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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 Muppets (Blu-ray)

June 10, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Kermit The Frog
Director: James Bobin
Running Time: 103 mins
Certificate: U
Release Date: June 11th, 2012

Disney bought The Muppets from the Jim Henson Company back in 2004, realising that with their long-lasting popularity, they might be a good addition to the Disney universe. However since then the House Of Mouse hasn’t seemed entirely sure what to do with them. While they’ve tried several things over the years, the problem seems to have been Disney trying to shoehorn the characters into the way they deal with their other properties, rather than letting them be themselves.

It’s one of the reason The Muppets works so well, as it realises that Kermit & co. live in a netherworld between children’s and adult’s entertainment, where nostalgia is as important as silly jokes for kids. Likewise it acknowledges that part of the reason for the characters’ success is the fine line they walk between absurdity and realism, which works due to an absolute commitment to the idea Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear are real, while everything around them has a self-referential wink. [Read more…]

The Muppets Parody the Hunger Games

March 7, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Last year we got a slew of Muppet parody trailers for everything from The Hangover to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and now they’re back with one more, this time giving The Hunger Games a gentle ribbing (and reminding us The Muppets film is still in cinemas, of course). Enjoy the silliness above.

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FILMS: The Muppets  

Muppets Sequel Moves Forward But Jason Segel Won’t Write It

March 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s a bit of a good news/bad news scenario, as Variety reports that Disney has decided to move forward with a sequel to The Muppets, but actor/writer Jason Segel will not be involved in writing the script – he may still star though.

Instead of Segel, Disney has signed deals with The Muppets director James Bobin and Segel’s co-writer Nick Stoller to come up with the screenplay for the sequel. Segel’s out as his commitments to other projects mean he won’t be available to write the script.

Even though Jason won’t be writing The Muppets sequel, insiders claim he is still open to starring in the follow-up, if the James Bobin/Nick Stoller script is to his liking.

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ACTORS: Jason Segel  DIRECTORS: James Bobin  FILMS: The Muppets  

Sherlock Holmes 2 Tops The US Box Office

December 19, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

If Hollywood was hoping for a little pre-Christmas cheer, it didn’t get much over the weekend, after disappointing debuts for two movies there’d been high hopes for. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows topped the chart with $40 million, more than $20 million down on the first movie’s take during Christmas 2009. It’s even lower than Tron: Legacy, which opened to weak reviews this weekend last year.

As A Game Of Shadows had good reviews and strong word of mouth, it’s not certain what happened to the audience (Warner Bros had been expecting a $50 million+ opening), but it does suggest it’s not just a dearth of decent films that’s causing people to stay away from the multiplex.

Doing even worse was Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which took $23.5 million, less than half what it’s predescessor made.

The one bright spot at the US box office was Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which took $13 million in limited released on only 425 IMAX and large screens cinemas. While it suggests the film will do well when it expands onto normal screens later this week, some may worry that the IMAX numbers were heavily skewed by the inclusion of a six-minute prologue to The Dark Knight Rises, and that without that (it won’t be included in normal cinemas), it’s still difficult to know just how well the new Mission: Impossible movie will do.

Hollywood is likely to be worrying a lot at the moment. Studios have spent more than $600 million on movies being released in December, and so far every weekend has been significantly down on the comparable weekend from a year ago. They’re going to be hoping for a stellar period between Christmas and New Year to make up lost ground or it’s going to be a very bad end to a very up and down year.

