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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Scrooge & Marley (DVD/VoD)

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There aren’t that many festive gay movies. We got Make The Yuletide Gay a couple of years ago and now along comes Scrooge And Marley. To be honest it’s almost a surprise that nobody’s made a LGBT-themed version of A Christmas Carol before. It is, after all, the most adapted single story in the history of cinema (there are more Sherlock Holmes movies, but they’re based on a variety of tales), so the fact there hasn’t been a proper gay take until now has been a bit of an oversight.

But now that we’ve got one, is it any good? Well, yeah, it’s not bad at all. [Read more…]

Scrooge & Marley Teaser Trailer – A Christmas Carol goes gay

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Earlier this year we reported that gay actor David Moretti (The Lair) was set to give Dicken’s Classic A Christmas Carol a bit of a homo-tastic spin with Scrooge & Marley. Now the teaser trailer for that movie has arrived, suggesting it going to be a sexier take on the tale than we’re used to as well!

As well as Moretti, the film also features comedian Bruce Villanch, Eating Out: Drama Camp’s Ronnie Kroell, A League of Their Own’s Megan Cavanagh, and Drop Dead Diva’s Rusty Schwimmer.

However the film isn’t a done deal, as it’s currently trying to crowdsource funding for post-production work, including the recording/mastering of all the original songs that are sung in the movie. The movies trying to raise $10,000, so if you’d like to help, head over to their Indiegogo page and/or head over to the film’s official website.

If you need a bit more of a reason to donate, here’s why the team behind the film thinks Scrooge & Marley is important: ‘One of the ways we change society is through our culture, and film is a great way to tell our LGBT stories. There are very few gay holiday films, ones for the entire family and our LGBT allies, too. By showing a diversity of our lives, we help create a larger cultural acceptance.’

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David Moretti & Bruce Vilanch Turning A Christmas Carol Gay

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David Moretti in The Lair

Gay actor David Moretti got a lot of fans thanks to his often scantily clad role in the homo-tastic vampire series The Lair, and now he’s teaming up with comedian Bruce Vilanch – best known for his years spent writing jokes for The Oscars – for a gay take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, called Scrooge & Marley.

The Advocate reports that the film will also feature Eating Out: Drama Camp’s Ronnie Kroell, A League of Their Own’s Megan Cavanagh, and Drop Dead Diva’s Rusty Schwimmer. According to the press release, the film will apparently have “heart, comedy and music,” and “the magic of Dickens’ timeless tale of a man’s redemption at the holidays-thanks to the help of three ghostly spirits-comes alive from a fresh perspective that will appeal to audiences of every persuasion.“

A Christmas Carol is the most adapted story in the history of cinema, so it’s about time it got a gay version!

“I am beyond excited to be a part of Scrooge & Marley,” the rather sexy Moretti says, “Christmas movies hold a very special place in my heart as I have a handful of favorites I’ve watched every single Christmas since I was a little boy. My hope is that Scrooge & Marley becomes that for the gay community. It’s a sweet, classic story of redemption – with a little glitter.”

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BGPS’s Advent Calendar Of Buff Blokes: Day 10 – David Moretti

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David Moretti in The Lair

David Moretti in The Lair

Today’s Advent Calendar entry will be familiar to any fans of the supernatural gay horror TV series The Lair (assuming the silly but sex-filled show has fans, that’s it), where he played the main character of Thom Etherton. In The Lair he accidentally gets caught up with a band of nefarious gay vampires, whose leader believes that Thom is the reincarnation of his dead lover.

The gay actor has also appeared appeared in indie movies such as Manje, Murder.com,  Playing With Fire, Shut Up And Kiss Me, And Finding Mr Wright. However as the pics here show, any roles he scores should be ones where he’s forced to be without a shirt about 90% of the time. [Read more…]

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