Summer movie preview: our annual guide to the gayest films of the season--and the ones that ought to be gayer.Superstar in a Housedress house·dress n. A simple washable dress worn for housework. (Highberger Media) Documentary on the very fabulous Jackie Curtis, one of Andy Warhol's transvestite trans·ves·tite n. One who practices transvestism. transvestite Sexology A person with a compulsion to dress as a member of the other sex, which may be essential to maintaining an erection and achieving orgasm. See Transsexual. "superstars." Narrated by Lily Tomlin Lily Tomlin (born September 01, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Tomlin's body of work, which has spanned over 40 years, has garnered her several Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, as well as a Grammy Award. . (Opens at art house theaters throughout the summer; check listings in your area.) How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] May 14 Troy (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .) Brad Pitt tussles with Hulk's Eric Bana in a leather skirt  The novelty of research or terms used in this article is disputed.How gay? Not gay enough, frankly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Strayed (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun ) Out French director Andre Techine (Wild Reeds, Thieves) returns with a new drama starring Emmanuelle Beart (8 Women, Mission: Impossible) as a widowed mother fleeing Paris at the beginning of the Nazi occupation in 1940. Sexy drifter Gaspard Ulliel complicates matters. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 24th Day (Screen Media Films) A newly HIV--positive married man (Scott Speedman) tracks down the one man (James Marsden) with whom he's had sex, and their confrontation gets intense. How gay? Rather gay. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] May 21 Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) In addition to the original cast, this animated sequel features voice work from Rupert Everett (as Prince Charming), Julie Andrews (as Queen Lillian), and Ab Fab's Jennifer Saunders (as the Fairy Godmother). How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] May 28 Saved (United Artists) Comedy about a Christian girl (Jena Malone) becoming preggers by her gay boyfriend and being befriended by school outcasts Macaulay Culkin and Eva Amurri. Mandy Moore, Patrick Fugit, and Heather Matarazzo costar, and Michael Stipe produces. [See story, page 50] How gay? Rather gay. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] June The Great Raid (Miramax) American POWs are rescued in the Philippines in 1945. Eye candy in uniform includes Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, and James Franco. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] June 4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.) Latest installment in the beloved series, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, last seen filming two hot dudes kissing in Y Tu Mama Tambien. Expect no slash-fiction moments between Harry and Ron, though--this is the year Harry discovers girls. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Twist (Strand) Modern retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, this time with gay hustlers. Nick Stahl (Terminator 3, Bully) leads a cast of hot scruffy dudes. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] June 11 Broadway: The Golden Age (Dada Films) Out legends Stephen Sondheim and Tommy Tune are among the dozens of stage immortals (Carol Channing! Alec Baldwin!) talking about and featured in clips from the Great White Way. Perfect for your post-Tonys hangover. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Chornicle of Riddick (Universal) Sequel to 2000's Pitch Black, starring supersexy Vin Diesel as an escaped prisoner with a gift for seeing in the dark. Also features Linus Roache, the conflicted gay curate CURATE, eccl. law. One who represents the incumbent of a church, person, or20 vicar, and takes care of the church, and performs divine service in his stead. from Priest. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Stepford Wives (Paramount) This tongue-in-cheek remake of the creepy 1975 camp classic stars Nicole Kidman in the Katharine Ross role of a woman shocked by the secrets of her perfect suburb. Penned by queer scribe Paul Rudnick, the film also stars Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, and Glenn Close, not to mention Roger Bart and David Marshall Grant David Marshall Grant (born June 21, 1955, in Westport, Connecticut) is an American actor and playwright. Immediately after graduating from the Yale University School of Drama, his first paying job was as Richard Gere's lover in the Broadway play Bent. as a gay couple. [See story, page 42] How gay? Rather gay. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] June 18 Saints and Sinners (Avatar films) Documentary about a gay New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Catholic couple determined to be married in the church. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] June 25 De-Lovely (MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. ) Biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] of gay composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) who finds inspiration through ... his wife, Linda (Ashley Judd)? He also dabbles with the occasional trade, a ballet star, a few hustlers, and a long-term boyfriend at the end--too bad the title Boys on the Side was already taken. Robbie Williams, Alanis Morissette, Elvis Costello, Natalie Cole, and others pop up to croon croon v. crooned, croon·ing, croons v.intr. 1. To hum or sing softly. 