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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Easy” and “Just Ask Him”
As part of my movie watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies and short films for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine two short indie films, the first being Easy and the second Just Ask Him. Easy First, we meet David.…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Stand” Wrap-up
A pandemic of global proportions has wiped out most of humanity. The survivors are gathering into two different camps. Some are led Boulder, Colorado through dreams they have of the matronly Mother Abagail Freemantle. The rest are recruited, either through visions or in person, by Randall Flagg to where they gather in Las Vegas, where…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Haymaker” – A Tale of Human Dignity and Love
Nick is a bouncer at a trendy nightclub in New York City. One night, he rescues a beautiful transgender performer named Nomi in her dressing room from some thug who is coming on to her rather forcefully. Nick comes her to rescue and is almost immediately hired to serve as her bodyguard and confidant. Soon…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “WandaVision” Three Episode Thoughts
A couple that has just gotten married is driving to their new home. They are happy and in love. It’s a simple time. There is no apparent ambiguity here. One might say that the world is happily black and white. Their home has a familiar feel to it, but they’re happy and even funny. That…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Marriage and Murder May Have You “Cry Wolf”
Agent Cooper Dayton cannot seem to catch a break. His life is constantly in turmoil with missions that makes him feel that he’s going insane. The last big sanity-taxing mission was resolved and along the way, he and his personal and work partner Oliver Park managed to solve several murders. That created some new headaches…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Thoughts
One of the biggest dangers that Star Trek: Discovery had to face was trying to pigeonhole new stories into an already existing canon. This was first attempted by Star Trek: Enterprise that suffered from weak storytelling by trying not to violate its canon. Discovery fell apart by telling strong stories but had canon violations that…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Stand” Three Episode Thoughts
A horrifying pandemic has hit the world killing approximately 99% of the world’s population. Society no longer exists as we know it and those who are left find themselves slowly being drawn into two different camps, one in Boulder Colorado where they are called to by “Mother” Abagail Freemantle, and the remaining people to Las…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | “The Perfect Wedding” Is The Perfect Holiday Love Story!
It’s coming up on Christmas and the Fowler family is also knee-deep into wedding preparations for their daughter Alana. Because of the enormity of the upcoming nuptials the whole family, along with friends and extended family, have been called together to help out. This includes Roy Madigan, Alana’s best friend who also happens to be…
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Ben’s Breakdown | Is “Wonder Woman 1984” a Wonderful Sequel?
I’ve not been the biggest fan of the more recent swath of superhero movies to come out from Warner Brothers, even though of the two major comic book franchises I tend to prefer DC over Marvel. And yet, most of the DC superhero movies lately have tended to miss the target again and again. The…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | “A Christmas Carol” Told As A Horror Story?
It’s a cold and snowy Christmas Day when a young man walks into a graveyard and towards a specific headstone. He then does something rather unthinkable by opening up his trousers and urinating all over it. This has the effect of removing the snow and frost from the headstone and we can then see the…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | There is NOTHING Special about the “Star Wars Holiday Special”
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are taking a much-needed break from Thanksgiving through the end of the year, but we still wanted to have content for you to read during that time. As such we got busy and watched all of our favorite holiday videos. Some are classics and others are off-beat and…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | “An American Christmas Carol”
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are continuing on with our holiday madness…. errrr cheer as we share another movie from the Christmas Closet. Some of our selections are classics and others are off-beat and (very) loosely associated with the holidays. We hope you enjoy our offerings and that you holiday season is safe,…
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Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | “Jingle All The Way” may not have you Laughing All The Way
The Two Gay Geeks and our Staff are taking a much-needed break from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. But, we still wanted to have content for you to read during that time. As such we got busy and watched all of our favorite holiday videos. Some are classics and others are off-beat and…
