WEB SERIES REVIEW: Freefall (Season One)
Seeing Season One of Freefall was like getting set up on a blind date with an attractive guy’s Best Friend. You get all hyped up thinking the date will be as sexy as him, only to find out that his friend is a Lord of the Rings Ork. We expected this series would be like the director’s previous work but we were bamboozled.
FILM REVIEW: Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night
{rating} To be honest, I really don’t know what the straight-to-dvd film “Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night” is supposed to be…Initially, the casting of six attractive black men of all shades drove me to looking up more information about the film. Then I…
CYPHER AVENUE’S BEST OF 2012 AWARDS
As we begin our first full week of 2013, we also celebrate all that we thought was awesome throughout 2012. This was a pretty fucking great year, I must say. We witnessed a crazy Presidential election, the beginning and end of The LA Complex…
WATCH: Web Series “My Brother’s Keeper”
We’re wrapping up the editing of our extended interview with Lamont Pierre, the creator/director of the polarizing new gay black web series, “Freefall.” In the meantime, we wanted to share Lamont Pierre’s previous (and far more superior) writing/directing work on a web series called “My…
WATCH: Episode #3 of Black Gay Web Series Freefall
We present the latest episode of the popular new web series featuring gay men of color, “Freefall” directed by filmmaker Lamont Pierré. For those not in the know, Freefall is about three everyday young men navigating though life, not being defined by their sexuality but…
WATCH: Episode #2 of Black Gay Web Series “Freefall”
Fresh out of the oven, we present the latest episode of the popular new web series featuring gay men of color, “Freefall” directed by filmmaker Lamont Pierré. When we say fresh out of the oven, we mean FRESH…as in the “Hot Now” light is still…
WATCH: New GAY TV Series Pilot “SKIN DEEP”
A 10-minute trailer for a new independent TV series hoping to get picked up by networks has started making the rounds on the Internet since its debut earlier this month. The series “Skin Deep” created by Caucasian Atlanta filmmaker David Summers follows the lives of…
CYPHER AVENUE REVIEWS: Nas “Life Is Good”
{rating} You’ll be hard pressed to find a better album to come out this year than Nas’ “Life Is Good.” We’re only halfway through 2012 but I’ll go out on a limb and say this will be the best Hip Hop album…
Album Review – Childish Gambino: ROYALTY
{rating} Amidst the Frank Ocean media blitz, Donald Glover (AKA Childish Gambino) free mix tape download ROYALTY was almost lost but was only kinda pushed to the background. The mix tape has been receiving critical acclaim all across the music blogosphere. This is Gambino’s latest release…
Reggie Yates: UK Teen Gangs Documentary
I first discovered masculine 28-year-old British actor Reggie Yates when I saw him in his brief stint on the UK science fiction series, Doctor Who. Turns out that Reggie has been acting since he was 10-years-old and still works regularly to this day. Not only…
Patrik-Ian Polk’s The Skinny Premieres on LOGO this Month!
In case you missed Director Patrik-Ian Polk’s new film, “The Skinny” during its limited theatrical run, it makes its network television premiere Sunday July 8th at 8pm eastern on the gay cable network LOGO. If you’ll recall, we reviewed the film back in April giving…
The LA Complex: Tariq &Kaldrick come to the C.W. this Tuesday
{rating} Back in January 2012, we told you about a new 6-episode series airing exclusively on the Canadian television network CTV called “The L.A. Complex.” Well, after months of waiting, the show will debut in the on the C.W. Network here in the United…
BOOK REVIEW: Brooklyn Gay Novel “Sons” by Alphonso Morgan
{rating} I don’t really know where to begin with my thoughts on this debut novel, “Sons” by Alphonso Morgan. It is a muddled, slow-moving, coming of age story that simultaneously makes you aroused, nauseated and bored. Set in Brooklyn in the 1990’s, the novel…
FILM REVIEW: W delta Z (aka The Killing Gene)
First off, SPOILER ALERT. The following post contains spoilers about this United Kingdom filmed horror/thriller movie entitled, W delta Z (aka The Killing Gene). So if you like dark, suspense thrillers and want to see this film without any foreknowledge on its plot twists,…
Movie Review and Trailer: The Adonis Factor
A Film By: Christopher Hines Release Date: October 26, 2010 Run Time: 70 minutesThe Adonis Factor attempts to cover the topic of the obsession of body images, how gay men view themselves and how gay men type casts each other in the gay community. Muscle…
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