Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhen Friet an impossibly perfect German exchange student comes to stay with teenage Eva and her family in their home in rural Holland, life as they know it changes almost beyond recognition. Up till then this dysfunctional family has somehow coasted along, but that was all before Friet fed them doubt, fear, insecurity and even … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt’s 1991 and Charlie a nervous and melancholic teenager is praying to make it through his first year in High School in one piece. He’s a really bright kid but such a loner and when he encounters an eccentric live-wire Patrick, a Senior who has been sent down to re-take his junior year, he gravitates … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBest selling writer and humorist David Sedaris firmly refused to allow any of his novels/writings to be made into movies until now. I’m not sure if that is because his humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating and often concerns his family life, or the simple fact he would hate the end result. Now that he has … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI could really sum up director Lynn Shelton’s latest and her least likable movie in one word : annoying. She squanders her reputation (‘Humpday’ and ‘Your Sister’s Sister) and an excellent cast (including Ellen Page, Alison Janney & Josh Pais) on this embarrassingly unfunny comedy that went down like a lead balloon when it premiered at … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideJoseph Gordon-Levitt has had a very busy year. He starred in four major motion pictures, and somehow has also found time to write and star in his directorial debut which has just premiered at Sundance. And boy, has he come a very long way since he left off being young Tommy in ‘3rd Rock From … Continue reading
