Tag: movie
Run(a)way Arab
It’s nigh on impossible not to really like Amrou Al-Kadhi an out and proud queer Iraqi drag queen / activist / writer / actor / journalist / filmmaker. He is also disarmingly charming to boot. The London-based founder and star of Denim the drag superstar group has always been such an articulate advocate about being…
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level
Great news if you live in Europe or your computer can play Region 2 DVD’s as next week sees the release of a fully restored high definition version of The Naked Civil Servant, unquestionably one of queerguru’s favorite classic queer movies. From 1976, it tells the remarkable true story of Quentin Crisp, self-proclaimed England’s…
The Queen is Back
There is good news if you share queerguru’s passion for the 2006 movie The Queen for which Dame Helen Mirren picked up no less that 50 Best Actress Awards, including the Gold Triple of Oscar, Golden Globe & SAG. The story that captures Her Majesty and the Royal Family in turmoil over the divorce,…
Rough Night
So Rough Night is the story of a group of friends are horrified when the male stripper they hired for a wild bachelorette party in Miami winds up dead. We have no idea how good this movie is BUT it does star Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, SNL’s Kate McKinnon, Demi Moore and Colton Haynes , so how bad could it be? Anyway…
Wonderkid wants to win off the pitch too.
Professional sports is the one of the last remaining bastions where homophobia still seems to flourish unabated. For every brave courageous LGBT athlete that dares to publicly come out of the closet, there are several thousands more kept in by sheer fear of what will happen to their careers, their lives and their loved…
