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I wanna watch Boylets! Blame it on this statement by the venerable gay film critic guru The Bakla Review:

A few critics will no doubt claw at this film and call it exploitation. With a barely legal cast doing nudity and sex, they certainly wouldn’t be so far from wrong. But it’s also audacious filmmaking, if a little rough around the edges, a by-product of the economy of style and production. Kudos to the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) for approving this movie without cuts. I wouldn’t be surprised if Boylets becomes a guilty pleasure for many, except that we shouldn’t be so guilty. Years from now, when everyone is ready, Boylets will be reassessed as an unpolished pop commentary of blazing wit and feeling. (TBR Rating: A-)

Photos and the movie trailer here.

That song just popped in my mind as I saw these photos sent to me as PR for this new movie by Cris Pablo’s Queeriosity/Sinehan Digitales, “Boylets.”

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Sinehan Digitales presents a QUEERiosity Project: “Boylets”

Synopsis:
How far will you go to prove your worth? Yes, how far will it take you to realize your worth? Teenaged Krys is simply starting his day intending to prove himself to his father. But when breakfast starts terribly wrong, Krys runs away and meets a group of adolescents from the slum area near their new apartment. Lost and confused, Krys spirals with his new friends as they prove, test and evaluate their own worthiness as well. And this means some gambling, stealing, flirting with girls, servicing matured gay patrons, and experiencing sex and a hint of love.

Boylets casts young actors who are not professional celebrity performers but young men who have gone through similar stages in their lives.

The movie stars JOEFFREY JAVIER, CHARLES DELGADO, RUSTY ADONIS, and FRANCIS SIENES. Directed by CRISALDO PABLO. Showing on OCT.14, 2009 @ Robinsons Galleria, Remar Cinema Cubao, Isetann Recto, Cebu

Watch the trailer here:

When it comes to intelligent movie reviews with a gay slant, I leave it to The Bakla Review (TBR). He gives the movie an A-minus rating, which for me says I got to watch the movie. (And I thought I won’t ever watch a Cris Pablo movie again after surviving that harrowing “SEB: Cybergame of Love” movie he premiered at Cinemalaya.) Here’s what TBR has to say about Cris Pablo’s Quicktrip (formerly entitled “Quickie”):

The scenes are breezy, observant, and direct, some of the best in Pablo’s ouvre, or in any of the gay movies this year, with brisk editing and the wistfulness of Isha’s minimalist music. There’s not much actual sex or nudity, but the director’s original cut (one you can’t see in commercial theaters) includes an onscreen cumsh*t by Andro Morgan. Seemingly simple, with a soulful core, Quicktrip has magic.

Other reviews:
A different perspective from ClickTheCity.com
Quick Quack by Charlie Koon
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Gone are the days when gay men figure in movies only as comic relief, thanks to the very vibrant indie film community. I remember this trend start some years back when Cris Pablo dared to produce “Duda/Doubt.” Since then a good number of non-conventional gay movies have been produced (some good, some not so — but that’s fine; I’ll give them all an “A” for effort). In fact in the coming days, there will be 3 indie films, all gay-themed, that will be shown. Nood tayo!

1. RoXXXanne by Jun Lana (writer/director)

Starring Jay Aquitania, Janvier Daily, and Sheree. Opens on February 2, 2008, Saturday, at Robinson’s Galleria IndieSine (will run for 10 days, then will tour to Robinson’s Place in Ermita, Cebu, etc.)

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The Independent Filmmakers’ Cooperative of the Philippines and Robinsons Galleria Movieworld – Ortigas bring back the landmark movies “Duda/doubt” (2002) and “Bathhouse” (2003), the first and second independent full length digital video movies to be shown in local commercial cinema venues in their original video format.

IFC presents “Con-queer-ing INDIE SINE: The Queer Cinema of Cris Pablo” which is a double feature screening of Duda and Bathhouse on March 28, 29, 30, 31, April 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10.
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Metlogs is a digital movie megged by Cris Pablo, writer and director of similarly gay-themed digital movies Duda/Doubt, Bath house, and Bilog. I watched it on Sunday night, the last night of its run in Robinson’s Galleria Indie Sine Theatre. The audience was, as expected, 90% (if not more) bading, so ang saya saya! Hehehehe! And take note, Tyron Perez was there, along with a mestiza girl date. Delicious the boy ha! Now, on to the movie review – how was it? (more…)

Help! Where can I get a hold of this short film?

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Eduardo Roy Jr.’s short film, Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand (The Longest One Night Stand), has been selected for programming in Reeling 2006: The 25th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, the second oldest LGBT film festival in the world!

Shot in early December last year, the 20-minute film has neophyte actors Venjie Pellena as Paul, Chris Cañizares as Jigs and Gem Cabreros as Sam. Pellena works in ABS-CBN while Cañizares won in a noontime male search and starred in the recently released “Bilog/Circle” directed by Cris Pablo. Cabreros, who heads the Sun.Star Network Exchange (Sunnex) Luzon bureau, is a part-time actor, who has shot for two other short films.

Paul and Sam are lovers who casually invite strangers every night for a ménage-a-trois. Paul will grow tired of the game as his love for Sam deepens. But Sam takes Paul for granted, by having sex with other men in his presence, instead of him. Three is crowd but in this set-up, Paul feels alone. Until Jigs, who will matter, gets into the picture.
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