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

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

Confessions (DVD Review)

July 24, 2016 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

Starring: Peter Stickles, Dylan Vox, Mark Cirillo, Vincent Cusimano, Tom Goss
Director: Mark Bessenger
Running Time: 88 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: July 25th 2016 (UK)

Mark Bessenger directed one of the best gay-themed films we reviewed last year, The Last Straight Man, and now he’s back with something a little different and more unusual. Rather than being a straightforward movie with a single plot, it takes the forms of 10 ‘confessions’, where different men talk about all sorts of different issues and situations. In many respects it’s a series of short films, which vary from the creepy and unsettling to the comedic and somewhat surreal.

There’s a young man who has to find the bravery to tell his parents that he’s a puppet, despite the fact they think that puppets are disgusting and abnormal. We have a man who appears to have kidnapped someone and is holding him in his basement, who slowly undresses as he reveals what is going on and why. In another, a hot young guys talk about what he’s really looking for as he lies in the arms of another man just after the throes of passion have ended. And in perhaps the most interesting of all the vignettes, a man slowly shaves off his beard, with each look he tries on a new persona that allows him to explore the fact that despite being with a woman, he has strong desires for men. [Read more…]

The Last Straight Man (DVD Review)

February 22, 2015 By Tim Isaac 5 Comments

Starring: Mark Cirillo, Scott Sell
Director: Mark Bessenger
Running Time: 110 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: February 23rd 2015 (UK), February 24th 2015 (US)

I have to say when I read the synopsis for The Last Straight Man I was a little concerned. It all seemed a tad gimmicky, with the kind of ambition that few low-budget, gay-themed movies can live up to. Thankfully though I was pleasantly surprised when I actually saw the movie.

There aren’t many gay films that open with a scene in which a female stripper is dancing for a bunch of guys – indeed you’d think it was anathema for this type of flick – but it’s Cooper’s (Scott Sell) bachelor party and so strippers are the order of the day. At the end of the evening Cooper is left with his best friend Lewis (Mark Cirillo), talking about their lives and loves – however Cooper doesn’t know Lewis is bisexual (on his way to accepting he’s gay), and when he admits that fact, Lewis is pleased that Cooper is surprised but not horrified. [Read more…]

The Last Straight Man Trailer – A closeted gay guy and a straight man bond in unexpected ways

January 19, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Sexuality can be a complex things, and that seems to be true in the upcoming movie The Last Straight Man, as you can see in this trailer.

In Mark Bessenger’s movie, ‘closeted Lewis (Mark Cirillo) throws a bachelor party for his best friend and secret crush Cooper (Scott Sell), only to have it end with the drunken pair going to bed together. They decide to secretly meet in the same hotel suite on the same night every year to catch up with their lives and further explore their sexual desires. The film shows us five of their meetings over a twelve year period to see how their friendship and relationship changes.’

Mark Cirillo is a bit of a gay movie veteran, as you’ll know if you’ve seen Shut Up And Kiss Me, The Seminarian or The Men Next Door, while Sell is a newcomer to the world of film.

The Last Straight Man will be heading to film festivals this year. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Mark Cirillo  DIRECTORS: Mark Bessenger  

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