TV series
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Andrew Scott plays a therapist who gets very ‘hands on’ in ‘It Gets Worse’
We were so wrapped up in watching Andrew Scott’s Oscar-worthy performance starring in the highly anticipated Elsinore at the BFI Film Festival that we almost overlooked his other performance that weekend. The openly gay Irish actor Scott (Handsome Devil, “All of Us Strangers“) stars in It Gets Worse, playing a therapist opposite series creator and…
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Queerguru’s Scotland Contributing Editor Robert Malcolm reviews Richard Gadd’s new TV series ‘HALF MAN ‘
I have to admit that I approached Richard Gadd’s new BBC and HBO series, Half Man, with some reservations. The violent working-class Scotsman is a trope that is too familiar and reinforces a national stereotype that the country can well do without. I was also concerned that this tale is told by Gadd, a middle-class…
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Heated Rivalry the hit queer ice hockey TV show sweeps the Canadian Screen Awards
Congrats to the creators and stars of HEATED RIVALRY who swept the boards of the Canadian Screen Awards this weekend with a record-breaking 16 wins. The gay hockey romance, a major audience favorite, won every category it was nominated for across the two-night ceremony — including Best Drama Series, Direction, Writing, Lead Performer for…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm gives his take on “Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette.”
Editors’ Night: I wanted a less biased take on this tale of some of the US’s Royal Family, so I asked our resident Scottish royalist for his (alien) spin on this TV fairy tale. Episode Six **** The less said about Naomi Watts’ portrayal of Jackie O in Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr &…
