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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
In the same year that the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company films a live performance of ‘Much Ado’ at The Globe Theatre in London is there really a need for yet another movie of this classic comedy? After seeing Joss Whedon’s exhilarating contemporary version, the answer is a very definite ‘yes’! Writer/director Whedon best known for ‘Buffy…
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The Wishmakers
This low-budget romantic comedy is about three college friends who spend a summer living together in West Hollywood. Two of them are openly gay, while the third, whilst the third who is obviously a big old queen, claims to be a bi-sexual. They all throw a penny into a fountain and make a wish for what…
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Wallowitch & Ross : This Moment
This overlooked wee gem of a documentary from 1999 is the story of two very talented performing artists, now in their 70’s, whose rather charmed life was essentially well-kept secret outside the Cabaret rooms of Manhattan. John Wallowitch was a classical pianist and prolific popular songwriter who met Bertram Ross in the 1960’s when he…
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Freddie Mercury : The Great Pretender
Freddie Mercury was an iconic rock superstar whose passion for music ….. and life …. is the central focus on this enchanting new documentary made for British TV by actor/director and devoted Queen ‘expert’ Rhys Thomas. It centers mainly on the latter part of Mercury’s career when he was dabbling with breaking away from Queen…
