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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews I’LL SHOW YOU MINE : a two-hander family confrontational drama
This fictional film is split into 10 chapters titled: Discovery, Observation, Assessment, Negotiation, Presumption, Revelation, Persistence, Misdirection, Culmination, and Coalescence. A talky film with animations illustrating the dialogue the two protagonists have. Priya Sura (Poorna Jagannathan) invites Nick (Casey Thomas Brown), to work together as partners in the (illustrated?) book she is going to…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews MINI-ZLATAN AND UNCLE DARLING ‘a sugar coated Swedish rom-com’ at BFI London Film Festival
At Queerguru we can’t just give you all steak and sizzle. Sometimes it’s our duty to ensure that you are getting a varied diet. Occasionally we need to give you a little milk and cookies. This time it’s in the form of the family-friendly Swedish rom-com Mini Zlatan and Uncle Darling, told from the perspective…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE SHINY SHRIMPS STRIKE BACK an excellent follow up to the 2019 film
La Revanche des Crevettes Pailletées (The Shiny Shrimps Strike Back) is directors Cedric Le Gallo and Maxine Govare’s excellent follow-up movie to 2019’s The Shiny Shrimps. The Shiny Shrimps are a queer motley-crew French water polo team and the first movie highlighted homophobia in sport. This movie continues in that vein of combining activism, sexy…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews THE WHALE a movie to both love and hate @ BFI London Film Festival
Some people will hate The Whale, some people will love it. But if you are lucky, you will be one of the people who both love and hate it. That’s a rollercoaster worth the ride. Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is entombed in both his body and his apartment. Reclusive, morbidly obese, and refusing to show…
