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  • Gay Documentaries On Amazon Prime

    There are a couple of LGBT films in the Documentary genre available from Amazon Prime.

    Here’s the latest and most up-to-date list of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender documentaries available to stream for free on Amazon Prime.

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    Adonis Factor, The, a revealing documentary on the love, or lust, for male beauty.

    A Self-Made Man, the poignant story of Ferraiolo’s personal transition with his life work as a transgender youth advocate.

    Alex & Ali, In this epic love story, Alex, an American, meets and falls in love with Ali, an Iranian. When the Islamic revolution erupts, Alex is forced to leave Iran and Ali.

    All Dressed Up And No Place To Go, captures what it is like to be a heterosexual man who has an overpowering desire to occasionally wear women’s clothes.

    Bad Ass Gays, documentary on LGBT who pushing the boundaries in sports.

    Behind The Fear: The Hidden Story Of HIV, a documentary that discovers how AIDS ravaged America, revealing the need for more unbiased research.

    Born This Way, a portrait of life in modern Africa.

    Break Through, eye-opening documentary about a group of impassioned Theatre for Social Change students who unite in a stand against LGBT discrimination in America

    Call Me Troy, Profiling the life and times of one of the gay community’s most visible and tenacious advocates for change, Rev. Troy Perry.

    Campaign Of Hate: Russia And Gay Propaganda, Michael Lucas shines a light on the truth of LGBT men and women in Russia and their ever-increasing prosecution.

    Cancerpants, the journey of a 36-year-old lesbian woman, Rochelle Poulson, who was diagnosed with breast cancer while trying to start a family.

    Class Queers, an intimate documentary provides a rare glimpse into the lives of three gay kids at high school.

    College Boys Live, Three young men struggle to escape the wreckage of their pasts and create new lives for themselves.

    Desert Migration, Saved by the introduction of protease inhibitors in the mid-1990s, many HIV-positive men needed to rebuild the lives they thought they’d never be able to live.

    Drag Becomes Him, An intimate glimpse inside the life of internationally acclaimed drag performer Jinkx Monsoon.

    Equality U, A group of 33 young activists set out on a cross-country tour to confront anti-gay policies at conservative colleges.

    El Gallo de Oro, A film which chronicles the journeys of a middle-aged man paying tribute to his mother, who is battling cancer.

    Gaming In Color, Explore the story of the queer gaming community, ‘gaymer’ culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.

    Gays In Prison Latrice Royale reveals her own experiences in jail and explores the stories of other former and current LGBTQ prisoners.

    Gay Or Straight: Is It A Choice?, from conjecture to investigation, this film explores the conclusions of medicine and science, as well as the opinions and experiences of men and women of all orientations.

    Gay Lives Of Straight Guys, A new generation of men is feeling free to explore professions, friendships and lifestyles once considered strictly off limits to the hetero-male.

    Gay USA, a gay-America panorama when filmmakers crossed the country to record all June 1977 Lesbian and Gay Pride parades and marches.

    I’m A Porn Star, follows the lives of guys in the neighbourhood who are likely a lot more famous than you – at least on the Internet.

    I’m A Stripper, this 5-part documentary mini-series explores the lives of men working in a taboo profession.

    Invisible Men, The, persecuted in Palestine and called criminals in Israel, gay Palestinian are the silent victims of the conflict.

    Kamikaze Hearts, a dramatic look into the personal lives of Sharon Mitchell, queen of her day in the adult film business, and her girlfriend, Tigr.

    Loving Large, a documentary that reveals a fascinating trend often obscured by pop culture, but which is attracting more and larger people every day.

    Lord Montagu, the remarkable true story behind Lord Montagu.

    Male Sex Toys, filmmaker Mike Fallek interviews to the funniest comedians, podcasters, entertainers and sex experts in NYC and the world about the status of male sex toys.

    Man 2 Man – A Gay Man’s Guide To Finding Love, Thoughtful, entertaining and a helpful guide for gay men looking to find and keep “Mr Right.”

    Myth Of Father, Director Paul Hill’s father, Jodie, is a transsexual woman. Having been estranged from Hill for years, she came out to him as a woman, prompting Hill to start a journey of discovery.

    No Secret Anymore, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were partners in love and political struggle for over fifty years.

    Not A Still Life, In this documentary portrait, a spirited, older, gay, Jewish man undergoes an evolution of awareness amid his joys and sorrows.

    Original Pride: Satyrs, offers a revealing look at the evolution of gay motorcycle club culture and its influence on the larger LGBTQ and modern leather communities.

    Pansy!, Artist Paul Harfleet’s family had always accepted his sexuality, but it was a different story outside the home.

    Positive Youth, HIV+ Youth bravely share their stories and battle stigma in this film.

    Revealing Mr. Maugham, Documentary film on the life and work of author W. Somerset Maugham.

    Rock Hudson’s Home Movies, From his days as an obscure contract player to the revelations about his “gay lifestyle“

    South Beach On Heels, it explores the fascinating people behind the make-up and wigs.

    The Cover Up A Documentary, employees document the struggles they faced while working at Petco retail store in Texas.

    The Glamour And The Squalor, is the inspiring true story of Marco Collins, one of America’s last great DJs.

    The Man You Had In Mind, this documentary explores the intimate lives of five gay male couples

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender, Mark Rappaport takes us on a hilarious and provocative romp through the hidden and not so hidden gay undercurrents of Hollywood’s Golden Years.

    Undressing Israel, this documentary examines a side of Israel that is too often overlooked: its thriving gay community.

    Voices From The Front, the first feature-length documentary on AIDS activism in America, makes clear the emotional and political effects of community activism using the voices of those directly engaged.

    Waited For, a feature-length documentary that interweaves three stories of South African lesbians who adopt across racial lines.

    When Bette Met Mae, Bette Davis and Mae West come alive to discuss their careers. Using an audio tape made that night and actors to portray them, you are a guest at a party that no one knew about until now. Watch and laugh.

  • Gay Drama Films On Amazon Prime

    There are a number of LGBT films in the Drama genre available from Amazon Prime.

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    A Single Man

    Description: Drama centres on the day in a life of a gay college professor who is coming to terms with the death of his long-term lover.

    Starring: Colin Firth
    Released: 2009
    Length: 1 Hour 36 Mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    A Remarkable Life

    Chelsea (Marie Avgeropoulos) helps Leny (Chris Bruno) overcome his life from a down-spin as his reality comes crashing down after he discovers his wife (Daphne Zuniga) in bed with another woman (Helen Slater).

    Starring: Marie Avgeropoulos, Daphne Zuniga, John Hurley’s
    Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
    Release: 2016
    IMDB: 5.9/10

    A Very Natural Thing

    An important film in the history of American gay filmmaking, “A Very Natural Thing” is considered the first feature film on the gay experience made by an out gay man to receive commercial distribution. The insightful story follows a 26-year-old man, Jason, as he leaves the priesthood and moves to New York City in the hopes of finding a meaningful gay relationship.

