TOP GUN: MAVERICK- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.”
5/28/22- Great reviews from all and I’ll try to see this one. TRDB.
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SIDEWAYS- 2004. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Struggling writer and wine enthusiast Miles (Paul Giamatti) takes his engaged friend, Jack (Thomas Haden Church), on a trip to wine country for a last single-guy bonding experience. While Miles wants to relax and enjoy the wine, Jack is in search of a fling before his wedding.”
5/27/22- I saw this movie about 15 years ago, liked it then, and liked it now. TRDB.
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TORN HEARTS- 2022. Synopsis by RT. ” Two friends, rising artists on the brink of a big break, will do just about anything to realize their dream — including a pilgrimage to the legendary and reclusive Harper Dutch’s (Golden Globe winner Katey Sagal) mansion in the hopes she’ll record a song with them.”
5/21/22- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB
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EMERGENCY- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and his best friend, Sean (RJ Cyler), are both seniors in college about to embark on an epic night of Spring Break parties.”
5/21/22- Very good reviews for this movie. TRDB.
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FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A mother toils to save money to build a road in a mountainous Himalayan village to take her son to physiotherapy. Yet her husband, who believes that a shamanic ritual is the remedy, stands in her way.”
5/21/22- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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MEN- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her.”
5/18/22- Fair to good reviews for this horror movie. TRDB.
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IL BUCO- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “During the economic boom of the 1960s, Europe’s highest building is being built in Italy’s prosperous North. At the other end of the country, young speleologists explore Europe’s deepest cave in the untouched Calabrian hinterland. The bottom of the Bifurto Abyss, 700 meters below Earth, is reached for the first time. The intruders’ venture goes unnoticed by the inhabitants of a small neighbouring village, but not by the old shepherd of the Pollino plateau whose solitary life begins to interweave with the group’s journey.”
5/16/21- Good reviews. TRDB.
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FOXHOLE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars–The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq–“Foxhole” follows a small group of soldiers trapped in a confined space as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat situation.”
5/16/22- Fair reviews for this war drama. TRDB.
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OUR FATHER- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Acoba Ballard was an only child, conceived via donor sperm, who always dreamed of having a brother or sister. An at-home DNA test led her to the discovery of not one but seven half-siblings — a number that defied best practices in fertility medicine. As the group set out to learn more about their curious family tree, they soon discovered the sickening truth: Their parents’ fertility doctor had been inseminating his patients with his own sperm — without their knowledge or consent.”
5/16/22- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
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MONTANA STORY- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.”
5/16/21- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
Add comment May 16th, 2022