G. I. Joe The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 American action film based on the toy franchise created by Hasbro, with particular inspiration from the comic book series and. Total remake of an old horrorscifi film using an age old ideafear of an alien creature infiltrating a human base and then humans themselves. Watch32 Watch Movies on Watch32. Watch32 is the Biggest Library of free Full Movies. Watch 32 Movies Online. A daily roundup of all the newest free Kindle eBooks in easy to navigate format. You can also sign up for our newsletter if you wish and have a daily email alert with. Why Lesbian Phobic Tale Is Problematic. Spoilers galore, albeit for a 2. Bridget Fondas Allie Jones pretty much has it all in the opening scene of Single White Female A handsome fiance played by Steven Weber. A solid friend in her gay upstairs neighbor Peter Friedman. A rent controlled apartment on the Upper West Side. An impressive career as an entrepreneur and software programmer. An arguably even more impressive glamazon look straight out of a Yves Saint Laurent ad from an early 9. Vogue. Allie ditches that fiance, the philandering Sam, almost as quickly as were introduced to him. She posts an ad for a roommate, invites Jennifer Jason Leighs unhinged Hedy to live with her, and the rest is history literally. Today marks the 2. SWF, a historically fascinating but unsettlingly lesbian phobic cautionary tale about female independence. If you remember SWF mostly for the scene where the frumpy Hedy copies Allies chic auburn mushroom bob, youre forgetting what makes the thriller so powerful and so problematic. Adapted from John Lutzs novel Single White Female Seeks Same, SWF boasts an unbeatable elevator pitch A womans new roommate likes her so much that the roommate tries to become her. The roommate dresses like her, adopts her name in front of strangers, and seduces her boyfriend. But Hedys obsession is erotic, too. She sniffs Allie. She undresses in front of Allie constantly. She buys Allie a puppy and cuddles with her and the dog in Allies bed. Hedys misandry bolsters her idea of herself as Allies sexual avenger The madwoman murders the cheating Sam after luring him into a blow job which she does to prove he really is as bad as Hedy insists. She also executes Allies attempted rapist Stephen Tobolowsky, a client turned sexual harasser. In the final act, when an enraged Hedy is on the verge of killing an uncooperative Allie, our protagonist persuades her abductor that theyre on the same side with a kiss. Check out more trivia, goofs, and quotes on the films IMDb page. Hedys sexuality might feel more incidental if Allies arduous search for the right roommate hadnt essentially consisted of rejecting a series of queer women for that second bedroom. A montage early in the film shows Allie declining housing seekers who look her up and down or basically eye bang her on first sight. XCOM 2 War of the Chosen is now available on PS4 and Xbox One. Weve been enjoying it on PC. That detail makes Hedy an urban monster in two ways Shes a predator and a liar. Though Allie isnt homophobic, at least against gay men shes quite close with her neighbor Grant its possible she wouldnt have chosen Hedy as her roommate if shed known about Hedys queerness. Its Hedys ability to pass as straight that makes her such an effective urban monster. The erotic thriller of the 8. Fatal Attraction and Unfaithful reliably punished sexual and marital transgressors. But SWF director Barbet Schroeder and screenwriter Don Roos arent the kind of filmmakers youd expect homophobia from, even a quarter of a century ago. Nominated for a Palme dOr for 1. Barfly and a Best Director Oscar for 1. Reversal of Fortune, Schroeder has explored homoerotic themes with sensitivity in several of his movies. The writer director of The Opposite of Sex, Roos is openly gay. Still, theres no denying that SWF contributed to a canon of Reagan and Clinton era films with LGBTQ killers a list that includes Dressed to Kill, Cruising, The Silence of the Lambs, and Basic Instinct. Hedys sexual depravity is foreshadowed in a sex club scene where an unseen woman is pleasured by what sounds an awful lot like a chainsaw. Id love to believe that the sound effect was an homage to the time Schroeder charged into studio head Menahem Golans office with a buzz saw and threatened to cut off his little finger if his film didnt go forward. Also Read 1. Actresses