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

Epic (Blu-ray)

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I have to admit that the trailers for Epic left me cold. The title seemed random, the story silly and the whole thing felt like an attempt to cash in on Avatar for the family audience. Well, there is a little of the eco theme and visual style of Avatar in there, but I have to say how surprised I was by the film, which is far more entertaining than I’d expected (even if it is a bit silly).

In the film the forests are full of two-inch tall creatures, split between the good, peace loving Treemen and their allies, and the evil Boggans, who want to destroy everything and turn the forest into rot. An eccentric human scientist believes in these creatures, but his singular obsession has left him without a wife and estranged from his daughter, M.K. (Amanda Seyfried). [Read more…]

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

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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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Lovelace Trailer – Amanda Seyfried turns porn legend

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Lovelace got a slightly mixed reception when it debuted at Sundance, but it certainly tells an interesting tale and has a great cast, including Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Juno Temple, Sharon Stone, Chris Noth, Adam Brody, Hank Azaria, Wes Bentley, James Franco and Chloe Sevigny.

Now a new trailer and a UK quad poster have arrived, ahead on the film’s August release.

The film is a biopic of Linda Lovelace, who’s a fascinating figure far beyond the titilation of being the star of one of the best known porn films in history – Deep Throat. Initially appearing in hardcore (and even bestiality) movies, at first Lovelace seemed to revel in her status. However during her divorce from Chuck Traynor in the late 70s, she claimed that he was violent and had forced her into pornography at gunpoint (with some evidence to back her up).

While there have been some disagreements as to the extent Lovelace was a willing participant in her porn career, there seems little doubt that her marriage to Traynor was viscious and cruel. She then became an anti-pornography champion, speaking at public events and testifying at government hearings on pornography. However she later said she felt used by the anti-pornography movement, which got a lot mileage out of having Lovelace as a convert, but which never helped her out. She died in a car accident in 2002.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl) direct.

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Amanda Seyfried & Adam Driver Up To Join Ben Stiller In While We’re Young

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amanda-seyfriedIt’s been a long time since we heard about this movie. Indeed the last time news emerged it didn’t have a name, but it was revealed that it would reunite Ben Stiller and Greenberg writer/director Noah Baumbach. At the time James Franco was also involved, and offers had been made to Greta Gerwig and Cate Blachett.

Fast forward a couple of years and Stiller is still attached but the other actors have gone. Instead TheWrap reports that Amanda Seyfried is in talks to join the film, with Adam Driver and Naomi Watts taking the other main roles. Oh, and it’s got a name, While We’re Young.

The film is about about a free-spirited Brooklynite twenty-something couple (Seyfried and Driver) who inspires an uptight documentarian (Stiller) and his wife (Watts) to loosen up – with comedic consequences. There’s no news on exactly when it might shoot.

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Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried & Chiwetel Ejiofor Join Z For Zachariah

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chris-pine-out-magazine1Robert O’Brien’s novel, Z For Zachariah, has become a bit of a young adult classic, but it’s rather dark themes and the fact most of it features just a couple of characters means there’s never been a proper movie version. Now director Craig Zobel is planning to remedy that, and Variety reports he’s brought Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chiwetel Ejiofor onboard to appear in the movie.

Tobey Maguire, who’ll also produce, has previously signed up to star.

The film is about ‘a teenage girl who lives alone and maintains a farm in the only valley with breathable air in the wake of nuclear war. Her world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest.’ Interestingly, the book only has one character coming out of the forest, so it seems there’ll be a few changes for the film.

There’s no news on who the actors will play. Maguire is likely to be one of the strangers, John Loomis, while the others will presumably be the other stranger and John’s old co-workers, who he has flashbacks of during an illness.

The film will shoot this summer.

