Asteroid City (2023) Film Review C
“Asteroid City” takes on too much and leaves us with too little. However, there are some funny inventions by our Junior Stargazers and other pleasures.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jun 16, 2023 | Apple TV+ Amazon, Archival Posts, C, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Ratings: Movies and Television, Romance, Science Fiction, TV / Streaming |
“Asteroid City” takes on too much and leaves us with too little. However, there are some funny inventions by our Junior Stargazers and other pleasures.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 10, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Apple TV+ Amazon, C, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Why did Billy Joe McAllister jump off the Tallahassee Bridge? The answer, according to director Max Baer, is because he slept with a man.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 10, 2022 | 70s | 80s | 90s, Apple TV+ Amazon, C, Comedy, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Musical, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
It is, of course, a GROUP EXPERIENCE with those inspired zingers going back to the screen, composed by a generation of audience members over the years.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 16, 2024 | 70s | 80s | 90s, C, Comedy, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television |
A sick-and-twisted black comedy and the first part of Water’s “Trash Trilogy”, which also includes “Female Trouble” and “Desperate Living.”
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 12, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Apple TV+ Amazon, C, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Thriller, TV / Streaming |
“Dorian”, Gill’s hairdresser persona is, of course, gay with a classic sibilant-rich delivery. In the movie’s best scene, just as he is caressing the neck of his intended victim Miss Belle Poppie…
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A movie to be seen AT A MIDNIGHT SCREENING WITH A GAY CROWD, – a GROUP experience. Do not see this movie on your own.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 17, 2024 | 50s | 60s, C, Drama, Favorites, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Hitchcock and other great movie directors, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television |
Sidney Lumet’s movie is like a microcosm of his career – he bites off more than he can chew. The dreadfully wooded Candice Bergen as lesbian Lakey.
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Many, including gay composer Benjamin Britton and his famous opera, maintain that there is an undercurrent of homoeroticism between the three leads.
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In fact, many of Theodore Isaac Rubin’s beliefs have now fallen out of favor. Despite the film’s sensitive moments, it often seems dangerously simplistic and naive.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 50s | 60s, Apple TV+ Amazon, C, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres (Action - Music Scene), Genres (Musical-Western), Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, TV / Streaming |
Not having the courage of his convictions, what started out as bravery ended in cowardice and it’s a shame.
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