Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideA twenty-seven year old woman who was kidnapped, has been held hostage trapped in a lock-tight and sound-proofed 11′ x 11′ garden shed for the past seven years. However two years into her capture after being continually raped by her kidnapper, she gave birth to a son called Jack. The movie actually starts five years … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAfter the unprecedented success of ‘The Intouchables’ in 2011 which went on to become France’s second biggest grossing movie of all time, filmmaking duo Oliver Nakache and Eric Toledano reunite with their Cesar Winning actor Omar Sy for a new drama/rom-com about un-documented immigration which is a very thorny topic especially in France. Sy plays Samba Cissé a migrant … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis extraordinary wonderful new film that finally brings Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King centre stage in a Hollywood movie focuses on just one of the most crucial periods in his life. After the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act had made segregation illegal, most of the South simply ignored the new Law and still … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideSeymour Bernstein is probably the most talented classical pianist alive today, yet very few people have ever heard of him. He was at dinner party a couple of years ago and seated next to the actor Ethan Hawke who was immediately impressed that this octogenarian musician seemed to understand all his anxieties and self-doubts much … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideVeteran character actor Mary Louise Wilson starts this affectionate portrait on her life with what she claims are the five basic stages of acting: 1) Who is Mary Louise Wilson? 2) Get me Mary Louise Wilson? 3) Get me a Mary Louise Wilson type; 4) Get me a young Mary Louise Wilson. 5) Who was … Continue reading