OUT on DVD: Southern Baptist Sissies

Breaking Glass Pictures will be bringing Del Shores' award-winning play Southern Baptist Sissies to DVD and VOD (iTunes, Amazon Instant) on November 11, 2014. The GLAAD award-winning play is the story of four gay boys growing up in the Southern Baptist church and how they deal with the conflict between religion and sexuality. Southern Baptist Sissies stars Emerson Collins ("Sordid Lives: The Series"), Leslie Jordan ("Will and Grade," The Help), Matthew Scott Montgomery ("So Random"), Bobbie Eakes ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), and Willam Belli ("Nip/Tuck," American Wedding).

Southern Baptist Sissies explores the conflict between the caustic rhetoric of dogmatic religion and the fragile development of adolescent homosexuality while challenging hypocrisy, exposing damage and offering hope.  The intimate experience of theatre on the film screen reveals the complicated emotions from all sides - the confused child, the struggling adolescent and the angry and damaged adult.

OUT on DVD: Last Summer

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing the drama Last Summer on DVD and VOD (iTunes, Amazon Instant) on December 2, 2014. Last Summer was directed by Mark Thiedeman and stars Samuel Pettit as Luke and Sean Rose as Jonah.

Last Summer tells the story of two high school sweethearts, Luke and Jonah, who spend their final months together over the course of a long, quiet summer in the rural South, contemplating their uncertain future and the uncertain future of America. Jonah, sensitive, quiet and artistic, prepares to leave his small town for college, leaving Luke behind, but all he wants is for Luke to ask him to stay. But Luke, an athlete struggling through summer school, knows that his boyfriend needs to experience the world beyond their home. Though he is somewhat aimless and unsure of his place in the world, he begins to find solace in an old camera that he finds in an antique store. Last Summer positions their love story against a world of baseball fields, bicycles, church, and seemingly conservative values, though the boys never face adversity from their community; instead, they fit directly into the fabric of their all-American town.

OUT on DVD/VOD: 4 Moons

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing the Mexican LGBT drama Four Moons (Cuatro Lunas) on DVD and VOD (iTunes, Amazon Instant) December 2, 2014. Directed by Sergio Tovar Velarde, Four Moons stars Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid, César Ramos, Gustavo Egelhaaf, Alonso Echánove, and Juan Manuel Berna. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

The film tells four different stories about love and self-acceptance: a boy secretly attracted to his male cousin; two college students starting a secret relationship; a couple wasted due to the arrival of another man; and an old man dazzled over a young male prostitute.

OUT on DVD: I'm A Pornstar

Canteen Outlaws, the new label from veteran LGBT giant TLA Releasing, has announced the DVD release of Charlie David's I'm a Porn Star. The latest in his work on the off-camera lives of male sex workers, I'm a Porn Star follows the highly successful I'm a Stripper series.

There are an estimated 370 million pornographic websites online, generating $13 billion every year. Charlie David ("Dante's Cove", Mulligans) asks: Who's doing all this moonlighting? The answer: Probably some people you know. I'm a Porn Star follows the lives of guys in the neighborhood who are likely a lot more famous than you - at least on the Internet. Four established stars (Brent Everett, Colby Jansen, Rocco Reed and Johnny Rapid) each speak candidly about their experiences as highly lusted-after sexual icons, what they like when the cameras aren't rolling and grant complete access behind the scenes of their shoots. 

The uncensored documentary will be available to rent or own in stores nationwide on September 9.

OUT on DVD: Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

What if Jesus was gay? Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption, a feature documentary focusing on Terrence McNally's controversial Broadway play "Corpus Christi," which imagines Jesus as a gay man living in Corpus Christi, Texas. The documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a 5-year journey, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.

The play originally opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1998 to intense protest and bomb threats. Terrence McNally is a four-time Tony Award winning playwright, famous for Broadway hits Ragtime, Master Class, and Love! Valour! Compassion!

OUT on DVD: Sordid Lives

The classic cult comedy SORDID LIVES, dubbed “Screamingly Funny!” by Variety, debuts across all digital platforms including iTunes and WolfeOnDemand beginning Aug. 29, before making its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack Sept. 30 from Wolfe Video. The tale of a gay Hollywood actor who returns to Texas for his grandmother’s funeral, only to be confronted by the hilariously trashy truth of his dysfunctional family’s “sordid lives” features an all-star ensemble cast, including Olivia Newton-John (Grease), Delta Burke (TV’s “Designing Women”), Bonnie Bedelia (TV’s “Parenthood”), Beau Bridges (TV’s “Masters of Sex”) and Leslie Jordan (The Help) as the Tammy Wynette-obsessed institutionalized gay uncle, Brother Boy. The soundtrack features such country standards as “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” “Stand by Your Man,” and “Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood.”

The all-new bonus materials include a fresh interview with Director Del Shores (Southern Baptist Sissies) reminiscing about the making of the film, along with cast members Kirk Geiger, Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan, Sarah Hunley, Ann Walker, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Beau Bridges and Beth Grant. A vintage commentary track is also included.

