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TV show/movie: My Bodyguard, 1980
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Family
IMDB plot synopsis: When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
Why's this worth watching? Script-wise, this is an excellent treatment of some themes that tend to recur in teen dramas (bullying ( Read more... )

Movie/TV show: Breakfast with Scot (2007)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Noah Bernett, Thomas Cavanagh, Colin Cunningham, Ben Shenkman
In one sentence or less: Kid steals the show. (3/5 stars)
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Movie/TV show: All The Queen's Men (2001)
Genre: Comedy | War | Action | Drama
Starring: Matt LeBlanc, Eddie Izzard, James Cosmo, Nicolette Krebitz, David Birkin, Edward Fox, Udo Kier, Oliver Korittke
In one sentence or less: Eddie Izzard + cheap yet often funny drag humor = not a masterpiece but worth watching. (3/5 stars)
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TV show/movie: Le Temps qui Reste (AKA Time to Leave), 2005
Genre: Drama / LGBTQ
Plot synopsis: Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing death, he ( Read more... )

TV show/movie: Echte Kerle (AKA Regular Guys), 1996
Genre: Comedy / Romance / LGBTQ
Plot synopsis: Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their ( Read more... )

Pretty soon, I'm going to hit you all with a huge post about the Strachey movies and books, including recs, picspam, and, er, other things of a non-public nature. But in the meanwhile, here's a little something I amused myself with a few nights ago:


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i promised the next post would be nicer :) i give you massive picspam for 'le temps qui reste' (AKA 'time to leave'), starring the sublimely beautiful yet ridiculously named melvil poupaud. he plays a young gay man who finds out he's dying from cancer. *sigh* it's all v. intense. i can tell it's an awesome film, although i can't quite get through ( Read more... )

Movie/TV show: Red Road (2006)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Starring: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston
In one sentence or less: Despite the intriguing plot, brilliant acting and unflinching direction, this impressive effort does not make for easy watching.
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Movie/TV show: Bedazzled (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley
In one sentence or less: Meh, but OK if you've got nothing better to do.
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