The Reel Dr. Bob

AUGUST 19, 2022-

DEAR FRIENDS:

QUICK LOOK AT MY FAVORITES OF THE WEEK- NONE

NEW MOVIES IN THEATERS AND/OR STREAMING-

1) EMILY THE CRIMINAL– 2022. Synopsis by RT. “Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi).”

8/12/22- Very good reviews for this crime drama. TRDB. In Theaters

2)  GIRL PICTURE– 2022. Synopsis by RT. “Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö work after school at a food court smoothie kiosk, frankly swapping stories of their frustrations and expectations regarding love and sex.”

8/16/22- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB. In Theaters

3) THE PRINCESS– 2022. Synopsis by RT. “The story of Princess Diana is told exclusively through contemporaneous archive creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life and death. Turning the camera back on ourselves, it also illuminates the profound impact she had and how the public’s attitude to the monarchy was, and still is, shaped by these events.”

8/16/21- Good reviews by the critics and weak ones by audiences. TRDB. HBO MAX

4) FREE CHOL SOO LEE– 2022. Synopsis by RT. “In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. After spending years fighting to survive, investigative journalist K.W. Lee takes a special interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented social justice movement.”

8/16/22- Excellent reviews. TRDB. In Theaters

5) ROGUE AGENT– 2022. Synopsis by RT. “Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.”

8/16/22- Fair reviews. TRDB. In Theaters

6) EL GRAN MOVIMIENTO– (The Great Movement). Fair reviews. In Theaters

7) FREE PUPPIES!- 2022. Synopsis by RT. “Although transports have moved dogs from the South for decades, when Hurricane Katrina left more than 250,000 pets stranded, the infrastructure of modern pet transport for a nation-wide dog rescue effort was born.”

8/17/22- Excellent reviews. TRDB. In Theaters

SKIP THESE-

1) SUMMERING– Poor reviews for this coming of age movie. In Theaters

2) MACK & RITA– Poor reviews. In Theaters

3)  13: THE MUSICAL– Terrible reviews. Netflix

4)  FALL– Fair reviews but Not for me. In Theaters

MOVIES SHOWING AT THE JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER IN PLEASANTVILLE, NY-

1) EMILY THE CRIMINAL–

2) WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING–

3) MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS–

MOVIES SHOWING AT THE AMC THEATER IN DANBURY, CT-

1) EMILY THE CRIMINAL–

2) BODIES BODIES BODIES–

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MOVIES SHOWING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY-

1) THE MOVIES OF LAKE WORTH-

a) MACK & RITA— Weak reviews

b) WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING–

c) MY NAME IS SARA–

d) MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS–

2) THE MOVIES OF DELRAY- Same as Lake Worth plus-

HAPPENING– 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing.”

5/9/22- Excellent reviews for this French drama. TRDB. 

3) THE LIVING ROOM THEATERS AT FAU IN BOCA RATON-

a) A LOVE SONG–

b) EMILY THE CRIMINAL–

c) MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS–

d) MY NAME IS SARA–

4) THE STONZIK THEATER IN DOWNTOWN LAKE WORTH-

a) CLAYDREAM