OUT on DVD: Man At Bath Starring Francois Sagat

Canteen Outlaws, the new label from veteran LGBT giant TLA Releasing, has announced the DVD release of Man at Bath, the debut mainstream performance from adult superstar François Sagat. 

Directed by French auteur Christophe Honoré (Ma Mère, Love Songs, Dans Paris, Close to Leo), the film is available as of August 5 at retailers nationwide and online (SRP $24.99).

OUT on DVD: Eroddity(s)

Veteran LGBT giant TLA Releasing has announced the DVD release of Eroddity(s), a four-story anthology.  Inspired by "The Twilight Zone" and "Tales From the Crypt", Steven Vasquez (producer of Triple Crossed) has brought together four clever, scary and sexy stories in one DVD.  The compilation is available as of July 15 at retailers nationwide and online (SRP $24.99). 

OUT on DVD: I Am Happiness on Earth

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing the LGBT Mexican drama I Am Happiness on Earth (Yo Soy La Felicidad De Este Mundo) on DVD and VOD (All cable providers, iTunes, Amazon Instant) August 19, 2014. 

Emiliano looks at his life with the eyes of a film director, mixing the objective reality with the processes of artistic creation. The story he is filming flounders with his daily life, until his world is trapped in the lens of his camera. Confused, always alone and in front of a screen, now a transfigured reality, but at the same time a measurable, controllable and manipulable one. He listens to a song on a loop: one of those songs you sing or repeat as a prayer and forcing you to remember, believe and convince yourself.

OUT on DVD: Tennessee Queer

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A film about the clash of religion, politics and gay pride, Tennessee Queer is the story of one man who aims to make life better for LGBT teens. Written and directed by Mark Jones and co-directed by Ryan Parker, Tennessee Queer stars Christian Walker, Billie Worley and Jim Eikner.

Jason Potts (Walker) is an openly gay man living in New York City. When he returns to his hometown of Smyth, Tennessee, Jason realizes things have not changed for LGBT teens. As Jason sets out to help, he is put in charge of the town's first-ever gay pride parade. Meanwhile, a conservative city councilman is working with a minister to send Smyth's gay teens to an ex-gay ministry camp.

Filmed in Memphis, Tennessee with an all-local Tennessee cast, Tennessee Queer made its world premiere in 2012 at Philadelphia QFest. LA Weekly praised Tenneesee Queer calling it "A sweet, charming film! Filled with sharp, unforced, quickly sketched observations."

OUT on DVD: Getting Go, The Go Doc Project

Tanner Cohen (Were The World Mine) stars as a shy college student who invents a fake documentary project to get close to Go (Matthew Camp), a NYC go-go dancer he is infatuated with in GETTING GO, THE GO DOC PROJECT, debuting across all digital platforms beginning July 8 before arriving on DVD August 5 from Wolfe Video. 

A hybrid between a documentary and narrative film, director Corey Krueckeberg captures a unique look on modern dating and the classic story of lust becoming love – and then some. The film focuses on Doc (Cohen), who is too shy to introduce himself to Go, a go-go dancer he develops a cyber crush on. Doc devises a plan to shoot a documentary about the NYC nightlife scene and enlists the help of Go, following his subject across the city and ultimately chronicling their developing relationship.  GETTING GO, THE GO DOC PROJECT also stars Ramon Olmos Torres, Judy McLane and Tedd Merritt.

OUT on DVD: Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

Out on DVD on June 10, the romantic and inspirational family comedy, Oy Vey! My Son is Gay! is the story of a Jewish family coming to terms with their son's non-Jewish, gay boyfriend. After coming out of the closet at a cousin's wedding, Nelson's (John Lloyd-Young) parents Shirley (Lainey Kazan) and Martin (Saul Rubinek) decide to have dinner with his live-in boyfriend Angelo (Jai Rodriguez) and his parents. When the gay couple makes headline news after adopting a child, their families come to realize the true meaning of love and family.

OUT on DVD: Truth

Rob Moretti's Truth is now available on VOD and DVD nationwide.

After a chance encounter over the Internet, Caleb (Lockhart) meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy (Moretti) and soon the line between love and lies blur. Struggling to keep his past a secret, including his mentally ill mother, Caleb slowly succumbs to his darker side. A sudden turn of events finds Jeremy held captive, until Caleb's quest for the truth is revealed.

OUT on DVD (and VOD) - Truth

Rob Moretti's Truth is now available on VOD nationwide.  A suspenseful psychological thriller, Truth is headlined by producers Sean Paul Lockhart (Milk, Judas Kiss, Chillerama) and Rob Moretti (Crutch, An Affirmative Act, Snapshot). 

After a chance encounter over the Internet, Caleb (Lockhart) meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy (Moretti) and soon the line between love and lies blur. Struggling to keep his past a secret, including his mentally ill mother, Caleb slowly succumbs to his darker side.  A sudden turn of events finds Jeremy held captive, until Caleb's quest for the truth is revealed. 

