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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Ricardo_Ramos Recent reviews written by member Ricardo_Ramos en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492442390148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I think there must be better gay-themed short films out there than the four collected as "Boys Life 6.""Doorman" (17 minutes, 3.5 stars) directed by Etienne Kallos is stylishly shot and devoid of dialogue between the doorman of the title, a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492442390148 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492442390148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478985555588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I think that every gay film festival has one or more screenings of short films every year. There have been a number of series of packages of gay male short films. The one's I know of include two with double entendres (Boys' Shorts, Boys' Briefs) and two... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478985555588 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:33:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478985555588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477516172932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - Although I could tell that it was aimed at the young teenage girl audience of bishonen manga (Japanese beautiful boy comic books), I liked most of "Boys Love" a 2006 movie directed by  Kôtarô Terauchi. Mamiya Taishin  (Kotani... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477516172932 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:04:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477516172932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476842069636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - Back in 1994, when AIDS educator Pedro Zamora made a big splash on MTV's "Real World: San Francisco," I read about him, but did not have cable tv. Before yesterday, I had not seen a single episode of any season of "Real World."  I got the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476842069636 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:36:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476842069636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474682789508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The 2005 movie "Chicken Tikka Masala" is the only movie (so far) directed by actor Harmage Singh Kalirai. I cannot resist the overwhelming temptation to pronounce it the Gujarati/English "The Wedding Banquet" "(WB), Masala" is much more of a farce than... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474682789508 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:58:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474682789508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472335158916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I don't think that the (mis)adventures in three volumes by "Frasier" writer-producer Joe Keenan—Blue Heaven, Putting on the Ritz, My Luck Star—count as "gaysploitation," though their main audience has to be gay males along with some straight... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472335158916 Sun, 31 May 2009 16:35:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472335158916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472272244356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I don't really remember the 2006 "Another Gay Movie" very well. The trailer for it included on the DVD release of the 2008  "Another Gay Sequel" reminds me that it was about four  suburban California gay guys of 17 or 18 trying to lose their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472272244356 Sun, 31 May 2009 02:16:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472272244356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472165944964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - Watching the first Korean "gay movie," "No Regret" (2006),  I thought that it repeated in a Korean setting much of the pioneer Filipino "gay movie," "Macho Dancers" (1988) directed by Lino Brocka. Both involve... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472165944964 Sat, 30 May 2009 02:32:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472165944964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471929949828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The 2006 Korean movie "No Regret" (Huhwihaji anha) is notable primarily for being a "gay movie" from Korea. The rigid class lines and the focus on a young man from the provinces who becomes a prostitute make it resemble a Filipino gay movie, as does the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471929949828 Thu, 28 May 2009 02:59:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471929949828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471340060292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The Spanish "Running Out of Time," "Días contados" (1994; there is also a 1999 Hong Kong one and "Numbered Days" is a more literal translation of "Días contados") seems to have been made to show Ruth Gabriel's body. Except for the bottom of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471340060292 Fri, 22 May 2009 20:03:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471340060292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471338946180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The title "Boys Life 3" (2000) makes it obvious that it is one in a series, a series of compilations of short films about youngish gay males. They are 20-something "boys," not teenagers or preteens. None of the five is earthshaking either... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471338946180 Fri, 22 May 2009 19:11:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471338946180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469825588868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - After seeing "Chop Shop" at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival, Roger Ebert said that the Future of American Cinema — no less — is in good hands with Rahmin Bahrani, "the Iran-born American director whose 'Man Push Cart' made such a stir three... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469825588868 Sat, 9 May 2009 16:34:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469825588868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469372407428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I was not expecting the low-budget 2007 movie "Save Me" to be a black comedy like "But I'm a Cheerleader." Neither was I expecting to feel any sympathy for the couple attempting to "cure" homosexuality. Claims to have altered sexual orientation are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469372407428 Tue, 5 May 2009 14:27:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469372407428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469174357636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I'm told that Chad Allen was a closeted "teen idol" on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Man." I guess that means he didn't play the title role! (OK, I looked it up: he played Matthew Cooper in 147 episodes of that series.) I never saw the program, but have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469174357636 Sun, 3 May 2009 20:36:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469174357636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465561030276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - It seems to me that I was probably too young fully to understand Marguerite Yourcenar's masterpiece, The Memoirs of Hadrian. But perhaps I understood Hadrian's beloved Antinous more then. Filipinos have never conquered anything, but a lot of boys are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465561030276 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 04:49:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465561030276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465517186692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The 2004 independent movie "Dorian Blues" written and direct by Tennyson Bardwell broke no new ground. As in many other gay coming-of-age movies, a sardonic boy, Dorian Lagatos (Michael McMillian) has an overbearing, dogmatic father (Steve Fletcher) who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465517186692 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:47:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465517186692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465291415172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I don't know why the documentary about disbarred lawyer and cult leader Fred Phelps was titled "Fall from Grace," since there is no indication he was ever in a state of grace. Maybe because he has not had to do any prison time for the crimes for which he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465291415172 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:34:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465291415172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465240100484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The 2004 movie "Poster Boy" is better than I expected it would be, though it took a long time to win me over. The time period is not stated, but seems to me to be late-1980s. The son of a US Senator based on the late and unlamented Jesse Helmes, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465240100484 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:59:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465240100484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464784494212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - Despite some slow exposition, particularly a long scene about an hour in, and detesting the bottle-blond hair of the porn star who worked under the name Riki Kandinsky (Marco Filiberti, who also produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay), I thought... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464784494212 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:47:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464784494212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464668626564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The 2007 documentary "Chris and Don: A Love Story" has come out on DVD with a lot of extras. Since Christopher Isherwood (the author of The Berlin Stories which led to "I am a Camera" on stage and screen which led to "Cabaret" on stage and screen) died... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464668626564 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:10:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464668626564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464573599364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) poet Garret Hongo wrote a book about revisiting his birthplace, the small town of Volcano on the Big Island (Hawai'i) — 29 miles from the ocean in Hilo, towards Kilauea. The writing is poetic, though this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464573599364 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:23:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464573599364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463328743044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - The low-budget, independent "Relax... It's Just Sex" was released more than a decade ago, in 1998 — before "Queer as Folk" and "The L-Word" began their runs on cable tv. Written and directed by P.J. Castellaneta, who doesn't seem to have any screen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463328743044 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:13:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463328743044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459586965124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - George Clooney has become a bona fide movie star since the disappointing "Batman and Robin," primarily in heist movies: Ocean's 11 and 12; 13 went to the well once too often. I guess the Coen brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" was also a popular... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459586965124 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:16:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459586965124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459465723524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - I decided that I wanted to replace my finicky VHS/DVD recorder/player with one that has an HDMI jack, since my flat-screen high-definition television set has HDMI. Did I compare products on Epinions? No. The discussion of technical features... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459465723524 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:40:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459465723524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459378232964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ricardo_Ramos - In Pedro Almodóvar's "La flor de mi secreto: (Flower of My Secret, 1995) Leo Macias (Marisa Paredes) writes sentimental romance novels ("pink novels") under a pseudonym, Amanda Gris. Romances are more successful in her books than in her own life... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459378232964 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:08:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459378232964?linkin_id=8003929