2008 – blog the hegemony

Surge of Power: the Stuff of Heroes

In Surge of Power, young Gavin (Vincent J. Roth) is a corporate attorney and a comic book nerd. One day while visiting the company lab to get some paperwork signed, an evil mad scientist breaks in and causes an accident giving Gavin superpowers. With the aid of a not-so-mad scientist (Robert Hurt), Gavin sets out to become Big City’s latest superhero: Surge. Surge takes on the evil Metal Master to save Big City not to mention a certain Young Man (Joey Bourgeois) who always seems in need of rescue.

The movie is full of comic book and science fiction references to keep most of us sci-fi geeks happy. Noel Niell, Lois Lane from The Adventures of Superman (1950’s TV show) appears as the Young Man’s Aunt Lois, scolding him for always getting into trouble. We also get Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura) as a semi-retired superhero who helps Surge get his bearings. And Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) in a cameo appearance.

The gay content is left “ambiguous”, like certain superhero relationships, but you don’t have to look very hard.

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Posted on December 31, 2008 in Cute Guys by Syzygy
Tags: joey bourgeois, lou-ferr, lou-ferrigno, movies, robert hurt, shirtless, superhero, vincent j roth

Luster

In Luster, Jackson (Justin Herwick) works in a record store and longs to be a poet. Jackson is obsessed with Billy (Jonah Blechman) a guy he met at a party who can’t be bothered and is oblivious to the guys who do want him: Derek (Sean Thibodeau), a customer in the record store, and Sam (Shane Powers), his straight friend who owns the record store who’s having major problems dealing with his attraction. And then Jackson’s hot cousin Jed (B. Wyatt) shows up drawing Jackson’s interest and tempting the local lesbians to go straight. A fair amount of comedic set ups, but not a happy movie.

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Posted on December 22, 2008 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: b wyatt, gay, jonah blechman, justin herwick, movies, sean thibodeau, shirtless

Dog Tags

In 2008’s Dog Tags, Nate (Paul Preiss) is a young man with no direction who’s decided to go into the Marines. While on leave, he returns home. On the way he gets picked up by a man offering him some easy money so he can buy a ring for his girlfriend. Turns out, the job is to do amatuer porn with Andy (Bart Fletcher). Both young men realize what’s going on and run out, and Andy gives Nate a ride home where Nate finds his girlfriend with another man.

Andy, who’s gay, and Nate develop a friendship and eventually end up in bed, but not necessarily in love, but they each get a little direction in their lives from their brief meeting.

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Posted on December 13, 2008 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: bart fletcher, gay, movies, paul preiss, shirtless

Burnt Money

In 1960’s Argentina, Angel (Eduardo Noriega) and Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia) meet in a men’s room and become lovers in Burnt Money. They are known as “The Twins” not because they look alike but they are always seen together and always work together on the criminal jobs they take. One day, a heist goes bad and Angel gets shot. They go on the run from the law and into hiding. As Angel recovers, the voices Angel has always heard get worse; the enforced hiding gets to be too much, and Nene thinks about straying from Angel. Based on a true story, the film gets lots of gun play and blood before the end.

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Posted on December 7, 2008 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: eduardo noriega, gay, leonardo sbaraglia, movies, shirtless

An Angel Named Billy

Billy (Dustin Belt) is a young man living with his alcoholic, bible thumping father who catches Billy in his first kiss with another guy. You can guess how well that goes over. Fleeing to the big city, Billy is befriended by a young waiter named Guy (Kadyr Gutierrez) who puts him up and helps him find a job. The job being taking care of Mark, a stroke survivor, for his son James (Hank Fields), for whom Mark and his transvestite friend Thomas have been trying to find a boyfriend. The whole thing had a bit of an “After School Special” feel to it with everything conveniently tied up in the end, although An Angel Named Billy takes it’s time getting there.

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Posted on November 30, 2008 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: dustin belt, gay, hank fields, kadyr gutierrez, movies, shirtless

Parallel Sons

In Parallel Sons, Seth (Gabriel Mann) is a young man in a small mountain town in the northeast. He’s fascinated by Black pop culture but has never seen a Black man before (although his walls are covered with pictures of shirtless black males). One night when closing the diner where he works, Knowledge (Laurence Mason), a young Black man and escaped convict holds him up and then faints. Instead of calling the local sheriff, Seth carries Knowledge off to nurse him back to health. Eventually the two develop a relationship, but by then the sheriff figures out that Seth is protecting the fugitive. You kind of have to set aside the coincidence that the only Black man ever to come to town also happens to be gay.

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Posted on November 25, 2008 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: gabriel mann, gay, laurence mason, movies

Never Back Down

Jake (Sean Faris) moves to a new school so his little brother can play tennis. Jake’s reputation as a brawler preceeds him due to a Youtube clip of him fighting on the football field. The local bully boy, Ryan (Cam Gigandet) decides this is a threat to his reputation and dragging Ryan into fights. Jake turns to a trainer Roqua (Djimon Hounsou), who disapproves of fighting outside the gym.

No gay content to speak of. OK for eye candy. But if you don’t like watching sweaty, built young men beating on each other, it may not be for you. Never Back Down.

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Posted on November 19, 2008 in Cute Guys by Syzygy
Tags: boxing, cam gigandet, djimon hounsou, sean faris

Just Can’t Get Enough

Just Can’t Get Enough tells the story of the start of the Chippendale’s night club and it’s male dancers. The movie follows Chad (Jonathan Aube) who’s “discovered” by Steve Banerjee (Shelley Malil), founder of Chippendales, on the beach. Chad becomes the face of Chippendale’s but doesn’t want to be a dancer. Steve’s obsession with protecting his franchise on “dancing men” leads to murder plots and bomb threats. J.P. Pitoc (“Trick”) appears as another of the dancers. Plenty of eye candy.

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Posted on November 8, 2008 in Cute Guys by Syzygy
Tags: chippendales, jonathan aube, jp pitoc, shirtless