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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

The Iron Lady (DVD)

April 25, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Meryl Streep, Olivia Colman, Jim Broadbent
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Running Time: 100 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: April 30th, 2012

If you read a variety of the reviews of The Iron Lady when it came out at cinemas, it really is like they were talking about completely different films. Everyone agrees Meryl Streep is ace, but to some it’s an apologia for a tyrant, to others a left wing fantasy, there are those who feel its concentration on her old age is schadenfreude taking pleasure in her mental problems, while a few believe it is a suitably reverential, right wing look at a great woman and will make people with a liberal philosophy take stock.

The problem with making a movie about Margaret Thatcher is that she’s such a divisive figure that people come to anything about her incapable of viewing it through anything but the prism of their own prejudices. The film is actually quite agnostic on whether she was a hero or villain, which makes it even easier to paint your own thoughts onto the movie. [Read more…]

Weekend Picks Up Best Film At Gay and Lesbian Critics Awards

January 16, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

GALECA, the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, has announced the winners of its Dorian Awards, giving Best Film Of The Year to the more than deserving Weekend. As everyone loves the movies but it’s getting shut out by bigger movies at other award ceremonies (it’s still shocking it didn’t make it onto the BAFTA longlist in any category), it’s great GALECA has recognised it.

Other winners include Meryl Streep for Film Performance of the Year for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (perhaps if the critics knew more about Maggie’s record on gay rights they wouldn’t have been as kind), as well as Michael Fassbender, who picked up the ‘We’re Wilde About You Rising Star of the Year’ award.

The excellent We Were Here, about the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, won both Best Documentary and Best LGBT-Themed Documentary Of The Year. Another great choice was 50/50, which was given Unsung Film of the year.

On the TV side, the LGBT friendly American Horror Story and Modern Family won in the Best TV drama and comedy categories, while Modern Family picked up LGBT-themed TV show of the year as well. GALECA also gave out gongs for Campy (Intentional Or Not) Film and TV show of the year, with The Muppets and Revenge getting the awards.

The may like quirky categories, but GALECA seems to make a lot more sensible choices than most awards bodies! For more info about GALECA, head to their website.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Meryl Streep, Michael Fassbender  FILMS: Weekend, The Iron Lady, Shame, Modern Family, We Were Here  

Golden Globe Winners Announced – Christopher Plummer Wins For Beginners

January 16, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

If anyone was hoping that the Golden Globes would reveal a frontrunner for the Oscar, they’ll be disappointed, as that awards went pretty much across the board when they were handed out last night. The big winners were The Descendants for Best Picture (Drama) and The Artist for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy).

Although The Descendants has been a bit of a quiet success, there are many who feel it could do well at the Oscars and may win George Clooney a Best Actor award (as he got at the Globes on the Drama side).

On the LGBT side, the only film winner was Christopher Plummer, who picked up the Best Supporting Actor awards for playing an elderly gay man in Beginners. While Glenn Close was nominated for playing a woman living as a man in Albert Nobbs, she was beaten out by Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady in the Best Actress (Drama) category. In the TV categories, gay-friendly Modern Family did well, winning Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

Interestingly, while Best Director normally goes to someone who helmed one of the Best Picture winning films, in this case Martin Scorsese won for Hugo, which was that movie’s only award. It would be surprising if that patterns followed again at the Oscars. Other films to get at least one gong include Tintin, W.E., and A Separation. However overall it was The Artist that did best, with three awards, although it certainly didn’t sweep the boards and while it puts it in a strong position for the Academy Awards, it is by no means a cert.

Take a look below for all the winners in all the categories at this year’s Golden Globes.

Best Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER:
The Descendants

Nominees:
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER:
The Artist

Nominees:
Bridesmaids
50/50
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER:
George Clooney for The Descendants

Nominees:
Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender for Shame
Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March
Brad Pitt for Moneyball

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER:
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

Nominees:
Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis for The Help
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER:
Jean Dujardin for The Artist

Nominees:
Brendan Gleeson for The Guard
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50
Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
WINNER:
Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn

Nominees:
Jodie Foster for Carnage
Charlize Theron for Young Adult
Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids
Kate Winslet for Carnage

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER:
Christopher Plummer for Beginners

Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks for Drive
Jonah Hill for Moneyball
Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER:
Octavia Spencer for The Help

