The Reel Dr. Bob

FEB. 2, 2023-

DEAR FRIENDS:

QUICK LOOK AT MY FAVORITES OF THE WEEK-

1) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT–

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MOVIES I SAW LAST WEEK-

1) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT– 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.”

1/26/23- Excellent reviews for this re-make. TRDB. Streaming on Netflix.

1/31/23- I saw this movie and liked it very much. War is hell and this film once again brings home that message. TRDB.

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NEW MOVIES IN THEATERS AND/OR STREAMING-

1) NOSTALGIA– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After living 40 years abroad, Felice returns to Naples and discovers again places and codes of the city, facing a past that eats him away.”

1/28/23- Fair to good reviews by the critics including some excellent ones. Audience reviews were weak. TRDB.

2) KOMPROMAT– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Based on incredible true events, Jérome Salle’s gripping new espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly finds himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia’s FSB.”

1/28/23- Fair reviews. TRDB. Amazon Prime

3) REMEMBER THIS– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn (NOMADLAND, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, LINCOLN) portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office.”

1/28/23- Just 3 reviews– 2 up and 1 down. TRDB.

4) CLOSE– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.”

1/28/23- Excellent critical reviews and fair audience ones. TRDB.

5) THE MISSION– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Every year, over 60,000 young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sent across the world to preach their gospel. Sundance Film Festival selection THE MISSION follows four Latter-day Saints teenagers from their training in Utah to their missions in Finland, home of Europe’s most private and secular people.”

1/31/23- Fair reviews at best for this documentary. TRDB.

6) CAIRO CONSPIRACY– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.”

1/31/23- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.

7) THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT– 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After a Jewish couple (Jérémie Renier and The Artist’s Bérénice Bejo) sells their basement to a former history teacher (The Intouchables’ François Cluzet), they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naïve teenage daughter.”

1/28/23- Fair to good reviews. TRDB.

8) GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “An immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, a remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic, the film follows Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived there for over 40 years collecting, cleaning and documenting marine litter that persistently washes up on the island’s shores.”

1/31/2023- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB

SKIP THESE-

1) YOU PEOPLE-

2) INFINITY POOL-

3)  LIFE UPSIDE DOWN-

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MOVIES PLAYING AT THE JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER IN PLEASANTVILLE NY-

1) A MAN CALLED OTTO–

2) LIVING-

3) WOMEN TALKING–

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MOVIES PLAYING AT THE AMC THEATER IN DANBURY, CT-

1) MISSING-

2)  A MAN CALLED OTTO–

3) LIVING-

4) WOMEN TALKING–

5) THE WHALE—

6) TILL-

7) TAR–

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MOVIES PLAYING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY-

1) THE MOVIES OF LAKE WORTH-

a) 80 FOR BRADY

b) A MAN CALLED OTTO–

c) THE FABELMANS–

d) LIVING-

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

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

a) THE WHALE–

b) A MAN CALLED OTTO–

c) LIVING-

d) NO BEARS– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “NO BEARS portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of power.”

1/31/2023- Excellent reviews for this drama in Persian. TRDB.

e) TURN EVERY PAGE– 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A documentary about the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 90, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them. Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb is an intimate look into artistry, mortality, antagonism, and the transformative power of creative collaboration.”

1/31/23- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.

f) EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE– 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.”

3/27/2022- Excellent reviews for this drama that is being re-issued because of Awards talk. TRDB.

4) THE STONZEK THEATER IN DOWNTOWN LAKE WORTH-

a) EO- 2022- Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel  of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss.”

11/18/22- Very good reviews. TRDB.