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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 9th Life Of Louis Drax (DVD Review) – Jamie Dornan gets mysterious and magical realist

February 5, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Aaron Paul, Aiden Longworth, Jamie Dornan, Oliver Platt, Sarah Gadon
Director: Alexandre Aja
Running Time: 108 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: February 6th 2017 (UK)

The biggest problem with The 9th Life Of Louis Drax is the constant sense that this is a movie that could have been absolutely brilliant, but it sadly isn’t. It’s not bad, and there’s plenty that’s interesting about it (although it could have been fascinating), but it never quite manages to work out what it’s doing.

The titular Louis Drax is an accident prone nine-year-old boy, whose parents have recently separated. After falling from a cliff on an outing with his mother and father, he is rushed to the hospital in a coma, where he comes under the care of Dr. Allan Pascal (Jamie Dornan). Louis also needs protection, as it’s believed his father, Peter (Aaron Paul), caused the accident and is now on the run. [Read more…]

11.22.63 (DVD Review)

August 14, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George McKay, Chris Cooper, Daniel Webber
Director: Various
Running Time: 360 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: August 15th 2016 (UK)

For decades now, Stephen King has been getting away with premises that in most other people’s hands would have people rolling their eyes and saying it’s ridiculous. However, he manages to pull it off more often than not. That’s certainly true of the idea behind 11.22.63, where there’s a closet that takes people back to 1960. Why? Well, just because there is, of course.

That’s just one of a series of arbitrary rules around which this JJ Abrams produced eight-part adaptation of King’s novels weaves a story of time-travel, love, espionage and the Kennedy assassination. Jake (James Franco) is a high school teacher who discovers that there is indeed a portal to 1960 in the back of a diner. The owner of the restaurant (Chris Cooper) has been using it to try to prevent JFK’s assassination, something he believes will makes the world a better place. [Read more…]

The 9th Life Of Louis Drax Trailer – Jamie Dornan heads into a young boy’s mind

June 28, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

jamie-dornan-9th-life-of-louis-drax-pic1Jamie Dornan isn’t spending all his time in the Red Room of Fifty Shades Of Grey, as before the sequel to that movie arrives, he’s starring in the thriller The 9th Life Of Louis Drax. The first trailer for the movie has now arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘After surviving eight near-death accidents throughout his unlucky life, Louis Drax [Aiden Longworth] plunges off a steep cliff on his ninth birthday. While police investigate the cause of Louis’ near-fatal fall and the whereabouts of his violent father Peter [Aaron Paul], acclaimed neurologist Dr. Allan Pascal [Jamie Dornan] uses unorthodox techniques to try to tap into the boy’s unconscious mind and reveal the truth about the events that led to his condition. But as he’s drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery of Louis’ seeming ability to cheat death, the doctor finds himself falling for Louis’ mother, Natalie [Sarah Gadon]. As new clues emerge in the case, a shocking revelation changes the fates of Louis Drax and everyone around him.’

Alexandre Aja is directing the movie. It’ll be in cinemas later this year. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Jamie Dornan, Aaron Paul, Sarah Gadon  DIRECTORS: Alexandre Aja  FILMS: The 9th Life Of Louis Drax  

Indignation Trailer – Logan Lerman takes on a Philip Roth adaptation

May 15, 2016 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

indignation-logan-lermanMany were incredibly impressed with young Logan Lerman’s performance in Indignation when it debuted at Sundance, suggesting it will help many see the Percy Jackson star in a new light (at least for those who haven’t seen Perks Of Being A Wallflower). Now the trailer has arrived so we can get a taste of the Philip Roth adaptation.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based on Philip Roth’s late novel, Indignation takes place in 1951, as Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman), a brilliant working class Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, travels on scholarship to a small, conservative college in Ohio, thus exempting him from being drafted into the Korean War. But once there, Marcus’s growing infatuation with his beautiful classmate Olivia Hutton (Sarah Gadon), and his clashes with the college’s imposing Dean, Hawes Caudwell (Tracy Letts), put his and his family’s best laid plans to the ultimate test.’

The movie is the first film directed by James Schamus, best known for being the head of Focus Features and for writing most of Ang Lee’s movies.

Following it Sundance debut January, the movie will screen this June at Sundance London on both Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June. There will also be a special event “In Conversation with James Schamus” on 4th June. Tickets for all screenings are now on sale here: www.sundance.org/london

The movie will be out in the US in July.

[Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon  DIRECTORS: James Schamus  FILMS: Indignation  

A Royal Night Out (Blu-ray Review)

September 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Jack Reynor, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
Director: Julian Jarrold
Running Time: 97 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: September 7th 2015 (UK)

A Royal Night Out takes a small part of a true story and then spins it off into a fiction. The known truth is that on VE Day in 1945, the young British princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, left Buckingham Palace to mingle with the crowds outside who were rejoicing after years of War.

