THE DIG- 2020. Synopsis by IMDB. “An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.”
1/30/21- Good early reviews- staring Carey Mulligan.
1/31/21- A bit Hollywoodish and formulaic but I enjoyed it never-the-less. It helped that it was from a true story. TRDB.
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SAVAGE STATE- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The American Civil War breaks out… A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine, and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New-York. They are led by the mysterious and dangerous mercenary, Victor.”
1/29/21- Mixed reviews. TRDB.
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TRUE MOTHERS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “Desperate to have a child, Tokyo couple Kiyokazu and Satoko are elated to be able to adopt a baby boy being given up by his teenage mom, Hikari. But when she returns six years later to claim the tyke, Satoko refuses to believe Hikari is his mother.”
1/29/21- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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PENGUIN BLOOM- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In 2013, Samantha Bloom (two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts), her husband Cameron (The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln) and their three sons left their home in Australia for a holiday in Thailand. While enjoying a view, Sam fell off of a rooftop due to what was later determined to be a rotted railing… breaking her vertebrae in two places. Paralyzed from the chest down, Sam — a lifelong outdoorswoman, surfer, and traveler — was unrecognizable to herself, and spent long months in a depression that made her question who she could be in the world and in her own family.
1/29/21- Fair reviews at best but all critics liked Naomi Watts. TRDB.
2/1/21- I liked the movie AND I liked Naomi Watts also. TRDB.
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SUPERNOVA- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Sam (Academy Award winner Colin Firth) and Tusker (Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci), partners of twenty years, are traveling across England in their old camper van visiting friends, family and places from their past. Following a life-changing diagnosis, their time together has become more important than ever until secret plans test their love like never before.”
Add comment January 26th, 2021
DEREK DELGAUDIO’S IN & OF ITSELF- 2021. Synopsis by Netflix. “Writer and magician Derek DelGaudio brings his long-running off-Broadway show to the big screen, mixing card tricks, optical illusions and teleportation with autobiographical insights and his musings on identity.”
1/23/21- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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ATLANTIS- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “With the war against Russia finally over, Eastern Ukraine of 2025 is a barely habitable desert where ex-soldier Sergiy is eking out a living while battling post-traumatic stress disorder. But a ray of light emerges when he meets a young aid worker.”
1/22/21- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
Add comment January 22nd, 2021
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Winner of the Lion of the Future Award for best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY is visually sumptuous “coming-of-death” fable. During her son’s naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina’s child will die at the age of 20. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate.”
1/22/20- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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SPOOR- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A retired woman gets mixed up in a mystery when avid hunters in her mountain village begin turning up dead, and there are deer tracks next to their bodies.”
1/22/21- Weak reviews in general but a few really excellent ones also. I’d give it a try. TRDB.
Add comment January 22nd, 2021
PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “A successful neurosurgeon, Márta abandons her career in America for a romantic tryst in Budapest with a doctor she met at a conference. But when he stands her up and later denies ever meeting her, she wonders whether she imagined their relationship.”
1/22/20- Excellent reviews for this foreign drama. TRDB.
Add comment January 22nd, 2021