Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideA fascinating documentary that tracked the rise and fall of the powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff who at one time was funneling huge funds to help bank roll most of the Republican Party’s key players and a few minor Democrats too. It was ill-gained money that he wrangled out of Indian Tribes and the Government of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideRichard and Robert Sherman are two remarkable songwriters who so excelled at writing smash hit songs for family musical that they became the only in-house composers that the Walt Disney Studios ever hired. They were responsible for all the sugary hits in classic children movies such as ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘The Parent Trap’, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe opening shots of “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” are of an extreme close up of Joan’s face, without makeup first thing in the morning. This so succinctly sets the tone for this exhilarating bare-all movie that documents a roller-coaster year in the life of this comedic tour-de-force. Joan allowed the filmmakers complete access … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideOn November 4th 2008 the joyous news of Barack Obama’s historic victory being elected the 44th President of the US was tinged with great sadness for most gay men and women as on that same day as Californians, by a small majority, voted to overturn their State Supreme Court ruling that had permitted same sex … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn 1989 the Winnebago Company set out to make a series of informational films about their famous RV’s, and hired Jack Rebney a respected broadcast journalist, to write and present them. By the second day of filming the crew realizing how volatile Mr. Rebney was as every time the filming broke down or Rebney called … Continue reading
