Movies: Conviction, Jackass 3D, Cleopatra, Oscar's Foreign Film List and More

Johnny Knoxville and the boys are up to their old tricks again.

 

NATHANIEL ROGERS
...watches trailers through fingers (too many spoilers) and waits impatiently for the feature. He blogs daily at the Film Experience.

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Are you seeing JACKASS 3D? I still remember hurting from laughing at the first one. If 3D must exist, let it be attached to gimmicky pictures like this, that might have some appropriate use for it and that are only worth watching in theaters with big crowds. The MPAA, the puritanical movie ratings board, has been in the news a lot lately. First they made the huge stupid blunder of giving BLUE VALENTINE, a wrenching marital drama, an NC-17 for no defendable reason. Now they've helpfully started labelling movies with a "male nudity" descriptor and Jackass 3D is one of the first to be so shamed. Never mind that the MPAA has never in their history placed "female nudity" on a rating. Apparently "nudity", the regular acceptable kind, is entirely the province of the female sex.

CONVICTION, the true story of Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank) who became a lawyer to free her brother (Sam Rockwell) from a life sentence without parole is also opening. It's a bit generic given that it's a) a courtroom drama and b) you always know where it's going --helpful hint: they tend to make movies of the true stories with happy endings -- but it's quite watchable and the actors do a lot to elevate the material. My favorites were Juliette Lewis, who the world needs more of, in a showy cameo and Sam Rockwell, who could even fetch an Oscar nomination as the unpredictable convict. And yes, he drops his pants briefly...again. Rockwell loves to moon us. Where's the MPAA? "Male Nudity!"

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Drummer magazine founder John Embry dies: "Friends said that it is impossible to overstate the importance of Drummer. For the first time, gay men across the country – particularly gay men in small-town America – saw masculine images of themselves and not the stereotypes presented in mainstream media. Through their encounter with Drummer , many gay men realized that there were others like themselves 'out there.' At the same time, the magazine highlighted gay leather bars and businesses and gave those establishments a national venue."

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Arson was cause of fire at Knoxville gay club: "Assistant Fire Chief Danny Beeler told The Knoxville News Sentinel investigators have determined the incident Sunday morning at Club XYZ was "a set fire" for which no motive has been established."

Trans golfer Lana Lawless sues LPGA.

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Bloody biceps!

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Watch: Lesbian Couple Asked to Leave Shopping Center Over Kiss?

The ACLU is now involved in a claim by a lesbian couple that they were asked to leave the Cameron Village shopping center in Raleigh, North Carolina after they held hands and kissed.

Q Notes reports: 

"Caitlin Breedlove says she and her partner had just finished eating at The Flying Biscuit on Thursday afternoon when they went to sit outside. There, they shared a brief kiss after which a security guard approached them and said they had to leave. According to a release, the security guard said that 'being affectionate' was 'inappropriate.' The couple asked the guard if he would have said the same thing if they had been an opposite sex couple. The guard said, 'No.' The couple asked to see the security guard’s supervisor, who also said they needed to leave, reminded them Cameron Village was private property and said, “You want this to be public, you want people to see what you are."

A demonstration is planned at the shopping center at 1 pm on Sunday.

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Watch: A TV First? Two Openly Gay Anchors on Air Together?

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts and Rachel Maddow discuss "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" developments.

Not sure how many times two openly gay anchors have been on-air at the same time, and discussing LGBT issues at that. Bravo MSNBC!

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