Reviews – It's a Queer Old Blog…

In the name of the father: revisiting “Contact”

What in the name of Nicolas Winding Refn is going on with the ending of this film?

Review: Dragman, by Steven Appleby

Funny, sad, touching, triggering, endearing and heartwarming, and that’s just the cover. Read it, now.

Review: Bravehearts: Men in Skirts, by Andrew Bolton

PSA: this is not a book about one of the most historically inaccurate films of modern times. But if you’re interested in the history of men wearing skirts, on the other hand…

Review: Bi, by Dr Julia Shaw

The ‘bi’ prefix in ‘bisexual’ relates to ‘same gender’ and ‘other gender’, not ‘men’ and ‘women’. Here endeth the lesson.

Some thoughts on reviews

Something I wrote when I couldn’t be bothered to review ‘1989’, because everyone from Top Gear to Portable Restroom Operator Magazine wrote a thinkpiece about it.