romantic comedy
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PARK BENCHES aka BANCS PUBLICS
From its pedigree alone this movie should have been completely wonderful. Directed and penned by award-winning actor/director Bruno Podalydes and with a cast of that was like a veritable who’s who of French Cinema it had all the hallmarks of a sure-fire hit instead of the reality of the total dud it actually turned out…
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THE LOVE PATIENT
I have no idea why I chose to watch this intensely irritating comedy when I found the whole premise of the story so offensive. Maybe just like the movie’s protagonist I am pretty and shallow too and was simply wooed by the images of hunky half naked men on the DVD cover, either way it…
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August
L.A. is having one its hottest summers ever when Troy lands back in town. He’s being living in Spain for the past four years but now he thinks he wants to find a job and a new apartment and move back home. It all depends on Jonathan his younger boyfriend who he dumped without warning…
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LET MY PEOPLE GO
Exactly who the people that need to be freed in this mildly amusing comic farce is never really made clear. Could it be Jews, or the Homosexuals, or the French or even the Finnish? There are a multitude of stereotypes in this rather convoluted comedy written by Christophe Honore who I am now beginning to…
