Just northwest of Los Angeles is the California beach town of Oxnard. There is nothing particularly special about the town and, chances are, the average person wouldn’t even know where it is. Except of course, that Oxnard was the site of a horrendous alleged hate crime, which received nationwide coverage in the United States. Valentine…
Ted is a movie based on a gimmick, though it’s a quite funny gimmick. Most of the comedy in the film is dependent upon the fact that a bunch of lewd and adult acts are being perpetrated by a talking teddy bear. If it wasn’t for this gimmick, the film would end up just being your…
Beginners can definitely be described as a quirky about the relationship between a father and a son. The film follows three stories over the course of the film, which take place over different time periods. In the main story, Hal (Christopher Plummer) comes out as gay to his son Oliver (Ewan McGreggor), shortly after the death…
For Paul Rudd‘s second leading role, he teams up with fellow Judd Apatow alumnus Jason Segel for this buddy comedy about male bonding. It seems that male-bonding or “bromance” is in these days (complete with an MTV reality show), so it was only natural that a movie be made. That said, the film would have…
Gus Van Sant returns somewhat to the mainstream (for the first time since 2000’s Finding Forrester with this biopic about the assassinated politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man elected into public office and fought hard for gay rights in the United States. The film is presented using both documentary and filmed…
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