1 MILE ABOVE (KORA)- 2012. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Based on a true story, One Mile Above depicts a young man’s cycling journey to the highest point in Tibet to fulfill his brother’s final wish.”
6/7/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times, mixed reviews in general. Audiences have liked it. TRDB.
Add comment May 25th, 2013
A WEDDING INVITATION- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “High school sweethearts QiaoQiao and Li Xing are about to graduate from university and Li Xing surprises QiaoQiao with a marriage proposal. QiaoQiao, however, declines the proposal, offering rash arguments as to why he’s not ready. Little does he know, QiaoQiao has a devastating secret.”
5/24/13- Weak reviews from the few that have critiqued this film including the NY Times. TRDB.
Add comment May 24th, 2013
NANCY, PLEASE- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “A doctoral candidate who just moved in with his girlfriend wages a maddening war with his former roommate to reclaim an important book he left behind. But Nancy has no intention of giving Little Dorrit back.”
5/24/13- All of the critics (including the NY Times today) liked it but none raved about it. Audiences have liked it as well. TRDB.
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EPIC- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Magically transported to an enchanted forest, a teenage girl joins forces with a scruffy group of residents fighting a battle against evil — and soon realizes they must win to save both their world and hers.”
5/24/13- Mediocre reviews for this animated movie in general and from the NY Times in today’s review. TRDB.
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SHADOW DANCER- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “Collette, a single mother and career IRA terrorist, is captured after an abortive bombing in London and faces an excruciating ultimatum. She can either turn against her lifelong compatriots or go to prison and be separated forever from her son.”
5/31/13- Very good reviews in general and a very good one in today’s NY Times as well. TRDB.
8/25/13– The movie was touted as riveting but I didn’t think so. Some good acting by the two leads saved this slow, slogging story about the IRA. TRDB.
Add comment May 13th, 2013
THE KINGS OF SUMMER- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Chafing under his widowed father’s control, Joe Toy invites a friend and an offbeat new kid to help him build his own house in the nearby woods. Now that the trio is finally free from parents and responsibility, what’s next?”
5/31/13- Just an OK review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
9/27/13- I’ll give this film a mixed review– some very good parts and some very bad, stupid parts. I do think it’s worth seeing as yet another coming-of-age story. TRDB. Netflix.
Add comment May 13th, 2013
HANNAH ARENDT- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “After fleeing Nazi Germany for the United States, a Jewish-German philosopher accepts an assignment from the New Yorker to cover the trial of an infamous war criminal, resulting in an article that ignites controversy all over the world.”
8/6/13- Good reviews all over. TRDB.
11/25/13- I think that the movie gave a good description of the character and what she was about but as for the movie it felt a bit Hollywoodish and overacted. TRDB.
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FILL THE VOID- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Eighteen-year-old Shira (Hada Yaron) is the youngest daughter of the family and is about to be married off to a very promising young man of the same age. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther (Renana Raz), dies during childbirth, leaving her husband to care for the child and postponing Shira’s promised match. When the girls’ mother finds out that Yochay may leave the country with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower, which leaves Shira to choose between her heart’s wish and her family’s wish to keep the child with them.
5/14/13- I saw this excellent movie as part of a Jewish Film Festival this year. I definitely recommend it. TRDB.
5/24/13- Great review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
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BEFORE MIDNIGHT- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Before Midnight is an upcoming American romance drama film and the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). Like its predecessors, the film was directed by Richard Linklater. As with the previous film, Linklater shares screenplay credit with both actors from the movies, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy”
5/13/13- Uniformly excellent reviews. TRDB.
5/24/13- An excellent review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
6/11/13- An excellent movie that beautifully depicted the tensions that exist between spouses even when they deeply love each other. TRDB.
8/14/14- I just saw this for the 2nd. time and liked it as much as before. TRDB.
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PILGRIM SONG- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “After losing his job teaching music, James decides to flee that disappointment and a few others by taking a long hike through Kentucky’s backcountry. As his journey unfolds, the trail involves him with a host of strange characters.”
5/10/13- A weak review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Add comment May 12th, 2013