FARMING- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s experiences, this powerful coming-of-age drama follows a young Nigerian whose parents send him to live with a white British family hoping boost his prospects. Instead, he falls in with a skinhead gang.”
10/25/19- Weak reviews for this drama but the critics had a few nice things to say. TRDB.
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BLACK AND BLUE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “A rookie policewoman is shaken to her core when she happens upon her colleagues murdering a drug dealer. With the killing caught on her body cam, she’s soon targeted by the corrupt cops … and some vengeful criminals.”
10/25/10- Poor reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
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THE CURRENT WAR- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In the early days of electricity, Thomas Edison’s direct current (DC) was the U.S. standard. This historical drama charts the battle that erupted when George Westinghouse began touting alternating current (AC) as a more sustainable standard.”
10/22/19- Fairly good reviews. TRDB.
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FAGARA- 2019. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “After her father died, a Hong Kong girl discovers she has two hitherto unknown sisters, one in Taiwan and one in China. To settle her father’s debt, she must reunite with them to run the family’s hot pot restaurant.”
10/18/19- I enjoyed this drama from China very much. TRDB. At the Theater.
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BY THE GRACE OF GOD- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Molested as a boy by a priest, Alexandre Guérin — now a husband and dad — is dismayed to find that his abuser still works with minors. Determined to expose the church’s complicity, Alexandre joins forces with two of the clergyman’s other victims.”
10/18/19- Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.
9/24/20- An excellent movie that grows on you as it progresses. TRDB.
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THE LIGHTHOUSE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “From the director of the horror classic “The Witch” comes this hallucinatory fable set in the 1890s off the New England coast, where a temperamental old lighthouse keeper and his new assistant push each other to the brink of insanity.”
10/18/19- Excellent reviews but I think I’ll skip it. TRDB.
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JOJO RABBIT- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In this World War II satire, young Jojo Betzler is yearning to join the Hitler Youth when he discovers that his mother — who secretly works for the resistance — is hiding a Jewish girl in the attic to save her from death.”
10/18/19- Good reviews by the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
2/26/20- I enjoyed this very clever drama/comedy. TRDB.
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TELL ME WHO I AM- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “When 18-year-old Alex Lewis wakes up from a coma after surviving a motorcycle accident, the world is not one he remembers. He has forgotten everything. His home. His parents. He can’t even remember his own name. The only thing he does know is that the person sitting next to him is his identical twin brother, Marcus.”
10/18/19- Very good reviews for this drama. TRDB.
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CYRANO, MY LOVE- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1897 Paris, playwright Edmond Rostand is facing a creative crisis just as actor Constant Coquelin needs a hit and asks Rostand to pen a play for him. Taking inspiration from his own life, the dramatist authors the now-famous “Cyrano de Bergerac.”
10/18/19- Very good reviews. TRDB.
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MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL- 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Years after the conflict portrayed in “Maleficent,” the horned fairy and Princess Aurora — soon to become queen — forge new alliances and take on new foes to save the enchanted forest of the Moors and the creatures within it.”
10/18/19- Poor reviews and not my kind of movie anyway. TRDB.
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