Following the film's world premiere at Philadelphia QFest, Moretti and Lockhart (who took home the festival's Rising Star Award in 2011 forJudas Kiss) have assembled an impressive list of screenings.  Truth has also been screened at Chicago's Reeling Film Festival as a Love Gone Wrong centerpiece, OutonFilm Atlanta, the Homochrom Film Fest and FilmOut San Diego. 

OUT on DVD: Truth

A suspenseful psychological thriller, Truth is headlined by producers Sean Paul Lockhart (Milk, Judas Kiss, Chillerama) and Rob Moretti (Crutch, An Affirmative Act, Snapshot). The film also features an impressive supporting performance from Emmy® Winner Blanche Baker (16 Candles, Raw Deal, Taking Chances).

After a chance encounter over the Internet, Caleb (Lockhart) meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy (Moretti) and soon the line between love and lies blur. Struggling to keep his past a secret, including his mentally ill mother, Caleb slowly succumbs to his darker side. A sudden turn of events finds Jeremy held captive, until Caleb's quest for the truth is revealed.

Truth will be released on DVD on May 6.

OUT on DVD: Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda

Lucas Documentaries and Breaking Glass Pictures have released adult-film entrepreneur, activist and political columnist Michael Lucas' Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda on DVD today.

As the Olympic torch burned bright in Sochi, Lucas returned to his native country with co-director Scott Stern to shine a light on the truth of LGBT men and women in Russia and their ever-increasing prosecution.

OUT on DVD: 'Hawaii' and 'Cal'

Canteen Outlaws, the new film distribution label from Philadelphia’s TLA Entertainment, are set to release their two inaugural films, Hawaii and Cal, on February 18th on DVD and VOD. 

Berlinale Teddy Award winner Marco Berger’s third feature film, Hawaii follows Martin and Eugenio (Manuel Vignau and Mateo Chiarino), two former childhood friends who reunite during a hot summer in the Argentinean countryside. As they work together to restore Eugenio’s summer home, a game of power and desire ensues – forcing the two buddies to grapple with their sexual attraction and reconsider their relationship.

Cal is director Christian Martin’s follow-up to 2009’s hit film Shank and is an impassioned drama of a young man (Wayne Virgo) returning home to England from France to care for his ailing mother, as he searches for love and acceptance in a world seemingly devoid of compassion.

OUT on DVD: The Sound of Music Live!

Reviews were mixed but The Sound of Music Live! starring Carrie Underwood was a ratings bonanza and it's coming to DVD on December 17, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. 

The special live performance broadcast of the timeless Broadway sensation introduces a new generation to the von Trapp family. The DVD also includes the NBC special The Making of The Sound of Music Live!, giving fans an inside look at the creation of the production.

Last Thursday’s live telecast of The Sound of Music Live! delivered hit ratings, averaging a 4.6 rating, 13 share in adults 18-49 and 18.6 million viewers overall to dominate the night for NBC.  It was the network’s best Thursday average in total viewers, excluding sports, since the night of the “Frasier” finale in 2004, and NBC’s best 18-49 Thursday average, excluding sports, since the night of the “ER” finale in 2009.  It was also the most watched non-sports Thursday for any network since Fox aired a Thursday “American Idol” in 2011.

OUT on Blu-ray: The Three Faces of Eve

Joanne Woodward brought home a Best Actress Oscar for her unforgettable portrayal of a woman with multiple personality disorder. Woodward plays Eve White, a troubled housewife who begins seeing a psychiatrist. Under hypnosis, Eve’s two additional personalities are revealed: a vamp and an independent sophisticate — but curing her will require a probe into her disturbing past.

The Three Faces of Eve will be available on Blu-ray November 5.

OUT on DVD: Modern Family the Complete Fourth Season - Top 10 Phil-isms

As cute as he is clueless, Phil Dunphy brings the laughs with every episode of Modern Family. An entire book could probably be created just from the hilarious things he says (oh wait, there’s that fantastic Phil’s-osophy book). Take a look below at the Top 10 Phil-isms.

1. “Always keep the rhythm in your feet and a little party in your shoulders.”

2. “When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all like ‘Whaaat?!’”

3. “If you love something, set it free… unless it’s a tiger.”

4. “I always felt bad for people with emotionally distant fathers; it turns out I’m one of them. It’s a miracle I didn’t end up a stripper.”

5. “I’ve always said that if my son thinks of me as one of his idiot friends, I’ve succeeded as a dad.”

6. “The most amazing things that can happen to a human being will happen to you, if you just lower your expectations”

7. “Claire likes to say ‘you can be part of the problem or part of the solution.’ But, I happen to believe you can be both.”

8. “I am brave. Roller coasters? Love 'em. Scary movies? I've seen Ghostbusters like 7 times. I regularly drive through neighborhoods that have only recently been gentrified. So yeah I am pretty much not afraid of anything.”

9. “Always look people in the eye, even if they’re blind. Just say ‘I’m looking you in the eye.’”

10. “A Realtor's just a ninja in a blazer. The average burglar breaks in and leaves clues everywhere. But not me. I'm completely clueless.”


Modern Family: Season 4 will arrive in stores September 17,  courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.