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

Triple 9 (Blu-ray Review)

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As the cast came together for Triple 9, it couldn’t help but feel this was going to be one hell of a movie. With the director of The Road and Lawless behind the camera, and a cast including Casey Affleck, Aaron Paul Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Gal Gadot, Norman Reedus, Teresa Palmer, Clifton Collins Jr. and Woody Harrelson, it certainly has plenty of pedigree.

However, the result is a rather overstuffed movie, which, as with many of its forebears, confuses grimness with authenticity, and people being miserable and unpleasant to one another with reality. Indeed, there are moments when objectively it’s about as realistic as Lord Of The Rings, but has such a determined po-face that it might convince you otherwise. [Read more…]

Triple 9 Trailer – Chitwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson & Aaron Paul star

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Triple-9---trailer-grab-1Triple 9, from The Road and Lawless director John Hillcoat certainly has a good cast, including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Anthony Mackie, Norman Reedus, Gal Gadot and Clifton Collins Jr.

Now we get our first taste with a trailer, which you can watch below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘When a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist, they realise the only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for “officer down”. The chaos that ensues when a police officer is shot in the line of duty is just the diversion they’ll need to do the job, but whether they have the will to kill one of their own is an entirely different matter, triggering a breakneck, action packed finale tangled with double-crosses, greed and revenge.’

The film is due out in the UK on February 19th, 2016.

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Anthony Mackie Joins The Seriously Impressive Cast Of Triple Nine

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anthony-mackieAny film that has Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christoph Waltz, Woody Harrelson, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, Teresa Palmer, Gal Gadot and Michael Pena set to star has got to be worth a watch. Now John Hillcoat’s Triple Nine movie has added another great talent, as Variety reports that Anthony Mackie is in talks for a role.

The movie is about a group of crooked cops who are blackmailed by the Russian Mafia to pull off a seemingly impossible heist. The only way to do it appears to be to kill an unsuspecting rookie cop, but things take a left turn when the young man they’ve targeted gets away.

There’s no news on who exactly Mackie will play, but he’s certainly in great company. John Hillcoat (Lawless) is set to direct from a script by Matt Cook. Triple Nine will shoot this summer.

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Woody Harrelson Joins The Amazing Cast Of Triple Nine

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woody-harrelsonWoody Harrelson has had a good few months, starting with a massive hit with Hunger Games: Catching Fire, followed by a critically lauded turn in HBO’s True Detective. Now he’s got a new big-screen role as he’s signed on to star opposite the likes of Casey Affleck and Cate Blanchett in the cop drama Triple Nine, according to Deadline.

The movie is about a group of crooked cops who are blackmailed by the Russian Mafia to pull off a seemingly impossible heist. The only way to do it appears to be to kill an unsuspecting rookie cop, but things take a left turn when the young man they’ve targeted gets away.

In case you were wondering, the police code ‘triple nine’ means there is an officer down.

Harrelson will play Sergeant Jeffrey Allen, the uncle of Casey Affleck’s character. The awesome cast also includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christoph Waltz, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, Teresa Palmer, Gal Gadot and Michael Pena.

John Hillcoat (Lawless) is set to direct from a script by Matt Cook. Triple Nine will shoot this summer.

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Kate Winslet Scores Triple Nine For Director John Hillcoat

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kate-winsletKate Winslet may have missed out on an Oscar nomination for Labor Day (although she got a Golden Globe nod), but she’s still hot property, and may find a whole new fanbase if the movie version of Divergent is as popular as some expect when it’s released in March.

While she’s likely to be shooting the Divergent sequel, Insurgent, later this year, she’s also lined up another role, as Variety reports she’ll star in John Hillcoat’s (Lawless, The Proposition) Triple Nine. She joins the previously cast Casey Affleck and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The movie is about a group of criminals who plan on murdering an LAPD cop (Casey Affleck), as they think this will divert attention away from the massive heist they are planning on the other side of town. Ejiofor will be the criminal mastermind behind the whole operation. It’s not clear who Winslet will play.

‘Triple nine’ is police code for when an officer needs immediate assistance.

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Charlie Hunnam, Christoph Waltz & Cate Blanchett Up For Triple Nine

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charlie-hunnam-shirtless-pacific-rim2Charlie Hunnam may be killing monsters in Pacific Rim in cinemas at the moment, but now he’s planning to turn police officer as TheWrap reports that he’s set to star in Triple Nine for director John Hillcoat (The Road). Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett are also in talks for the movie

Triple Nine is a reference to police code, indicating that an officer needs immediate assistance. The film ‘follows a group of thieves who plan to kill a young LAPD cop to divert the police away from a daring heist they’re perpetrating across town. Hunnam will play the targeted officer, while Waltz is in talks to play Hunnam’s uncle, a fellow cop investigating the criminals. Blanchett would play the juicy role of a notorious mobster’s Lady Macbeth-esque wife who’s really pulling the strings behind the heist.’

The film has been a long time coming, with the likes if Shia Labeouf, Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges circling previous incarnations (although the film has apparently changed significantly since then).

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Lawless (Blu-ray)

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When it was released in cinemas last September, there were rumblings that Lawless would be in the running for the Oscars. It rather lost momentum over the last few months and ended up with no nominations at all. It’s a shame as while it’s not a masterpiece, Tom Hardy deserved a nod in one of the acting categories and the cinematography should also have been acknowledged. Indeed, I’d have included it in the Best Picture category ahead of Amour and Silver Linings Playbook. [Read more…]

Lawless Red Band Trailer – More violence from the star-studded prohibition-era drama

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There’s a lot of good buzz surrounding Lawless (we’ve seen it and out review will be up shortly before its September 7th UK release). Now a new red band trailer for the film has arrived, which ups level of violence and skin for the prohibition-era drama. Directed by John Hillcoat from a script by him and Proposition cohort Nick Cave, Lawless is based on Matt Bodurant’s book about the author’s grandfather and two great-uncles, who were part of a fierce criminal gang at the centre of the US’s moonshine trade during prohibition. The story also follows a writer named Sherwood Anderson, who is on the trail of the bootlegging gang. The film has a great cast, with Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska onboard.

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New Lawless Trailer Lands – Tom Hardy & Shia LaBeouf go bootlegging

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Directed by John Hillcoat from a script by him and Proposition cohort Nick Cave, Lawless is based on Matt Bodurant’s book about the author’s grandfather and two great-uncles, who were part of a fierce criminal gang at the centre of the US’s moonshine trade during prohibition. The story also follows a writer named Sherwood Anderson, who is on the trail of the bootlegging gang. The film has a great cast, with Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska onboard. It’ll hit UK cinemas on August 31st.

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Lawless Character Posters – Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf & more

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A couple of weeks ago we had the trailer for Lawless, which debuts at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of release later this year. And to go alongside the film’s premiere, a set of character posters have been released via Huffpo, showing off Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf, Jessica Chastain and more’s 1930s gangster style look.

Directed by John Hillcoat from a script by him and Proposition cohort Nick Cave, the movie is based on Matt Bodurant’s book about the author’s grandfather and two great-uncles, who were part of a fierce criminal gang at the centre of the US’s moonshine trade during prohibition. The story also follows a writer named Sherwood Anderson, who is on the trail of the bootlegging gang. The film has a great cast, with Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska onboard. It’ll hit UK cinemas on August 31st.

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