Showing posts with label GAY THEMED MOVIEs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GAY THEMED MOVIEs. Show all posts

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Poster Boy (2004) , gay themed drama

With the help of a hot, slightly older new acquaintence (Noseworthy), the closeted son (Newton) of a conservative U.S. Senator (Lerner) puts a shocking spin on his dad's re-election campaign.
Most reviews for this movie are quite negative, and I guess I am in the minority when I say this - but this movie was fantastic!!! It is not your traditional gay movie, actually it doesn't really have much of a gay focus which might annoy some people. It's more a coming of age story and is relate-able to everyone, no matter what your sexual orientation is. At first the plot of this movie might seem to move along too slowly, but that is simply to establish the characters and setting of the movie which is something that has to be done to fully appreciate this movie. When you look back on the movie, you do realize how everything fits in together perfectly, now that you know everything, although it might seem a little bit muddled halfway through the movie.

Some other users have commented on the movie not being multi dimensional, but I think that the way that the characters reacted are pretty realistic, and most people (generally) are multi dimensional but may only show one side of their selves for one reason or another, and don't forget that this movie is focused from the point of view of Henry Kray. It also has many plot twists, and though it has be commented upon that it is too predictable, I thought nothing of the sort. The characters are oddly unpredictable, and are like multi layered onions, many people might just look it and observe that is it just another gay movie, but it is not, it is so much more than that.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Ma saison super 8 / My Super 8 Season (2005)


Release Year: 2005

French drama directed by Alessandro Avellis

Freely inspired by historical events, My Super 8 season recounts the birth of modern French gay identity.

The story of a friendship between two French activists in the early 1970s at the beginning of France’s gay rights movement. Marc is an attractive Parisian student who tries to organize other students to fight for gay rights; while his best friend, Julie, fights for working class issues before moving on to feminist and lesbian causes. In the midst of his activism, Marc battles with his policeman father and tries to build a relationship with Andre, a young factory worker who says he’s not gay, but can’t seem to keep out of trouble at various cruising spots around Paris. Meanwhile, Julie rebounds from her separation from her boyfriend, Stephane, by moving into a ‘women only’ residence and hooking up with one of the other residents.

“My Super 8 Season” is inspired by the story of the FHAR, the Homosexual Revolutionary Action Front, and dedicated to its leaders Guy Hocquenghem and Françoise d’Eaubonne (Guy Hocquenghem's book Homosexual Desire (1972) may be the first work of Queer Theory). The FHAR are known for having given radical visibility to homosexuals during the 1970s in the wake of student and proletarian uprisings of 1968, which had given little space to the liberation of women and homosexuals. Breaking with older homosexual groups which were more hidden and sometimes conservative, they asserted the subversion of the bourgeois and hetero–patriarchal state, as well as the inversion of chauvinistic and homophobic values common of the left and extreme left.

Director's statement about the film:
“My Super 8 Season” is my first feature film. It runs in Paris between May 68 and the early 70s. I have always been fascinated by that era that represents to me the birth of an international ideological movement based upon some fundamentals principles as freedom and pacifism. I have also been very influenced by the 60s and 70s cinema, for instance by directors such as Marco Ferreri, Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and so on…Since 2000 I live in Paris and I was very soon involved in the story of the FHAR (Front Homosexuel d’Action Révolutionnaire) which was the heart, with the MLF (Mouvement de Libération des Femmes) of the French sexual freedom movement. I realised that no films had been made about this crucial period that saw the birth of our current rights. Although appreciated by several producers, my project did not find any financing. So, I thought that this film that talks about freedom must be created in the freest way… and I decided to self-produce it. The casting was central to this film and it went on during two months. I was lucky to find a young and astonishing team, in particular the main leads. Because of the low-budget conditions, “My Super 8 Season” was filmed in nine days and I took care myself about the 70s costumes and decors, looking for vintage dress and orange accessories in the Parisian flea markets... In spite of that, the frenetic rhythm of shooting and its atmosphere were truly exciting. As a result, the story got more developed and some scenes were added at the last minute, played in improvisation or written in the middle of the night. After “My Super 8 Season”, I decided to give a more historical point of view of my first film, with the documentary “The revolution of desire” (2006) which achieves and concludes my personal research about those thrilling years.
Interesting film, made with very little money, that attempts to chronicle the advent of gay liberation in France, after the May 1968 students' uprising and general strike.

