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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

The Drop Trailer – Tom Hardy & James Gandolfini star in the Dennis Lehane scripted movie

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Previously known as Animal Rescue (but understandably retitled as this is more crime thriller than a movie about saving cute critters), The Drop is also the final screen role for James Gandolfini, who stars alongside the always excellent Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.

After the first pictures arrived a few days ago comes the trailer, which you watch right here.

The movie is based on Dennis Lehane;s short story about a Boston bartender (Hardy) who desperately attempting to free himself from his past criminal life. After he rescues a pit bull from a garbage can, He gets caught up in a heist gone wrong and a murder revolving around Mafia-controlled bar where he works.

Lehane also wrote the screenplay, with Michaël R. Roskam. A September US release is set. [Read more…]

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Hollywood’s Most Ripped – From Legend Of Hercules’ Kellan Lutz to the hotness of Tom Hardy

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legend-of-hercules-quadTo celebrate the release of The Legend of Hercules in UK cinemas on 28th March 2014, we are taking a look at some of the top Hollywood hunks out there! The Legend of Hercules stars Kellan Lutz, who plays the almighty Hercules, also known for playing Emmett Cullen in the Twilight series. Moving away from the Twilight fantasy scene, he now plays a Greek hero who goes into battle with many topless scenes which we’re sure the ladies will enjoy! Here are some other examples of Hollywood’s most ripped: [Read more…]

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First Pics Of Tom Hardy In The Drop, Which Marks James Gandolfini’s Final Role

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the-drop-pic1Previously known as Animal Rescue (but understandably retitled as this is more crime thriller than a movie about saving cute critters), The Drop is also the final screen role for James Gandolfini, who stars alongside Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.

Now the first pictures have dropped via USA Today, which you can see above and below.

The movie is based on Dennis Lehane short story about a Boston bartender (Hardy) who desperately attempting to free himself from his past criminal life. After he rescues a pit bull from a garbage can, He gets caught up in a heist gone wrong and a murder revolving around Mafia-controlled bar where he works.

Lehane also wrote the screenplay, with Michaël R. Roskam. A September US release is set.

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Doug Liman Takes On Splinter Cell, With Tom Hardy Still Attached To Star

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doug-limanDoug Liman is currently finishing up work on his Tom Cruise sci-fi Edge Of Tomorrow, but he’s already thinking about what to do next, as THR reports he is in early talks to direct the video game adaptation Splinter Cell.

The movie still has Tom Hardy attached to star (he’s been involved since November 2012), who will play Sam Fisher, an expert operative for Echelon, which specialises in black ops. His job is to neutralise terrorist threats across the globe, using his combat training and an assortment of high-tech weapons and gadgets.

The video games, based on Tom Clancy’s books, have been incredibly popular, selling more than 23 million units worldwide.

Liman’s involvement suggests he really wants to work with Tom Hardy, as they were previously both attached to Everest, about George Mallory’s ill-fated attempt to become the first man to the top of Mount Everest. That project never got off the ground, partly because of a rival movie that is currently filming, which may be set in the present day, but still involves tragedy striking on the world’s highest mountain.

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New Locke Trailer – Tom Hardy has a tense 90 minutes

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There’s been a fair amount of film festival praise for Locke, which plays out in almost real time, with Tom Hardy driving around as his life quickly unravels. Now a new trailer has arrived, as well as a fresh poster, which you can see above and below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) plays Ivan Locke. LOCKE is the story of one man’s life unravelling in a tension-fuelled 90-minute race against time. Ivan Locke has the perfect family, his dream job, and tomorrow should be the crowning moment of his career. But one phone call will force him to make a decision that will put it all on the line.’

The movie’s due out in the UK on 18th April, 2014 and a weeks later in the US. [Read more…]

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Tom Hardy May Play The Kray Twins (Including The Bisexual One) In Legend

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tom-hardy-slideWe may be getting twice the Tom Hardy in Legend, as Screen Daily reports that he’s in talks to play both of the legendary London gangsters the Kray Twins in Legend.

