{"id":25550,"date":"2020-04-30T19:28:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T19:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/?p=25550"},"modified":"2020-05-21T19:20:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T19:20:33","slug":"film-reviews-794","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/?p=25550","title":{"rendered":"FILM REVIEWS #794"},"content":{"rendered":"
APRIL 30, 2020<\/div>\n
DEAR FRIENDS:<\/div>\n
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I hope that you have been able to transition from movies on the big screen to movies on\u00a0TV.<\/div>\n
At some point we will all be able to\u00a0GO to the movies\u00a0again<\/div>\n
Fingers crossed!!!!<\/div>\n
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QUICK LOOK AT MY FAVORITES OF THE WEEK-<\/div>\n
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1) HERE AND NOW<\/strong>– seen as part of\u00a0the\u00a0Palm Beach\u00a0Jewish Film Festival<\/div>\n
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MOVIES I SAW LAST WEEK AT HOME-<\/div>\n
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1) HERE AND NOW<\/strong>– 2018. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A social drama told through the eyes of a young immigrant living with his little sister in the slums of the city of Ashdod and struggling to assimilate into Israeli society, who forms a hip-hop band with his three best friends. They believe that music will allow them to make their voices heard, to influence their harsh reality.”<\/p>\n

4\/23\/20-\u00a0I liked the movie. TRDB.<\/strong>\u00a0As part of\u00a0the Mandel\u00a0virtual Jewish Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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COMING TO NETFLIX NEXT TUESDAY-<\/p>\n

1) TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID<\/strong>– 2019. Synopsis by Netflix. “Chronicling the desperate plight of children made orphans by Mexico’s drug wars, this dark fable follows 10-year-old Estrella, who joins a band of street urchins after her mother vanishes, setting off a tragic series of events.”<\/p>\n

8\/22\/19-\u00a0Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2) ORDINARY LOVE<\/strong>–\u00a02020. Synopsis by Netflix. “All the comfortable routines of Joan and Tom’s long and happy marriage are thrown into disarray when Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer. As the couple navigates Joan’s medical treatment, they begin to contemplate the unthinkable.”<\/p>\n

2\/14\/20-\u00a0Excellent reviews for this drama. TRDB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NEW STREAMABLE MOVIES-<\/p>\n

1) BAD EDUCATION<\/strong>-Very good reviews. On Netflix, I think<\/p>\n

5) EXTRACTION<\/strong>– On Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n

6) EATING UP EASTER<\/strong>– On Music Box<\/span><\/p>\n

7) ROBERT THE BRUCE<\/strong>– On Amazon<\/span><\/p>\n

8) CIRCUS OF BOOKS<\/strong>– An interesting documentary about a\u00a0married couple who\u00a0owned and ran\u00a0a famous gay\u00a0porn and adult store in LA. I liked it. On Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n

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OLDER STREAMABLE MOVIES-<\/p>\n

1) TRASH<\/strong>– Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Set in an unnamed Third World country, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.”<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/24\/20- Synopsis by Netflix. “As three homeless teens struggle to survive in a world of poverty, they discover a leather bag that leads them to believe something suspicious is afoot — and they soon find themselves eluding authorities while attempting to rectify a terrible wrong.” <\/span><\/span>On Netflix and Amazon Prime<\/p>\n

2) SAND STORM<\/strong>– 2016. Synopsis by Netflix. “As Suliman takes another bride, wife Jalila and daughter Layla bridle at the strictures put on their lives, with Jalila seething as she’s forced to host a wedding celebration welcoming the new spouse into the family and Layla pursuing forbidden love.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9\/28\/16-<\/span><\/span>\u00a0I’ve read only 1 review of this Israeli film– by the NY Times and it sounds interesting. TRDB.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

12\/19\/16-<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Reviews for this film have been excellent and I agree. A well acted story that again explores women’s freedom in Muslim communities. TRDB.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b>Netflix Streaming.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

3) AN UNEXPECTED LOVE<\/strong>– on HBO on Demand<\/p>\n

4) BARRIA<\/strong>– On Amazon Prime<\/p>\n

ENJOY!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE REEL DR. BOB<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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APRIL 30, 2020 DEAR FRIENDS: I hope that you have been able to transition from movies on the big screen to movies on\u00a0TV. At some point we will all be able to\u00a0GO to the movies\u00a0again Fingers crossed!!!! QUICK LOOK AT MY FAVORITES OF THE WEEK- 1) HERE AND NOW– seen as part of\u00a0the\u00a0Palm Beach\u00a0Jewish Film […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews-from-3-weeks-ago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25551,"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25550\/revisions\/25551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereeldrbob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}