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

Midnight Special Trailer – Michael Shannon & Joel Edgerton protect a child with special powers

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midnight-special-pic1-slideAfter indie hits Mud and Take Shelter, director Jeff Nichols heads in a slightly more mainstream direction with Midnight Special.

Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Adam Driver star in the movie, which follows a ‘A father and son who go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers’.

The new trailer seems to want to keep things rather mysterious, while giving off a slightly Amblin vibe (which seems to be what Nichols was going for, as he’s compared his film to the likes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. and Starman),

The movie will be in UK cinemas next April. [Read more…]

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Mud (Blu-ray)

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Director Jeff Nichols impressed many with his film Take Shelter and has got a lot more critical acclaim for Mud. Part Huckleberry Finn, a little bit dark fairy tale, and with more than splash of Southern Gothic and Whistle Down The Wind thrown in, it’s an absorbing film even if it likes to take its time doing anything.

Ellis (Tye Sheridan) is a young teen who lives with his parents on a houseboat in Arkansas. The river is his father’s life, although his mother is on the verge of packing up and leaving. Along with his friend, Neckbone (Jacob Loflan), Ellis heads off to find a boat that’s gotten stuck in a tree during a flood. They want to make the vessel theirs but they discover it’s being used by a man called Mud (Matthew McConaughey) as somewhere to sleep. [Read more…]

Michael Shannon Plans A Sci-fi Pic With Take Shelter Helmer Jeff Nichols

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Michael-ShannonWhile Michael Shannon has been around for years, it was Jeff Nichols Take Shelter that really got Hollywood to take notice of him not just as a reliable character actor, but as a truly excellent performer. Now Variety reports that Shannon in reuniting with Nichols for a sci-fi movie.

Nichols, whose latest film Mud recently opened in the US, has also written the script for the movie, with Warner Bros. backing the film. There are few details on the plot, other than that it’s described as a present day sci-fi chase film.

It’ll be Nichols first studio movie, and hopefully by the time it starts shooting, Shannon will be an even bigger star than he is now, following his turn as Zod in this summer’s Man Of Steel.

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Apes Sequel Eyes Directors Matt Reeves and J Blakeson

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The sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes was thrown into a bit of a confusion last week when director Rupert Wyatt pulled out of the movie, currently titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Now Fox is scrambling to find a replacement, with the hope they can keep the May 2014 release date they’ve set.

At the top of the list at the moment are Matt Reeves (Let Me In), J Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intruders), and Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter), Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy), Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible) and Rian Johnson (Looper). It is said that Matt Reeves is at the top of the studio’s short list, although the others are still in contention. That may be a bit of a surprise to some, as Reeves is supposed to be putting together a Twilight Zone movie, but apparently he stepped away from that recently, freeing up his schedule.

Wyatt reportedly left because he wasn’t comfortable with meeting the May 26, 2014 release date Fox had already set for the effects heavy film. The studio is hoping to find somebody who thinks that date is do-able. (Source: Deadline)

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