New DVDs available & with good reviews

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Following is a list of new DVDs available at the Video Store in Sebastopol in recent months, selected on the basis of my own interests, which are mainly dramas. The numbers are percentages from Rotten Tomatoes, the website that lists the percent of critics that gave good reviews to the films. If you have seen or see any of the DVDs, I would welcome your opinions.

In addition to the DVDs that got good ratings, the final section below is of DVDs where I appreciated the description, but they did not receive good reviews by critics. However, Rotten Tomatoes also lists audience reviews, and some of those films were liked more by general audiences than professional critics.

DVDs Late 2014

? Begin Again, musicians in NY

89%, Calvary, priest threatened by parishioner

67, Dolphin Tale 2

87, The Good Lie, Sudan boys in U.S., 3

67, Hundred Foot Journey, Helen Mirren, Indian teen in France, food

96, Ida, Polish girl wants to be nun, Jewish, 4

100 audience, Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, policewoman in Amish

61, Million Dollar Arm, d/c, sports, 3

100 audience, My Dog Champion

74, 1000 Time Good-Nights, career/family conflict

94, Pride, Welsh miners and gays, 3

86, Trip to Italy

2-Bit Waltz, coming-of-age

Future DVDs

73, Into the Woods

93, Wild
NO

(And So it Goes, estranged son leaves daughter with Dad)

(Cantinflas)

(Decoding Annie Parker, Helen Hunt)

(Elsa & Fred, elders)

(4 Minute Mile, drama/comedy, 3)

(The Giver, future)

(If I Stay)

(Into the Storm, action)

(Third Person, writer, 3)

(Very Good Girls, coming-of-age)

(When the Game Starts Tall, football)

(Wish I Were Here, c/d, dad with child)