An Honest Liar
Born in 1928, when he reached the ripe old age of 17 James (The Amazing) Randi ran away from home to join the circus as he wanted to become a escape artist like The Great Houdini. By all accounts from this engrossing new documentary on his life by filmmakers Tyler Measom & Justin Weinstein he eventually … Continue reading
Animal Kingdom
The opening scene of this gritty crime thriller movie shows Jay, a teenage boy, at home calmly watching ‘Deal or No Deal’ on the TV as his heroin addicted mother has just O.D. on the couch besides him. His grandmother, who has been estranged from her daughter for years, rushes over to pick him up … Continue reading
Anonymous
So evidently Francis Bacon was not the only who claimed that he was actually the one who wrote all of Shakespeare’s’ plays, as now we have a rather preposterous claim that the real author was the Earl of Oxford. The same man who according to this new movie, was also Queen Elizabeth’s son AND her … Continue reading
Another Happy Day
I can only suppose that writer/director Sam Levinson (some of director Barry) chose the title for his debut feature movie with a real sense of irony. He does such a good job convincing us that the embittered family in thecentre of this drama has never had a single happy day, let alone another one! Mr. Levinson … Continue reading
Any Day Now
The year is 1979 and in a sleazy West Hollywood gay bar, Rudy a very scary looking drag queen, is lip-syncing to a disco hit ‘Come to Me’ and he catches the eye of a handsome masculine and very straight dude sitting by himself. Paul is a divorced closeted uptight lawyer who works in the … Continue reading
