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Gay Movie Review: Longhorns (revised repost)

Summary: The writer/director of Redwoods and Rock Haven switches to outrageous comedy. During 1982, a Texas college student meets a man who makes him confront his gay feelings. Watch the Longhorns trailer on YouTube. NSFW.Text: Set in 1982, Longhorns draws its laughs from several intertwining lives. Stage and short film actor Jacob Newton plays Kevin, a young Texas college student who

Science Fiction TV: Resident Alien. #ResidentAlien #series #SyFy

I loved Alan Tudyk’s performances on Firefly/Serenity, Dollhouse, and A Knight’s Tale, to name some favorites. He can say a lot without saying anything, thanks to an expressive face, comic timing, and just a willingness to try anything to make his role memorable. I’d never read the Dark Horse Comic Resident Alien, but the description made Tudyk sound perfect for the title role.Not only has he

2025 Reading List

📚🪐 SciFi fans, give yourself a free eBook for Christmas and your 2025 reading list. A First Nation family gets caught between two worlds in the science fiction adventure Degranon. Read the eBook for free via Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or many other online bookstores.

Gay Short Film Review: Battersea Power Station

L. T. Hewitt served as writer, director, producer, editor, and composer of this short film, while also starring as Peter, a young man who just moved in with his boyfriend, Lloyd. Vaslov Goom plays Lloyd as loving, supportive, and extremely understanding. Peter’s not coming out to his mother or siblings makes their visit awkward and funny. Battersea Power Station succeeds as a comedy, but it

Free SciFi! Free eBook!

Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure. An Iroquois family gets caught in a battle between two oppressive worlds. Free eBook! * Both Taldra Novels in One Book * We’re Glad Our Son Is Gay * The Maintainers Arrive* Reading Group Questions* Glossary

Featured Author: David P. Perlmutter.

David P. Perlmutter wrote the thriller Write To Kill - He's Putting The Dead In Deadline. David is also an actor and producer, recently starting an Indiegogo Campaign to turn Write to Kill into a movie. Besides two more novels in that series, he has written several other books, including true stories and looks at book marketing. Write To Kill Book description: An aspiring author, cursed with

Gay Movie Review: The Men Next Door.

This is a repost of a review I wrote for ThisWeekInTexas in 2012. Summary: A gay man finds himself with two romantic interests, not realizing those men are father and son. Writer/director/producer Rob Williams returns with a comical look at intergenerational romance. Text: Doug (Eric Dean, star of Arizona Sky and Nine Lives) wants to celebrate his 40th birthday, but none of his friends show

Book Review of Dark Eyes by Nina Romano

Dark Eyes by Nina RomanoMy rating: 5 of 5 starsNina Romano, author of The Girl Who Loved Cayo Bradley and many other historical novels, combines her love of travel, history, and storytelling to create an exciting thriller set in Leningrad during the 1950s.Anya, an unwed mother and former ballerina, crosses paths with Andrei, a police photography with ambitions that bring him into treacherous

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Gay Movie Review: Bad Boy Street

Summary: A gay Parisian takes in an American and finds an unexpected romance. Todd Verow wrote and directed this imported comedy. Text: One night in Paris, Claude (Yann deMonterno) finds a drunk young man (Kevin Miranda) and gives his bed to him for the night. The next morning, Claude’s visitor identifies himself as an American actor named Brad, and they begin a relationship. Claude’s