A group of would-be revolutionaries in the USA storm an immigration centre and whilst they manage to free many of it’s captives, their leader “Perfidia” (Teyana Taylor) manages to make quite an impression on it’s commander “Lockjaw” (Sean Penn). Sadly for her though, she doesn’t remain free for very long afterwards but in that meantime she and fellow rebel “Bob” (Leonardo DiCaprio) have managed to have a baby. Spool on and now she is a teenager living quietly with her dad, entirely unaware of her dangerous provenance. “Lockjaw” has no intention of forgetting the slight paid to him, and when he…
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There is something quite theatrical - almost staged - about this movie where a closeted gay man with a wife and kids falls in love with a man he meets in a bar. The story tracks the roller coaster ride as we have love, lust, rebounds, divorce, therapy, opera and just about everything else before an almost serendipitously ridiculous ending. It has decent production values, but little else we haven't seen before (though usually from the other coast of America).…
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A gentle romance based on a slightly far-fetched premiss. Two young men become friends after a game of mud ball; their relationship blossoms until they go on a trip together and discover a shared tragedy in their past that tests the relationships with themselves and their families. It's a low-budget affair; decent enough performances from the two leads - Edmund Donovan and Matthew Frias - but don't expect anything too substantial. Maybe that's why it works - it is a movie about love (not necessarily gay love) without the usual drug use, effing and blinding and nudity. The "daytime" television …
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Now the obvious double-entendre in the title does not bode well... No, it's not a great film, but actually it is watchable. Two young lads are together at college but when one - "Gunn" (Keith Jordan) has to go home for the festivities, he reverts to his "straight" persona. His perfectly fashioned boyfriend "Thomas" (Wyatt Fenner) is abandoned by his disinterested family (his mother is "Dr. Crusher"!) so decides to visit his unsuspecting in-laws instead. Once he arrives, he has the status of a college room-mate and we follow some daft escapades as they try to keep the charade going whilst sneak…
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This is a lovely film. Mateo Chiarino is "Martin" a down on his luck young man who is looking for work. He stumbles across his childhood friend Manuel Vignau "Eugenio" who offers him some summer work as a handyman. The film then sedately turns into a love story. It is in no great rush to get anywhere; the photography is beautiful and the score gently nudges us to what we hope is the inevitable conclusion. The dialogue is sparing; much of the emotional tension is implied rather than imposed and though the lead characters are attractive, they are much less "pretty" than in, say, "Taekwondo". Thi…
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"Dean" (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe) gets his eyes tested - that's the title sorted out. The remainder of the film involves him receiving a message from his ex-lover "Alex" (Aaron Costa Ganis) and the two proceed to meet in the famous Joshua Tree National Park. In the fifteen years since their relationship abruptly ended, both have made new lives for themselves so auteur Tom Kirkman seems to be presenting us with a sort of gay mid-life crisis movie. The two men immediately recapture some of their past feelings for each other; plenty of sex (indeed, "Dean" is naked for quite a chunk of this) and ther…
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This is actually quite a surprisingly different version of the American "coming of age" gay film. We get all the usual athletic, pretty, boy meets boy in the closet thing; but the storyline veers off onto a much more empowering and joyous track. No bad language, drugs - not even really any romance. There isn't a specifically happy ending for our hero - it's just a chapter in the lives of these gay (and straight) kids dealing with growing up and being free and tolerant. Cameron Deane Stewart and Andrew Caldwell stand out. Give it a go...…
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Keen photographer "Jonas" (Eric Klotzsch) sets off on a road trip through some of Germany's more remote rural areas with best pal "Philip" (George Taylor). En route, the pick up Polish hiker "Boris" (Michal Grabowski). "Philip" is gay, and something of an exhibitionist; his friend, straight, and much more restrained - but both comfortable with each other until their new arrival pushes the boundaries of their ostensibly platonic relationship. Not a great deal happens in this film. The three explore some bucolic ruins in their country, discover some Nazi relics and there is the occasional skinny…
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This is certainly a story worth telling - the disgraceful and discriminatory treatment of highly trained, professional and committed people in the military (in this case the US, but it's just as applicable elsewhere) because of their sexuality. The problem is that this depiction is just dull - pure and simple. The story of two Navy pilots who dance around each other for far too long before delivering anything of substance is dreadfully slow and unemotional. Even at the end, when an NCIS that neither "Gibbs" nor "Abby" would want anything to do with, investigate their behaviour, the thing strug…
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Quite a well told story of a young footballer ("Szabi") who quits his team and his overbearing father to move to Hungary where his late grandfather has left him a dilapidated old house. Once he gets there, a few of the locals try to steal his motorcycle; he catches one ("Åron") and the story tells of their budding relationship as they work to restore the house (and to keep bees!) against a backdrop of traditional ignorance, intolerance and fear. The two leads deliver convincing performances for most of the film (the sex scenes don't work at all well) as they struggle to come to terms with what…
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