GAY INTEREST TRAILERS

Take a look at promos for movies that have got some of them gays in them!

Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas Trailer – Take a fresh look at the LGBT-themed road movie

August 18, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

When we saw Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas at last year’s Iris Prize festival, we loved it, as you can tell from our review of the movie. It’s not long now until the movie will get to a wider audience, as it’s getting its UK DVD release via Peccadillo Pictures on September 15th.

Ahead of that comes the new trailer below, where you can get a taste for the hot guys and solid entertainment of this queer road movie tale.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Headstrong Earlene (And Then Came Lola star, Ashleigh Sumner) meets the handsome and mysterious Bruno (Boys on Film star, Miles Szanto) at Venice Beach. These outsiders quickly become friends and when Bruno’s latest scam goes wrong, it forces them to go on the run.

‘On their journey, they meet a sexually confused carjacker, a pair of Scottish ex-strippers and a tap-dancing drag queen, all of whom settle into a little place deep within the Nevada desert. This gaggle of runaways and rebels teach Bruno and Earlene that it is not about the destination, but the getting there that counts.

‘An exciting debut feature from queer filmmaker Simon Savory, Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas is a road movie like never before.’

And just in case you’re still wondering just how hot the guys of Bruno & Earlene are, take a look at this post and get ready to swoon. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Miles Szanto DIRECTORS: Simon Savory FILMS: Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas

Eat With Me Trailer – A mother and son move back in together in the gay-themed film

August 18, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Tired of being invisible in a bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot, in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of mother and son.

But the two need each other now more than ever, and as Emma indulges herself with the encouragement of a saucy new friend, and Elliot confronts his fears of intimacy, the pair find ways to communicate with food where words fail.

This auspicious directorial debut from David Au offers a fresh take on life, love and food in the heart of Los Angeles through a deliciously emotional and redemptive story supported by an earnest cast led by Sharon Omi, Teddy Chen Culver, Nicole Sullivan (MADtv) and a surprise moment with George Takei.

Eat With Me is currently playing at film festivals. [Read more…]

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The 10 Year Plan Trailer – How do you avoid your last resort in the gay-themed comedy?

August 16, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

J.C. Calciano, the man behind Steam Room Stories and the films Is It Just Me? and eCupid, is back with The 10 Year Plan, a new gay-themed rom-com that’s currently doing the festival circuit (to some acclaim) and should be reaching DVD around Valentine’s Day 2015.

To get us in the mood for the film, take a look at the trailer below, along with a selection of pics that suggest that amongst the comedy are plenty of hot guys.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Myles, a successful lawyer as well as a hopeless romantic, wants nothing more than to find the man of his dreams. His best friend Brody, a handsome Los Angeles police officer, sleeps with every man he meets in an attempt to avoid feeling unloved. Fearing what will become of them when they get older, the two friends make a pact: to be a couple in ten years if neither one has found true love.

‘Ten years later. Nothing has changed. Myles is still being dumped on a weekly basis and Brody is jumping from bed to bed searching for a connection. A month before Myles’ 35th birthday, they both realize that their arrangement is almost due. Neither wants to hurt the others’ feelings by telling them they aren’t interested “in that way,” so they set forth to make sure that the other is in a relationship.

‘Myles and Brody quickly search for love for the other. In the process they start to see each other in a new light, until Myles finds the man of his dreams. With Myles convinced he’s found the one, Brody is secretly relieved that he’s dodged the bullet of having to walk down the aisle together with Myles. But his excitement is short lived as he quickly realizes how empty and lonely his life is without Myles in it.

‘All the sexy boys in West Hollywood can’t seem to satisfy the emptiness Brody feels without Myles. He decides that he needs Myles back in his life, but Myles has moved on and may not want Brody in his.’

Find out more about the movie on its official website. [Read more…]

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DIRECTORS: JC Calciano FILMS: The 10 Year Plan

Corpus Christi Trailer – Looking at Terrence McNally’s controversial ‘gay Jesus’ play

August 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The documentary Corpus Christi, first debuted at film festivals back in 2012. It’s taken a while but now a US DVD and VoD release has been set, with Breaking Glass Pictures bringing it out on October 14th.

