Tag: Rom com
Kiss Me Kosher : a lesbian rom-com
Israeli filmmaker Shirel Peleg debut feature is full of good intentions but cannot avoid tripping over itself with its overabundance of cliches that tests one’s patience far too much before the final credits roll. What starts out as a lesbian rom-com between an unlikely pair of women turns into a comic farce that…
I Am Syd Stone : a coming out story
This Canadian feel-good romantic queer comedy/coming out story started its life as a short film that had a very successful reception in 2014. So actor turned writer/director Denis Theriault converted it into a Web Series which we then viewed as a feature film at the OUTshine Virtual Film Festival in Miami. Syd (Travis Nelson)…
Next Level Shit : or how not to be too anal retentive before a date
Filmmaker Gary Jaffe’s award-winning short Next Level Shit is about one of those awkward pre-date experiences that nearly every gay man can and will relate to. Well, the honest ones anyway ….. This thought-provoking and entirely delightful rom-com is the story of Taylor (the very cute Ben Baur) who is preparing for his third…
The Christmas Setup : when Mom plays matchmaker for her gay son
The final mainstream TV Holiday LGBTQ movie Queerguru is reviewing this season comes from the Lifetime Channel. It’s known for its crowd-pleasing programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. On this occasion the star is Fran Drescher known for all those years playing The Nanny, and she is cast…
The Christmas Set Up : a brand new queer rom-com on Lifetime TV
Lifetime TV is the latest US Cable TV Channel to launch its own original LGBTQ Holiday movie this season, a groundbreaking first for the channel Part of a growing trend of adapting their signature highly sentimental rom-com where everyone is guaranteed a happy-ever-after-ending. Helmed by openly gay Canadian filmmaker Pat Mills from a script…
