LGBT History Month: Paris is Burning
This is a documentary about gay culture in 1980s New York. It focuses on the drag balls, competitive pageants of female impersonation, and speaks to many of the characters who have found […]
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LGBT History Month: Before Stonewall
Before Stonewall is a 1984 documentary about life for LGBT people before the infamous 1967 riots that began the gay liberation movement. In this fascinating and eye-opening documentary we see […]
LGBT History Month: The Birdcage
Armand (Robin Williams) runs a drag club in Florida, where he lives with his other half Albert (Nathan Lane). When their son Val (Dan Futterman) announces his engagement the couple […]
LGBT History Month: For the Bible Tells Me So
February is LGBT history month, so once again we’re using real world events to make reviews we were going to do anyway seem relevant. Enjoy. For the Bible Tells Me […]
Cape Fear
A violent criminal, Max Cady (Robert De Niro), is released from prison after 14 years. Cady hunts down his former defence attorney (Nick Nolte) and starts to terrorize his family […]
Blog: 5 Luckiest Saves
Our hero is cornered. There’s no way out. All hope is lost. Surely he has a plan? Well, usually he does, but sometimes screenwriters get their characters into such difficult […]
Kill Keith vs JCVD
To be able to laugh at oneself is an admirable trait, particularly when this involves poking fun at some historically un-stellar work. Here are two films that do just that, […]
Grudge Match
Two actors who should know better (Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone) play two boxers who should know better as they step into the ring to settle a long standing […]
West is West
On the list of films you didn’t expect to get the sequel treatment, East is East is high up the list, next to Donnie Darko and Psycho. But how does […]
The Curse of Frankenstein
In this 1957 Hammer adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star as the hapless Baron Frankenstein and his gruesome monster respectively. What will follow from fanatical Frankenstein constructing […]
Screen Goblin 