Tag Archives: homophobia

Sexy Beast

IMDB Rating: 7.00
13261 votes

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Spain. Gal has retired from the gangster life, and is sunning himself placidly beside the pool at his villa when a boulder comes crashing by, barely missing him. Soon, he and his pal Aitch, together with their wives Deedee and Jackie, are being threatened by a human boulder, Don Logan. Logan wants Gal for a high stakes vault break-in in London (masterminded by the cool and suave Teddy Bass), and he will not take no for an answer. Nevertheless, that's exactly the answer Gal keeps giving him, even as Don gets more and more threatening. Meanwhile, Gal is plagued by dreams of a menacing, hairy beast. Just how far will Don (and Gal) go in this battle of wills? And what of Enrique, the pool boy?
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Gary 'Gal' DoveRay Winstone
Don LoganBen Kingsley
Teddy BassIan McShane
Also posted in 2000, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Beer League

IMDB Rating: 5.90
2082 votes

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Beer, broads and baseball combine with hilarious results in ARTIE LANGE'S BEER LEAGUE...an over-the-top comedy about a group of misfits whose weekly softball games seem to have a lot more to do with getting into fights for macho dominance than hitting home runs. Artie is an unemployed and unmotivated drunk that is predictably still living with his mother. He is on a losing softball team, and he and his teammates are facing the end of softball as they know it if they can't pull it together. When love enters his life, it unexpectedly alters Artie's low self-esteem, and the odds for winning, not only the league trophy, but a new life, are certainly looking up. He and his teammates will have to go for the win, and survive all the comedy and chaos along the way.
Actors
Artie DeVanzoArtie Lange
MazRalph Macchio
Dennis MangenelliAnthony DeSando
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Sport | Comments (0)

The Heartbreak Kid

IMDB Rating: 5.80
5172 votes

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The story centers on a man who is convinced that he has finally met the right girl and marries too quickly. While on his honeymoon and in the process of discovering that his new bride is a nightmare, he meets the girl of his dreams.
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MirandaMichelle Monaghan
Eddie CantrowBen Stiller
DocJerry Stiller
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

Sling Blade

IMDB Rating: 8.00
32067 votes

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A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital, several years after murdering his mother and another person. Karl is often questioned if he will ever kill again, and he shrugs in response saying there is no reason to. Now out of the mental institution, Karl settles in his old, small hometown, occupying himself by fixing motors. After meeting a young boy named Frank who befriends him, Karl is invited to stay at Frank's house with his mother Linda- who views Karl as a strange but kind and generous man. However, Linda's abusive boyfriend Doyle, sees things differently in the way rules ought to be run- normally insulting Linda's homosexual friend Vaughan as well as Karl's disabilities, and having wild parties with his friends. As Karl's relation with Frank grows, he is ever so watchful of Doyle's cruel actions.
Actors
Karl ChildersBilly Bob Thornton
Doyle HargravesDwight Yoakam
Charles BushmanJ.T. Walsh
Also posted in 1996, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

As Good as It Gets

IMDB Rating: 7.70
61556 votes

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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
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Melvin UdallJack Nicholson
Carol ConnellyHelen Hunt
Simon BishopGreg Kinnear
Also posted in 1997, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

IMDB Rating: 7.70
59680 votes

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Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.
Actors
Borat SagdiyevSacha Baron Cohen
Azamat BagatovKen Davitian
LuenellLuenell
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Laramie Project

IMDB Rating: 7.20
2485 votes

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'Moisés Kaufman' (qv) and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of 'Matthew Shepard (I)' (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.
Actors
Romaine PattersonChristina Ricci
Doc O'ConnerSteve Buscemi
Sherry JohnsonLaura Linney
Also posted in 2002, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

IMDB Rating: 6.80
37138 votes

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a tale of adventure on the open road. When Dante and Randal (of Clerks fame) get a restraining order to keep the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate, Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store, their lives are suddenly empty. They find new purpose when their friend, Brodie, informs them a movie is being made featuring two infamous characters based on their likenesses. After visiting one of the creators of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil, they set out to get what fat movie cash they deserve and hopefully put an end to people slandering them on the Internet. Along the way, they learn the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin, ride with a group of gorgeous jewel thieves, and incur the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for liberating an orangutan named Suzanne. The quest takes them from New Jersey to Hollywood where a showdown involving the police, the jewel thieves, and the Bluntman and Chronic filmmakers will decide the fate of Suzanne, Jay, Silent Bob, and their good names.
Actors
JayJason Mewes
Holden McNeil/HimselfBen Affleck
Randal GravesJeff Anderson
Also posted in 2001, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating | Comments (15)

The Boondock Saints

IMDB Rating: 7.70
39856 votes

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Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs. They turned themselves in and were released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he was to catching the Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing.
Actors
Paul SmeckerWillem Dafoe
Connor MacManusSean Patrick Flanery
Murphy MacManusNorman Reedus
Also posted in 1999, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

American Beauty

IMDB Rating: 8.50
126467 votes

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Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughters friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.
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Lester BurnhamKevin Spacey
Carolyn BurnhamAnnette Bening
Jane BurnhamThora Birch
Also posted in 1999, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (34)