LI’L QUINQUIN- 2015. Synopsis by Netflix. “This slapstick police procedural begins with a gruesome discovery: a dismembered female body recovered from inside a dead cow. Tasked with solving the crime, police captain Van der Weyden launches a wildly incompetent investigation.”
1/2/15- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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ROCK THE CASBAH- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Silver-screen icon Omar Sharif makes a charming cameo as a recently deceased Moroccan patriarch who brings his wife and three daughters back together for three days of mourning and reflection.”
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TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “On the verge of losing her job, Sandra comes up with a last-ditch strategy: get her workmates to give up their bonuses so that she can stay on. With a single weekend to make it work, Sandra and her husband take her crusade for sympathy all over town.”
12/24/14- Excellent reviews for this drama starring Marion Cotillard. TRDB.
1/31/15- I liked this movie very much and highly recommend it. TRDB.
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SAGRADA: THE MYSTERY OF CREATION- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “One of the most iconic structures ever built, Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia is a unique and fascinating architectural project conceived by controversial genius Antoni Gaudi in the late 19th century. ”
12/19/14- Weak reviews from critics as well as audiences. TRDB.
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WINTER SLEEP- 2014. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities.”
12/19/14- Very good reviews from critics and audiences. The NY Times did not like it. TRDB.
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ZERO MOTIVATION- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “Serving out their required term in the military, a collection of young Israeli soldiers are posted to a desolate base in the middle of the desert. As their collective boredom mounts, personal frictions begin to surface among the all-female company.”
12/3/14- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
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4 MOONS- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “4 Moons tells four stories about love and self-acceptance. An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due the fear one of them has of getting caught. A long lasting gay relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.”
11/21/14- Just 2 professional reviews and they are both positive. TRDB.
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DEATH METAL ANGOLA- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “In Huambo, Angola’s second-largest city, a hard-core rock scene has flourished for years. This absorbing documentary follows two heavy metal devotees as they organize a rock festival to aid the thousands of orphans created by Angola’s long civil war.”
11/21/14- Very good professional reviews. TRDB.
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THE CIRCLE- 2014. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the turbulent cultural climate of 1950s Zurich, a naïve teacher and a transvestite cabaret artist — both members of a secret gay group — fall in love. But as they grapple with social and legal victimization, their future may prove even darker.”
11/21/14- Excellent professional reviews and audiences have liked it also. TRDB.
4/13/15- An interesting piece of history but I got bored quickly with the movie. TRDB. Netflix.
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TONY TAKATANI- 2004. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on a story by celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami, this visually poetic fable tells the story of Tony Takitani (Issei Ogata), a solitary technical illustrator. Raised as an only child and partially estranged from his father, Takitani is unaware of his own loneliness until he falls in love with Eiko (Rie Miyazawa). He soon marries her and comes alive for the first time. But Eiko’s obsessive passion for couture leads to tragedy.”
11/13/14- I saw this movie some years ago and liked it. TRDB.
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