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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

Two Faces Of January Trailer – Plus a poster for the Viggo Mortensen movie

February 10, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


The first trailer and poster for Two Faces Of January has arrived, which you can take a look at here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘1962. A glamorous American couple, the charismatic CHESTER MACFARLAND (Viggo Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife COLETTE (Kirsten Dunst), are in Athens during a European vacation. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter RYDAL (Oscar Isaac), a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming female tourists on the side. Drawn to Colette’s beauty and impressed by Chester’s wealth and sophistication, Rydal gladly accepts their invitation to dinner.

‘All is not as it seems with the MacFarlands, Chester’s affable exterior hides darker secrets. When Rydal visits the couple at their exclusive hotel, Chester presses him to help move the body of a seemingly unconscious man who he claims attacked him. In the heat of the moment, Rydal agrees but as events take a more sinister turn he finds himself compromised and unable to pull himself free. His increasing infatuation with the vulnerable and responsive Colette gives rise to Chester’s jealousy and paranoia, leading to a tense and dangerous battle of wits between the two men. Their journey takes them from Greece to Turkey, and to a dramatic finale played out in the back alleys of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar.’

The movie is out in UK cinemas on May 16th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac  DIRECTORS: Hossein Amini  FILMS: Two Faces Of January  

On The Road (Blu-ray)

February 25, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Tom Sturridge, Viggo Mortensen
Director: Walter Salles
Running Time: 124 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: February 25th 2013

It’s taken a long, long time to get On The Road onto the screen. Francis Ford Coppola bought the rights in 1979 (and that’s ignoring even earlier attempts, some involving Jack Kerouac himself) and has been trying to make it ever since. He’s still involved as a producer, but it’s Walter Salles in the director’s chair, who’s previously brought us the likes of The Motorcycle Diaries and Central Station. [Read more…]

Lord Of The Rings – Extended Editions (Blu-ray)

December 1, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Director: Peter Jackson
Running Time: 726 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: December 3rd 2012

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 11 years since Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring first appeared in cinemas and blew audiences with its incredible depiction of Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Before the first film was released, many had thought New Line was insane spending several hundred million dollars making the three movies back-to-back, especially as at the time fantasy was seen as box office poison. [Read more…]

Everybody Has A Plan Trailer – Viggo Mortensen pulls double duty as twins

September 12, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Viggo Mortensen has long proved he’s more interested in an acting challenge than mainstream success, he’s certainly got that with Everybody Has A Plan, as he plays twins and has to speak Spanish. The movie tells the story of Agustín (Mortensen), a man desperate to abandon what for him has become, after years of living in Buenos Aires, a very frustrating existence. After the death of his twin brother, Pedro, Agustín decides to start a new life, adopting the identity of his brother and returning to the mysterious region of the Delta, in the Tigre, where they lived when they were boys. However, shortly after his return, Agustín finds himself unwillingly involved in the dangerous criminal world that was a part of his brother’s life.

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ACTORS: Viggo Mortensen  DIRECTORS: Ana Piterbarg  FILMS: Everybody Has A Plan  

Viggo Mortensen May Take Last Voyage Of The Demeter

June 26, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Last Voyage Of The Demeter has been in development for several years, but got new impetus recently, when Neil Marshall signed on to direct. Now it seems it’s time for casting, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that an offer has gone out to Viggo Mortensen to star.

Bragi F. Schut wrote the original screenplay (since rewritten by Lowell Cauffiel), which expands on a small portion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel. The Demeter was the ship that transported the vampire from Transylvania to London, except the ship washes up on shore with only one survivor left. This story tells the tale of that voyage, where one undead passenger murdered the ship’s crew, one by one.

When David Slade was attached to the project, Noomi Rapace and Ben Kingsley were set to star. It isn’t known if the actors are still involved. There’s no news on when it might shoot (or giving it’s history, when the next director will come onboard).

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ACTORS: Viggo Mortensen  DIRECTORS: Neil Marshall  

Pattinson and Mortensen May Team For Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars

May 30, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Rumours emerged in Cannes last week that Robert Pattinson may work with David Cornenberg again soon, although there was no news what the film might be. However now The Playlist has spoken to the director and got a few more details, which suggests the film may be the dark comedy/drama Map To The Stars, and may not just have Pattinson, but may also star Cronenberg’s other favourite, Viggo Mortensen.

He says, “I asked Rob if he would be interested in playing a particular role in it and he said ‘yes, he would’. Likewise, Viggo [Mortensen] is interested in a role. It would be very interesting. This is a project called Maps To The Stars written by Bruce Wagner who is a wonderful L.A. screenwriter.”

However it’s early days as, “It’s not a go picture. We have a script that I love that Bruce wrote. It’s a very difficult film to get made, as was Cosmopolis actually. Whether I can get this movie to happen, I tried it five years ago, I couldn’t get it made, so I still might not be able to get it made.”

The plot is about two child actors ruined by Hollywood’s depravity. Back when he was trying to make it 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.”

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ACTORS: Robert Pattinson, Viggo Mortensen  DIRECTORS: David Cronenberg  

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