We know that happened, but I think it’s fair to say the rest of the movie was made up. Having gotten permission to go out incognito, Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) and Margaret (Bel Powley) discover their mother (Emily Watson) isn’t going to allow them to have the night of dancing and being normal that they’d hoped. Despite their mother’s desire to keep things dull and stuffy, the princesses give their military chaperones the slip and end up getting separated. [Read more…]

Logan Lerman & Sarah Gadon Have Indignation

April 7, 2015 By Tim Isaac 5 Comments

logan-lermanThe extremely long-gestating adaptation of Philip Rother’s American Pastoral is slowly making its way to the screen, with Ewan McGregor set to star and direct. However it’s not the only Roth novel that’s getting a movie version as James Schamus is set to write and direct Indignation, which has just added Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon to the cast, according to Deadline.

Roth’s Indignation is ‘set in 1951 and focuses on Marcus (Lerman), the 18-year-old son of a kosher butcher in Newark who grapples with anti-Semitism, sexual repression and the escalating Korean War as he comes of age at a Midwestern Lutheran college. Into his life comes Olivia Hutton (Gadon). Blonde and pretty, Olivia is a classmate of Marcus’ at Winesburg College. She goes on a date with Marcus and is attracted to his intensity. She is sexually promiscuous, headstrong and fiercely independent. A daughter to a highly regarded Cleveland surgeon, Olivia had previously attempted suicide and spent time in a mental institution.’

It’s a good fit for Lerman, who many don’t realise is Jewish himself and so has the right cultural background for the role.

Gadon incidentally has also just signed up for the mini-series adaptation of Stephen King’s 11/22/63, which has James Franco in the lead as a time-travelling teacher who sets out to prevent JFK’s assassination.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon  

New Map To The Stars Trailer – Robert Pattinson reunites with David Cronenberg

August 12, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

maps-to-the-stars-quad-largeBack in April we got the first trailer for David Cronenberg’s Map To The Stars, and now we get a fresh look with a UK promo, which shows off the great cast, including Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams and Carrie Fisher.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Weiss family are an archetypical Hollywood dynasty – Dr Stafford Weiss (John Cusack) is a psychotherapist whose self-help books have made him a fortune. His wife Cristina (Olivia Williams) is the overbearing mom-ager of their thirteen-year old son, Benjie (Evan Bird), a prodigious child star fresh out of drug rehab and their estranged daughter Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) has recently been released from a psychiatric hospital. Agatha is now back in Hollywood making friends with a wannabe actor/writer limo driver named Jerome (Robert Pattinson) and with a new job as PA to one of Stafford’s clients – the neurotic and tempestuous actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), whose dream of reprising her dead mother’s starring role from the 1960s is beginning to haunt her.’

Map To The Stars is released in UK cinemas on September 26th, 2014. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams, Carrie Fisher  DIRECTORS: David Cronenberg  FILMS: Maps To The Stars  

Maps To The Stars Trailer – David Cronenberg takes on a twisted Hollywood tale with Robert Pattinson & Julianne Moore

April 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


David Cronenberg is back and this time he’s taking on Hollywood with Maps To The Stars. He’s gathered a great cast to do it, including Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams and Carrie Fisher.

Now the first trailer has arrived, which you can watch right here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Led by the loathsome yet funny and touching child-star Benjie, we witness the convoluted world of shallow, selfish celebrities and their minions, all of whom are about to be manipulated and destroyed by the young woman who literally represents the fruit of their twisted machinations, Agatha, Benjie’s tormented, apparently psychotic sister. As much as it is a sharp, comic look at a vacant and corrupt world, MAPS TO THE STARS is also a haunting ghost story.’

It should be in cinemas later this year. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, Sarah Gadon, Olivia Williams, Carrie Fisher  DIRECTORS: David Cronenberg  FILMS: Maps To The Stars  

Dominic Cooper Takes On Dracula Alongside Luke Evans

May 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Dominic-CooperDominic Cooper must like bloodsuckers as after last year’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, he’s signed up to star alongside Luke Evans in Dracula (which has previously been known as Dracula Year Zero), according to Variety.

Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the latest draft of the screenplay, which blends mythological fiction and real history. The story follows the historical figure Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans), who was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula character.

It isn’t clear who Cooper will play, but we do know Sarah Gadon will also appear in the movie. Gary Shore is set to direct.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon  DIRECTORS: Gary Shore  FILMS: Dracula: Year Zero  

John Cusack & Julianne Moore Join Robert Pattinson In Maps to the Stars

April 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

john-cusackWe already knew that David Cronenberg was set to reteam with Robert Pattinson on Maps To The Stars, but now the cast has grown, as it’s been revealed that Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson and Sarah Gadon (A Dangerous Method) will also star in the movie, according to Deadline.

Production on the film will begin this July in Toronto and Los Angeles. Maps to the Stars is both a haunting ghost story and a scathing attack on the celebrity-obsessed society of LA. The plot is about two child actors ruined by Hollywood’s depravity, although we don’t know exactly who each of the actors will play.

Back when Cronenberg was trying to make the film a few years ago, he had this to say about the film, “You could say it’s a Hollywood film because the characters are agents, actors and managers, but it is not a satire like The Player … Hollywood is a world that is seductive and repellent at the same time, and it is the combination of the two that makes it so potent. I won’t fall back on some cliches or simplistic sloganeering, because the culture and what it reveals about Western culture and the rest of the world is very complex.”

Los Angeles author and screenwriter Bruce Wagner (Wild Palms) wrote the screenplay.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon  DIRECTORS: David Cronenberg  FILMS: Maps To The Stars  
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