4.5
24 Nights
Posted on 15 December 2020This Queer film review is part of my “Queer Holiday Film Reviews for 2020” post. From the synopsis, it’s hard to imagine how the plot to “24 Nights” would be an enjoyable Queer Christmas film. But don’t worry! Despite however awkward and naive Jonathan comes across, there’s something a magical and romantic about how this twisted romance unfolds. While it starts off a bit slow, keep pushing through and I have a feeling that by…
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The 25 “GAYS” of Christmas
Posted on 1 December 2022Can you believe that it has been THREE YEARS since I launched Queer Film Reviews? Yup! It all started with six new queer Christmas film reviews as part of my “Top 5 Christmas Films” post in 2019. (Wait… six reviews? It was a Top 5 post? Well, it was five films – plus a special mention!) While I haven’t always been consistent with publishing new film reviews, (aka – let’s ignore the fact that I…
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4.0
Adam and Steve
Posted on 18 December 2022[“Adam and Steve” is the fourth film of my “5 Queer Holiday Shorts for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Will You Merry Me?”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Christmas In Clyde“, click HERE.] With all of my searching each year for new queer holiday short films, I must confess that I missed one! However I can be forgiven a little bit because “Adam and Steve” premiered in May of 2019 as…
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4.5
Anna and the Apocalypse
Posted on 21 December 2021[“Anna and the Apocalypse” is the first film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the next review, “Too Cool For Christmas”, click HERE.] Comedy, Musical, and … Horror? In a Christmas Film? Huh? Normally these three distinctly different genres don’t work together at all. However, there’s something really unique about “Anna and the Apocalypse” – it’s actually quite captivating! With various hints of another zombie classic, “Shawn of the Dead”,…
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3.0
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
Posted on 6 December 2022[“The Bitch Who Stole Christmas” is the first film of my “5 Queer Holiday Films for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Happiest Season”, click HERE.] When VH1 announced “The Bitch Who Stole Christmas” for Christmas 2021, I was ecstatic! Starring over twenty drag queens and judges from the iconic Emmy-winning series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and of course, Mother Ru herself – what could go wrong? With plenty of Ru’s iconic sass, paired with…
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3.5
A Boy Named Noel
Posted on 20 December 2021[“A Boy Named Noel” is the first short of my “7 Queer Christmas Shorts for 2021” post. To read the next review, “The Postie”, click HERE.] The first Queer Christmas Short to kick of my 2021 reviews is a rather interesting one. Created awhile back by the German YouTube channel, QueerBlick, it’s one of their many short films. “A Boy Named Noel” doesn’t say much, but takes us on a journey that most of us…
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3.0
The Butch Who Stole Christmas
Posted on 3 December 2022[“The Butch Who Stole Christmas” is the first film of my “5 Queer Holiday Shorts for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Xmas Eve Eve”, click HERE.] Not to be confused with VH1’s queer Christmas film, “The Butch Who Stole Christmas” is one of my interesting finds this year. This queer holiday short film from Amanda Holland’s YouTube channel, Girl Ship TV, is a lesbian parody on the iconic animated film “How The Grinch…
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4.5
Christmas Coming Out
Posted on 24 December 2021[“Christmas Coming Out” is the sixth short of my “7 Queer Christmas Shorts for 2021” post. To read the next review, “When Harry Met Santa“, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”, click HERE.] I very nearly missed this new gay Christmas short, as it’s only available over at GayBingeTV. But I’m glad I didn’t, because it’s quite charming! Yes, it is another coming out story – but…
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Christmas Films that are Kinda Queer
Posted on 10 December 2020While there are a handful of Holiday & Christmas films that feature queer lead characters or storylines, there are even more that continue to use the “gay” character as the sidekick/best friend/brother/et al trope. They’re only “kinda queer”. There’s a handful of reasons for this: Yes, all of these films do have a gay/lesbian/queer character. Or they might have a gay/queer side story. But does that mean the actual film is deserving of the title…
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4.0
The Christmas House
Posted on 16 December 2022[“The Christmas House” is the third film of my “5 Queer Holiday Films for 2022” post. To read the next review, “The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Happiest Season“, click HERE.] Back in 2020, Hallmark created QUITE a stir after first promising a gay holiday film in their annual Countdown to Christmas lineup, then “forgetting” to include it when the released the lineup – before finally caving…
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3.5
The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls
Posted on 20 December 2022[“The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls” is the fourth film of my “5 Queer Holiday Films for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Single All The Way”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Christmas House“, click HERE.] After their release of “The Christmas House” in 2020, Hallmark decided to give us a sequel for Christmas 2021. However while we knew a decent amount about the first film, they kept a lot…
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2.0
Christmas In Clyde
Posted on 14 December 2022[“Christmas In Clyde” is the third film of my “5 Queer Holiday Shorts for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Adam and Steve”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Xmas Eve Eve“, click HERE.] Once again this year, YouTube lead me to another lesbian queer Christmas short film, “Christmas In Clyde”. Alysse Dalessandro, the plus-sized fashion blogger, LGBTQ influencer, writer, designer, and professional speaker behind the blog Ready to Stare, both was the…
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5.0
The Christmas Setup
Posted on 23 December 2021[“The Christmas Setup” is the third film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the next review, “City of Trees”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Too Cool for Christmas“, click HERE.] Of all the Queer Christmas films, I truly think “The Christmas Setup” has become my favourite! There’s something magical about how Hugo’s mother plays matchmaker bringing Hugo together with his high school crush – who happens to like…
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1.0
City of Trees
Posted on 24 December 2021[“City of Trees” is the fourth film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the next review, “Dashing In December”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Christmas Setup“, click HERE.] Historically, at least for the films I have reviewed, when one person writes, directs, AND stars in their own film – it doesn’t work. As expected, that is the case with “City of Trees.” However the low rating actually…
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4.5
Dashing In December
Posted on 24 December 2021[“Dashing in December” is the last film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the previous review, “City of Trees“, click HERE.] I nearly overlooked “Dashing in December” amid all of the other new queer Christmas films last year. A TV Movie produced by Paramount, it didn’t get much attention. Which is quite unfortunate because it’s a great queer Christmas film! There is some amazing characterisations along with a storyline that…
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An Early Christmas Present!
Posted on 21 November 2020Because Queer Film Reviews has been steadily increasing in popularity since launching last year, it’s time to expand a bit further! (OK… it *might* have something to do with the TONS of Queer films out there – and the many more that keep premiering each year. But let’s pretend my reviews are becoming more popular!) It’s time to “unwrap” your present…
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