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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

Mowgli Trailer – Andy Serkis offers up a darker motion-capture take on The Jungle Book

May 21, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After the huge success of Disney’s live-action Jungle Book, many wondered how the planned Andy Serkis directed take of Rudyard Kipling’s tales was going to find its place. Well, it seems Warner Bros. has decided to leave a couple of years between the movies and to sell it as the darkest, most intense version of the story yet – as evidenced by the first trailer and featurette. There’s also a poster that looks oddly like it’s from a 1960s/1970s exploitation horror film.

Synopsis: ‘Motion capture and live action are blended for “Mowgli,” a new, big-screen, 3D adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. The film features an impressive roster of stars under the direction of Andy Serkis.

‘The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli, raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own. All but one: the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins.

‘The actors performing the roles of the story’s central animal characters are: Oscar winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter,” the “Dark Knight” Trilogy) as the cunning panther, Bagheera; Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine,” “The Aviator”) as the sinister snake, Kaa; Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game,” “Avengers: Infinity War”) as the fearsome tiger, Shere Khan; Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight,” “Skyfall”) as Nisha, the female wolf, who adopts the baby Mowgli as one of her cubs; and Andy Serkis (the “Planet of the Apes” trilogy, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) as the wise bear, Baloo. On the human side, Matthew Rhys (“The Post”) is Lockwood; Freida Pinto (“Knight of Cups”) is Messua; and young actor Rohan Chand (“The Hundred-Foot Journey,” “Bad Words”) will play Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves.’

The film is due in cinemas on October 19th. Take a look at the first trailer and poster below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Matthew Rhys, Freida Pinto, Peter Mullan, Jack Reynor, Eddie Marsan, Tom Hollander  DIRECTORS: Adny Serkis  

Atomic Blonde Trailer – Charlize Theron turns bisexual badass at the end of the Cold War

March 11, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Every so often, Charlize Theron wants to kick ass, or that’s how it seems. Whether it’s Aeon Flux, Fury Road or now Atomic Blonde, she is good at taking names and looking badass doing it. In Atomic Blonde. based on Antony Johnston’s graphic novel The Coldest Winter, that involves her beating up a lot of men, and getting sexy with a female French operative.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.

‘A blistering blend of sleek action, gritty sexuality and dazzling style, Atomic Blonde is directed by David Leitch (John Wick, upcoming Deadpool 2). Also starring John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones, the film is based on the Oni Press graphic novel “The Coldest City,” by Antony Johnston & illustrator Sam Hart. Kurt Johnstad (300) wrote the screenplay.’

The film is due out in August. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Sofia Boutella, Til Schweiger, Toby Jones  DIRECTORS: David Leitch  FILMS: Atomic Blonde  

Geoffrey Rush & Stephen Fry Head For Biopic Of Gay Oliver Composer Lionel Bart

January 29, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

lionel-bart-geoffrey-rushFor a while a biopic of Lionel Bart, the gay composer of the legendary musical Oliver!, has been in the works. Well now it’s moving towards the screen, under the title Consider Yourslef, with Deadline reporting that Geoffrey Rush has signed on to play the lead role, with Stephen Fry, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Matt Lucas and Michelle Dockery also onboard.

Of course, as Rush can’t really play Bart as a young man, Al Weaver will take that on.

Bart is an interesting figure – something he realised himself, as at one point he wrote a musical based on his own life – as he was born in 1930 into poverty as the youngest son of Galician Jews who’d escaped the pogroms against them in Central Europe (Bart’s original surname was Bergleiter). His parents treated him as a child prodigy and he built a small reputation as a painter. A teacher also told him mother and father he was a musical genius, however Bart never applied himself, so that even when he almost accidentally got into music as an adult (after his painting dreams didn’t pan out), he never learned to read or write musical notation.

He wrote a few revues and then found success penning pop songs, including Cliff Richard’s Living Doll, but he skyrocketed to the top of the British cultural scene with the massive success of Oliver!. Following that he became the first person ever to have three musical playing simultaneously in the West End. However he never managed to create another musical that was even close to being as successful Oliver!, and indeed after his initial success he lost huge amounts of money and made some rash business decisions – including selling his Oliver! rights for far less than they were worth – to keep some of his later, unsuccessful projects on the stage.

He had problems with drink, drugs and depressions and until his final years he also kept his sexuality hidden from the public, including being romantically linked by the media to the likes of Judy Garland and Alma Cogan despite having relationships with men in private. Despite his problems and lack of hits, throughout the 70s he was a major celebrity, which is what allowed him to mount his flop autobiographical musical, Lionel!, in 1977.

Bart died in 1999 following a long battle with cancer. Thankfully in his final years he did manage to find some success as well as benefiting from revivals of Oliver. He also became the subject of someone else’s musical play, It’s a Fine Life, in 2006.