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Ben’s Breakdown | There Is Power With Silence In “Sound of Metal”
As a child, I had the enormous pleasure to be introduced to students who were deaf. They were in the classroom next to mine, and because my teacher was learning American Sign Language she thought it was a good idea to be introduced to these students. There was also a student in my class who…
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Ben’s Breakdown of the “Frasier” Episode (The Apparent Trap)
We continue on in ThanksGiving mode with an episode of the hit series “Frasier”. As we enter into this holiday season we have decided to share once more many of the articles we have previously published at this time. We will be taking a much-needed break soon, but we still wanted to have content for…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Mad About You” (Giblets for Murray)
It is still Thanksgiving weekend so, why not pull out one of our favorites. As we enter into this holiday season we have decided to share once more many of the articles we have previously published at this time. We will be taking a much-needed break soon, but we still wanted to have content for…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Uncle Frank” Tells Of A Time Best Not Forgotten
Movies about coming out of the closet have become a genre unto themselves with stories ranging from coming out due to AIDS to coming out amidst religious oppression. Each of these has validity in that people in the LGBTQ community have experienced such moments. There have even been stories of coming out that took place…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Last Vermeer” Is The Genuine Article
Not long after the end of World War II, the provisional government in Holland was seeking out Nazi conspirators and one area they were targeting were those involved in the looting of Dutch priceless works of art and the recovery of a painting believed to be one of the missing works of Johannes Vermeer leads…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Mandalorian” – Season 2: Three Episode Thoughts
The Mandalorian, or “Mando” as some people refer to him, has been tasked with returning an infant to his race, or at least to people who can do that for him. The Bounty Hunter/Lone Gunslinger is also being hunted by remnants of the fallen Empire. Their leader, a Moff named Gideon wants that infant. It…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Imaginary Lover” is Nothing But Real Fun!
A man wakes to find himself way off the side of a highway, and he has no idea who he is. He does see that he’s only 5 miles away from the nearest town so he heads over there in the hopes of regaining his memory. Shortly after arriving, he starts dreaming about some terrible…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Star Trek: Discovery” – Season 3:Three Episode Thoughts
In an attempt to escape the malevolent intelligence known as “Control”, Commander Michael Burnham is going to take vital information into the far future (900 years to be precise) and out of loyalty, the crew of the USS Discovery will be following her with the full knowledge that they will be leaving their friends and…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Stray Fears” Is A Multi-Layered, Dark Horror-Filled Surprise!
Elien is a young man who is a part of a therapy group for victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He had found his parents murdered by his older brother Gard who also committed suicide. Another member of the group is a sheriff’s deputy named Mason. Mason hates Elien, but he can’t give any reason…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Right Stuff” – Three Episode Thoughts
Two astronauts are sitting at a table together eating breakfast. A rocket is being prepared for a manned launch. Only one of those astronauts will be in that rocket, but they both unquestionably have The Right Stuff. Based on the novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe this series on the Disney+ streaming service…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | For a Strong Gay Police Story Look No Further than “Zero Hour.”
In years past it was believed that to write a male/male romance story it would mean it had to be smutty, probably even categorized as erotica. I admit that I have read a book or two that fell into that category but as LGBTQ visibility and recognition began to increase so did various art forms…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Hellbent” Delivers a Decent Slasher for Halloween
As part of my movie watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine the 2004 gay–horror movie, Hellbent. At a park near West Hollywood, two guys are in a car and start making out with each…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “House of Usher” Does Not Fall In On Itself
As part of my movie watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine the 2008 gay-horror movie, House of Usher. Mysterious happenings are at the Usher House. Good looking men are disappearing. Victor Reynolds rides up…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Out of Body” Delivers Fun and Ghostly Goodness!
