Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Were the World Mine

I saw Were the World Mine this past Wednesday. I went in to the Kendal Square Landmark Cinema in Cambridge to see it with Jony and Dani. I was a bit worried because I have been looking forward to it so much I feared I'd be dissapointed. The wonderful thing was that it exceeded my expectations. Was it a perfect movie? No. Were there points that I could critique it? Yes. Was it greater than the sum of its parts? Completely.

The singing and music was fantastic and incredibly well done. It was uplifting and happy without being overly sappy. It was though provoking without being to cerebral. Overall it was a movie that once it got going just made you enjoy it. It was fantastical but had consequences.

Unfortunately it is no longer playing (only a one week engagement), but I recommend looking for it when it comes out on DVD in the spring/summer.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Musical? Shakespeare? Gay boys in love? I'm sooo there!

Ok, I've recently become obsessed with a new film coming out in Boston on Friday December 5.

The story is about a boy, after being cast as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, who stumbles upon a hidden recipe within the script to make the play's love pansy, causing anyone to fall in love with the first person they lay eyes on. He proceeds to turn most of his small-town gay to varying results and consequences.

The music sounds great, and the voices on the two leads are just incredible. I plan to see it when it opens, anyone with me?

Monday, July 23, 2007

This and that

Ok, just a few updates since I don't really feel like doing a full out post.

  • Saw Transformers a while ago. Lots of fun. Go see it.
  • Saw Harry Potter last week. Twice. Once in IMAX. Go see it. It's a lot darker than before, less whimsy. Dolores Umbridge is sublimely and wickedly played by Imelda Staunton.
  • Finished with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'll say no more than it's very dark, very well written, has a pace that just keeps on hitting you and is very satisfying.
  • Saw Hairspray. Go see it. It's a laugh riot, with great singing and dancing.

Monday, June 11, 2007

What to say, what to say...

So I've had very little motivation to post lately. It's been a whirlwind since I returned to work. The wound is healing mostly well. If I sit wrong it feels like its pulling a bit and it's been bleeding a little since the stiches came out (I called and they said it was normal).

Living with Cate is going well at the moment. Additionally she's doing well in her classes which is key.

The main thing is that I want to get out and do fun things like go bike riding, or swimming or anything that I'm not supposed to do right now. I just want it to be healed and done with. *sigh* I suppose I should be thankful it was sutured and not packed and that its proceeding as fast as it is, but you always want more. :)

Let's see... what else...

Last week I went up to NH with Max. It was a great time and probably more strenuous than I should have been 2 days after stiches coming out. Ah well. We ended up staying in a Comfort Inn in North Conway. Pretty much everwhere was booked and all that was left was a smoking room. NEVER AGAIN. I will search through every last hotel, motel and/or B&B before I EVER take a smoking room again. It was the most vile, disgusting thing I've had to deal with in a while. The room was caked with the stale oder of cigarette smoke everywhere you went. Hell next time I'll just pop for the honeymoon suite (which was the only available non-smoking room) if that's all that's left. It'll be worth the money not to feel like my lungs were filling with toxins.

On Friday I went to the 25th anniversary concert for the Boston's Men's Gay Chorus. It was their annual concert for pride weekend and it was a great time. They had Linda Eder as a guest. Her "Don't Rain on My Parade" with the chorus just brought down the house, it was fantastic. Also great was the fact that they sang "Brothers Sing On" which is what the WPI Glee Club sings at every concert. For an encore Linda sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". My fraternity brother and fellow Glee Club alum JJ invited me to see the show. He's been trying to get me to a show for ages and schedules finally aligned. I decided to get two tickets and take someone with me. I initially invited Patrick but he couldn't go. After that I called up Judd and he was happy to come along. He loved it and was glad I "dragged him" there. :)

Afterwards Judd had to go home but I went over to JJ's along with Kurt and Pere and we caught up and had a great time. I ended up leaving Boston about 2:30 am, took a cab back to my car and then drove back to Worcester. I got to bed about 4 am and then slept until 3pm on Saturday.

Sunday I went to see Ocean's 13. It was good, I enjoyed it. I rented Ocean's 11 and 12 and watched them Friday. I liked both as well. For those who've seen the first two, 13 is more like 11. It's a straight out caper film.

After that I ended up getting tipsy with Martha and Dani. It was FANTASTIC.

Well that's all for now.