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Filmmaker Goldie Jones is offering her insider take on Heated Rivalry. For those who are interested in how the sauce is made, these video shorts are fascinating and educational.

I'm very surprised this film got financed. It's a very old-fashioned, kind of slow, 2-person drama/comedy, with Bonnie Hunt and a few other actors thrown in. It's a simple premise, a grieving widow is forced to plan her husband's funeral with her estranged gay son's gay assistant. Allison Janney plays the lead, and Andrew Rannells plays the assistant. Both actors deliver. The screenplay has the feel of a stage play. I have to say, I thought the writing and direction by Jim Rash were quite good. The acting is superb, especially from Janney. The story is unusual, nothing like I've ever seen before. It has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Since the story centers around a mother and her distant gay son, it might have some resonance here.

I hear that. There certainly are downsides to living in an apartment building. You say yours is "well built," let's hope that is true. Unless you are at the very top, noise from a neighbor above is fraught with risk. I have learned the hard way.

I've never seen Denzel Washington in a turkey. I had a strong respect for his choices. I was stunned by how bad this crime thriller is. It's from 2025, and I had never heard of it. It's directed by Spike Lee, and the cast is pretty solid, with Jeffrey Wright, Dean Winters (from Oz), John Douglas Thompson, and Wendell Pierce making a cameo. The premise of the story is ridiculous. What was Denzel thinking when he read the script? The actors are fine, but no amount of solid acting can save this mess. Apart from constantly rolling your eyes at the premise, the strangest thing about this "thriller" is the movie score. The background music stands out like a sore thumb, and it's all very, very cheesy, forcing fake emotive qualities upon the viewer. Supposedly, the movie is scored by Howard Drossin, who built the score alongside Spike Lee. Wow. The score is so bad, so annoying, it deadens the mediocre material with false emotion, dragging everything down to strident, trite, fakakta. The ending had an opportunity to create an Irene Cara/Fame moment, except Aiyana-Lee (never heard of her) was not spell-binding, and the song she wrote was not memorable. This movie would make an interesting subject in a film production class on what not to do. I believe it bombed at the box office, and it's easy to see why. If anyone watches this, I'd love to hear other opinions.

It's the most unusual gay gathering I have ever experienced in my life.

You mean it isn't just the prices of groceries and gas that have gone through the roof?

I dear friend who is a devoted fan since the very beginning, called me this morning, still crying. I think that's what you call mourning.

I got a notification today (from this board) that I'm now a veteran. Does that mean I get to celebrate one of these American holidays?

Wow, what a fabulous season finale. One of the best show endings I've ever seen. Ending the show with Barbra and Judy's iconic duet sent shivers through my body. Brilliant. This show is going to be seriously missed by fans.

With a nose like that, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. I never saw Buffy, but I have friends who absolutely loved that show. Here's a fun promo from an interesting perspective: RuPaul is playing the POTUS as a drag queen. I'm pretty sure the film is meant to be silly.

Thank you for that article. It's interesting how Rami talks about his fear. He seems to dance around the real issue. Playing gay more than once can have consequences in Hollywood. I often wonder if Chalamet would every do it again. I tend to doubt it. Same with Gyllenhaal.

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I have a friend who loved this show. I haven't seen it, but I've seen other Rami projects. Perhaps he is one note. That hadn't come to mind, yet. I still find him compelling.

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Apparently, the vision was so mesmerizing it left him speechless.

Interesting. I guess I could have Googled. Thanks for posting the RM link.

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I think I saw an interview where RuPaul says that is exactly what they were shooting for. He said he loved those 70's/80's movies because they made him howl.

After seeing this video short, I thought, oh boy, these two should do a gay romance story together. Looking a bit deeper, I see they recently made The Man I Love, and they're out promoting it. This chemistry they have on the press tour looks intriguing.

They just posted Layton Williams doing River Deep Mountain High. I think he's nominated for a Tony, and he won the Olivier in London. He's a fantastic performer, and consistently brings the house down.

Adam Shankman is director. It's a major motion picture, with Universal Pictures sharing distribution. The writers have a popular queer comedy podcast. RuPaul loves to laugh, so the script had to pass his muster, assuming he's a tough critic of funny. I don't know about the rest of the country, but several theaters in NYC will be showing this film. I will be going with a friend who loves Drag Race.

I could use a good laugh, and the preview looks very promising. If it's a major success, RuPaul could be the next "senior" version of Tyler Perry.

I heard something similar from someone who saw it. Sounding a little ageist, but quite funny.

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