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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

Captive State Trailer – Rise of the Planet of the Apes director takes on an alien invasion

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Synopsis: ‘From the director of Rise of the Planet of the Apes comes a gritty and smart sci-fi thriller in the vein of District 9 and Arrival.

‘Set in a Chicago neighbourhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, Captive State explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, and starring John Goodman and Academy Award-nominee Vera Farmiga.’

The film is due in cinemas Spring 2019. You can take a look at the first trailer for the movie below. It certainly looks like an ambitious one, which could be well worth a watch. [Read more…]

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Godzilla II: King of the Monsters Trailer – The giant lizard takes on Mothra, Rodan & more

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Synopsis: ‘The next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ cinematic MonsterVerse is directed by Michael Dougherty (Krampus), starring Oscar nominees, Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring films), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and Strangers Things’ Millie Bobbie Brown makes her feature film debut.

‘The all-star cast also includes Kyle Chandler (Manchester-By-The-Sea), Bradley Whitford (Get Out); Thomas Middleditch (HBO’s Silicon Valley); Charles Dance (HBO’s Game of Thrones); O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton); Aisha Hinds (Star Trek Into Darkness); and Golden Globe nominee Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).

.The story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.’

The film hits cinemas May 2019. Take a look at the first trailer below. [Read more…]

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The Commuter Trailer – Liam Neeson gets into trouble on a train

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Poor old Liam Neeson, he can’t even get a train home without it turning into a major criminal conspiracy. The Taken star is in thriller territory with The Communter, which has just released its first trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Liam Neeson plays an insurance salesman, Michael, on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger, Michael is forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realizes a deadly plan is unfolding and is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy. One that carries life and death stakes, for himself and his fellow passengers.’

The film is due out in January. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Vera Farmiga Will Be Millie Bobby Brown’s Mother In Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

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After a much longer delay in getting the sequel to Godzilla ready than originally planned, they’re now fast pulling the cast together. A couple of weeks ago, Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown was the first announced to be starring in the film, followed by Kyle Chandler as he father a few days later.

Now Variety reports that she’s also got a mom, in the form of Vera Farmiga.

As the casting news so far suggests, it’s not expected that many of the cast members from the first movie will return for the sequel, although it has been suggested the likes of Charlie Day and Ken Watanabe may be back. The exact plot is being kept under wraps, but as the title suggest, while Godzilla will be the king, the sequel will be introducing us to various other monsters, such as Mothra and and Rodan.

Michael Dougherty is directing and also co-wrote the script for the movie with Zach Shields. It’s expected to shoot this year for release in March 2019. Then in 2020, we’re getting a real monster mash-up, with Godzilla Vs. Kong.

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The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case (Blu-ray Review)

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The Conjuring surprised many when it grossed over $300 million on a $20 million budget. It ensured that a sequel was quickly put in the works (as well as last year’s spin-off, Annabelle), with the filmmakers looking through the cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren for more inspiration. What they came up with was the Enfield Poltergeist, one of Britain’s most documented paranormal cases, which was also the inspiration for Sky TV’s The Enfield Haunting earlier this year.

The film starts out with another very famous case the Warrens were involved in, Amityville, before moving to Britain and the Hodgson family, living in a council house in North London. Single mother Patricia (Frances O’Connor) and her two daughters and two sons, are being increasingly frightened by paranormal activity, which is moving things around the house and possessing one of the daughters. [Read more…]

The Conjuring 2 Trailer – Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson get haunted in London

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conjuring-2-pic1-slideA new trailer for The Conjuring 2 has arrived, which hopes to creep us out this summer by moving the action to London and another ‘real-life’ supernatural case.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

‘The film follows the phenomenal worldwide reception of Wan’s “The Conjuring,” which marked the largest opening ever for an original horror movie.  The film went on to make more than $319 million worldwide and still remains the second highest grossing original horror movie of all time, second only to “The Exorcist.”’

The movie hits cinemas in June. [Read more…]

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The Conjuring 2 Trailer – Things get creepy again for Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in London

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conjuring-2-pic1-slideAfter the massive success of The Conjuring, it’s no surprise that we’re getting a sequel. However it’s taken a while for it to be ready – so long that we’ve had time for the spin-off Annabelle in the meantime – but now we have a trailer for The Conjuring 2, which moves the action to Britain.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

‘The film follows the phenomenal worldwide reception of Wan’s “The Conjuring,” which marked the largest opening ever for an original horror movie.  The film went on to make more than $319 million worldwide and still remains the second highest grossing original horror movie of all time, second only to “The Exorcist.”’

And in case you’re haunting, it is about the same case as the recent British TV show, The Enfield Haunting. The Conjuring 2 will be in cinemas in June.

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Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga Will Be Back For The Conjuring 2

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conjuring-slideWarner Bros. has announced that The Conjuring 2 is set for release on October 23rd, 2015, giving it a prime Halloween slot. Alongside that news, Variety reports that both Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson will return as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Soon after the first movie topped the box office a sequel was announced, but it’s only now that things have started properly coming together. Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes, who wrote the original horror/thriller, have been hard at work coming up with the sequel script. While the first film followed a haunting at a farmhouse, the sequel will look at another case the real-life Warrens investigated.

At the moment it’s not known if James Wan will return to direct.

There’s also a spin-off been announced, which will be a prequel telling the story of the creepy doll that featured in the movie. That film is likely to be out this October, although that’s yet to be confirmed.

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Bates Motel – Season 1 (Blu-ray)

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As with Hannibal, the moment Bates Motel was announced, you could feel critics getting ready to seethe and denounce the series as a travesty, as well as preparing to set up an underground webcam so we could all watch Hitchcock spinning in his grave. However with both shows they ended up eating their words.

Bates Motel is a prequel to Psycho, but it smartly ensures it can’t be too directly compared to the 1960 classic as it’s set in the modern world, although a slightly heightened world where everyone looks like they could have just fallen out of the 1950s. It also makes sure it pays homage to its source in both its setting (the motel and house are an exact replica of the original) and central characters, while doing enough to strike out on its own so you’re not just wishing years would pass and Marion Crane would to turn up at Norman’s motel. [Read more…]

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…]