    Starring: Robert McLane, Curt Gareth
    Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
    Release Date: 1974
    IMDb 6.7/10

    Abrupt Decision

    Ten minutes after Denis went to his office he was fired and his entire world changed. After twenty years of dedicated service to an indifferent company he knew there has to be more to life than this. A stray dog in the park opened his eyes.

    Starring: Steve Callahan, David LaDuca
    Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
    Release: 2011
    IMDB: 5.7/10

    Amateur Artist, The

    A young girl named Sydney is persuaded by her two older friends to get a tattoo from an amateur artist. Once they arrive at the artist’s house, crazy events start to occur!

    Released: 2016
    Length: 12mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Aleksandr’s Price

    Aleksandr is an illegal Russian immigrant living alone in New York. Traumatised by the death of his mother, Aleksandr struggles to make ends meet and ultimately turns to escorting. As he descends into the dark world of the New York sex trade, he must also come to terms with who he is. But will his search for himself and a stable home come at a price?

    Apart From Hugh

    It has been a year since Collin and Hugh first embarked on building a life together. To commemorate the occasion, Hugh has planned a party, not realising that Collin is having second thoughts about staying. Set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, this quiet drama subtly explores the full complexity of the relationship between these two men.

    Starring: David Merwin, Steve Arnold
    Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
    Release: 1994
    IMDB: 5.3/10

    Beatific Vision

    What does Michael (Michael Vega) do when his lover of fourteen, years, Chad, dies from brain cancer? Michael does not have much time to grieve when Chad as an angel immediately comes back to him. Chad has seen Michael’s future and now takes it upon himself to guide and nudge Michael along his path.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hour 10 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Between Something & Nothing

    Joe arrives at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design and immediately befriends Jennifer. Together they tackle seemingly endless and outlandish art assignments while also exploring the music and drugs of the local scene. Joe secretly pursues love for a hustler, Ramon, while finding inspiration and freedom in his art and his dark side

    Starring: Philly Abe, Robert Axel
    Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes
    Release: 2008
    IMDB: 4.9/10

    Blue Citrus Hearts

    Sam and Julian are high school best friends full of vibrant teen angst. This is their bittersweet tale of moving poetry and the unique experience of boy love in Memphis. Sam’s struggle against an abusive father, his oblivious girlfriend, and thoughts of suicide clash while his affection deepens for Julian.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 Hour 27 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Catalina: A New Kind Of Superhero

    Ben is a rising star for a major corporate law firm. By day he wears smart business suits, at night he takes on a new persona – that of Catalina the Superhero Transvestite… The Darth Vader to this Lucy Skywalker hilarious Sci-fi comedy is, Killgarth The Negative, an alien war monger who has landed on Planet Earth and embarked on a vengeful journey to find Catalina.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 34 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Carol

    Description: Starring Cate Blanchett & Rooney Mara and set against the glamorous backdrop of 1950s New York, Carol is an achingly beautiful depiction of love against the odds.

    Released: 2015
    Length: 1hr 58 mins
    Amazon User Rating: ★★★★

    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★

    Change of Life

    When an evangelical minister’s gay daughter is outed and commits suicide on his radio show, he looks to God for answers and a second chance to make things right. The next day, he awakes to find that time has been rewound and his spirit now inhabits the body of a gay man.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 33 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Crutch

    David’s life takes a drastic turn for the worst when he is obligated to care for his alcoholic mother and develops a forbidden relationship with a teacher along the way. Forced to deal with this harsh reality, he turns to drugs and alcohol for superficial comfort. CRUTCH is a captivating and brutally honest look into love, loss, lies and darkness.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1hr 29mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Dallas Buyers Club

    In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.

    Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner
    Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutes
    Release: 2014
    IMDB: 8/10
    THEGAYUK RATING: Read our review

    David Searching

    David (Anthony Rapp) — a young, gay aspiring documentary filmmaker — takes his first tentative steps towards his adult life. His roommate, Gwen (Camryn Manheim), after ending a mysterious marriage, is looking for stability. Together they try to maneuver their way through New York on a search for happiness. Instead, they find bad dates, worse job interviews and bizarre sexual encounters.

    Starring: Anthony Rapp, Camryn Manheim, John Cameron Mitchell
    Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
    Release: 1998
    IMDb 6.2/10

    Echoes

    Daryl Pearson lives with his eccentric Grandmother, Eve, who moved there in the mid-1970’s. Their lives are thrown into turmoil when a large cardboard box arrives with stuff belonging to Daryl’s mother, who has just died of cancer…

    Starring: Luke Drewell, Kit Smith, Lillian Green
    Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
    Release: 2016

    Eden’s Curve

    Peter heads off to university, where he meets William, a classics major who develops a strong attraction to him. However, Peter becomes romantically involved with his roommate, Joe, and Joe’s girlfriend. After a violent episode, Peter is taken in and protected his poetry professor, Ian, and the two soon fall in love. But when jealousy intrudes, their happiness is threatened.

    Starring: Trevor Lissauer, Julio Perillán
    Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
    Release: 2003
    IMDB: 5.2/10

    Father Knows

    The story is told from the viewpoint of hunky Brad (Cort Donovan) who at the start of this film is scripting his memoirs focusing on the love of his life Ira their awful breakup and Ira s stormy relationship with his parents especially his father who occupies a centrepiece in this melodrama.

    Runtime: 1 hour, 15 minutes
    Release: 2015

    Fight Of The Cardinal

    This tightly woven psychological thriller set in the desolate Smoky Mountains involves a volatile city boy, Grady (Ross Beschler), who becomes the proprietor of a resort lodge while a roguish young local, Beetle (David J. Bonner), schemes to take over his life.

    Starring: Matthew Montgomery, Ross Beschler, David J. Bonner
    Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
    Release: 2011
    IMDb 4.7/10

    Greek Pete

    All Pete wants is a nice flat in London, a decent laptop and some good promotional pictures to help him in his trade, being an escort. The process combines genres: fiction and documentary.

    Starring: Peter Pittaros, Lewis Wallis, Robert Day
    Runtime: 1 Hour 8 minutes
    Release: 2009
    IMDb 4.9/10

    Hiding In The Open

    An engaging and thought-provoking film about being lost and trying to find your way .

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1hr 10 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Hunter

    After a night out, Gavin (Jack Falahee) and Amy (Ella Hatamian) return home to their East Village apartment to find a young man (Giles Matthey) passed out on the front steps. Over the course of the weekend, they both vie for the attention of the mysterious and attractive drifter.

    Starring: Jack Falahee, Giles Matthey, Ella Hatamian
    Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes

    Impossible Choice

    For the minister’s son, Brandon, this is a summer of awakening and acceptance of his homosexuality. For his father, this is a challenge to his roots in the bible.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 51 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Infamous

    This witty and moving biopic of Truman Capote, gay novelist and one of New York’s glitterati, describes his obsession with one of the killers of a family of three which lead to his book In Cold Blood.

    Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones
    Runtime: 1 hour, 58 minutes
    Release: 2006
    IMDB: 7.1/10

    Into It

    Simon and Rem are depressed and use sex and drugs to try to improve their lives. Despite everything, they keep falling into bad relationships with their drug dealers.

    Starring: Bradley Baloff, Richard Jones
    Runtime: 1 hour, 23 minutes
    Release: 2006
    IMDb 3.7/10

     

    Last Dance

    When a dancer loses his partner, he goes to the studio to work out his grief. What happens next will break your heart. Last Dance is a dance short film from OutliciousTV and CODECdance

    Released: 2016
    Length: 3 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Love Me Anyway

    A sun-soaked drama about a gay filmmaker falling for a dreamy surfer, a man trying to save his marriage and a young wife exploring the greener grass of an extramarital affair with another woman.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 16 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Luna Park

    Luna Park is the home away from home for the stars of a popular gay porn company while on location. Christi, Luna Park’s mute caretaker, gets his own personal peep shows by hiding in the closets of the residents and watching the actors in their off camera arousal. When Christi gets caught spying on the hunk du-jour, his sister decides to send her streetwise minion Maxwell to clean things up.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 7 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    My Little Friend

    A lesbian artist fails to come out to her best friend of 10 years. A few drinks and some sexual tension leads the two friends spiralling towards a blurred line in their relationship. Only Further complicated by one of their neurotic boyfriends.

    Released: 2013
    Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    My Night with Andrew Cunanan

    Inspired by real life events in 1997, the film questions whether a young, gay drunken man’s decisions during a San Francisco encounter with future serial killer Andrew Cunanan could have saved the lives of five men, including fashion icon Gianni Versace.

    Released:  2016
    Length: 10mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Mulligans

    When two college buddies go home for the summer, Tyler’s father finds himself irresistibly attracted to Chase. As the family discovers the scandalous affair the question remains – does their father deserve a second chance?

    Starring: Dan Payne, Thea Gill

    Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes

    Next Year In Jerusalem

    Manny, devout to his upbringing, is set to marry Rivka, the Rabbi’s daughter. But Manny has a secret only Charlie, an openly gay man in an Orthodox Jewish family can understand.

    Starring: Peter J. Byrnes, LinDel Sandlin
    Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes
    Release: 1999
    IMDB: 6.3/10

    Open

    New forms of sex and love emerge in the first American film to ever win the Teddy jury prize at the Berlin Film Festival, OPEN. Not science fiction, but American reality OPEN brings together a cast of real intersex, pandrogynous, and trans people to create a revealing look at the pioneers of the new human experience, and the emerging possibilities for humanity at the dawn of a new millennium.

    Released: 2011
    Length: 1 hr 27 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Phantom Images

    Awash in the noise of memory and morphine, Darwin King is unable to project himself into a future that is increasingly finite. Now with the funding for his movie collapsed along with the rest of the economy, all that is left to do is reflect on the life and project he’ll never complete.

    Released: 2011
    Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Praxis

    Description:

    Released: 2010
    Length:1 hr 31 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Raven’s Touch

    Blaming herself for a tragic accident, Raven secludes herself at a remote cabin. In a last ditch effort to save her family Kate takes her teens camping. When their worlds collide, they offer each other intimacy, healing and a new beginning.

    The Reunion

    Two estranged friends take an emotional and eventful road trip from Los Angeles to Chicago, facing their complicated past along the way. The journey leads to confessions, contradictions, and conflicts as they struggle to reconcile their past and connect with each other. Their road trip becomes an exploration of male friendship, intimacy and a search for one’s identity along the American landscape.

    Released: 2015
    Length: 1 hour, 19 minutes
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Running on Empty Dreams

    Sydney has played the part of a devoted wife to her husband for years, but her world is shattered when she meets Jane and is instantly attracted to her. She is quickly overwhelmed with the intensity of her love for Jane and the lustful passion that they share. Now Sydney is faced with a choice between the forbidden love that she craves and the undying love of her husband.

    Starring: Kathleen Benner, Rachel Owens
    Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
    Release: 2010
    IMDB: 4.6/10

    Room In Rome

    Description:

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    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Saltwater

    Description:

    Released: 2012
    Length: 1 hr 20 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    The Siren In The Dark

    Cameron, a police officer with psychic ability, is called upon to interview an accused teen in hopes of finding the whereabouts of the teen’s abusive gay lover. His investigation leads him into a sordid tale of rape, drugs, sexual obsessions and a mysterious man living on a deserted mountain road. This handsome but deadly siren is a seeker of the lost and the lonely and preys on their addictions.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 19 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Sometimes In Life

    Jill finds herself torn between focusing on her budding fashion career and feeling insecure about her relationship with her flirtatious girlfriend. Rob, a thirty-something who’s not-so-cultured and jobless, just lost his father and he finds himself doing some soul searching on his slacker lifestyle.

    Released: 2010
    Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Straightmen

    After being dumped by their girlfriends, best friends Jack and David decide to move in together. David looks forward to their shared bachelor life, but their lives start to change when Jack works up the courage to come out of the closet.

    Starring: Ben Redgrave, Ben Berkowitz
    Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
    Release: 1999
    IMDb 4.7/10

    Suprise Surprise

    A closeted TV star and his much younger disabled lover’s lives take an unexpected twist when they are confronted by the troubled teenaged son he never knew he had.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hour, 24 minutes
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    The Best Man

    Moments before his best friend’s wedding, Peter gets one last chance to rekindle mutual feelings long suppressed, but not abandoned. Sometimes the perfect reminder of first love’s passion is a simple kiss from the best man.

    Runtime: 14 minutes
    Release Date: 2006

    The Books of John

    Frank finds himself alone after losing his longtime partner suddenly. Months later he finds that his partner had been keeping secret diaries. With the information in the diaries, Frank delves into his lover’s past in an attempt to get to know more about the man that he never really knew.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 29 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    The Boy With The Sun In His Eyes

    A funeral rockets John into the orbit of the flamboyant Solange, a B-movie actress best known in Europe for her roles in ’80s Italian horror movies. As John follows her into heady whirlwind romances with cute French pop stars and deadly (but hot!) Milanese model managers, he begins to realize that Solange’s world is far more complex and dangerous than he could possibly have imagined.

    Starring: Tim Swain, Mahogany Reynolds
    Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
    Release: 2009
    IMDB: 3.8/10

    Thick

    Successful businesswoman Theresa James struggles to maintain power of her faltering criminal enterprise. As her employees start to undermine her, Theresa deals with mounting pressure from crooked cops in search of a buy out, an unfaithful wife with a dangerous lover and a rival that’s out for her money and her blood.

    Released: 2015
    Length: 1 hr 11 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Twisted

    A modern version of the classic novel, “Oliver Twist,” set in New York City, it deals with the underground scene filled with drag queens, drug abuse and prostitution.

