| Welcome to the Now Playing Reviews Database where
you can find our opinion of films which have had a cinema release in the UK.
Each of these movies are reviewed from a gay perspective, giving them
both an overall star rating plus our exclusive gay rating. The more stars out of a possible 10, the
better the film; similarly the more pink triangles, the greater the gay interest. A full list of
all our reviews appears below, and this week's current films are found on the Now Playing Main Page.
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| Affleck looks like a high school sophomore, but his casting is the least of this techno-thriller's problems. The convoluted plot involves neo-Nazis stealing a nuclear bomb and attempting to start a war between the Americans and the Russians. Director Phil Alden Robinson can't build much suspense with politicians (Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell) yelling at each other or government geeks staring at computer screens. |
Morgan Freeman and Ben Affleck. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures. |
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The scattershot editing has Ryan
globe-hopping in just a matter of minutes, which would be impossible according
to the onscreen ticking clock. Like the neo-Nazis' planned Armageddon,
this movie is a total disaster.
Gay Interest: Alan Bates plays the head Nazi as probably gay - surrounded by effeminate-looking henchmen, he stares fondly at their backsides whenever they exit a room. Affleck's character in Chasing Amy dated a lesbian. | |
Ben Affleck
