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Stop! That! Train!

By Golu
Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
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Bedtime Stories (Short Stories)

By Golu
This DVD was a collection of 25 short gay stories. I think this collection was targeted for Spanish audiences because films were either in SPanish or English or some other language with subtitles in Spanish. I am gonna mention the names of the shorts that I could see not the ones which were completely in Spanish (which were only 13 in number) 

$30: A father forces his son to go to a prostitute to become a man. He is gay and ends up befriending the girl. 
America The Beautiful: A few seconds film that just shows 2 men kissing. 
Birthday Time: A young boy is about to turn 18 and wants to be kissed before that by a man. He forces his neighbour who is taking care of him for the weekend. 
Doorman: A young renter seduces the doorman for sex when he moves in and then makes him fall in love with him and dumps him. 
El Primo: A boy visits his Latino cousin who takes him to a club and then they both decide to go to a prostitue. Thats when the man realizes he is gay. 
El Reloj: 2 teenage boys hang out at one's apartment after a football match practice 
Kiss: A 4 minute film showing 2 men kiss. 
Love Bite: A friend surprises the other when he comes out to him, except he is not gay, he is vampire. 
Postmortem: I reviewed it before. Excellent film 
Steam: 1 min film showing a man showing himself off in a steam bath. 
The Confession: An elderly couple's story. One wants to priest to visit him before he dies. 
Thirteen Or So Minutes: Reviewed on the website before.

I am going to give this standard average rating. (4/10)
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Anonymous said…
hi, thanks for the review. any idea where i can buy this collection? i only want it for America the Beautiful which i have been searching for for years.
September 27, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Golu said…
Are you serious? You just want this film because of the short film that is barely a few seconds and show the 2 men kissing.

You might wanna try amazon or something, I am not sure. But If you want, I can try and get hold of a copy for you for just that short in .avi format.

Send me your email id
September 27, 2010 at 11:21 PM
Mike Phillips said…
Hi Golu, my e-mail is MFilip@aol.com
Thanks
July 21, 2011 at 6:30 PM
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