Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideHerzi, a very likable obese man, living in a small town in Israel, gets mad when he is thrown out of his Dieting Club by its skinny tyrannical leader who calls him a whale cos he is actually putting on weight, and then he gets fired from his job as a Chef at a Salad … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMathias Gold thinks his luck has finally changed when he inherits an imposing apartment in the center of Paris from his late father who he was estranged from for decades. Approaching his 60’s, Mathias is a recovering alcoholic and after three failed marriages and three unpublished novels, he hasn’t a cent in the bank, and had … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe movie opens with a very confident Donna in the middle of her stand-up comedy routine in a small nondescript bar in New York. She is extremely funny and disarmingly honest as she talks candidly about the absurdities of her own life. The small audience love it and applaud her enthusiastically when she finishes her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideSo often when you hear about the frantic bidding wars that burn the midnight oil at Sundance as studios scramble to sign up the latest over-hyped movie, it always ends in tears. Seems like every year when a new record price is paid the Studio then struggles to make a profit, and in the cases … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhether this post-pandemic time is suitable for this rather wonderful black comedy that takes aim at the hypocrisy of funerals, seemed irrelevant. This deliciously funny satire is after all the work of Macha Colón, a character created by the artist Gisela Rosario Ramos and inspired by the iconic actor and drag queen Divine. In … Continue reading
