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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

First Look At Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult & More In X-Men Apocalypse

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x-men-apocalypse-ew-cover-slideThe mutants are back next year in X-Men Apocalypse, and after adventures set in the 1960s and 1970s, it’s time for Magneto, Professor X, Raven, Beast and co. to enter the 1980s.

EW has offered the first look at the movie with a cover and several images, including our first look at the villain, the titular Apocalypse, an ancient mutant with extraordinary powers that dwarf those of most others. While he was glimpsed at the end of Days Of Future Past looking largely like a normal human being, it appears several thousand years have changed him.

Along with a new villain, we get younger versions of characters we’ve seen before, such as Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), and Angel (Ben Hardy).

They all end up on different sides of a battle where the ancient mutant decides the world has gone to hell since his time and that things would be better if he were in charge, and so he recruits the likes of Magneto to help him.

The movie is due out May 27th, 2016. [Read more…]

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Steve Jobs Trailer – Michael Fassbender takes on the Apple co-founder

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steve-jobs-pic1From the evidence of this trailer, Steve Jobs is going to be far more interesting than the bones of the synopsis might suggest – but then you’d hope so with a movie written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle.

Having Michael Fassbender in the lead role helps too.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter. Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award® winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin and Academy Award® winner Christian Colson. Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award®-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley. The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs’ ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team.’

The film will be out towards the end of the year. [Read more…]

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Macbeth Trailer – Michael Fassbender takes on Shakespeare’s Scottish king

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macbeth-pic1-slideAfter what seems like a very long wait, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in a new film version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is on its way, and the trailer has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The highly anticipated tale of war, ambition, love, murder and betrayal, directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) and starring Academy-Award nominee Michael Fassbender (Twelve Years A Slave, Shame, Hunger) and Academy-Award winner Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night, La Vie En Rose) will see a UK release on OCTOBER 2nd.

‘Macbeth is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of literature’s most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-consuming passion and ambition set in war torn Scotland.

‘MACBETH is from the producers of The King’s Speech and Shame. MACBETH also stars Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum), David Thewlis (the Harry Potter series), Sean Harris (Prometheus), Jack Reynor (What Richard Did) and Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby).’ [Read more…]

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Steve Jobs Teaser – First look at Michael Fassbender as the Apple co-founder

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steve-jobs-pic1Now that everyone has pretty much forgotten about the Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher it’s time for another, slightly more official one, with Michael Fassbender in the lead role and a script by Aaron Sorkin. And with Danny Boyle behind the camera, it should be an interesting one.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

‘Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award® winner Danny Boyle and written by Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin and Academy Award® winner Christian Colson.

‘Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award®-winning actress Kate Winslet starring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played by Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels stars as former Apple CEO John Sculley. The film also stars Katherine Waterston as Chrisann Brennan, Jobs’ ex-girlfriend, and Michael Stuhlbarg as Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team.’

It’ll be out in the UK in October. [Read more…]

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Slow West Trailer – Michael Fassbender goes Western

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Slow-West-slideIt seems Michael Fassbender was keen to make a Western, as he was attached to Jane Got A Gun, but X-Men scheduling issues forced him to drop out, but now he’s made Slow West (it’s the movie he was shooting when one paparazzi managed to take a sneaky pic of him having an outdoor piss). The trailer for the film has now arrived, which you can watch below.

The movie ‘follows a 16-year-old boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas (Fassbender).’

The trailer suggest this is a film that will have plenty of style, something Sundance reviews also attested to, although it’s apparently also pretty gritty.

No UK date is currently set, but in the US it’ll arrive on DirecTV on April 16th, before hitting cinemas and VoD on May 15th. [Read more…]

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Kate Winslet Wanted For Steve Jobs Biopic Female Lead

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kate-winsletGetting the biopic of Steve Jobs together, with a script by Aaron Sorkin, is turning out to be a lot more difficult than you would imagine. There’s been a bit of a revolving door of directors and actors in the main role, and recently it also jumped studios from Sony to Universal.

However they’re still struggling to get it to work, with Danny Boyle currently set to direct, with Michael Fassbender as Jobs, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak and Jeff Daniels as John Sculley.

There’s also been a few issues sorting out the female lead, with Jessica Chastain and Natalie Portman reportedly already having passed on the role. However Variety reports that the latest actress being sought for the part is Kate Winslet, although it’s not clear how close she is to signing on.

They’ll be hoping they can get it sorted soon though, as it’s known that Boyle wants to go into production as soon as possible.

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Frank (DVD Review)

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Michael Fassbender is a top actor who can have his choice of roles, so it initially seemed bizarre that he wanted to make a movie where he spends the vast majority of the runtime with a giant papier-mâché head covering his face. However as I watched more of the movie, I began to realise what an interesting role it must have seemed from his perspective.

For a start it means he has to create a performance and a character with just his body and voice, something he does an extremely good job of. It’s also gives him a chance to play a surprisingly interesting person as it begins to reveal more and more about the man inside the head. [Read more…]

X-Men: Days Of Future Past (Cinema Review)

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The latest instalment in the X-Men franchise; Days of Future Past does not disappointment. Not only does it have the original X-Men stars, including the wonderful Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen (and a lot more), but it also features the hot new stars such as James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. Of course there’s also the ultimate X-Men veteran who has appeared in ALL of the X-men films, Hugh Jackman.

And  if you’re a big fan of Jackman, you get to see a whole lot of him. Yes, there are nude shots. [Read more…]

Michael Fassbender In Talks For Derek Cianfrance’s Light Between Oceans

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michael-fassbender-gq-pic7-slideDerek Cianfrance’s last couple of movies have had Ryan Gosling in the lead (Place Between The Pines and Blue Valentine), but now he’s found a new leading man as TheWrap reports Michael Fassbender is in talks for The Light Between Oceans, which DreamWorks is backing.

The film will be based on the debut novel from M.L. Stedman, which takes place on a remote Australian island after World War I, where a lighthouse keeper and his wife face a moral dilemma when a dead man and a two-month-old infant wash up in a boat on shore.

It isn’t 100% clear when it will shoot, although it’s believed it may film in Australia. Rumours suggest that Fassbender may make this movie and then move onto Prometheus 2, although others suggest it’ll be Assassin’s Creed he shoots later this year instead.

Of course first he’s got X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

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James McAvoy & Michael Fassbender Take A Look At The Internet’s Love Of Putting Their X-Men Characters Together In Gay Fan Art

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James McAvoy & Michael Fassbender gained a lot of fans as Professor X and Magneto in X-Men: First Class. However a lot of the internet isn’t satisfied with them purely ending up as frenemies – they want them to be banging one another on the side.

That has resulted in a lot of slash-fiction and homemade gay fan art.

However, what does it feel like to have stranger drawing pictures of you getting up close and person with your co-star? Well, Graham Norton decided to find out when he had McAvoy and Fassbender (and Hugh Jackman) on his chat show to promote the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

You can see what they thought above (and as so often with Norton’s show, it does seem to help that the guests are allowed to have a few drinks).

It has to be said though, compared to the pictures some people have drawn, the images they’re shown are a little tame. But what did you expect, this is mainstream UK TV after all?

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