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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

New Brain On Fire Trailer – Chloe Moretz falls into madness in the true-life tale

June 18, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Synopsis: ‘One morning, 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up in a hospital bed. She couldn’t speak. She couldn’t move. And she had no idea how she got there. Based on Cahalan’s bestselling memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, director Gerard Barrett’s adaptation captures the horrifying experience of one woman’s unexplained descent into madness and the medical miracle it took to pull her back from the brink.

‘Fresh out of journalism school and ready to embark on adult life, Susannah (Chloë Grace Moretz) already seemed to have it all: her dream job at the New York Post, supportive co-workers (Tyler Perry and Jenny Slate), a devoted boyfriend (Thomas Mann), and a loving family (Richard Armitage and Carrie-Anne Moss). Then, almost overnight, this ingénue went from one of the Post’s most reliable reporters to an unstable, paranoid shell of her former self.

‘Plagued by auditory hallucinations and memory loss, doctors dismissed her condition with a diagnosis of partying too hard and stress. But as her condition worsened, the stakes grew higher, and the race to find an answer became a matter of life and death.’

Take a look at the trailer below. The film arrives on Netflix on June 22nd. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Carrie-Anne Moss, Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Armitage, Thomas Mann  

Brain On Fire Trailer – Chloe Moretz falls into madness in the true-life tale

February 21, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Synopsis: ‘One morning, 24-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up in a hospital bed. She couldn’t speak. She couldn’t move. And she had no idea how she got there. Based on Cahalan’s bestselling memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, director Gerard Barrett’s adaptation captures the horrifying experience of one woman’s unexplained descent into madness and the medical miracle it took to pull her back from the brink.

‘Fresh out of journalism school and ready to embark on adult life, Susannah (Chloë Grace Moretz) already seemed to have it all: her dream job at the New York Post, supportive co-workers (Tyler Perry and Jenny Slate), a devoted boyfriend (Thomas Mann), and a loving family (Richard Armitage and Carrie-Anne Moss). Then, almost overnight, this ingénue went from one of the Post’s most reliable reporters to an unstable, paranoid shell of her former self.

‘Plagued by auditory hallucinations and memory loss, doctors dismissed her condition with a diagnosis of partying too hard and stress. But as her condition worsened, the stakes grew higher, and the race to find an answer became a matter of life and death.’

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

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ACTORS: Carrie-Anne Moss, Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Armitage, Thomas Mann  

The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (Blu-ray Review)

April 22, 2015 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Ken Stott, Orlando Bloom
Director: Peter Jackson
Running Time: 144 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: April 20th 2015 (UK)

The Battle Of The Five Armies certainly doesn’t want to give you time to settle in. Indeed it appears that in Peter Jackson’s mind he wasn’t making three movies, he was creating one enormously long one, as the final part of the trilogy jumps straight in without even the vaguest hint of a recap or a desire to allow the audience to catch their breath.

Nope, the dragon Smaug is on his way to attack Laketown and only Luke Evan’s Bard the Bowman can stop them. That part of the plot is wrapped up pretty quickly, leaving two full hours for the battle of the title and its build-up. Thorin (Richard Armitage) has holed himself up in his ancestral home in the Misty Mountain, but like his forefathers, having control of the vast dwarvish treasure immediately sends him nuts, with the gold causing him to betray his friends and isolate himself from all those around him. [Read more…]

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Cinema Review)

December 10, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans
Director: Peter Jackson
Running Time: 144 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: December 12th 2014 (UK)

So here we are at the end of Bilbo’s quest, and a journey that Peter Jackson and co started on many years ago to bring Middle Earth to the big screen. I am a huge fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2004) and they are some of my all-time favourite films.

It’s been more than a decade since I went to the cinema to see The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), and at the time I went in with little expectation, just knowing that it was a fantasy film based on a beloved book that had gained legions of fans worldwide. I was captivated by a fully realised world and became attached to the characters and their quest. And then suddenly it ended and I couldn’t believe I had to wait a year for more! [Read more…]

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Trailer – Can’t Middle Earth people just learn to get along?

November 6, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

hobbit-battle-of-five-armies-poster1-slideIn just over a month we’ll be going back into Middle Earth for the last time (probably) with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. To give us a taste of what we can expect, the full trailer has now arrived, which you can watch below.

As you would expect, the trailer is big on battle (which presumably involves five armies) and suggests this instalment certainly won’t be lacking in action. Indeed rumours already suggest the final battle itself will last for more than 45 minutes.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

‘“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Company of Dwarves. The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their homeland, but now must face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon, Smaug, upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.

