Movie 1: We Were The Lucky Ones
This excellent and harrowing story, based on Georgia Hunter’s novel of the same name, chronicles the true story, resilience and heroism of a Polish Jewish family during WWII. The story begins with Passover 1937 and ends with Passover 1947. The acting and cinematography (dark, gloomy befitting of the times) are brilliant. This is an 8-part miniseries on Hulu, each episode about 55 minutes, and received 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Movie 2: My Penguin Friend
A charming, true story about a Magellan penguin who travels thousands of miles each year to “visit” a human friend near Rio de Janeiro. This is a very satisfying family drama about the unlikely bond between human and animal. And it’s very good to see French actor Jean Reno again.
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Movie 3: The Union
This is a Netflix action-drama about a CIA-like team going after terrorists who have compromised Western intelligence agencies. Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg have pretty good chemistry together. Nothing extraordinary here, but an OK couple of hours.
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Rant time. Bare with me.
I look forward to going to see a new film in the theatre. I always go see a morning or early afternoon matinee. The theatre is mostly empty. I enjoy the wide screen, I enjoy seeing the upcoming coming attractions before the film.
Is the movie business changing? New films released on a streaming service? Or is it still summertime where I’m forced to see another ‘superhero movie’? Is Superman vs Scooby Doo the next big screen production coming? Or will decent films start to be released again in the fall?
As always, thanks for the research. I’m interested in We Were the Lucky ones.