Posts filed under 'Drama'
THE SAMARITAN- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After twenty?five years in prison, Foley (Samuel L. Jackson) is finished with the grifter’s life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris (Ruth Negga), the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion: Ethan (Luke Kirby), the son of his former partner, has an ingenious plan and he wants Foley in. The harder Foley tries to escape his past, the tighter he is ensnared in Ethan’s web of secrets, until it becomes all too clear to Foley that some wrongs can never be made right.”
5/18/12- Despite Jackson’s abilities this movie has been panned by all including today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 19th, 2012
DARK SHADOWS- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive” Awful reviews all around. TRDB.
Tags: adventure
May 15th, 2012
BONSAI- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this poignant drama, a forlorn bookstore employee haunted by his unrealized literary ambitions — as well as an intense but failed college romance — begins to write a novel based on the relationship. In the process, he reshapes his own life.”
5/11/12- Good reviews in general and in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
8/30/12- Most of the positive reviews were from critics as audience reaction was mixed. I thought it was just so-so, a bit slow and lacking the real passion I would expect with this kind of movie. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
Tags: drama, Foreign
May 11th, 2012
I WISH- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “When he learns that a bullet train will soon connect the city where his mother lives to the city where his estranged father resides, young lad Koichi and his kid brother hatch a wildly imaginative plan to use the new train to reconnect their parents.”
5/11/12- Fairly good reviews in general and in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
May 11th, 2012
GOD BLESS AMERICA- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Disgusted with American society and diagnosed with a brain tumor, Frank teams up with teenager Roxy and the two begin killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant in Bobcat Goldthwait’s black comedy.”
5/11/12- Fair professional reviews and better audience ones. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 11th, 2012
SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Technology is second nature to digitally adept Sarah Sparks, but pregnancy is alien ground, and in this quirky road movie, the mom-to-be unearths her maternal instinct while crossing a desert to reach her own estranged — and phone-free — mother.”
5/11/12- Weak review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
9/1/13- I found the story interesting, believable and I enjoyed it. The quirky characters, each a caricature, were fun as well. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 11th, 2012
SLEEPLESS NIGHT- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Vincent is one of two French cops whose bold drug heist goes bad, leading the mobster whose cocaine they’ve snatched to kidnap his son. Given one night to return the drugs to their owner, Vincent desperately tries to save the boy’s life.”
5/11/12- Very good professional reviews and OK audience ones. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
May 11th, 2012
NESTING- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Feeling like they’ve become boring, thirtysomethings Neil and Sarah take a trip down memory lane. They soon wind up breaking into the apartment they shared in their twenties — and throwing a party there that gets out of hand.”
5/11/12- Weak review in today’s NY Times and other professional reviews as well. So far audiences seem to have liked it. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 11th, 2012
YOU ARE HERE- 2010. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this inventive picture puzzle of interlocking plots, staffers at a call center dictate the movements of several subjects, an archivist (Tracy Wright) observes the shifting contents of her library, and a figure named Alan (Emily Davidson-Niedoba) sees a door where one hadn’t existed. Protagonists appear and recede, narratives ebb and flow, and the philosophical questions fly as characters plot their locations in technology-driven times.”
5/11/12- Very good professional reviews but awful audience reaction. This drama got a mixed review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 11th, 2012
A BAG OF HAMMERS- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Best friends Alan and Ben are unable to face adulthood and lead decent, moral lives, much to Alan’s sister’s chagrin. But when the twosome must become “fathers” to a new neighbor’s son, stealing cars at funeral homes is no longer an option.”
5/11/12- Poor review in today’s NY Times and in general. Audiences seem to have liked it though. TRDB.
Tags: drama
May 11th, 2012
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