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- Cast:
- John Hurt … Quentin Crisp
- Liz Gebhardt … Art Student
- Patricia Hodge … Ballet Teacher
- Stanley Lebor … Mr. Pole
- Katherine Schofield … Mrs. Pole (as Katharine Schofield)
- Colin Higgins … Thumbnails
- Director:
- Jack Gold
- Genre:
- Biography / Comedy / Drama
- Plot:
- The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.
- Comment:
- Well, I was moved. I mean at that time, at that era, he lived as he was. In the interview, there are a few interviews with him as special features in DVD, he talks about himself, and I totally admire him. He was in much harder situation than now. Also John Hurt performs very well. It is quite impressive thing that he has almost stolen Quentin Crisp's way of talking, walking, moving, and etc.
- Actually beginning of this film makes me sad because of discrimination, but just come to think of it, even in this 21st century, still we have such problems. Sometimes I think prejudice would never be solved. Anyways film itself is brilliant, I assume.
- Cast:
- Bob Hoskins … Prof. George Challenger
- James Fox … Prof. Leo Summerlee
- Tom Ward … Lord John Phillip Roxton
- Matthew Rhys … Edward Malone
- Elaine Cassidy … Agnes Cluny
- Peter Falk … Reverend Theo Kerr
- Director:
- Stuart Orme
- Genre:
- Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
- Plot:
- An expedition leaves for the Amazon to prove the existance of dinosaurs.
- Comment:
- The story was fun. And Matthew Rhys was cute. I don't think I'll watch it again though.
- Cast:
- Charlize Theron … Aileen
- Christina Ricci … Selby
- Director:
- Patty Jenkins
- Genre:
- Biography / Crime / Drama / Romance
- Tagline:
- Based on a true story
- Plot Outline:
- Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
- Comment:
- This includes lesbian acts, that's not my cup of tea though, I like Christina Ricci, so I watched this film. It wasn’t bad, I had a fun. But I couldn’t understand Aileen’s act. Is it a women thing or some personal matters? Anyway I'll never be able to understand women's those kinds of things...
- Cast:
- Sean Hayes … Billy Collier (as Sean P. Hayes)
- Brad Rowe … Gabriel
- Richard Ganoung … Perry
- Meredith Scott Lynn … Georgiana
- Matthew Ashford … Whitey
- Armando Valdes-Kennedy … Fernando
- Paul Bartel … Rex Webster
- Carmine Giovinazzo … Gundy (as Carmine D. Giovinazzo)
- Director:
- Tommy O’Haver
- Genre:
- Comedy / Romance
- Tagline:
- Lights!… Camera!… Attraction!
- Plot:
- Billy is a gay fine-arts photographer who falls in love with straight coffee-shop waiter Gabriel.
- Comment:
- It's fun. The good thing is that it isn't a usual story that can be seen everywhere.
I love especially the bed scene. I guess it is quite realistic. I feel I am there. My heart is beating fast. Brad Rowe is in Shelter that I’ve watched a few months ago. I saw him like an adult gay man there, so in this film he is quite young which I wasn’t expected. Considering about the age of this film, it’s quite normal though, I am just confused a bit at first. Anyway, it is a low budget film, but it is pretty good, I assume. All cast performed very well. I also like the role of Meredith Scott Lynn. Her character is fit for this film. One thing I don’t feel fit is polaroid. I haven’t seen polaroid more than five years by now.
- Cast:
- Dusan Dukic … James Brighton / Matthew Honeycutt
- Norman Helms … Félix Blain
- Louise Laprade … Geneviève Marler
- Julian Casey … Brendan
- L. Kalo Gow … Jame’s Aunt
- Karyne Lemieux … Sylvie
- Steven Turpin … The “real” James Brighton
- Director:
- Denis Langlois
- Genre:
- Drama
- Plot:
- An American is found naked and amnesiac in a vacant parking lot in Montreal in 1998. He says his name is James Brighton…
- Comment:
- I really wanna know about what happened to the “real” James Brighton. Is he dead?
- Cast:
- Peter O’Toole … Relic
- Sam Neill … Alfred Nichol
- Sun Li … Little Tiger
- Luke Macfarlane … James Nichol
- Tony Leung Ka Fai … Book Man
- Kenneth Mitchell … Edgar
- Gao Yun Xiang … Wang Ma
- Ian Tracey … the Controller
- Serge Houde … George Grant
- Charlotte Sullivan … Melanie Grant
- Director:
- David Wu
- Genre:
- Drama
- Plot:
- A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
- Comment:
- It’s a little sad to watch this kind of film because of racial discrimination. But just as a film, it’s great, I assume. Story focuses on two people, a boy, actually he is a girl though, and a spoiled son of a king of railroad. Mainly the drama goes on their relationship but they show some mysteries and relationship between son and father, employee and employer, investor and beneficiary, etc.
