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M Butterfly

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon
directed by: David Cronenberg

November 10, 1997
If you're looking for a Book turned into a movie--this is it but in a very obscure fashion. This movie takes the stereotypes that Long writes about in his short novel and basically flips them around here. Here you have the American man, but it is he that is hopelessly inlove with the Asian "woman" (using that term lightly). She is the one that is full of decite and ends up betraying him. At the end, he has to realize that he, not only was abdoned and betrayed, but it was by a man. This movie had great twists and turns and also and was definetly an attention keeper.

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Common Ground (2000)

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Erik Knudsen, Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Margot Kidder, Helen Shaver
directed by: Donna Deitch

January 29, 2002
The stories are timeless and still relevant, even though one takes place in 1954, one in 1974, and the last in 2000. It is a similar format to "If These Walls Could Talk 2" in which there are three stories from three different generations. The 1954 sequence hits home, in spite of a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy within the armed services, because even now, a military career can still be irreparably damaged if a soldier or officer is outed. Gay youths can relate to the 1974 story, seeing minimal progress from 1974 to the present with the way GLBT young people are treated by their peers. All one has to do is watch "The Matthew Shepard Story" or "Boys Don't Cry" to witness recent cruelty against GLBT youth.

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And the Band Played On

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Nathalie Baye, Christian Clemenson
directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

May 18, 1994
I teach anatomy and physiology....show this during Microbiology....it's amazing how far we've come in 20 yrs, and kind of surprising how POLITICAL the world is!!!

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Farewell My Concubine

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying
directed by: Kaige Chen

January 09, 1996
The film paints the story of two actors, from their first encounter at school in the Twenties through their success as stars of the Peking Opera, difficulties during the Japanese occupation, the Communist takeover in 1949 and the traumas of the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties...

For the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, the film touches new ground on two fronts... In the first place, though it does not avoid from acknowledging the sufferings under the old regime, it takes an embittered view of Communist society and of the Cultural Revolution specifically...

The two friends, Xiaolou and Dieyi, adopt a young man, Xiao Si, who becomes one of the Red Guards and quickly informs the political sins of his benefactors... ... Read More:

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Boys Don't Cry

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alicia Goranson
directed by: Kimberly Peirce

September 05, 2000
I find it hard to believe that anyone could watch this movie and not be moved by this powerful story. The heartbreaking part of it being that it's based off true events. Brandon was clearly suffering from some identity issues and she had run into some close calls before hooking up with this group of *friends*. Hilary Swank definitely earned her Oscar with this production. Great movie.

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Nowhere

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar
directed by: Gregg Araki

June 30, 1998
Amazon says I purchased this movie in '98! I dont remember ever owning or watching it!

I gave it 5 stars just for kicks!

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Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Jack Thompson, Irma P. Hall, Jude Law
directed by: Clint Eastwood

October 13, 1998
Very entertaining, great cast of stars, John Cusak and Kevin spacey are excellent in this...Excellent quality, adventurous, drama, comedy, everything you could ask for in a movie. A fave forever.

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Gia (Unrated Edition)

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis, Louis Giambalvo
directed by: Michael Cristofer

April 11, 2000
Anjolina Jolie did a wonderful job with this role however the writers took a lot of liberties with Gia's life. Everyone makes her mom seem like the bad guy but Gia's issues ran deeper than the lack of her mother's love like the writers want the public to believe. Gia was most likely bipolar which little was done for or known about in the 80's. Gia was a truly beautiful woman but I would wager that she thought and felt as though she were a man. Today we have a label for what I think she was and that is Transgendered. If she were born in the 80's, she would most likely be alive today with medication and a better understanding of who she really is.

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Maurice

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow
directed by: James Ivory

March 25, 1997
Love Triumps in this story of two men in turn-of-the-century England. Despite their great differences - one is of noble birth, the other is from the lowly worker class - they find comfort and confidence in each other and a love that, in the end, wins out against the hurtles and hard choices a victorian-age society puts between them... A MUST BUY!

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Childrens Toy Shop > VHS > Gay and Lesbian
starring: Michael Aronov, Ermes Blarasin, Rob Campbell, Karen Hines, Mary Krohnert

June 04, 2002
I purchased this for my husband. He is a man of eclectic taste, and Hedwig is one of his favorite pass-times. I can't say that Hedwig is one of mine, but to each his own. Hedwig is an almost transgender, there is a botched operation. There is also a lot of music, which is humorous and entertaining. Its funny, not clean fun, but funny.