Nominees:
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist
Jessica Chastain for The Help
Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants

Best Director – Motion Picture
WINNER:
Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Nominees:
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
George Clooney for The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendants

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
WINNER:
Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen

Nominees:
The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
The Ides of March: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
WINNER:
W.E.: Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry(Masterpiece)

Nominees:
Albert Nobbs: Brian Byrne, Glenn Close(Lay Your Head Down)
Gnomeo & Juliet: Elton John, Bernie Taupin(Hello Hello)
The Help: Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas(The Living Proof)
Machine Gun Preacher: Chris Cornell(The Keeper)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
WINNER:
The Artist: Ludovic Bource

Nominees:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo: Howard Shore
War Horse: John Williams
W.E.: Abel Korzeniowski

Best Animated Film
WINNER:
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Nominees:
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER:
A Separation (Iran)

Nominees:
The Flowers of War (China)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA)
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium)
The Skin I Live In (Spain)

Best Television Series – Drama
WINNER:
Homeland

Nominees:
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
WINNER:
Modern Family

Nominees:
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
New Girl

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER:
Downton Abbey

Nominees:
Cinema Verite
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
WINNER:
Kelsey Grammer for Boss

Nominees:
Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad
Jeremy Irons for The Borgias
Damian Lewis for Homeland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
WINNER:
Claire Danes for Homeland

Nominees:
Mireille Enos for The Killing
Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife
Madeleine Stowe for Revenge
Callie Thorne for Necessary Roughness

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
WINNER:
Matt LeBlanc for Episodes

Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock
David Duchovny for Californication
Johnny Galecki for The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Jane for Hung

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
WINNER:
Laura Dern for Enlightened

Nominees:
Zooey Deschanel for New Girl
Tina Fey for 30 Rock
Laura Linney for The Big C
Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER:
Idris Elba for Luther

Nominees:
Hugh Bonneville for Downton Abbey
William Hurt for Too Big to Fail
Bill Nighy for Page Eight
Dominic West for The Hour

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER:
Kate Winslet for Mildred Pierce

Nominees:
Romola Garai for The Hour
Diane Lane for Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern for Downton Abbey
Emily Watson for Appropriate Adult

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER:
Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones

Nominees:
Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail
Guy Pearce for Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins for Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet for Modern Family

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER:
Jessica Lange for American Horror Story

Nominees:
Kelly Macdonald for Boardwalk Empire
Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey
Sofía Vergara for Modern Family
Evan Rachel Wood for Mildred Pierce

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: George Clooney, Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Meryl Streep, Octavia Spencer, Jean DuJardin, Michelle Williams  DIRECTORS: Martin Scorsese  FILMS: The Artist, The Descendants, W.E., The Iron Lady, My Week With Marilyn, Beginners, Alber Nobbs, The Help, Midnight In Paris, The Adventures Of Tintin, Modern Family  

Meryl Streep Surprised She’s A Gay Icon

January 5, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Meryl Streep is an icon to a lot of people, but it appears she hadn’t realised that she was a gay icon as well. The actress, who’s won massive plaudits for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (out Jan 6th), says “I just recently found out I’m a gay icon from a show where they do little arias from all my movies.”

She adds, “It’s flattering of course. Whether or not Margaret is also a gay icon I don’t know. That’s a difficult one for me.” You can understand the uncertainty as while Maggie’s a strong woman, she wasn’t exactly a fan of the gays, having enacted anti-gay measures such as Section 28 and blocked legislation that backed gay equality.

Source: ShowbizSpy

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Meryl Streep  FILMS: The Iron Lady  

New The Iron Lady Trailer

November 14, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


A new trailer for the upcoming The Iron Lady has arrived, via The Daily Mail, but we’ve embedded it below (which should help those of you who understandably have an aversion to going anywhere near anything to do with the Daily Mail). Although some Mrs. T. lovers are still uncertain about Meryl Streep playing the great lady – partly because they immediately assumed the film will be a liberal hatchet job – she certainly seems to be doing a good job here! The film sees Maggie as an older woman looking back over her remarkable career, becoming Britain’s first female Prime Minister and one of the world’s most famous women, while facing a divided nation and becoming hated by many in the UK. The film opens in the UK on January 6th.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E Grant, Anthony Head  DIRECTORS: Phyllida Lloyd  FILMS: The Iron Lady  

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