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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

Kite (Blu-ray Review)

October 13, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe, Carl Beukes, Deon Lotz
Director: Ralph Ziman
Running Time: 90 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: October 13th 2014 (UK)

Some films manage to take a low budget and use it to their advantage, finding interesting and innovative ways to get around the fact they don’t have much cash and still deliver a full and complete film experience. Sadly Kite is not one of those films. It thinks it is, but it really isn’t.

The movie follows young Sawa (India Eisley) who lives in a scummy, corrupt post-apocalyptic future where she ruthlessly tries to hunt down the people who killed her parents, helped by her father’s ex-partner, Karl (Samuel L. Jackson). Things begin to change when she meets someone she knew as a child – although she can’t remember him due to the fact that the drugs she takes to help her be a single-minded and very successful killer blur her memory of the past. [Read more…]

Callan McAuliffe & India Eisley Join Samuel L. Jackson In Kite

February 4, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

callan-mcauliffeYoung Aussie Callan McAuliffe didn’t really get the career boost from I Am Number Four that he was hoping for, but he’ll be hoping he gets more notice this summer playing the younger version of Leo DiCaprio’s title character in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.

Now he’s got a new film in the offing, as Variety reports that he’s signed up for Kite, based on a Japanese anime film. India Eisley will also star in the movie, joining the previously cast Samuel L. Jackson.

The film is about a young woman who lives in a failed nation state after the financial collapse, where a corrupt security force profits on the trafficking of young women. When her policeman father is killed, she vows to track the murderer down with the help of his ex-partner. In the original anime, she is initially ‘helped’ by the two corrupt cops on the case of the double homicide, Akai and Kanie, who take her in as guardians and end up turning her into an assassin.

Eisley will play the girl while McAuliffe is he childhood friend who comes to the rescue, with Jackson as the ex-partner.

There’s also been a change of director, with Ralph Ziman taking over from David R. Ellis, who tragically died early last month.

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ACTORS: Callan McAuliffe, India Eisley, Samuel L. Jackson  FILMS: Kite  

Boys On Film 6: Pacific Rim (DVD)

May 22, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Xavier Samuel, Callan McAuliffe, Miles Szanto, Brian Moore, Chris Tempest
Director: Various
Running Time: 137 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: March 28th 2011

Read our reviews of the other Boys On Film short film collections here.

The Boys On Film DVD series of gay short film compilations heads to the opposite side of the world for an octet of movies from Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, South Korea and Hawaii. Perhaps a little less gay exclusive than previous releases, it’s a very eclectic bunch of films.

We’re reviewing all the Boys On Film discs ahead of the release of Boys On Film: Cruel Britannia on May 28th, so let’s take a look at the Pacific Rim shorts: [Read more…]

Rufus Sewell Joins Paradise Lost

November 8, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

13 years ago, actor Rufus Sewell helped Aussie director Alex Proyas make a name for himself with the wonderful Dark City, and now they’re re-teaming for the director’s new movie, an adaptation of Milton’s classic, Paradise Lost, according to Variety.

Sewell is set portray Samael, an angel who ends up on Lucifer’s (Bradley Cooper) side and urges him to start a war in heaven, after they get angry and jealous of God’s love for his new creation, humans. Benjamin Walker, Djimon Hounsou, Casey Affleck, Callan McAuliffe, Diego Boneta, Camilla Belle, and Dominic Purcell will also star.

Production should begin in January on what will be a largely motion-captured film.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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ACTORS: Benjamin Walker, Djimon Hounsou, Callan McAuliffe, Diego Boneta, Camilla Belle, Dominic Purcell, Alex Proyas, Bradley Cooper  DIRECTORS: Alex Proyas  FILMS: Paradise Lost  

Diego Boneta Signs Up For Paradise Lost

October 22, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

Diego Boneta may not be much of a name now, having only had a few guest spots in the likes of 90210, but the presumption is that with a lead role in the musical Rock Of Ages, the Mexican musician/actor will be a much better known by this time next year. It’s probably that which has helped him snag a role in Alex Proyas’ adaptation of John Milton’s classic poem, Paradise Lost.

Deadline reports that the actor will portray Adam, the first man on Earth, opposite Camilla Belle, who’s already been cast as Eve. I know Milton’s tale of the huge battle in heaven and the fall of Lucifer isn’t exactly scientific, but I’m pretty certain the first man and woman on Earth weren’t white/hispanic, which both Bell and Boneta are. But having a black Adam & Eve would probably freak out redneck, unthinking, bible belt Americansm so Belle and Boneta are probably a safer choice. It’ll also be interesting to see how the film handles the first human’s nudity – will it be fig leaves all round, or an extended version of the nude scenes in Austin Powers?

Bradley Cooper, Ben Walker, Casey Affleck, Callan McAuliffe, Dominic Purcell and Djimon Hounsou will also star as the varioius angelic factions fighting it out. The film starts shooting soon for release in 2013.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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ACTORS: Diego Boneta, Ben Walker, Callan McAuliffe, Dominic Purcell, Djimon Hounsou, Bradley Cooper  DIRECTORS: Alex Proyas  FILMS: Paradise Lost  

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