Who is Julien Cox? He's a Montreal-based photographer and filmmaker and part of the Canadian VQ studios. An adult film star himself, Julien specializes in finding some of the hottest Canadian newcomers in hardcore gay porn and brings this footage exclusively to his website, JuliensBoys.com.
I'll begin with this disclaimer: the porn is very good. For a lot of people, that is all that matters, right? So I will say that the content itself is a nice variety of cute twinks in hot scenes. There are lots of solo masturbation episodes, as well as cute boys playing with toys, plus plenty of duo action. While the content count is still pretty low, the site has only been running since September of 2009, which is less than four months from the time of this review. Because of this, I will admit that they still have plenty of room to grow, both in quantity and quality and we can hope that any tweaks needed will eventually be tweaked.
That being said, I have several issues with this site. For starters, let's discuss quality. There are no downloads available on Julien's Boys, which is becoming a common thing in new websites. The Flash player they offer is pretty decent, though I've seen faster, and the tour to the site promises you "the very best horny twinks in high definition." Yes, these twinks are both hot and horny, but they're definitely not in HD. Additionally, there are no photos on this site. With only 67 videos to stream right now, I feel the $29.95 price tag is a little high right now. On the plus side, the Flash viewer features a handy film-strip tool underneath the video so that you can jump between scenes.
There are also issues with the way Julien's Boys is organized. Buttons at the top are very limiting – an "all videos" link is pretty much it. While each video has a lengthy scene description – a definite plus – as well as a list of all the models featured, you can't browse by anything other than popularity and date. There are no further ways to sort. Adding some extra features here, like the ability to browse by type of scene, genre or even star would help this site better live up to its competitors. As their content count increases, I see it becoming tedious to find what you want to watch.
Julien Cox has a nice blog, dating back to December of 2008, although it hasn't been updated in a couple of months. Besides this, there don’t seem to be many extras for members at all. Links to live cam boys and videos on demand are actually just links to partners you have to pay for. I feel, again, that the price for this site is a little high without access to other VQ network sites or bonuses, but Julien Cox clearly has a talent for finding young, good looking and horny amateur boys and filming them in hot hardcore scenes. This talent alone, combined with a couple of site improvements, would make this a great buy.
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