By Colby Scott

Hot New Releases for our dirty bird readers -- Hot new releases for cold winter months.

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LIGHTS & DARKS: AN INTERRACIAL SPIN
Channel 1 Releasing and Electro Video
WEB SITE: www.Channel1Releasing.com
DIRECTED BY: Doug Jeffries

SIT AND SPIN: You know how certain laundromats in West Hollywood are prime cruising ground for horny gay men? Well, director Doug Jeffries must have used that for inspiration with Lights & Darks, where the race card isn't as important as the quantity of supremely hot sex studs that are looking to get their undies pressed. Jeffries has brought together a delicious mix of sex fiends, like shaved-headed Jake Samms opposite All-American Tommy Ritter, or bleach blond Brett Matthews with luscious cover man Jason Tiya. But if you're a fan of three-way scenes, then keep watching. One involves tattooed and blinged-out Markus Ram, handsome and hung Brock Webster, and Luca DiCorso. Webster is incredibly beautiful while Ram takes on the duties of power top with incredible gusto. This amazing combination is followed by Brandon Lee taking on Blu Kennedy and exotic Rick Razor. The action hits at a private sex den, but it's the energy of this trio that makes the scene really soar.

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CELL BLOCK SEX 1: Locked Down
CELL BLOCK SEX 2:The WardenÕs Lover
Diamond Pictures
WEB SITE: www.DiamondXPictures.com
DIRECTED BY: Csaba Borbéy

PRISONER'S PARADISE: Csaba Borbéy has an uncanny ability to cast the most gorgeous Eastern European gods in his movies and now he's locking them up for some wild humping. This is a two-part series, though God knows you don't need to see both parts to understand the plot. Basically, Julian Vincenzo, with his muscular body and dark piercing eyes, is the warden who takes advantage of his equally sexy prisoners. He starts with tanned and (somewhat) hairy Renato Bellagio for a hard session that will leave you panting. From there the orgies abound, with the only

disappointment being that the prisoner/guard dynamics are never really explored. Sexual chemistry can be elevated to incredible levels when there is a power play going on, and while the second DVD offers some of this, for the most part it's just your basic porn with guys wearing different costumes.

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WET PALMS box set (Season 1, Episodes 4-6)
Jet Set Productions
WEB SITE: www.JetSetMen.com or www.WetPalms.com
DIRECTED BY: Matthew Moore

GET WET! Have you seen Wet Palms yet? It's the first gay porn soap opera and a really fun guilty pleasure. The camp elements help offset any sort of plot problems, and a collection of hot sex scenes really ties everything together. All of the drama surrounds the Wet Palms hotelÑor as we like to call it, ÒThe San Vicente InnÓ in West HollywoodÑthe various guys who either work or live there, and the evil Jett brothers who love stirring up trouble. Jason Ridge and Brad Benton take up a lot of the story, which is good because they can both act, and this second box set features them along with Jason Adonis and Rob Romoni for multiple steamy sexcapades. But the highlight for me is Michael Soldier playing Simon Jett. I've seen Soldier before but he is so amazingly sexy in this series, knowing how to play the sort of bastard you hate but still want to have screw you nevertheless. If you liked the first three episodes (and even if you didn't) the story and action gets better with this installment, and word has it that episodes 7-9 are even better still. I can't wait to continue my collection!