Short Reviews

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

It’s been a while since I shared my feedback on movies or books with which I have been distracting myself. From the Netflix and the library… Fling (Brandon Routh, Steve Sandvoss, Courtney Ford, Shoshana Bush; 2008; dir: John Stewart Muller) The story of things going right and wrong for a young couple in an open [...]

Updates

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I can’t tell you how much I adored Natasha Richardson’s performances in the 1998 revival of Cabaret (or, her performance on the CD, anyway, since I never saw it live). I’m a fan of Liza with a Z as much as any theatre queer, but I doubt I’d have really paid this musical much attention [...]

Oscar Day

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Well, the red carpet rolls out in a few hours and I still haven’t written my big final Oscar blog. After all, I made a big deal out of trying to see all the films this year. With a few hours to go, here are my predictions (films I’ve seen are in bold, normal weight [...]

Rent still gets to me

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

I just finished watching Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, the DVD recording of the final performance of the show at the Nederlander Theatre. I was hesitant to watch it as so many filmed stage versions have been less-than-spectacular, but I liked it. In fact, I prefer it to the movie version. While Anthony Rapp, Edina [...]

Twilight

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Well, after all my recent positive reviews of urban fantasy books and television shows, I was starting to feel like a hypocrite for judging Twilight without having watched it. Since Puntabulous’s Craig also got around to giving it chance this week (and liked it), I figured it wouldn’t kill me to watch the film. I [...]

Movie Review: Doubt

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Okay, I was supposed to watch Benjamin Button next in my Oscars movie quest, but I decided to skip ahead to Doubt. While I may not have an answer about what happened in the rectory, I’m fairly certain that there are spoilers beyond this point. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams in Doubt.

The Reader

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Still making my way through the Oscar Best Picture nominees. Tonight, I took in The Reader. You can expect spoilers beyond this point.

Frost/Nixon

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

The next movie in my lineup of Oscar nominees to watch was Frost/Nixon. If you know nothing about American history in the 1970s, there are probably spoilers coming your way.

Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

I’ve decided I going to use my couple weeks down time to make sure I see all of this year’s Oscar nominees. Or, as many as I can stand before I get sick of them. So tonight I caught Slumdog Millionaire. As usual, spoilers (but very predictable ones, IMO) lie ahead.

Catching Up with Odds and Ends

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Based on the dramatic drop it readership of the last week, no one really cares if I finish my week-long “Equality Matters” series. At 5 entries, we’ll call it a work week and break for the weekend. Some of the thoughts percolating in my head: I have to agree with Back2Stonewall on the issue of [...]