The film will ‘chart the tortured and unique relationship between gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, the identical twin brothers infamous for their criminal exploits in London during the 1950s and 1960s… The script takes in associates, rivals – such as notorious gangster Jack “the Hat” McVitie, who was murdered by Reginald in 1967 – politician Lord Boothby, and the brothers’ nemesis in the police force, DS Leonard “Nipper” Read, who made it his life’s ambition to put the Krays behind bars.’

The brothers were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults, and several murders, and became infamous in the Swinging Sixties, mixing with celebs and giving off an aura of immunity. However they were eventually arrested in 1968 and sentenced to life in prison.

It’s not known how the film will deal with the sexuality of Reggie Kray, who was bisexual (while some say he exclusively slept with men, he identified as bisexual). He is believed to have been quite open about this even at the height of his gangster exploits, introducing his latest young male conquest to his associates and expecting them to compliment his choice.

LA Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland is working on the script and also plans to direct the movie.

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Locke Trailer – Tom Hardy’s life unravels in 90 minutes

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Last week we featured the poster for Locke and now we get to take at look the movie with a trailer, which gives a small taste of this very well-received Tom Hardy starrer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) plays Ivan Locke. LOCKE is the story of one man’s life unravelling in a tension-fuelled 90-minute race against time. Ivan Locke has the perfect family, his dream job, and tomorrow should be the crowning moment of his career. But one phone call will force him to make a decision that will put it all on the line.’

The movie’s due out in the UK on 18th April, 2014. [Read more…]

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Tom Hardy Is Looking Slightly Worried In A New Locke Poster

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We haven’t seen Tom Hardy for a while – indeed his last movie was The Dark Knight Rises – however he’s got plenty of movies coming up, including Locke. Now we have the poster for the movie, which you can take a look at above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) plays Ivan Locke. LOCKE is the story of one man’s life unravelling in a tension-fuelled 90-minute race against time. Ivan Locke has the perfect family, his dream job, and tomorrow should be the crowning moment of his career. But one phone call will force him to make a decision that will put it all on the line.’

It also stars Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland, Bill Milner. The movie’s due out in the UK on 18th April 2014.

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Tom Hardy In Talks For Black Mass, With Johnny Depp Confirmed For The Crime Flick

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A few weeks ago it was revealed that after stepping away from the Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass last year, Johnny Depp was circling the project again. He got interested again after shooting of the movie was delayed and the director swapped from Barry Levinson to Scott Cooper. Now Deadline reports that Depp has finalised his deal to play the Boston crime.

They also report that Tom Hardy is in talks to play FBI agent John Connolly. Joel Edgerton was previously attached to play Connolly, but he is no longer involved in the project. There’s no news on how close Hardy is to signing.

Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth wrote the original script,  adapted from Black Mass: The True Story Of An Unholy Alliance Between The FBI And The Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neil. The story James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, a major player in organised crime, who became an FBI informant with the help of his childhood friend, the FBI agent John Connolly. Bulger wanted to rid his neighbourhood of Italian mafia elements. While that may sound like a good thing, it actually just strengthened the grip Bulger’s Winter Hill Gang’s grip had on the community.

The FBI eventually double-crossed Bulger, causing the criminal to go into hiding for more than a decade, before he was eventually caught hiding out in California in 2011.

Shooting is is scheduled to begin in May.

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First Look At Tom Hardy & Gary Oldman In Child 44

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Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman obviously didn’t have enough of each on The Dark Knight Rises set (not that they had a vast amount of screen time together), as they’ve gotten back together for Child 44. Now the first images from the film have arrived, via RopesOfSilicon, featuring Hardy, Oldman and Noomi Rapace.

Based on Tom Rob Smith’s novel, with Safe House helmer Daniel Espinosa directing, the Soviet Union set thriller is about a military police officer named Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy) who has to investigate a string of brutal child murders that took place during the Stalin era. As he begins to dig further and further into the case, he realises that his government is keeping a sharp eye on every move he makes, and refuses to admit that the killings are actually happening.

Oldman is the head of police, who has problems with what Hardy is doing, while Rapace, who’s in the image below, is Tom’s wife.

Vincent Cassel, Joel Kinnaman, Jason Clarke and Paddy Considine also star. It’ll be in cinemas next year.

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