2/5 Boys Briefs 3
  by Mark T. Von Seggern (Denver, CO USA)
As in some of the other Boys Briefs I reviewed. There is No Nudity or sexual activity in any of these. Something I need and am looking for when ordering DVDs like this.

4/5 Movies About Hooking Up
  by H. F. Corbin (ATLANTA, GA USA)
These eight short films, some of them so short that they barely get started before they are over, are introduced by a young man whom we first see taking a shower. At least he is not a hustler as in "Boys Briefs 4". He tells us that these films are all connected in that they are about "hooking up." The eight films in the order they are on the DVD: (1) "Cabalero" directed by Jarrah Gurrie; (2) "Shakespeare's Sonnets" by Samuel Park; (3) "David" by Robert Fiesco; (4) "Boys Grammar" by Dean Francis; (5) "Latchkey" by Garth Bardsley; (6) Little Boy Blues" by John McCrite; (7) "Between the Boys" by Jake Yuzna and (8) "Postmortem" by Eldar Rapaport."

In accompanying footage to the films, the directors, likeable to a person, talk about their works and explain what they hoped to achieve. Samuel Park, for example, reminds us that he had to cut out some of the dialogue that would have let us know that the two characters, students at Harvard in the 1940's and inspired by the book and film "Maurice" were caught up in trying to find out if Shakespeare wrote his sonnets for a young man. Since we don't have that piece of information, unfortunately the film doesn't quite make sense although the chemistry between the two young men works.

"Boys Grammar"-- sad to say-- is based on actual events in boys' boarding schools in Australia, in this instance a gang rape of one of the young men. "Latchkey" has a nice element of suspense as two different couples engage in various stages of coupling before the mother gets home from work. "Little Boy Blues" is one of the better contributions and deals with the subject of safer sex after the first round of AIDS deaths. One of the men involved in the tryst is an older man whose lover has died of AIDS. He meets a younger man who will try any drug he can get his hands on to enhance the sex. There is an element of danger in the film that is effective as is the lighting, much of which is in shades of blue.

"Between the Boys" is over almost before it starts although it is beautifully shot and covers the subject of incest, a dicey topic at best. My favorite film is the last one "Postmortem," a beautifully nuanced story of two men who meet again several years after they have had an affair for a summer. The acting is quite good, the subject universal. Should they begin again? Who was more wrong? How did each of them get over the other or did they? The ending is ambiguous as we are not sure if they will continue their affair or not.

It must be more difficult making an extremely short film than writing a short story, for instance, but some of these writer/directors admirably rise to the occasion.

5/5 Gotta' Love It
  by Paul A. Minafri (Phoenix, Arizona)
These "shorts" are quite well done. As in all such productions, they aren't always cinematically brilliant, but overall, they are good fun.

5/5 All 8 films are of roughly equivalent quality (GOOD)
  by Drake-by-the-Lake (State of Euphoria)
I can't point to one or the other and say it doesn't belong. All deliver the titillating, exciting goods. All the stories end just when you wish they would continue. Is that a weakness? The answer depends on whether you like short stories or not. Presumably, if you're browsing this collection, you like short vignettes of gay life. Now, keep in mind, these are all young, good-looking, even model-quality gays. More along the lines of fantasy than realism. And it's all about hooking up, sex, rather than the more complicated or dramatic aspects of mature adult life. Is it worth watching? Yes. Is it worth $[...]? That seems a bit steeper than comparable straight films. I would buy a used copy, myself. Or get a rental. Film distribution companies are always hitting the gay audience with higher prices. Only because it's difficult to find these things at, say, [...].

5/5 I just rewind these 8 ...........over and again
  by Allen M. Branch (Atl.Ga)
Its HARD to pick best from these David says to us all ,there is a language in the art of sex and some of us use it best, there all great Ill be looking over 4 soon ..............Alleo