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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Going In Style (Blu-ray Review) – Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman & Alan Arkin are going bank robbing

August 13, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin, Matt Dillon, Christopher Lloyd
Director: Zach Braff
Running Time: 96 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: August 14th 2017 (UK)

As a feature film director, Scrubs star Zach Braff has previously helmed the quirky indie comedies Garden State and Wish I Were Here. He’s gone far more mainstream with Going In Style, a movie that could have perhaps benefitted from a quirkier spirit.

The movie is a remake of a 1979 film that starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg, who have here been replaced by Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin. The three men are lifelong friends whose old age is being put in jeopardy by shady corporate goings-on that are set to rob them of their pensions. [Read more…]

Going In Style Trailer – Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman & Alan Arkin go old man bank robbing

December 19, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Bank robbing isn’t normally a good idea at the best of times, but when you’re all pensioners it’s probably best something to avoid altogether. However, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin obviously feel differently in the new movie, Going In Style.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”), Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules,” “Hannah and Her Sisters”) and Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) team up as lifelong buddies Willie, Joe and Al, who decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty, in director Zach Braff’s comedy “Going in Style.”

‘Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

‘The film also stars two-time Oscar nominee Ann-Margret (“Tommy,” “Carnal Knowledge”) as Annie, a grocery cashier who’s been checking Al out in more ways than one. Joey King (“Wish I Was Here”) stars as Joe’s whip-smart granddaughter, Brooklyn; with Oscar nominee Matt Dillon (“Crash”) as FBI Agent Hamer; and Christopher Lloyd (“Back to the Future” trilogy) as the guys’ lodge buddy, Milton. John Ortiz (“Silver Linings Playbook”) also stars as Jesus, a man of unspecified credentials who agrees to show the guys the ropes, and Peter Serafinowicz (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) as Joe’s former son-in- law, Murphy, whose pot clinic connections may finally prove useful.

‘Zach Braff (“Garden State”) directs from a screenplay by Theodore Melfi (“St. Vincent”).’

The film will be in cinemas next April. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman  DIRECTORS: Zach Braff  

Stand Up Guys (Blu-ray)

October 28, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Julianna Marguilies, Lucy Punch
Director: Fisher Stevens
Running Time: 95 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: October 28th 2013

Val (Al Pacino) gets out of prison after 28 years and is met by Doc (Christopher Walken), an old friend and former criminal associate. They catch up and Val wants to celebrate his release, which eventually involves robbing a pharmacy, finding hookers, stealing a car, and spring another of their old pals, Hirsch (Alan Arkin), from his old folks home so they can share one last hurrah.

However there’s one big wrinkle. Before he was locked up, Val accidentally shot the son of a major criminal. That had guy has been waiting all this time to get his revenge and has ordered Doc to kill Val before the following morning. [Read more…]

Amanda Seyfried, Alan Arkin & Felicity Jones Are Having A Most Wonderful Time

August 29, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

amanda-seyfriedLast February Diane Keaton and Robert Redford signed up for the Christmas comedy Most Wonderful Time. Now it appears that Redford has left, but Amanda Seyfried, Alan Arkin and Felicity Jones have come onboard, according to BleedingCool, with Keaton still involed.

Directed by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) from a script by Steve Rogers (P.S. I Love You), Most Wonderful Time will tell the story of a young woman (Jones) who brings a friend home to her parents’ house for Christmas, and they pretend that he is her boyfriend.

Arkin is set to play the wise and wry grandfather (when doesn’t he play that?). It’s not clear who Seyfried will be, but hopefully it’ll become clear soon. And just to ensure the whole thing is as twee as possible, it’ll be narrated by the family dog, Rags

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ACTORS: Amanda Seyfried, Alan Arkin, Felicity Jones  

Argo (Blu-ray)

March 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Victor Garber
Director: Ben Affleck
Running Time: 120 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: March 4th 2013

Although it’s not too unusual for the winner of the Best Picture Oscar not to also pick up the Best Director gong, it’s very rare for the winner of the biggest prize not to even get a nomination for its helmer. However that’s what happened with Argo, marking the first time it’s occurred since Driving Miss Daisy in 1989. (Incidentally it’s also now tied with Gigi as the Best Picture winner with the shortest title).

It was a real oversight on the part of the Academy, because it’s not like Ben Affleck’s direction is irrelevant to the movie’s success. Indeed it’s him probably more than anyone else who makes the film work. [Read more…]

Alan Arkin Has A Grudge Match With Sylvester Stallone & Robert De Niro

November 9, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Do you fancy watching a lot of older men punching each other? Well, Grudge Match is the movie for you, which will see Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro as aging boxers who head back into the ring against one another. Now they have some company, as Variety reports that Alan Arkin has signed up for the movie.

The film is said to want to evoke the spirit of Space Cowboys, although rather than seeing old guys go into space, this one has retired boxers Billy “The Kid” McGuigan and Henry “Razor” Sharp (De Niro and Stallone), who were bitter rivals during their pugilist careers, coaxed out of retirement for one last bout. However these aren’t guys who gave up fighting a couple of years ago, as their last match-up was 40 years ago. Alan Arkin will be channeling his best Burgess Meredith playing Stallone’s manager. Kim Basinger and Kevin Hart also star.

Tim Kelleher wrote the original draft of the screenplay, with Entourage creator Doug Ellin providing the most recent rewrite. Peter Segal (Get Smart) will direct, although it isn’t known when the film might shoot.

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ACTORS: Alan Arkin, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro  DIRECTORS: Peter Segal  FILMS: Grudge Match  

Argo Character Posters Hit The Web

September 25, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Argo certainly has a good cast, and some new character posters are trying to prove it, with pics of Ben Affleck, John Goodman and Alan Arkin arriving via the movie’s Facebook page.

Argo ‘chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis – the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the US embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist named Tony Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.’

Affleck also directs the movie, which hits US cinemas in October, with a UK release set for November 7th.

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ACTORS: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin  DIRECTORS: Ben Affleck  FILMS: Argo  

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken & Alan Arkin Are Stand Up Guys

February 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin make up quite a cast of acting luminaries. Now THR reports they have all joined the action-comedy Stand Up Guys. News of the project first surface back in February 2009, when it was known as Old Timers.

The film is about an aging hitman, who is considering taking a job where he has to kill his friend. He reunites with another old criminal cohort for one last night of recklessness, where they ponder their life choices while running from the police. It isn’t clear which roles the three actors will portray.

Fisher Stevens (yes, the guy from Short Circuit) is directing Stand Up Guys from a script by Noah Haidle. Production is scheduled to begin this April in Los Angeles.

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ACTORS: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin  DIRECTORS: Fisher Stevens  FILMS: Stand Up Guys  

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