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Eternal Summer (Sheng xia guang nian) (2006)

Posted by admin On December - 19 - 2008

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Runtime: 85 min
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
Genre: Drama

With striking performances from an attractive cast, ETERNAL SUMMER is an affecting look at first love, both gay and straight. Studious Jonathan and mischievous Shane are grade school classmates. After Shane misbehaves, their teacher asks Jonathan to befriend him so that Shane can benefit from his influence. The two opposites hit it off. Years pass and the teenagers remain inseparable. When transfer student Carrie enters the picture, the dynamics change. She’s attracted to an uninterested Jonathan, while jealous Shane develops a crush on Carrie. She doesn’t want to come between the friends so she makes Shane a challenge she’s certain he can’t meet: she’ll go out with him if he gets into college, which forces Jonathan to face up to his true feelings about his best friend.

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Dog Tags (2008)

Posted by admin On December - 13 - 2008

Director: Damion Dietz
Runtime: 90 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Drama

Abandoned by his father and raised by his single mother, Debbie, Nate Merritt joins the Marines to support his soon-to-be fiancée, Trish. While on leave in Palm Springs he meets Andy, a magnetic, seemingly free-spirited young gay man with dreams of escaping to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Though the bond between the two men is initially platonic, the nature of their relationship unavoidably shifts into something physical and intimate as they tread the risky waters of vulnerability and introspection. Unexpectedly, by delving deeply within himself, Nate also uncovers the identity of the father he never knew.

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HUSH! (2001)

Posted by admin On December - 13 - 2008

Awards: 6 wins

Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Cast: Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka

Runtime: 135 min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese ( NO SUBTITLE )

Genre: Drama

Two gay lovers wake up after a wild first night together. Katsuhiro is a shy and closeted Tokyo engineer and Naoya an employee at a pet shop. What began as a simple night of sex evolves into a blossoming relationship as Katsuhiro deals with his closet and Naoya thinks he has found the husband he longs for. All is well until Asako, a lonely and eccentric woman, pushes her way into the two men’s lives determined to have a baby with Katsuhiro. Her single-minded pursuit of her maternal dream threatens the stability of the two men’s relationship.

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Lan Yu (2001) - Uncensored

Posted by zatoru On December - 5 - 2008

Awards: 7 wins & 12 nominations

Runtime: 86 min
Country: Hong Kong, China
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama, Romance

Beijing, 1988. On the cusp of middle-age, Chen Hangdong has known little but success all his life. The eldest son of a senior government bureaucrat, he heads a fast-growing trading company and plays as hard as he works. His loyal lieutenant Liu Zheng is one of the few who know that Hangdong’s tastes run to boys more than girls. Lan Yu is a country boy, newly arrived in Beijing to study architecture. More than most students, he is short of money and willing to try anything to earn some. He has run into Liu Zheng, who pragmatically suggests that he could prostitute himself for one night to a gay pool-hall and bar owner. But Hangdong happens to be in the pool-hall that evening, and he nixes the deal. He takes Lan Yu home himself, and gives the young man what turns out to be a life-changing sexual initiation.

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3-Day Weekend (2008)

Posted by zatoru On December - 5 - 2008

Director: Rob Williams
Runtime: 84 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Looking to spice up this long-standing tradition, they add a special twist to this year’s retreat — each of them must invite one attractive single friend to their mountain getaway. Arriving are a frisky former college roommate, a constantly naked yoga instructor, Simon’s uptight co-worker and a high-priced rent boy who do indeed stir up the weekend. But this combination of new and old friends creates more tension than anyone ever anticipated. After 72 hours and multiple sexual couplings, new relationships form while others are cast onto shaky ground.

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