I love you Phillip Morris:
Steven Russell (Played by the ever so funny Jim Carrey) is supposedly happily married to Debbie and a member of the police force of his town when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life (Now he's also adopted too, some may say this may have contributed to his madness life in the films others may not). Steven breaks loose and sets his soul finally free and becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the richest (Damn I need me a suga daddy) - even if it means twisting, dissecting and breaking the law. Steven's new, flamboyant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, landing him in the State Penitentiary where he meets coy and sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip (Ewan McGregor) (Two totally different personalities I guess opposites really do attract). His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another how ever he always end right back to the start of the game. Jail. Based on a true life story 1980-1990's) this only makes it even more funny to watch as he goes about his cons in such ludicrous ways. It's too funny, but shows us how love can effect someone who probably isn't mentally stable through all he has gone through up till now. Do watch or even Buy the film, a must have in any comedy dvd collection.
Monster:
An inky dripping story based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron), one of America's first female serial killers. Aileens had a difficult and cruel childhood which i am supprised nothing got picked up upon (Too many children pass through our fingers in the system we need to help more). She became a prostitute by the age of thirteen, the same year she fell pregnant. She then moved on to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute (Fucking scary) dealing with the desires of truck drivers. The films focuses on the nine months between 1989 and 1990, during which Aileen had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby (Christina Ricci) and during that very same time, she also began murdering her clientele in order to get money without having sex. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomena of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers, because now she was indeed the serial killer. At times I must admit I felt sorry for her, as her soul had obviously been twisted and distorted to become the title a "Monster" with herself. I, as many probably did watched a documentry of the True life Aileen, only to find out she was waiting on Death row, this purged me to watch the film and find out how it was portrayed. A disturbing film to watch and yet writing about it make me want to watch it again and try to understand more. If you haven't seen this film Go out and add it to you collection dudes and dudettes.
Two other films before the closing of this segment I hope you all will enjoy are:
Beautiful thing: Starring Shirley from Eastender (Linda Henry) and Music from Mama Cass Elliot from the Mamas and Papas.
Boys don't cry:
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