There’s a scene in To Leslie where the titular character played by Andrea Riseborough is being kicked out of her son’s apartment for drinking and stealing his roomate’s money. She pleads with him by repeatedly calling him “baby” but it’s fallen on deaf ears. It’s ironic because she’s acting like a child who’s been caughtContinue reading “Riseborough Rises ‘To Leslie’ Above Feel-Good Indie Drama Poverty Porn”
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Chucky The Doll Proves Horror Can Be More Than Mere ‘Child’s Play’
Note: This focus will be on horror/thrillers that have featured the LGBTQIA community and/or have themes as June is Pride Month. By the time, Child’s Play hit theaters, for some reason after Halloween, in 1988, the horror genre had become a step up from porno. The slasher genre of the 1980s had soured the marketContinue reading “Chucky The Doll Proves Horror Can Be More Than Mere ‘Child’s Play’”
Michael J. Fox’s Serious Acting Shines In’Bright Lights, Big City’
George Carlin was once asked what it felt like when he did cocaine. His response was simple, “It makes you feel like having more cocaine.” In Bright Lights, Big City, Jamie Conway (Michael J. Fox) knows that feeling. He’s a 20-something wannabe writer from Pennsylvania who moved to New York City with his wife, AmandaContinue reading “Michael J. Fox’s Serious Acting Shines In’Bright Lights, Big City’”
‘The Year Between’ Isn’t Your Typical Hallmarkian Family Comedy-Drama
The protagonist of The Year Between isn’t a very likeable character. But Alex Heller, who wrote, direct and stars as Clemence asks us the audience to think out of normal cliched movies about bipolar characters. Heller, herself, suffers from bipolar disorder and this is somewhat semi-autobiographical. Movies in which characters have mental disorders are oftenContinue reading “‘The Year Between’ Isn’t Your Typical Hallmarkian Family Comedy-Drama”
‘The Truman Show’ Foretold Celebrity Culture And Influencers 25 Years Ago
When The Truman Show opened in theaters on this date, June 5, 1998, it was long anticipated for its novel premise. Jim Carrey plays Truman Burbank, a 30-year-old insurance salesman who lives in the picturesque town of Seahaven. But he’s unaware that everything around him is a fake. Or “manufactured” would be the appropriate term.Continue reading “‘The Truman Show’ Foretold Celebrity Culture And Influencers 25 Years Ago”
‘Psycho II’ Is An Underrated Horror Classic After 40 Years
Note: This focus will be on horror/thrillers that have featured the LGBTQIA community and/or have themes as June is Pride Month. In Scream VI, they discuss that Psycho II is an underrated horror classic and I agree. I must admit when I first watched it back in 1980s, I missed a few things I caughtContinue reading “‘Psycho II’ Is An Underrated Horror Classic After 40 Years”
‘The Birdcage’ Spread The Wings Of LGBTQIA Humor To The Masses
When The Birdcage won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast, a good friend of mine and I weren’t too happy. We were both big Fargo fans and we wanted it to win, but it wasn’t even nominated in that category. We knew Fargo was going to get screwed over byContinue reading “‘The Birdcage’ Spread The Wings Of LGBTQIA Humor To The Masses”
‘Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Will Steal All Your Attention
I never got into the Dungeon & Dragons role-playing game. I did watch the Saturday morning cartoon which seemed to star half the cast of Eight is Enough. But when the 2000 movie came out, I watched it one and a half times. Marlon Wayans’ role was akin to a fantasy version of Stepin FetchetContinue reading “‘Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Will Steal All Your Attention”
Long Live The Queen Of Rock
I was saddened to hear about the passing of Tina Turner this last week. She was known for her electifying on-stage performance as well as a singing voice that no one could ever duplicate. But for many other people, she was known as Aunty Entity the ruthless leader of Bartertown in the barren wasteland ofContinue reading “Long Live The Queen Of Rock”
‘Money Shot’ Blows A Good Topic
I want to make a documentary about documentary filmmakers and their desire to always focus on the bad part of the porn industry. With the exception of Inside Deep Throat and the Pornucopia series that was on HBO back in the mid-2000s, there’s often a Puritan conservative slant against the industry. Money Shot: The PornHubContinue reading “‘Money Shot’ Blows A Good Topic”
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