Absurdly Accused of Being Too Old or Too Fat, From Chloe Grace Moretz to Jennifer Lawrence PhotosThe NYC of SWF is a chilly metropolis. The Beaux Arts exterior of the building that Allie and Hedy live in is elegant but forebodingly shot. Inside, its slowly crumbling, with faulty pipes and dimly lit laundry rooms best avoided at night. The anonymity of the city allows a vampire like Hedy to hide in plain sight and for Allie to be suckered into inviting her in. At the films start, Allie expresses her hope that marriage will make her feel less lonely in New York. YDrrUBu' alt='Sci Fi Thriller Cartoons The Chosen One ' title='Sci Fi Thriller Cartoons The Chosen One ' />For listing in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER For listing in ALPHABETICAL ORDER For listings of SHORT MARS FILMS For listings of MARS DOCUMENTARY FILMS For Mars Movies of the. By the end, shes more isolated than ever, with a dead fiance, a dead client, and a grievously injured friend. Yes, she has accomplished a lot. But whats the point of all that success and ambition if it can be so easily undone, and theres no one to share it with SWF surely endures for good reasons. Fonda and especially Leighs performances hold up. The fashion is great. The murder scenes are brutally, well, funny, but its still a delight to see a death by stiletto. But its also a movie with a much better premise than its execution, capturing, as it does, the anxieties of living with strangers, the dark side of female friendship, and the replicability and thus the unexceptionalness of the identities we work so hard to forge every single day. No wonder, then, that SWF has been remade several times already with another TV adaptation in the works and seems to have inspired this weeks release Ingrid Goes West. Seldom are Schroeder and Rooss homoerotic undertones echoed probably for the best. The lesbian panic makes SWF a memorable watch, with a dangerous villain who herself doesnt seem to know if she wants a lover, a friend, an aspirational model, or a sister. But in 2. 01. 7, we also expect lesbian characters to have something more going on than just being obsessed with some straight girl. You can find more trivia, goofs, and quotes on the films IMDb page. In honor of CNNs The Nineties, were counting down the 9. Here we go. 9. 0. Theres Something About MarySmutty, stupid and silly in the best way. A very 9. 0s love story with a script so good its been praised by our greatest living screenwriter, William Goldman. Tim Molloy. Century Fox. PhiladelphiaTom Hanks plays a gay, HIV positive lawyer whose only help comes from a homophobic lawyer played by Denzel Washington, both giving stellar performances. Director Jonathan Demme finds intimate humanity, like he always did. R. I. P.   Brian Welk. Europa, EuropaDirector Agnieszka Holland tells the true story of Solomon Perel, a Jewish teen who escapes the Nazis by disguising himself as one of them. Eventually, his disguise works so well that he is sent to a Hitler Youth Academy, where he witnesses the Nazis vicious propaganda firsthand. Jeremy Fuster. 87. Twelve MonkeysOne of the greatest and most bizarre time travel movies. Terry Gilliam combines questions of fate vs. Orwellian vision of a the future. Brian Welk. Sleepless in SeattleYou can thank the wonderful Nora Ephron for all the romantic meet ups on the Empire State Building this film has inspired. Brian Welk. Tri. Star Pictures. Pretty WomanRichard Gere and Julia Roberts star in this classic rom com directed by Garry Marshall. Its been criticized for sending the wrong message about prostitutes and escorts, but has also been heralded as a feminist classic. Either way, it earned Julia Roberts her second Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Download The New Cars Cartoon more. Ashley Boucher. The Usual SuspectsThe film that taught us The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didnt exist pulls some pretty slick tricks itself. Tim Molloy. American BeautySuburbs are hard. Kevin Spacey has a crush on his daughters high school best friend. Annette Bening is cheating on him. And a young Wes Bentley finds mystery and beauty in a floating plastic grocery bag. Elliotts Smiths cover of the Beatles Because at the end is angelic. Brian Welk. Dream. Works. 82. Point BreakWhat more could you ask for Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, the ringleader of a surf gang robbing So. Cal banks in ex Presidents masks.