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Beautiful images and disconcerting sounds. Pure cinema.

A dull "homage" that looks like Almodovar and verges on a patronizing parody of Fassbinder.

A haunting piece of cinema

Fuck, this is such a good film!

(4k Arrow Video Restoration)

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

A BRILLIANT musical parody made a year before Star Wars lost its sense of humor forever.

I need more movies with Keke and SZA.

Stylized and romanticized version of 1979 NYC about gangs of cosplayers.

Essentially an EPK of Liza's life. Don't expect substance, just enjoy seeing Liza.

Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.

This was the first movie I ever saw alone in a theater, you stupid bitch!

A satire from 1970 that has not aged very well. The moments that work are quickly swallowed up by melodramatic contrivances and uneven tone. Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands, Louis Gossett, Jr. (credited sans junior), and Lee Grant give fantastic performances.

Second viewing on 4K Blu-ray:

I think I really love this film even through all its faults.

4K Blu-ray review:

Really beautiful transfer that makes the film almost make sense.

An enjoyable enough satire with shades of Robert Townsend and Keenan Ivory Wayans that never finds its voice. Still worth a watch.

Two straight guys play gay in a movie based on a book written by a straight man. Timmy is 17 and Armie is 24. Timmy cums in a peach and Armie eats it. This is trash.

This is not good. Just stop.

A pretentious, tedious mess of a film that is miscast except for Val Kilmer. Later in 1991, Stone would release his masterpiece JFK. This was an appetizer.

This review may contain spoilers.

Yes, there are many problematic issues with this film, but CONTEXT is important. You can laugh at the racist absurdity of Gedde's performance, and cringe at the sound of a gong whenever they mention his horribly racist name. It's okay to be appalled by Jake giving away his drunk girlfriend to The Geek. Just keep repeating, It's only a movie. It's only a movie.

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Hughes' redo of "Pretty In Pink" isn't perfect (he still believed that subtextual queer characters are either flamboyant males or butch females who will end up hetero by the end of the movie), but how can you resist Elias Koteas?

Brilliance. From acting to cinematography to writing, no hyperbole needed.

I wasn’t sure if I even liked this until I couldn’t sleep after watching. It’s disturbing in a way I can’t explain, but also a frustrating visual style and problematic sympathy for Jamie. It leaves you feeling like an accessory to the murders.

Holy shit there are a lot of dead kids.

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I have loved this film since seeing it in theaters back in '86.

Blaine is an asshole for essentially blaming Andie for him ghosting her. Duckie is obviously queer coded, but the times when he professes his love still feel desperate, but for very different reasons.

And Annie Potts is perfection.

This gets better and better with age. The 4k is stunning, and the cut scenes are now at the same quality as the film!

The BTS footage is the only real substance in this very uneven, way too long EPK-style "documentary."

This viewing I noticed how this movie is really a travelogue.

You either die or live long enough to see your idols make a biopic.

Frenetic and pulsing, it literally walks briskly towards its finale. Not my favorite Baker, but definitely his funniest.

Baker once again allows us the privilege to visit a group of folks that live on the fringe of "normal" society. It's pure joy as the children experience their world as one big amusement park juxtaposed with the realities of the adult world.

My rating is purely based on the fact this film has been in my life since 1988. I wore out my VHS copy! It DESTROYS me every time I watch, and I can't even watch the final "Glory of Love" performance.

Watching Culkin reenact all my bipolar symptoms was chilling.

There's a lot of blood and a lot of dick.

Or, when thruples don't work out.

Beautifully shot and acted, but not a perfect film.

Touchstone is the house that Bette built and this is a great follow up to "Down and Out in Beverly Hills." It is 1986 distilled in a film. Tits and all.

Beautifully animated and better acted than a majority of films out today. I was enthralled and wanted to hug every one of those animals. If you have a dislike for this film, you are pure evil.

Watched on Wednesday February 19, 2025.

Sophie Thatcher is perfection. Still thinking about this film days later.

My husband and I watched this for Valentine's Day. Yup.

I've had every iteration of this on home media since the Criterion Collection laserdisc and this 4K is probably the 3rd best visually after theatrical and Criterion. Its visual style has been used in films for the past 30 years, but still works best in this film. Freeman is fantastic, and so is Spacey (even if he is human garbage in real life.) I still hate Pitt's performance, and Paltrow is just giving sad puppy energy. The ending is still iconic and has one of my favorite lines:

"Oh, he didn't know."

Tom Cruise has never had a role that was better than this one.

Kevin Costner at his hottest, Sean Young at her best, and Gene Hackman floating between angry dad and naughty child. The infamous sex scene is pretty tame by today's standards and the accompanying song is laughable, but Costner and Young's chemistry sell this thing.

I don’t care what anyone says, that theme song is fantastic!

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025.

It still gets me every time.

The 70's were a weird fucking thing.

A visually stunning film that has a should have won all the awards performance by Jim Carrey. Although, Kaufman still can't construct a female character that any of the other male characters aren't afraid of, and Gondry's farcical "Frenchness" is on full display with the bumbling young scientists, it somehow all works. Brain damage and all.

A pretty good starter for what could be a nice franchise. It needs some editing and some characters shifted around, but the gore is solid and surprisingly restrained.

Roth tries to make a funny "Cannibal Holocaust" homage.

Just a list of films that were integral to my understanding of being a gay man, good and bad.

• Parting Glances
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• My Beautiful Laundrette
• Longtime Companion
• Deathtrap
• Torch Song Trilogy
• The Living End
• Poison

My favorite musicals from Judy while she was working for MGM.

• Meet Me in St. Louis
• The Pirate
• The Harvey Girls
• Summer Stock
• The Wizard of Oz