"Brokeback Mountain" is based on the short story by E. Annie Proulx and director Ang Lee deserves accolades aplenty for his handling of this deeply moving love story involving two cowboys - Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal). They meet in 1963 in Wyoming whilst working for rancher Joe (Randy Quaid), which produces a lifelong friendship, which is fraught with tragedy, emotional turmoil and constantly questioning the implications of their love affair.
The film follows...Read Full Story
SANTAOLALLA GUSTAVO EL SECRETO DE LA MONTAÃ’A (BROKEBACK)Brokeback Mountain SoundtrackArgentina-born, California-based Gustavo Santaolalla helped shape the rock en Español movement by producing Mexican bands Molotov and Café Tacuba , and Colombian singer Juanes. In the late 1990s he made a switch to soundtracks, working on well-received albums for Amores Perros and The Motorcycle Diaries. His instrumental contributions to Ang Lee’s tale of two cowboys in love are acoustic guitar-based and...Read Full Story
Rarely do we speak about politicians but we could not help it when we noticed Republican can contender Rick Perry wearing a certain jacket – in his anti gay ad. It looks like a Carhartt Men’s Duck Active Jac – Quilted Flannel Lined.
Apparently the Carhatts jacket is very popular and spparently he was going for that folksy appeal.
However in one of the more ironical twists of this presidential campaign the brown jacket that he wore was somewhat familiar. It looks like a Carhatts Jacket...Read Full Story
The Geeky Guide started back in 2006, and that leaves a heck of a lot of movies that I've seen in the past but have not formally reviewed. It's always tricky to figure out which ones those are - I end up searching the Geeky Guide entries on my own in order to figure things out.
Thus for today's LGBT-themed review, I found myself checking out the AfterElton list of 50 Favorite Gay Films for inspiration, and realized that I had never posted a review for the top movie on the list. Sure, I had...Read Full Story
Andre Soares | Feb 21, 2011
Recommended with Reservations
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain is without a doubt a culturally significant motion picture. The same-sex romantic drama won numerous awards, it was discussed all over the media upon its release, and has been labeled “groundbreaking” by numerous film critics.
Of course, the fact that those critics’ knowledge of film history goes as far back as Revenge of the Sith should not be held...Read Full Story
Congratulations, Mr. Anderson!!
Moonrise Kingdom just broke box office records for steamiest man-on-man love scene highest earning arthouse film!!
After a torrent of positive reviews at the Cannes premiere, the quirky drama is a huge hit at its El Lay and NYC openings!
Moonrise is averaging $127k per theater right now, which pretty well shatters the 2005 record [...]
The other shoe has dropped; after giving away a bunch of stuff for free Monolith (xbox-360/news/whats-better-than-killing-fools-killing-fools-in-other-languages-for-free.html) is now charging for their new DLC pack. Of course, it looks bloody awesome so... Read Full Article
Oscar-award winning Taiwanese-American filmmaker Ang Lee is coming to India. The producer-director, who has to his credit flicks such as The Hulk, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain, will be visiting the country to promote his ...
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, who zeroed in on Indian child actor Suraj Sharma as the lead for his forthcoming ... that's my idea of a family film," added the director who won the best director Oscar for his film "Brokeback Mountain".
Along with Gyllenhaal, the film will star Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, and America Ferrera. Gyllenhaal received an Academy Award nomination for his performance in "Brokeback Mountain" as well as a Golden Globe nomination for "Love and Other Drugs".
A community portal about Brokeback Mountain with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Brokeback Mountain is an acclaimed and controversial Academy Award -winning 2005 film that depicts a complex emotional, sexual, and romantic relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. The film is directed by Taiwanese...more
A community portal about Brokeback Mountain with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Brokeback Mountain is an acclaimed and controversial Academy Award -winning 2005 film that depicts a complex emotional, sexual, and romantic relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. The film is directed by Taiwanese - American director Ang Lee from a screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry, which they adapted from the short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Anna Faris, Linda Cardellini and Randy Quaid.