    Starring: Ray Aranha, Keivyn McNeill Grayes
    Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes<
    Released: 1997<
    IMDB: 4.6/10

    Unsolved Suburbia

    Eddie is torn between his boyfriend Thomas and his traditional Latino family’s expectations, particularly his hyper machismo brother. When Eddie is shot, Thomas and his quirky friends Marty and Jake get together to try to solve the mystery of who could have put a hit on him.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 4 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Vacationland

    Gay high school senior Joe is not quite out to his family and has for years been in love with his best friend Andrew. As Joe and Andrew explore the gay world around them – and explore each other – a strange figure from Joe’s distant past comes forward, forcing them to face their fears.

    Starring: Brad Hallowell, Gregory J. Lucas
    Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
    Release: 2006
    IMDb 5.1/10

    Waterberry Tears

    Waterberry Tears explores the effect of outdated traditions and expectations on both men and women, bringing a family and community closer than expected. An intimate coming of age story about Goyo, a gay teenager in an immigrant Mexican family. Goyo is trapped and forced to face the tough reality of what his family wants him to be and who he is.

    Released: 2013
    Length: 1 hr 29 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    What It Was

    An old flame is reignited and a new desire is awakened when Hollywood actress Adina J. Spencer returns back to New York. Soon she is forced to face her sexual past, confront her present identity, and admit her true love.

    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 25 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

  • Gay Comedy Films On Amazon Prime

    Gay Comedy Films On Amazon Prime

    There are a number of LGBT films in the Comedy genre available from Amazon Prime.

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    Baby Jane

    Released: 2011

    Length: 1 Hour 37 Mins

    The film begins with Baby Jane as a famous brat child star, then transitions to her failed attempt at becoming a big fat movie star like her sister Blanche until a tragic gate accident makes Blanche’s spine kinda snap. Baby Jane gives up her career to take care of her disabled sister, waiting on her hand and foot, every gawd damn day! Until one day, Baby Jane has had enough!
    Amazon Prime User Rating: not rated
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Behind The Candelabra

    Emmy Award-winning drama starring Michael Douglas as the superstar pianist Liberace. Based on the autobiography by Liberace’s much younger lover and live-in partner Scott Thorson (Matt Damon), the film recounts the period between 1978 and 1982 when Liberace was at the absolute pinnacle of his fame.


    Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula
    Runtime: 1 hour, 58 minutes
    Release: 2013
    IMDB: 7.10
    THEGAYUK Rating: Read our review

    Birthday Cake

    Released: 2014
    Length: 1 Hour 25 Mins
    Description: There’s a dead clown, a demanding diva, a cake that unfortunately looks like a lifeless baby, and a manhunt in the neighbourhood for a murderer! It’s not a party until the S.W.A.T. team shows up!
    Amazon Prime User Rating: ★★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Bollywood Beats

    Raj is a down-on-his-luck dancer who is fighting to hold his life together. After starting up a dance class, he finds new hope with his students but soon must choose between them and a chance of a lifetime.
    Starring: Sachin Bhatt, Lillete Dubey
    Runtime:1 hour, 53 minutes
    Release: 2009
    IMDB: 5.9/10

    Bowser Makes A Movie

    Bowser is a young man who simply cannot hold down a job; he’s fired from everyone he starts. Following the loss of yet one more job Bowser announces his plan to make his own adult film much to the chagrin of his Father (a retired Military Special Forces Officer) and his loving & supportive Mother. From here on the story twists and turns in a highly amusing way.
    Starring: Nick Lewis, Kevin Viol
    Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes
    Released: 2005
    IMDB: 4.3/10

    The Coffee Shop

    The Cup coffee house, a gay hot spot, its workers, its regulars, and the drama it has to deal with every day. There’s the owner of the shop, the fabulous Bea Reasonable and the flamboyant boy-crazy gay waiter, Jamie. The drama unfolds when Helen meets her bisexual boyfriend at The Cup for a date. Hilarity ensues when their date goes awry and a water fight breaks out.
    Released: 2014
    Length: 1 hr 12 mins
    Amazon User Rating: ★★

    TheGayUK Rating:

    Everybody Is Having Sex… But Ryan

    When it comes to sex, Ryan (Jeremy Lucas) has the worst luck. Luckily, his best friend Dustin (Mark Strano) has a plan to end Ryan’s dry spell.
    Released: 2009
    Length: 13 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Fallen Jewel

    Waxie Moon, a “burlesque performer for a new century” – NPR, searches for a perfect man between exuberant musical numbers and the unspeakable ordeals of motherhood. Addicted to romance and dressed to kill, Waxie is always ready to fall in love.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 31 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:

    Finding Mr Wright

    When an ambitious, serious-minded talent manager is forced to attend a wilderness therapy retreat weekend to save his disastrous, Hollywood-starlet client’s career, he has no clue he is about to fall unexpectedly head over heels for her new, awkward, fun-loving life-coach. There is no tale here about coming out. Instead, it is simply a love story where the characters just happen to be gay.
    Starring: Matthew Montgomery, Rebekah Kochan
    Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
    Release: 2011
    IMDB: 4.5/10

    Fishnet

    When burlesque dancers Trixie and Sulie witness a mob hit in LA, they cut and run to Texas. Staying with Sulie’s conservative parents posing as roommates, the couple starts a troupe and turn this small town upside down. Slapstick and silliness prevail as they fend off the mob, become more famous than ever, and try to keep their relationship secret. As the clothes come off the bullets fly.
    Released: 2011
    Length: 1 hr 23mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Get A Life

    “I want a straight lover who will be gay just for me!” boldly declares Jaime in front of his abusive shrink, propelling the plot of a disenfranchised gay guy simply looking for himself.
    Runtime: 1 hour, 12 minutes
    Release: 2006<
    IMDB: 3.4/10

    Group

    Nine women meet every Wednesday afternoon for 21 weeks of group therapy in this entirely original, ultra modern probe into the American psyche.
    Starring: Carrie Brownstein, Kari Fillipi
    Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes
    Release: 2002
    IMDB: 6.4/10

    Heels

    When Kevin loses his third job in six months his girlfriend gives him one week to find another job. At his wit’s end, he enters a drag contest to try and win a cash prize
    Starring: Ricky Reidling, Albertossy Espinoza, Jule Ann Nill
    Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes
    Release: 2010
    IMDB: 5.2/10

    Horror In The Wind

    The President of the United States, a religious fanatic, catches wind of a secret formula that suppresses sexual desire and is determined to use it to win the “War on Sex.” He manages to steal the formula from the creators before they finish testing it, and no one is prepared for what happens next.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 29 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Karl Rove, I Love You

    It’s Election Year during the Bush Administration. Dan Butler (“Bulldog” from TV’s Frasier) is co-starring on Broadway with Alec Baldwin in “Twentieth Century”. Butler reluctantly agrees to participate in a documentary on the “unknown supporting actor” when he becomes smitten with the role of a lifetime: Karl Rove (Bush’s notorious advisor).
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 37 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Kittens In A Cage

