Eating Out is a screwball comedy harkens back to the days of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn (who may be turning over in their respective graves with that comparison) as a hunky straight guy pretends he’s gay to get a date with a woman who only likes to hang out with gay men.

Caleb, played by hunky Scott Lunsford, just wants to meet a nice girl now after a bad experience. He goes to a party with his gay best friend and roommate Kyle (the adorable Jim Verraros of “American Idol” fame.) and spies Gwen (Emily Brook Hands) as she throws her latest gay boyfriend out of the

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Craig Seymour is exposed, past and present. As a University of Maryland graduate student, the metro Washington native entered the world of Southeast D.C.’s male-stripper venues. The premise was academic, at first interviewing patrons and strippers for the sake of his thesis. Moving on to doctoral work in American studies, he took things a step further, becoming a stripper himself.

Today, Seymour stands further exposed, this time in print, with the release of All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C. It’s a

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Another very similarly-themed (Wedding Baquet) movie that Ah enjoyed is the much-more-recent Touch of Pink, Alim (Jimi Mistry) is a South Asian-Canadian gay man living in London with his handsome boyfriend Giles (Kristen Holden-Reid).

All hell breaks loose for the cross-cultural couple when Alim’s traditional mother Nuru (a scenery-chewing Suleka Mathews) announces a visit, setting off a frantic Wedding Banquet-esque series of events, from hiding all gay paraphernalia to having Giles’ sister pose as Alim’s fiance.

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Sweet l’il Elmo hayuz inspired me to review a few films about coming out. Yes. Ah know, it’s late and Ah should hayuv done this on the 11th … but Ta hayuz been so busy.

Today Ah will start with a cute movie “Edge of Seventeen.” Called “The wisest, most thoughtful American film about queer youth to come along in ages…” bah the LA Weekly “Edge of Seventeen.” is as much a travelogue of early eighties life as it is about lead character, Eric’s (played with deadpan earnestness by Chris Stafford - Who hayuz not been in the acting scene since 2002) coming out.

Takes a summer job serving food

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In reality, coming out to y’alls family is scary and rife with Drama (Yes. “Drama” with a capital “D!”). In the movies, this event is more often filled with mis-understandings and laughter … especially when the family is completely in the dark. Me? My Momma always knew and Papa simply said nothing … Ah was so ready for nasty drama that it was a total let down! I knew Ah should wore mah best dress!

Ah think mah favorite gay movie of ALL TIME must be The Wedding Banquet - as much for it’s handsome lead actors Winston Chao (ooooooo … Ah have such a thing for Asian boys!) and Mitchell Lichtenstein

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Butchy, charismatic Jo Jacuzzo has just lost her job as a nurse’s assistant, when a friend offers her good money to pack up his mother in Florida so she can move back to New York. Jo gets as far as Georgia when her truck breaks down and, while it is being repaired, agrees to help drive an RV to Arizona with a beautiful, mysterious woman she just met.

Charity, the beautiful,

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Kate Clinton is a faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving political humorist and family entertainer. With a career spanning over 25 years, Kate Clinton has worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication and Walmartization, gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and ten presidential inaugurals. She still believes that humor gets us through peacetime, wartime and scoundrel time.

This presidential year, Kate brings her new show HILARITY CLINTON ‘08 nationwide. It follows her 2007 show, CLIMATE CHANGE, a CD of which will be released in March, 2008. In 2006, Kate Clinton celebrated her 25th

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The Fluffer is a gripping and sexy fictional drama that manages to expose the nasty underbelly of the gay porn business while illustrating its allure. Ta thought that she’d certainly be titillated bah the purported underbelly of porn. Hah!

The Fluffer is Wash West’s first non-adult film and a tale of obsession. Sean McGinnis (Michael Cunio) has been renting the classics and by error gets Citizen Cum instead of Citizen Kane. So starts a tale of sexual obsession that changes the course of Sean’s life and brings great drama to the screen. The star of Citizen Cum is Johnny Rebel (Scott Gurney) a hot “gay for pay” porn

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A well-acted, experimental film, Drift tells the story of Ryan and Joel from three different perspectives. But poor, l’il ol’ me just got the worst case of claustraphobia from watching this otherwise great movie. Filmed almost entirely in close-ups and OTS (over-the-shoulder) shots Ah was dyin’ for a few wide shots to break up the monotony. Now, Ta knows the constraints of DV and a small budget, but this was a bit much.

This audacious first solo directed feature film from Quentin Lee (Ethan Mao, Flow, Shopping for Fangs) tells the tale of a love triangle with three possibilities. Ryan (Reggie Lee) a young Asian-American screenwriter/waiter has been in a relationship with Joel (Greyson Dane) for

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Michele Balan was one of the four finalists on NBC’s 2006 “Last Comic Standing,” and she is “The Last Woman Comic . . .. ”

Voted one of the “Top 10 Comics” by Backstage Magazine in 2004, Michele Balan is a brash, New York Stand-up comedian who has performed on Comedy Central as well as in top comedy clubs, theatres, festivals and on cruises all over the country.

Often told she was naturally funny, the Brooklyn native left a high-paying executive position at a computer company to pursue comedy - even though comedy has never proved as lucrative - and she has been performing ever since.

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