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

Warm Bodies (DVD)

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The zombie apocalypse has left the humans fighting against a horde of shambling corpses. R (Nicholas Hoult) is one of those zombies, except he’s beginning to wonder if there’s more to life than stumbling about groaning. When he ‘meets’ Julie (Teresa Palmer), a beautiful human survivor, R falls in love. He sets about trying to charm her, as best a rotting corpse can, and soon finds he’s undergoing more than just a change of heart.

The first zombie films had a message to deliver, the same is true here. But on top of this, Warm Bodies is refreshing, original, and one of the wittiest films you’ll find. [Read more…]

Identity Thief Goes Back To The Top Of The Us Box Office

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Despite the box office usually being fairly open over the Oscar weekend, it was a particularly bad time for new movies, as the Dwayne Johnson action flick Snitch just missed out on the top spot, taking $13 million to place second. That allowed Identity Thief to return to the top, adding another $14 million, to take its total so far in American to $93 million.

There was only one other new entry in the top 10, the sci-fi horror Dark Skies, which could only place sixth with $8.8 million – although as it only cost $3.5 million to make, it’s by no means a disaster.

If Bruce Willis was hoping A Good Day To Die Hard would have a long run at the US box office, he’s likely to be disappointed, as the film plummeted from first to fifth spot over the weekend, dropping 60% to take $10 million over the three days. At least the film is still top of the international box office, with those outside the US still enjoying a bit of John McLane.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 22nd-24th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Identity Thief $14.0 $93.6
2 Snitch $13.0 $13.0
3 Escape From Planet Earth $11.0 $35.1
4 Safe Haven $10.6 $48.0
5 A Good Day To Die Hard $10.0 $51.8
6 Dark Skies $8.8 $8.8
7 Silver Linings Playbook $6.0 $107.4
8 Warm Bodies $4.7 $58.2
9 Side Effects $3.5 $25.2
10 Beautiful Creatures $3.4 $16.3
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A Good Day To Die Hard Tops The US Box Office

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good-day-die-hard-poster1Despite some truly atrocious reviews, audiences’ love of John McLane won out over the weekend, with the movie topping the US box office with $25 million from Friday to Sunday and $33 million since it was released last Thursday.

Although not a great start, it’s not too far behind Die Hard 4’s $38 million four-day total. However, it’s not likely to get great word of mouth, so it may find it difficult to sustain its box office power over the coming weeks.

As it’s Presidents Day weekend, Die Hard 5 was just one of a slew of titles hitting cinemas. Safe Haven placed third with a decent $21 million (and $30 million since its Thursday opening), which is about on par with The Lucky One, but well behind Dear John’s first weekend.

While indie animation doesn’t usually do that well, Escape From Planet Earth took a pretty good $16 million, no doubt helped by the holiday weekend and the fact that for the last couple of months US cinemas have been full of R-rated entertainment.

While Warner Bros might have hoped Beautiful Creatures would be the new Twilight, it certainly won’t be, as the film placed sixth on the chart and took just $7 million over the weekend. It’s safe to say we’re unlikely to get the sequels Warner were hoping to make.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 15th-17th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 A Good Day To Die Hard $25.0 $33.2
2 Identity Thief $23.4 $70.7
3 Safe Haven $21.4 $30.2
4 Escape From Planet Earth $16.0 $16.0
5 Warm Bodies $9.0 $50.2
6 Beautiful Creatures $7.4 $10.0
7 Side Effects $6.3 $19.1
8 Silver Linings Playbook $6.0 $98.4
9 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $3.4 $49.6
10 Zero Dark Thirty $3.1 $88.0
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Identity Thief Proves A Big Hit At The US Box Office

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identity-thief-poster1The Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman grossout comedy Identity Thief may have been faced with some vitriolic reviews, but US audiences obviously didn’t care as the film significantly outperformed expectations, taking $36.5 million in its first three days in cinemas. It’s one of the best starts ever for an R-rated comedy, suggesting the film should have strong legs over the coming weeks.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was Steven Soderbergh’s pharmaceutical thriller Side Effects, which took $10 million over the weekend. It’s not a disaster but not a great start for a film with a cast including Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It certainly suggests diminishing returns for Soderbergh’s brand of ensemble thriller, as it’s less than half of what Contagion took in 2011.

