience.”
12/9/22- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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WHAT REMAINS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A small town pastor is forced to reckon with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to town five years later, while the town sheriff investigates another murder that may be related.”
12/4/22- Terrible reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
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FARHA- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Farha is a 14 year old girl who lives in a small village in Palestine, 1948. Girls her age are traditionally married off or spoken for yet Farha wants to continue her education despite traditions and the restrictions of schooling in her village for boys only. Inseparable from her best friend Farida, who lives in the city but who spends weekends in the village, Farha dreams of joining her at a school in the city.”
12/4/22- Just 3 reviews noted and they are very good. TRDB.
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LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Marrying Sir Clifford Chatterley, Connie’s life of wealth and privilege seems set as she takes the title of Lady Chatterley. Yet this idealistic union gradually becomes an incarceration when Clifford returns from the First World War with injuries that have left him unable to walk. When she meets and falls for Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on the Chatterley family estate, their secret trysts lead her to a sensual, sexual awakening.”
12/4/22- Good reviews for this re-make of the classic. TRDB.
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