Brad Ellmoos, Author at Star Observer

FILM REVIEW: The Danish Girl

Brad Ellmoos — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 07:08:54 +0000

"A truly beautiful and wonderful film that has an inspiring message about discovering your true self."

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FILM REVIEW: Carol

Brad Ellmoos — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 06:47:41 +0000

The award-winning period drama stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara who play two women in love at a time when lesbian relationships were not accepted.

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FILM REVIEW: Freeheld

Brad Ellmoos — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 03:03:40 +0000

A highly recommended film.

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FILM REVIEW: Grandma

Brad Ellmoos — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:07:43 +0000

Ahead of the launch of the Queer Screen Film Fest this week on September 22, our film reviewer had a sneak peek at one of the films in its line-up. Starring Lily Tomlin, 'Grandma' is a standout LGBTI movie that has been doing the festival circuit this year.

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FILM REVIEW: Gayby Baby

Brad Ellmoos — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 03:07:46 +0000

WHO would have thought that a simple documentary, which was made using crowd funding, would cause so much controversy. I think when you see this film you will wonder what all ...

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FILM REVIEW: Holding The Man

Brad Ellmoos — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:41:25 +0000

One of Australia’s most beloved memoirs makes its way to the big screen in this adaptation of the classic book. Brad Ellmoos went along to watch a sneak peek, and he was impressed.

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REVIEW: Love is Strange

Brad Ellmoos — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 04:23:44 +0000

MARRIAGE equality is a very important issue. However, it does not always lead to a happy ending as this film demonstrates. Ben and George are a loving couple who, after ...

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DVD review: 52 Tuesdays

Brad Ellmoos — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 04:46:36 +0000

BILLIE is a typical teenage girl searching for her independence. This process is accelerated when her mother, Jane, tells her that she is going to have gender reassignment surgery. During ...

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Film review: To Be Takei

Brad Ellmoos — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:22:54 +0000

YOU will mostly know George Takei as Hikaru Sulu on the 1960s TV series Star Trek, but there is so much more to this amazing man. His life is full of ...

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Film review: Songs For Alexis

Brad Ellmoos — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:35:07 +0000

I WAS amazed by the emotional beauty of this documentary. I just loved the ordinariness of the first half of the film. It may come across as fairly mundane but I ...

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Film review: Appropriate Behavior

Brad Ellmoos — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:19:36 +0000

With the annual Queer Screen Film Festival is just around the corner, Brad Ellmoos reviewed one of its standout movies: Appropriate Behavior.

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Review: Please Like Me season two

Brad Ellmoos — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:20:17 +0000

Australian gay comedian Josh Thomas returns with more semi-autobiographical adventures in the second season of his TV series Please Like Me.

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A film worth reaching for

Brad Ellmoos — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:16:42 +0000

IT is commonly said, in regards to relationships, that opposites attract. Which is definitely the case with this true life love story. Starting in 1951, Reaching For The Moon tells the ...

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DVD review: Carlotta

Brad Ellmoos — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 03:03:03 +0000

SPANNING 40 years, ABC’s biopic Carlotta tells the story of the iconic drag performer and Australian trans* pioneer. Born Richard Byron in Balmain Sydney, Carol — as she came to be known— struggled with ...

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