The Reel Dr. Bob

JUNE 11,2020

DEAR FRIENDS:

QUICK LOOK AT MY FAVORITES OF THE WEEK-

1) BEANPOLE– VUDU

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MOVIES I SAW THIS WEEK AT HOME-

1) BUFFALOED– 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. ” Young Peg Dahl is so intent on escaping her hometown of Buffalo, New York, that she starts running scams in high school to raise money. After a scalping scheme lands her in jail, Peg turns to a new enterprise when she’s released: debt collection.”

2/14/20- Fair reviews for this drama. TRDB. 

6/4/20- I just couldn’t get into this movie and eventually turned it off. Netflix Disc.

2) BEANPOLE- 2020- Synopsis by Netflix. “During World War II, Iya and Masha form a strong bond while fighting together as anti-aircraft gunners. But when the conflict is over, the two women find themselves struggling to remake their lives amid the wreckage of 1945 Leningrad.”

1/29/20- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.

6/8/20- This movie offered a good depiction of post war Leningrad although it could have been post war anywhere. From there on it went from weird to strange and back to weird again. With all that said I could not turn it off. TRDB. On VUDU

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COMING TO NETFLIX NEXT WEEK ON DVD-

1) HONEYLAND– 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In an isolated Balkan landscape, beekeeper Hatidze Muratova lovingly tends her hives, scratching out a living by selling honey at a faraway market. But when a nomadic family and their 150 cows move in next door, her fragile existence is threatened.”

7/26/19- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.

2) SAINT FRANCES– 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Fresh on the heels of an unplanned pregnancy and subsequent abortion, Bridget is in no mood for care-giving when she’s offered a job as a 6-year-old’s nanny. But after getting off to a rocky start, she begins to form a connection with her charge.”

3) WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL– 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “As film critic at “The New Yorker” from 1967 to 1991, charismatic and controversial Pauline Kael exercised a profound influence over the direction of cinema, as detailed in this engaging documentary that includes interviews with her friends and foes.”

12/28/19- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.

4) BEANPOLE– 2020- Synopsis by Netflix. “During World War II, Iya and Masha form a strong bond while fighting together as anti-aircraft gunners. But when the conflict is over, the two women find themselves struggling to remake their lives amid the wreckage of 1945 Leningrad.”

1/29/20- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.

6/8/20- This movie offered a good depiction of post war Leningrad although it could have been post war anywhere. From there on it went from weird to strange and back to weird again. With all that said I could not turn it off. TRDB. On VUDU

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NEW STREAMABLE MOVIES-

1) SEARCHING EVA– Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Eva — 25, drifter, Berliner, poet, pet-owner, sex worker, virgo, recovering addict, housewife, feminist, model — declared privacy an outdated concept at the age of 14. This is the tale of a young woman growing up in the age of the internet, turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, challenging you on what a woman “should be”. Through her fragmented personalities you see the emergence of a generation, in which the concept of a fixed identity has grown old. A portrait of modern existence.”

3)  PHOENIX, OREGON- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Two longtime buddies decide to resist a slow fade into middle age by quitting their jobs and opening a bowling-and-pizza joint in their little town. But the realities of becoming business owners soon put a few kinks in their plan.”

6/8/20- Most reviews were favorable- there were no “very good” reviews. TRDB. On VUDU.

ENJOY!!

THE REEL DR. BOB

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