To give us a taste, a new trailer has been released, which you can watch below.

At the core of the documentary is an LA staging of Terrence McNally’s 1998 play Corpus Christi. Pretty much every production of the play has proved controversial, as it depicts Jesus and his disciples as gay men, Christ performing a same-sex marriage, and Judas betraying him due to romantic jealousy. It’s original Broadway production was met with protests and it’s been pretty much the same wherever it’s been staged, becoming a major target in the ever intensifying culture wars of homosexuality.

The LA staging wasn’t without its controversies either, but it led to a US tour and eventually headed to Corpus Christi, Texas, which doesn’t just share a name with the play, but is also McNally’s hometown. The film also looks at the protests and reactions against it, comparing the play’s message of universal love to the blind bigotry it’s been met with.

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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I Am Syd Stone Trailer – Take a look at the the Iris Prize nominated gay-themed short film

August 13, 2014 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

A couple of days ago we brought you the list of the films that are lining up to compete for this year’s Iris Prize, the world’s largest international gay and lesbian short film prize which takes place in Cardiff, Wales in October.

One of the films in competition is the Canadian short, I Am Syd Stone, so it seemed like a great opportunity to take a look at the film’s trailer. You can watch that below, as well as take a look at the great poster.

Here’s the brief synopsis: ‘A Hollywood heartthrob returns home for his ten-year high school reunion with the intention of rekindling a closeted relationship.’

In his director’s statement on the film’s website, helmer Denis Theriault comments, “In the film, Syd is at a point in his life where he’s achieved all he’s ever dreamed of. At 27 years old he has hit his peak. That’s a dangerous position to be in. How does one react to that? We always set goals and tell ourselves that when they’re achieved, our lives will be better for it. Oftentimes, that’s not the case. We get to that milestone or goal and we’re still left feeling empty. That’s where we find ourselves at the beginning of the film. Syd’s achieved this success, but has no one with whom to share it.

“I’m also incredibly fascinated by the public personas put on by celebrities. They’re never truly themselves other than when they’re alone or with loved ones (I guess, in a sense, we’re all actors).

“Ultimately, this film is a catharsis for me. The person I was, even 5 years ago, would never have believed that he would be tackling a gay subject in film, especially in such a personal way. I now am an out-and-proud man. All of the people I was afraid of telling either know or don’t care enough to ask. All they’re concerned with is if I’m talented, that’s it. As it often happens in life, we make bigger deals of situations than we really need to. But in that moment, it doesn’t matter. We feel like the whole world will come down on us.”

Take a look at the trailer and poster below. [Read more…]

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Peter de Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn Clip – The erotic film pioneer explores Underground (NSFW)

August 11, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

peter-de-rome Hardcore gay sex isn’t the sort of thing major film organisations traditionally spend much time promoting, but a couple of years ago the British Film Institute devoted a season to the work of Peter de Rome, a man often dubbed the ‘grandfather of gay porn’.

They also released The Erotic Films Of Peter De Rome on DVD, collecting together many of his works and giving properly scholarly attention to them. De Rome couldn’t have ever expected that the BFI would give him that sort of respect, especially when he was making his hardcore-yet-arty short films in the 60s and 70s, many of which were just personal projects he only initially thought would be shared with friends and acquaintances.

However since then they’ve come to be seen as part of the beginning of modern gay porn and important windows into a part of the pre-AIDS gay experience that few others documented.

The exposure from the BFI has now led to the feature-length documentary Peter De Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn, where the filmmaker (who sadly died recently) and others look back at his life and work, and how his hardcore sex films became respected as works of art.

The movie is currently screening at film festivals, but you can take a look at a NSFW clip from the documentary below. This particular clips focuses on the short film, Underground, where de Rome filmed two men having sex on a subway carriage.

