Short Film Review – In The Dark
I usually don’t watch gay short films or web-series due to their typical clichés and stereotypes such as: A group of sassy friends, with the main protagonist looking for love with over the top acting and shade. Masculinity only being represented in the form of…
In the Moonlight, Ocky Williams is still Light Skin
After a brief drought, I’m back with some follow up reflections on the film Moonlight. In the podcast I touch on: My connection with the film as it relates to my coming of age as a non-heterosexual Black kid. How self-identified Black Queer men label…
Moonlight: A Spoiler Free Review
In addition to this spoiler free review of Moonlight, I will also post a separate essay detailing my reflections about the film along with my assessments of a couple of mainstream reviews, some of the language used in those reviews and discuss some social media musings. I…
Luke Cage: A 15 Point *Spoiler Free* Review
I almost feel like there is nothing left to say about Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix that already hasn’t already been said. There have been some very positive and glowing reviews of the series – created and executive produced by Cheo Hodari Coker – which upon…
American Horror Story: Roanoke
I recently watched American Horror Story’s season six premiere “Roanoke” and I must say I enjoyed it. Even though I actually hate the show after season two, I do like the idea of the show paying homage to and mimicking the popularity of reality…
#BLACKBLOOD – The BEST Hip Hop Song By an LGBT Artist This Year!
THIS TRACK GOES HARD! I feel like I’ve been transported to a listening island full of nothing but MC’s and audiophiliac producers who’ve baptize my ears in hip-hop-beat-dopeness. My hip hop soul wells have been replenished after listening to this track. There is no doubt that…
WATCH: The AlliYance – Cake #EatUp
Let me cut to the chase before I start my mini rant of a review. Cake is a good track. The double feature video is “meh”. The AlliYance is Dope. So let me begin. When it comes to LGBT rap artist, Cypher Avenue doesn’t just…
X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer
Uncanny X-Men was my first comic I fell in love with in the 80’s. I appreciated the diversity of the team and its villains created by Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. In the 90’s when the X-Men cartoon came out, it heavily pulled from…
Milan Christopher & Miles Brock: Love & Hip Hop Review
I don’t think I’m your typical reality television fan. The reality tv I watch are shows like the award winning No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Paranormal Witness or River Monsters. I know some may have never heard of these shows…
Film Review: Beasts of No Nation
“I just want to be happy in this life. If I’m telling this to you, you will think that…I am some sort of beast or devil. I am all of these things…but I also had a mother, father, brothers and a sister once. They loved…
WATCH: The Reward – Tales of Alethrion
I wasn’t expecting my over active imagination to want something more after viewing the short animated film The Reward. It wasn’t because the short was lacking in any way; the opposite, it is very entertaining. My cravings were coming from something that doesn’t exist…
The 25 Most Bad Ass Games Of E3 2015 – PART 2
The 25 Most Bad Ass Games Of E3 2015 – PART 2 In my first list you got number 25 to 13 of the most impressive game trailers and in-game demonstrations shown at the E3 2015 expo. In this list I count down to the…
I’m Over the Gayness in Comics
June is LGBT Pride Month and DC Comics in conjunction with The Advocate released a video showcasing the history of LGBT characters in DC Comics. This video also coincides with the release of the comic Midnighter #1. I’ve always been a fan of Apollo &…
Review: The Prancing Elites Project
I contemplated on doing a review for the reality show The Prancing Elites Project. My struggles were not because Cypher Ave is a masculine leaning website but because my biases towards reality television and the predictable direction of the shows. The Prancing Elites Project was…
MixTape Review: EarthTone – New Balance
It’s no secret that EarthTone is one of my favorite gay rappers. I’ve referred to him as the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) gay rapper in a previous post and selected his video for the track Fuck Is You as the best of the Top…