Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis is one of those real life stories that you come across now and again that re-affirm your faith in the goodness of (some) human beings. Rocky Braat’s story is especially moving and relates how one very ordinary and regular young American man, who is exceptionally unselfish and wonderfully generous, made a real difference to the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMartin Bonner is at crossroads in his life, and so too is Travis Holloway. Total strangers who would appear to have little in common, and are thrown together by circumstances, and who become the most unlikely friends when they find out they are not that different after all. Martin is in his mid 50s and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideTwo blue collared gay men living in a small town in Texas are both finishing chapters in their parallel lives. Gabe, a 35 year old closeted construction worker is trying to recover from being dumped by his lover who preferred to stay with his wife after all. He can at least seek some consolation that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe surprising element of Michael Winterbottom’s new bio-pic on the life of Paul Raymond the self styled ‘King of Soho’ in London in the swinging sixties, is that he has chosen to present him as a lovable rogue who deserves our sympathy as ‘sex’ made him very rich but extremely unhappy. After all Raymond was … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBack in 1969 an unknown singer-songwriter called Rodriguez was discovered performing in a dive bar in Detroit and was immediately offered a deal to record two albums. His music bore more than a passing resemblance to that of Bob Dylan, but his first album ‘Cold Fact’ received critical acclaim but only zero sales, and when … Continue reading
