biopic
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tick, tick…. Boom : Andrew Garfield sings his way to an Academy Award
Very occasionally a movie comes along that is actually better than its advance hype. tick tick Boom is definitely one of them. The directing debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) from a script by Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen), this biopic musical is a love letter to the late Jonathan Larson and Broadway itself. Larson…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden goes to the court of “King Richard”
The question on everybody’s lips has to be whether Will Smith is going to dad bod his way to an Oscar with this story of the ego behind the father and coach to Venus and Serena Williams (Sanniya Sidney and Demi Singleton). Perfectly timed for the awards season Queerguru was there to assess whether…
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A Royal Secret : the real-life story of when the King of Sweden fell in love with a man
You may have to keep pinching yourself that this very intriguing TV mini-series is based on a true story as there are times when it simply belies belief. It’s the stuff of fairy tales when a King falls in love with a commoner although it’s usually with a member of the opposite sex, unlike…
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Will we still Love Lucy after watching Aaron Sorkin’s Biopic?
Academy Award-winning writer/director Aaron Sorkin well known for his time for West Wing (of the White House) has now moved in to the Ricardos house. The home of Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz. His highly anticipated new movie Being The Ricardos is about a time when not everyone loved Lucy. They are…
