Posted in Gay Christmas, Gay DVD Review on Nov 11th, 2009
I have always enjoyed Christmas and being gay – so I just knew that I would enjoy Make the Yuletide Gay.
Olaf “Gunn” Gunnunderson (Keith Jordan) is a 22-year-old gay college student who is totally out on campus and yet remains closeted to his quirky parents. So much so that on the way home for the [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Sep 30th, 2009
“Were the World Mine” is a wonderful gay-themed musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
The film takes the familiar scenarios of high school angst and adolescent crushes and gives them a wonderful musical spin.
Timothy (Tanner Cohen) is a gay student in an all male prep school located in a bigoted small town. Even [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on May 16th, 2009
I found the movie Surveillance 24/7 to be interesting in which personal privacy is increasingly threatened by new technologies, in particular camera surveillance in England.
Like many suspense mystery thrillers, Surveillance 24/7 is the story of attractive Adam (Tom Harper), a gay school teacher, and his one-night sexual encounter with Jake, the son of a mega-media [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Apr 4th, 2009
I have enjoyed watching the openly gay actor Chad Allen playing the role of gay detective Donald Strachey in “Third Man Out” (2006) and “Shock to the System” (2007).
Even though this is a mystery, before I watched the movie, I opened a box buried deep in my closet and found an old yellowed paperback of [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Feb 27th, 2009
At times funny and other times sad, “Chris & Don: A Love Story” is an extremely touching documentary about the affair that began in the 1950’s between American teenager Don Bachardy and three-decades-older Christopher Isherwood.
In an era when most gay people were closeted and long before anyone was talking about gay marriage, that’s what British [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Feb 7th, 2009
Whirlwind is an independent film set in New York City centering on a tight-knit group of gay men on the verge of simultaneous crises.
Bobby (Alexis Suarez) and Sean (Bryan West) have been in a monogamous relationship for over three years and even though they agree to buy a place together, Sean isn’t sure he really [...]
Posted in Celebrity Men, Gay DVD Review, Gay Gift Ideas on Jan 18th, 2009
De-Lovely (2004) is a recommended musical-biography about Cole Porter (1891-1964) who many would consider one of America’s most gifted and prolific songwriters.
De-Lovely begins in the final moments of Cole Porter’s life, played by Kevin Kline. Visited by the archangel Gabriel (Jonathan Pryce), Porter is guided to an empty theater to watch his past glories and [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Jan 10th, 2009
“A heartbreaking modern romance with lessons in the honest expression of love and sexuality within the masculine role identity of today’s contemporary man.”
Andy Forte (Bart Fletcher), a seemingly free-spirited young man, was drifting through the desert when he fatefully crossed paths with Nate Merritt (Paul Preiss), on leave from boot camp, both being lured to [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Sep 22nd, 2008
This past weekend I enjoyed watching the 1994 Australian film The Sum of Us, which tells the story of a comfortable relationship between widower Harry and his gay son Jeff and their individual searches for the right mate.
Years before he became a household name in Hollywood, Russell Crowe delivers a strong and sexy performance as [...]
Posted in Gay DVD Review on Sep 15th, 2008
Shelter is a moving film about the young Zach (Trevor Wright), who sacrifices his dream of going to art school to support his frail father and his trashy sister, who constantly manipulates Zach into taking last-minute responsibility for her 5-year-old son.
Usually finding happiness surfing with his buddy Gabe (Ross Thomas), he starts hanging out with [...]