It’s a real rags to riches story and now it’s being turned into the original musical film Consider Yourself by Elliot Davis (Loserville: The Musical), and choreographer Peter Darling (Billy Elliott: The Musical). Vadim Jean (Leon The Pig Father) is set to direct. The movie will be looking for deals at the Berlin Film Festival, with the hope of shooting later this year.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Geoffrey Rush, Stephen Fry, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Matt Lucas, Michelle Dockery  DIRECTORS: Vadim Jean  FILMS: Consider Yourself  

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Amongst Six New World’s End Character Banners

June 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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A sextet of characters banners have arrived for The World’s End, giving us a look at Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan, which you can see above and below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for a third film following the successes “Shaun of the Dead” (2004) and “Hot Fuzz” (2007). In “The World’s End,” 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realise the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.’

It hits UK cinemas on July 19th.

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ACTORS: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan  DIRECTORS: Edgar Wright  FILMS: The World's End  

New The World’s End Trailer – Simon Pegg & Nick Frost are off on an epic pub crawl

May 23, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


After a couple of new posters were released for The World’s End earlier this week, now it’s time for a trailer, which suggests the Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright reunion is going to be a lot of fun.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for a third film following the successes “Shaun of the Dead” (2004) and “Hot Fuzz” (2007). In “The World’s End,” 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realise the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.’

It hits UK cinemas on July 19th. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan  DIRECTORS: Edgar Wright  FILMS: The World's End  

Filth Red Band Trailer – James McAvoy gets very rude in the Irvine Welsh adaptation

April 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


James McAvoy normally comes across as such a nice young man, but he’s get very rude in Filth, engaging in plenty of sex, violence and turning swearing into an art form. Now the first – very NSFW – trailer for the Irvine Welsh adaptation has arrived.

Scheming Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a bigoted and corrupt policeman, is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Enlisted to solve a brutal murder and threatened by the aspirations of his colleagues, including Ray Lennox (Jamie Bell), Bruce sets about ensuring their ruin, right under the nose of unwitting Chief Inspector Toal. As he turns his colleagues against one another by stealing their wives and exposing their secrets, Bruce starts to lose himself in a web of deceit that he can no longer control. His past is slowly catching up with him, and a missing wife, a crippling drug habit and suspicious colleagues start to take their toll on his sanity. The question is: can he keep his grip on reality long enough to disentangle himself from the filth?

The movie’s due out this September.

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CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan  FILMS: Filth  

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & More In First Pic From The World’s End

December 22, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Worlds-End-pic1We’ve already had a poster for The World’s End, but now as a bit of a Christmas treat, Simon Pegg has tweeted the first official picture from the movie, which reunites the actor with Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright.

It’s a pic full of top British talent with Pegg and Frost alongside Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan and Paddy Considine. Filming is now winding down, as while I’ve been writing this, Frost has tweeted, ‘I’m officially wrapped on The Worlds End. Wow. What a trip!’

Here’s the synopsis: ’20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King (Pegg), a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.’

The film hits UK cinemas on August 14th 2013.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman  DIRECTORS: Edgar Wright  FILMS: The World's End  

Martin Freeman & Eddie Marsan Join The World’s End

September 29, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Working Title Films and Universal have announced that shooting has begun on The World’s End, the final part of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, which started with Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. And with news that cameras have started rolling comes the info that Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan have joined the cast.

They’ll star alongside the previously announced Pegg, Frost, Paddy Considine and Rosamund Pike. In The World’s End, 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realise the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.

The film will hit cinemas next year.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost  DIRECTORS: Edgar Wright  FILMS: The World's End  

Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia (DVD)

May 25, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Iwan Rheon, Iain de Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Paloma Faith, Jonathan Firth
Director: Various
Running Time: 147 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: May 28th, 2012

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

After two weeks in which we’ve been reviewing all the Boys On Film gay short film compilations, we’re finally come right up to date with Cruel Britannia. As the title suggests, all 10 shorts on the disc come from the UK and cover a broad range of gay-allied themes, most of which tend towards the darker side of life.

It’s a great selection, showing there’s a lot of talent out there in the UK working on LGBT themed film projects. Here’s what we thought of the shorts. [Read more…]

Jim Broadbent & Imogen Poots Delving Into Irvine Welsh’s Filth

January 20, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Last August it was reported that James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming were set for key roles in an adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel, Filth. Now it appears Cumming may be out (possibly replaced with John Sessions), and Variety reports that Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt and Imogen Poots have come onboard.

It isn’t certain who the actors will play, but the book is about Bruce Robertson (McAvoy), a sex-obsessed, cocaine-addicted, bigoted Edinburgh cop who is supposed to be investigating a murder but gets sidetracked by his own hangups, mainly revolving around his rather extreme sex life.

The author will produce, while Jon S. Baird will direct. Baird apparently got the job behind the camera after impressing Irvine with his feature debut, Cass.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy, Jamie Bell  DIRECTORS: Jon S. Baird  FILMS: Filth  

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