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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

A Most Wanted Man Trailer – First look at Anton Corbijn’s take on John Le Carre’s tale

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Following the success of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, there’s been a lot of interest taking more John Le Carre’s stories to the screen.

One that’s on its way is Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Bruhl and Robin Wright. Now the first trailer has arrived, which was put together to help the independent movie get international sales.

Set in Hamburg, Germany, the plot is about a mysterious man who is near death and looking to retrieve his late father’s fortune. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a German spy chief who tries to determine the mystery man’s identity. It’s due out in the UK in September, but no US date is currently set. [Read more…]

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The Master (Blu-ray)

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The Master almost needs two completely separate reviews, as it’s an audience divider if ever there was one. Some people with undoubtedly find Paul Thomas Anderson’s film tedious, repetitive, pointless, confusing and boring. However others will find it absorbing and endlessly thought-provoking, although even they will have difficulty coming to any firm conclusions about what the movie is ‘about’.

To be honest, while I liked the movie an awful lot, I’m still not 100% convinced it isn’t cinematic masturbation, but if it is, it’s masturbation turned into an art form – and possibly cinematic masturbation about cinematic masturbation. [Read more…]

More Hunger Games: Catching Fire Pics Online, Including First Look At Philip Seymour Hoffman

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hunger-games-catching-fire-ew-pic2A couple of days ago our very first look at The Hunger Games: Catching Fire arrived, with an EW cover and a look at Sam Claflin’s Finnick Odair getting close to Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen. Now EW has released a quartet of fresh pics from the film, including our first look at Philip Seymour Hoffman as gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee.

There’s also Donald Sutherland as the oily President Snow, a shot of Willow Shields and Paula Malconson as Katniss’ sister and mother, as well as director Francis Lawrence chatting to Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth on the set.

The film sees events in Panem escalate as it’s revealed the next Hunger Games will be different to normal and see previous champions thrown back into the arena – meaning Katniss and Peeta are going to be fighting for their lives again. All the while dissent is growing in the districts against the control of the Capitol. The film hits cinemas November 22nd.

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New Extra-Long The Master Trailer Debuts

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Here’s an interesting one. The Master has already been out in the States for a couple of weeks, but to thank fans for its success, director Paul Thomas Anderson has decided to release a new, extra-long trailer for the movie. You might wonder why fans would want thanks with a trailer, but the intriguing thing is that like earlier promos, it features a lot of footage that didn’t make the final film, or which shows things from a different angle. Many people have spoken about the film’s enigmatic nature, and this certainly seems to add to that. We in the UK will get to see whether The Master is all it’s cracked up to be hwne it opens on November 2nd.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman To Direct Ezekiel Moss

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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s first outing as director, Jack Goes Boating, was rather underwhelming, but he’s had great success directing for the stage and the movie did at least suggest it would be worth looking out for anything he helmed in the future.

Now it appears he’s chosen a follow-up, as Variety reports he’s now attached to direct the black listed script Ezekiel Moss, which will take Hoffman into the world of the supernatural. The slightly Whistle Down The Wind premise is set during the Great Depression Era follows a curious and imaginative young boy who starts an unlikely friendship with a drifter in his small town who claims that he has the power to talk with the dead.

Cathy Schulman of the pictures’ backers, Mandalay Pictures, commented, “Hoffman is one of the great talents of our generation. We are thrilled to be in his capable hands directing this captivating and gothic exploration of faith and the supernatural.”

There’s no news on exactly when it might shoot.

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A Late Quartet Trailer – Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken get musical

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Quartet seems to be the title of the moment, as that’s the name of Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, and there’s also A Late Quartet, which has just debuted its first trailer. The film follows four members of a world-renowned string quartet who struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust. Christopher Walken is a man dealing with a Parkinson’s diagnosis, Philip Seymour Hoffman wants to move forward with his career, while Imogen Poots has issues with her mother (Catherine Keener).

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Fresh The Master Trailer – New look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s film

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After waiting what seems like eons for a new Paul Thomas Anderson movie (There Will Be Blood was back in 2007), The Master is nearly here, with a November 9th UK release date now set. Now a new trailer has been released. Set in America in the years following World War II, a charismatic intellectual (Philip Seymour Hoffman) launches a faith-based organisation and taps a young drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) as his right-hand man. But as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the onetime vagabond finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.

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The Master Teaser Poster Debuts

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It’s been a long wait for a new Paul Thomas Anderson movie. We got There Will Be Blood in 2007, but it’s taken ages to get to the point where it’s only a few months until The Master arrives. Now a new poster for the movie has arrived, although quite what it’s got to do with the movie is anyone’s guess. It looks a bit like a wine label, but that doesn’t really seem to have much to do with a film about a drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) who ends up as the right hand man of a guy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who’s set up his own religion/cult. Hopefully all will become clear before the film’s release on November 9th. (Image via Huffington Post)

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New Trailer For Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master

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When the first footage debuted at Cannes, we got our first brief look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. Now a new trailer has arrived, which makes the film seem oddly intense. The movie is a 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as ‘the Master’ (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), whose faith-based organisation begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) who becomes his right-hand man. The movie is loosely based on the birth of Scientology, although the company behind the movie has already reached out to the ‘religion’ to say they have nothing to worry about. Although with Scientology sometimes being a bit like an attack dog, we’ll have to see if they go on the offensive or not.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Seeks Philip Seymour Hoffman

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In the last couple of weeks, most of the speculation for new actors joining The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has surrounded the role of the handsome Finnick Odair, but there are other new characters to be cast as well. One of the more interesting is Plutarch Heavensbee, the new head of The Hunger Games (after the previous one was executed).

Now THR reports that the part has been offered to Philip Seymour Hoffman. There is no word yet on whether the actor has accepted the offer, or if negotiations have begun. It is a slightly bigger commitment than usual for Hoffman, as he would have to agree to appear in the third Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay, as well.

In Suzanne Collins’ novel, Plutarch tries to subtly show Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) that he is on her side, although he treats her and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) like any other Tribute in public, although his true role is not revealed until the end.

Francis Lawrence is directing Catching Fire from a screenplay by Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine). Shooting is due to run from July through December in Atlanta, Georgia.

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