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Logo re-releases iconic Black queer TV series NOAHS ARC : now FREE on You Tube
15 years ago we just couldn’t forgive LOGO for cancelling NOAHS ARK after just two seasons even though it had been their highest rated original series ever. This groundbreaking and exhilarating series centered on the lives of Black gay men in their own narratives without a hint of all the cliched stereotypes that were…
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What Bohemian Rhapsody didn’t want to show you : Freddie Mercury’s boyfriends
The reason that so many gay men loathed the ill-conceived BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY that somehow managed to be both a box 0ffice smach and a unmitigated critical disaster, was because of the cack handed attempt to whitewash Freddie Mercury’s personal life. The whole movie had been micro-managed by the remaining members of Queen who wanted…
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Goodbye Norma Jeane : the story of the man who made Marilyn Monroe
Goodbye Norma Jeane ☆☆☆☆☆ Above the Stag Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) died of an overdose on 5th August 1962 in Los Angeles at the age of 36 and this astonishing production is set during that torrid summer’s day. Jack Cole (played by Tim English) wakes up to this news on his sofa…
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Mrs Madrigal the Matriarch of Barbary Lane is Back
Mrs Madrigal is finally back. The groundbreaking TV series based on Armistead Maupin’s iconic book/s Tales Of The City is being wonderfully revived by Netflix. It is a brand new production but the powers that be had the good sense to recast Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis back as the matriarch of Barbary…
