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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

Mary Shelley Trailer – Elle Fanning is going off to write Frankenstein

April 15, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Synopsis: ‘Mary Wollstonecraft’s family disapproves when she and poet Percy Shelley announce their love for each other. The family is horrified when it finds that the couple has eloped, accompanied by Mary’s half-sister, Claire. While staying in the home of Lord Byron at Lake Geneva, the guests are challenged to write a ghost story, which leads Mary to conceive her novel “Frankenstein.”’

Ellen Fanning stars as the young Mary, who wrote Frankenstein when she still in her teens. Maisie Williams, Douglas Booth, Stephen Dillanem, Tom Sturridge, Ben Hardy and Hugh O’Conor also star in the film.

The film is out in the US on May 28th. It’ll arrive in the UK on July 6th. Take a look at the trailer and poster for the movie below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Douglas Booth, Stephen Dillanem, Tom Sturridge, Ben Hardy  

Loving Vincent (DVD Review) – Van Gogh inspires the world’s first fully painted movie

February 12, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Chris O'Dowd, Saoirse Ronan, Helen McRory
Director: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Running Time: 94 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: February 12th 2018 (UK)

Irrespective of anything else, Loving Vincent is an impressive achievement. It’s the world’s first animated movie that’s ‘fully painted’. In practice that means that the entire thing was filmed with actors and the using that footage it was later animated by a team of over 100 artists using oil paintings for both the characters and the background – and all done in the style of Vincent Van Gogh.

The film is set a year after Van Gogh’s death. Vincent’s friend from Arles, Postman Joseph Roulin (Chris O’Dowd), forces his slacker son, Armand (Douglas Booth), to hand deliver the artist’s final letter to his brother, Theo. After Armand discovers Theo is also dead, he travels on to the place where Vincent spent his final days, Auvers-sur-Oise, to see whether he should give the letter to the man who was supposed to be looking after him at the time, Dr. Gachet (Jerome Flynn). [Read more…]

The Limehouse Golem (DVD Review) – Bill Nighy investigates possibly LGBT Victorian murders

December 28, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Daniel Mays, Douglas Booth, Sam Reid
Director: Juan Carlos Medina
Running Time: 109 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: December 26th 2017 (UK)

A murderer is stalking the streets of Limehouse in Victorian London, killing viciously and spreading panic. The killer has become known as the Limehouse Golem; named after the medieval Jewish monster made of clay. Police Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) is brought in to investigate, soon coming to wonder whether the killer is the recently deceased John Cree (Sam Reid).

This line of questioning introduces him to Cree’s wife, Lizzie (Olivia Cooke), as well as the world of the music hall theatre she used to work at, which is led by cross-dressing comedy star Dan Leno (Douglas Booth). The number of potential suspects continues to grow – at one point even leading Kildare to the door of Karl Marx – especially after the discovery of a book that may be the murderer’s diary. But who wrote it and why? [Read more…]

The Limehouse Golem Trailer – Douglas Booth & Bill Nighy are on the trail of a Victorian serial killer

May 10, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Synopsis: ‘A serial killer stalks the Limehouse streets of Victorian London in 1880, the terrified population of this squalid district of the East End believe that the “Golem”, a monster from Judaic mythology, is responsible. Inspector Kildare of Scotland Yard is handed the impossible task of solving these heinous crimes and his investigations lead him on a race across the capital from The Old Bailey, to Newgate Prison, to the music halls of London and the British Museum. His chief suspects are music hall superstar Dan Leno, political agitator Karl Marx, writer and philosopher George Gissing and journalist John Cree. Kildare believes that famed performer Little Lizzie Cree, who is almost certainly destined to hang for the poisoning of her husband, holds the key to the identity of the real Golem. Kildare must solve the case and in doing so, he believes he will save the life of Elizabeth Cree.

The Limehouse Golem is directed by Juan Carlos Medina (Painless), based on the popular 1994 novel ‘Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem’ by author Peter Ackroyd, and brought to life by Jane Goldman (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The Woman in Black, Kingsman: The Secret Service) who wrote the screenplay…

‘The cast is led by BAFTA award-winning Bill Nighy (Their Finest, Skylight, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) as Detective Inspector John Kildare, Olivia Cook (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Ready Player One) as Elizabeth Cree, Douglas Booth (The Riot Club) as performer Dan Leno, Sam Reid (’71, The Railway Man) as John Cree, Daniel Mays (Line of Duty, Made in Dagenham) as George Flood, Maria Valverde (Exodus: Gods and Kings),  and  Eddie Marsan (Filth, The World’s End, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) as ‘Uncle’.’

The movie will be in UK cinemas in September. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Olivia Cook  

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (Blu-ray Review)

June 28, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Lily James, Sam Riley, Matt Smith, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston
Director: Burr Steers
Running Time: 107 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 27th 2016 (UK)

Jane Austen gets an undead mash-up in the film version of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel, which took the original text of Pride & Prejudice and added in a whole lot of zombies. The movie has had a somewhat troubled history, with various directors and actors coming and going, and with the whole thing looking like they’d given up on it several times. However, finally Lionsgate got it in the can with Burr Steers (Charlie St. Cloud) directing and Lily James and Sam Riley starring.