French with hardcoded English subtitles

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Duration: 1:13:18
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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Crustacés et coquillages (Cockles and Muscles) (2005)

French comedy written and directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (longtime gay couple also known for their films Born in 68, My Life on Ice and The Adventures of Felix).

Starring: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Gilbert Melki, Jean-Marc Barr, Edouard Collin, Romain Torres and Jacques Bonnaffe

A family comprising of a father, mother, daughter and son head to the south of France for summer vacation. Charly's friend, Martin joins them. Charly's father is somewhat bothered by this and by the open sexuality in the family. When the mother suspects her teen son is gay it leads to revelations about the entire family's secret sex lives...

Feel-good comedy of hilarious erotic complications.
Charming light-hearted romantic comedy.
English subtitle included.

Comme les autres (Baby Love) 2008

90 min - Comedy | Drama | Romance - 3 September 2008 (France)
IMBd 6.4/10 from

Director:
Vincent Garenq
Writer:
Vincent Garenq
Stars:
Lambert Wilson, Pilar López de Ayala and Pascal Elbé
Storyline:
Manu, a gay pediatrician in his forties, would be perfectly happy if he could adopt a child and bring him or her up with his partner, Philippe, a lawyer. Where the shoe pinches is that Philippe is pleased with his present life and will not have it spoiled by the invading presence of a wailing brat. Unable to find an agreement the two lovers part. Manu, although shaken, is single-minded about finding a surrogate mother, willing to give him the child he craves. Fina, an Argentine beauty trying to get a job, but held back because of her lack of immigrant papers, might do the job for him in exchange for a marriage of convenience. However, as Blaise Pascal would put it, "The heart has reasons that Reason cannot know".
Language: French
Subtitle: English (soft, srt file)

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Rainbow Boys The Movie (2005)


Release Year: 2005
Cast: Jackie, Palat Ananwattanasiri, Pimpong Isarasena na Ayudhya, Wijitra Wijwonnagorn, Alex Sanchez
Genres: gay themed, comedy, drama, romance
Video language: Thai

Rainbow Boys is a Thai movie that is based on the series of novels by Mexican-American writer Alex Sanchez. The story revolves around Tat (Jackie) and Nat (Pimpong) who are best friends, university students and gay. Nat is effeminate, flamboyant and out. Tat on the other hand, is still closeted to his family and friends.

In comes a popular jock, Ek (Palat) whom Tat develops a crush on. Tat ends up tutoring Ek and finds that he is a nice guy. Meanwhile, Ek is confused about his sexuality as he starts to lose interest in his beautiful girlfriend. Meanwhile the romantic relationship between Tat and Ek develops and the three boys soon find themselves in an awkward triangle.
English subtitle included.

A Wonderful Love Story From An Ancient Land.
This sweet, sexy and alluring movie follows the lives and loves of three college friends all in different stages of coming out to themselves and others.
Handsome, bookish Tat attends coming out support meetings with his out and proud friend Nat. The two boys are surprised when Tat’s crush, the hunky athlete Ek, shows up to a meeting. Questioning his sexuality, Ek turns to Tat of advice, and a sweet romance gradually develops, creating an awkward situation between Tat and Nat.
To survive and prosper, all three must surmount the homophobia of Thai society, neglectful and abusive home lives, gay bashings, schoolwork and their own love triangle.

“A very enjoyable journey”
– The London Gay Film Festival

“Well rounded, realistic and positive!.”
– NewFest 2007

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Duration: 1:40:33
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Friday, April 20, 2012

I Woke Up Gay (2012)


Release Year: 2012
Genres: gay themed, documentary, true story

This documentary is about 27-year-old Chris Birch, a young man from South Wales. He used to be a 19 stones (265 pound/120 Kilo) rugby-playing, straight lad with a girlfriend and a job in a bank. However, his life was radically changed by a stroke, and he is now a slim gay man, who lives with his boyfriend and works as a hairdresser. The trouble is that virtually nobody believes his story, not even his boyfriend, and everybody else has their own 'take' upon his reality. As a result of the changes in his personality and sexuality, Chris is now alienated from most of his former friends and family. ('Before' and 'After' pics are above.) Shown on BBC Three TV last night, this doc caused some heated debate in yesterday's UK newspapers, even before it had been shown on TV.

