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Surge Of Power: Revenge Of The Sequel (US Cinema Review) – The gay superhero returns for a cameo filled adventure

January 4, 2018 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

Starring: Vincent J. Roth, John Venturini, Eric Roberts, Linda Blair, Gil Gerard
Director: Antonio Lexerot, Vincent J. Roth
Running Time: 90 mins
Certificate: PG-13
Release Date: January 5th 2018 (LA), January 19th 2018 (NYC)

Back in 2004 the film Surge Of Power was released, which offered up what’s said to be cinema’s first gay superhero. That film may have been largely forgotten, but 14 years later he’s back with Revenge Of The Sequel.

After defeating the evil Metal Master (John Venturini) in the first film, energy wielding superhero Surge (Vincent J. Roth) realises he’s going to have to face his old nemesis again after the bad guy is released from jail. However, Metal Master is now working as the reluctant henchman of supervillain Augur (Eric Roberts), and gets given an assignment to heads off towards Las Vegas to track down some special crystals. [Read more…]

Eternity: The Movie (US Cinema Review)

October 18, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Barrett Crake, Myko Olivier, Eric Roberts, Nikki Leonti, John Gries
Director: Ian Thorpe
Running Time: 88 mins
Certificate: NR
Release Date: October 17th 2014 (US)

Is Eternity: The Movie a gay film? Well, yes, except no. It manages to straddle a hitherto unknown line where it’s a celebration of bromance, but yet has no bones about being a gay love affair in all but name. There’s little ‘no homo’ here, just two characters who are too clueless to know that’s what they would probably say if set if this was set in the 2010s.

The film is a parody of the 80s, filled with as much innuendo as it’s possible to cram into 88 minutes. Todd (Barrett Crake) is freshly arrived in LA with dreams of making it big in music – as well as selling affordable fashions at everyday prices at BJ Maxx (see, we told you it liked innuendo). He meets fellow ‘glamorist’ B.J. Fairchild (Myko Olivier) and while they don’t initially hit it off, they soon realise that with B.J.’s saxophone skills and Todd’s vocals – and his talent at writing songs about heartbreak – they could make it as a big-haired 80s pop duo. [Read more…]

Out In The Open (DVD) (US Release)

January 30, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Matthew Smith, Solly Hemus, Eric Roberts, Eliza Roberts, Greg Louganis
Director: Matthew Smith
Running Time: 90 mins
Certificate: NR
Release Date: January 29th 2013

During the documentary Out In The Open, director Matthew Smith talks about the fact that he doesn’t like the type of aggressive LGBT activism where you go and shout at someone in the hope of affecting change. This then is his friendlier, more heartfelt approach to changing hearts and minds, as well as saying it’s okay to be gay. [Read more…]