Quite often the short films we post highlight the negative aspects of LGBT life. While that is vitally important, it’s also nice to sometimes have one that’s just rather sweet. That’s certainly true of The Beginning.
In the film, a father is sorting a boutonniere for his ‘ladykiller’ son, Davis, to wear to prom. However, Davis is pretty nervous because he’s got something to tell his dad – his prom date isn’t a woman, it’s a guy. How does the Dad react? Well, the fact this was made for Hallmark should give you a clue.
The short was written by Steven Tagle and directed by Melanie McGraw to help promote Feeln, Hallmark’s feelgood streaming service (available in the US). If you know a short film we ought to be posting, tell us by getting in touch via our contact page. And check out more gay short films and web series here. [Read more…]
It’s the most popular short film series in the world, and now the Boys On Film collection is returning with its 15th instalment, Time & Tied. While Boys On Film has previously taken us around the world, this time it’s concentrating on gay-themed British shorts, from a night in a gay sauna turning into a fight for survival, and two men sit on a park bench speaking Polari, to a relationship becoming heated on a night out in London’s Soho streets,and sexual adventures awaiting two men in Sir John’s Trouser Bar.
Men.com’s latest strategy simply seems to be to look through the upcoming movie release slate and then make some porn based on it, while calling it a parody. It may be a little cheesy, but it works.
While web show often come out in weekly instalments, Brian Jordan Alvarez’s The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo has been arriving every month or two – but it’s certainly worth the wait as it’s a fun show and the episodes are heftier than the nugget sized web series we often get. If you need to catch up, Episodes 1 and 2 are 
Ever since Britain voted to leave the EU, there’s been a lot of talk about the possible effects, not least for the entertainment industry and investment in film, TV and web projects in the UK. Now it seems one of its first casualties is the lesbian-themed web series, Different For Girls.
In the last few years many countries have enacted new rights for LGBT people, but it’s certainly not a battle we’ve won, especially in terms preventing fringes of society from hating anyone who isn’t straight. Many people in same sex couples will know the trepidation that can accompany public displays of affection, not knowing if you’re going to get harassed or beaten up.
To celebrate the release of the thriller Strangerland – On DVD and for download 4th July 2016- we have teamed up with Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment to give away a copy on DVD.
Wonderkid got a big boost during its crowdfunding campaign last October when Ian McKellen stepped up to support the film, helping ensure it reached its targets. Now the trailer for the short film has arrived, which you can take a look at below.
Each episode of Go Go Boy Interrupted may be fairly short, but we’re certainly getting plenty of them in Season 2. We’re now up to Episode 13, and after mooning over him for several eps, he’s finally going on a date with Keith.
Synopsis: ‘Over the holidays, Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry – and Ned’s panic level – escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.’
Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger is famous for something that took less than 10 minutes – crash landing the airplane he was piloting into New York’s Hudson, an miraculously saving all the passengers. That might not sound like enough for an entire movie, but there will be plenty more to it in Clint Eastwood’s Sully, which has just released its first trailer.
If you starred in True Blood, it was pretty much certain you were going to end up in a gay sex scene at some point. As a result the cast and crew got pretty good at it, to the point where the sadly straight Alexander Skarsgard has been sharing some tips on how to look good shagging a guy on-screen.