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Well its midweek, the sun has decided to show its face at last - it's been a good week, it's also been a skint week which has meant that my unlimited cinema card has come in very handy. The first film i saw this week was the critically acclaimed "Counterfieters" - the film is the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch who in 1936 was the toast of the Berlin underworld, he was known as the king of counterfieters with the talent of an artist and the temperament of a con man. He is eventually arrested and sent to Mauthausen concentration camp, the film is the story of how his talents are exploited in a massive counterfeit operation designed by the Nazi's to flood the enemy economy, Known as "Operation Bernhard", it is to this day the largest operation of it's kind in history with British pound notes forged to the amount of £130 million.

As you may imagine this is a very bleak film, the intensity of the operation is put across extraordinarily effectively and simply. This is a remarkable film with exceptional performances and I highly recommend seeing it before it disappears to make way for more American brain dead crap.

The second film i have seen this week is "Control" directed by Anton Corbijn. The film is the story of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the band "Joy Division" starring newcomer Sam Riley as Curtis and Samantha Morton as his wife Deborah. I loved this film! i don't know Joy Divisions music very well apart from "Love will tear us apart" but the story is fascinating on many scales from setting up the band and getting a deal with the late, great Tony Wilson through to Curtis' battles with Epilepsy and the breakdown of his marriage. In this his debut acting performance Sam Riley is brilliant, he does all the singing and his beautiful eyes convey so much feeling that you are drawn to his character even when he is hitting rock bottom. Samantha Morton delivers a great, understated performance and shines in the last half hour. Ian Curtis hanged himself in 1980 and the remaining members of Joy Division went on to form New Order. Again a great film with excellent music and fantastic performances.



Those delightful haters at the Westboro Baptist Church are on trial this week for picketing a soldiers funeral. Albert Snyder claims that protesters from the Kansas-based anti-gay group destroyed his only chance to bury in peace the son he lost in Iraq. The picketers, who had carried signs with messages such as “Thank God for dead soldiers,” have said that they were trying to oppose gays in the military. Sadly the majority of the charges against the church have been dismissed by the judge. At the civil trial set to begin Monday in federal court, the jury will be able to consider whether Westboro Baptist Church is liable for an intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the message from its members' signs. The judge also will allow jurors to decide whether the Snyder family's expectation of privacy at Matthew Snyder's funeral was violated by the church members' protest.




In gay gay gay news - Kylie attended the premiere of her new documentary in Leicester Square last night, ooh shiny dress, pretty girl!!



that's all for todays gay news

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