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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

Gone Girl (Cinema Review)

October 1, 2014 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens
Director: David Fincher
Running Time: 149 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: October 3rd 2014

Want a nailbiting, edge-of-your-seat thriller perfect for those crisp autumn nights? David Fincher is your man. From Se7en to Zodiac he has proved he can crank up the tension to almost unbearable levels, and he knows exactly how to treat Gillian Flynn’s potboiler book. When the flaws and cracks start to appear it’s more Flynn’s fault than Fincher’s – she adapted her own screenplay so has no-one else to blame when the plot starts to develop holes bigger than a sponge. It’s been portrayed as the struggle between men and women, but actually it’s more subtle than that, and hits its stride when it is a look at the American class system. [Read more…]

Gone Girl Trailer – Can you follow the clues of David Fincher’s Ben Affleck mystery?

July 7, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

gone-girl-slideThe first full trailer for David Fincher’s Gone Girl has arrived, along with a few posters, all of which seem designed to give us plenty of clues and up the mystery of this upcoming thriller. Plus we get our first proper look at Neil Patrick Harris in full-on creepy mode for the film.

Ben Affleck plays a husband whose wife (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance, with the signs of a struggle making many assume he has killed her, especially when reasons emerge as to why he might have wanted her out of the way. However, as we learn more about the couple’s relationship, things become much more complex than they first appear.

Fans of the book will be interested to see how they’re going to handle telling the story in the movie version, as one of the main keys to the novel is that half of it is told in the present by the husband, with the other half being the wife’s diary’s. It’s a structure that allows it to go to unexpected places, and it’ll be fascinating to see how Fincher handles that on screen.

The film is due out autumn 2014. Take a look at the trailer and new posters below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris  DIRECTORS: David Fincher  FILMS: Gone Girl  

New Hector and the Search for Happiness Trailer – Simon Pegg decides to break away from his sheltered life

June 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

hector-and-the-search-for-happinessA new trailer for the feel-good drama Hector and the Search For Happiness has arrived, and as you’ll be able to see, it has a great cast including Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgard.

Hector and the Search For Happiness tells the story of Hector (Pegg), an eccentric yet lovable London psychiatrist who finds himself at a crossroads: His patients just aren’t getting any happier and his life is going nowhere. With encouragement from his girlfriend, Clara (Pike), Hector decides to break away from his sheltered life and go on a global quest to find out whether happiness truly exists – and more importantly, whether it exists for Hector. With the help of friends old and new, Hector embarks on a journey of self-discovery that proves colourful, dangerous, exotic and hilarious.

It will hit UK cinemas this autumn. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgard  FILMS: Hector and the Search For Happiness  

What We Did On Our Holiday Trailer – David Tennant & Rosamund Pike head for Scotland

June 11, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

what-we-did-on-out-holiday-teaser-posterDavid Tennant is headed back to the big screen for a new Brit comedy, What We Did On Our Holiday Trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug’s father Gordie’s (Billy Connolly) birthday party. It’s soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability… From the creators of the hit BBC comedy series Outnumbered – WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY is a heart-warming, uplifting comedy for all the family.’

The movie will be released in the UK September 26th 2014. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, Billy Connolly  

Gone Girl Trailer & Poster – Did Ben Affleck kill his wife in David Fincher’s movie?

April 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Gone Girl is certainly an intriguing prospect. With David Fincher behind the camera, a twisting, turning plot based on a bestselling box and Ben Affleck in a role that may well fit him perfectly, it could be well worth watching.

Now we get our first proper taste with a trailer and teaser poster.

Affleck plays a husband whose wife (Rosamund Pike) goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance, with the signs of a struggle making many assume he has killed her, especially when reasons emerge as to why he might have wanted her out of the way. However, as we learn more about the couple’s relationship, things become much more complex than they first appear.

Fans of the book will be interested to know how they’re going to handle telling the story in the movie version, as one of the main keys to the novel is that half of it is told in the present by the husband, with the other half being the wife’s diary’s. It’s a structure that allows it to go to unexpected places, and it’ll be fascinating to see how Fincher handles that on screen.

The film is due out autumn 2014. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris  DIRECTORS: David Fincher  FILMS: Gone Girl  

Hector and the Search For Happiness Trailer – First look at the Simon Pegg movie

February 7, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


The first trailer for the feel-good drama Hector and the Search For Happiness has arrived, and as you’ll be able to see, it has a great cast including Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgard.

Hector and the Search For Happiness tells the story of Hector (Pegg), an eccentric yet lovable London psychiatrist who finds himself at a crossroads: His patients just aren’t getting any happier and his life is going nowhere. With encouragement from his girlfriend, Clara (Pike), Hector decides to break away from his sheltered life and go on a global quest to find out whether happiness truly exists – and more importantly, whether it exists for Hector. With the help of friends old and new, Hector embarks on a journey of self-discovery that proves colourful, dangerous, exotic and hilarious.

