Posts filed under 'Drama'

STRAWBERRY MANSION

STRAWBERRY MANSION- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 2035, our dreams are no longer our own-they’re infused with product placement and auditors assess unpaid taxes on our most private reveries. Beleaguered taxman James Preble (Kentucker Audley) arrives at a run-down house in the countryside for a routine audit and encounters Bella Isadora (Penny Fuller), a lifelong dreamer who remains resolutely analog, circumventing the surveillance state.”

3/4/22- Very good reviews. TRDB.

Add comment March 4th, 2022

AFTER YANG

AFTER YANG-  2022.  Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “When his young daughter’s beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn’t know was there.”

3/3/22- Good reviews. TRDB.

Add comment March 3rd, 2022

HUDA’S SALON

HUDA’S SALON- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem. But this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda, after having put Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to have her work for the secret service of the occupiers, and thus betray her people.”

3/2/22- Fairly good reviews by the critics. TRDB.

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SERVANTS

SERVANTS- 3/1/22. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In Czechoslovakia, 1980, the totalitarian Communist regime demands allegiance from all its subjects, including the clergy. Servants follows Michal and Juraj, two conflicted novitiates whose seminary is under increasing pressure by the Party to mold its students into satisfactory citizens. With the school on the brink of dissolution, and its head priest a target for blackmail, Michal and Juraj will have to choose between collaborating with the government as informants, or becoming targets of the secret police.”

3/1/22- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.

Add comment March 1st, 2022

THE BURNING SEA

THE BURNING SEA 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 1969, the Norwegian government announces their discovery of one of the world’s largest oil fields in the neighboring North Sea, launching a prosperous period of offshore drilling. 50 years later, the environmental consequences begin to manifest — a crack has opened on the ocean floor, causing a rig to collapse. ”

3/1/22- Weak reviews. TRDB.

Add comment March 1st, 2022

CARELESS CRIME

CARELESS CRIME- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “During the uprising to overthrow the Shah’s regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theaters to protest Western culture. Forty years later, four people decide to re-create the past by burning down a theater.”

2/28/22- No reviews yet but it sounds interesting. TRDB.

Add comment February 28th, 2022

FRIENDS AND STRANGERS

FRIENDS AND STRANGERS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Friends and Strangers is a comedy-drama that explores displacement, disconnection and ennui in contemporary Australia through the eyes of two upper-middle class millennials.’

2/28/22– Fair reviews for this Australian comedy/drama. TRDB.

Add comment February 28th, 2022

FAMILY SQUARES

FAMILY SQUARES- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The Worths are a family portrait of dysfunction. When Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, they must set aside their differences and come together. Mayhem quickly ensues as long buried family secrets bubble to the surface with a shocking revelation.”

2/27/22- Very good reviews from the critics. TRDB.

Add comment February 27th, 2022

THREE MONTHS

THREE MONTHS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “THREE MONTHS is a coming-of-age film that tells the story of Caleb, as a South Florida teen who loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he’s exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, Caleb finds love in the most unlikely of places.”

2/27/22- Very good reviews from the critics and audiences alike. TRDB.

Add comment February 27th, 2022

CYRANO

CYRANO- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Award-winning director Joe Wright envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in Cyrano, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle.”

2/24/21- Very good reviews from all. TRDB.

Add comment February 24th, 2022

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