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Stop! That! Train!

By Golu
Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
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Shoshana Halutz Merkazi (Hebrew) [Kicking Out Shoshana]

By Golu
I am quite sure that this film likely got popular just because of Gal Gadot. I was also quite excited to see it but sadly she is just as much a prop in this film, as in many films the actresses are. A sports comedy film, it tells us a story of a popular soccer player who is forced to pretend to be gay and everything that happens after that. Honestly the film neither evokes laughter nor does it really address the issue of homophobia.

Soccer player Shushan is the dream of Jerusalem team. One night when he tries to flirt with a girl Mirit, he has no idea that she is an unwilling moll for ruthless gangster Mr. Black . To save face, Mr. Black tells Shushan that he must publicly announce that he is gay, if he wishes to live. Of course the guy has no choice. Right after the announcement, he set how homophobic his team players are and also the management of the team does not support him. The worse is that even fans give up on him and start calling him Shoshana. Rest of the film is about his Shushan and his agent make the best of Shushan’s publicized homosexuality. He is hired by an agency who is being paid by US to support the gay cause of Jerusalem (none of t is really important). In between all this Mirit decides that she likes Soshan and would rather be with I'm than the gangster. She finds him attractive but also is scared to take any action against the gangster. The film ends with eventually Soshan coming out with his real truth professing his love for the lady and everything back to 'normal'.

This film was actually quite bad. The film is loaded with political incorrectness in the name of comedy. The characters were uninteresting and you really didn't care much for anyone, not even the lead. I really can't believe Gal Gadot would agree to do such an inconsequential character. There were some jokes which made me smile, sometimes even laugh, but for the most part the jokes weren't funny at all. Plus most of them were very homophobic. Ok, so the gangster forced the guy to announce he is gay. But he could easily have confided in his team about the truth! Even the activities he does for the non-profit are so boring to be honest like meeting school students or addressing a a group of students since the rabbi is progressive. The acting by everyone was good but when the intention behind the film itself is likely not good, everything else came off as just plain bad stuff. I was just so bored throughout the film that even while writing this review I feel like why did I waste my time. Avoid (2/10)
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