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Les Miserables (Blu-ray)

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The shortest acting performance ever to win an Oscar is Beatrice Straight in Network, who picked up the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award despite only being on-screen for five minutes and forty seconds. Anne Hathaway can’t beat that, as her Fantine gets a comparatively lengthy 15 minutes of screen time in Les Miserables. However I’d argue she won the Best Supporting Actress gong purely for the 277 seconds she spends singing I Dreamed A Dream. [Read more…]

Reese Witherspoon Hears Three Little Words For Walk The Line Director James Mangold

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reese-witherspoonJames Mangold may be busy putting the finishing touches to The Wolverine, but he’s already planning his next movie, Three Little Words. Unperturbed by her recent legal troubles, Mangold has now signed up Reese Witherspoon star in the movie, which will reunite them following their success with Walk The Line, according to THR.

Adapted from Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s memoir, Three Little Words is about her childhood, which was spent in and out of foster care, starting at just four years of age. Reese Witherspoon is set to play a Florida volunteer who develops a relationship with the young girl, nine years after she first entered the system. The volunteer embarks on a search for the girl’s biological mother, in the hope that she’ll give up her parental rights so that the teen can start a new life.

Amanda Seyfried is in early talks to play the girl’s biological mother, but a deal hasn’t been reached at this time. Lewis Colick (The Fighter) and Michael Petroni (The Rite) are writing the screenplay. It’s not clear when it might shoot.

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New Epic Trailer – Into an animated miniature world

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The creators of Ice Age and Rio return on May 24th with Epic, which looks like it should be pretty fun, even if it won’t please anti-environmentalist nutjobs. It’s certainly got a great voice cast, including Amanda Seyfried, Beyonce Knowles, Josh Hutcherson, Beyonce, Colin Farrell and more.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The creators of ICE AGE and RIO will reveal a hidden world unlike any other in an all new 3D CG action-adventure comedy. EPIC tells the story of a battle raging all around us between the forces of good, who protect nature, and the forces of evil, who wish to see it destroyed. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and unique characters to save their world…and ours. EPIC is released in cinemas May 2013 from Twentieth Century Fox.’

Take a look at the new trailer below.

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Amanda Seyfried Finds Seth MacFarlane’s Million Ways To Die In The West

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amanda-seyfriedJust last week, Seth MacFarlane managed to sign Charlize Theron up for his follow-up to Ted, the comedy Western A Million Ways To Die In The West. Now, despite being busy preparing to host the Oscars, he’s got another lady interested in his movie – Amanda Seyfried – who’s currently in talks to join the film.

A Million Ways To Die In The West is about a mild-mannered farmer (MacFarlane) who chickens out when a gunfight erupts on his property. Annoyed at his singular lack of spine, his girlfriend (Seyfried) ditches him.

In the hope of winning her back, he makes a deal with the wife (Theron) of a notorious outlaw, to teach him how to handle a gun and be a bit more of a badass. However, as he starts getting closer to the sharp-shooting woman, trouble erupts when her vicious husband reappears.

MacFarlane also co-wrote the script with Ted cohorts Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, with the movie being described as being similar in tone to Blazing Saddles. The plan is to start shooting in May. (Source: THR)

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First Lovelace Clip – Amanda Seyfried has a sexy photoshoot

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Lovelace debuts at Sundance this week, featuring Amanda Seyfried as the first hardcore porn superstar – Deep Throat’s Linda Lovelace. Now we can get our first look a the movie with the clip above.

Linda Lovelace is a fascinating figure far beyond the titillation of being the star of one of the best known porn films in history. Initially appearing in hardcore (and even bestiality) movies, at first Lovelace seemed to revel in her status. However during her divorce from Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard) in the late 70s, she claimed that he was violent and had forced her into pornography at gunpoint (with some evidence to back her up).

She said that her marriage was plagued with beatings and rape, and that when she appeared in porn, it was basically enforced prostitution. While there have been some disagreements as to the extent Lovelace was a willing participant in her porn career, there seems little doubt that her marriage to Traynor was vicious and cruel. She then became an anti-pornography champion, speaking at public events and testifying at government hearings on pornography. However she later said she felt used by the anti-pornography movement, which got a lot mileage out of having Lovelace as a convert, but which never helped her out. She died in a car accident in 2002.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl) direct.

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