Kristen Stewart in THE RUNAWAYS: Mostly Positive Reviews
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning in The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS: More Reviews
Kristen Stewart has generally received good notices for her performance as tough-talking, lesbian rocker Joan Jett in The Runaways. There have been some dissenters, however.
"Kristen Stewart axes her image as an angsty teenage vampire lover and gives a no frills, nuanced performance as a tough as nails but well rounded Jett. As she growls on stage and plays guitar, Stewart is utterly convincing as a determined teenager who is destined to be famous." Dustin Chang at Twitch.
"The relationship [between the two lead characters] is strained, but it’s also sisterly, which gives Sigismondi and the two young stars a huge emotional canvas [...]
by Joan Lister | March 19, 2010
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Tags: Betsy Sharkey, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Lesbian Interest, The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS More Reviews: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning (center), Kristen Stewart (right) in The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS: Kristen Stewart’s Reviews
Kristen Stewart — looking remarkably different from Robert Pattinson’s human lover in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Dakota Fanning, and Michael Shannon star in The Runaways, written and directed by Floria Sigismondi (right).
Adapted from The Runaways’ singer Cherie Currie’s autobiography, The Runaways tells the story of the all-girl rock band of the late ’70s. Stewart plays rocker Joan Jett; Shannon is record producer Kim Fowley.
"Consensus: Viewers expecting an in-depth biopic will be disappointed, but The Runaways is as electric as the band’s music, largely thanks to strong performances from Michael Shannon, Dakota Fanning, and Kristen Stewart." Rotten Tomatoes.
"This is a movie [...]
by Joan Lister | March 19, 2010
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Tags: Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Lesbian Interest, Michael Shannon, The Runaways
Berlin’s Gay Movie Awards: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right (top); Pietro Marcello’s The Mouth of the Wolf (upper middle); James Franco’s The Feast of Stephen (lower middle); Gaea Gaddy in Jake Yuzna’s Open (bottom)
Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, a family comedy co-written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, and starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, claimed the Teddy Award for best gay-themed feature film at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. A hit at Sundance — there’s already Oscar talk for film, filmmakers, and performers — The Kids Are All Right was screened out of competition at the Berlinale.
Also featuring Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska (soon to be seen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland), and Josh [...]
by Alessandro Moretti | February 20, 2010
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Tags: Annette Bening, Berlin 2010, Berlin Film Festival, Film Awards, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, James Franco, Julianne Moore, Lesbian Interest, Lisa Cholodenko, Mark Ruffalo, Open, Teddy Award, The Feast of Stephen, The Kids Are All Right, The Mouth of the Wolf
8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION Premiere: Sundance 2010
Reed Cowan’s 8: The Mormon Proposition received two "sustained standing ovations" at its Sundance Film Festival screening on Sunday, reports Sean P. Means in The Salt Lake Tribune. A rumored protest against the film failed to materialize.
Narrated by Milk’s Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black — who happens to be gay and to have been raised Mormon — 8: The Mormon Proposition accuses the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of offering insidious support to California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in the state.
According to Means’ article, "some in the audience cried when hearing stories of gay men and lesbians recounting discrimination they have suffered. Others hissed when Utah [...]
by Andre Soares | January 25, 2010
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Tags: 8: The Mormon Proposition, Documentaries, Dustin Lance Black, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Lesbian Interest, Reed Cowan, Religion, Sundance 2010, Sundance Film Festival
Vivian Vance, Lucille Ball, (False) Lesbian Rumors, and an Unpublished Autobiography
At the San Francisco Chronicle’s blog/column The Collective Mind, Bob Bragman talks about the unearthing of Vivian Vance’s unpublished memoirs, which the I Love Lucy actress wanted to be out before her death in 1979. According to the piece, excerpts have showed up in the National Enquirer, but the rest remains unseen. It’s unclear whether or not the autobiography has been authenticated.
Either way, Bragman provides a lengthy excerpt from the manuscript. Below are the first two paragraphs, in which Vance talks about lesbian rumors (!) involving herself an Lucille Ball.
"Lucille Ball and I were just like sisters. We adored each other’s company. She and I had so many laughs on I Love Lucy that we could [...]
by Alessandro Moretti | January 22, 2010
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Tags: Classic Television, I Love Lucy, Lesbian Interest, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance