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

New Map To The Stars Trailer – Robert Pattinson reunites with David Cronenberg

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maps-to-the-stars-quad-largeBack in April we got the first trailer for David Cronenberg’s Map To The Stars, and now we get a fresh look with a UK promo, which shows off the great cast, including Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams and Carrie Fisher.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Weiss family are an archetypical Hollywood dynasty – Dr Stafford Weiss (John Cusack) is a psychotherapist whose self-help books have made him a fortune. His wife Cristina (Olivia Williams) is the overbearing mom-ager of their thirteen-year old son, Benjie (Evan Bird), a prodigious child star fresh out of drug rehab and their estranged daughter Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) has recently been released from a psychiatric hospital. Agatha is now back in Hollywood making friends with a wannabe actor/writer limo driver named Jerome (Robert Pattinson) and with a new job as PA to one of Stafford’s clients – the neurotic and tempestuous actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), whose dream of reprising her dead mother’s starring role from the 1960s is beginning to haunt her.’

Map To The Stars is released in UK cinemas on September 26th, 2014. [Read more…]

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Reclaim Trailer – John Cusack is getting dodgy around Ryan Phillippe

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reclaim-slideJohn Cusack and Ryan Phillippe are sometimes allowed in major Hollywood movies, but they spend a lot of time grafting away in the endless line of thrillers that get made and hope to do well enough on DVD to make their money back.

Reclaim certainly seems like one of those movies, with Cusack as a man involved in a dodgy adoption agency, which cause huge issues for Phillippe and Rachel Lefevre after they get a child from him.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they will discover just what being a parent means and how far they will go to get their child back.’

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

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Maps To The Stars Trailer – David Cronenberg takes on a twisted Hollywood tale with Robert Pattinson & Julianne Moore

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David Cronenberg is back and this time he’s taking on Hollywood with Maps To The Stars. He’s gathered a great cast to do it, including Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams and Carrie Fisher.

Now the first trailer has arrived, which you can watch right here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Led by the loathsome yet funny and touching child-star Benjie, we witness the convoluted world of shallow, selfish celebrities and their minions, all of whom are about to be manipulated and destroyed by the young woman who literally represents the fruit of their twisted machinations, Agatha, Benjie’s tormented, apparently psychotic sister. As much as it is a sharp, comic look at a vacant and corrupt world, MAPS TO THE STARS is also a haunting ghost story.’

It should be in cinemas later this year. [Read more…]

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Drive Hard Trailer – Thomas Jane is forced be John Cusack’s getaway driver

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John Cusack and Thomas Jane are teaming up for Drive Hard. Now we can get our first look with a trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘American thief, Simon Keller (Cusack), arrives in a foreign country in need of a getaway driver. Rather than recruit one from the underworld, he takes a driving lesson from ex F-1 champion, Peter Roberts (Jane), now working as a driving instructor. After Keller robs a bank during the lesson, Roberts has no choice, but to use his driving talent to get away from pursuing police and mobsters.’

It’ll be out later this year. [Read more…]

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The Bag Man Trailer – John Cusack & Robert De Niro team up for a thriller

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Here’s a film that seems to have snuck in with few people knowing it even existed. However The Bad Man, previously known as Motel, is coming and now the first trailer has arrived, which you can take a look at here.

Motel is about a hitman (John Cusack) who is hired by a famous mob boss (Robert De Niro). The assassin realises he has to fight his way through a cadre of other dangerous people who were also hired by the mobster to convene at a shady motel, and then teams up with a woman to plan his escape, making away with a mystery bag in the process.

It’s due out in the US next month. [Read more…]

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The Frozen Ground (DVD)

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Back in 1997 John Cusack was busy trying to track down Nicolas Cage in Con Air. Now the roles have been reversed in The Frozen Ground. Based on a true story, Cage is Alaska State Trooper Jack Holcombe, who believes a serial killer is on the loose after several bodies are found in the wilderness. He even believes he knows exactly who it is after one of the victims, Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens), escapes and says she was held captive by Robert Hansen (Cusack). [Read more…]

John Cusack, Jason Patric & Johnathon Schaech Join Bruce Willis in The Prince

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john-cusackBruce Willis has been attached to The Prince for a while, and now Deadline reports he’s got plenty of company as John Cusack, Jason Patric, 50 Cent, Johnathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna and Korean pop star Rain have signed up to co-star.

The story follows a former mobster (Patric) who is forced to return to Las Vegas to face his old enemies after his daughter goes missing. Bruce Willis plays Omar, a man who has been waiting for the mobster to come back to town so that he can settle an old score. It isn’t clear who the other actors will play.

Brian A. Miller is directing from a script by Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio. Filming begins next week in Mobile, Alabama.

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First Images Of John Cusack & Julianne Moore From Map To The Stars

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Collider and ShockTilYouDrop have debuted the first pics from David Cronenberg’s latest movie, Map To The Stars. The pics show off the likes of John Cusack & Julianne Moore, although the movie also stars Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Mia Wasikowska and Sarah Gadon.

The film follows the Weiss family, who are a Hollywood dynasty headed by father Dr. Stafford (Cusack), an analyst and life coach, mother Christina (Williams) and their son Benjie (Evan Bird), a child star she is dedicating to supporting. There’s also daughter Agatha (Wasikowska), who’s recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania.

Julianne Moore is a patient of Dr. Weiss, an actress who is trying to get a film made about her late mother, who was a 60s star who has come back to haunt her. The movie looks at how two child stars are destroyed by the sleazier side of Hollywood. It’ll be out next year.

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Samuel L. Jackson May be Playing Gay In The Stephen King Adaptation Cell

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samuel-l-jacksonFor a while now, John Cusack has been attached to an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Cell. Now he’s got some company, as THR reports that Samuel L. Jackson has signed up too.

The movie is about Clay Wheeler (John Cusack), a Boston artist who is trying to reunite with his son after a mysterious cell phone signal turns humans into vicious, zombie-type monsters. Samuel L. Jackson is playing Tom McCourt, an engineer and former soldier who flees from the city with Clay. In the novel, McCourt is a gay man, although it’s not known if that’s being ported over to the film, and that Jackson will therefore be playing gay.

Tod Williams (Paranormal Activity 2) will direct from a screenplay co-written by Stephen King and Adam Alleca (The Last House on the Left). Production is scheduled to begin in January, with the project currently being sold at the American Film Market.

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The Frozen Ground Trailer – Nicolas Cage & Vanessa Hudgens hunt John Cusack

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Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and Vanessa Hudgens team up for the thriller The Frozen Ground, which looks both chilly and moody in this trailer.

The film follows Alaskan State Trooper Jack Halcombe (Cage), who sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen (Cusack), a serial killer who has gone unnoticed for 13 years. As the bodies of street girls start to pile up in Anchorage, fear strikes a chord with the public. Risking his life, Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer before the next body surfaces. When a seventeen year old escapee (Hudgens) reveals key information about the case, Halcombe is finally on the trail of the killer. But will he catch him in time to save the next victim?

It’s due out in the US on August 26th and should reach the UK later this year. [Read more…]

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