And if you are interested in the point where porn and art intersect, I’d highly recommend getting hold of a copy of The Erotic Films Of Peter De Rome. [Read more…]

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The Dog Trailer – How one bisexual man’s love for a trans woman led to Dog Day Afternoon

August 9, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Dog has been screening to acclaim at film festivals around the world since its premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Now it’s on limited cinema release in the US from Drafthouse Films, and will be on iTunes on August 15th, so it’s a great time for a new trailer.

The documentary tells how a young bisexual man’s desire to help his lover get gender-reassignment surgery, led to the bank robbery that inspired the classic 1975 Al Pacino movie, Dog Day Afternoon.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘John Wojtowicz’s libido was unrestrained even by the libertine standards of the era, with multiple wives and lovers, both women and men. In August 1972, he attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex-reassignment surgery, resulting in a 14-hour hostage situation that was broadcast live on television. Three years later, John was portrayed by Al Pacino as “Sonny,” and his crime immortalized in one of the most iconic New York movies of all time, “Dog Day Afternoon.” The film had a profound influence on Wojtowicz, and when he emerged from a six-year prison sentence, he was known by his self-imposed nickname: “The Dog.”

‘Drawing upon archival footage, the film shuffles between the 1970s and the 2000s. Touching upon the sexual revolution of the 1970s, we gain a first-hand perspective of New York’s historical gay liberation movement in which Wojtowicz played an active role. In later footage, he remains a subversive force, backed by the unconditional love and headstrong wit of his mother, Terry.’ [Read more…]

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New Pride Trailer – Fresh look at the acclaimed British, gay-themed miners’ strike film

August 9, 2014 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

After winning the Queer Palm at Cannes earlier this year, Pride is due to hit cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic in September (on the 12th in the UK and the 19th in North America). We’ll have a review of the movie for you before then, but you can get a fresh taste with the new US trailer below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Pride is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.‘

The likes of Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Andrew Scott and Paddy Considine star, with Tony Award-winning theatre director Matthew Warchus making his feature helming debut with the movie. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: George MacKay, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Paddy Considine DIRECTORS: Matthew Warchus FILMS: Pride (2014)

Sordid Lives Trailer – Olivia Newton-John & Delta Burke star in the camp, gay-themed classic

August 2, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

In this cult classic comedy from writer-director Del Shores, a gay West Hollywood actor returns home to his small Texas town for his grandmother’s funeral. As we meet the three generations of his dysfunctional family, the hilariously trashy truth of their “sordid lives” is revealed.

Sordid Lives features an all-star ensemble cast, including Olivia Newton-John (Grease), Delta Burke (TV’s “Designing Women”), Bonnie Bedelia (TV’s “Parenthood”), Beau Bridges (TV’s “Masters of Sex”) and Leslie Jordan (The Help) as the Tammy Wynette-obsessed institutionalized gay uncle, Brother Boy. The soundtrack features such country standards as “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” “Stand by Your Man,” and “Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood.”

The film is getting a well deserved DVD re-release in the US via Wolfe Video on September 30th, 2014, but ahead of that take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Who’s Afraid Of Vagina Wolf Trailer – A lesbian has a midlife crisis while dancing in a vagina costume for money

August 2, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Anna is a charismatic but struggling filmmaker facing a midlife crisis, having turned 40, she lives in her friend’s garage in L.A., dances in a vagina costume for money, and has neither job nor girlfriend. Just when she’s about to give up on both, she meets sexy post-feminist, Katia.

To impress her new muse, Anna decides to write and direct an all-female remake of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? casting Katia and her best friends Chloe and Penelope in the film. Along the way, with the help of those around her, she discovers some home truths with hilarious results.

From director Anna Margarita Albelo (A Lez in Wonderland, Hooters) comes this eccentric, semi-autobiographical romantic comedy with Albelo in her first feature fiction film alongside Guinevere Turner (Go Fish, The L Word) in a show-stopping and award-winning performance, Carrie Preston (True Blood) and Janina Gavankar (True Blood).

The film reaches DVD in the UK on September 29th. [Read more…]

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