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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

The Miseducation of Cameron Post Trailer – Chloe Moretz is sent to a gay conversion camp

July 10, 2018 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Gay conversion is in the sights of the film industry this year, with two high profile movie’s about the controversial and much reviled practice due to arrive. One is Boy Erased, Joel Edgerton’s movie based on Garrard Conley’s memoir about how he was sent to a gay conversion camp as a teen. The other is the Sundance Grand Jury Prize award-winning The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which has released it’s first trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the titular character (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught having sex with the prom queen. Run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher Jr.) — himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured” — the center is populated by teens “struggling with same-sex attraction.” In the face of outlandish discipline, dubious methods, and earnest Christian rock songs, Cameron forms an unlikely gay community, including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane) and the Lakota Two-Spirit, Adam (Forrest Goodluck). In creating a family on her own terms, she learns what it means to empower herself and have confidence in her identity.’

Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behaviour) directs the movie, which is due out in New York on August 3rd and Los Angeles on August 10th. It’ll be out in the UK on August 31st. Take a look at the new trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Chloe Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck  DIRECTORS: Desiree Akhavan  FILMS: The Miseducation of Cameron Post  

Gay Conversion Movie The Miseducation Of Cameron Post Wins Sundance’s Top Awards

January 28, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

One of the best reviewed movies coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is undoubtedly The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, and last night it picked yp the festival’s top award, the Grand Jury Prize. Set in 1993, the film stars Chloe Moretz as a teenager who ‘is caught having a sexual encounter with the prom queen. Cameron is then forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative aunt and uncle, who are her legal guardians.’

Accepting the award, Moretz said, “On behalf of the entire ‘Cameron Post’ team we want to dedicate this to the LGBTQ survivors of sexual conversion therapy. We just wanted to make this movie to shine a light onto the fact that it is only illegal in nine states out of the 50 states in this country to practice sexual conversion therapy.”

Directed and co-written by Desiree Akhavan (director of the excellent Appropriate Behaviour), the film has been praised for its depiction of gay conversion, while ensuring the script is peppered with biting humour and a real interesting in understanding even the characters doing the ‘converting’. The film, which also stars Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr. and Quinn Shephard, doesn’t have a release date yet, but should be in cinemas later this year.

Moretz is well known for her support of LGBTQ issues, which partially stems from her having two gay brothers.

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ACTORS: Chloe Moretz, Jennifer Ehle  DIRECTORS: Desiree Akhavan  FILMS: The Miseducation of Cameron Post  

Chloe Moretz Set To Star In Drama About Gay Conversion Therapy

November 21, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

chloe-moretzA few months ago Chloe Moretz dropped out of all the movies she was attached to and suggested she wanted to take time out. However it quickly turned out that rather than not making movies, she wanted to take a break from making decision based on what it would do for her career, and instead get involved in projects that are important to her.

Now she’s found another of those projects, as THR reports that she’s set to star in The Miseducation of Cameron Post, which takes a look at the issues surrounding gay conversion therapy.

The movie is based on Emily Danforth’s coming-of-age novel, which ‘is set in 1993 and follows a girl forced into gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with the prom queen.’ The film will see ‘Moretz as Cameron, an orphan who’s taken in by her ultra-conservative aunt. American Honey breakout star Lane will play Cameron’s friend and fellow “disciple” at the conversion therapy clinic to which they are sent. The cast also includes John Gallagher Jr. (Short Term 12), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant) and Jennifer Ehle (A Quiet Passion).’

Desiree Akhavan will direct. She is best known for the excellent Appropriate Behaviour about the life of a bisexual Iranian-American, who’s looking for a new direction in life. She also recently signed on to be the lead in the UK comedy series, The Bisexual.

Gay-themed projects are certainly close to Moretz’s heart, as she has previously talked about how seeing her two gay brothers come out and get bullied for their sexuality helped motivate her to fight for LGBT and other rights.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Chloe Moretz  DIRECTORS: Desiree Akhavan  FILMS: The Miseducation of Cameron Post  

Seth Rogen Talks About His ‘Bordering Blatantly Homophobic’ Early Movies

May 5, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

zac-efron-seth-rogen-neighbors-2-slideThere have plenty of people who’ve noted that while Seth Rogen’s movies have been popular, a lot of them are also filled with jokes where gay people are the butt of the humour. The actor and his colleagues have sometimes tried to defend it, saying the real joke is against the type of person who talks like that. However, now he’s admitted that some of the humour in his earlier movies probably was homophobic.

Talking to The Guardian, Rogen and his Bad Neighbours 2 co-star Chloë Grace Moretz were asked to re-evaluating previous films through a feminist lens. It appears Rogen has already had a rethink about some of what he’s done in the past, saying “It’s funny looking at some movies we’ve made in the last 10 years under the lens of new eras and new social consciousnesses… There’s for sure some stuff in our earlier movies and even in our more recent movies where even like a year later you’re like, ‘Eh, maybe that wasn’t the greatest idea or some jokes just don’t age as well as others.’”

