Posts with the tag 'drama'
EMPTY NEST- 2008. Synopsis by Netflix. “Writer-director Daniel Burman crafts this knowing look at the shifting dynamics of a marriage. The story centers on Leonardo (Oscar Martínez), a self-absorbed, middle-aged playwright, and his wife, Martha (Cecilia Roth). Their three children are grown and out of the house, leaving them to focus on their identities, both as individuals and a couple for the first time in years. Arturo Goetz and Eugenia Capizzano co-star.”
1/18/12- An OK drama that I stayed with even though it’s very slow at times. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 18th, 2012
RAMPART- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Dave Brown is a dirty cop with a mile-wide mean streak. As he roams the streets meting out “justice,” the LAPD sinks into a corruption scandal. The countdown to Brown’s judgment is on in this fact-based film co-written by crime novelist James Ellroy.” Fairly good reviews including a few very good ones. TRDB.
Rotten Tomatoes had this to say— “Los Angeles, 1999 – Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate.
5/23/12- A very interesting drama about a “bad” cop with a terrific acting job by Woody Harrelson. Despite his character it was painful to watch him spiral downward. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama
January 16th, 2012
MAN ON A LEDGE- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When fugitive ex-cop Nick Cassidy steps onto a window ledge high above a busy Manhattan street, police psychologist Lydia Anderson tries to talk him down. But soon Anderson suspects that there’s more to Cassidy’s stunt than meets the eye.” Weak reviews in general. TRDB.
6/10/12- I saw this on a flight to Hawaii and did not care for it. The fact that the hearing device wasn’t working too well may have improved the movie. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 16th, 2012
DECLARATION OF WAR- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Fatefully named actors Roméo and Juliette fall in love and have a baby. But the stars in their eyes are dimmed when their son falls gravely ill. As they desperately cling to their image of the perfect family, they can’t ignore the devastating truth.” Average audience reviews and no professional reviews as yet. TRDB.
1/27/12- Fairly good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 16th, 2012
MISS BALA- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Determined to escape the poverty of her hometown, Laura enters a beauty pageant. But after she inadvertently witnesses a gangland massacre, she becomes a pawn in a violent game between the gang’s brutal leader, his rivals and American DEA agents.”
1/15/12- An article about this film in today’s NY Times. Sounds interesting. TRDB.
1/20/12- Very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
3/2/12- Good acting and some tension make this easier to watch but it was too long and not very involving for me. TRDB. Comcast On-Demand.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 15th, 2012
CONTRABAND- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago — smuggling — to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.”
1/13/12- Poor review in today’s NY Times and elsewhere. TRDB.
Tags: drama
January 13th, 2012
HOW BIG IS YOUR LOVE- I saw this at the Palm Springs Film Festival 2012 and liked it very much. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 13th, 2012
VOLCANO- I saw this at the Palm Springs Film Festival 2012 and liked it very much. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 13th, 2012
FOOTNOTE- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “Long-buried tensions erupt in this witty drama, which follows the strained relationship between a reserved Talmudic scholar and his ambitious son — both professors at the same university — when the father wins a prestigious award the son covets.”
I saw this at the Palm Springs Film Festival 2012 and loved it. It was one of the 5 nominees for Best Foreign Film. TRDB.
3/9/12- Great review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 13th, 2012
MONSIEUR LAZHAR- 2011. Synopsis by Netflix. “When an Algerian immigrant seeking asylum in Montreal takes a job replacing an elementary school teacher who committed suicide, he finds that his own secret, tragic background enables him to help the children deal with their loss.”
I saw this at the Palm Springs Film Festival 2012 and loved it. TRDB.
4/13/12- Very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
January 13th, 2012
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