This week’s curated collection of movies to keep you entertained during quarantine focuses on the leading ladies—a group of outstanding performers who were nominated for Academy Awards for their work in recent LGBTQ-themed movies.
At the top of the list is Renée Zellweger who won the 2019 Oscar for her glittering performance as Judy Garland in the biopic “Judy.” The movie focuses on the last year of Judy’s life, including her sold-out concerts at Talk of the Town in London and her marriage to the unscrupulous Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock).
The film had some serious problems. Rupert Goold’s direction is weak; and Wittrock’s performance is flat; and, the script by Tom Edge (based on the stage play by Peter Quilter) is cliché-ridden and