It will hit UK cinemas this autumn. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgard  FILMS: Hector and the Search For Happiness  

Ben Affleck Goes For A Gone Girl Post-Mortem In A David Fincher Ahot EW Cover

January 8, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Those who know  Gillian Flynn’s book, Gone Girl, will be wondering exactly what’s going on in this new EW cover image, featuring Ben Affleck cradling Rosamund Pike who’s on the slab. The image was taken by director David Fincher especially for the magazine.

The film is about Nick and Amy Dunne (Affleck and Pike), two former magazine writers who leave their New York City life behind and move to the Midwest on America. Things go badly wrong when Amy disappears on the couple’s fifth anniversary. As new details emerge, Nick is considered the prime suspect in her murder, even though no body has been found.

When asked about why he seems to go for unconventional characters, David Fincher commented, “I don’t know what ‘likable’ is. I know people who are doting parents, who give to charity, drive Priuses, all those things, who are insufferable a- -holes. I like people who get s - - - done.”

However as the cover image suggests, Fincher hints that those who know the novel may be surprised by the movie’s twists, saying that the biggest lesson he learned from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was, “We may have been too beholden to the source material.”

Novelist/screenwriter Gillian Flynn was happy to chance a few things, saying, “There was something thrilling about taking this piece of work that I’d spent about two years painstakingly putting together with all its eight million LEGO pieces and take a hammer to it and bash it apart and reassemble it into a movie.”

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike  DIRECTORS: David Fincher  FILMS: Gone Girl  

Ben Affleck Isn’t Happy In The First Pic From David Fincher’s Gone Girl

December 28, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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A new David Fincher movie is always something to keep an eye on, and now we get our first glimpse at his upcoming Gone Girl, as tweeted by 20th Century Fox, with Ben Affleck standing in front of a poster of Rosamund Pike. It’s not the most revealing image, unless you’ve read Gillian Flynn’s novel, which the movie is based on.

Affleck plays a husband whose wife (Pike) goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance, with the signs of a struggle making many assume he has killed her, especially when reasons emerge as to why he might have wanted her out of they. However, as we learn more about the couple’s relationship, things become much more complex than they first appear.

The film is due out autumn 2014.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike  DIRECTORS: David Fincher  FILMS: Gone Girl  

Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Fugit & More On For David Fincher’s Gone Girl

September 5, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

neil-patrick-harrisDavid Fincher’s is gearing up to shoot his adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel Gone Girl, and he’s busy filling out the cast, with Deadline reporting that Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit and Carrie Coon are all set to join the movie.

The film is about the husband (Ben Affleck) of a woman (Rosamund Pike) who goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance. Initially the wife seems like a pretty average person, but things change as we learn more about her and her husband’s relationship.

It’ll be interesting to see how the film works, as the novel alternates between the husband after the disappearance and the wife’s diary of their crumbling marriage. Presumably this idea will be folded into the movie somehow.

Neil Patrick Harris is near a deal to play Desi Collins, the wife’s former boyfriend, whose creepy behaviour when they when together makes him a suspect. Tyler Perry will be Tanner Bolt, the attorney who ends up representing Affleck’s character. Dickens and Fugit will play the lead detectives who investigate the case, while Coon will play Affleck’s character’s twin sister, Go.

The movie shoots this autumn, with a release towards the end of next year expected.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike  DIRECTORS: David Fincher  FILMS: Gone Girl  

David Fincher Eyes Rosamund Pike To Star Opposite Ben Affleck In Gone Girl

July 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

rosamund-pikeA week or so ago we reported that Ben Affleck was circling the lead role in David Fincher’s Gone Girl. Now he may have some company, as THR reports that Rosamund Pike is the director’s top choice for the female lead.

The film is based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, following the husband (Affleck) of a woman who goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance. Pike is up to play the wife, who initially seems like a pretty average person, but things change as we learn more about her and her husband’s relationship.

Emily Blunt, Natalie Portman and Charlize Theron were apparently also in the running for the role, but at the moment Jack Reacher star Pike is the frontrunner.

Things are still coming together for Gone Girl, with the major sticking point at the moment being the budget. Fincher’s very particular style doesn’t tend to be cheap to achieve, so 20th Century Fox and New Regency are trying to find a budget where they can get a Fincher movie, but not giving him completely free reign to spend the Earth on the film. Hopefully it’ll all work out though.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck  DIRECTORS: David Fincher  FILMS: Gone Girl  
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