Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis compelling multi-layered story that is an extremely impressive feature film debut from German director / c0-writer Jens Wischnewski. Told in a series of flashbacks which combined with present day scenes is the story of Schimon May (Christoph Letkowski) who now in his 30’s has found happiness only to have it cruelly snatched away, but then is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guide19-year-old Andrew Neyman wants to be the next Buddy Rich. This aspiring young drummer who is completely obsessed with his burning ambition has managed to get himself enrolled at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory of Music in Manhattan, which is ranked No. 1 in the country. Now he is desperate to be recruited into the School’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis somewhat annoying drama of a drug addict mother who has been refused rehab that her precocious college student son has badgered her into because she passes drug free urine and so is advised to go by the Nurse to go out and get high just to qualify is such a ludicrous tale, it had … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAfter her cancer-ridden mother died just aged 45, Cheryl Strayed fell to pieces. Heavily in debt and with her marriage disintegrating she developed an obsession for sleeping with countless strangers and an addiction to heroin. Her solution to finding a path to recovery and do some major soul-searching was deciding to hike alone the entire … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAfter seeing the trailer, I had dismissed this movie as just another feel-good sitcom until I spotted its pedigree. It being the third feature film from writer/director Tom McCarthy who scored sleeper hits with ‘The Last Station Agent’ and ‘The Visitor’ which I both really enjoyed and admired. Hence I found myself in the movie … Continue reading