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"Q. Allan Brocka (is) the cleverest, most unheralded screenwriter in pop."
Armond White
New York Press
RAVES FOR RICK & STEVE
“Excessively funny, fabulously rude and wickedly observed... Mere words can't do justice to how clever this is.”
Jane Simon
Daily Mirror
“Hilarious, un-PC, and generally adorable.”
Angela Watercutter
Wired
“Brocka…finds the couples vowing to stick together and emotionally support one another despite the constant wisecracks, backbiting, and tantrums that frequently (and hilariously) erupt and threaten to stand in the way.”
Nathan Southern
New York Times
“What to Watch: The easily offended might think twice…but if you can handle cartoon placenta jokes, jump right in!”
Jessica Shaw
Entertainment Weekly
“The week in Pop: My favorite things”
Whitney Matheson
Pop Candy
USA Today
“Step aside Will and Grace. Already a cult hit in the States, Rick & Steve certainly makes for lots of laughs.”
Emily Ford
Sunday Times
(London)
“As depictions of gay men on TV grow ever more anodyne, Rick and Steve - horny, bitchy and computer animated - are the most believable queens on the box…It is gloriously funny and painfully true, too.”
Richard Smtih
The Guardian UK
“Attention, heterosexuals. If you have been searching for societal permission to check out Logo, the MTV-owned lesbian and gay network, look no further than ... the brutally funny 'Rick and Steve'”
New York Press
“Silly and savage, "Rick and Steve The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World," by Q. Allan Brocka (the nephew of the Philippine director Lino Brocka), is something of a queer studies essay by way of a daytime soap rendered through brightly colored Playmobil figurines.”
Manhola Dargis
New York Times
“A devilishly un-PC stop-motion sitcom… by turns clever and crass, the series has fun with gay archetypes and numerous pop culture references.”
Brad Newsom
Sydney Herald
“Prolific writer Q. Allan Brocka's scripts are full of zingers that fly by so quickly you'll find yourself stifling your laughter so you don't miss the next joke coming along.”
Don Wilmott
Filmcritic.com
“Holy Crap this show is absolutely hysterical!”
Dan Deevy
The Cinema Source
“Very funny – and very adult”
Mike McDaniel
Houston Chronicle
“Edgy, animated fun… Rick and Steve make the kids of ‘South Park’ look like, well, kids.”
Bernie Heidkamp
Pop Politics
“If you haven’t seen Rick & Steve, then you’re missing the most outrageous thing to happen to animated television since South Park.”
Metro Source
In naming Q. Allan Brocka the #1 “most loved” person of the year.
“One of the Five TV Best Shows of the Year.”
The Advocate
BEST TV SERIES – Pulcinella Award (Italy) 2008
BEST CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES – Artios Award (CSA) 2008
RICK & STEVE currently airs in
USA (Logo), Canada (Teletoon), Chile (ISAT), Argentina (ISAT), France (Virgin-17), UK (E-4), Australia (SBS), New Zealand (TV2), Germany (TIMM), Sweden (Channel 5), Mexico (ISAT), Brazil (ISAT)
coming soon to: Spain, Poland, Peru, Netherlands, Italy
 
Allan is #1 in "30 Most Loved People of the Year"
by Metro Source Magazine
Colleagues on the list include Amy Winehouse, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Griffin, Rihanna, Tyra Banks.
Raves for BOY CULTURE
Sleek, absorbing drama. A cerebral blend of insight, wit and raunchy self awareness. Mr. (Derek) Magyar gives the character a self-deprecating charm that's enormously appealing.
Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
Boy Culture displays considerable insight. It is buoyed by some incisive acting and writing and anchored by a standout portrayal from (Patrick) Bauchau, a versatile veteran of international cinema. Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times
This introspective romance is wise in the ways of storytelling.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Has a wit and grit. The film is gay in its sensibility but universal in its appeal!
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A strong cast, formal visual style and cynical voiceover that propels the action help elevate this Seattle-set gay romp from the ranks of the stereotypical.
Ronnie Scheib, VARIETY
His (Darryl Stephens) performance here is beautifully nuanced and three-dimensional, as are those of Bauchau and Magyar.
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
Surprisingly charming not-quite-romantic comedy balances its tale of relationship misadventures among the young and totally hot with some sharp insights into the way age, race, sex, body image, education and the tangled relationship between lust and commerce shape the lives of handsome, 21st-century gay men.
Maitland McDonough, TV Guide
Boy Culture benefits from some assured helming by Q. Allan Brocka and strong performances! John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
"Brocka’s left-turn approach to urban gay sophistication makes Boy Culture consistently startling, a genre reinvention...Boy Culture becomes more than a literary adaptation; it keeps film culture relevant and buoyant."
Armond White, New York Press
Bristles with intrigue and sensitivity.
Metro Times, Detroit
One of the best gay themed movies I’ve seen a very long time!
Edge Publications
Refreshingly entertaining and honest at heart!
Michael Guillen,The Evening Class
"Boy Culture is a professionally crafted indie-film that will go down as a mature drama/comedy that does not hide from gay sex, hustling and redemption.
Cybersocket
Rewarding, superb viewing experience. Boy Culture dares to push modern gay cinema towards a level of sophistication.
Brian Orndorf, eFilmCritic.com
Playful, feisty! Suitably erotic and fitfully perceptive.
David Lamble, Bay Area Reporter
Engaging, deliciously directed and, most winningly, downright sexy!
Mark James, Gay.com
A hip, funny romance, full of attitude!
Gary Kramer, Gay City News
One of the more literate and substantial gay-themed movies to come along in a while.
Don Willmot, FilmCritic.com
A step in the right direction for gay films!
Next Magazine
 
Allan's two features, BOY CULTURE and EATING OUT
have both graced the cover of The Advocate.
Other cover stories on Allan's work.
        
    
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