Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMatt Pandamglio desperately wants to be a stand up comedian but his lame material sucks so bad that he gets booed off the few rather sad gigs he can muster. He’s in total denial not just about his ‘career’ but also about his struggling relationship with Abby his vivacious girlfriend, but when he actually starts … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is a scene at the start of this fictionalized account of recent US/Anglo history when President Clinton is visiting newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair and dismays the PM by claiming that the UK cannot really claim ‘special relationship’ status with the US as that is the preserve of more important & crucial allies. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt takes the arrival of Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) the new Editor from New York to kickstart The Boston Globe into re-visiting the newspaper’s coverage to date of the rumors that have been circulating for years about local priests sexually abusing young children. In this fiercely traditional Catholic city, the Church’s power and influence is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn the 1960’s when Phil Spector ruled American pop music, we Brits crowned Joe Meek as our king. They were both very similar people. Flamboyant eccentrics bordering on insane monsters and complete control freaks dependent on heavy drug use and exploiting young unknown talents, they were geniuses nonetheless. We learn in this intriguing bio-pic of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAn obscure and difficult to watch movie about an obscure and difficult to read poet. It’s the brief life of Hart Crane a poet and writer well regarded by his peers but who was one very unhappy homosexual who took his own life in 1932 when he was mere 33 years old. In his short … Continue reading