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

The Skeleton Twins (DVD Review)

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With SNL alumni Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader in the lead roles, you could be forgiven for thinking this would be a riotous gross-out laugh-fest, but right from the first few scenes The Skeleton Twins sets itself to be something far more indie dramedy.

Hader and Wiig are twins Milo and Maggie who aren’t completely estranged but have severely drifted apart after he left for LA to become an actor. Things aren’t going to well though, as the movie opens with Maggie narrowly escaping death and Milo attempting suicide. He heads back to their hometown to stay with Maggie and try to start over, but they soon discover that reuniting isn’t easy and that neither of them is in a place in their lives where they feel they should be. [Read more…]

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Blu-ray Review)

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman started life in the late-50s as part of the Rocky & Bulwinkle cartoon series. However they soon became popular in their own right with their mix of the silly and the educational. I don’t know whether the characters are still that popular in the US, but in the UK few kids will know them, which made it a surprise when DreamWorks Animation announced they were making a Peabody and Sherman film.

The idea behind the film is that Mr. Peabody is a super-smart, Nobel Prize-winning dog who has adopted a human boy, Sherman. Peabody’s greatest scientific accomplishment is his time machine, the WABAC, which he uses to take Sherman all across history, introducing him to the great figures of the past. [Read more…]

The Skeleton Twins Trailer – A gay Bill Hader & a straight Kristen Wiig are estranged siblings

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skeleton-twinsIf you heard that SNL alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader were starring in a movie together, you’d expect zany comedy to ensue. And if you heard Hader was playing a gay character, you might have visions of his outrageously camp SNL character, Stefan.

However The Skeleton Twins is a lot more dramatic than you might expect, even if they haven’t completely given up on the comedy.

they play Maggie (Wiig) and Milo (Hader), who are twins who went their separate ways years ago, but when they coincidentally cheat death on the same day, the shock makes them reunite and figure out how their lives went wrong. Maggie starts to re-examine her marriage to nature-loving slacker Lance (Luke Wilson), while the gay Milo goes to visit old flame Rich (Ty Burrell).

The film is due in cinemas later this year, but take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Muppets Most Wanted Music Trailer – Kermit & co. are doing a sequel

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It seems we’ve been waiting ages for Muppets Most Wanted, but now it’s close to release and to celebrate that Disney has released a new trailer, featuring a song all about doing a sequel. It’s a lot of fun, and the song must have been written a long time ago, as it suggests it was penned back when the film was still called The Muppets… Again!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Following on from 2011’s smash-hit The Muppets, all your favourite characters are back in a hilarious all-new spy thriller adventure in Disney’s MUPPETS MOST WANTED, hitting cinemas March 28th, 2014. Packed with celebrity cameos and featuring star turns from Ricky Gervais, Tiny Fey and Ty Burrell, MUPPETS MOST WANTED takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, including stops in Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows them overseas as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine, the World’s Number One Criminal, and dead-ringer for Kermit.

‘Disney’s MUPPETS MOST WANTED is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John G. Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, MUPPETS MOST WANTED comes to UK cinemas March 28, 2014.’ It’ll be out a week earlier in the US. [Read more…]

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Muppets Most Wanted Extended Super Bowl Spot – Tina Fey and a lot of felty madness

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Muppets Most Wanted, is due in UK cinemas on 28th March 2014 (and a week earlier in the US). With only a few weeks to go, Disney forked out for a Super Bowl spot for the movie and have released an extended version online, which you can watch right here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Muppets are back! And this time they are taking on the world in an exciting and hilarious new spy thriller that will take you on a whirlwind adventure of mistaken identity, dastardly sidekicks and double dealing doppelgangers. Featuring star turns from Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Ty Burrell, and packed with celebrity cameos, MUPPETS MOST WANTED takes the entire gang on a global tour including stops in Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows them overseas as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine, the World’s Number One Criminal, and dead-ringer for Kermit.’

Take a look at the Super Bowl spot above. [Read more…]

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Brand New Muppets Most Wanted Poster Arrives

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muppets-most-wanted-poster2It’s not too long until we’ll get to return to a felty world with Muppets Most Wanted, which is due in UK cinemas on 28th March 2014 (and a weeks earlier in the US). Ahead of that a new poster has been released, which sees the Muppets on top of the world, along with human stars Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Muppets are back! And this time they are taking on the world in an exciting and hilarious new spy thriller that will take you on a whirlwind adventure of mistaken identity, dastardly sidekicks and double dealing doppelgangers. Featuring star turns from Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Ty Burrell, and packed with celebrity cameos, MUPPETS MOST WANTED takes the entire gang on a global tour including stops in Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows them overseas as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine, the World’s Number One Criminal, and dead-ringer for Kermit.’

Take a look at the new poster above.

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Goats (DVD)

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Ellis Whitman (The Good Wife’s Graham Phillips) is a young man who lives in the Arizona desert with his new age mother, Wendy (Vera Farmiga), and her string of boyfriends, as well as a sort-of father figure in the form of ‘Goat Man’ (David Duchovny), a man who goes on goat treks and spends most of his life stoned. Although Wendy hates Ellis’ actual father, Frank (Ty Burrell), Ellis has secretly applied for and been accepted to the straight-laced prep school his father attended.

Over the course of his first year at the school, Ellis attempts to get to know his father, becomes subject to his mother’s whims and emotional guilt trips, and is also forced to reconsider who Goat Man is. [Read more…]

Muppets Most Wanted Trailer – Kermit hooks up with Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais

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The Muppets are back soon with Muppets Most Wanted, and now we get our best taste of the movie yet with a full trailer for the flick.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Following on from 2011’s smash-hit The Muppets, all your favorite characters are back in an hilarious all-new spy thriller adventure in Disney’s MUPPETS: MOST WANTED, hitting cinemas March 2014. Packed with celebrity cameos and featuring star turns from Ricky Gervais, Tiny Fey and Ty Burrell, MUPPETS: MOST WANTED takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, including stops in Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows them overseas as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine, the World’s Number One Criminal, and dead-ringer for Kermit.

‘Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John G. Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, “Muppets Most Wanted” comes to UK cinemas March 28, 2014.’ [Read more…]

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First Muppets Most Wanted Poster Featuring Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais And A Lot Of Felt

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muppets-most-wanted-poster1Jason Segel may be gone, but Kermit and co. are coming back Muppets Most Wanted. As this first poster shows us, the likes of Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell are heading up the human side.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.

‘Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John G. Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, “Muppets Most Wanted” hits UK cinemas Spring 2014.’

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Ty Burrell & Diane Keaton Join Ellen Degeneres In Finding Dory

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finding-dory-concept-art1We already knew that Ellen DeGeneres was coming back for the Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory, but now she’s got some company, as at D23, Disney has revealed that Albert Brooks will also be back as the voice of Marlin.

Diane Keaton is also onboard as the voice of Dory’s mom Jenny, Eugene Levy is Dory’s dad Charlie, and Modern Family star Ty Burrell will be Bailey. It certainly seems it’ll be a bit of a family affair for Dory.

Not much has been released about the actual plot, although it has been revealed that they’re currently altering the ending in the wake of controversy over the treatment of killer whales at aquatic parks the has erupted sinxe the release of the documentary Blackfish. The ending will still apparently take place at a park, but it’ll be a place where the creatures have the choice to leave.

The film is currently due out November 25th, 2015. Take a look at a new concept art pic above.

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