It wasn’t just the men we fell for in the Netflix/Shondaland extraordinary wonderful period costume drama Bridgerton, although creator Chris Van Dusen did give us an exceptional selection: Regé-Jean Page, Jonathan Bailey, Luke Thompson, Rupert Young Ned Porteous and Julian Ovenden etc etc There were also two very striking women chav=racters playing their own … Continue reading
Veteran British Director John Boorman returns to his roots with this new movie …..his first for several years …picking up the story line from his masterful Oscar multi-nominated semi-autobiographical ‘Hope & Glory’ about a nine year old boy living through the London Blitz . Now a decade later young Bill Rohan (aka Boorman) is 18 … Continue reading
Queen diva Big Freedia is back and she means business. Literally. The fabulous rapper from New Orleans introduced all to her very infectious ‘bounce’ hip hop music and ‘twerking’ and is now expanding her activities. For Pride Month she is gearing up for the release of her highly-anticipated new album Central City. ……. her … Continue reading
When aspiring actor Yaniv Rokah got a part-time job as a barista in a coffee shop in Santa Monica he very quickly struck an unlikely friendship with Mimi a short sprightly octogenarian who worked at the Laundromat on the other side of Montana Avenue. Rokah became fascinated with this extraordinary colorful old lady who it turns … Continue reading
This delightful feel-good Dutch gay movie has blended elements of ‘Mission Impossible’ with those of ‘La Cage Aux Follies’ that results in a very camp and decidedly old-fashioned jewel-heist comic caper. It all starts at the Chez Nous Bar in Voetboogstraat Alley in the center of Amsterdam where Bertie is the reigning Drag Queen on the … Continue reading