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

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Call Me By Your Name Picks Up A BAFTA, But Three Billboards Is The Big Winner

February 18, 2018 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

Although Call Me By Your Name went into the award season as one of the top contenders, at the larger ceremonies it’s tended to be muscled out by other movies. However, at the BAFTAs it did at least pick up one award, with James Ivory nabbing Best Adapted Screenplay. It’s the veteran gay filmmaker’s first competitive BAFTA since winning Best Film for Howards End back in 1992.

The big winner of the night was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which was named Best Film and Outstanding British Film (despite being set in the US, it was made with largely British and Irish money and expertise), with Martin McDonagh winning Original Screenplay, Sam Rockwell taking Supporting Actor, and Frances McDormand receiving the BAFTA for Leading Actress. It cements its position as the frontrunner for the Oscars.

However, while it will probably do well at the Academy Awards and seems an increasingly strong contender for the Best Picture Oscar, it is unusual for getting fairly little love for McDonagh as the Director (he wasn’t even Oscar nominated in that category). As at several other ceremonies, Best Director went elsewhere, with Guillermo Del Toro picking up the gong for The Shape Of Water. That film also saw Alexandre Desplat collect the Original Music award, and it picked up Best Production Design.

Gary Oldman won Leading Actor for Darkest Hour; the film also won the award for Make Up & Hair, while Supporting Actress went to Allison Janney for her role as Tonya Harding’s mother in I, Tonya. Roger Deakins won his fourth BAFTA for Cinematography for Blade Runner 2049, which also won for Special Visual Effects.

Sadly, of the other LGBT nominations, God’s Own Country failed to win Best British Film, and the movie’s star, Josh O’Connor, lost out to Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya for the EE Rising Star award. On the plus side, I Am Not Your Negro, about gay activist and writer, James Baldwin, won Best Documntary.

Take a look below for the full list of winners. [Read more…]

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FILMS: Call Me By Your Name, The Shape Of Water, The Darkest Hour, Three Billboards Outside Ebbings Missouri  

The Darkest Hour (Cinema Review) – A Golden Globe winning Gary Oldman takes on Churchill

January 10, 2018 By Mike Martin Leave a Comment

Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristen Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn
Director: Joe Wright
Running Time: 125 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: January 12th 2018 (UK)

If you need an actor to play Winston Churchill look no further than Harry Potter. The great Gary Oldman is the fifth man to play the wartime PM relatively recently after Timothy Spall, Robert Hardy, Michael Gambon and Brendan Gleeson, and he certainly has the gravitas to carry it off. That’s evidenced by his recent Golden Globe win and BAFTA nomination (the film also scored another eight nominations). Despite that, what he doesn’t have is a script that helps him out much, or a director who brings the story to life. A shame, as it could have been so much more, set during a pivotal month in WWII.

This is apparently the passion project of writer Anthony McCarten, but quite what he is trying to tease out of the well-worn story remains something of a mystery. He also plays fast and loose with history – the idea that Churchill was befriended by his best mate the King seems a stretch, as does the idea that most of Parliament wanted to do a deal with Hitler – some did certainly, but not the majority. Another idea, that a doubting Churchill was buoyed by taking a tube train and is roused by the voices of the people, is frankly ludicrous. Some truly dodgy acting by extras doesn’t help. [Read more…]

Crush Of The Day: Emile Hirsch In The Darkest Hour

January 19, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


While I’d always known Emile Hirsch was a good looking guy, it was only when I saw the image above that I thought, ‘Yep, I’ll have me one of them!’ The 26-year-old is looking all kinds of hot as a slightly dirty, battle-weary survivor of an alien apocalypse in The Darkest Hour.

I’ve gathered together a few more pics of the Speed Racer and Into The Wild actor below, both in Darkest Hour and other movies where he’s been looking extra good. Click on them to enlarge and enjoy! [Read more…]

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Ghost Protocol Top New Year’s US Box Office

January 3, 2012 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

If the studios were hoping for some four-day holiday New Year’s cheer at the box office, they didn’t get a huge amount, with Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol the only real bright spot. The overall box office was down over last New Year, but Ghost Protocol added another $38 million to take its total to $14 million in the US and $361 million worldwide. It’s a decent hit but not astounding.

There were no new entries, with just a few films shifting about. Among the Christmas openers, War Horse is doing best, moving up from sixth to fourth place on the chart (and it should be noted its sixth place finish last weekend was after only two days in cinemas). Other films such as Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and We Bought A Zoo continued to do modest but not horrific business.

It’s Tintin though that’s be the biggest failure, only making $50 million so far in the US, despite finding success in other parts of the world.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 30th-January 2nd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol $38.3 $141.2
2 Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows $26.5 $136.5
3 Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $21.0 $97.3
4 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo $19.2 $45.2
5 War Horse $19.0 $60.0
6 We Bought A Zoo $16.5 $43.9
7 The Adventures Of Tintin $15.0 $50.8
8 New Year’s Eve $7.7 $47.3
9 The Darkest Hour $5.2 $14.2
10 The Descendants $4.2 $40.2

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Mission: Impossible Tops The Christmas US Box Office

December 27, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

The Christmas US box office is slightly unusual, as while it was a holiday four-day weekend, rather than releasing movie on a Friday, many of the studios decided to either release their movie early or wait until Christmas itself, largely because they now Christmas Eve always tends to be an unsually weak day (whereas Saturday is normally the best day of the week). The result is that while some of these new films movies got off to decent starts, they couldn’t beat out previously released flicks.

The chart topper was Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which is shaping up to be a decent blockbuster for Paramount. Expanding into normal cinemas after its IMAX start last weekend, the movie took a strong $46 million over the Christmas weekend, and should take a lot more leading into New Year..

The top new entry was at number four, with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo taking $19.4 million over the weekend following its release in the middle of last week. It’s an okay start for a rather serious, R-rated movie, but the studio was hoping that with David Fincher at the helm it would really hit it big.

The Adventures Of Tintin came in fifth with $16.1 million, which is a disappointment after the movie hit it big in the rest of the world, having already grossed $239 million internationally. We Bought A Zoo came next with $15.6 million, which is lower than had been hoped for, but it’s rather early to say if it can make up ground over the coming days.

Spielberg’s War Horse didn’t get released until Sunday, so it’s two-day take of $15.0 million isn’t too bad at all, especially for a period war movie. Many are thinking the film could well turn into a decent sized hit and will end up as the highest grossing of the Christmas releases. The final new entry was the sci-fi flick The Darkest Hour, which took a weak $5.5 million.

Overall the box office was up on last year, which will be a relief to Hollywood after several weeks where things have been in the doldrums. However, many have been predicting problems due to the fact the release schedule is ridiculously packed. It certainly seems that with so much competition, the new movies (and indeed the holdovers) have all opened lower than they might have if they’d had a clearer run.

Take a look below for the Christmas 2011 US box office top 10.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol $46.2 $78.6
2 Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows $31.8 $90.5
3 Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $20.0 $56.9
4 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo $19.4 $27.7
5 The Adventures Of Tintin $16.1 $24.1
6 We Bought A Zoo $15.6 $15.6
7 War Horse $15.0 $15.0
8 The Darkest Hour $5.5 $5.5
9 New Year’s Eve $4.9 $34.2
10 The Descendants $3.4 $33.7

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