    Ukelele-playing bad girl gone worse Junie Butler gets muscled into prison by her rat fink friends. Abandoned by all, she turns to the warm embrace of her pyromaniac cellmate as they plot their escape from the pressures of the power hungry prison Matron and an axe murdering beauty queen. This micro-budget indie feature with celebrity cameos was a darling of the festival circuit.
    Starring: Rebecca Mozo, Erin Anderson, Gigi Bermingham
    Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes

    Mob Queen

    In an effort to gain favour, two low-level gangsters hire a prostitute (Candis Cayne) for their boss’s birthday. But all turns quickly negative when the two discover that the beautiful hooker is actually a transvestite.
    Starring: Candis Cayne, Tony Sirico, David Proval
    Runtime: 1 hour, 25 minutes
    Release: 1998
    IMDB: 7.5/10

    More Scenes From A Gay Marriage

    This sequel to 2012’s “Scenes from a Gay Marriage” picks up two years after the original left off, and it turns out things have gotten a little meta. Leigh, Darren’s ex, has made a gay-themed film about how Darren and Joe met and fell in love.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 9 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Paternity Leave

    Four years into his first stable relationship, a man finds out that he is pregnant with his partner’s baby.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 29 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★★★

    Please Like Me

    Based on the award-winning comedy of Josh Thomas, the six-part series PLEASE LIKE ME is about cavoodles, custard tarts, boyfriends and girlfriends. Mostly, though, it’s about growing up quickly and realising that your parents are not heroes, but big dopes with no idea what’s going on – just like you.
    Released: 2013
    Length: 25 mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★

    Please Like Me Series 2

    The award-winning Please Like Me, created by Josh Thomas, is back. In season two, Josh tries to get through the day without upsetting anyone. There is a new dog, a new rabbit and a new baby. There’s no big twist. It isn’t Lost.
    Released: 2014
    Length: 25 mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★

    Please Like Me Series 3

    The award-winning ‘dramedy’ series returns for its third season. Josh is an astute twentysomething trying to make sense of his friends, family, and cast of intriguing characters including John the cavoodle.
    Released: 2015
    Length: 25 mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★

    Pooltime

    David sets out to find true love and invites his ex-boyfriends to his pool to see if there really is a match.
    Starring: Inge Jaklyn, Marcus Harwell
    Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes
    Release: 2010
    IMDB: 3.3/10

    Saturday Night At The Baths

    Michael finds himself a job as a piano player at the Continental baths. Although he complains to his girlfriend about the advances of the club manager, Scotti, Michael is slowly discovering something new about himself.
    Starring: Robert Aberdeen, Ellen Sheppard
    Runtime: 1 hour, 21 minutes
    Release: 1975
    IMDB: 4.8/10

    Scenes From A Gay Marriage

    Darren spends his time watching old movies and listening in on his upstairs neighbours – a sexy gay couple who don’t realise that their voices are travelling downstairs through the air ducts. Their casual conversations and loud sexual escapades soon prove far more exciting than anything on television and Darren gets a little obsessed.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 23 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Shy Of Normal

    Author Vinnie Judith Rosenberg is battling a severe case of writer’s block. Her friend Jamie suggests combating it by observing complete strangers in public and, based on tiny details of their random conversations, creates three short, funny and whimsical stories about the new life experiences they are heading off to encounter.
    Starring: Brinke Stevens, Felissa Rose
    Runtime:1 hour, 16 minutes
    Release: 2011
    IMDB: 6.8/10

    StudIebrity

    A STUDlebrity is a guy who is famous for his looks.Today there seems to be a new Social Celebrity every time we go online. His handsome face and sculpted physique have helped pave the way to a charmed life – or at least that’s the only part he’ll ever reveal on his social network. He’s pretty. He knows it. And he wants to share every moment of his pretty life with you.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 40 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Sister Mary

    Homophobic detective Mark Rima (James Vallo) must partner up with the very gay and flamboyant Detective Chris Riant (Shawn Quinlan) to stop a serial killing Nun (Judy Tenuta) from offing 5 band members otherwise known as “The Ex Choir Boys.”
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 39 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    SoulMaid

    Moses suffers from seizures that manifest themselves as religious visions from a spurned goddess named Glintentica, who is planning her second coming to earth. When Moses meets David, the man of his dreams, Glintentica is intent on taking over David’s soul, forcing and compelling him to abandon David, and ultimately assuring the entire gay population becomes forever extinct.
    Starring: Tom Bailey, Becca Connolly
    Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
    Release: 2008
    IMDB: 4/10

    Strange Fits Of Passion

    “Strange Fits of Passion” is the hilarious tale of a sexually-curious, romantically-frustrated bookstore clerk on a mission to lose her virginity. In between encounters with other people, she returns to the one person she can trust and truly relate to, her gay friend Jimmy, whose faith in love is being shaken by the revelation that his boyfriend has been unfaithful.
    Starring: Michela Noonan, Mitchell Butel
    Runtime: 1 hour, 20 minutes

    Successful People

    Chet and Laura have spent ten years trying to make it as songwriters. After meeting a younger and highly successful songwriter at a networking event, pregnant Laura and socially-awkward Chet try new, last-ditch tactics to try to make it in an effort to become the one thing they’ve never been: Successful People.
    Starring: Theresa Ryan, Artie O’Daly, Todd Sherry
    Released: 2016

    Such Good People

    This screwball comedy follows a young couple who discover a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for celebrity friends who die under mysterious circumstances while overseas…but can they make a clean get away with the money? Featuring an all-star cast of fan favourites.
    Starring: Michael Urie, Randy Harrison
    Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
    Release: 2015
    IMDB: 4.7/10

    Transparent Season 1

    An Amazon Originals Series – When the Pfefferman family patriarch makes a dramatic admission, the entire family’s secrets start to spill out, and each of them spins in a different direction as they begin to figure out who they are going to become. Starring Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, and Gaby Hoffman.
    Released: 2014
    Length:  30 Mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★

    Transparent Season 2

    An Amazon Originals Series – Transparent returns with a big, white wedding – but is it really happily ever after for anyone? As their secrets surface, the Pfeffermans stumble but persevere, moving closer toward their authentic selves.
    Released: 2015
    Length: 30 mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★

    Transparent Series 3

    [New Season 23/9/16] The Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning series TRANSPARENT returns for a third season. The Pfefferman family splinters into disparate journeys on their continued path of self-discovery. After a jarring reality check, Maura seeks to become the woman she envisions through gender confirmation surgery. All paths converge on a family cruise to Mexico, affirming that though their family history is murky, each Pfefferman is their truest self when they come together.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 30 mins
    Netflix User Rating: ★★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: ★★★★★

    The Boy With The Sun In His Eyes

    A funeral rockets John into the orbit of the flamboyant Solange, a B-movie actress best known in Europe for her roles in ’80s Italian horror movies. As John follows her into heady whirlwind romances with cute French pop stars and deadly (but hot!) Milanese model managers, he begins to realise that Solange’s world is far more complex and dangerous than he could possibly have imagined.
    Starring: Tim Swain, Mahogany Reynolds
    Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes
    Release: 2009
    IMDB: 3.8/10

