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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

New The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Trailer – Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson head back to the arena

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As expected, a new trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was unveiled at Comic-Con, which was then immediately placed online so we can all take a look. It certainly looks dramatic, with rebellion fermenting in the districts and the Capitol trying to quell that by putting former champions back in the arena – including Katniss and Peeta.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.’

The film’s due out November 22nd. [Read more…]

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Take A Look At The Entire X-Men: Days Of Future Past Cast Together At Comic-Con

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X-Men-days-of-future-past-cast-photoFor the X-Men panel at Comic-Con, Fox decided the best thing to do was bring the entire main cast of the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past together, which led to the image above, tweeted by director Bryan Singer.

There was also footage and info about the movie, including confirmation that it’s Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine who’ll be the one travelling from a bleak, dystopian future where mutants have been rounded up and are monitored by the robotic sentinels. An older Xavier and Magneto (Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen), send him back to the 1970s to convince their younger selves (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender) they must do something to prevent this future from ever happening.

The movie hits cinemas summer 2014.

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Hunger Games: Catching Fire Quarter Quell Posters Released

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is hoping to take over San Diego this weekend at Comic-Con, and ahead of that a dozen new Quarter Quell (the name for the 75th Hunger Games) posters have been released, showing us the former winners who will be going back into the arena.

Here’s the synopsis: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

The film’s due out November 22nd. Click on the images below for larger versions.

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Jennifer Lawrence Takes On The Rules of Inheritance

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She may be only 23-years-old, but Jennifer Lawrence already has a Best Actress Oscar, and now she wants to add producer to her list of talents, as TheWrap reports that Lawrence has signed on to star in and produce The Rules of Inheritance for director Susanne Bier (Things We Lost in the Fire).

Abi Morgan (Shame, The Iron Lady) wrote the screenplay, based on Claire Bidwell Smith’s memoir. Bidwell was an only child who lost both of her parents to cancer over seven years when she was a young adult. The book chronicles the many adventures and romances she embarks on in an effort to cope with her loss, while finding out who she really is in the process.

FilmNation Entertainment is financing and handling sales on the project. The studio’s Glen Basner and Aaron Ryder commented, “We are thrilled to be working with the dream team of Jennifer Lawrence, Susanne Bier, Abi Morgan and Bruce Cohen. We have no doubt that this inspirational and hopeful book will be turned into an emotionally powerful movie that audiences around the world will fall in love with.”

It’s isn’t currently known when it might shoot.

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Jennifer Lawrence Gets Blue On The X-Men: Days Of Future Past Set

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Bryan Singer has been keeping us all up to date with the progress of X-Men: Days Of Future Past by tweeting a series of images from the set. Now we’ve got a couple more. Above you can see the first image of Jennifer Lawrence in full-on blue Mystique make-up (Singer says she’s ‘vengeful’, so don’t expect her to be nice in this film), while below, Peter Dinklage discusses his role with Singer.

We still don’t know who Dinklage will play, although some are saying the moustache he’s sporting suggest he’ll play Bolivar Trask, creator of the Sentinels that cause all manner of trouble for the Patrick Stewart era mutants, and result in a bit of time-travelling to get James McAvoy and crew to prevent something happening that will cause the Sentinels to be needed in the first place.

The movie is out summer 2014.

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New Hunger Games: Catching Fire Poster Sees Jennifer Lawrence Atop A Mountain

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The hype for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is already building, and the latest thing designed to pique people’s interest is a new poster, featuring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, standing atop a peak.

It also features the memorable quote from Suzanne Collins’ novel, “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand.”

Following Katniss and Peeta’s Hunger Games victory, dissent has grown in the districts and she’s now seen as a major threat by the Capitol. Unsurprisingly they want her out of the way. If you’ve read the book you’ll know what that means, although I won’t spoil it if you don’t know.

The film is out this November.

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Leo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire & Jennifer Lawrence Out For GLAAD Media Awards (But Bret Easton Ellis says he was banned)

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The stars were out in force on Saturday night for the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, where Bill Clinton was handed the ‘Advocate for Change Award’ by Harvey Weinstein and Jennifer Lawrence, while Leo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron gave entertainment lawyer Steve Warner the ‘Stephen F. Kolzak Award’ for his work for gay causes.

‘Outstanding Film – Wide Release’ went to The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, while The New Normal got ‘Outstanding Comedy Series’ and American Horror Story: Asylum won ‘Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series’.

Guests at the shindig included Darren Criss, Kelly Rowland, Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha, Chaz Bono, Wilson Cruz, Logan Lerman, Ellen Pompeo, Eric Dane, Beth Ditto, Trevor Donovan, Kirsten Dunst, Chris Evans and his gay brother Scott Evans, Elle Fanning, Joshua Jackson, Tobey Maguire, Alex Pettyfer, Teri Polo, Molly Shannon, Matt Dallas and Betty White. You can take a look at a few of those guests below.

