Posts filed under 'Drama'
HELLO I MUST BE GOING- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When her husband decides that he wants a divorce, 35-year-old Amy Minsky is faced with the humiliation of moving back into her parents’ home. Despite her battered self-image, Amy manages to inspire the ardor of a determined teenage boy.”
1/21/12- An article (not a review) in today’s NY Times about this film showing at Sundance. Sounds interesting. TRDB.
5/6/12- Excellent early audience reviews and so-so professional ones. TRDB.
9/7/12- Mixed reviews in general and an OK one in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
3/26/13- This film had some good ideas but was hobbled by poor screenwriting. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama
January 21st, 2012
SCALENE- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A perceptual thriller told from three points-of-view revolving around the rape of a female college student by a mentally handicapped man and his mother’s subsequent revenge after his incarceration.”
1/20/12- Good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 20th, 2012
THE FRONT LINE- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a South Korean commander is killed by a friendly bullet during a cease fire, investigator Kang Eun-Pyo’s trail leads him to a remote hill region. There, a once-meek 20-year-old and his small company seem to be fighting a different war.”
1/20/12- Good review in today’s NY Times but mediocre reviews elsewhere. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 20th, 2012
STARBUCK- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “A fortysomething slacker’s life is turned upside down when he learns that his many sperm donations have resulted in more than 500 children — 100 of whom are now suing to meet their father, who’s desperate to keep his identity a secret.”
Friends saw this at the Palm Springs Film Festival and loved it. TRDB.
3/22/13- Today’s NY Times gave this an OK review. TRDB.
4/7/13- A fun screenplay with very good acting made this movie most enjoyable. I liked it very much. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 18th, 2012
EMPTY NEST- 2008. Synopsis by Netflix. “Writer-director Daniel Burman crafts this knowing look at the shifting dynamics of a marriage. The story centers on Leonardo (Oscar Martínez), a self-absorbed, middle-aged playwright, and his wife, Martha (Cecilia Roth). Their three children are grown and out of the house, leaving them to focus on their identities, both as individuals and a couple for the first time in years. Arturo Goetz and Eugenia Capizzano co-star.”
1/18/12- An OK drama that I stayed with even though it’s very slow at times. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 18th, 2012
RAMPART- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Dave Brown is a dirty cop with a mile-wide mean streak. As he roams the streets meting out “justice,” the LAPD sinks into a corruption scandal. The countdown to Brown’s judgment is on in this fact-based film co-written by crime novelist James Ellroy.” Fairly good reviews including a few very good ones. TRDB.
Rotten Tomatoes had this to say— “Los Angeles, 1999 – Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate.
5/23/12- A very interesting drama about a “bad” cop with a terrific acting job by Woody Harrelson. Despite his character it was painful to watch him spiral downward. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama
January 16th, 2012
MAN ON A LEDGE- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When fugitive ex-cop Nick Cassidy steps onto a window ledge high above a busy Manhattan street, police psychologist Lydia Anderson tries to talk him down. But soon Anderson suspects that there’s more to Cassidy’s stunt than meets the eye.” Weak reviews in general. TRDB.
6/10/12- I saw this on a flight to Hawaii and did not care for it. The fact that the hearing device wasn’t working too well may have improved the movie. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 16th, 2012
DECLARATION OF WAR- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Fatefully named actors Roméo and Juliette fall in love and have a baby. But the stars in their eyes are dimmed when their son falls gravely ill. As they desperately cling to their image of the perfect family, they can’t ignore the devastating truth.” Average audience reviews and no professional reviews as yet. TRDB.
1/27/12- Fairly good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 16th, 2012
MISS BALA- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Determined to escape the poverty of her hometown, Laura enters a beauty pageant. But after she inadvertently witnesses a gangland massacre, she becomes a pawn in a violent game between the gang’s brutal leader, his rivals and American DEA agents.”
1/15/12- An article about this film in today’s NY Times. Sounds interesting. TRDB.
1/20/12- Very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
3/2/12- Good acting and some tension make this easier to watch but it was too long and not very involving for me. TRDB. Comcast On-Demand.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 15th, 2012
CONTRABAND- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago — smuggling — to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.”
1/13/12- Poor review in today’s NY Times and elsewhere. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 13th, 2012
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