NISE: THE HEART OF MADNESS- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Horrified by the electroshock therapy used to treat schizophrenics in the 1940s, Brazilian psychiatrist Nise da Silveira develops her own form of therapy, encouraging patients to express themselves creatively though art.”
4/28/17- Excellent reviews for this drama from Brazil. TRDB.
Add comment April 30th, 2017
THE CIRCLE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Ambitious Mae Holland can’t believe her good luck when the mightiest tech company on Earth — The Circle — hires her. But Mae’s enthusiasm for her new job wavers after meeting a colleague who’s skeptical of the company’s objectives.”
4/28/17- Terrible reviews. TRDB.
Add comment April 25th, 2017
THE PROMISE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As the Ottoman Empire is waning and the population of Constantinople stands on the brink of World War I, a love triangle develops among a veteran American journalist, an unassuming doctor-to-be and an beautiful Armenian artist.”
4/21/17- Poor reviews. TRDB.
Add comment April 21st, 2017
SLACK BAY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “With tourists vanishing from the shores of Channel Coast, famed sleuths Malfoy and Machin are bought in to work the case. Their investigation leads to two clans on opposite ends socially: the rabble-rousing Bréforts and the bourgeois Van Peteghems.”
4/21/17- Weak reviews from audiences and critics. TRDB.
Add comment April 21st, 2017
THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Artfully re-creating the atmosphere of early 1960s Finland, this riveting boxing drama follows 25-year-old Olli Mäki as he prepares to fight for the world featherweight crown on his home turf in Helsinki, with his nation’s hopes riding on his fists.
4/21/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and good ones by audiences as well. TRDB.
Add comment April 21st, 2017
UNFORGETTABLE- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Tessa is still waiting for the dust to settle on her failed marriage when her ex gets hitched again. With the new wife not only living in Tessa’s former home but playing stepmother to her daughter, Tessa’s jealousy begins to spin out of control.”
4/21/17- Awful reviews. TRDB.
Add comment April 21st, 2017
TRUMAN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Despite living far apart for much of their adult lives, boyhood pals Julián and Tomás have retained a deep connection. But when Julián is diagnosed with terminal cancer and Tomás arrives to urge him to continue treatment, tensions arise between them.”
4/20/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and fairly good ones from audiences. TRDB.
4/21/17- I liked this movie very much. Great acting and a very good story. TRDB.
Add comment April 20th, 2017
HEAL THE LIVING- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When a surfer on his way home from a sunrise session is involved in a terrible car crash, his family faces the agonizing decision of whether to take him off life support. Meanwhile, a woman in Paris lies waiting for a desperately needed new heart.”
4/14/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and just OK ones from audiences. TRDB.
Add comment April 17th, 2017
NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “As a small-time “fixer” whose business involves arranging quiet deals among politicos and other power brokers, opportunistic Norman Oppenheimer makes a golden connection when a politician he once befriended later becomes Israel’s prime minister.”
4/14/17- Excellent reviews by the critics and fairly good ones by audiences. TRDB.
5/6/17– I really liked this movie very much. Richard Gere did a great job as did the others as well. TRDB. At the Theater.
Add comment April 17th, 2017
BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “This layered nonlinear drama follows the lives of several diverse characters loosely connected by a tumultuous history that includes the infamous massacre of student protestors in 1976 Bangkok.”
4/14/17- Fairly good reviews for this drama from Thailand. TRDB.
Add comment April 16th, 2017