Reviews of films
Channel 4 commissioned Kevin Elyot to write a screenplay celebrating gay pride. They should have read his plays first. He wrote cynical tales about cruel, self-loathing gay men. No surprise that the characters in Clapham Junction are a mix of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Clapham Junction (2007)
When you have already lost everything, you have nothing left to lose. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Also on Einthusan. Approximately 95-97 minutes. The film starts with the nations of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 154: Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)
Son’s gay. Dad’s gay. Mom’s mad as hell. The Lost Language of Cranes premiered at the UK film festival in 1991. It was broadcast on PBS and the BBC in 1992. The story follows a family as they cope with … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
In Which Home has a High Price No movies about the past are actually about the past. Yes they may recount, in varying levels of detail, events that happened in bygone days, and said accounts can indeed tell a whole … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 11: Munich
It has been a while since I have featured lighter stuff. So here is a story about a girl who…cannot ride in vehicles without vomiting? Uh…well, the vomiting scenes are not as gross as they could have been. Also, it … Continue reading WTF ASIA 153: Queen of Walking (2016)
When we first meet Cassie Thomas (Carey Mulligan), she’s supposedly drunk in a club, getting taken home by a man she’s never met before. As you’ve probably seen in the trailers, she is not intoxicated and the man with ill … Continue reading Movie Review: Promising Young Woman (2020)
Consenting Adult aired on ABC on February 4, 1985. Marlo Thomas and Martin Sheen reject their son (Top Gun’s Barry Tubb) when he comes out. Cue earnest monologues and screaming arguments. This TV-drama hasn’t aged as well as similar works … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Consenting Adult (1985)
Katie is faking it, but that’s hardly a spoiler. In another film that might be the central twist, but it’s printed in bold type right the on the website for White Lie. That title tells the audience precisely what to … Continue reading Film Review: White Lie
In Which the Camera Starts Shaking In 2002 three action espionage movies graced theaters: Die Another Day, xXx, and The Bourne Identity. While both Bond and Cage duked it out to be the coolest, hippest, and “not your daddiest” of the spies, it was … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 10: The Bourne Supremacy
“You and I are not so different” said no character in this movie about a small Korean-Chinese town dealing with North Koreans passing through. Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 92 minutes…or 88 minutes on Amazon … Continue reading WTF ASIA 152: Dooman River (2010)
He’s straight! He’s gay! They’re roommates! Crazy, right? But wait, there’s more. The straight guy’s Sicilian! I thought Kiss Me Guido would focus on their odd couple friendship. But focus is not the script’s strong suit. It gets distracted by … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
In Which it’s Time to Enter the Xander Xone In 1995 ESPN brought the world the first X Games. An annual competition to highlight the world of so called extreme/action sports. These were trials of skill that skipped the average … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 09: xXx
Kids these days with their internet and their obsessions. Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and maybe a few other countries. Approximately 146 minutes. Just a bit of warning. This movie uses flashing white lights to denote typing. It … Continue reading WTF ASIA 151: All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
All the Queen’s Men is a film at war with itself. It’s 1944 and three British spies are tasked with stealing a German Enigma machine. Breaking the Enigma’s military codes could turn the tide of World War II. The factory … Continue reading LGBT Movies: All the Queen’s Men (2001)
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week: Alice Wu’s debut film Saving Face. Late in the summer of 2018, my sister and I went … Continue reading Late to the Party: Saving Face (2004)
In Which There’s Sex For Dinner and Death for Breakfast Ah, James Bond, 007. A Franchise so titanic in its cultural legacy and influence that it is practically impossible to talk about, even in the discrete sections of individual movies. … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 08: Die Another Day
COKE-COCK COKE-COCK! COCK-COKE-COKE-COCK! Available in Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States. Approximately 146 minutes. The movies starts with a disclaimer, perhaps to sooth the censorship board. Among other things, the disclaimer claims that drugs are not produced in the state … Continue reading WTF ASIA 150: Udta Punjab (2016)
Most LGBQ people spend the first portion of our lives pretending to be straight. We do so to fit in with our family, peers, co-workers or community. To feel accepted. To feel safe. The following movies turn conventions on their … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Gay Deceivers
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week: George Clooney starring in Tony Gilroy’s legal thriller, Michael Clayton. I chose this movie primarily because President Hound … Continue reading Late to the Party: Michael Clayton (2007)
In Which Teen Horniness is Not a Crime How much should prescience be worth in a movie, is something successful because it can call shots, even if the story falls short in a meaningful manner? It’s a question that I … Continue reading Post Millennial Malaise 07: Southland Tales
Yes, that’s right. Another movie about a woman and her son. For a few weeks, this was the number 2 movie in South Korea behind the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie and the lead was the first Asian to … Continue reading WTF ASIA 149: Secret Sunshine (2007)
