In a tacky backstreet gay Bar in Philadelphia 10 wannabee Chippendales are being whittled down to 5 finalists in a Go Go Boy Contest. None of have any real talent at all, but that seems somewhat irrelevant in this ill-conceived mockumentary that is meant to poke fun at the whole stripper boy culture. Each … Continue reading
Divorced computer programmer Todd got more than he bargained with when he allowed his slacker brother to set him up on a Blind Date. The ‘Kelly’ he had been chatting to online shared his passion for art-house movies and they had already established a bond even before they met. Turned out that his brother had … Continue reading
This Eden is hardly the biblical ‘Garden of God’ but a small tacky Bar in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district where some very enthusiastic but totally untalented Drag Queens put on Shows. The opening scenes of the movie are in the Bar where Miro the frustrated Choreographer is trying to put this clumsy set of performers through … Continue reading
Set in Tehran in 1958 (when the Shah was on the throne of what was still known as Persia) Nasser Ali Khan an obsessive and brilliant musician is driven to suicidal despair when his wife smashes up his irreplaceable violin in a fit of (justified) pique. He very melodramatically takes to his bed for 8 … Continue reading
From Pedro Almodovar, the undisputed king of high camp and high drama, comes this rather silly spoof of an airplane disaster movie : although in truth the only catastrophes that will befall any of the passengers are the results of the chaotic lives that they have temporary fled from on the ground. The action is set mostly … Continue reading