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

New Carol Trailer – Cate Blanchett falls for Rooney Mara in the lesbian-themed Cannes hit

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new-carol-slide-cate-blanchettCarol was a massive success at Cannes, with many tipping it for a major awards run at the beginning of next year. Todd Haynes’ beautiful 1950s set drama will receive its UK Premiere on Wednesday 14 October at the Odeon Leicester Square as the 59th BFI London Film Festival’s American Express Gala, attended by Todd Haynes, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.

With tickets for that event going on sale September 10th, Studiocanal has released a new UK trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens.

‘While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) threatens her competence as a mother when Carol’s involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) comes to light. As Carol leaves the comfort of home to travel with Therese, an internal journey of self-discovery coincides with her new sense of space.

‘Based on Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel, The Price of Salt, adapted by Emmy nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, directed by Todd Haynes, CAROL stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy and Sarah Paulson and is set for release on 27 November.’ [Read more…]

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Carol Film Clips – First look at Cate Blanchett & Mia Wasikowska in the lesbian-themed movie

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Carol-cate-blanchett-slideAfter over a decade in the works, the film version of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price Of Salt, Carol, is due to debut at Cannes. To tie in to that a couple of clips from the lesbian-themed movie have popped up online, which you can watch below.

The movie is about the relationship between two women in 1950s New York. One is a young department store clerk, Therese (Rooney Mara), who dreams of a better life, and the other is the older Carol (Cate Blanchett), who is trapped in a loveless marriage. However Carol’s husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to suspect what is happening. Playwright Phyllis Nagy wrote the screenplay adaptation.

Todd Haynes, known for previous LGBT-themed work such as Velvet Goldmine and Far From Heaven, directs. He previously worked with Blanchett on his unusual 2007 Bob Dylan biopic, I’m Not There.

An Oscar-bait release towards the end of the year is expected. [Read more…]

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The Wolf Of Wall Street (Cinema)

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We’ve had Wall Street, Boiler Room, Margin Call and, God help us all, Wall Street 2. Now we get Martin Scorsese’s take on the 1990s decade of excess, in which a tiny number of people got very rich by ripping off ordinary people by selling worthless junk bonds.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jordan Belfort is, theoretically, a hugely conflicted and interesting character. As he admits, he’s not a Harvard type, merely an ordinary Joe driven to making his millions, initially hit by starting his first day at work on Black Monday – which turns out to be his last. Undeterred he takes a job at a rundown Long Island firm, selling junk bonds over the phone and making cash fast thanks to his winning charm. [Read more…]

New The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer – Martin Scorsese takes Leo DiCaprio into a mad world of money

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Movies about people in the financial world don’t usually sound that much fun, and to be honest on paper that’s true of The Wolf Of Wall Street, but as this trailer shows, it could be incredibly entertaining in its insanity.

The based-on-a-true-story movie is about Jordan Belfort’s meteoric rise, where he made making millions selling phony stocks before he was arrested and sentenced to 22 months in prison for securities fraud. Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Kyle Chandler, Jean Dujardin, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, Rob Reiner, and Jon Favreau also star.

Martin Scorsese directs from a screenplay by Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter. Although it wasn’t certain whether the film would be ready for a prime Oscar-bait release at the end of the year, it now appears it will indeed by going for an awards push. [Read more…]

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Zero Dark Thirty Trailer – Kathryn Bigelow’s look at the hunt for Osama gets a full trailer

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Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker follow-up, Zero Dark Thirty, has already proven controversial due to the supposedly priviledged access President Obama gave the filmmakers to the operation to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Now a new trailer for the movie is here. The film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Mark Strong star.

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Zero Dark Thirty Trailer – First look at Kathryn Bigelow’s seeking Osama movie

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Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker follow-up, Zero Dark Thirty, has already proven controversial due to the supposedly priviledged access President Obama gave the filmmakers to the operation to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Now the first trailer for the movie is here. The film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Mark Strong star.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Kyle Chandler Join The Spectacular Now

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The cast of The Spectacular Now has certainly grow, with Variety reporting that Kyle Chandler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Bob Odenkirk, and Andre Royo have joined director James Ponsoldt’s film.

Miles Teller stars as a popular high school senior, who tries to save an intellectual introvert (Shailene Woodley) from a life as an outcast. No character details were given for any of the new cast members. Brie Larson, Kaitlyn Dever, Masam Holden, and Dayo Okeniyi also star.

James Ponsoldt is directing from a screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ((500) Days of Summer), which landed on the Black List in 2009. No production schedule was released.

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Kyle Chandler Boards Scorsese’s Wolf Of Wall Street

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With the shoot scheduled for this summer, Martin Scorsese is busy filling out the cast of The Wolf of Wall Street. He’s already got Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill onboard, and now Deadline reports that Kyle Chandler has signed on too.

The film is an adaptation of the Jordan Belfort memoir, which follows the multimillionaire stockbroker through his dramatic rise and fall on Wall Street. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Belfort, who experiences a dramatic rise on Wall Street and gets lost in the drugs and excess of a hard partying lifestyle that comes hand in hand with all that money. His downfall is precipitous, as he spent 22 months in jail before straightening out his life.

Chandler will play FBI agent Coleman, who built the case against Jordan Belfort and took him down. Jonah Hill is playing Jordan Belfort’s close friend and business partner, who’s persuaded by Belfort to quit his job in the furniture business to jump into volatile world of stocks. The script was adapted by Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter.

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Kyle Chandler’s Gonna Hunt Bin Laden For Director Kathryn Bigelow

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After Osama Bin Laden was killed, it appeared Kathryn Bigelow would be going into production incredibly quickly on a movie about the Navy SEAL team who tracked him down. However the film is still to start shooting, and has become a bit of a political football, with some accusing President Obama of giving Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal too much access to the covert mission.

However things are moving forward, with the latest news being that Deadline report Friday Night Lights and Super 8 Kyle Chandler has signed up to play a CIA agent in the drama (although his role is yet to be confirmed). Chandler joins a cast which includes Jason Clarke, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, and Édgar Ramírez.

It isn’t known when production will begin on the movie, although it can’t be too long now! It’s also uncertain when it’ll get a name.

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Kyle Chandler Heads For Broken City

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Broken City recently started shooting in New Orleans, but it seems they haven’t finished filling out the cast, as Variety reports that Super 8 and Firday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler has signed up to take a role in the movie.

A few weeks ago Barry Pepper joined the film as a mayoral candidate, and Chandler will play his campaign manager. The story centers on Mark Wahlberg’s character, a private investigator hired by the mayor (Russell Crowe) to find his wife’s lover. The detective comes to learn dark secrets about the mayor during the course of his investigation, which puts his life in danger.

Allen Hughes is directing with the thriller due out next year.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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