Great Expectations ………for Great Expectations

  Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens the greatest author of the Victorian era.  This is his penultimate completed novel and it depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip.  It.s a coming-of-age story with themes of wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil, and was an enormous … Continue reading

Great Freedom : one man’s story about being imprisoned in Germany for decades for being gay

    Germany’s pernicious Paragraph 1675, was part of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994. It made homosexual acts between males a crime, and in early revisions, the provision also criminalized bestiality as well as forms of prostitution and underage sexual abuse. All in all, around 140,000 men were convicted under the … Continue reading

Greed : a satirical comedy about a story that in reality is far from funny.

  Michael Winterbottom’s latest movie is a fast-paced satirical comedy about a story that in reality is far from funny.  It’s the very skimpily veiled story of notorious Brit billionaire businessman Sir Philip Green who the British Parliament named as ‘the unacceptable face of capitalism’.  Green used nefarious means to buy Topshop and half a … Continue reading

Greek Pete

  Over 12 months the Director followed this passable good-looking rent boy whose best asset was almost 9’ long.  Sadly he’s not exactly bright, has an irritating personality, a loud mouth, and even more annoying are his group of extremely unattractive twinky rent boy friends.  The best bits were when Pete was naked, but not necessarily … Continue reading

Green Book : the best man on man love story of the awards season

  Odd couples are seeds for great stories. If you squint a little to see it The Green Book is more than a mismatched road trip pairing of black and white, gay and straight, talent and ignorance. It is the best man on man love story of the awards season Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo … Continue reading

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