As you would expect, the Bennet sisters are living in Hertfordshire, with their mother keen to marry them off to eligible men. While Lydia, Mary and Kitty seem keen to take any suitable gent, Elizabeth (James) is more headstrong and independent. While fending off the advances of Parson Collins (Matt Smith), she meets the exceedingly rich Darcy (Riley), who she takes an immediate dislike to, seeing him as rude, judgemental and unpleasant. [Read more…]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies UK Trailer – Lily James takes on the Jane Austen classic (plus the undead)

October 9, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies-poster1-slideAfter an eternity in pre-production, with an endless series of directors and actors coming and going, and the whole thing looking like it was going to be abandoned at several points, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is finally on its way.

The first UK trailer and poster have now arrived, which you can see above and below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES is a fresh twist on Jane Austen’s widely celebrated novel. A mysterious plague has fallen upon 19th century England, the land is overrun with the undead and feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry. Casting aside personal and social prejudices, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy must unite on the blood-soaked battlefield to rid the country of the zombie menace and discover their true love for one another.’

Lily James and Sam Riley play Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, with Bella Heathcote, Jack Huston, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, and Lena Headey also starring.

The film will be released by Lionsgate UK in cinemas across the UK & Ireland on Friday 12th February 2016. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Jack Huston, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, Lena Heade  DIRECTORS: Burr Steers  FILMS: Pride And Prejudice And Zombies  

Jupiter Ascending (Blu-ray Review)

June 28, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Sean Bean
Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Running Time: 127 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: June 29th 2015 (UK)

When Jupiter Ascending was moved from a prime Summer 2014 cinema release to early 2015, it didn’t auger well. And when the reviews finally rolled in, it looked like people were right to be suspicious of the Wachowskis’ $175 million space opera. However, while it’s far from being a masterpiece, there is just about enough fun peeking through the nonsense.

Mila Kunis is Jupiter Jones, a seemingly normal girl from a Russian immigrant family, who is working as a cleaner and unsure what to do with her life (or even if she should bother to do anything). However, it turns out she is the genetic reincarnation of a murdered space queen, and because of that, she should be able to inherit the queen’s vast wealth. [Read more…]

New The Riot Club Clip – Sam Claflin is ready for his initiation

September 2, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

riot-club-new-slideThe play Posh was a huge success after it premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2010, before transferring to the West End. Now it’s getting the movie treatment, under the title The Riot Club, with a cast full of bright young things including the likes of Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth.

Now a new clip has arrived which shows Claflin getting initiated into the titular club with a very nasty drink. It’s not exactly the sort of club I’d like to initiate Claflin into, although I wouldn’t mind if Douglas Booth was involved as he is here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Set amongst the privileged elite of Oxford University, THE RIOT CLUB follows Miles (Max Irons) and Alistair (Sam Claflin), two first year students determined to join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening. THE RIOT CLUB is directed by Lone Scherfig, who most recently helmed ‘One Day’, and the Best Picture Academy Award nominee ‘An Education’. It is produced by Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures (‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, ‘Seven Psychopaths’).Screenwriter Laura Wade has adapted her critically-acclaimed play, ‘Posh’, with development support from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.’

The Riot Club premieres at TIFF this Sunday before it’s UK release on September 19th. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Douglas Booth, Sam Claflin, Max Irons  DIRECTORS: Lone Scherfig  FILMS: The Riot Club  

Noah (Blu-ray Review)

July 29, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Emma Watson
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Running Time: 138 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: July 28th 2014 (UK)

For years Darren Aronofsky tried to get his epic version of Noah off the ground, but it never seemed likely to really happen. His only previous foray into big budget filmmaking, The Fountain, turned into a bit of a disaster, with only part of the movie actually made (due to studio intervention) and what was left being confusing and making little money at the box office.

However after the success of Black Swan and with biblical epics looking like they might be coming back into fashion, Paramount decided to take a punt on the movie. However this is Darren Aronofsky, the man behind the likes of Requiem For A Dream and Pi, so it was always clear this wasn’t going to be your typical $125 million studio movie. That said, it appears even Paramount was surprised by how strange and intense it turned out. After viewing Darren’s preferred version they made their own, more traditional cut, but it turned out audiences liked Aronofsky’s take better and so that’s what we have. [Read more…]

The Riot Club Trailer – Douglas Booth, Sam Claflin, Max Irons really want to join

May 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Riot Club (previously) known as POSH, certainly has an attractive cast of young guys, but that doesn’t mean the movie will be any good. However now we have a taste with a trailer and poster.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Set amongst the privileged elite of Oxford University, THE RIOT CLUB follows Miles (Max Irons) and Alistair (Sam Claflin), two first year students determined to join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.

‘THE RIOT CLUB is directed by Lone Scherfig, who most recently helmed ‘One Day’, and the Best Picture Academy Award nominee ‘An Education’. It is produced by Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures (‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, ‘Seven Psychopaths’).Screenwriter Laura Wade has adapted her critically-acclaimed play, ‘Posh’, with development support from the BFI Film Fund and Film4. ‘Posh’ premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2010, before transferring to the West End.’

The Riot Club is released in UK cinemas on 19th September 2014. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Douglas Booth, Sam Claflin, Max Irons  DIRECTORS: Lone Scherfig  FILMS: The Riot Club  
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