Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIf I had caught sight of the ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ movie before I moved to Miami, I don’t think that I would have ever dared settle here. Billy Corbin’s 2006 Documentary told the true story of the local drug wars in the 1980’s when ruthless Columbian cocaine barons invaded Miami and bought a level of violence … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideVik Muniz is a Brazilian born visual artist based in New York and renowned for his art which is constructed using a variety of ready recognizable non-art materials including trash. Conscious of his own success that life had accorded him he set about wanting to help bring about change for group of needy people using … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMorgan Spurlock who picked up an Oscar Nomination for his tongue-in-cheek documentary on fast food ‘Supersize Me’, is back on form with his take on the thorny subject of product placement, marketing and advertising in movies. He naturally takes it one step further by getting this whole movie financed entirely by the subject he is … 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
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe reason that I sit in a movie theater as often as I do is my eternal hope that every movie I watch will be so near perfect that it will just blow me away. In reality it’s a rarity, but tonight was one such occasion. Watching ‘Bill Cunningham New York’, a wonderful moving and … Continue reading
