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

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

A Hologram For The King (Blu-ray Review)

September 18, 2016 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Director: Tom Tykwer
Running Time: 98 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: September 19th 2016 (UK)

Alan (Tom Hanks) is a middle-aged businessman whose life isn’t turning out how he planned. His boss doesn’t think he’s particularly good at his job, he’s divorced, and feels a bit of a failure towards his daughter as his debt means he can’t afford to pay her college tuition fees. However, he now has a new opportunity, heading off to Saudi Arabia to give a presentation about a holographic IT system to the King.

He expects to be a stranger in a strange land, but finds that in some ways things are more similar that he expected, while in others they’re more strange. He gets into a bit of a Waiting For Godot situation where he spends much of his time being palmed off and ignored as he waits for the arrival on the King, who may never turn up. He also discovers the massive city his company is hoping to get the IT contract for, is nothing but a welcome centre in the desert, waiting for other building to come along. [Read more…]

Cloud Atlas (Cinema)

February 20, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Halle Berry, Ben Whishaw, Tom Hanks
Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Running Time: 172 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: February 22nd 2013

At the beginning of Cloud Atlas Ben Wishaw’s Robert puts a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Three tortuous hours later I wanted to do the same.

Cloud Atlas was on a long list of ‘unfilmable’ books that have become reality on the screen, but unlike Life Of Pi, which garnered many an Oscar nomination, this proves that the novel should have stayed just that. On screen it’s a complete mess – sprawling, often dull, frequently incomprehensible, utterly humourless and with a vaguely eco-message that is presumably supposed to save its faults – it doesn’t. [Read more…]

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