“The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal. From the viewpoint of our legal institutions and of our moral standards of judgment, this normality was much more terrifying than all the atrocities…

The Birdcage is a hilarious comedy that was made in 1996. 28 years later you would think that things would be better and not worse for gay couples and drag queens. Unfortunately, this is not the way things are today

Beau is fucked, is what he is. Right from birth, when he is dropped by the doctor delivering him. The doctor denies it, but Beau’s overbearing, quintessentially Jewish mother, Mona (played by Zoe Lister-Jones in flashbacks from Beau’s childhood, and Patti LuPone when he is an adult), knows the truth. This is far from the…

Synopsis: A latent lezzer with peculiar mental powers wants a girlfriend. What does it matter if her target isn’t a rug muncher? Director: Joachim Trier Cast: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen Like a fair few blokes, I shamelessly employ double standards when it comes to homosexuality. I’m none too keen on…

Wolf Hound is a WW2 movie that showcases some of the “dirty fighting” of the Jew-hating Nazis in the latter stages of the world’s greatest war. You see, the Germans would rehab shot-down Allied planes and then masquerading as Allied aircraft, ambush and shoot down the American and RAF planes. There was an ultimate “Mad…

Synopsis: “This is my house.” Director: Nicolas Gessner Cast: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, Scott Jacoby In 1991 Jodie Foster picked up her second Oscar, apparently poised to have one of the most glorious movie careers of all time. Instead, her post-Lambs output collapsed into mediocrity. The rot set in straightaway with…

There are many right and wrong ways to write a screenplay. Here is the way Argylle was probably written, complete with director’s notes (in this case, Matthew Vaughn or MV here) and SPOILERS. Title: Not Another Kingsman Movie. MV: I see what you did there. We’re doing another quasi-spoof spy movie that isn’t Kingsman. Har-har.…