Posts with the tag 'drama'
BLUE JASMINE- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “The high life leads to high anxiety for a fashionable New York City homemaker in crisis who finds herself forced to live a more modest lifestyle in San Francisco. Woody Allen directs an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin.”
7/26/13- A great review in today’s NY Times and excellent reviews all around. TRDB.
8/7/13- Woody is as creative as ever as he constructs another story that most audiences can relate to. Cate Blanchett’s acting was great and I liked the movie. After the rave reviews I was a little disappointed. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 15th, 2013
THE TIME BEING- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Awash in seductive cinematography, this engrossing drama explores the enigmatic relationship between a struggling young artist and his testy, reclusive benefactor who’s trying to come to terms with his mortality.”
Here’s what Rotten Tomatoes had to say– “Daniel (Wes Bentley) is a struggling young artist whose ambitions have pushed his marriage to the brink. When a reclusive millionaire named Warner (Frank Langella) purchases one of his pieces, he hopes for additional commissions from a new benefactor. Instead, Werner offers him a series of increasingly bizarre surveillance assignments. As Daniel starts to unravel the secrets behind the requests, he must determine if Warner is out to further his career or ruin his life.”
7/26/13- Awful reviews all around. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 15th, 2013
PARADISE: LOVE- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian, vacations on Kenya’s sun-kissed shores looking for love among the local beach boys who survive on European “sugar mamas.” She falls for Munga, but soon realizes that his false sincerity is part of the sex tourism game.”
7/15/13- Mixed reviews but all said it was a disturbing movie. TRDB.
9/10/13- This movie was very well done and indeed very disturbing. I felt like singing “looking for love in all the wrong places.” TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama, Foreign
July 15th, 2013
THE SHINE OF DAY- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Philipp Hochmair is a serious young actor who absorbs himself so fully in his stage characters that he begins to lose touch with his own reality. When his uncle comes to visit, the two men slowly shed their differences and develop a strong bond.”
7/12/13- A fairly good review in today’s NY Times and from other critics as well. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
July 15th, 2013
PAWN SHOP CHRONICLES- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. The stories of a man searching for his abducted wife, a couple of white-supremacist meth heads and a sad sack Elvis impersonator find a common link through items in a small Southern town’s local pawn shop … and a wild goose chase ensues.”
7/12/13- Awful reviews all over. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 15th, 2013
KILLING SEASON- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Tormented by memories of combat in the Bosnian War, American vet Benjamin Ford seeks peace of mind deep in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a Bosnian vet of the same war comes to settle a score, a new war erupts in the American wilderness.”
7/12/13- Poor reviews all around including the one in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 15th, 2013
EXIT ELENA- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “With no place to call home, 19-year-old Elena takes a job as a live-in aide. She finds herself thrust into the middle of a family in crisis: all the things that go on between a father, grandmother, mother, and cat. Eventually, Elena strikes something of a balance though… That is, until the prodigal son returns home. Placing fictional characters alongside real people, ‘Exit Elena’ is shot through with all the rough edges inherent to family life and home movie form – in short, it’s a dark comedy.”
7/12/13- A pretty good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 15th, 2013
CRYSTAL FAIRY- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “A self-absorbed young American traveling in Chile plans a journey with his pals to find a legendary hallucinogenic cactus. But when he invites the free-spirited Crystal Fairy along, they find themselves locked in a battle of wills.”
7/12/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. Others have liked it as well. TRDB.
11/20/13- Very different but I liked it. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
July 15th, 2013
BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Award-winning filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (writer/director of the BAFTA-nominated Rang De Basanti starring Aamir Khan) returns with his newest film BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG telling the true story of the “Flying Sikh” – world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh. Played by acclaimed actor Farhan Akhtar, Singh overcame the bloody massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India’s most iconic athletes.”
7/12/13- A good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
July 15th, 2013
BETWEEN US- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “A newly married New York couple visit their old friends in their huge Midwestern home. Despite their wealth, the hosts are in a bitterly destructive marriage. A few years later, the couples reunite in New York, but the tables are turned.”
7/9/13- Mixed reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
July 10th, 2013
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