The supporting characters are fittingly absurd and bizzare, led by a prototypical performance from Samuel L. All are staples of the franchise, and Xander Cage's first film outing is no different. Fast cars, explosions, women in scantily clad attire, incoherent plots, over-the-top villains, and catchy music.
Essentially, this is just another Fast & Furious movie. Especially when it contains countless one-liners that do nothing but put a smile on my face from ear to ear. Or, at least the dialogue coming out of their mouths is awful.īut does a film like this really need to have great dialogue? I guess not. The humor is there, but in no way do I believe it's intentionally funny. xXx certainly has fun action, but that's about it. Now, the Fast & Furious franchise has figured out the right balance of lighthearted humor, bada** action sequences, and developed characters who we actually care about. What's not to like about it? Heck, even the horribly awful things are entertaining.īack when Vin Diesel decided not to come back to the Fast & Furious franchise, he chose to join F&F 1 director Rob Cohen in taking on another ridiculous action extravaganza, xXx. Find out more.If any future filmmakers are looking for inspiration in the guilty-pleasure high octane action genre, xXx is exactly the film to look into. The festival takes place on Gay Star News from 29 April to. Join us by reaching out to someone who needs it. In 2019, Digital Pride is tackling loneliness and isolation with articles and videos connecting LGBTI people. Even if you are from a country where being LGBTI is criminalized or leaves you in danger – it’s a Pride festival you can be a part of. What is Digital Pride?ĭigital Pride is the online movement, created by Gay Star News, so you can take part in Pride whoever and wherever you are.
Advocating that young and old build friendships and solidarities with one another. He added: ‘We need to rework how we treat the older generation in queer spaces and I think we need to specifically advocate for providing space for and reach out to older members of our community even if we feel like we can’t necessarily relate to them.’īirkholz celebrated the differences and similarities between the generations. Like, we can’t connect with an older generation.’ ‘We, especially as younger gay men, reject older gay man in queer circles as we see them as creepy or we just feel like you can’t relate. ‘Older people might be dealing with feelings of loneliness or isolation from the LGBT community,’ he said. ‘There isn’t a lot of representation for older people’Īnd in a follow-up, Birkholz vlogged about the insights he gained chatting to Scott-Presland. ‘You tend to take things slower, you’re not quite as acrobatic as you used to be, you know! ‘Sex tends to focus more on physicality the tactile thing,’ Scott-Presland said, ‘and it has a lot more to do with the emotions that are involved in it as well. In a new video produced by Gay Star News in partnership with Age UK, Bradley Birkholz, a YouTuber, and Scott-Presland discuss their experiences of family and loneliness.Ī much-needed conversation, the pair hash out what being an LGBTI senior is like what people expect from you, what people think of you.ĭespite the age gap between them both, the two spoke openly about sex. It takes place on Gay Star News from 29 A to. This year, we are focusing on tackling loneliness and isolation. Instead, we should be open about sex no matter the age and not let age divide us, explains gay activist Peter Scott-Presland.ĭigital Pride is the only global Pride and is dedicated to enabling everyone to be part of a Pride, whoever they are and wherever they live in the world. Older people are often stereotyped as asexual and devoid of feelings or emotion as societal pressures take their toll. Hundreds of movies about twenty-somethings falling in love, while so called ‘grey love’ remains invisible and silent. Glance at the showings in any cinema, and it seems the only people allowed to have fulfilling or authentic sex lives are the young, tanned, and chiselled.