    Theft

    A naive young man, Guy did not think that he would fall in love with a criminal nor that their passion would ignite the fire that burns down a local evangelical church in small town America.
    Starring: Matthew Burnett, Patrick Henderson
    Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
    Release: 2007
    IMDB: 4.3/10

    Totally Confused

    Johnny is a struggling rock & roller, living in Chicago where his best friend Wiley spends his time wrestling with his sexuality. Having problems with his girlfriend and fearing for his career, Johnny’s life gets even more complicated when Wiley makes the moves on him.
    Starring: Greg Pritikin, Gary Rosen
    Runtime: 1 hour, 27 minutes
    Release: 1998
    IMDB: 5.8/10

    Town and Country

    Manhattan architect Porter Stoddard (Warren Beatty) is a man in trouble. His wife Ellie (Diane Keaton) has found out about his affair with cellist Alex (Nastassja Kinski) and thrown him out of the house as a result. Porter wants to mend the rift, but wherever he goes he always seems to begin another affair. Eventually, after flings with Mona (Goldie Hawn), Eugenie (Andie MacDowell), and Auburn …
    Released: 2001
    Length: 1 hr 40 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    Visions of Sugar Plums

    Bruce’s off the wall religious parents announce an unexpected holiday visit and they don’t know about Bruce loving Joey.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hr 3 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    The Wish Makers

    A newly out dancer entangled in the web of cyber dating, a wannabe star unable to get to the top, and a gender non-conformist performance artist working as a celebrity assistant are all recent arrivals to exotic Southern California. They all make a wish in a fountain to find the hardest and unlikeliest of things in LA…love.
    Released: 2013
    Length: 1 hr 27 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating: ★1/2
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    West Hollywood Motel

    Various lives intersect in and around a West Hollywood motel in this kaleidoscopic comedy about sex, love, and the meaning of life.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 1 hour, 18 minutes
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

    What’s Up, Scarlet?

    Starring Susan Priver, Musetta Vander, Sally Kirkland, and Jere Burns. Scarlet Zabrinski, (Susan Priver, star of Mafioso and My Brother Jack) a successful, hard-edged, L.A. matchmaker lives in the shadow of her overbearing mother, Ruth Zabrinski (Sally Kirkland, Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner for Anna) who relentlessly tries to find the perfect man for her daughter.
    Released: 2009
    Length: 1 hr 23 mins
    Amazon Prime Rating:
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

  • Bollywood LGBT Films On Amazon Prime

    There are one LGBT films in the Bollywood genre available from Amazon Prime.

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    Bollywood Beats

    Raj is a down-on-his-luck dancer who is fighting to hold his life together. After starting up a dance class, he finds new hope with his students but soon must choose between them and a chance of a lifetime.

    Starring: Sachin Bhatt, Lillete Dubey
    Runtime:1 hour, 53 minutes
    Release: 2009
    IMDB: 5.9/10

    The Dancing Maharaja: Lungi Dance

    The Dancing Maharaja tells the story of Tamil American vagabonds’ day dream. Filmmaker, Actor and Composer G.V.Prakash Kumar’s LED Kanalla song gets Tamil American makeover.
    Released: 2016
    Length: 4 Mins
    Amazon Prime User Rating: ★
    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

  • Action LGBT Films On Amazon Prime

    There are a couple of LGBT films in the action and adventure genre available from Amazon Prime.

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    1313: Giant Killer Bees

    Released: 2011

    Length: 1 Hour 20 Mins

    Description: A young college student inadvertently unleashes a global biological disaster in the form of giant, zombie, killer bees…

    Amazon Prime User Rating: ★★

    TheGayUK Rating: (Not Rated)

     

  • FILM REVIEW | Ghostbusters

    FILM REVIEW | Ghostbusters

    GHOSTBUSTERS – New York is flooded by angry ghosts once again – who ya gonna call ?… The all female reboot that’s who.
    The Ghostbusters Abby (Melissa McCarthy), Holtzmann (Kate

    Nutshell – Thirty-two years after you first heard that legendary song and saw that logo the female Ghostbusters take over with a mega budget and a host of famous cameos plus all the major players (in different roles) from the original films. From the team that brought you recent megahits like Bridesmaids and Spy, means you are in very safe hands with four former Saturday Night Live girls in the lead roles who know how to get laughs a plenty. It has exactly the same tone as the original two movies and is great fun. Bustin’ makes us feel good.

    Time – 116 mins; Certificate – 12A.

    Tagline – ‘Who Ya gonna Call’ & ‘Answer The Call’.

    THE GAY UK FACTOR – If THEGAYUK office was making a Ghostbusters movie we would put Chris Hemsworth in tight T-shirts in as many scenes as possible. We would show several shots of the 6’4″ Aussie muscle hunk with his shirt off and we would close the movie with a three minute private lap dance with the sex god over the credits. Guess what the producers give us exactly all that and more and therefore topping up to our wank bank to the brim.

    Cast – Melissa McCarthy, Chris Hemsworth’s ass, Kristen Wiig, Chris Hemsworth’s pecs, Bill Murray, Chis Hemworth’s cock, Charles Dance, Chris Hemworth’s abs, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Hemsworth’s thighs and an awful lot more of Chris Hemsworth and some other actors too…

    Key Player – Melissa McCarthy is the current queen of comedy and she leads from the front here in what should be an ensemble piece. She has so many funny lines many of which she ad-libbed. She is on the biggest roll in Hollywood at the moment with twelve straight hits and no misses and it won’t stop here.

    Budget – $144 Million, It will make a profit but won’t bust blocks as may have been hoped for it but a sequel will follow as set-up nicely with the post credit twist.

    Best Bit – 1. 44 mins; The end credits are simply great, with funny comedy clips, outtakes, sequel teasers and that Chris Hemsworth dance routine which caps out the whole movie nicely.

    Worst Bit – 21.00 mins; The big bad is neither very big or very bad and the film really picks up when in Scooby Doo type fashion the evil spirit starts to take over various main cast members and upping both the fun and jeopardy.

    Little Secret – When the movie was first assembled it was a butt clenching 4 hours and 15 mins long so some severe editing was required. As of today its trailer on YouTube was the most hated of all time as fans did not like the idea of the original guys being replaced by gals.

    Movie Mistake – Lots. After the first ghostly encounter when Erin is covered in gloop she hugs Abby who in the next shot has no gunk on her whatsoever, the ghostbusters vehicle Ecto 1 appears in their garage HQ before they have even acquired it in the story and the evil spirit can control a whole army of men and makes them dance but stupidly appear to have no power over the four ghostbusting girls who are obviously the real threat.

    Further Viewing – Ghostbusters 1 & 2, Men In Black 1 & 2, Bridesmaids, The Boss, Heat, Sister Act or anything with Sandra Bullock or Bette Midler in.