Romantic comedies, or rom-com for short, have been a staple of cinema for longer than I can remember. When LGBTQ cinema came into being much of the content dealt with issues such as the trauma of coming out, acceptance, and later the AIDS epidemic. While such movies were important in their day, it was inevitable…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Lucifer” Season Five – Three Episode Thoughts
When the Fox series Lucifer was canceled the public outcry was so deafening loud it probably permeated both heaven and hell. Then Netflix came along and gave the series a save and provided what was to be a 4th and final season regarding the Fallen Angel and his romance with detective Chloe Decker. And yet…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Star Trek: Lower Decks” Three Episode Thoughts
Question: How do you tell a story set in the universe of Star Trek if the subject is one of the least important ships in Starfleet? Answer: Make it a comedy Second Question: How can we make this comedy different and appealing to all walks of life? Second Answer: Make it a cartoon. Thus begins…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Look To The “Deadly Skies.”
As part of my movie watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine the 2006 sci-fi/action thriller, Deadly Skies. Dr. Madison Taylor from the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking System (N.E.A.T.S.) has detected a large asteroid that…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Beware The “Fall of Hyperion.”
As part of my movie watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine the 2008 sci-fi/action thriller, Fall of Hyperion. The space station Hyperion is in geosynchronous orbit around the Earth. Its mission is to study…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Forget “The Raven” Saying Nevermore. How about Never Again???
As part of my movie watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine the 2007 gay-horror movie, The Raven. I love a good horror movie, and Edgar Allan Poe is one of the…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Umbrella Academy” Season 2: Three Episode Thoughts
[Editor: After writing this 3 episode review we managed to watch the remaining episodes of season 2. A second article reviewing all of season 2 will be coming soon from Andrea Rittschof.] What do you do when you try to save the world, only to fail and attempt to escape, but then disaster follows you…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Strong Women and Gay Men make up “The Old Guard.”
Imagine being immortal. Imagine that you have been alive for hundreds of years, perhaps even thousands. Imagine that in the beginning, you took it upon yourself to fight as a crusader of justice. Imagine doing that for thousands of years. Now imagine, how would you feel given today’s political and social climate? Andy (Charlize Theron)…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Absence of Presence” shows the greatness of Kansas
I have written the odd review here and there about music or a recording. I don’t do it very often unless motivated by something that gives me that special, giddy feeling. It’s rare and I never thought it to happen to me again. Well, as I’ve said many times, I love a good surprise and…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Artemis Fowl” Is Nothing More Than A Turkey
Meet Artemis Fowl Jr. This young lad has been trained and educated by his father about the world that he can see and can’t see. He is a 12-year-old prodigy and is a master criminal. He has learned everything from his father as well as from his butler Domovoi. He’s been groomed to take over…
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“1776” (1972) | Old Classics?…Newly Reviewed
Editor: As part of the Two Gay Geeks’ July 4th celebration we bring you once more our “Old Classics?…Newly Reviewed” look at our annual movie watching of 1776. Every July 4th Keith and I fire up the big screen TV and we watch a movie that has become a tradition for us, and that is the musical…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Order” Season 2 Wrap-Up
I love good surprises. The second season for The Order kicked things off very nicely for their first three episodes by finding a brilliant way to bring our three Knights of St. Christopher back together and in action in a way that would not provide a disservice to how season 1 ended. From there the series became very plot-driven by throwing…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | “Love, Victor” Season 1 Wrap-Up
Arguably three episodes are not enough to determine the quality of the remaining season of a television show. The three episodes merely serve as a potential hook to get you in. The burden then falls to everyone involved in the show to make sure you stick with them through the end of the season and…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | We All Need A “Big Eden.”
On this last day of Pride Month, and as part of my movie-watching for TGGeeks I’ve decided to take a look at movies for the LGBTQ community that have probably flown under most people’s radar, and this time I’m going to examine the 2000 romantic comedy, Big Eden. Imagine a small town where the community is practically idyllic and…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Order” Season 2 Three-Episode Thoughts
When we last left our heroic Belgrave University students at the end of season 1 of The Order on Netflix, they had teamed up and effectively vanquished a very bad warlock named Edward Coventry. However, in keeping with their strict code, the Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose has our werewolves’ Knights of St. Christopher memories wiped…