Bruno: Is It Good for the Gays?
Last Sunday’s New York Times spotlight on Sascha Baron Cohen’s upcoming feature film, BRUNO includes perspectives from the folks at GLAAD, HRC and Out Magazine pondering whether the film exposes or validates homophobia — or both. Watch the trailer right here at QMovieBlog.com and post your comments below — what do YOU think?!
Marc Malkin (E! Online Gossip Maven)
“I have many favorites, so I’ll do my best in dwindling it down to just a few.
LONGTIME COMPANION may not be the greatest movie ever made, but the end will always get me. I can cry just thinking about it. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen but let me just say, Imagine a world–a gay world–where AIDS never existed.
My new favorite has to be MILK. A movie about a real-life gay hero. While BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, which I love, portrayed two men who were tortured souls because of their sexuality, MILK celebrates our world. There are no apologies in MILK. And like LONGTIME COMPANION, I cried and cried and cried. Yeah, I know, I’m a crybaby.
And then there are the musicals. Gay storylines or not, it doesn’t matter. MOULIN ROUGE and CHICAGO are probably my top two. Oh, of course there’s THE WIZARD OF OZ, but isn’t that on everybody’s list?”
Discover Marc’s wildly entertaining video gossip blog right here!
Dustin Lance Black Drama
From Marc Malkin at E! Online:
“Dustin Lance Black has a lot to look forward to this month. Not only is the Oscar-winning writer of Milk being honored tonight in L.A. by gay youth-mentoring group LifeWorks, but in a couple of weeks he will be one of three grand marshals of New York City’s Pride March. There’s so much more, but it’s too much to list here. Sadly, earlier this week, Black was confronted with the ugly side of being a public figure… A website posted three-year-old photos of Black engaged in what appears to be risky sex.”
Sophie Ward’s A VILLAGE AFFAIR on DVD
“There wasn’t a lot of television at that time that was featuring lesbian stories, particularly anything that had some grounding in reality. A Village Affair wasn’t just about, you know, beautiful women kissing each other necessarily, it was about some of the pain about coming out and being who you are, and trying to figure it all out.”
– (from AfterEllen.com) out lesbian actress Sophie Ward talking about her lesbian role on A VILLAGE AFFAIR, just released on DVD in the United States.
Order your copy now from WolfeVideo.com (your lesbian-owned community source for LGBT DVDs since 1985).
Melange Lavonne (Hip Hop Star of GAY BASH)
“I absolutely love TIPPING THE VELVET. I like the story line and the intensity and acting of the characters. It was very well done and beautifully written.”
Discover Melange’s wildly popular music video for GAY BASH — on the top selling lesbian shorts DVD: SHE LIKES GIRLS 4 (coming from Wolfe on July 21st, reserve your copy today at WolfeVideo.com). Find out more about Melange on her MySpace page now!
Village Affair, A – New on DVD
Recently returned to England from New York City, vivacious heiress Clodagh Unwin befriends a couple new to her village. The husband is entranced by the young aristocrat, but Clodagh has eyes for someone else: his wife, Alice.
Available: 5/26/2009
Karl Rove I Love You – New on DVD
When Dan Butler (Bulldog from "Frasier") plans to participate in a doc exposing the notorious Karl Rove, he finds himself falling in love with the man he has regarded as evil incarnate!
Available: 7/14/2009
Lachlan Buchanan: Surf’s Up
Aussie teen heart-throb Lachlan Buchanan has the girls down under swooning as the buff young surfing star of The WB series Blue Water High. The boys in the USA are happy to see Buchanan’s tremendous talents in out gay filmmaker Dan Castle’s spectacular surfing drama, NEWCASTLE (coming to DVD August 25th from Wolfe).
This fresh, exciting coming-of-age drama has an amazing young cast that includes: Lachlan Buchanan as top competitive surfer Jesse; talented Aussie actor Reshad Strik as Jesse’s bad-boy brother Victor (Strik is also starring in the highly-anticipated new Fruit Chan horror flick, Don’t Look Up); and young Aussie star Xavier Samuel as Jesse’s gay brother Fergus, who falls for Jesse’s pal Andy (newcomer Kirk Jenkins). The drama plays out against the stunning backdrop of the Australian surfing scene and features spectacular cinematography.