THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A standout selection from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE is a dark fairy tale about one woman’s search for tenderness and morality in a cruel world.”
12/8/2024- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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HARD TRUTHS- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.”
12/6/24- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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JOY- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube- baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilization (IVF).
11/29/24- Excellent reviews for this true story. TRDB.
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BONHOEFFER- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is swept into the epicenter of a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler. With his faith and fate at stake, Bonhoeffer must choose between upholding his moral convictions or risking it all to save millions of Jews from genocide.”
11/20/24- Early reviews are just fair. TRDB.
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SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE- 2024. Small things like these. “Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own. The film reveals truths about Ireland’s Magdalene laundries — horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform “fallen young women.” Adapted from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Claire Keegan.”
11/18/2024. Very good reviews by the critics and fair ones from audiences. TRDB
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WHITE BIRD- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From the best-selling author of Wonder, the book that sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter. In White Bird: A Wonder Story, we follow Julian (Bryce Gheisar), who has struggled to belong ever since he was expelled from his former school for his treatment of Auggie Pullman. To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — during her youth in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. ”
11/15/23- Fair reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. ” TRDB
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HIPPO- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “HIPPO examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music and Jesus.”
11/13/24- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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BLITZ- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Sir Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.”
11/5/24- Fair reviews. TRDB.
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A REAL PAIN- 2024. Synopsiis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.”
11/4/24- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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JUROR #2- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “”Juror #2″ follows family man Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma… one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict–or free–the accused killer.”
11/4/24- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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