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On The Sea (UK)

By Golu
This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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Death Drop Gorgeous

By Golu
Indie queer films have generally upped the game because audiences are not forgiving in todays day and time. So its especially surprising when a campy trashy film like this comes in 2020, with bad acting and direction where you have seen it all. There were a lot of cringy moments because of this, like the ending which was just one-liner after one-liner after one-liner, without any real end in sight. This I lay at the feet of writing and directing.

Dwayne has just moved back to Providence after splitting with boyfriend and managed to get his job back as a bartender in the locally haunt Outhouse popular for drag shows. But within a span of 4 days, one murder after the other happens where gay men have been brutally murdered and their blood drained. No one is safe. Everyone is a suspect including Dwayne, the club owner Tony, the agin drag queen Gloria Hole and the new popular Janet Fitness and even the out of it, Tragedi. Gloria Hole is losing her place in the club, is agin and wants it all back. Janet Fitness wants to own the club and is improving, Dwayne is really unhappy with his situation and his roommate Brian is attention seeking drama queen. When the killer is revealed , its not surprisingly, but then they way it is done and they try to add another suspense on top of it to make it arthouse was just bad.

I have realized that to make even camp films, it requires special skills. You can't just have non actors, random situations, fake laughters and still assume that audiences are doing to lap it up. Not in 2020 and onwards. The film had badly written story, acting was terrible, there was no substance or heart or any point it was trying to make. The movie did touch on some subjects like ageism, dating apps, and a few LGBTQ community wise topics. Though it wasn't deep enough to take fully serious in this movie. Just enough to remember it along with the horror comedy that was being displayed. Stories involving drag queens can be so much fun and OTT acting usually fits in well but sadly not in this film. I would not recommend this at all, especially when the film is almost 100 minutes long of bad acting. (2.5/10)
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