Black Mirror: Season Six (2023) B
Murphy is marvelous – the scene where she fires a colleague is delicious – and Hayek blazes through the episode like the superstar she is.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jul 23, 2023 | Action, B, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Noir, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Horror, Mystery, Netflix, Politics, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Western |
Murphy is marvelous – the scene where she fires a colleague is delicious – and Hayek blazes through the episode like the superstar she is.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 23, 2023 | A-, Action, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, Western |
Scorsese directs all of these multiple storylines with great flair. from the broad vistas to the most minute period detail in costume and production design.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 29, 2023 | Action, Awards Season, B-, Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
The movie is narrated by a dead man, law student Numa Turcatti, who was the last person to die on the mountain. Disappointing but worth seeing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 22, 2023 | Action, D+, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, New Releases, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance |
An epic disaster of Waterloo proportions. The movie has no style and makes no sense. If you are looking for a history lesson, go elsewhere.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Criterion Collection, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Horror, Masterpieces, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Road Movie, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
Pálmason, his cinematographer (Maria von Hausswolff), and his composer (Alex Zhang Hungtai), bring back colonial memories of such movies as “Black Robe”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 28, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Documentary, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
I left “Flee” with that “floating-on-air feeling” that you get after seeing something special. After seeing a masterpiece.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 13, 2021 | A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Musical, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming |
West Side Story is Spielberg’s Triumph! Of course, it is Anita who is the real star of the movie and Ariana DeBose is astonishing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 23, 2022 | A, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Plaza’s performance is something to behold. All of that nervous energy is now bursting out in a performance that is always true and believable.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 14, 2022 | A, Action, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Mystery, Netflix, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Western |
“The Power of the Dog” is one of the best films of 2021. Campion directs with an expert hand assisted by Ari Wegner’s cinematography and Jonny Greenwood’s memorable score.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 1, 2022 | A-, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated, Western |
The directors are extremely cine-literate. However, their references never seemed forced and I basked in their cinematic vision.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 30, 2023 | Action, Archival Posts, B+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Matching Gyllenhaal, Salim gives a supremely dignified yet deeply moving performance that is worthy of a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 15, 2023 | Action, Archival Posts, B+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller |
Mann shoots the racing sequences with breathtaking panache and urgency aided at every turn by his master cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt and the editing genius of Pietro Scalia.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 3, 2023 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B+, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated |
But the movie belongs to Newton who gives the best performance of her career here. We are completely in her spell.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Mystery |
David Lowery’s enthralling “The Green Knight”. Alicia Vikander does double duty as a peasant girl, and the mistress of a mysterious household.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 26, 2021 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Horror, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” is filled with brilliant touches. The major reason to see this movie is Kathryn Hunter who plays all three witches.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 25, 2022 | Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, B-, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Horror, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
I had no problem sitting through the movie’s bloated 180-minute running because, through all of this nothingness, five actors manage to make lasting impressions
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jun 27, 2023 | 70s | 80s | 90s, A, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
Another example of a gay character whose sole purpose in the movie is to be killed. Still, Zinnemmann and Rodgers treat his character with a modicum of respect.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 7, 2024 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, D, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, YouTube |
Hamming it up and mincing all over the place, this is a cringe-worthy performance from Martin Balsam who is not referred to by his given name, just The Fag.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 21, 2021 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, B+, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Underappreciated, Western |
Hume Cronyn and John Randolph are our happy and well-adjusted gay couple. Yes, they fight and bicker all the time. However, they are clearly madly in love with each other.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 16, 2023 | 50s | 60s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, C+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance |
The subject matter, its release during the Christmas season, and a couple of scathing reviews by the major critics sealed its fate.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Science Fiction, TV / Streaming |
In Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, HAL 9000 is the psychotic gay computer abord Discovery One. HAL is in love with Dave and quickly dispatches with copilot Frank.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Mar 16, 2023 | 50s | 60s, Action, C, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Mystery, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Many, including gay composer Benjamin Britton and his famous opera, maintain that there is an undercurrent of homoeroticism between the three leads.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, B, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
The Kirk Douglas/Stanley Kubrick epic has not aged well but the supporting cast,, particularly Laurence Olivier and Peter Ustinov, make it worth seeing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, B, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Historic Events, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
If you believe Gore Vidal it was all because of a lover’s spat. Wyler and Boyd were in on the ruse, and Boyd played his scenes that way, but Heston was not.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 6, 2022 | 50s | 60s, A+, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Classic Film Noir, Drama, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Hitchcock and other great movie directors, Mystery, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming, YouTube |
Eva Marie Saint gives Grace Kelly in “Rear Window” a run for her money as Hitchcock’s most elegant leading lady and the chemistry between the two leads is more palpable than in any Hollywood picture before or since.
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The gay couple’s (played by Earl Holliman and Lee Van Cleef) chosen profession also adds to their fascination and their sexiness.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 10, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, B, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Western |
A Western with two female leads is that rarest of cinematic jewels and, under Nicholas Ray’s direction, both Crawford and McCambridge play to the gallery.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Feb 7, 2024 | 50s | 60s, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, B, Comedy, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Musical, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, TV / Streaming, Western, YouTube |
The Best Queer Song in the History of Cinema: Day’s spectacular delivery of the Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster masterpiece “Secret Love.”
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s | 40s, A-, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming, Western |
1948 was the year of Montgomery Clift. In addition to Hawkes “Red River” there was Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” and William Wyler’s “The Heiress”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s | 40s, A-, Action, Apple TV+ Amazon, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Musical, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
She captured everyone’s heart, gay or straight. There is something vulnerable yet confident about her. And then there is that incredible voice!
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