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

Plastic Trailer – Ed Speleers, Alfie Allen & Will Poulter turn to credit card fraud

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Synopsis: High octane thriller Thriller tells the story of intelligent and brazen Sam (Ed Speleers), who leads a ring of university students to become credit card thieves in order to augment their income. As their activities become more daring, they accidentally rob a notorious gangster named Marcel (Thomas Kretschmann) and are forced to up their game to pay him back 10 times the amount they stole … with interest. To pay off the debt, they take their scam on the road to Miami; the city of “high stakes”.

After a series of unfortunate mistakes, Sam’s team is still short of the cash needed to clear their debt, so they set their sights on a daring jewellery heist that could not only cover their debt but also make them filthy rich. Their plan turns sour, however, when members of the team start betraying each other. Now it’s up to Sam to finish the scam he started while turning the tables on Marcel before they all go down.

Based on a true story, Plastic’s talented cast of credit card thieves features ring leader Ed Speleers from hit UK series Downton Abbey, and accomplice, BAFTA-winner Will Poulter (We’re the Millers). Additional accomplices in the heist include Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), Sebastian De Souza (The Borgias) and beautiful fresh recruit Emma Rigby (The Counselor). Veteran actors Thomas Kretschmann, known for his roles as a heavy in Resident Evil and U-571, and Graham McTavish (The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey, Colombiana), round out the cast.

Plastic is directed by Julian Gilbey, known for his visceral hoodlum thriller Rise of the Foot Soldier and abduction thriller A Lonely Place To Die and produced by Terry Stone, Chris Howard and Daniel Toland. It’ll be out in the UK on May 2nd. [Read more…]

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We’re the Millers 2 Gets A Writer, With Jason Sudeikis & Jennifer Aniston Expected To Return

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were-the-millers-preview-pic2After We’re The Millers grossed $269 million around the world you might have expected a sequel to start moving forward in earnest before now. However it’s only now that a writer has been hired to pen a follow-up, with Adam Sztykiel (Due Date) hired to pen the script, according to THR.

The first film followed the misadventures of a drug dealer who realises the only way to get back from Mexico to the US with an RV full of marijuana is to recruit a fake family to help him. However, getting across the border turns out to be the least of their problems. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms and Will Poulter are all expected to return for the sequel, although not all the deals are in place yet (getting them all lined up appears to be why it’s taken a while to get a sequel moving).

No director is currently attached, although is seems there’s a good chance Rawson Marshall Thurber will be back, as long as the other projects he’s signed up for don’t conflict.

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We’re The Millers – Extended Cut (DVD)

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I’m not sure when it was that Hollywood decided that it would be best if all comedies were about people who are essentially assholes, but it certainly seems to be the trend. Often it completely ruins the film as it’s difficult to care about unpleasant people being horrible to one another, even if by the end they learn not to be such big assholes. At the beginning of We’re The Millers I was worried that would be the problem here, but almost to my surprise it began to win me over. [Read more…]

Dylan O’Brien And More In First Images From The Maze Runner

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Things are getting a bit literal in these first images from The Maze Runner, as they mainly seem designed to show that it’s set in a maze and involves some running. However they do give us an idea of young adult novel adaptation, which stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Patricia Clarkson.

Teen Wolf’s O’Brien plays Thomas, who wakes up in a strange place known as The Glade, with no recollection of how he got there. He must work together with a group of teenagers, who also don’t remember how they ended up in there, to figure a way out – every morning a door opens and they attempt to work out the riddle of the maze that lies beyond. Things get even more complex when the first girl (Kaye Scodelario) turns up in The Glade, with a message that could change everything.

A February 14th, 2014 release date has already set. (Images via MTV)

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We’re The Millers Red Band Trailer – Jennifer Aniston is Jason Sudeikis’ fake wife

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Jennifer Aniston obviously didn’t have enough of fake relationships in Just Go With It, as she’s having another one in We’re The Millers. Now a red band trailer for the movie has arrived, featuring Aniston alongside Jason Sudekis, Emma Roberts and young British actor Will Poulter.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘David is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids—after all, he has his scruples.  So what could go wrong?  Plenty.  Having been jumped by a trio of gutter punks who steal his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to a drug lord. In order to wipe the slate clean, David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad’s latest shipment in from Mexico.  Twisting the arms of his neighbours including a cynical stripper, a wannabe customer and a tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen, he devises a fool proof plan.  One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny campervan later, the “Millers” are on a roadtrip that is sure to end with a bang.’

It hits UK cinemas August 23rd. [Read more…]

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Will Poulter Offered Lead In Maze Runner Adaptation

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will-poulterThose in the US may recognise Will Poulter from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but us Brits may well have seen him in the likes of Son Of Ranbow, Wild Bill and even TV’s School Of Comedy.

Now 21-years-old, he’s long shown a lot of promise, which may be coming to fruition, as we’ll see him later this year opposite Jennifer Aniston in We’re The Millers, and now Deadline reports that he’s circling the lead in the planned adaptation of James Dashner’s young adult novel, The Maze Runner.

The Maze Runner is the first book in James Dashner’s sci-fi trilogy. The story follows a boy named Thomas who wakes up in a strange place called the Glade with no memory aside from his first name. The Glade is an enclosed structure populated by other boys, and is surrounded by tall, stone walls that protect them from monsters called Grievers that live in the Maze, which surrounds them.

Every day, some of the kids, known as Runners, venture into the labyrinth trying to map the ever-changing pattern of walls in an attempt to find an exit. As soon as Thomas arrives, unusual things begin to happen and the others grow suspicious of him. The Maze seems familiar to Thomas, but he’s unable to make sense of the place despite his extraordinary abilities as a Runner. When the first girl arrives in the Glade, she brings a message that she will be the last one to ever arrive in the Glade, as the end is near.

The book has been compared to The Hunger Games and Divergent, so there are big hopes for the film version, and if it succeeds it could certainly give Poulter’s career a big bump – assuming he signs on, of course.

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Wild Bill (Blu-ray)

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The word on upon its cinema release Wild Bill was very positive, and reviews were certainly of fairly enthusiastic nature. So Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut is a welcome release on DVD and Blu Ray.

Fletcher has had a very long career in both film and TV, starting off in Bugsy Malone in 1978, and so he’s brought this wealth of experience to his first feature, both as writer and director. The movie is set in the London Borough of Newham, against the backdrop of the Olympic site. Whilst magnificent structures loom in the background, we concentrate on the characters involved in the shady goings on on an estate. [Read more…]

Will Poulter Joins Sudeikis & Aniston In We’re The Millers

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He may only be 19 years old, but thanks to the likes of Son Of Rambow, Voyage Of The Dawn Treader and Wild Bill Will Poulter has already had quite a career. Now Deadline reports he’s heading to the States for We’re The Millers, from Dodgeball helmer Rawson Marshall Thurber.

In the film Jason Sudeikis will play a pot dealer who hires a fake wife (Jennifer Aniston) and two kids so that he can smuggle 1000 pounds of weed cross country in his RV. Just to add a tad more interest, Aniston’s fake wife is actually a hooker, while the two kids are juvenile delinquents.

There no info on exactly who Poulter will be, although there’s a decent chance he’ll be one of the fake sons.

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