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Oscar Flashback: Transamerica ( ...
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"What's an Oscar Flashback (tm)? Read here: Next on my Netflix queue was Transamerica, for which Felicity Huffman was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (film year, 2005; awarding year, 2006). The other nominees for Best Actress in this category were: Walk the Line - Reese Witherspoon (Winner) Mrs. Henderson Presents - Judi Dench Pride and Prejudice - Keira Knightley North Country - Charlize Theron This movie also represents the third of five LGBT-themed Oscar movies at the top of my Netflix queue (thanks to my stream of consciousness queuing). Just in case you were keeping track.
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""Transamerica" is worth watching solely because of Felicity Huffman's performance. The terrific actress plays Bree, a not-quite-yet woman waiting for the final sex-reassignment operation. However, a couple of days before the operation, Bree gets a phone call from NYPD, informing her she has a son and that she needs to get there and bail him out. Bree reluctantly does that, but instead of telling her hustler son she is his mother, she tells him she is a missionary and offers to drive him to California, where he wants to become a porn actor. This is a movie with real people and real problems. On the way to the East Coast, there are many twists and turns awaiting Bree and her son, and it adds to the humanity of these two, well, unique people. A very admirable aspect of this movie is that it never treats transsexuals as jokes - and Felicity Huffman always plays her character with respect. It is truly an Oscar-worthy performance. Another outstanding performance here is by Kevin Zegers, ... "
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"For those who’ve been holding their hot and bothered breath, awaiting a response to the controversy surrounding my taboo-breaking afternoon tryst referenced by Steven Boone in his last column, come swing by Beyond The Green Door. For those ready to move on, please read on… I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again loud and proud: Eddie Izzard is my heroine! I get all happy-go-lucky girly inside just thinking about him. And not only because I spent a good hour and a half doubled over in a folding chair gasping for air like an oxygen-tank-deprived emphysema patient when I saw the John Cleese anointed “lost Python” at a small west side venue years ago, but because of who Izzard is offstage as well: an unashamed cross-dresser with fabulous taste in makeup and heels. I’ll admit I thought “sellout” when he start "
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"The stars seemed to be in alignment for me to dislike Transamerica. For one thing, it's a road movie. For another, it had the reputation of being a Clever Comedy. For a third, it's a comedy about a subject that's not that inherently funny. But in one of my happier cinematic surprises in recent memory, I found the film to be quite pleasant, although I still think it got more attention than it deserved. The movie is about a Los Angeles biological male about to undergo a transsexual operation. For the sake of connivance, I will refer to Bree (Felicity Huffman) in the feminine vernacular. Days before the schedule procedure, she receives a phone call from a teenager named Toby (Kevin Zeggers), who is looking for his biological father, and Bree is mortified to learn that he is a product of her one and only sexual encounter. She tries to put Toby out of her mind until her psychologist (Elizabeth Pena) refuses to permit Bree to go through the operation "
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Tribeca Looking To Sundance-ize
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"The most welcome film festival news of the week comes from The Hollywood Reporter, by way of The Reeler. In a bid to increase their profile as an independent film marketplace, the Tribeca Film Festival will cut the size of their feature slate by as much as 25 percent. A program of 120 films would put Tribeca in the same league, size-wise, as Sundance, which is clearly the intention: “We realize our audience is getting a little overwhelmed by all of our titles,” said Tribeca co-exec director Nancy Schafer. Last year, nearly 30 titles were acquired out of Tribeca, but many were bought by smaller distributors; with the new focus, the festival hopes to bring in bigger buyers and yield more high-profile deals. “We’ve had a lot of movies bought out of the festival but we haven’t had our Sex, Lies & Videotape yet,” Schafer said. “That’s what we want, and that’s what the industry wants.” Steven Soderbergh’s 1989 film, of course, helped to cement Sundance’s status as the highest profile fes ... "
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Breakfast on Pluto - Transamerica
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"By Tricia Olszewski There are two ways you can take Patrick “Kitten” Braden, the Irish transvestite at the center of Breakfast on Pluto: (1) as a long-suffering but ever-hopeful boy/girl who just wants to find love, be it from the mother who abandoned him or one of the many men who like the cut of his cheekbones, or (2) as an irritating twit whose idea of femininity comprises ditzy cheer, breathy come-ons, and quick, smothering intimacy. But even if you choose the latter, you’ll most likely feel a little bad for Kitten (Cillian Murphy) whenever Bobby Goldsboro’s mournful “Honey” plays in the background. Something of a theme song of Kitten’s, the string-laden 1968 hit gets three spins during Neil Jordan’s 135-minute latest. Naturally, Kitten doesn’t identify with the song’s gut-wrenched husband; rather, he sees himself as poor Honey—someone who dies tragically young, putting her lover through unimaginable pain and g ... "
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"i saw 97 movies last year and it was hard to narrow them down but these are my favorites from 2006 for whatever reasons (i tried for 10 but just couldn't make it)! some are from 2005 and were seen later. i hope 2007 is half as good...TOP 15 LIST FOR 2006 MOVIES Sweet Land The Departed Paradise Now Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada Neil Young: Heart Of Gold The Heart Of The Game Little Miss Sunshine Shopgirl Quinceanara Transamerica Shut Up And Sing The Prestige The Illusionist The History Boys
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"Last night, I saw a movie that I hadn't planned on seeing...I didn't even really know what it was. It just sounded interesting when my friend Andy and I got to the theater. This movie had the feel of something indie but mainstream at the same time. It was so honest and unafraid to illustrate a story about a male to female identity and transgenered individuals. It didn't poke fun at the situation, though there was humor in it. It wasn't a make-believe sort of "happy ending" but it wasn't tragic either. It was real. And I respect that. It was an endearing movie, on many levels. Transamerica really shed light on this lifestyle and how every decision has to be considered. I actually have a friend, a good friend of mine, who lives in another state now. Her boyfriend is transgenered. Born a female but mentally and emotionally, this person is male. She still loves him, regardless. She has fully accepted this, but it is something he constantly struggles with mentally and emoti ... "
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