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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

The Cured Trailer – Ellen Page has to help out some rehabilitated zombies

January 28, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s almost incredible how many different things filmmakers have found to do with zombies, with the living dead featuring in everything from straightforward horror movies to rom-coms. The Cured gives things a twist by focussing on what might happen if zombies could be treated and cured, and then have to reintegrate into normal society, despite their past as brain-eating ghouls.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is Senan (Sam Keeley), a young man haunted by the horrific acts he committed while infected. Welcomed back into the family of his widowed sister-in-law (Ellen Page), Senan attempts to restart his life—but is society ready to forgive him and those like him? Or will fear and prejudice once again tear the world apart? Pulsing with provocative parallels to our troubled times, The Cured is a smart, scary, and hauntingly human tale of guilt and redemption.’

The film is due out in the US on February 23rd. No UK date is currently set. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Ellen Page, Sam Keeley  

Ansel Elgort & Brenton Thwaites In The Running For Pirates of the Caribbean 5

November 1, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

ansel-elgortA couple of years after Disney originally wanted it to shoot, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is heading out next February to get the cameras rolling. Now it’s time to fill out the cast, and as with the earlier movies they want a hot young star to appear alongside Johnny Depp.

Deadline reports that a shortlist for the role has now been drawn up, with Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), George Mackay (Pride), Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent), Mitchell Hope (Descendants), Ansel Elgort (The Fault In Our Stars) and Sam Keeley (In The Heart Of The Sea) in the running to play a character called Henry.

There’s no news on exactly how Henry plays into the plot, although whoever gets the role will star alongside Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, with Javier Bardem also recently going into talks to play the villain. There’s also likely to be a lot of young actresses interested in a major female role, Barbosa’s daughter Carina Smyth.

The movie is due out July 7th, 2017.

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ACTORS: Ansel Elgort, Brenton Thwaites, George MacKay, Taron Egerton, Sam Keeley  FILMS: Pirates Of The Caribbean 5  

Young Irish Actor Sam Keeley Joins Bradley Cooper’s Chef

July 4, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Sam-KeeleyLast year two movies called Chef were in development. While Job Favreau’s one is now in cinemas, the other Chef, which is due to star Bradley Cooper, is still in the works, although it’s cast has now grown as Irish actor Sam Keeley has signed on to star.

Omar Sy and Sienna Miller will also star in the film, which is about Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper), a Paris chef who throws his career away because of his hard-partying lifestyle. After the talented chef sobers up, he assembles a crew to put together the best restaurant in the world, in the hope of gaining the rare and highly-coveted three-star Michelin rating.

Keeley will play David, a chef recruited by Adam for his new restaurant, who ends up taking in his new boss when he needs a new place to live.

The up and coming Keeley was previously seen in This Must Be the Place and What Richard Did (which was also the launching pad for (Transformers 2 stars Jack Reynor), and will be in the upcoming Monsters: Dark Continent and Ron Howard’s Heart of the Sea.

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ACTORS: Sam Keeley, Bradley Cooper  DIRECTORS: John Wells  

Brendan Gleeson & Sam Keeley Go In The Heart Of The Sea

July 4, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

brendan-gleesonIn The Heart Of The Sea is a project that certainly sounds like it could be interesting, even if it’s going to be a challenge to make. It already has Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy attached to star, and now Variety reports that Brendan Gleeson and Sam Keeley have signed up too.

Charles Leavitt wrote the script, adapted from Nathanial Philbrick’s non-fiction book of the same name, which is based on the true events that inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick. The story revolves around a Nantucket whaling ship that was destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820.

Only eight crew members were rescued alive, after being lost at sea for 90 days – by which point they’d turned to cannibalism. Walker will play first-time Captain, Pollard, with Hemsworth as his first mate, Owen Chase, and Murphy as the second mate.

Gleeson has signed up to be an older version of one of the ship’s crew, suggesting the movie will use a framing device where someone is recounting the terrible tale – perhaps to Herman Melville. Keeley meanwhile will be one of the crew onboard as the terror unfolds.

Ron Howard is set to direct, with Warner Bros backing the movie. The hope is to shoot the movie this September in order the fit into Hemsworth’s busy schedule.

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ACTORS: Brendan Gleeson, Sam Keeley  DIRECTORS: Ron Howard  FILMS: In The Heart Of The Sea  

What Richard Did (DVD)

April 15, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Jack Reynor, Roisin Murphy, Sam Keeley, Gavin Drea, Fionn Walton
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Running Time: 83 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 15th 2013

What Richard Did got a healthy dose of publicity a couple of months ago when Michael Bay announced he was casting young Irish actor Jack Reynor in one of the lead roles in Transformers 4 after seeing his performance in Lenny Abrahamson’s movie. Reynor is indeed very good, although the film itself is slightly more problematic.

Richard (Reynor) is a young lad who’s popular, has plenty of friends and has status thanks to playing on the rugby team. He begins a relationship with Lara (Roisin Murphy), although there are some issues with her ex-boyfriend, Conor (Sam Keeley). At a party things come to a head when Conor steps into an argument between Richard and Lara, leading to a moment of violence that could have major repercussions for all involved. [Read more…]

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