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The Green

In The Green, Michael (Jason Butler Harner) and Daniel (Cheyenne Jackson) have moved to a small town to escape the big city. Michael is a teacher trying to help Jason (Chris Bert), a struggling student, but the status of “teacher’s pet” proves even more stressful for the high schooler since his teacher is gay. When Micheal is falsely accused of an inappropriate relationship with the student, the small town jumps to conclusions and Michael and Daniel find their lives destroyed and their relationship on the rocks.

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Posted on August 10, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: cheyenne jackson, chris bert, gay, jason butler harner, movies, shirtless

You Should Meet My Son

Brian (Stewart Carrico) struggles with keeping the fact that he’s gay from his conservative Southern mother Mae, who’s constantly trying to fix him up with girls. Even breaking up with his boyfriend Dennis (Brett Holland) to keep his secret. When she and his aunt Rose overhear a conversation that arouses her suspicions, she and her sister take a magazine quiz that confirms their suspicions. After exploring and being horrified by conversion therapy, her efforts to get her son in a relationship kick into high gear and Mae and Rose set out to find him a new boyfriend. gay men on the internet (with the help of the neighbor’s son Greg (Chirs Nolan), in bars, and getting advice from drag queens. Finally, she settles on Chase (Steve Snyder), an art student and go-go boy, only to find that Brian has decided to get married: to a woman.

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Posted on August 3, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: brett holland, chris nolan, gay, leif holt, movies, steve snyder, stewart carrico

Buffering

Seb (Alex Anthony) comes home from work early to find his boyfriend Aaron (Conner McKenzy) enjoying himself with some gay porn. Turns out Aaron was laid off three months ago and only pretending to head off to work each day. Now Seb has had his hours as a massuer cut back and cash is getting tight. With the car repossessed and the house soon to follow, Aaron hits on the idea of uploading their lovemaking sessions to a pay per view site. The two constantly try to keep things interesting for their audience and find a role for the cute next door neighbor Mitch (Oliver Park) in Buffering.

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Posted on July 27, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: alex anthony, conner mckenzy, gay, movies, oliver park, shirtless

Judas Kiss

Judas Kiss sees Zach (Charlie David), a mediocre filmmaker, return to his alma mater to judge a student film competition. An unexplained glitch in time sends him unknowingly back as a judge for this own competition when he was a younger college student (Richard Harmon). He gets a chance to change his own life by changing the outcome of the competition which he orignially won.

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Posted on July 20, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: brent corrigan, charlie-david, gay, movies, richard harmon, sean paul lockhart, timo descamps

Into the Lion’s Den

Warning from the outset: May contain spoilers in the caps.

Three gay men, Michael, Johnny, and Ted take a cross country trip from California to New York to get a change of scene. Johnny (Jesse Archer) is a slightly aging party boy who’s using the trip to find new hookups via his phone app. Michael (Ronnie Kroell) is trying to forget his last relationship. And Ted (Kristen-Alexzander Griffith) is along for the ride. Johnny’s antics get the trio into trouble in a small town bar The Lion’s Den as his hookup gone wrong leads the group into violence and horror. Turned out to be a pretty good flick all in all and plenty of skin, if you’re into that sort of thing (site NSFW).

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Posted on July 14, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: gay, Horror, jesse archer, kristen-alexzander griffith, movies, ronnie kroell, shirtless

Bite Marks

Cary (Windham Beacham) and Vogel (David Alanson) are a couple hitchhiking across country to “re-connect” in their relationship. They get picked up by Brewster (Benjamin Lutz), a trucker trying to stay awake as he delivers a mysterious load of coffins as a favor for his brother who has disappeared. When the pre-programmed GPS leads them to a junk yard in the middle of no-where and the truck breaks down, the three are trapped for the night as the contents of the coffins get up for a stroll.

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Posted on July 6, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: benjamin lutz, david alanson, gay, movies, vampire, windham beacham

Longhorns

Set in 1980’s Texas, Longhorns is the story of Kevin (Jacob Newton) a confused college student who fantasizes about his best friend while frolicing with cheerleaders until he meets Cesar (Derek Efrain Villanueva) the gay kid in the dorm. Cesar falls for Kevin who defends him from the homophobic Justin (Kevin Held) and they start an on again off again dance as Kevin comes to grips with his feelings and Cesar gets annoyed with the games. Kevin heads off to join his high school buddies Steve (Dylan Vox) and Daniel (Stephen Matzke) for a weekend to get away from all the gay stuff he’d been “tricked” into only to find the expected girls can’t reach the cabin due to a flood and the three men are stuck alone with only a porn tape for entertainment.

It’s a funny and entertaining movie with likeable leads. Doesn’t hurt that each of the guys gets a brief but definite full frontal appearance (site NSFW).

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Posted on July 4, 2012 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: Derek Efrain Villanueva, dylan vox, gay, jacob newton, kevin held, movies, shirtless, stephen matzke

Christopher and His Kind

Christopher and His Kind brings Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor) to the role of Christopher Isherwood in this bit of autobiography that tells of Isherwood’s time in pre-Nazi Germany. The wide eyed Christopher heads to Berlin for the boys and has his fair share in the muscular hustler Caspar (Alexander Doetsch) and the youthful Heinz (Douglas Booth). He loses both when the Nazi’s come to power.

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Posted on July 24, 2011 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: alexander doetsch, christopher isherwood, douglas booth, gay, matt smith, movies, shirtless