‘As he succumbs to dragon-sickness, the King Under the Mountain, Thorin Oakenshield, sacrifices friendship and honor in his search for the legendary Arkenstone. Unable to help Thorin see reason, Bilbo is driven to make a desperate and dangerous choice, not knowing that even greater perils lie ahead. An ancient enemy has returned to Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide—unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends as five great armies go to war.’

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is released in UK cinemas 12 December 2014. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom  DIRECTORS: Peter Jackson  FILMS: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies  

Into The Storm Trailer – Richard Armitage takes on the twisters

June 27, 2014 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

into-the-storm-poster2Richard Armitage has gained a lot of fans thanks to The Hobbit, but we haven’t seen a huge amount of him outside Middle Earth since An Unexpected Journey debuted. Now he’s coming to cinemas and battling some impressively bad weather.

A full trailer has now arrived, which you can see below, along with a poster above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot.

‘Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, “Into the Storm” throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.’

The movie arrives in UK cinemas on August 22nd. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Richard Armitage  FILMS: Into The Storm  

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (Blu-ray)

April 7, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Director: Peter Jackson
Running Time: 161 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: April 7th 2014

It seems The Hobbit is determined to follow the same pattern as Lord Of The Rings. The first film was good but essentially just involved a lot of walking with a plot where much of it could have been cut out without hurting the overall arc of the story. The second is overall a better movie, but leaves things in a way where it’s difficult to fully judge it without seeing part three, as it spends so much time setting things up for that movie.

The Desolation Of Smaug picks up where the last film left off, with Bilbo (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the band of dwarves heading towards the Lonely Mountain in order to take on the dragon Smaug, who many years ago took smote Erebor and displaced the dwarves who lived there. [Read more…]

Into The Storm Teaser Trailer – It’s tornado time for Richard Armitage

March 27, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


The trailer for Into The Storm suggests the worst weather related disasters are still to come for humanity – but we already knew that as we’ve seen Sharknado. This film lacks sharks but it does have plenty of twisters, and they’re gonna cause a lot of trouble.

We can get our first taste with a teaser trailer and poster.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot.

‘Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, “Into the Storm” throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.’

Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sumpter, Matt Walsh star. It’ll be out in August [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Richard Armitage  FILMS: Into The Storm  

Has Ian McKellan Accidentally Outed Lee Pace & Another Hobbit Co-Star?

January 6, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Lee Pace

Lee Pace

It seemed Ian McKellen thought he was making a fairly innocuous comment. He made it back in 2012 to the German magazine Brash, where he talked about how far gay actors have come in the last 10 year.

He compared the lack of openly gay actor in Lord Of The Rings to The Hobbit, saying “Look only at how many gay actors are in Hobbit—two of the dwarves, along with Luke Evans, Stephen Fry and Lee Pace… In Lord of the Rings  I was the only one, apart from my make-up artist and a guy in wardrobe team. That is progress, or what?”

No one particularly noticed the comment at the time, but now it’s attracting a bit of attention, as McKellen may have accidentally outed a few people. While Stephen Fry is indeed out and proud, Evans used to be out but has now gone back inside again (not coincidentally he shut up about his sexuality when his career started taking off). Lee Pace meanwhile has never officially been out at all, despite a number of rumours. However McKellen seems pretty sure that he’s gay.

As for ‘two of the dwarfs’, the only openly gay one of their number is Adam Brown (who plays Ori). The rediscovered comment from Sir has led to speculation the other dwarf is Richard Armitage (Thorin), who’s previously been subject to rumours he’s dating Pace. However there’s no actual evidence of that, so we’ll leave you to speculate on who it might be.

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ACTORS: Ian McKellen, Lee Pace, Richard Armitage, Stephen Fry, Luke Evans  

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (Cinema)

December 11, 2013 By Stephen Sclater Leave a Comment

Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Peter Jackson
Running Time: 161
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: December 13th 2013

After the massive success of Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey wasn’t as well received by fans and critics. This was due to running time, the lengthy introduction to all the new characters, as well as Peter Jackson’s controversial decision to film and project it at 48fps (which many complained gave it a video feel).

So has Jackson redeemed himself with the diehard fans of Middle Earth with part two of the Hobbit trilogy? Yes, Smaug is The Two Towers compared to the slower Fellowship of the Ring. [Read more…]

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