DRIVERX- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Former record-store owner Leonard Moore is now a stay-at-home dad, but when cash runs low and his job search comes up empty, he joins the gig economy as a ride-share driver — a move that soon strains his marriage.”
11/30/18- Early reviews are mixed including a few awful ones. TRDB.
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SICILIAN GHOST STORY- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this real life-inspired drama, gangsters kidnap 13-year-old Giuseppe to keep his ex-mob-enforcer dad from testifying against them. While the residents of Giuseppe’s village keep mum about the crime, a smitten classmate begins a search for him.”
11/3/0/18- Excellent reviews from the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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THE MERCY- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this fact-based adventure, amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst enters the 1968 Golden Globe Race to collect the prize money needed to save his business. But after his boat falls behind, he starts filing false logs from off the coast of South America.”
11/30/18- Fairly good reviews from the critics and awful ones from audiences. TRDB.
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HAPPY AS LAZZARO- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Lazzaro is a naive and optimistic twenty-year-old farmer; Tancredi is instead a young man with a fervid imagination. Between the two it is born an unexpected friendship, that above all for Lazzaro turns out to be an important moment of growth. Over time, the two face many difficulties together, until Tancredi makes his tracks lose in the city, and Lazzaro sets out to search for him.”
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MIRAI- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Delighted at first with his newborn sister, Mirai, 4-year-old Kun quickly grows jealous of the attention she’s getting from their parents — until a magical trip to the future enables Kun to see the person Mirai will become.”
11/27/18- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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WRITE WHEN YOU GET WORK- 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Write When You Get Work is a thorny romantic comedy set in New York City — at a private school for girls, and in the world outside its exclusive walls. It’s a story of money, access, and mischief, of who gets in through doorways and how.”
11/23/18- Weak reviews at best. TRDB.
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SHOPLIFTERS- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Earning only meager incomes, Osamu and his wife supplement their wages by shoplifting, with help from son Shota. While heading home on a winter night, father and son come across a freezing young girl and make a fateful decision to take her home.”
11/23/18- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
3/21/19- Beautifully done and very well acted. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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FAMILY IN TRANSITION- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “When Amit Tsuk, the patriarch of a family living in a conservative Israeli town, announces his wish to become a woman, his wife and children are shocked but get used to the idea in time. Meanwhile, Amit’s spouse begins a personal journey of her own.”
11/23/18- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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BECOMING ASTRID- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “This coming-of-age biopic focuses on the formative years of famed author Astrid Lindgren — creator of the beloved character Pippi Longstocking — and a seminal event that will turn her into a titan of children’s literature.”
11/23/18- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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THE FAVOURITE- 2018. Synopsis by Netflix. “Amid the hornet’s nest of rivalries and intrigue that define the court of mercurial Queen Anne in 18th-century England, cousins Abigail Masham and Sarah Churchill battle to gain the favor of the monarch and her court.”
11/23/18- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
4/4/19- As I expected, I could not get into this movie and finally turned it off. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
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