THE SHADOW OF VIOLENCE- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “With his boxing career behind him, Douglas Armstrong ekes out a living as an enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers clan in his depressed Irish community. But a conflict emerges just as he begins to make headway with his autistic young son.”
7/31/20- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
Add comment July 31st, 2020
DAYS OF THE WHALE- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Cristina and Simon are two young graffiti artists who paint the city that they live in. Their restless spirit leads them to defy a criminal gang when they decide to paint the mural of a whale over a threat written in a wall. The love that unites them, their friendship with other artists at La selva–an old house they use as a refuge–and familiar tensions, come together to tell a story where the powerful strength of youth faces fear, violence and the difficulties of growing up.”
7/24/20- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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RADIOACTIVE- 2020. Synopsis by Netflix. “This engrossing biopic chronicles the singular path of legendary scientist Marie Curie, who — with her husband, Pierre — achieves global fame and wins a Nobel Prize for the 1903 discovery of the radioactive element radium.”
7/24/20- Weak reviews for this drama but I’ll see it eventually because of my interest in Curie. TRDB.
8/1/20- This movie earned its weak reviews. Skip it. TRDB.
Add comment July 24th, 2020
THE PAINTED BIRD- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In an effort to save their child from the massive extermination of Jews, a Jewish couple send their son to hide in the countryside with a relative somewhere in Eastern Europe. The little boy’s aunt dies unexpectedly and the stray child is suddenly forced to hit the road and make it on his own in a hostile world governed by hate, fear and violence.”
7/18/20- Good reviews. TRDB. On Google Play
Add comment July 18th, 2020
365 DAYS- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Introverted sales director Laura heads to Italy to save her relationship, only to get kidnapped and held captive by the Sicilian mafia, who give her 365 days to fall in love with Massimo Torricelli, a young and handsome member of the mafia family and the most dangerous man on the island.”
7/11/20- A controversial film, this movie received a Zero rating from Rotten Tomatoes but it has been on the top 10 streamed list in the US and in Europe. TRDB.
7/12/20- Forget about the Stockholm Syndrome– this soft porn movie is the worst. Zero ratings are too high. TRDB.
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THE TOBACCONIST- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?”
7/10/20- Weak reviews from the critics and pretty good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Add comment July 10th, 2020
PALM SPRINGS- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “When carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.”
7/10/20- Very good reviews for this drama/comedy. TRDB. On HULU.
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ADU- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes.”In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless.”
7/9/20- Very good reviews by audiences. I liked the movie despite awful or absent sub-titles. TRDB. On Netflix.
Add comment July 9th, 2020
ADU- 2020. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. “Thousands of kilometers to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards prepare to face the furious crowd of sub-Saharan people who have begun the assault on the fence.”
7/9/20- Fairly good reviews for this drama. TRDB. On Netflix.
Add comment July 9th, 2020
BUNGALOW– Synopsis by IMDB. “A German soldier goes AWOL and returns home to more problems than he left.”
7/2/20- Fair reviews but the overall premise sounds interesting. TRDB.
Add comment July 3rd, 2020