Archive for the 'movies' Category

August 26th, 2008

GLBT Movies

Outing Riley 2004
Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he’s at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads.
not really sure what to say about this one, I enjoyed it [...]

August 22nd, 2008

The Curiosity of Chance

The Curiosity of Chance (2006)
We actually watched this one before we watched Kinky Boots.  I really liked this movie and I am fairly certain it ranks highly for Kevin as well.
High school coming-of-age tale. It is the 1980’s — and new wave angst and gender-bending fashion are all the rage. The new kid at school, [...]

August 15th, 2008

Kinky Boots

I have watched a bunch of gay themed movies lately, but I haven’t really gotten around to writing about them.
Kevin and I watched Kinky Boots (2005) the other day and we both liked it.
While in despair at his failed attempts to save the business, Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret [...]

August 9th, 2008

how ‘homophobic’ are you?

frontline: assault on gay america: how ‘homophobic’ are you?
In 1996, as part of his study on homophobia, Dr. Henry Adams and his colleagues at the University of Georgia developed their own “Homophobia Scale” by modifying scales used by other researchers in earlier studies. It’s a 25-item questionnaire “designed to measure your thoughts, feelings and behaviors [...]

July 21st, 2008

Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises (2007)
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai, who is tied to one of London’s most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna, an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into [...]

May 12th, 2008

PA for the weekend

I went to PA for the weekend.  Kevin and I had waffles Friday morning, then I got around to leaving at 11ish.  The drive home was mostly uneventful, there was light rain almost the whole way.
About a mile north of PA traffic came to a sudden halt.  We sat there for a while; I even [...]

February 19th, 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

We went to see The Spiderwick Chronicles last night at the Tinseltown IMAX at 9pm.  Apparently it was not a popular time to go to the movies, because the 4 people in my group had the entire theater to ourselves.  12,000 watts of audio, 10 stories of screen, all just for us.
We [...]

February 15th, 2008

Jumper

Jumper (2008)

Kevin and I went to see Jumper last night.  I liked it a lot.  There was a decent story, most of the action was pretty awesome, the special effects were perfect, and Hayden Christensen is easy on the eyes.  Rachel Bilson ( Summer from The OC) had a strange role, I think its just [...]

January 17th, 2008

Queer Films

Gay resurgence at Sundance - Washington Blade
Queer Lounge, a queer film networking organization launched at Sundance in 2004 by Ellen Huang, recently revealed a list of more than 40 gay-related films to be shown at this year’s festival. A quick glance over the offerings reveals some impressive debuts, interesting storylines and the return of some [...]

November 5th, 2007

Strike Is On

abc7.com: Strike Is On: Talks End, Writers Guild Walks Picket Lines
The big fight is over money — the writers want more of it, and the producers don’t want to give it up. Writers specifically want a bigger piece of DVD sales, as well as TV shows and movies sold over the Internet.
Meanwhile many of the [...]

October 29th, 2007

CCA Calls For Potter Ban

Joe. My. God.: CCA Calls For Potter Ban
The “nation’s largest” conservative organization, the Christian Coalition of America, has called for a ban of Harry Potter books and movies after author J.K. Rowling’s revelation last week that Hogwarts head wizard Albus Dumbledore is gay. CCA chairman Roberta Combs: “It’s not a good example for our children, [...]

August 6th, 2007

IMAX 3D

IMAX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are two methods to creating the 3D illusion in the theatre. The first involves polarization. During projection, the left and right eye images are polarized perpendicular to one another as they are projected onto the IMAX screen. By wearing special eyeglasses with lenses polarized in their respective directions to [...]

July 10th, 2007

harry potter

harry potter - Google Search
I am currently re-reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, then I will read the Half Blood Prince, in preparation for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the 21st of this month.
Order of the Phoenix starts playing tonight @ midnight, and I kinda wish I was there.

June 3rd, 2007

Free Family Flicks

Regal Entertainment Group
When school’s out, kids around the country come to selected Regal Entertainment Group theatres for our Free Family Film Festival. It’s a fun-filled nine weeks of movies for kids and their parents.

definitely awesome of them, and apparently a bunch of theaters do the “free kids movies in the morning” thing during the summer.
via [...]

March 24th, 2007

Movie night

Casino Royale (2006 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond

I liked Casino Royale. It wasn’t really that good of a “Bond” film, but it was still a good movie, especially the Parkour at [...]