{"id":253,"date":"2009-07-20T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.wordpress.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2010-04-01T22:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T20:24:18","slug":"great-gay-love-stories-part-2-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/great-gay-love-stories-part-2-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelter starring Brad Rowe and Trevor Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254\" title=\"Shelter starring Brad Rowe and Trevor Wright\" src=\"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/35c556r.jpg?resize=270%2C400\" alt=\"35c556r\" width=\"270\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/35c556r.jpg?w=270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/35c556r.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelter starring Brad Rowe and Trevor Wright. Written and directed by Jonah Markowitz. 2007.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shelter (2007)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Starring Brad Rowe, Trevor Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-260 \" title=\"Shelter starring Brad Rowe and Trevor Wright\" src=\"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawright.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C206\" alt=\"Rowe as Shaun on the left. Wright as Zach on the right.\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawright.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawright.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rowe as Shaun on the left. Wright as Zach on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>California shores. Zach is skate-boarding, surfing working on his art, dealing with his on and off relationship with Tori, taking care of his 5 year old nephew Cody and dealing with the ever demanding and borderline selfish Jeanne (Tina Holmes) &#8211; Cody\u2019s mom. He is a busy young man who is not exactly happy with his career options either. Taking shift jobs and barely making ends meet, he also tries to keep his dreams of being an artist alive.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when he runs across Shaun. Shaun\u2019s Zach\u2019s best friend\u2019s big brother. Shaun has become a big shot writer, living in Hollywood. A recent break-up and writer\u2019s block has made him come back to his home town. Shaun is very good-looking, easy-going and fun to be around. The two start surfing and Zach\u2019s world becomes less complicated around him. Or so he thinks\u2026The only catch is that Shaun is gay, and Zach seems to be drawn to him- although during his 20 something years,he has known himself to be\u00a0 straight. One day-again after a very fun day out together, Shaun kisses Zach. It is soft, repeated and romantic. Zach responds in the same way. However after that Zach is just angry. With himself, with Shaun and pretty much with everyone and everything else. His sister is worried that Zach might be a \u201cfag\u201d and she definitely doesn\u2019t want Shaun around Cody. Tori isn\u2019t happy with Zach\u2019s weird behaviour either.And meanwhile little Cody loves Shaun, who is much better with him than Jeanne ever will be.<\/p>\n<p>But Zach has had enough. He just stops analyzing and sulking- he goes to Shaun\u2019s place.He kisses him the moment Shaun opens the door,leading to a passionate make-out session that leads straight to the bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>It was hot, romantic and passionate all at once. Then Zach is truly happy, in a very long time.\u00a0 They hang out, stay in and have a blast. Shaun is even willing to postpone going to L.A or better yet, take Zach with him. He is also very supportive of Zach&#8217;s dreams. But trouble starts when Shaun&#8217;s brother finds out. Zach isn&#8217;t happy to face the others, no matter how well-intentional they might be. His sister is also planning to move away with her boyfriend for a while, planning to leave Cody with his uncle. This results in Zach driving Shaun away&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t give away the ending and you should really see the movie for yourself. It is a beautiful movie. It is a great story of love, relationships, family and dreams. It pictures well the struggles we go through to find out who we are. And I believe Shaun represents the perfect\u00a0partner (whatever your inclinations are) and Zach represents the person on the verge of big decisions&#8230;Forget about the title, it is one of my favorite romantic stories ever&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-266 \" title=\"Brad Rowe in Shelter\" src=\"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/2008_shelter_0021.jpg?w=200&#038;resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"2008_shelter_002\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Rowe (Shaun) and Jackson Wurth (Cody). So Shaun is gorgeous, loving, fun, surfing and a writer. And he is good with kids. His character sure seems to good to be true but at least Brad Rowe is a good enough actor to makes him seem real.W<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-270\" title=\"Trevor Wright and Brad Rowe in Shelter\" src=\"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/shelter_markowitz.jpg?resize=425%2C747\" alt=\"shelter_markowitz\" width=\"425\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/shelter_markowitz.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/shelter_markowitz.jpg?resize=170%2C300&amp;ssl=1 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There is lots of sun, surfiing and California. I love this movie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Similar movies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/great-gay-love-stories-part-1-latter-days\/\">Latter Days<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/touch-of-pink-2004\/\">Touch of Pink<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/soldiers-girl-a-haunting-true-story-starring-lee-pace-and-troy-garity\/\">Soldier&#8217;s Girl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shelter (2007) Starring Brad Rowe, Trevor Wright California shores. Zach is skate-boarding, surfing working on his art, dealing with his on and off relationship with Tori, taking care of his 5 year old nephew Cody and dealing with the ever demanding and borderline selfish Jeanne (Tina Holmes) &#8211; Cody\u2019s mom. 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