Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideSteve Gleason was a successful NFL player whose career highlight occurred when he was playing with the New Orleans Saints in their first game in the city’s Superdrome exactly a year after Hurricane Katrina. Gleason made a spectacular pass which enabled the team to win this crucial game which was a vital step in the recovery … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAlthough Amir Bar-Lev’s new documentary is about the sexual abuse that infamous Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky carried out on scores of young boys over a 15 year period, the focus is less on the crimes themselves but about the whole culture surrounding them and the devastating effects on that college town. Initially … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis new crowd-pleaser biopic of African/American athletic hero Jesse Owens sees his troubled world through rose colored glasses (even the Nazis running the 1936 Olympics are not THAT bad ) as it fore-mostly focuses on his remarkable achievements of winning 4 Gold Medals, with the political ramifications taking second place. The movie starts with the teenage Owens leaving Alabama and his … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBilly ‘The Great’ Hope seems to have everything. He has retained his title of World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion, albeit after a particularly bloody match. He lives a life of sheer luxury in an enormous New York Mansion with his wife Maureen who adores him, and their cute precious daughter Leila who he totally dotes … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAfter seeing the trailer, I had dismissed this movie as just another feel-good sitcom until I spotted its pedigree. It being the third feature film from writer/director Tom McCarthy who scored sleeper hits with ‘The Last Station Agent’ and ‘The Visitor’ which I both really enjoyed and admired. Hence I found myself in the movie … Continue reading