RAMEN SHOP- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Japanese ramen chef Masato Yamamoto lost his mother at age 10, so when he comes across an old notebook of hers after his father dies, he travels to Singapore — where he was born — to piece together his family’s history.”
3/22/19- Fair reviews at best. TRDB.
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HOTEL MUMBAI- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this fact-based drama, a wave of terrorist attacks across Mumbai causes many people to seek refuge in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Unfortunately for them — and the guests and employees — the terrorists are waiting and take them hostage.”
3/22/19- Mediocre reviews at best. TRDB.
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SUNSET- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1913, young Irisz Leiter returns to Budapest hoping to find work as a milliner at the elegant hat store that her late parents once owned. Initially denied a job by the new proprietor, Irisz decides to begin a quest for answers about her lost past.”
3/22/19- Weak reviews by both critics and audiences. TRDB.
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MAZE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this fact-based drama set in 1983, Irish Republican Army inmate Larry Marley — who’s in a maximum-security prison — strikes up an unlikely friendship with a guard. But it’s all part of Marley’s plan to stage a daring breakout of 38 prisoners.”
3/22/19- Very good reviews by the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “After being caught on video strong-arming a suspect, two cops land in the middle of a media firestorm and get suspended. With their income flow suddenly cut off, the duo turns to the underworld to make money.”
3/22/19- Poor reviews in general. TRDB.
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THE HIGHWAYMEN- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “With infamous bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow crisscrossing the Midwest in a deadly spree of violence, a coalition of banks hires retired Texas Ranger Frank Hamer to assemble a posse and hunt down the criminal duo.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews. TRDB.
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THE MUSTANG- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In jail — as he was on the outside — convict Roman Coleman is trapped in a life of violence. But when he starts working with wild mustangs as a part of a prisoner rehabilitation program, he slowly discovers his humanity.”
3/15/19- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
4/18/19- I liked the movie and loved the scenes of the wild horses. TRDB. At the Theater.
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THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Scheming cousins Vincent and Anton are determined to build a fiber-optic cable between Kansas and New Jersey that will provide a millisecond advantage over New York Stock Exchange transactions — but their ex-boss is intent on seeing them fail.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews from the critics but good ones from audiences. TRDB.
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YARDIE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Things are looking up for Jamaican “D” when he heads to London to deliver some cocaine and reunites with a former sweetheart and their child. But after learning his brother’s killer lives in England, D’s thoughts of going straight shift to revenge.”
3/15/19- Poor reviews from all sources. TRDB.
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KNIFE+HEART- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down.”
3/15/19- Fair reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences. TRDB.
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