Format: avi
Duration: 56:52
Video: 720x404, XviD, 975kbps
Audio: 125kbps



File size: 463.6 MB

Friday, April 13, 2012

Pair of Love (2010)


Release Year: 2010
Cast: Ho Yu Qi, Li Jiaqing, Zeng Qingshan, Fan hazel family
Genres: gay themed, comedy, drama, romance

Best friends fall for each other during their final year of high school. In Mandarin, with English subtitles.
Spring of early 2009, the last year of Yang Ming high school career

A sunshine boy
A melancholy boy
A girl with short hair
A long-haired girl

Two of the same sex touch to collapse. After the collapse of the exploratory period of the so-called normal encounter, and then collapse
He Wei-leun and Lin Cheng-Che is a pair of good friends in the last year of high school days, gradually, their relationship produced a subtle change.

Until the day finally suggestive of the heart of the affair, the two decided to contact after touching passion. But no match for frustration and
social pressure of public opinion, political philosophy escape, and want to try a so-called normal relations.

By Guo Yi-chin and Li Ai-ling, they understand each other, hugging each other, spent a happy high school career.
Until they were found by Qin’s mother, in her mother’s opposition, according to Qin Ai Ling decided to leave,
and embrace the political philosophy can forget that feeling before. Unexpectedly, two people are wrong … until the final only to find …

If we can not embrace, that the world is left?

Format: avi
Duration: 40:31
Video: 704x396, XviD, 1567kbps
Audio: 125kbps




File size: 499.5 MB

Simon Amstell Do Nothing Live (2010)


Release Year: 2010
Simon Amstell - Do Nothing Live 2010, recorded in Dublin.

Simon Amstell is an openly gay stand-up comedian who built a reputation in the UK for a very bitchy style of comedy when he hosted "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" on BBC2. "Do Nothing" could not be more different - it is largely about how we get used to playing a certain character and whether we can find the courage to change. He draws extensively upon his own sexuality to illustrate this, and inevitably, he is the butt of all of his own jokes. It is about as close as you can get to watching a man emotionally and philosophically disemboweling himself on stage. Not only will it make you laugh - it might well make you think as well!
“Amstell in the flesh is frank, philosophical and painfully funny. Able to wrestle gut-wrenching laughs out of his own existential angst.” - Evening Standard, London
"This is cerebral comedy backed up by a newfound depth of feeling. He’s the real deal, where philosophy collides with anxiety: where Heidegger meets Woody Allen." - The Guardian, London

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Duration: 1:00:46
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File size: 547.6 MB

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Alles is Liefde (2007) (Love is All)


Release Year: 2007
Genres: gay themed, comedy, Romance
Video language: Dutch

Klaasje has divorced Dennis, who cheated on her with a school teacher. Dennis would like her back, but when she moves in with a young lover it looks as if he has missed the boat. Meanwhile, Klaasje's best friend Simone is the pivot of her family. Her husband Ted often feels redundant and he does not have the guts to tell her that he has been laid off. Pool attendant Victor is looking forward to marrying the love of his life, Kees. But Kees has doubts and keeps his fears at bay during weekends spent 'larping' (Live Action Role Play). Victor's sister Kiki, a sales assistant at a department store, is dreaming of a prince on a white horse. But she is unaware of the fact that a real prince, Valentijn, is crazy about her. With the arrival of a mysterious Sinterklaas, all these amorous ups and downs reach a climax, while the happy endings come closer too.

Alles is Liefde (English: Love is All) is a 2007 romantic comedy film, directed by Joram Lürsen, and starring Carice van Houten, Paul de Leeuw, Wendy van Dijk, and Daan Schuurmans. The story is inspired by the film Love Actually (2003), but with a Dutch twist. It takes place around Sinterklaas a traditional Dutch festivity in December.

Format: avi
Duration: 1:56:07
Video: 640x272, XviD, 698kbps
Audio: 125kbps




File size: 700.4 MB

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Romeos (2011) , gay themed drama



Release Year: 2011
Cast: Rick Okon, Maximilian Befort and Liv Lisa Fries
Genres: gay themed, drama
Video language: German
English subtitle hardcoded

Synopsis

Gay men and a trans audiences will fall for this sexy, romantic social drama from Germany about a handsome FTM 19-year-old and the masculine gay man he falls in love with.

Review

Delivering a twist on trans stories, Romeos, a taut, sexy romantic drama, follows a 19-year-old pre-op FTM who falls for an openly gay man.