- I think the son develops a sort of maturing process as an adult. He was an irresponsible son of a rich man, one day, his father sent him to China to hire people, then he gradually becomes a responsible and reliable man.
- Iron Road has two parts and each of them are 1.5 hrs long, it means it takes 3 hrs to watch it, but I didn’t feel that long.
I’m quite satisfied with it. I do want to watch this again. Personally it is a little weird when Luke kisses to a woman though, he is a great actor so it’s not a big deal for him, I guess.
- Cast:
- Patrick Wilson … Joe Pitt (6 episodes, 2003)
- Al Pacino … Roy Cohn (6 episodes, 2003)
- Meryl Streep … Ethel Rosenberg (6 episodes, 2003)
- Emma Thompson … Homeless Woman (6 episodes, 2003)
- Mary-Louise Parker … Harper Pitt (6 episodes, 2003)
- Justin Kirk … Leatherman in the Park (6 episodes, 2003)
- Jeffrey Wright … Belize (6 episodes, 2003)
- Ben Shenkman … Louis Ironson (6 episodes, 2003)
- Genre:
- Drama / Fantasy
- Plot:
- Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.
- Comment:
- It is based on the play, so there were a lot of big words. The story itself is quite good and I sympathized to Joe a lot. Difficult thing is as I wrote before, it’s based on the play, the line is quite long and it takes a little time to understand them. Also most of characters are played by same actors, for instance, Meryl Streep plays Joe’s Mum, Ethel and surprisingly a rabbi. I haven’t seen much drama play, that’s why it is very impressive, I assume.
- Cast:
- Chad Allen … Donald Strachey
- Sebastian Spence … Timmy Callahan
- Jack Wetherall … John Rutka
- Woody Jeffreys … Eddie
- Director:
- Ron Oliver
- Genre:
- Crime / Mystery / Thriller
- Tagline:
- A gay detective who always gets his man.
- Plot:
- A gay detective is hired to find who has been been threatening a notorious member of the gay community noted for outing people.
- Comment:
- I haven’t seen Chad Allen’s film before, so it is the first one. I like detective story though, I wasn’t satisfied with this storyline. But it was thriller. Somehow I liked the end. Besides I was happy when I found Jack Wetherall was in this. I guess almost the last appearance in TV. He mainly plays at the theatre and I don’t know he is still playing there. Anyway the concept, a gay detective, is good. They should make such films more.
- Cast:
- Michael Urie … Eric
- Elizabeth Kapplow … Josie (as Liz Kapplow)
- Jeremy Beazlie … Jeremy
- Jay Gillespie … Max
- Michael Linstroth … Jeff
- Lucas Papaelias … Kevin
- Nick Potenzieri … Alex
- Director:
- Brian Sloan
- Genre:
- Drama
- Tagline:
- A story of New York after 9/11.
- Plot:
- After placing an ad on September 10th, a young man living in SoHo struggles to find a new roommate and keep his emotional balance in the weeks following 9/11.
- Comment:
- According to an extra talk in DVD, it was basically made for a play at theatre. So everything happens in only two small rooms in a flat. I like this setting. Michael Urie performs very well and he looks very cute.
Although the play tends to be a little too much emotional, considering about what happened actually and I wasn’t there, I can’t criticise it.
- Cast:
- Cyrille Thouvenin … Laurent
- Stéphan Guérin-Tillié … Cédric
- Eva Darlan … Emma
- Danièle Denie … Jeanne
- Idwig Stephane … Pierre
- Caroline Veyt … Carole
- Laurence César … Martine
- Jean-Pierre Valère … Georges
- Raphaëlle Lubansu … Noëlle (as Raphaëlle Bruneau)
- Director:
- Christian Faure
- Genre:
- Drama
- Tagline:
- Est-ce qu’on aime vraiment nos enfants autant qu’on le prétend?
- Comment:
- I think I’ve seen Stéphan Guérin-Tillié (Cédric) somewhere. Anyway I like the way Cédric is struggling with Laurent’s being dishonesty to his family. But at least Laurent isn’t in the closet, only for his folks. I think it is very weird when Cédric went off to Paris to forget Laurent, his mum goes to see and tells Laurent’s folks about his sexuality. I do understand if you are a mother, you would do anything for your children though, this case, telling your child's boyfriend's folks about his sexuality isn’t normal. Or in France it might be normal. Except that part, the story is pretty much about their relationship and it is nice.
