April 29th 2013 Archives - Big Gay Picture Show

Mixed Kebab (DVD)

April 29, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Cem Akkanat, Simon Van Buyten, Gamze Tazim, Lukas De Wolf, Ergun Simsek
Director: Guy Lee Thys
Running Time: 98 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: April 29th 2013

Mixed Kebab is an apt title for this film as it has a bit of everything, from rom-com moments and immigrant drama, to coming out difficulties and the issues surrounding potential Islamic radicalisation. It’s a diverse range of tones and subjects – so that there are moments that play out as farce and others that present tense, nasty violence, and even one scene that looks like it’s fallen out of The Godfather. You’d think that would be a mess, but writer/director Guy Lee Thys manages to pull it all together to create an entertaining and surprisingly smart movie. [Read more…]

Boys On Film 9: Youth In Trouble (DVD)

April 28, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Tom Gramenz, Swen Gippa, Reef Ireland, Luke Mullins
Director: Various
Running Time: 141 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: April 29th 2013

Read our thoughts on the other Boys On Film releases by clicking here.

Boys On Film, the series of DVDs showcasing the best in LGBT short films, returns with Youth In Trouble, featuring eight shorts ranging from 11 to 29 minutes long. They come from countries as diverse as Brazil, Germany, Canada, Britain, Australia and Spain, but are brought together by the theme of young people facing emotional and/or physical peril. It’s another great selection, with only a couple of bum notes amongst the crop – and even they’re not too bad. [Read more…]

The Sex Of Angels (DVD)

April 28, 2013 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

Starring: Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Llorenc Gonzalez, Alvaro Cervantes
Director: Xavier Villaverde
Running Time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 29th 2013

For about the first 20 minutes of Sex Of Angels, I felt primed to dislike it. I was trying to be open-minded, but as the plot unfolded it looked like it was going to hit on some of my biggest bugbears about LGBT-themed movies. However as it continued it turned out to be a lot smarter and more involving than it first seemed.

My issue with it initially was that it appeared to be yet another movie about a ‘straight’ guy in a relationship with a woman, who cheats on her, yet we’re supposed to think it’s okay because he cheats of her with a guy – which in the lexicon of gay movies often doesn’t get treated as ‘real’ infidelity. The guy in question is Bruno (Llorenc Gonzalez), who’s been with Carla (Astrid Berges-Frisbey) since he was young. [Read more…]

Bait (DVD)

April 27, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Xavier Samuel, Julian McMahon, Sharni Vinson, Phoebe Tonkin
Director: Kimble Rendall
Running Time: 89 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 29th 2013

Bait is a movie about the unluckiest people in the history of mankind. An armed robbery is going on in an underground supermarket in Australia when a tsunami hits and completely floods the place. Many people are killed but the few survivors manage to find safety perching on top of the supermarket shelves. That’d be bad enough, but they soon realise they’re not alone, as the tidal wave has washed a man-killing great white shark into the shop with them.

Oh, and there’s also a live electricity wire sparking, which could kill them all if it hits the water. Suffice to say, nobody in this film is having a good day. [Read more…]