    Any Good – Perfectly adequate no more and no less. We have a suspicion that now all the homages to the original is out of the way that the sequel will be truly great. A weird kind of experience where after a neat opening scene, the movie then dips substantially and then gets gradually builds and gets better and better throughout as it progresses to a very lively climax . Giving you a marathon feel rather than a sprint.

    Rating – 51/100 (51st out of the last 100 films reviewed with 1 being Gay UK filmatic heaven and 100 being a dud).

  • FILM REVIEW | Nice Guys

    THE NICE GUYS – Bad cop, meaner sidekick in 70s set LA based film noir mystery thriller … and boy is it funny.

    Nutshell – Ryan Gosling’s ex-cop bumps into Russell Crowe’s hard case alcoholic hard nut investigator in a buddy movie where they simply hate each other. There is a dead porn star called Misty Mountains a femme fatale with a problem that goes right to the top. Slapstick, action, plot twists all laced with the Seventies feel of a Blaxpotation movie and Boogie Nights. The music is great, the story superb and the laughs between the two leads are plentiful.

    Time – 116 mins; Certificate – 15

    Tagline – ‘Nice Pair….They’re not that nice’.

    THE GAY UK FACTOR – Two of the sexiest men alive Gosling and Crowe going full mano et mano for the duration. This is masculine men ripping on each other and beating one another up rather than off for the duration. If you like either of these two guys you will truly love this and the film is about the porn industry too.

    Cast – Russell and Ryan, Angourie Rice and the gorgeous Kim Basinger.

    Key Player – Shane Black the director. A true pet project from the Iron Man director and writer of all the Lethal Weapon films, The Last Boy Scout and Last Action Hero. This guy knows buddy films as he in effect invented them and this is his masterpiece of the genre.

    Budget – A relatively modest $50 Million with stars of this calibre but period films always cost a lot so that money would be quickly mopped up. No problem as it got into profit in under two weeks and there is a lot more money on the way for this one.

    Best Bit – 1.05 mins; The secret is the interplay between the two leads and it is best shown in a comedy masterclass inside a toilet closet.

    Worst Bit – 1.10 mins; The unnecessary dream sequences the first one leading to a car crash just don’t fit with the films tone – who needs giant bee’s etc ?

    Little Secret – The project was initially proposed as a TV series but was re-tooled as a film after the pilot seemed to be going nowhere – good decision.

    Movie Mistake – As with all period pieces there are so many – both the Earth Wind & Fire songs in the club were not released when the movie was set and the song “Get Down On It” was 5 years later. Posters for Blondie who weren’t even formed then and TV shows and films such as London Calling did not exist in 1977 when this was set.
    Further Viewing – Lethal Weapons 1 through 4, Hot Fuzz, Men In Black, Hollywood Homicide, In Bruges and most of all the Rush Hour series.

    Any Good – This is pure cinema marmite if you like the tone it will be one of your favourites of the year if not you will just enjoy it as a decent well acted comedy thriller..

    Rating – 67/100 (67th out of the last 100 films reviewed with 1 being best and 100 being a damp squib).

  • FILM REVIEW | Absolutely Fabulous The Movie

    FILM REVIEW | Absolutely Fabulous The Movie

    ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS : THE MOVIE – The good time girls of PR and fashion are back to expand the hit TV show in possibly the gaiest film ever made.

     

    Nutshell – 25-years after the show debuted we finally get the movie version we wanted. Picking up in real-time the WHOLE cast of major and minor characters are back all a bit older but just as funny this time round. Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders the writer) has lost all her money and desperately needs new clients which leads to a tragic accident resulting in both Edina and walking drug cabinet Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley having to go on the run to the South of France to do a bit of goldigging with an old flame played by Barry Humphries and ‘hilarity ensues’ in this cameo heavy laugh out loud pop culture juggernaut.

    Time – 91 mins; Certificate – 15.

    Tagline – ‘It’s A Huge Great Bloody Movie, Sweetie’.

    THE GAY UK FACTOR – So wonderfully camp Ab Fab makes Pride and Priscilla look like Rocky and Rambo by comparison. With early cameos from a Spice Girl, Lulu, Graham Norton, Rylan Clark, Dame Edna and Biggins it wraps itself in the gay flag with sequins on from the get go. Later it even goes to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern with a sing-a-long from a hundred drag queens led by La Voix and Jodie Harsh so this is gayer than Ricky Martin doing Louie Spence in the front row of an ABBA reunion show with Kylie holding the lube and we just love it.

    Cast – Basically everyone – All the main cast Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke etc plus endless cameos (see above) plus Kate Moss, Rebel Wilson, John Hamm, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Dawn French, Gaultier, Hilton, Tempah, McCartney and a hundred others.

    Key Player – Joanna Lumley has been gifted by Saunders with all the best lines for years and she does not just deliver them with her usual style she now basically lives inside Patsy’s skin making one of the most recognisable gay icon characters in history and this is her ultimate high-heeled platform to entertain.

    Budget – $20 million but it will make back a fortune. When TV comedy hits on film like The Inbetweeners or Alan Partridge it runs and runs as opposed to flops like The Harry Hill or Bad Education movies so the cash will rightly flow. The difference here is that this one will score overseas too especially in North America.

    Best Bit – 0.20 mins; When you get a great scene where the PR guru’s are in full mode planning a lavish event lead by Kathy Burke on powerhouse form closely followed by the star-studded hugely funny red carpet which is so fast paced that you want it to last a whole lot longer.

    Worst Bit – 90.00 mins; Nothing wrong with the film at all and it keeps the tone and laugh quotient high throughout. The big disappointment is the soundtrack which could have been a gay classic and a CD to treasure for years but nothing that exciting or inventive here so give iTunes a miss unless you really want an average version of Kylie rehashing “Wheels On Fire” and some French ballads.

    Little Secret – Dawn French in an attempt to get the film kickstarted bet Jennifer Saunders £10,000 that she wouldn’t have a movie script for Ab Fab finished by the end of the year (2015). Dawn lost when the script was delivered but later found that after page 35 there was nothing typed other then Blah, blah, blah. June Whitfield btw turned 90 during filming – go girl!

    Movie Mistake – TBH we were laughing so much that we didn’t notice any real bloopers. There was some average stunt scenes where obviously vehicles have no drivers in them or are male stunt drivers but who really cares, just enjoy.

    Further Viewing – All the camp classics like Bruno, Priscilla, Mamma Mia, Spice Girls The Movie, Pride, Too Wong Fu, Bridesmaids or anything starring Bette Midler or Judy Garland.

    Any Good – Never has a movie been so more appropriately titled. Yes it is very good, very funny and will deliver exactly what you are expecting. Basically if you are reading The Gay UK you have either already seen this or will be planning to very soon and there is not a single reason we can think of to make you change your mind. So time to smuggle in the Bollie and the nibbly little bits into your local multiplex and have a right good laugh, sweetie, darling.

