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Gay movie inspired pop videos

The Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow love-in that is their new Brokeback Mountain inspired music video got we wondering if any other pop promos have referenced or paid homage to a gay movie. After hours and hours of research and wiki rifling it would seem that the short answer is ‘no’ and the long answer [...]

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A new gay anti-hero

18-year-old CJ is exactly the kind of gay anti-hero desperately needed right now. I say ‘anti-hero’ rather than using the term ‘role model’ because car-loving, former “bad ass” teen CJ doesn’t want to stand out or be different, despite the efforts of others; he just wants to do regular teenage things and be left alone [...]

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Vampires suck at box office

Oh I get it: The Twilight movies are kind of gay and Taylor Lautner is well gay, so like a well gay scene with gay werewolves who are super gay ‘cos they wear gay denim shorts and dance to gay music like It’s Raining Men is well funny … and gay, but dudes kissing ain’t [...]

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Ewan McGregor’s next gay movie at Toronto

Undead gay art porn movie L.A. Zombies has been scaring up the most attention from gay news tubes on its rampage towards Toronto International Film Festival, but another gay film is quietly preparing to show for the first time to the crowds at the major movie fest.
Beginners is from director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) and stars [...]

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Cop a load of this

Sending up ’80s buddy cop movies and highlighting the obvious homoerotic undertone is hardly a new thing – even honorary gay bear Kevin Smith’s done it – but this music video from new dance act Grum is kind of funny/sweet and has a hypnotic soundtrack.

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Fresh from Inside Out gay film fest

It’s not often that I get to bring you movie shorts currently playing gay film fests, but today I can, courtesy of YouTube and alt rock band Ash.
The video to their 2009 track True Love 1980 just played at Toronto’s Inside Out Festival as part of its short film selection and it’s a stylish ode [...]

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A return to the Blue Oyster bar?

The ‘80s keeps on a-coming back. It looks like the homophobic Police Academy franchise is joining Ghostbusters, Nightmare On Elm Street and all the rest in getting a shot in the arm.
I have to say that while Ghostbusters stirs up a lot of well-deserved nostalgia and might be fun to bring back, the Police Academy [...]

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Gay, teen whiz-kid shoots semi-bio movie

Few teenagers would have the self confidence, maturity, balls and money to write, produce, direct and star in a semi-autobiographical movie, but then most teenagers aren’t gay, Canadian whiz kid and former child actor, Xavier Dolan.
You might wonder “what’s a nice boy like you making a film called I Killed My Mother” upon seeing pictures [...]

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