Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere are very few movies these days with starring roles for actresses on the cusp of their 70th birthday, even if they have already collected a couple of Oscars. So when one does come along they grab it with open arms and throw themselves into the part with full gusto. This is exactly what Sally … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideNow that veteran British filmmaker Ken Loach is 80 years old he keeps threatening that his latest movie will also be his last. We hope not as with I Daniel Blake he is not just back on form, but this is one of his best ever, born out by winning him his second Palme D’Or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is only one good reason (well, maybe two) to sit through the long drawn out and rather tedious biopic of the very short life of singer/songwriter Hank Williams, and that is because of its star Tim Hiddleston. He puts in a powerhouse of a performance and is nothing less than magnetic in this overly long … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhen 10 year old Lance (Garren Stitt) ‘borrows’ one of his Dad’s guns to take to school to show to his best friend, the two of them get into a scrap and accidentally fire a couple of shots in the air. When Lance and his parents are hauled in front of the School Principal who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideEven when this rather entertaining road-movie dripping with sentimentality from Israeli filmmaker Dani Menkin ends, you cannot help think that this would have all played out so much better if it had been filmed as a documentary. As we follow recently fired cinema projectionist 60-year-old Ronnie (Alon Aboutpoul) leave Tel Aviv to fly to NY … Continue reading