Movie-Special
November's movie picks
Bored of all the guy-girl kissing? Time for some gay loving, we found you the best weekend watch-over movies, verified from comedy romance to drama and thriller, not to mention lesbian romance and drama. We added some personal notes on some movies for you to check. The movie list is easily found in DVD shops downtown or in rental shops in Amman. We’ve also added a link at the bottom of the pages for previous My.Kali.mag’s movie lists in case you missed on any, therefore you have a wider lists for you to check next time you’re downtown. Thanks to www.rottentomatoes.com for the movie reviews.
My Own Private Idaho
In Seattle, Mike, a male prostitute and narcoleptic, meets Scott, who is rebelling against his wealthy family by working the streets. The two decide to embark on a search for Mike's long-lost mother, and their journey leads them first to Mike's home in Idaho and then to Italy. A loose adaptation of “Henry IV”, street hustling mixed with highly theatrical Shakespearean speech!
(Note: It does have the gay touch)
Starring: Sheetal Sheth, River Phoenix
(Note: It does have the gay touch)
Starring: Sheetal Sheth, River Phoenix
The World Unseen
In this drama set in 1950s South Africa, two women find love in surprising places. (Lisa Ray) stars as Miriam, a married mother, while (Sheetal Sheth) plays Amina, a progressive owner of a café. Though the women appear to have little in common, they are instantly drawn to one another, and a forbidden affair begins. The movie addresses issues of race, gender, and desire.
Starring: Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray
Starring: Sheetal Sheth, Lisa Ray
Angels In America
The film follows a sprawling group of characters (mostly gays) as they navigate their way through the cutthroat NYC of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear its ugly head. Getting sicker by the minute, Prior Walter is abandoned by his tormented lover, Louis; deluded lawyer Roy Cohn is visited by Ethel Rosenberg, a woman he helped to condemn; and the pill-popping Harper is on the verge of losing her sanity when she realizes that her husband, Joe, is a closet homosexual. The movie floats deeper, into a world where everyday feelings are elevated to a spiritual realm.
(Note: this movie is a 6-hour movie, it comes in 2 discs and on the shape of episodes. Not to ruin anything, but you get to see Meryl Streep kissing another women!)
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Wilson, Michael Gambon, James Cromwell, Simon Callow
(Note: this movie is a 6-hour movie, it comes in 2 discs and on the shape of episodes. Not to ruin anything, but you get to see Meryl Streep kissing another women!)
Starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeffrey Wright, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Wilson, Michael Gambon, James Cromwell, Simon Callow
Monster
A moving true-life story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who’s convicted of murdering six men. While Wuornos confessed to the six murders, she claimed to have killed only in self-defense. Nearing suicidal despair, Wuornos wanders into a bar, where she meets Selby Wall, a young woman sent by her parents to live with an aunt in order to “cure her homosexuality.” Wuornos, a victim of a tragic, abusive upbringing, quickly falls in love, and clings to Selby like a life preserver.
(Note: This movie is very powerful, touching and it requiers a lot of emotion-use, keep the tissue box in sight)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci
(Note: This movie is very powerful, touching and it requiers a lot of emotion-use, keep the tissue box in sight)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci
Before Night Falls
The life of Reinaldo Arenas, an exiled Cuban homosexual writer, is chronicled in an adaptation of his memoir BEFORE NIGHT FALLS. Javier portrays Arenas as he journeys from poverty to university to the sexual revolution and homosexual subculture in Havana to persecution and imprisonment under the policies of Fidel Castro for being both gay and a writer not to mention battling AIDS.
(Note: Johnny Depp is featured in dual supporting roles of the cross-dressing prison inmate, Bon Bon, and the brutal officer, Lieutenant Victor. A well-disguised Sean Penn appears as Cuco Sanchez. You’ll also hear one of Firuz’s songs on the background of one of the scenes in the end)
Starring: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
(Note: Johnny Depp is featured in dual supporting roles of the cross-dressing prison inmate, Bon Bon, and the brutal officer, Lieutenant Victor. A well-disguised Sean Penn appears as Cuco Sanchez. You’ll also hear one of Firuz’s songs on the background of one of the scenes in the end)
Starring: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
Kiss The Bride
When Matt receives an invitation to high school best friend Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying a woman! Matt plans to rescue his former love from whatever "she-devil" has trapped him into this huge mistake. On the other hand, Ryan's perky fiancé Alex takes quite the liking to Matt. While Matt tries to rekindle the old flame, Ryan is intent on putting out any sparks. Ryan dismisses their old romance as just a high school thing, but Matt realizes Ryan may still be the love of his life. All the while, Matt must deal with "his new best friend" Alex, the two families, and a hometown he thought he'd left entirely in the past.
(Note: This movie could be found at selective DVD selling stores or rental stores, if not found you could easily just watch it on YouTube, start with part n.1 (here>)
Starring: Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner, James O'Shea, Joanna Cassidy
(Note: This movie could be found at selective DVD selling stores or rental stores, if not found you could easily just watch it on YouTube, start with part n.1 (here>)
Starring: Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner, James O'Shea, Joanna Cassidy
Missed the previous movie lists? Check them back now:
The September 09 issue movie list (Click here)>
The July-August 09 issues movie list (Click here)>