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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

Hailee Steinfeld Asks Can a Song Save Your Life?

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Hailee Steinfeld made a big impact and scored an Oscar nomination for True Grit, but as so often happens when an actor comes out of nowhere, it takes a while until we see them in a follow-up role. She’s currently shooting Romeo & Juliet and she’s also booked in Ender’s Game, and now THR reports she’s joined the cast of the musical Can a Song Save Your Life? So it certainly seems we’ll see plenty of her in future.

The movie is about Gretta (Scarlett Johansson), a talented young singer who moves to New York City with her boyfriend, only to have him dump her when he gets a solo recording contract. Gretta crosses paths with a depressed record producer (Mark Ruffalo) and they strike up a relationship which could save each others careers. Steinfeld will play Ruffalo’s daughter.

John Carney, who scored a major success with the Irish musical feature Once, is directing Can a Song Save Your Life? from his own original screenplay. Production is scheduled to start in June.

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Mark Ruffalo & Scarlett Johansson Ask Can a Song Save Your Life?

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Mark Ruffalo must have enjoyed working with Scarlett Johansson on The Avengers as they’re set to team up again for Can a Song Save Your Life?, which is a return to the music-film arena for Once director John Carney.

Variety says that in the film, Gretta (Johansson) is seduced by dreams of making it in the big city, and so she and her long-time boyfriend move to New York to pursue their passion for music. Soon after she’s heartbroken when he dumps her for the fame and fortune of a big solo contract.

However, her world takes a turn for the better when a down-on-his-luck record producer (Ruffalo) stumbles upon her singing in a local bar and is immediately captivated by her raw talent and inspiring authenticity.

It’s a chance for Johansson to show off her singing skills, but gets a bit more cred with the presence of Mark Ruffalo. The plan is to begin shooting in June.

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Five New Pics From The Avengers Released

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Five new images from the Avengers have surface via Marvel.com, which if nothing else shows that while the scarring on Nick Fury’s face has been rather underplayed when we’ve seen it before, but it appears it’s going to be much more prominent in The Avenger. Indeed, the spider-webbing scars in the pic above have already led some to wonder if they’re going to play a role in the movie somehow.

In case you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know what The Avengers is about, here’s the synopsis: ‘Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

‘Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble in summer 2012.’ The team his the UK on April 27th.

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Julia Roberts Has The Normal Heart, About AIDS In The Early 80s

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Glee creator Ryan Murphy is a ridiculously busy man, as he’s also got American Horror Story on the go, found time to write and direct Eat Pray Love and for a while has been putting together a film adaptation of Larry Kramer’s Tony Award winning play. Mark Ruffalo’s been onboard the movie for a while, and he’s now been joined by Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Bomer, and Jim Parsons (aka Sheldon from Big Bang Theory), according to THR.

The film is about the rise of AIDS in New York’s gay community in the early-to-mid 80s. The play first debuted Off-Broadway in 1985, and has enjoyed several revivals in Los Angeles and London. Ruffalo is taking on the lead role of Ned Weeks, one of the first people to raise an alarm about the new disease that initially was known as ‘Gay Cancer’.

Julia Roberts will play Emma Brookner, a wheelchair bound doctor who is the only one of her peers in New York taking AIDS seriously. Alec Baldwin is set to play Weeks’ brother, a lawyer struggling to come to terms with Ned’s sexuality. The incredibly handsome Matthew Bomer is playing Felix Turner, a gay fashion journalist, while Jim Parsons will reprise his stage role as a gay activist who forms a health crisis group.

The Normal Heart is set to shoot later this year and is set to be one of the highest profile gay-themed movies around.

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The Avengers German Trailer

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All around the world, thousands of people make a living being the voices of famous people in various languages. With this new German trailer for The Avengers we get to appreciate the talents of those who voice the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans in Germany, which is undoubtedly a slightly odd experience. However more exciting than that is that it includes loads of very cool new footage from the movie. So click and enjoy!

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The Kids Are All Right (Blu-ray)

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What a confusing movie The Kids Are All Right is. Kids with two mothers? What craziness! Whoever heard of such as thing! And it has two women living in the same house, both of whom have fathered a child by the same sperm donor! Nuttiness.

At one point, when Julianne Moore was under the bed covers between Annette Bening’s legs, I even thought they were trying to suggest these two mothers were having some sort of sexual relationship, but then I heard a strange buzzing sound coming from down there and realised Moore must have just lost her cell phone or something. [Read more…]

The Avengers Trailer

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Official Synopsis: ‘Marvel Studios presents “Marvel’s The Avengers” – the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting eventmovie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble in summer 2012.’ It’s due in cinemas on May 4th 2012, but take a look at the trailer below.

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