Olaf ‘Gunn’ Gunnunderson (Keith Jordan) is out at college but straightens up when he heads home for Christmas break with his mid-western parents. Meanwhile, his boyfriend Nathan (Adamo Ruggiero) whose own parents go on a last minute cruise ditching him for the holiday, decides to surprise Gunn by showing up unannounced, not realizing that Gunn isn’t out to his Christmas crazed mom (Kelly Keaton) and stoner dad (Derek Long). Make the Yuletide Gay is a great movie with a humorous look at coming out at Christmas time.
A Home at the End of the World
Bobby (Colin Farrell), Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) and Clare (Robin Wright Penn) form an unconventional family. Jonathan is a gay man living in New York when his childhood friend / adopted brother Bobby comes to live with him and his roommate Clare. Clare loves Jonathan, Jonathan loves Bobby, and Bobby wants to make eveyone happy. Clare gets pregnant and the three go to Woodstock to raise the kid.
Flesh for Frankenstein
Paul Morriessey’s Flesh for Frankenstein retells the “Frankenstein” story with Udo Kier as Baron Frankenstein trying to create a super race of Serbian zombies who will worship him as their master. Part of his plan is creating a male and female creature and having them breed his new subjects. In seeking a head for his male monster, he picks a man, Sacha (Srdjan Zelenovic) he sees in a brothel, mistaking him for some sort of super stud, not realizing that he’d been dragged there by his buddy Nicholas (Joe Dallesandro). Unfortunately for the Baron’s plans, Sacha’s eyes were only for Nicholas in the room full of naked women. Once Sacha’s head is in place, the Baron finds he has no interest in the female creature. Meanwhile, Nicholas has caught the eye of the Baroness who needs some “company” while the Baron is at his work.
Trick or Treat
There’s a few horror movies that you don’t watch for the chills. Happy Halloween.
William Gregory Lee (Danteâs Cove) stars in Wolves of Wall Street as a young man who comes to New York seeking his dream only to fall in with a pack of evil underwear models who are stock brokers by day and werewolves by night.
Voodoo Academy (2000) is a soft porn horror flick in which wholesome, attractive young men are lured into a bible college (with all of 6 students) where they spend a lot of time in their underwear being subjected to weird rituals by the cute priest and the strange woman who run the place. Not much point, but lots of skin.
In 2003âs Leeches, we find that the steriod popping swim team has been spending time frolicking in the local pond where theyâre getting sucked on by leeches. Of course, this makes the leeches grow huge and hungry for more tender, young hunks. Plenty of scantily clad, muscled young men in speedos and underwear. But none of them actually fast enough to outrun the leeches.
Green Plaid Shirt
Guy (Kevin Spirtas) and Phillip (Gregory Phelan) meet at a garage sale where they are both looking at the same Green Plaid Shirt. The two start a relationship which has it’s rocky moments. Set in the late 1970’s, we find Guy contracting AIDS and have a bit of a debate on whether or not fidelity is intended for gay men, which never really gets resolved. And most of the story is told in flashbacks. For a first time director, this was probably not too bad, but a bit uneven.
Bump! South America
Bump! is a gay travel show. Hosted by Charlie David, it visits vacation spots and highlights where to find gay and lesbian attractions. Hotels, restaurants, night life and of course shopping. Now on DVD, the South America edition goes to Buenos Aires, SÄo Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro as Charlie finds spots to cruise hot guys, learn to dance and relax by the pool with a hot travel agent, Bryan Herb. If you enjoy the Travel Channel and such, this is a diverting video.
Grand Sons
Regine is a grandmother who’s gay grandson Guillaume (Guillaume Quatravaux) is still grieving for his now 2 years departed mother whose ashes sit in a suitcase on gradma’s balcony because Guillaume hasn’t gotten them scattered over Scotland yet. Then there’s her gay houskeeper Maxime (Jean-Philippe SĂȘt) who thinks keeping the ashes around on the balcony is just a tad creepy. Hopefully, this would have made more sense if I still remembered any of my grade school French lessons, but with just the subtitles to go by, something must’ve gotten lost in translation. And my grandma would’ve tanned my hide if I’d slouched around her house in just my briefs, but maybe it works differently in France.