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I Love You Phillip Morris

In I Love You Phillip Morris, Steven Russell (Jim Carey) is a married cop indulging in a closeted gay life. After a nearly deadly accident, he comes out and starts a lavish lifestyle that he supports by being a con man. When caught and jailed, he meets Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor), a gay man in jail for having kept his rental car too long. Love for Phillip sparks one inventive con after another from Steven to let them share a cell on to freeing one or the other of them from prison and creating a lifestyle built on one con after another. Carey and McGregor are great and the movie is based on a real people, Steven who’s still in jail and Phillips who’s been released.

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Posted on June 5, 2011 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: ewan mcgregor, gay, jim carey, movies, rodrigo santoro, shirtless

Jeffrey

Jeffrey (Steven Weber) is a young gay man living in New York who’s terrified of all the things that can go wrong from having sex. As he makes the decision to just become celibate, he runs into Steve (Michael T. Weiss), who’s pretty much the man of his dreams. All his freinds (and a number of complete strangers) try to convince him that Steve’s the guy for him. Jeffrey starts to weaken, only to discover that Steve is HIV+, pushing his reluctance to get involved to new heights. A bit dated, but worth a look for the dancing cowboy waiters alone. And there’s Patrick Stewart as Steve and Jeffrey’s friend trying to get them together as he deals with his own tragedy and Nathan Lane as a sex obsessed priest taking Jeffrey’s confession.

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Posted on May 25, 2011 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: gay, michael t weiss, movies, shirtless, steven weber

I’ll Love You Forever. . . Tonight

I’ll Love You Forever. . . Tonight, a black and white film from 1992, follows Ethan (Paul Marius), a photographer, on a get away with his friend Dennis (Jason Adams) to Palm Springs where they meet up with other old and new friends (David Poynter, Roger Shank, Miles Wilshire) for assorted drama and romantic pairings. Probably notable for Thomas Jane in a bit part as a gay hustler.

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Posted on May 22, 2011 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: gay, jason adams, movies, paul marius, shirtless, thomas jane

Role / Play

The new Rob Williams film Role / Play centers around an outed soap opera star and a gay marriage activist. Graham (Steve Callahan) sees his career in ruins after a sex tape showing him with his boyfriend is leaked on the internet. Trey (Matthew Montgomery) is also having press problems when the story gets out that he’s divorcing his husband. The two seek refuge in a small resort where they meet and deal with their situations. David Pevsner is the resort owner and Jim J. Bullock is Graham’s agent. Good movie.

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Posted on March 13, 2011 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: david pevsner, gay, matthew-montgomery, movies, shirtless, steve callahan

Strapped

Strapped follows a young hustler (Ben Bonenfant) who finds himself trapped in an apartment building after leaving a trick. While trying to find his way out, he runs into one encounter after another with gay men ready to buy his services all the while adopting new names and personalities to meet the needs of his clients. From coked out queens to closet cases to his final client (Nick Frangione) who shows him the way out.

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Posted on February 20, 2011 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: ben bonenfant, gay, male prostitute, movies, nick frangione, shirtless

Shank

Cal (Wayne Virgo) is a closeted member of a gang, getting into anonymous online hookups, including school teacher Scott (Garry Summers). His best friend Jonno (Tom Bott) may be a closet case himself, but is dominated by his psycho girlfriend Nessa who runs the gang. When Jonno and Nessa pick on Olivier (Marc Laurent), a random student from France, they see walking along , Cal steps in and saves him only to be targeted by the gang for revenge, which escalates as they realize he’s gay. Cal hooks up with Olivier as the gang continues its pursuit. The two turn to Scott, who just happens to be Olivier’s teacher, when things go bad. A bit on the violent side, and too many coincidental interrelations. Shank.

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Posted on December 31, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: garry summers, gay, marc laurent, movies, shirtless, tom bott, wayne virgo

Flexing with Monty

Monty (the late Trevor Goddard) is a body building fanatic who lives with his genius younger brother Bertin (Rudi Davis). Monty, a physical education teacher spends all his time working out but trades off his brother’s brains by having him do any actual academic work his position calls for. Berting spends all his time studying, wondering about his absent mother, and taking care of the little man he keeps in a cage. One day, their lives are turned upside down by the arrival of a strange nun with knowledge of their past and revelations about their relationship.

Strange but interesting. Flexing with Monty.

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Posted on December 27, 2010 in Gay Movies by Syzygy
Tags: gay, movies, rudi davis, shirtless, trevor goddard

Mr. Right

In Mr. Right, Harry (James Lance) is a TV producer making home improvement and antique shows while his boyfriend Alex (Luke de Woolfson) tries to become an actor while working a catering job. Their lives get disrupted when Harry’s cute carpenter gets sick and he hires Lars (Benjamin Hart), the do nothing but good looking boyfriend of Tom (David Morris) as a temporary replacement. Lars tries to seduce Harry into making the role permanent and when turned down, he gets his revenge by spreading the rumor that they had a fling anyway. Meanwhile, rugby player and antiques dealer William (Rocky Marshall) is falling for soap opera star Laurence (Leon Ockenden) but finds the relationship complicated by what his fears about how his young daughter will react to having to share him with someone else. And then there’s Louise (Georgia Zaris) who introduces her new boyfriend Paul (Jeremy Edwards) to the group of gay men, only to find that he seems a little too fascinated by them for her to be convinced he’s completely straight.

Link: interview with film maker David Morris.