Movie Review: Barbie (2023)

I did NOT want to see this movie.  From the moment it was announced, to the time I saw the first trailer, I had zero interest.  I may have even had negative interest in it.  When it exploded onto the theaters and became such a massive success with Barbie and

Under the Rainbow

(note: This essay was published in The Buckeye Flame online magazine as well as in the online publication, Breaking the Silence: Queer Self, Life, and Love in Northeast Ohio through Literary Cleveland. Both are great, so please check them!) I have a somewhat conflicted history with the Rainbow Pride Flag. 

I’m Coming Out…Again…and Again…and Again…

I have been coming out of the closet my entire adult life.  I have to say that since my first “official” coming out, I have not gone back “in” in any way, but I consistently have to announce my gayness to just about everyone I meet for the first time. 

GLMB Syndrome

Yesterday Tommy and I had to venture out into the irradiated Covid-19 world to fetch some needed supplies, i.e. food.  On our way, we passed a man standing in front of a gas station waving a homemade sign and gesturing to it for all of the oncoming traffic to see,

Movie Review: The Graduate (1967)

Movie Review: The Graduate (1967) Ahhh…isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic…good times.  All I see on television is people giving suggestions about what to do when they are staying at home and avoiding contact with other people.  It amazes me that the general public can’t come up with ideas on

Comic Book Movies

This week they released the new Spiderman:  Far From Home film, and it’s got me thinking about comic book movies as a whole.  I’ve seen quite a few this year, and will most likely be seeing even more as we get closer to the holidays, but I’ve noticed that it’s

Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Ahhh, Bohemian Crhapsody, the tale of the band Queen, and it’s…what’s that?  I added an extra “C” to the title?  Oh, no, kind sir, I did not add the extra “C” to the title…the director did. Now where was I?  Oh, yes, the tale of the band Queen and it’s

Movie Review: Soapdish (1991)

This will be quick…Soapdish is awful from beginning to end…just…awful.  Even the opening credits suck.  To make matters worse, here’s who is in it:  Sally Field, Robert Downey Jr., Whoopie Goldberg, Kevin Kline, Elizabeth Shue, Teri Hatcher, Carrie Fisher, and even Kathy Najimy in one of her first film appearances.