Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "drag queen"

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Hairspray **** (1988, Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Debbie Harry, Jerry Stiller, Mink Stole, Pia Zadora) – Classic Movie Review 1149

Director John Waters’s 1988 hit Hairspray is his breakthrough movie, finally leaving micro-budget shockers behind an going for the mainstream. Who’d have thought, a John Waters movie with a PG certificate! It’s a fabulously campy, […]

Apr, 26

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar ***½ (1995, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Arliss Howard, Chris Penn, Jason London, Melinda Dilllon, Blythe Danner) – Classic Movie Review 1095

Director Beeban Kidron’s 1995 comedy stars Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo, who give convincing, touching performances and make surprisingly marvellous girls as three drag queens, Miss Vida Boheme, Miss Noxeema Jackson and Miss […]

Apr, 15

Bad Education [La Mala Educación] **** (2004, Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara) – Classic Movie Review 826

With La Mala Educación in 2004, Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar returns to the style and content of the films that made him famous in the Eighties with this provocative and sizzlingly stylish look at male […]

Feb, 13

Connie and Carla **** (2004, Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny) – Classic Movie Review 516

Club singer showgirls Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) accidentally witness a Mafia hit in Chicago and have to go on the run from their boss’s killer. So they hide out as drag queens – […]

Dec, 13

The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert ***** (1994, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 145

High on the list of sights I never thought I’d see in the cinema is Terence Stamp, British matinée idol darling of the 1960s, playing a crumpled, world-weary transsexual Sydney showgirl. But, after 100 years, […]

Aug, 10

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