Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFreddie Quell is a real mess. After being discharged from the US Navy where he served in the Pacific Fleet in WW2 he has serious psychological issues and a fierce short-fused temper that will not allow him to adapt back into civilian life at all, and so he drifts from job to job until one … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideEven though this is the 25th time that Tolstoy’s classic novel has been brought to the screen, I think this is the first version that I have ever seen. The latest rendition has been re-written by leading playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, and I gather it sticks closely to the original plot even though he’s squeezed it into 2 hours. (Thank … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis sentimental old-fashioned French melodrama oozing with charm is a faithful remake of the 1940 original movie penned and directed by novelist turned playwright Marcel Pagnol. This time it is helmed by veteran award winning actor Daniel Auteuil making his directing debut and taking the starring role too. There are no CGI, (computer generated imagery) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhen the French Peasants stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14th 1789, their Queen Marie-Antoinette was holding Court elsewhere in the country at the Palace in Versailles. This rather resplendent and engaging costume drama follows the doomed Dauphine’s next three days fuelled by courtier’s gossip as all their lives start to fall apart. The … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe original idea behind this latest movie version (the 17th) of this much beloved romantic 19th Century novel was to give it a glam Hollywood treatment with stars like Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbinder attached to play the leads, but the moment that Brit director Andrea Arnold came on board it was inevitable that this … Continue reading
