Tricks of Love.FALLING IN LUST AGAIN WITH THREE ROMANTIC COMEDIES FINDING NORTH JUNE 4 TRICK JULY 23 BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE AUGUST 13 Amid all the sci-fi spectacles and other jetsam jetsam: see flotsam. and flotsam A name for the goods that float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from jetsam (goods deliberately thrown over to lighten ship) and ligan (goods cast into the sea attached to a buoy). of summer escapism es·cap·ism n. The tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment. , it falls to several indie movies to provide recognizable slices of contemporary lesbian and gay life. In Trick, a hit at the Sundance Film Festival in January, a young Broadway composer named Gabriel spends one long night searching for a place to tryst with go-go boy Mark (John Paul Pitoc John Paul Pitoc (born March 5, 1974), also credited as Jean Paul Pitoc or J. P. Pitoc, is an American actor born in Queens, New York. He is a first-generation American: his mother is Colombian and his father is of Hungarian descent. ), while Tori Spelling Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for being Aaron Spelling's daughter and for her role as Donna Martin in the 1990s teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210. (yes, that Tori Spelling) provides the comic relief. Christian Campbell plays tres gai Gabriel--and the actor, who's straight, is already tired of the press asking stupid questions: "I've played murderers and rapists, and no one asks me if I had a reluctance playing those kinds of parts. Some people's priorities are a little off." Lesbian lovers take center stage in Better Than Chocolate, a Canadian film in which Karyn Dwyer must hide her burgeoning romance with Christina Cox from her mom and brother, who have just moved in with her. And in Finding North, a gay widower (Love! Valour! Compassion!' s John Benjamin Hickey) becomes the object of Wendy Makkena's affections as the two unlikely traveling companions find themselves on a Texas road trip. |
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