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Out Now: McGregor And Plummer Are Beginners, Fratboys, Farmboys, West Side Story, And More!

This week’s releases explore the vagaries of the gay heart, from teen awakenings in Harvest to collegiate fumblings in Longhorns to a late-in-life blossoming in Beginners (above).

Oh yeah, and West Side Story!

 

NEXT: A gay father teaches his grown son some new tricks in Beginners.

 

Beginners
$29.99 DVD, $34.99 Blu-Ray; Universal/Focus Features

Who’s your daddy? A newly out Christopher Plummer, if you’re Ewan McGregor in Mike Mills’ affectionate, semi-autobiographical dramedy. Mills’ alter-ego, graphic artist Oliver (McGregor), tries to pursue life and love with as much gusto as his father (Plummer), who came out of the closet at age 75. Beginners is tender, sweet and affirming— but be sure to have a hankie and/or hubbie at the ready!

 

NEXT: Gay love grows among the cornfields in Harvest.
 


Harvest
$24.99 DVD, TLA Releasing
Minimal in its scripting yet heavy on the European eye candy and rural beauty, this artful German coming-of-age film charts the burgeoning romance between a confused student and the rebellious new kid at his family homestead. How ya gonna keep them down on the farm after they’ve seen…well, you know.

 

NEXT: A conflicted college kid gets a crash course in human sexuality in Longhorns.


Longhorns
$24.99 DVD, TLA Releasing

They say there are only two things that come from Texas—steers and queers. Well,  you can probably guess which we’re dealing with in this retro sex comedy from David Lewis (Redwoods, Rock Haven). It’s 1982  and “straight” fratboy Kevin (Jacob Newton) is beginning to question his sexuality. After all, he goes down on his buddy (Dylan Vox) and feels all sorts of tingly sensations around an openly gay cutie (Derek Efrain Villanueva). Longhorns is sweet, funny and sexy—and waay more upbeat than Brokeback Mountain!

 

NEXT: How do you solve a problem like Maria—and Tony? It’s West Side Story on Blu-Ray!

 

 


West Side Story 50th Anniversary Edition
$29.99 Blu-Ray/DVD Combo, MGM

The classic screen adaptation of one of the gayest straight romance movies ever gets a pretty, oh so pretty, digital remastering on Blu-Ray with extras galore—including song-specific commentary by Stephen Sondheim, cast interviews and and a in-movie feature entitled “Pow! The Dances of West Side Story.” If all gang fights were this well choreographed we’d be hanging out in Compton every night.

 

ALSO OUT THIS WEEK:

 

Larry Crowne (Universal)

Griff The Invisible (Indomina Releasing)

My Fair Lady (Blu-ray, Paramount)

Three Colors Trilogy (Criterion Collection)

 

 

 

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