romance
THE HOTTEST STATE
Most of us in life have to just simply pick ourselves up and get over it on our own when our hearts are broken for the first time. Ethan Hawke however went one better and wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about his own heartbreak and then adapted it into a movie that he also directed and acted…
YOSSI
Ten years on and Eyton Fox’s brilliant ‘Yossi & Jaeger’ about two Israeli soldiers who fall in love is fondly regarded as a ‘classic gay movie’, and now he follows it with this rather wonderful sequel. Yossi is still mourning the loss of his lover Jagger who died in his arms at the Front and…
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
This is a very tender and realistic story that plots a loving relationship between two very likable guys in Manhattan through all it’s highs and lows over a decade starting in 1998. There were sadly more of the latter but this well made movie’s particular take was both honest and refreshing, and the fact that…
THE VOW
Luck is unpredictable. Take this weekend, when on Friday 13th I became a US Citizen (outstanding good luck) and then on Saturday and Sunday I saw back to back movies starring Channing Tatum (exceptional bad luck). Ex male stripper/fashion model/dancer Mr Tatum got his big break as a disadvantaged dancer in ‘Step Up’ and has…