Lukas (played by cute male actor Rick Okon) is a handsome young man, but was born a woman. He is undergoing hormone replacement therapy, and still has breasts that he keeps bound and hidden. His new male life is complicated when he is frustratingly assigned to a female dorm while doing community service. Stressed by the unfamiliar surroundings and insecure with his new body, Lukas is aided by his lesbian friend, Ine (Liv Lisa Fries), who keeps his secret when he reenters the world as a man. Lured by Ine and his new friends, Lukas ventures into Cologne’s gay nightlife where he meets Fabio (Maximilian Befort), a cocky, dark-haired gay hunk who beds whom he pleases. The two opposites strike up a friendship, but when Fabio begins to make romantic moves, Lukas is forced into making a decision: end contact or tell him and face the consequences.

Lukas’s courage to live his life as he desires makes this a great film for trans audiences but it is also is a revelatory one for gay men. It is in essence a sexy, entertaining, if unconventional, story of two young men who fall in love.

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Duration: 1:36:37
Video: 640x352, XviD, 879kbps
Audio: 125kbps


File size: 703.4 MB

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Walk A Mile In My Pradas (2011) , gay themed comedy


Release Year: 2011
Cast: Nathaniel Marston,Tom Archdeacon,Tom Arnold,Rick Karatas,Sammy Sheik
Genres: gay themed, comedy

A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.
Tony Parisi is a real "man's man" and all around "good guy". He works hard at his job. He's a loyal friend. And, he's devoted to his fiancé. He also happens to be completely, and utterly homophobic. Tony takes great pleasure in ridiculing his new, gay co-worker, Steve. That is until fate and a magic Christmas ornament step in to teach him a lesson. Two weeks before his wedding, Tony finds that he is suddenly gay, while Steve learns he has mysteriously turned straight. Now, truly a man's man, Tony must scramble to straighten out in time for his wedding. But, not before he walks a mile in Steve's shoes.

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Duration: 1:27:28
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File size: 701.9 MB

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Weekend (2011)

Weekend (2011) 
Director: Andrew Haigh
Writer: Andrew Haigh
Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New and Laura Freeman
Genre: Drama, Romance
Year: 2011
Runtime: 81 min
Country: UK
Description:
A one-night stand that becomes something more - an unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives. On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay nightclub in Nottingham UK, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen. And so begins a weekend (in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling life-stories and having sex) that will resonate throughout their lives.

The movie has already won several awards at International GLBT Film Festivals. Please note that www.imdb.com lists this movie as only becoming available in UK cinemas from 4 November 2011, and it also says that it is 97 minutes in length. This version is only 81 minutes long, which leads me to think that this is most likely an "early working version", and is not the final version to be released to the cinemas and eventually to DVD. This might also explain the intermittent bad contrast and audio synch problems, neither of which make it wholly unwatchable.

While the movie has already won several awards at GLBT film festivals, BE WARNED - the quality is not the greatest, but it is still watchable despite some contrast and audio-synch problems. ANOTHER WARNING: some guys might find the "strong" British accents a little difficult to understand!

I guess that the bottom line is just that you should be prepared to download this ONLY if you are willing to live with imperfection while also getting a truly SEXY gay themed movie.

Format: avi
Duration: 1:21:53
Video: 592x288, XviD, 748kbps
Audio: 93kbps

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Weekend (2011)
File size: 514.0 MB

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Kiss the Bride (2007)



Release Year: 2007
Cast: Tori Spelling, Philipp Karner and James O'Shea
Genres: gay themed, comedy, Romance
Video language: English
Director: C. Jay Cox
Writer: Tyler Lieberman
Country: USA
Description:
In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they've lost contact. So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying a woman! Matt interrupts his ideal alternative lifestyle to return to his hometown. He plans to rescue his former love from whatever "she-devil" has trapped him into this huge mistake. On the other hand, Ryan's perky fianc Alex takes quite the liking to Matt. Is she very cunning, disarmingly ditsy, completely adorable - or all three? As Matt tries to rekindle the old flame, Ryan is intent on putting out any sparks. Ryan dismisses their old romance as just a high school thing, but Matt realizes Ryan may still be the love of his life. All the while, Matt must deal with "his new best friend" Alex, the two families, and a hometown he thought he'd left entirely in the past. As the wedding day fast approaches (like a meteor hurtling toward ground zero), old feelings resurface and secrets are revealed. Each of them must balance the past with the present, and make a choice that will determine the rest of their lives: the boundaries of love, sexuality and identity are never constant. Written by Ty Lieberman/C. Jay Cox


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Duration: 1:35:39
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File size: 900.4 MB