Rank Title Weekend Gross
(millions)
Total Gross to
date (millions)
1 Sherlock Holmes: A
Game Of Shadows
$40.0 $40.0
2 Alvin & the
Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
$23.5 $23.5
3 Mission: Impossible –
Ghost Protocol
$13.0 $13.6
4 New Year’s Eve $7.4 $24.8
5 The Sitter $4.4 $17.7
6 The Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn Part 1
$4.3 $266.4
7 Young Adult $3.6 $4.0
8 Hugo $3.6 $39.0
9 Arthur Christmas $3.6 $38.5
10 The Muppets $3.4 $70.9

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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FILMS: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, Alvin & The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, New Year's Eve, The Sitter, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Young Adult, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, The Muppets  

New Year’s Eve Tops The US Box Office

December 12, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

The idea that lightning can strike in the same place twice took a hit over the weekend, with New Year’s Eve, the star-studded follow-up to Valentine’s Day, topping the US box ofice but with a very tepid $13.7 million. With a cast that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Lea Michele, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Hilary Swank and Seth Meyer, Warner Bros had been expecting it to make over $20 million, especially since it’s predecessor opened to $72 million 18 months ago.

Quite why Warner didn’t actually open the movie at New Year is still a bit of a mystery, as you’d have expected it to do better then.

New Year’s Eve wasn’t the only movie that was met with a giant ‘meh’ by US audiences, as the new Jonah Hill film The Sitter took $10 million to place second. It was about in line with not very high expectations.

While early December isn’t usually a great time at the box office, last weekend wasn’t just weak, it was the lowest grossing weekend overall since September 5th-7th 2008, showing just how weak things are at the moment – indeed many in Hollywood are wondering what’s happened to the audience. While cinemas had reason to cheer in the summer, the rest of the year has been pretty bad for them, and they’re now desperately hoping for a huge Christmas movie that’ll help save what could otherwise be a pretty dismal 12 months at the box office.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 New Year’s Eve $13.7 $13.7
2 The Sitter $10.0 $10.0
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $7.9 $259.5
4 The Muppets $7.0 $65.8
5 Arthur Christmas $6.6 $33.4
6 Hugo $6.1 $33.4
7 The Descendants $4.8 $23.6
8 Happy Feet Two $3.7 $56.8
9 Jack And Jill $3.2 $68.6
10 Immortals $2.4 $79.8

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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FILMS: New Year's Eve, The Sitter, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, Hugo, The Descendants, Happy Feet Two Jack And Jill, Immortals  

Breaking Dawn Tops US Box Office Again

December 5, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

It was quite an unusual week at the US box office, as no new movies at all made it into the top 10, with older film merely shifting around a little. Things remained exactly the same at the top though, with Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 in the number 1 slot, despite dropping 60% from last weekend to $16.9 million, while The Muppets stayed at number 2 with an $11.2 million weekend gross.

The only notable new entry was outside the top 10. Many eyes were on Shame and whether the highly acclaimed movie could find box office success, despite getting an adults-only NC-17 rating, which many view as commercial suicide in the US (most companies would prefer to release a movie with no rating that having an NC-17 rating). While it only opened on 10 screens, it took $361,000, giving it by far the highest per-screen average on the chart. All eyes will now be on whether it can continue to do well as it expands onto more screens in the next few weeks.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 2nd-4th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $16.9 $247/3
2 The Muppets $11.2 $56.1
3 Hugo $7.6 $25.1
4 Arthur Christmas $7.3 $25.3
5 Happy Feet Two $6.0 $51.7
6 Jack And Jill $5.5 $64.3
7 The Descendants $5.2 $18.0
8 Immortals $4.3 $75.5
9 Tower Heist $4.1 $70.8
10 Puss In Boots $3.0 $139.5

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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FILMS: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, The Muppets, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, Happy Feet Two, Jack And Jill, The Descendants, Immortals, Puss In Boots  

The Muppets Do Bollywood

November 11, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

We thought we’d seen the end of the fun Muppet parody trailer, but thanksfully another one has shown up, this time with the gang going a bit Bollywood! The films due out in the US imminently, but it doesn’t come to the UK until February 17th, 2012. Here’s the synopsis: ‘When Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater, they help Kermit reunite the Muppets to stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre.’

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ACTORS: Jason Segel, Amy Adams  DIRECTORS: James Bobin  FILMS: The Muppets  

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