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Myth, magic and mayhem arrive on our screens this week with The Golden Compass, touted to be New Line Cinema's next Lord of the Rings trilogy. Does it have the elements to be the new LOTR?

This absolutely offensive comedy makes fun of numerous minority groups - including gays, women, blacks and Asian-Americans. The only people who come off looking normal are the straight white men.

Poltergay is what it is - a funny, goofy, undemanding piece of queer cinema that'll keep you occupied and entertained for a couple of hours.

Gay men should certainly watch this low-budget award-winning film from the Philippines. The story of a young drag princess may remind you of what it was like to 12 and fancying straight men.

An Almodovar-inspired gay comedy from Russia? Well, we never...

Lesbian filmmaker Zero Chou directs Rainie Yang (Taiwan) and Isabella Leong (Hong Kong) in Spider Lilies, in which a chance encounter between two women develops into a romantic relationship after their memories of the past was awakened.

In Volver, gay director Pedro Almodovar has once again created a female-centric universe where women rely solely on themselves and men are not welcome.

All hail Notes on a Scandal, the best lesbian film in years. Featuring two ferociously good performances by Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench, this Oscar-nominated psychodrama will have you hanging on every twist and turn)

Serious movie buffs worship Japanese director Takashi Miike for his daring, provocative films like Audition and Ichii The Killer. But with Big Bang Love, his first foray into queer cinema, he might have gone too far.

Quinceanera is one of sweetest, most charming gay films you'll see this year. Watching it would also be the perfect way to cap your gay movie-going experience of 2006, a year that saw an unprecedented number of LGBT movies being shown on Singapore screens.