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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

Gemini Trailer – Zoe Kravitz and John Cho head into neo-noir territory

August 21, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Gemini looks like it might be quite an interesting movie – an LA set neo-noir with a great sounding cast and a hint of Lynch-ian surrealness. Now a trailer has arrived, which gives us a fascinating taste of the movie.

Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz, John Cho, Greta Lee, Michelle Forbes, Reeve Carney, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Parker Kennedy, James Ransone, and even Ricki Lake star in the movie, which has a much buzzed about premiere at SXSW.

Here’s the brief synopsis: ‘A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.’

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Lola Kirke, Zoe Kravitz, John Cho  

Turns Out John Cho Had Misgivings About Gay Sulu Too

July 20, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

star-trek-beyond-john-cho-hikaru-suluWhat was supposed to be a progressive moment for blockbuster cinema got a little more complicated after it turned out George Takei wasn’t overly impressed with Sulu becoming gay in the rebooted franchise. While Takei later clarified that he was delighted there was a gay character would just have preferred it not to be Sulu, it turns out he’s not the only one who was uncertain, as John Cho was too, who plays the new version of the character.

Talking to avclub he says, “I was concerned for a few reasons. I was concerned that George wouldn’t like it, and it turned out to be true. But I was actually concerned that he wouldn’t like it for a different reason. I thought that George would object because he’s a gay actor who was playing straight. I know that was difficult, that he couldn’t come out and that he had crafted a straight character. Then, now, because he’s an activist and he’s out of the closet—clearly, this is an homage a little bit to him—[I worried] he would object to us taking that from his life and say, “Hey, I was a gay actor who created a straight character, and now you’re making him gay because I’ve come out of the closet?,” that we were just seeing him for his sexual orientation. So I thought that would be where he would object. It turns out not to be his objection. But that’s what I was worried about.”

He also had a couple of other worries, adding, “Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television, and I thought maybe it would be seen as a continuation of that”.

Cho also wondered if it might accidentally send the wrong message, as, “I was concerned that because this is the same genetic Sulu—although we’re in an alternate timeline—that we would be inadvertently implying that sexual orientation was a choice.”

However, he ultimately thinks it’s a very good thing. “We’re executing [Star Trek creator Gene] Roddenberry’s intent, I think: infinite diversity in infinite combinations. It’s very much a part of the ethos of Star Trek. I have to say, all things considered, it’s working great, and I’m proud of it,’ he says.

There is something we won’t be see though, which is a kiss between Sulu and his husband, as it’s been cut. Cho told Vulture, “It wasn’t like a make-out session. We’re at the airport with our daughter. It was a welcome-home kiss. I’m actually proud of that scene, because it was pretty tough. We’re two straight guys and had to get to a very loving, intimate place. It was hard to do on the fly. We had to open up. It came off well, in my view.”

Surprisingly, Sulu’s husband is played by the film’s co-screenwriter, Doug Jung, as, “We were in Vancouver first and we finished up the production in Dubai and that scene was in Dubai and I was like, ‘Hey, so who’d you get?’ They were like, ‘We can’t find anybody! Doug may have to play him!’ It started out as a joke. I was like, ‘Haha.’ And then at some point they were not joking. We definitely had trouble finding East Asians first off, and then actors willing to play gay. We had a guy and then his parents really objected. Basically, we couldn’t find an Asian actor willing to play gay in Dubai is my understanding.”

However, it was important to Cho that Sulu had an Asian husband, but perhaps not for the reasons you might think. He says, “Basically it was a little Valentine to the gay Asian friends that I grew up with. This may be presumptuous, but I always felt the Asian gay men that I knew had much heavier cultural-shame issues. This is probably more so for my generation than for yours, but I felt like those guys didn’t date Asian men because of that cultural shame. So I wanted it to seem really normal in the future. I thought that would be the most normal thing, that there was zero shame in the future. I don’t know if that hit or not, but it was something that I felt in my gut and asked for that.”

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ACTORS: John Cho, George Takei  FILMS: Star Trek Beyond  

A Korean Star Trek Beyond Ad May Have Given A First Look A Sulu’s Husband & Daughter

July 13, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

star-trek-beyond-sulu-husband-slideWhile it hasn’t been confirmed, eagle-eyed viewers have suggested a Korean ad for the new Star Trek movie, may have given us our first, very brief look at Sulu’s husband and daughter. Actor John Cho recently confirmed his character would have a same sex partner and child – even if it didn’t please original Sulu actor George Takei – but this may be the first time we’ve seen them.

It does make sense though, as the news of Sulu’s family arrangements was accompanied by the news they were back on Earth while the Starfleet crew member headed off into the stars. The brief look in the advert suggests Sulu’s hubby and daughter are in trouble back home, presumably caused by events the Enterprise is engaged in.

You can take a look at the advert below. The movie itself will be in cinemas on July 22nd. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: John Cho  FILMS: Star Trek Beyond  

George Takei Thinks Gay Sulu Is ‘Unfortunate’, But Simon Pegg & Zachary Quinto Disagree

July 9, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

george-takei-to-be-takeiWhen it was revealed a couple of days ago that it would be shown in Star Trek Beyond that Mr. Sulu has a same sex partner and daughter, it was assumed that George Takei would be pleased with what seemed to be a nod to him. However, it turns out it’s almost the opposite, as talking to THR, he says he thinks the decision is ‘really unfortunate’.

He explains his opposition by saying, “I’m delighted that there’s a gay character. Unfortunately, it’s a twisting of Gene’s [Roddenberry] creation, to which he put in so much thought. I think it’s really unfortunate.”

While Sulu was never given a proper love interest in either the TV series or films, he was shown to have a daughter. It appears the makers of the new film felt this meant that Sulu’s sexuality was open to be explored, but Takei disagrees, and that the character is completely straight.

During a conversation with John Cho (who plays Sulu in the new movies), when it was first decided that the character would be gay, Takei said to him,  “‘Be imaginative and create a character who has a history of being gay, rather than Sulu, who had been straight all this time, suddenly being revealed as being closeted.'”

However, technically what the film is doing isn’t saying that he was closeted, as presumably the other crew members know Sulu has a male partner, but it just hasn’t been mentioned – and the events of the current movies are taking place in a alternate universe to previous Trek incarnations. Takei also seems frustrated that he felt they were going to listen to him, but more recently it’s turned out they weren’t.

However, others feel very differently, not least Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty and co-wrote the Star Trek Beyond screenplay, and whose idea idea it’s believed it was to show Sulu as gay. He released a statement to THR reading, ‘I have huge love and respect for George Takei, his heart, courage and humor are an inspiration. However, with regards to his thoughts on our Sulu, I must respectfully disagree with him.

‘He’s right, it is unfortunate, it’s unfortunate that the screen version of the most inclusive, tolerant universe in science fiction hasn’t featured an LGBT character until now. We could have introduced a new gay character, but he or she would have been primarily defined by their sexuality, seen as the ‘gay character’, rather than simply for who they are, and isn’t that tokenism? I like this idea because it suggests that in a hypothetical multiverse, across an infinite matrix of alternate realities, we are all LGBT somewhere. Whatever dimension we inhabit, we all just want to be loved by those we love (and I love George Takei). I can’t speak for every reality but that must surely true of this one. Live long and prosper.’

Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock, also disagrees with Takei and pushes the idea that different things are possible in this alternate universe, saying, “I was disappointed by the fact that George was disappointed. Any member of the LGBT community that takes issue with the normalized and positive portrayal of members of our community in Hollywood and in mainstream blockbuster cinema…I get it that he has had his own personal journey and has his own personal relationship with this character but, you know, as we established in the first ‘Star Trek’ film in 2009, we’ve created an alternate universe, and my hope is that eventually George can be strengthened by the enormously positive response from especially young people who are heartened by and inspired by this really tasteful and beautiful portrayal of something that I think is gaining acceptance and inclusion in our societies across the world, and should be.”

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ACTORS: John Cho, George Takei, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto  FILMS: Star Trek Beyond  

John Cho’s Sulu Will Be Star Trek’s First Major Gay Character In New Movie

July 7, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

star-trek-beyond-john-cho-hikaru-suluBack in 2014, there was a bit of a furore over the fact that, despite being held up since its 1968 inception as a beacon of progressive values on things like race, Star Trek had never had an on-screen openly LGBT character (although some had appeared in books). At the time, then director of the third rebooted Star Trek movie, Roberto Orci, said he was open to the idea of being more inclusive in the film, but after that we heard nothing.

Well, the director may have changed since them (to Justin Lin), but the film is indeed getting a gay character, and it’s one of the main crew members – John Cho’s Mr. Sulu. The actor revealed the news in a chat to Australia’s Herald Sun, telling them that it’s revealed in the movie that the Helmsman of the USS Enterprise, Hikaru Sulu, has a husband back home on earth, as well as a daughter they raise together.

Cho added, “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicise one’s personal orientations.”

Choosing Sulu to have a hubby is, of course, a nod to George Takei, who played the role in the original series and movies, and then came out as gay in 2005. He’s since become a one of the most high profile voices for LGBT rights. It’s certainly taken Star Trek a long time to have a gay character, but it’s finally happened and the nod to Takei is a nice touch too.

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ACTORS: John Cho  DIRECTORS: Justin Lin  FILMS: Star Trek Beyond  

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (DVD)

November 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Thomas Lennon, Amir Blumenfeld
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Running Time: 90 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: November 5th 2012

When Kal Penn (aka Kumar) went off to work for Obama at the White House (yes, that really happened), it seemed that would be the end of Harold and Kumar. However he left his job in the President’s communications department and so the stoners have returned for a festive adventure. In cinemas they even went 3D, and indeed if you’ve got a 3D Blu-ray player and the right TV, you can enjoy a third dimension in the home, but if you’re going with DVD, you’ll have to enjoy the movie in good old 2D. [Read more…]

Benicio Del Toro Wanted For Star Trek 2

November 7, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

It may have taken them quite a while to get Star Trek 2 sorted, but things finally seem to be moving forwards on the movie, with JJ Abrams once more at the helm. Now it appears Abrams has decided who he wants as the villain, as Variety reports he’s met Benicio Del Toro about the role.

A formal offer has not been made to the actor, but Abrams and Del Toro have had a meeting and it is believed Paramount will issue the offer very soon. Abrams, who’s well known for being secretive, is said to be being so cagey about the villainous part, he wouldn’t even tell Benicio what it was when they met.

Shooting is scheduled to start in early 2012, with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin all expected to return.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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ACTORS: Benicio Del Toro, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin  DIRECTORS: JJ Abrams  FILMS: Star Trek Into Darkness  

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