However there has been a bit of controversy, as Bret Easton Ellis has said that he was banned from the event. He was due to attend as the guest of one of those invited, but Ellis tweeted that, “As a gay man in a domestic partnership who plans to get married I’m sad to hear I’ve been banned by Glaad from attending tomorrow’s event… Glaad is supposedly ‘furious’ about my tweets. And I’m guessing not the ones concerning my boyfriend or how sexy I think Adam Driver is.”

GLAAD has responded, with the organisation’s vice president of communications Rich Ferraro telling the Hollywood Reporter, “GLAAD spoke with the guest who was planning to bring Bret about some of Bret’s recent remarks, which the gay community responded negatively to. We also asked for a time to sit down with Bret. They decided to replace Bret with a different guest and there has been no response to the offer of a meeting.”

Ellis has slip opinion with tweets such as comparing watching Glee to “stepping into a puddle of HIV”, and also provoked fury among some for saying that Matt Bomer is ‘too gay’ to play Christian Grey in the film version of 50 Shades Of Grey. It’s not only the LGBT community he’s managed to piss off, as recently he apologised for saying Kathryn Bigelow only won the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker because she’s a ‘hot woman’.

Ellis seems resolutely unimpressed by GLAAD though, making the perhaps salient point, “Bill Clinton signed Doma [Defense of Marriage Act] and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and cheated on Hillary… I dissed Glee and Matt Bomer as Christian Grey. GLAAD: RIGHT ON!”

Take a look below for all the winners from Saturday night’s awards, and a few pics from the event below that.

Advocate for Change Award:  Bill Clinton
Stephen F. Kolzak Award:  Steve Warren
Outstanding Film – Wide Release:  The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit Entertainment)
Outstanding Comedy Series:  The New Normal (NBC)
Outstanding Individual Episode:  “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Me What to Do” Raising Hope (Fox)
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series:  American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Outstanding Daily Drama:  Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Outstanding Talk Show Episode:  “At Home with Neil Patrick Harris, His Fiancé David Burtka, & Their Twins” Oprah’s Next Chapter (OWN)
Outstanding Los Angeles Theater:  The Children by Michael Elyanow

Spanish Language:
Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Episode:  “Confirma su identidad como mujer” Showbiz (CNN en Español)
Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine:  TIE: “Los transexuales buscan su identidad en medio de ignorancia y prejuicios” Encuentro (CNN en Español) and “La vida en rosa” Aquí y Ahora (Univision)
Outstanding Newspaper Article:  “Gays y padres excelentes” by Pilar Marrero (La Opinión)

Tobey Maguire at the GLAAD Media Awards
Chris Evans and Scott Evans at the GLAAD Media Awards
Darren Criss & Jennifer Lawrence at the GLAAD Media Awards
Logan Lerman at the GLAAD Media Awards
Matt Bomer at the GLAAD Media Awards
Drew Barrymore at the GLAAD Media Awards
Justin Bartha at the GLAAD Media Awards
Darren Criss at the GLAAD Media Awards
Andrew Rannells at the GLAAD Media Awards
Leonardo DiCaprio & Charlize Theron at the GLAAD Media Awards
Matt Dallas at the GLAAD Media Awards
Leonardo DiCaprio & Charlize Theron at the GLAAD Media Awards
Bill Clinton at the GLAAD Media Awards
Jennifer Lawrence at the GLAAD Media Awards

 

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First The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Trailer – ‘She has become a beacon of hope for them, she has to be eliminated’

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With the MTV Movie Awards comes the first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which I’m sure will have a lot of people very excited. It’s a good intro to the second movie, that manages to intrigue while hiding the big reveal of the main section of the plot.

The trailer sets up the fact that following Katniss and Peeta’s Hunger Games victory, dissent has grown in the districts and she’s now seen as a major threat by the Capitol and they want her out of the way. Indeed, President Snow doesn’t just seem to think Katniss needs to be eliminated. If you’ve read the book you’ll know what that means, although I won’t spoil it if you don’t know, although there are hints in this trailer.

The film is out this November. [Read more…]

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Katniss Gets A Hug In A New Hunger Games: Catching Fire Image

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It’s been promised that the trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will debut this weekend during the MTV Movie Awards, but ahead of that a new image from the film has emerged, featuring Katniss getting a hug from younger sister Prim.

The pic is the first released via TheHungerGamesExplorer.com, which lets fans unlocked new photos by sharing at #HungerGamesExplorer at various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.

In the sequel, the Capitol fears the dissent Peeta and Katniss’ Hunger Games victory has caused in the districts, so in the hope of tightening their grip, they organise a new tournament that will pit former Games champions against one another in the arena. That means Katniss and Peeta’s lives are on the lines once more. Catching Fire is released this November.

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Silver Linings Playbook (Blu-ray)

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It took many by surprise when Silver Linings Playbook picked up eight Oscar nominations, as while it got decent reviews, few thought it was a serious Academy Award contender. However, as the ceremony approached it picked up momentum to the point where many thought there was a decent possibility of it taking the Best Picture prize. In the end its only gong was a much deserved Bst Actress award for Jennifer Lawrence, but you can certainly see why it became a bit of a sleeper awards contender. [Read more…]