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

The Neon Demon Trailer – Nicolas Winding Refn teams with Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves & Christina Hendricks

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neon-demon-pic1Nicolas Winding Refn has been working on Neon Demon for several years, but he’s been keeping details about the exact plot to himself. Even with this first trailer, things aren’t exactly made clear, but it does look rather intriguing.

IMDB says of the film, ‘When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.’

Refn has previously said of the movie, “One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women. Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty. After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon. This movie is a manifestation of the strong ties between us and will lead to many more adventures.”

The likes of Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves and Christina Hendricks star. [Read more…]

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Keanu Reeves & Christina Hendricks On For Nicolas Winding Refn’s Neon Demon

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keanu-reevesThe cast for Nicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming horror tale Neon Demon is coming together. He recently added Elle Fanning and Abbey Lee, and now Variety reports that it’s been revealed at the Berlin Film Festival, that Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone and Bella Heathcote will also star.

Unfortunately though the announcement of new cast members didn’t come with many details about the plot or the characters anyone will play. All that’s known is that it’s a female-driven horror tale set in Los Angeles.

The movie will start shooting March 30th in LA and should hit cinemas in 2016. That’s all the details we know, but hopefully Refn – the man behind Drive, Bronson and Only God Forgives – has something interesting up his sleeve.

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Drive’s Nicolas Winding Refn Going Supernatural With The Bringing

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nicholas-winding-refnNicolas Winding Refn has been having plenty of success with dark thrillers such as Drive and Only God Forgives, but now he’s heading somewhere slightly different as Deadline reports that he’s in early talks to direct  the supernatural thriller, The Bringing.

Sony Pictures snapped up Brandon Murphy and Murphy’s spec script back in February, which is loosely based on the mysterious death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. She was found dead in the water tanks on the roof of the hotel in February 2013, with the added twist that before she died a video popped up showing her exhibiting strange behaviour, seemingly interacting with an invisible entity.

To give things an ever more sinister note, the hotel was previously home to serial killer Richard Ramirez and has been the site of numerous suicides.

While the script isn’t strictly about Lam’s story,  it does follow a man who is investigating a death at the Cecil Hotel.

Refn must have loved the screenplay as he apparently actively sought the director’s chair.

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Great New Look At Ryan Gosling In Only God Forgives With A UK Trailer

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They’re certainly laying on the style in this new UK trailer for Only God Forgive, which reunites Ryan Gosling with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Bangkok. Julian (Ryan Gosling) runs a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. He has everything he wants for and is respected in the criminal underworld though, deep inside, he feels empty.

‘When Julian’s brother murders a prostitute the police call on retired cop Chang – the Angel of Vengeance (Vithaya Pansringarm). Chang allows the father to kill his daughter’s murderer, then ‘restores order’ by chopping off the man’s right hand. Julian’s mother Jenna (Kristin Scott Thomas) – the head of a powerful criminal organization – arrives in Bangkok to collect her son’s body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and ‘raise hell’.

‘Increasingly obsessed with the Angel of Vengeance, Julian challenges him to a boxing match, hoping that by defeating him he might find spiritual release… but Chang triumphs. A furious Jenna plots revenge and the stage is set for a bloody journey through betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption.’

It reaches UK cinemas on August 2nd, while it’ll be out in the US on July 19th. [Read more…]

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New Only God Forgives Trailer – Fresh look at the Ryan Gosling flick

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Ryan Gosling and Drive director Nicolas Wining Refn have reunited for the upcoming Only God Forgives, which looks like it’s going to be as tense as their previous effort. Now we get a fresh look with a new trailer.

Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for the family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.

An August 2nd UK release is set, with the film reaching the US on July 19th. [Read more…]

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Ryan Gosling Gets Slightly Neon For An Only God Forgives Poster

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Only-God-Forgives-poster2Only God Forgives slightly divided critics when it debuted at Cannes, with some suggesting it was a truly exceptional film that more than lived up to the idea of Ryan Gosling reuniting with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, while others were a little underwhelmed.

Well US audiences will be able to make up their own mind on July 19th, with UK cinemas getting it on August 2nd. And now a new poster has arrived, showing us Gosling looking very red and blue.

The movie is about Julian (Gosling), who lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for his family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed, their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.

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Two New Only God Forgives Trailers – Ryan Gosling reunites with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn

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Two new trailers for the Ryan Gosling flick Only God Forgives have arrived, selling the tension and violence of the film, which reunites the actor with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn.

The movie reunites Gosling with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn and follow Julian (Gosling), who lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for his family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed, their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.

The film’s due out this summer.

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Funky New Poster For Ryan Gosling’s Only God Forgives

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Ryan Gosling may have suggested that he’s planning to take a break from acting for a bit, but he’s got The Place Beyond The Pines in cinemas and Only God Forgives, as well as Terrence Malick’s currently untitled movie, coming out before then.

Now a new poster for Only God Forgives has arrived, which you can see above. The movie reunites Gosling with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn and follow Julian (Gosling), who lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for his family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed, their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.

The film’s due out this summer.

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Only God Forgives Red Band Trailer – Ryan Gosling reunites with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn

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Ryan Gosling and Drive director Nicolas Wining Refn have reunited for the upcoming Only God Forgives, which looks like it’s going to be as tense as their previous effort – although there’s less evidence Drive’s gore in this new red band trailer.

Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for the family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna (Kristen Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.

It should be in cinemas this summer, with Gosling looking all bashed up.

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Only God Forgives Teaser Clip – Ryan Gosling gets punched in the face

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Drive got a lot of fans thanks to its andrenaline packed mix of tension and violence, so many will be glad to hear Ryan Gosling has reunited with director Nicolas Winding Refn for Only God Forgives. Most of what we’ve seen on the film so far have been images of Ryan Gosling with a pummelled face, and now a brief teaser has shown up online, which gives us a look at how Gosling gets batters and bruised.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Julian (Gosling) lives in exile in Bangkok where he runs a Thai boxing club as a front for the family’s drugs smuggling operation. When Julian’s brother Billy is killed their mother, Jenna (Scott Thomas), arrives in the city. She wants revenge and forces Julian to find the killer. Julian’s contacts in the criminal underworld lead him directly to The Angel of Vengeance, a retired police officer who knows everything and who is both Judge and Punisher. Jenna demands that Julian kill The Angel of Vengeance, an act that will cost him dearly.’

It looks likely the movie will premiere at Cannes, and hopefully a release will come shortly afterwards.

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