Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "drag queen"

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Jump, Darling **** (2020, Thomas Duplessie, Cloris Leachman, Linda Kash) – Movie Review

Writer-director Phil Connell’s appealing, amusing and moving 2020 Canadian drama Jump, Darling stars Thomas Duplessie as Russell, aka rookie drag queen Fishy Falters, who escapes from a break-up with his boyfriend to his grandmother (Cloris […]

Mar, 19

Too Outrageous! *** (1987, Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren) – Classic Movie Review 10,365

When the going gets tough, the tough get gorgeous!… An all-new drag-to-riches story…  Star Craig Russell’s 1987 Canadian comedy drama Too Outrageous! is his ten years’ later sequel to his super 1977 cult hit film […]

Sep, 29

Outrageous! **** (1977, Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Richert Easley) – Classic Movie Review 10,270

Toronto-born drag queen/ female impersonator Craig Russell is hilarious and touching as a female impersonator gay hairdresser who keeps house with a pregnant schizophrenic (Hollis McLaren), in director Richard Benner’s warm, funny and revealing 1977 […]

Sep, 06

La Cage aux Folles *** (1978, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier) – Classic Movie Review 7228

Director Édouard Molinaro’s rather rancid, risqué 1978 French farce La Cage aux Folles about an elderly gay couple, one of whom is the flamboyant drag queen Albin (Michel Serrault), at the St Tropez night-club run […]

Jun, 27

Kinky Boots **** (2005, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts) – Classic Movie Review 4107

Director Julian Jarrold’s gloriously entertaining, feel-great 2005 British comedy drama is written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, based, believe it or not, on a true story. Actually, they don’t make you believe it is based on a true story, as […]

Jul, 31

Lady in Cement *** (1968, Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 3997

The enjoyable 1968 neo-noir mystery crime thriller film Lady in Cement stars Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, and Richard Conte. It’s a busy, cynical and raw private eye detective thriller with, for its day, […]

Jul, 11

Fortune and Men’s Eyes *** (1971, Wendell Burton, Zooey Hall, Michael Greer, Danny Freedman) – Classic Movie Review 2975

With a screenplay based by John Herbert on his own hit Los Angeles, Broadway and London West End play, director Harvey Hart’s tough 1971 Canadian movie is a powerful, disturbing and mostly depressing experience. The […]

Oct, 10

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