Canada/USA 2005, approx. 100 min, English OV

DIRECTED BY
Ron Oliver

ACTORS
Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Sean Young

LINK
www.heretv.com

Donald Strachey (Chad Allen) has everything that makes up a born-and-bred private eye: a cool outfit, a battered car, and always a biting rejoinder on his lips - plus a very attractive boyfriend with whom he is currently renovating his cozy home in upstate New York. But while his partner Timmy (Sebastian Spence) has to deal with the bitchy lesbian interior decorator, Strachey gets caught up more and more in his investigation of a murder conspiracy against his new client: gay rights activist and journalist John Rutka (Jack Wetherall), hated by everyone for his legendary outings of prominent politicians, is in danger of losing his life. And almost all US politicians (at least the ones of whom Rutka has a compromising photo showing them during S&M sex with a gay hustler, and that's quite many) are possible suspects. Strachey abandons bodyguard duty when he feels that Rutka is staging the threats against him. When Rutka turns up dead, Strachey is faced with an extensive list of enemies all with enough motive to kill.

Private Eye Donald Strachey is a character created by writer Richard Stevenson. A classic of the gay mystery genre, this brilliant and elegant adaptation is the first of a series produced for new US gay channel here!TV. With all key ingredients of the genre presented in a completely gay environment.

Canada/USA 2004, approx. 88 min, English OV with Chinese subtitles

DIRECTED BY
Quentin Lee

ACTORS
Jun Hee Lee, Raymond Ma, Julia Nickson, Jerry Hernandez, Kevin Kleinberg, David Tran

18-year-old Ethan, from a good family and very attractive, ekes out a living as a hustler on the Sunset Strip. He has no other choice - his own father kicked him out because of a gay porn magazine. Ethan finds shelter with the experienced street kid Remigio (who, according to the "New York Times", is "the perhaps cutest drug dealer in the history of film"!). The platonic buddy relationship between the two boys is put to the test when Ethan asks Remigio to come with him to get a necklace - a reminder of Ethan's dead mother - from his former home. The family returns unexpectedly, and suddenly the teenagers are forced to hold at gunpoint the tough father, the bitchy stepmother, and the aggressive older stepbrother. While family conflicts come to a head and old scores are settled, Remigio has to face the question: how far is he willing to go for his friend?

Canada 2004, approx. 89 min, English OV

DIRECTED BY
Bill Marchant

ACTORS
Matt Fentiman, Bill Marchant, Brendan Fletcher, Mark Hildreth, Michael Chase, Cara McDowell, Suzanne Hepburn, Andrew Moxham, Stephen Park

LINK
www.everyonethemovie.com

Ryan and Grant, the model of a perfect loving urban gay couple, are getting married. The ceremony ("Don't call it a wedding!") is going to be a small affair, with only immediate family. What could possibly go wrong? The answer isn't everything but EVERYONE in this charming Canadian comedy as four couples and a sexy street punk don't bring gifts but plenty of emotional baggage ensuring that this "day to remember" will not soon be forgotten!

USA 2005, approx. 100 min, English OV

DIRECTED BY
Craig Chester

ACTORS
Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey, Chris Kattan, Sally Kirkland, Melinda Dillon, Julie Hagerty

New York, 1987, a fatal nightclub encounter: Goth guy Adam picks up muscular glittery glam dazzle dancer Steve. Several bumps of coke cut with baby laxative (!) later, this hot one-night stand comes to an unimaginably disastrous end. 15 years, some drug addictions and several fashion changes later fate brings Adam and Steve together again... A hilarious, raunchy, fun-filled gay-dating-romance with more than a splash of Farrelly-esque slapstick, sophisticated one-liners and a touch of David Sedaris wit. After the unforgettable prologue you will never hear the song "Obsession" the same way ever again!

Having met in the 80's after a disastrous one night stand, Adam (Craig Chester) & Steve (Malcolm Gets) don't recognize each other when they meet again fifteen years later. With the help of their best friends, formerly obese stand up comic Rhonda (Parker Posey), and straight guy ladies man Michael (Chris Kattan), our protagonists fall in love only to realize, a year into their relationship, that they met before and unwittingly changed the course of each other's lives that fateful night in the 80's.

USA 2005, approx. 104 min, English OV

DIRECTED BY
Tommy Stovall

ACTORS
Seth Peterson, Chad Donella, Bruce Davison, Giancarlo Esposito, Cindy Pickett, Lin Shaye, Brian J. Smith, Farah White, Sean Hennigan, Susan Blakely, Brandy Little, Ben Bathman, Libby Villari, Luke King

LINK
www.hatecrimemovie.com

For six years Robbie Levinson (Seth Peterson) and Trey McCoy (Brian J. Smith) have been living together openly in a well-kept suburb of Dallas, Texas. The sole point of contention in their otherwise perfect relationship is the question of whether or not they should adopt a child. However, the idyll comes to an end with the arrival of their new neighbor Chris Boyd (Chad Donella), the son of a fundamentalist preacher. The aggressive hater of "fags" predicts that the two of them will burn in hell. A threat that seems to come true far too soon: when Trey sets out on his nightly walk with their dog one evening, he is brutally attacked and ends up in a coma - with life-threatening injuries. The police first investigates the neighbor, but soon turns their attention towards Robbie since Chris Boyd has been given an alibi by his parents. At first, Robbie and Trey's parents are devastated by the act - and their seemingly futile search for justice. That is, until Robbie and his family set out to execute a desperate and dangerous plan to exact a retribution that falls outside the realm of the authorities.