Joe Flanigan in the Stargate Atlantis episode “38 Minutes“. In order to save the day, they have to rip off his shirt. Here’s hoping they have to resort to doing it again this season since they haven’t done it for the last couple.
The M.O. of M.I.
In The M.O. of M.I., a gay couple, Mike and Tom, goes to see a performance artist, Jonathan, who ends up sleeping on their couch. Jonathan (David Christopher) turns out to have a history with Mike (David Stokey) and designs on Tom (Cory Schneider). Oh, and he’s a thief, hustler, and drug dealer, who happens to have a bunch of bad guys chasing him. The Modus Operandi of Male Intimacy. Everyone’s scamming someone.
Flash Gordon
Eric Johnson is the new and improved Flash Gordon on the Sci-Fi Channel. A little more humor and a slightly different twist on the action hero.
Sam J. Jones (aka Andrew Cooper, III) a former Marine & Playgirl model (here’s hoping Eric Johnson follows in those footsteps, the modeling, not so much the marines, although. . . .) turned in a performance as the star trotting action hero in Dino De Laurentiis’ 1980’s version. Complete with music by “Queen.”
And then there was the classic Buster Crabbe, fighting Ming the Merciless back in the thrilling days of yester-year.
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Brendan MacKey and Glen Mulhern
A Britsh comedy, 9 Dead Gay Guys, is the tale of Byron (Brendan MacKey) and Kenny (Glen Mulhern) who are two Irish lads come to London. Byron is having sex in the local gay pub to earn drinking money. Kenny is surpised about his friend but soon finds himself not only into gay sex for “legitimate business purposes” but because he finds he’s gay.
After Kenny “shags” Byron’s steady customer to death, the two set out to find the legendary money in Golders Greene’s bed; the money thought stolen when “the Queen” was murdered with a “class 5 offensive weapon.” That is, if they can find a way into Golders Greene’s bed without passing the “really hard Red Bull test” (stack two Red Bull drinks together). Along the way, they encounter the Deperate Dwarf, the Iron Lady, Donkey-Dick Dark, and assorted other oddball characters.
Regular Guys
Regular Guys is a 1996 German comedy. Christoph (Christoph M. Ohrtis) is a cop who gets drunk one night after his fiancee kicks him out. He winds up in a gay bar and later wakes up in bed with Edgar (Tim Bergmann), a cute mechanic, but not able to remember what, if anything, happened between them. After another series of sad sack misadventures, Christoph decides to take Edgar up on his offer of a place to stay. Of course, a “will they or won’t they” scenario develops as Christoph not only tries to hide that he’s living with a gay man (platonically) from his buddies on the police force, but also keeping Edgar out of jail when he discovers that Edgar is part of a stolen car ring being targeted by the force. A funny, enjoyable movie (despite having to keep up with the sub-titles).
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Mambo Italiano
Angelo (Luke Kirby) is an Italian gay man in Montreal. He finally works up the courage to move out of his house and his apartment gets trashed on the first day. One of the cops who shows up is his boyhood friend Nino (Peter Miller). Nino and Angelo “reconnect” and move in together, but Nino wants to stay firmly in the closet. Angelo decides on his own to come out to his parents, who tell Nino’s mother. If that’s not bad enough, rumuors start to circulate in the police department, and Nino decides he has to find a nice Italian girl. Angelo ends up joining the local gay help line to find a date, and Nino gets his girl and spends weekends with a “camping buddy.” A few funny moments and Nino makes for good eye candy. Mambo Italiano.
Urbania
Urbania follows Charlie (Dan Futterman) through a night haunted by urban legends. Old ladies popping poodles in microwaves, kidneys being stolen, and hotel workers doing nasty things with toothbrushes. Charlie has flashbacks to his lover Chris (Matt Keeslar) who he appears to be estranged from. It appears Charlie is hunting a guy who was a former one night stand that he wants to hook up with, but it turns out that’s not why he’s on a manhunt, he’s out for revenge.
Poster Boy
Henry Kray (Matt Newton) is the Poster Boy (2004) of his father’s US Senate campaign. Henry falls for Anthony (Jack Noseworthy), a gay activtist with plans to out Henry during his father’s campaign. But things don’t quite go according to plan.
