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

The Best Of Me (DVD Review)

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Have you ever had the sensation where you weren’t sure whether to be emotionally moved or whether to vomit? Well, I do now after watching The Best of Me.

After surviving an oil rig disaster, Dawson (James Marsden) gets a call to say that an old friend of his has died and he needs to travel back to his hometown to help sort things out. When he arrives he discovers he’s not the only one who got a call, as so did Amanda (Michelle Monaghan), a woman who has a history with Dawson and isn’t initially pleased to see him. [Read more…]

The Best Of Me Trailer – James Marsden gets a Nicholas Sparks adaptation

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Paul Walker was due to join the likes of Zac Efron, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum and Josh Duhamel as the male star of a Nicholas Sparks adaptation. However his death sadly prevented that. Instead he was replaced by the James Marsden and we get our first taste of how well he’s done with it thanks to this trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based on the bestselling novel by acclaimed author Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me tells the story of Dawson (Marsden) and Amanda (Michelle Monaghan), two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they’ve never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today. Spanning decades, this epic love story captures the enduring power of our first true love, and the wrenching choices we face when confronted with elusive second chances.’

It’s not Marsden’s first trip to Sparks-town, as he also had a bit part in The Notebook, but here he gets to take centre stage. The Best of Me is due this autumn. [Read more…]

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Michelle Monaghan Seeks The Best Of Me, Based On A Nicholas Sparks Novel

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Michelle-MonaghanWith Dear John, The Last Song, The Last One and Safe Haven, Hollywood has certainly liked adapting Nicholas Sparks novels recently, even if the box office returns have been a bit unpredictable. Now another one is coming in the form of The Best Of Me, which THR reports has just found its leading lady in the form of Michelle Monaghan.

The film is about, ‘a pair of former high school sweethearts who reunite after many years when they both return to their small North Carolina hometown.’ They come back for a funeral but find their passions still run deep.

Michael Hoffman (Gambit, The Last Station) is set to direct. Warner Bros was originally set to back the film, but Relativity has since taken over those duties.

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Gambit (Blu-ray)

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Harry Dean (Colin Firth) is a seemingly dithering art expert working for the cold, abusive Lionel Shahbandar (Alan Rickman). He has a plan to get back at his boss, which involves a lost Monet masterpiece. He gets the Major (Tom Courtney) to paint a duplicate, and schemes to get Lionel to believe that it’s real, but was taken to the US after World War II and since then has been in the possession of a Texan family. [Read more…]

Gambit Trailer – Firth, Diaz & Rickman star in the Coen Brothers scripted film

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Gambit has been in the works for a long time, with the Coen Brothers intially thinking of directing this remake of a 1960s Shirley Maclaine and Micheal Caine movie. However after delays due to financing, they handed the directing reigns to Michael Hoffman, although Joel and Ethan did provide the script. Now we have the trailer, which gives us out first taste of the movie.

Here’s the official synopsis: ‘Private art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England’s richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar, (Alan Rickman) into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.

‘BAFTA award winner Sir Tom Courtenay, Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci and Academy Award© winner and veteran comedienne Cloris Leachman round out the cast.’ The movie hits UK cinemas on November 21st.

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Diaz, Firth & Rickman Gambit Character Posters Debut

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Gambit was recently moved back to a winter 2013 release in the UK, but it’s still coming to the UK this autumn, with November 21st release date set for the film. The movie features a script by Joel & Ethan Coen, with Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) directing, based on a 1966 movie starring Shirley Maclaine and Michael Caine. Now Orange has debuted three rather cool character posters, featuring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman.

Here’s the official synopsis: ‘Private art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England’s richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar, (Alan Rickman) into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.

‘BAFTA award winner Sir Tom Courtenay, Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci and Academy Award© winner and veteran comedienne Cloris Leachman round out the cast.’

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