Boys Briefs

Rating:
Summary: Miserable
Review: What amazes me is that there was a demand for more Boys Briefs movies after this one. Every single "brief" was a complete failure. The first brief, The Absolution of Anthony (as if there was any absolution) featured a young Hispanic on the verge of coming out, who had a very odd "hobby" of calling random people out of the phone book and asking them to tell him that they wanted to *blank* him. It ended with what was a hint of an encounter with a (likely) heterosexual. The most ambitious, Fairy Tale, was miserably unbelievable. A guy goes home for his birthday bringing his partner of three and half years, and is so upset by his mother's coldness that he runs into the woods and has sex with a stranger. There's a terrible attempt at symbolism, with a red hat and a forest, and Little Red Riding Hood - it just doesn't work.

I had very low expectations, but I thought that at least one would be good. I was very wrong.


Rating:
Summary: A peppy collection of first gay love stories!
Review: Wow, I've never seen this before: a collection of short films presented like MTV music videos (with two VJ-like hosts giving a humorous intro and outro to each one). The films -- six in all -- range from sexy to funny to jarring. My fave was Stanley, Beloved, from Hong Kong. I also liked Absolution of Anthony, which is about a boy who is obsessed with his priest, but who ultimately scores with the neighborhood basketball hunk. Oh, yes, and then there's Piglets, which should be required viewing at every gay party. What a hoot!