Timothy (Tanner Cohen) is a student in a private school who’s cast as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by his eccentric drama teacher. Studying his lines, he discovers a recipe for a secret love potion hidden in the book. Soon, in Were the World Mine, Timothy creates a magical pansy for spritzing his potion and first accidentally makes his best friend (Ricky Goldman) fall in love with him. He then proceeds to bespell the rugby player he’s got a crush on (Nathaniel David Becker), then goes on to make the entire rugby team gay. Then as the chaos mounts, he spritzes most of his small town.
Hate Crime
This movie ended up being a pleasant surprise. Hate Crime was in the bargain bin and it had a first time director, so I wasn’t expecting much, but it turned out to be very well done with an interesting story.
Robbie (Seth Peterson) and Trey (Brian J. Smith) have a good life planning a commitment ceremony and thinking about adopting. That’s until the son (Chad Donella) of a fundementalist preacher (Bruce Davison) moves in next door. Trey is found beaten and dying after walking their dog in the park and Robbie soon finds the legal system isn’t on his side. He teams up with Trey’s grieving mother to find out who done it and get justice on his own.
Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror
Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror takes us to a run down, way out of the way, gay bed and breakfast run by a demented woman and her daughter. This is where you end up on the big party weekend if your other half forgets to make the reservations far enough in advance. There’s gore (and laughs) galore as the guests learn just what goes on at The Sahara Salvation Inn. “Watch out for the straights.”
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Prom Queen
Aaron Ashmore (Sean’s twin) is Marc Hall in Prom Queen. Based on a true story of a Canadian high school student who wants to take his boyfriend Jason, (Mac Fyfe) to the prom at his Catholic school. His quest escalates once a gay rights lawyer (played by Scott Thompson) gets involved, much to the dismay of his boyfriend.
When Love Comes
In When Love Comes, Mark (Dean O’Gorman, Iolus in “Young Hercules”) is conflicted about settling down with the slightly older Stephen (Simon Prast), while Katie, a fading music star, returns to her best friend Stephen and her roots in Australia only to be followed by her American boyfriend Eddie (Simon Westaway). And then there’s a lesbian rock duo who figure into things somehow. I wasn’t too clear on that part, but it was an OK movie.
Object of My Affection
In Object of My Affection, George (Paul Rudd), a gay school teacher, learns that his boyfriend (Tim Daly) is dumping him from Nina (Jennifer Anniston), a girl he happens to meet at a dinner party. She invites him to move in with her and the pair develop a friendship. But eventually, Nina wants more and after her obnoxious boyfriend gets her pregnant she continues to fall in love with Georrge. Going from friendship to attempted seduction to outright jealousy of George’s new boyfriend before realizing she can’t look to him for romance.
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Milk
An excellent biography of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) following the openly gay politician from his arrival in San Francisco to his assassination by Dan White (Josh Brolin). Harvey’s arrival in San Francisco with his then lover Scott (James Franco) and his struggle to reach elected office show a bleaker time in the gay rights movement provide a reminder of how things were only a couple of decades ago when the thought of even one state with gay marriage didn’t seem possible. Milk’s struggle for gay civil rights went a long way to propelling us to where we are today, despite his short time in office before he and then Mayor George Moscone were shot by Dan White (who pioneered the “Twinkie Defense” in his trial). Milk.