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A Single Man

Tom Ford’s A Single Man is an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel. It follows a day in the life of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a gayEnglish professor teaching in California. George’s lover Jim (Matthew Goode) was killed in a car accident leaving George alone save for his long time friend and fellow ex-patriot Brit, Charley (Julianne Moore). George spends this particular day saying goodbye to his life, finally appreciating the world around him. Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), one of his students, takes an interest in the professor and tries to befriend him sensing something is wrong. All in all a great film, well worth watching.

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Posted on August 7, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: christopher isherwood, colin firth, gay, matthew goode, movie, nicholas hoult, shirtless

Pornography: a Thriller

Pornography: a Thriller revolves around the maybe, maybe not death of a 1980’s porn star in a snuff flick. Mark Anton (Jared Grey) was a famous porn actor who was semi-retired and gets offered a lot of money in the mid 1990’s to do a personal appearance for a fan who wants to interview him. When his agent tries to scam him out of the money, things go bad for Mark forcing him to do the interview he’d planned to skip. We then move to the present day where a writer Michael (Matthew Montgomery) is researching a book on gay porn. He ends up renting [with his is he real or isn’t he lover William (Walter Delmar)]what may be the same apartment where the maybe snuff flick was filmed and finds an old video tape hidden in the wall. His quest to find answers to Mark’s fate drags him into weirder and weirder scenes. Finally, we come to the third tale of Matt Stevens (Pete Scherer), a present day porn star who decides to make a pornographic documentary of the Mark Anton story based on a dream he had, but then the dreams starts to take over. Apperances by Dylan Vox as Mark’s on screen partner and Steve Callahan as Matt’s producer.

Great movie, great cast.

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Posted on July 26, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: dylan vox, gay, jared grey, matthew-montgomery, movies, pete scherer, shirtlesss, steve callahan, walter delmar

The Big Gay Musical

The Big Gay Musical is the tale of an off Broadway play “Adam and Steve, Just the Way God Made ‘Em” and the actors who play the lead roles, Paul and Eddie. Paul / Gay Adam (Daniel Robinson) is going through a breakup with his boyfriend and trying to decide between monogamy and being a slut. Eddie / Steve (Joey Dudding) is a virgin looking for his first experience with a man and trying to figure out how to tell his religious parents not only that he’s gay, but the first big play he’s in deals with how God created a new Adam and a male companion Steve after he had to boot the original Adam (Ben Thompson) and Eve (Celina Carvajal) out of Eden. The movie’s great and the musical play it’s centered around is worth seeing on it’s own (check out the DVD extras). Brent Corrigan has a small role as a hustler Paul hires when he gets lonely for companionship.

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Posted on July 11, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: ben thompson, brent corrigan, daniel robinson, joey dudding, shirtless

Dare

Alexa (Emmy Rossum) wants to be an actress, but finds herself paired in the school play with Johnny (Zach Gilford), who’s only taking drama because he was suspended from soccer and has no real interest in the project. Making things worse, a former student, now a well known actor (Alan Cumming), comes to see rehersals and compliments Johnny while telling Alexa she needs to get out and live a bit before she can be a real actess. Alexa sets out to seduce Johnny and then finds that her gay best friend Ben (Ashley Springer) has also seduced Johnny, who seems desperate for any affection he can get. In Dare, the two friends raise the relationship stakes and we find if Johnny can be shared or forced to choose.

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Posted on July 4, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: adam fleming, alan cumming, ashley springer, michael cassidy, shirtless, zach gilford

Watch Out

Matt Riddlehoover is the ultra narcissitic Jonathan Barrows in Watch Out. We start with Jonathan’s bizarre teen years and his parents trying to get him to lose his virginity to a woman (while they film it) and we then follow him to a job interview at a community college where he’s trying to get a teaching job he feels is beneath him. His self absorption (he finds only himself to be sexually attractive) leads him further and futher into conflict with an offbeat world in the small town he’s visiting. Eventually, we learn of his more murderous side as he kills off those he sees as having wronged him. Lots of skin from Riddlehoover , but sometimes the narration and pacing made me wish they’d just get on with things. A brief cameo from Peter Stickles as one of a couple Jonathan Barrows meets and offends in the town’s seafood restaurant.

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Posted on June 27, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: Horror, matt riddlehoover, peter stickles, shirtless

Praxis

Brian (Tom Macy) is a confused young man trying to come to grips with the various aspects of his personality. He interacts with Joe (Andrew Roth) and a mysterious woman who may just be parts of his psyche. Slow in parts, a lot of the over long, lingering scenes could have been cut shorter or done away with. Interesting, but keep the remote with a fast forward button handy. The message of Praxis seems to be “avoid psychopharmacology.” And yes, there are some nude scenes. (Not that anyone cares about that NSFW.)

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Posted on May 29, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: andrew roth, shirtless, tom macy

Law of Desire

Antonio Banderas is Antonio Benitez in Law of Desire (La ley del deseo, 1987), a disturbed young man who stalks his favorite film maker Pablo Quintero (Eusebio Poncela). When Antonio’s affections aren’t returned with the fervor he hopes for, he sets out to elminate the competition. We’re treated to a very brief nude, long shot of Banderas, but the film is much more generous with the “charms” of Poncela (NSFW).

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Posted on March 6, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: antonio banderas, eusebio poncela, gay, movies, shirtless

Little Ashes

Little Ashes provides a look at the 1920’s love affair between painter Salvadore Dali (Robert Pattinson) and poet Javier Beltrán (Federico García Lorca). While in school the two become attracted to one another but drift apart as Dali seems to have problems with the relationship and a desire to go to Paris to achieve wealth and fame. General impression: an OK movie but seemed awfully long.

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Posted on February 27, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: federico garcia lorca, gay, movies, robet pattinson