Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI cannot remember exactly how social worker Dan Cohen came across his amazing discovery but what we can see from this heart-warming documentary about him putting it in to practice is the undisguised joy from all the people who are reaping from his ‘invention’. Cohen established that elderly hospitalized patients numbed the cruel ravages of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt took 47 years for one of the greatest music documentaries ever made to make it to the public. It is here now. Whether you are a die-hard Aretha Franklin fan or just love music do not miss the chance to see and hear “Amazing Grace” on theatrical release in knock down glorious surround … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis new documentary by filmmakers Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi makes a sterling attempt to a semblance of an understandable explanation of the ongoing internecine war in Pakistan between the government authorities and the Taliban insurgents. They start with the cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi who heads up the Red Mosque network of schools known as … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBorn 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
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt is ten years on from Al Gore’s Oscar winning documentary on how climate change is irrevocably destroying our planet, and this new sequel initially gives us hope that some quarters in the world may have taken some action based on the warnings, are mostly quashed by the time the end credits role. The … Continue reading
