Love, Simon is a high school comedy so the visuals are mostly campus, suburban home and parties. As familiar locations go they are all polished, glamorous and vibrant Hollywood versions that shine on Blu-ray. The picture is sharp and clear since it’s a brand new movie. But of course you’re not buying Love, Simon for […]
Warner Home Video provided me an early copy of Supergirl: The Complete 2nd Season so that I could finish my review by the time it is available for purchase today. This is the season of Supergirl that literally saved lives. Thanks to the story of Alex Danvers (Chyler Lee) coming out, gay viewers avoided suicide and […]
The FilmQuest Film Festival held a panel on the subject of Minorities in Genre Film, with some of its festival filmmakers and local filmmakers. The panel included Yolanda Stange, President of Utah Women in Film, David No, director of the short Battle of Wills and an actor himself, and Jody Wilson, writer/director of the short […]
Play the Devil was one film at the Los Angeles Film Festival that really made me feel like I was discovering a new world and new talent. Set in Trinidad, it was a region I’d never explored. Also new to me were both the cast, and the sort of characters one would find in Trinidad. […]
Other People does something rather extraordinary that made me realize how far we still have to come in cinema. By telling a story of grief from the perspective of a gay man, it made me realize this was the first time I’ve ever seen a gay lead in the fairly common subgenre of grief movies. […]