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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

Holding The Man (Cinema Review)

June 2, 2016 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Ryan Corr
Director: Neil Armfield
Running Time: 127 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 3rd 2016 (UK)

Holding The Man is evidence, if it were needed, of how difficult it is for gay-themed movies to crossover into the mainstream. Despite glowing reviews and a cast including Aussie luminaries such as Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia and (briefly) Geoffrey Rush, as well as Kerry Fox (who’s actually a New Zealander), the movie has largely managed to fly under the radar, and a year on from its Australian debut it’s still waiting for a US release date.

However, it’s now arrived in the UK thanks to Peccadillo Pictures. Based on Tim Conigrave’s bestselling memoir, the film covers a roughly 15-year period, starting in the mid-70s when Tim (Ryan Corr) is in a Catholic high school and first begins hanging out with his crush, John (Craig Scott). It doesn’t take them long before they admit that they like each more than just friends. Inevitably their teenage love faces obstacles when the school and then their parents discover what is going on. [Read more…]

Mental Trailer – Toni Collette reunites with the director of Muriel’s Wedding

November 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Having Toni Collette as your nanny sounds like it’d be quite fun, but in Mental she certainly shakes up a family where all the daughters think they’re mental. The film sees her reunite with director PJ Hogan for the first time since Muriel’s Wedding. Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Moochmore girls are certain they all suffer from some kind of undiagnosed mental illness – because if they’re not crazy then they’re just unpopular. Their mother Shirley (Rebecca Gibney) – unable to cope with her demanding daughters and unsupported by her philandering politician husband, Barry (Anthony LaPaglia) – suffers a nervous breakdown. After Barry commits his wife to a mental hospital (telling his constituents that “she’s on holiday”) he finds himself alone with 5 teenage girls he barely knows. Desperate, he impulsively picks up a hitchhiker named Shaz (Collette) and installs her in his home as nanny to his daughters.’ The movie is out on November 16th.

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ACTORS: Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber  DIRECTORS: P.J. Hogan  FILMS: Mental  

Anthony LaPaglia Up For Django Unchained

November 1, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt that Tarantino has a talent for attracting great casts to his projects, and that’s certainly true of his upcoming Django Unchained, which has now added Anthony LaPaglia (Without A Trace) to its ever more impressive roster.

Deadline reports that LaPaglia will play the leader of an Australian group who runs into freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx), just after they’ve acquired a group of slaves to turn into fighters. The main plot sees Django freed by Christoph Waltz’s bounty hunter and then go on a mission to find his wife, who’s under the control of evil plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).

Here’s what LaPaglia had to say about Django Unchained, “It’s wildly ambitious and imaginative, deals with that subject matter in a way it hasn’t been dealt with before. The way the cast has shaped up, it’s exciting to be involved.”

He also revealed he will play the brother of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character, although scheduling issues still need to be worked out before it’s confired Gordon-Levitt will be in the movie. Production is scheduled to start in January, on location in New Orleans.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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ACTORS: Anthony LaPaglia, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio  DIRECTORS: Quentin Tarantino  FILMS: Django Unchained  

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