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Movie Review - After the Wedding (2019)
This film is a remake of Efter brylluppet (2006), which was directed by Susanne Bier and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards. The 2006 film from Denmark was highly...
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VOD Review - Steam Room Stories: The Movie!
JC Calciano is a filmmaker of whom I became aware about ten years ago. This is his fourth feature as writer-director. It's an adaptation of his web series Steam Room Stories, which are simple skits...
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VOD Review - Last Ferry
It's a bit of a Hitchcock thriller. Instead of repressed homosexual themes, this film features an entire cast that's playing all openly gay characters. It's a chilling and tense scenario, but it's a...
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TV Review - People Like Us: Season 2
Two years ago, writer-director Leon Cheo introduced us to his short-form series about four gay men in Singapore. It was Singapore's first gay web series. It's brief glimpses into the dating lives of...
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TV Review - Watchmen (2019)
It might be a good idea to watch the 2009 film by Zack Snyder or in the least read the Wikipedia page about that flick to remind oneself because this series is essentially a sequel to that movie. It's...
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TV Review - Wu Assassins
Two years ago, Netflix in conjunction with Marvel Studios released Iron Fist (2017), a series that almost immediately drew controversy for its casting and its story line. It's about a guy who becomes a...
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Movie Review - Waves (2019)
Trey Edward Shults is giving us his third feature film. Shults is from Texas and he interned or worked as a production assistant on three films by Terrence Malick. This feature certainly feels more...
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Movie Review - Dark Waters (2019)
This is probably the most important film of the year. It's as important as both Erin Brockovich (2000) and Spotlight (2015) were. It's not being treated as such and is being mostly overlooked, but it's...
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Movie Review - Marriage Story (2019)
Critics Choice Awards gave this film 8 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The Golden Globes gave this film 6 nominations, including Best Motion...
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Movie Review - I Lost My Body
This is the feature debut for French animator Jérémy Clapin. Unfortunately, I feel like this would have been better as a short film rather than a feature. It feels like a short film idea that was...
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Movie Review - Richard Jewell
Paul Walter Hauser is having a great year. 2019 might actually be his breakout. Most people started taking note of him after his scene-stealing role in I, Tonya (2017). He appeared in Spike Lee's...
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VOD Review - The Family Doorman
It's a bit of a reach, but the film that came to mind is the recent blockbuster Joker (2019). This film won't get the kind of attention or box office glory because this film doesn't involve one of the...
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TV Review - Crisis on Infinite Earths
If you liked the super-hero, mega team-up that was Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) in theaters, this series on the CW is the equivalent of a super-hero, mega team-up on the...
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TV Review - Beats (2019)
Chris Robinson is an African-American filmmaker who made his career on directing music videos. He's mainly done R&B and Hip Hop videos for over 20 years. His résumé makes him appropriate to make...
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Movie Review - Kinky (2019)
It seemed likely that the success of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) might spawn copycats or its success might inspire more filmmakers to explore the subject of BDSM. Leading up to that 2015 blockbuster,...
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Movie Review - Atlantics
This film is the official submission to the 92nd Academy Awards from Senegal for Best International Feature. It was announced that it made the Oscars' shortlist. This year, the shortlist for Best...
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Movie Review - Rafiki (2019)
This film premiered at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. It was the first film from Kenya to screen at that festival. Due to the fact that it's about a lesbian relationship with an optimistic ending, the...
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Movie Review - One Child Nation
This documentary made it on the shortlist for the 92nd Academy Awards. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. It was also recognized at the PGA Awards. This isn't a guarantee but...
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Movie Review - Honeyland (2019)
This is the official submission from North Macedonia to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize. The...
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Movie Review - Sauvage / Wild
There's plenty of queer cinema that is about male prostitutes or male sex workers. There are so many about male sex workers that it could be its own sub-genre. There are so many that when I saw Boy...
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