“There are probably some jokes in Superbad that are bordering blatantly homophobic at times. I mean, they’re all in the voice of high school kids who do speak like that, but I think we’d also be silly not to acknowledge that we were also, to some degree, glamorizing that type of language in a lot of ways.”

Rogen also gives his thoughts on the Sororities and Fraternities that features in Bad Neighbours and its sequel, saying “I think the Greek system seems a little sexist,” Rogen said of the film’s main topic. “The sheer fact that the women and the men don’t have equal rights and opportunities, I think by definition makes it sexist, so that’s something we talked a lot about while we were making this movie.” [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Seth Rogen, Chloe Moretz  

Bad Neighbours 2 Trailer – Seth Rogen & Zac Efron are back, and neither can keep their shirts on

January 19, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

zac-efron-seth-rogen-neighbors-2-slideI’m pretty much convinced that if Zac Efron sees a script he likes, he tells his agent that he’ll make it, but only if they put in more opportunities to take his shirt off and show off his physique. But it seem that with Neighbours 2 (known as Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in the us), Seth Rogen also wanted to ensure he could get his shirt off to, as you’ll see in the film’s first trailer.

Here’s the brief synopsis: ‘Returning stars Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne are joined by Chloë Grace Moretz for BAD NEIGHBOURS 2, the follow-up to 2014’s most popular original comedy.  Nicholas Stoller again directs in a film that follows what happens when the will of parenthood goes against the bonds of sisterhood.’

The movie will be in UK cinemas May 6th. You can take a look at the trailer below.

[Read more…]

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ACTORS: Zac Efron, Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Chloe Moretz  DIRECTORS: Nicholas Stoller  

Chloe Moretz Will Be The Little Mermaid, With Richard Curtis Writing The Script

November 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

chloe-moretzIn March 2014 Sofia Coppola signed up to direct a new, live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid for Universal and Working Title. She has since moved on but the film is alive and well, with Variety reporting that Chloe Moretz will play the title role, and Richard Curtis (Four Wedding, Love Actually) will write the script.

Not much is known about the specifics of this new take on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, other than the bare bones of it following a mermaid who wishes to become human after falling in love with a man she saved from drowning.

The film currently has no director, and it’s believed that Universal plans to wait until Curtis has finished his pass at the screenplay before they bring one in. As a result it’s not clear when it will shoot or when it will arrive in cinemas.

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ACTORS: Chloe Moretz  

The 5th Wave Trailer – Chloe Moretz takes on an alien invasion

September 5, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

5th-wave-trailer-slideChloe Moretz is having a bit of trouble with aliens in The 5th Wave, which looks like it’s going to be a less bombastic take on what happens when extra-terrestrials attack than we’re used to.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Starring Chloë Grace Moretz and based on the bestseller: In the new film The 5th Wave, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope – if she can only trust him.’

The movie is cue in UK cinemas in January, but you can take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Chloe Moretz  

New The Equalizer Trailer & Clip – Denzel Washington wants justice for Chloe Moretz

September 3, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

the-equalizer-2014-slideIt seems like we’ve been waiting an awful long time for The Equalizer. After all, it went into production over a year ago and the first image arrived last December. However we’ll be able to finally see Denzel Washington’s take on the 80s TV series later this month.

And Sony must have high hopes for it, as they started developing a sequel last February.

Now a new trailer has arrived (via Enimen’s Youtube channel, no less), along with a clip and featurette, all of which you can watch below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a former black ops commando who has faked his death to live a quiet life in Boston. When he comes out of his self-imposed retirement to rescue a young girl, Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), he finds himself face to face with ultra-violent Russian gangsters. As he serves vengeance against those who brutalize the helpless, McCall’s desire for justice is reawakened. If someone has a problem, the odds are stacked against them, and they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.’

The film arrives in cinemas on September 26th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Denzel Washington, Chloe Moretz  DIRECTORS: Antoine Fuqua  FILMS: The Equalizer  

New If I Stay Trailer – Chloe Moretz must choose between life (and Jamie Blackley) and death

July 23, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

if-i-stay-posterThe Fault In Our Stars showed there’s a big market out there for teen-focussed weepies, and If I Stay is hoping capitalise on that when it’s released next month.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Mia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam.

‘But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate. “If I Stay” is based on the best-selling novel of the same name. ‘

It’s on in the US on August 22nd and the UK on August 29th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Chloe Moretz, Jamie Blackley  FILMS: If I Stay  

Laggies Trailer – Keira Knightley has a crisis and teams up with Chloe Moretz

July 16, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

laggies-slideWhen Keira Knightley stepped in for Anne Hathaway in Laggies, it didn’t bode well for the movie, but now we can get out first taste of whether she does a the British actress does a good job with the role, as the trailer has arrived.

Don’t get too excited though, as it got rather middling reviews on its Sundance debut.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Having spent her twenties comfortably inert, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) reaches a crisis when she finds herself squarely in adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to pursue any and no one to relate to, including her high school boyfriend (Mark Webber). When he proposes, Megan panics and given an opportunity to escape – at least temporarily – she hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Annika’s world-weary single dad (Sam Rockwell).’

The film will be out later this year. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Keira Knightley, Chloe Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webbder  FILMS: Laggies  
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