    Rating – 15/100 (15th out of the last 100 films reviewed with 1 being Gay UK filmatic heaven and 100 being a dud).

  • FILM REVIEW | Now You See Me 2

    NOW YOU SEE ME 2 – The sequel to the surprise hit magicians turned thieves movie from 2013. This time the bad guys from episode one are after revenge but nothing is what it seems.

    Nutshell – The Four Horseman magician team are in hiding after the events of the first movie. An attempt to bring down a ‘Steve Jobs’ type character goes badly wrong and they escape down a builders shoot in New York and come out the other end in Macau, China into the hands of a new techno wizz kid wrong’un! Who is the bad guy?, Who’s on the good side? It all turns in on itself many times like a coiling reptile with big set pieces, reveals and high drama like the best magic should with the years starriest cast.

    Time – 129 mins; Certificate – 12A

    Tagline – ‘Reappearing June 30th – You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet’.

    THE GAY UK FACTOR – Dave Franco the youngest of the horseman is just so damn cute and hot we just want to make magic babies with him all day and night. If you can watch this movie and not think about his ass all the time then you are better than us. As an added bonus Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe turns up and boy is he starting to look a real hottie – Expelliramus, the boy has become a man

    Cast – Well known as the biggest starriest cast of the year with Jessie Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark ‘The Hulk’ Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Franco, Ratcliffe and the sexiest thing to ever come out of Devon the Divergent star Ben Lamb

    Key Player – This is Jessie Eisenberg’s film, The Social Network star has turned into an actor that draws the eye away from everyone in all the movies he is in. He is a true star here.

    Budget – $90 Million mostly in star wages but only made 65 mil back. A huge chunk of the film is located in China matching the current trend from films such as Transformers etc to directly target the huge Asian box office which may help this film’s figures.

    Best Bit – 0.58 mins; A break in to a high-tech facility which requires an extensive slight of hand set of tricks with a single playing card involving all five magicians.

    Worst Bit – Two huge problems firstly Isla Fisher is greatly missed as the female horseman and Harrelson’s twin character here does not fit and really annoys in every scene he is in and as for his hair and facial hair ? – it’s just some rubbish casting.

    Little Secret – Isla Fisher had to be replaced and the story rewritten due to pregnancy.

    Movie Mistake – Lot’s; The Dallas skyline is used for the second safe scene supposedly in China, The FBI’s GPS seems to be on the blink and pointing at all sorts of places in London rather than Greenwich as it should be and as for the Dave Franco doing the public street three card trick in Covent garden at the same time as hypnotizing a key character in Greenwich well now that is real magic!

    Further Viewing – Now You See Me 1, The Illusionist, The Prestige, Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, Hugo, Legend and The Great Houdini.

    Any Good – Well it is all pretty confusing and don’t even consider it if you have not seen the first film. Basically this just isn’t as good as the original which was fresh, fun and exciting this seems like a straight forward repeat film without the fizz – a magic trick that just doesn’t really come off.

    Rating – 66/100 (66th out of the last 100 films reviewed with 1 being Gay UK heaven and 100 being pants)

  • FILM REVIEW | The Secret Life Of Pets

    THE SECRET LIVES OF PETS – Is this the best film of the year? A modern animation film with as much appeal for adults as kids – just like Pixar used to be with added heart and more laughs per minute than Mrs Brown’s Boys or Ab Fab.

    Nutshell – A group of pets have one hell of a day when their owners are out at work. Centred largely around two dogs that via a chain of events get themselves lost across New York and then fall in with some very bad animals indeed. The rescue is on from another hound in love. He meets, an overweight cat, some birds and a rodent and it is pure happiness from start to finish.

    You will laugh in the first thirty seconds and still be splitting your sides 90 minutes later.  Let’s make it simple; this is a classic and a must see. In this depressing Summer. This film is the tonic we all need and then some. Bloody fantastic.

    Time – 90 mins; Certificate – U

    Tagline – ‘Ever wonder what your pet’s do all day?’.

    THE GAY UK FACTOR – Don’t be sick, if you’re into animals in that way move on now. This is simply the best fun you can have with your clothes on.

    Cast – Voice cast of quality rather than pointless star names for the sake of it. Albert Brooks, Kevin Hart, Louis CK, Dana Carvey and Steve Coogan.

    Key Player – Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch the three writers that give us a fresh, fun, laugh out loud, thrilling and exciting story that all this year’s live-action blockbusters have failed to do.

    Budget – $75 Million only opened in a couple of European territories but we expect it to make over $150 million and climbing in a month then there are DVD sales, TV Deals, toy sales and a million other memorabilia marketing possibilities after all this is the team behind the Despicable Me series and look what they did with that Minions brand.

    Best Bit – 0.01 mins; Which is when you first realise how good this movie is going to be but we could have picked any of the 90 minutes right through to the superb Bill Withers song climax set piece.

    Worst Bit – There isn’t one. There we said it. Maybe if you don’t like snakes, there is a dark sequence in the middle that will leave you squirming.

    Little Secret – 2016 will go down as the best year for animation in history ironically in a year that has been largely rubbish for live action. With Zootropolis, Kung Fu Panda, Angry Birds, The Jungle Book, Ice Age and Finding Dory plus more to come all hitting really big the animated Oscar race will be cutthroat we presumed it was a shoe-in for Zootropolis, but now it is probably handing the trophy over to these furry critters.

    Movie Mistake – There is never any mistakes in animation just loads of opportunities for fun inserts, and here we have a lot of references to characters from the studios megahit Despicable Me series as well as posters on buses etc. for their forthcoming movie releases like Sing – never miss a chance for a few subliminal advertising guys.

    Further Viewing – Monsters Inc, Toy Story 3, Babe, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Zootropolis, The Jungle Book, The Lion King and anything else from Disney/Pixar or Dream Works with four legs.

    Any Good – Well Yessss! Hopefully, by now you will have got the message that this is unmissable. If you own a pet of any sort or love animals, then you will get even more out of this. Take your niece, your nephew, the noisy kid from next door but whatever you do go and see the most lovable group of animals since Mowgli set foot in the jungle or Babe learnt how to herd sheep.

    Rating – 6/100 (6th out of the last 100 films reviewed with 1 being Gay UK heaven and 100 being pants)

     

     

     

  • The new Star Trek has a gay character

    The new Star Trek has a gay character

    The new Star Trek, which comes out this month has a gay character in it – but it’s not a newbie and it’s super low key.

    CREDIT: paramount pictures

    Sulu is apparently gay. Who knew? Apparently this is a known thing for some in ST world, but Sulu is like properly coming out in this new film. Although it’s not a big song a dance moment.

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    Sulu, who was originally played by George Takei, himself gay in real life, is now portrayed by John Cho – and in the new movie is shown with his same-sex partner and his daughter.

    Speaking about his character’s sexuality Cho said,

    “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicise one’s personal orientations,” said Cho.

    Star Trek Beyond is out on the 22nd July