2. To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner. 3. Scots To roar or bellow. those Porter classics. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] June 30 Spider-Man 2 (Sony) A worked-out Tobey Maguire returns as Spidey, fighting Alfred Molina's Dr. Octopus. Molina's first claim to fame, you'll recall, was as Joe Orton's lover-killer, Kenneth Halliwell, in Prick Up Your Ears. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] July Proteus (Strand) Taboo romance between two men, one black and one while, in 18th-century South Africa. John Grayson (Lilies, Zero Patience) directs. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] July 16 A Cinderella Story (Warner Bros.) Plain-Jane Hilary Duff falls for handsome Chad Michael Murray Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor, former male fashion model and teen idol. He is perhaps best known for his role as Lucas Scott in The CW series One Tree Hill. . Gay fave fave Informal n. One that is preferred above others or likely to win; a favorite. adj. Favorite. [Short for favorite.] Jennifer Coolidge plays Duffs wicked stepmother. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My Wife Maurice (TLA (Three Letter Acronym) The epitome of acronyms! While two-, four- and five-letter acronyms exist, there are more three-letter acronyms. Obviously, three words to describe a concept or product is the most popular. TLA - Three-Letter Acronym ) French comedy featuring bearded drag queens, scorned women wielding power tools, and hunky hun·ky 1 n. pl. hun·kies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe. blond guys. We'll be there with le popcorn at the ready. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Touch of Pink (Sony Pictures Classics) Romantic comedy about an Indian man (The Guru's Jimi Mistry) hiding his homosexuality from his family. Then Mom arrives unannounced with plans for a traditional wedding. Who can help? The ghost of Cary Grant (played by Kyle MacLachlan), of course. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] July 23 Catwoman (Warner Bros.) This summer's lesbian cult item has Halle Berry kicking ass in purr-fectly fitting fetish fetish (fĕt`ĭsh), inanimate object believed to possess some magical power. The fetish may be a natural thing, such as a stone, a feather, a shell, or the claw of an animal, or it may be artificial, such as carvings in wood. gear. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Home at the End of the World (Warner Independent) Michael Cunningham adapts his novel about the unusual love triangle of a gay man (Dallas Roberts), a straight man (Colin Farrell), and the woman in their lives (Robin Wright Penn). And to confirm the rumor--Farrell, full-frontal, in a big way. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] She Hate Me (Sony Pictures Classics) Spike Lee directs this comedy about an honest but unemployable un·em·ploy·a·ble adj. Not able to find or hold a job: unemployable people. un executive who donates his sperm to interested lesbians for cash; trouble ensues. How gay? Rather gay. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] August The Iron Ladies 2 (Strand) Sequel about a cross-dressing volleyball team achieving the impossible. Original cast and director return to wipe up the floor with more competitors. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Testosterone (Strand) This dark comedy about romantic obsession was written by Dennis Hensley (Screening Party) and David Moreton (Edge of Seventeen) from the novel by James Robert Baker James Robert Baker (October 18, 1946 – November 5 1997) was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. . I'm With Her's David Sutcliffe treks to Argentina to track down the lover who spurned spurn v. spurned, spurn·ing, spurns v.tr. 1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse1. 2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully. v. him (Antonio Sabato Jr.--and yes, he gets naked). Jennifer Coolidge and Sonia Braga also star. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] August 6 Bright Young Things (Think Film) The directorial debut of openly gay actor Stephen Fry (Wilde, Gosford Park) adapts Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies, about young British aristocrats living on the edge in the 1930s. How gay? Rather gay. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shall We Dance? (Miramax) Jennifer Lopez tries shimmying back into her fans' hearts by teaching Richard Gere to rumba in this remake of the Japanese hit. Stark Sands (who was seduced by Jason Priestley in last summer's Die Mommie Die!) plays Gere's son. Keep an ear perked for Peter Gabriel's cover of Stephin Merritt's "Book of Love." How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] August 11 The Princess Diaries 2 (Buena Vista) Princess Mia (gay fave Anne Hathaway) must marry or she risks losing the throne. Fashion montage, anyone? Julie Andrews returns as well. How gay? A wee bit. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] August 20 Cowboys & Angels (TLA) An aspiring artist (Michael Legge) moves to Limerick, Ireland, and moves in with a gay design student (Allen Leech). Trouble arises when the artist tries to raise money for the student's fashion show by dealing drugs in this coming-of-age tale. How gay? Super-mega gay! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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