Stud Life
Written and directed by Campbell X
UK, 2012
Written and directed by Campbell X, Stud Life tells the story of Jj (T’Nia Miller), a butch lesbian with ample swagger and confidence. Living with her flamboyant gay best friend and assistant wedding photographer, Seb (Kyle Treslove), Jj looks for the perfect woman. When she meets Elle (Robyn Kerr), Jj thinks she’s realized her dreams, but when their relationship develops, so to does the tension between the three.
Set in the seedy undergrowth of urban London, Stud Life professes to be a gritty, forthright examination of gay culture in the streets. The result is anything but. Schmaltzy, tedious, and histrionic, the film takes every possible opportunity to fulfill melodramatic tropes.
Everything about the narrative feels manufactured and calculated, centered around set pieces that are meant to manipulate emotions. With little continuity and logic, the story will go from one gay-person-as-victim banality to the next,...
Written and directed by Campbell X
UK, 2012
Written and directed by Campbell X, Stud Life tells the story of Jj (T’Nia Miller), a butch lesbian with ample swagger and confidence. Living with her flamboyant gay best friend and assistant wedding photographer, Seb (Kyle Treslove), Jj looks for the perfect woman. When she meets Elle (Robyn Kerr), Jj thinks she’s realized her dreams, but when their relationship develops, so to does the tension between the three.
Set in the seedy undergrowth of urban London, Stud Life professes to be a gritty, forthright examination of gay culture in the streets. The result is anything but. Schmaltzy, tedious, and histrionic, the film takes every possible opportunity to fulfill melodramatic tropes.
Everything about the narrative feels manufactured and calculated, centered around set pieces that are meant to manipulate emotions. With little continuity and logic, the story will go from one gay-person-as-victim banality to the next,...
- 5/22/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Partners, the CBS pilot loosely based on the lives of writers Max Mutchnik and David Kohan, has tweaked the supporting cast and characters. We still have the gay character played by Michael Urie, his boyfriend Brandon Routh, and the straight partner played by David Krumholtz. But now they've added a female character played by Molly Shannon.
Bear Grylls isn't thrilled with the decision Discovery made to terminate all current productions. "Unfortunately, Bear and Discovery have not been able to come to mutual agreement on new programming, and he disagrees with Discovery's decision to terminate current productions."
If you haven't heard, Donald Trump's sons went big game hunting, and proudly posed with the carcasses of their kills, ranging from an elephant (tail cut off for a trophy), to a leopard, to a cape buffalo. While they hunted legally on a private preserve, it's disgusting to see them gleefully kill and pose with their trophies,...
Bear Grylls isn't thrilled with the decision Discovery made to terminate all current productions. "Unfortunately, Bear and Discovery have not been able to come to mutual agreement on new programming, and he disagrees with Discovery's decision to terminate current productions."
If you haven't heard, Donald Trump's sons went big game hunting, and proudly posed with the carcasses of their kills, ranging from an elephant (tail cut off for a trophy), to a leopard, to a cape buffalo. While they hunted legally on a private preserve, it's disgusting to see them gleefully kill and pose with their trophies,...
- 3/14/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Zebra Crossing
Stars: Lee Turnbull, Greg Wakeham, Aaron White, Kyle Treslove | Written and Directed by Sam Holland
Zebra Crossing is the first feature from writer and director Sam Holland. Shot in stylish black and white, the film revolves around Justin (Turnbull), a young man living in a broken home in South London. His mother is absent, his father neglectful and his confidante sister bedridden. Justin’s days are spent in the company of his friends, a group of delinquent criminals, led by the unhinged and aggressive Tommy (Wakeham). Justin is torn between a loyalty to his friends and a desire to better himself and to escape the life of prejudice, drugs, violence and crime his companions are choosing for him.
Being a first feature, we can perhaps forgive Holland for a few contrivances and clumsy creative choices, for example the overwritten and portentous narration that occurs sporadically throughout the film.
Stars: Lee Turnbull, Greg Wakeham, Aaron White, Kyle Treslove | Written and Directed by Sam Holland
Zebra Crossing is the first feature from writer and director Sam Holland. Shot in stylish black and white, the film revolves around Justin (Turnbull), a young man living in a broken home in South London. His mother is absent, his father neglectful and his confidante sister bedridden. Justin’s days are spent in the company of his friends, a group of delinquent criminals, led by the unhinged and aggressive Tommy (Wakeham). Justin is torn between a loyalty to his friends and a desire to better himself and to escape the life of prejudice, drugs, violence and crime his companions are choosing for him.
Being a first feature, we can perhaps forgive Holland for a few contrivances and clumsy creative choices, for example the overwritten and portentous narration that occurs sporadically throughout the film.
- 1/22/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
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