Not Without My Daughter (1991)

Sally Field is Betty Mahmoody, the real woman who turned her experience being abducted with her daughter by her husband into a best-selling novel adapted here into a gripping movie with Alfred Mollina playing the Iranian doctor who tricks his American family into a one-way trip to Iran.

★★★☆☆

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The first Andrew Garfield-helmed Spiderman movie was perky and fun but this second outing wallows from start to finish - it feels like the plot was an afterthought written around the computer-generated action sequences. 

★☆☆☆☆

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Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)

Kooky cat lady and hoarder Doris enjoys a renaissance when the handsome young man newly started at her office workplace seemingly returns her affections and adopts her into his circle of friends and youthful lifestyle, in this sweet romantic timefiller perfect for a four-hour bus trip between Lima and Paracas, Peru.

★★★☆☆

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