Top Gun 3D returned to cinemas but placed just outside the top 10. However it was only showing on 300 screens, so did pretty well to make $1.9 million (it’s per screen average was double that of Side Effects).

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 8th-10th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Identity Thief $36.5 $36.5
2 Warm Bodies $11.5 $36.6
3 Side Effects $10.0 $10.0
4 Silver Linings Playbook $6.9 $90.0
5 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $5.7 $43.8
6 Mama $4.3 $64.0
7 Zero Dark Thirty $4.0 $83.6
8 Argo $2.5 $123.7
9 Django Unchained $2.2 $154.5
10 Bulllet To The Head $1,9 $8.1
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Warm Bodies Heats Up The US Box Office

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WARM BODIESNobody seemed sure quite how well Warm Bodies would do at the US box office, but it turns out audiences were up for some zombie fun over the Superbowl weekend, as the Nicholas Hoult starring movie took $20 million in its first weekend to top the chart. It’s considered a pretty good opening for a relatively cheap movie that could easily have been ignored.

The only other new movie in the top 10 was Bullet To The Head, which placed sixith with $4.5 million. It’s not been a good few weeks for 80s action stars, as Arnie’s comeback, The Last Stand, failed to hit is big, and now Sylvester Stallone is having the same trouble with his new movie. It’s been noted that it’s the star’s worst opening since 1981’s Nighthawks, and even that movie had a higher attendance.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 1st-3rd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Warm Bodies $19.5 $20.0
2 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $9.2 $34.4
3 Silver Linings Playbook $8.1 $80.3
4 Mama $6.7 $58.2
5 Zero Dark Thirty $5.3 $77.7
6 Bulllet To The Head $4.5 $4.5
7 Parker $3.2 $12.4
8 Django Unchained $3.0 $150.9
9 Les Miserables $2.4 $141.5
10 Lincoln $2.4 $170.7
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First 4 Minutes Of Warm Bodies – Meet Nicholas Hoult’s zombie, R

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Warm Bodies is one of those movies that looks like it could either be brilliant to a bit of a misfire, and to help us make up our minds about it, the first four minutes of the zombie rom-com have been released online.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘WARM BODIES is an upcoming 2013 romantic zombie film based on Isaac Marion’s popular novel of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50), the film stars Nicholas Hoult (Hank McCoy/Beast in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four).’

‘R (Hoult) is a zombie. After a zombie apocalypse, he shambles across an America filled with collapsed buildings, rusted cars, shattered windows, and abandoned high-rises. He can only grunt or moan and craves human brains to get high on their memories. After eating the brains of a suicidal teen, R is overcome with love for the teen’s companion, Julie Grigio (Palmer). R rescues Julie from his zombie pack and takes her back to his lair. She eventually leaves, and R follows her back to Citi Stadium, the largest remaining human refuge.’

The film is due out February 8th, but watch the first four minutes below.

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Fresh Posters For Dark Skies, Warm Bodies, GI Joe: Retaliation and Side Effects

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Today seems to be poster day, so rather than doing a post for every single one of them, I’m gathering a few of them together for you to take a look at. So scroll down for pics from Dark Skies, GI Joe: Retaliation, Warm Bodies and Side Effects.

dark-skies-poster1From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret (Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton) witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.’

gi-joe-retaliation-poster1It’s heroes vs. villains in this new GI Joe: Retaliation poster. Channing Tatum (Duke) Bruce Willis (Joe Colton), Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock), Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye), and Ray Park (Snake Eyes) represent the good guys, with Ray Stevenson (Firefly), Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow), and Elodie Yung (Jinx) on the baddies side. The 3D movie hits cinemas in March.

warm-bodies-poster2R (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie. After a zombie apocalypse, he shambles across an America filled with collapsed buildings, rusted cars, shattered windows, and abandoned high-rises. He can only grunt or moan and craves human brains to get high on their memories. After eating the brains of a suicidal teen, R is overcome with love for the teen’s companion, Julie Grigio (Palmer). R rescues Julie from his zombie pack and takes her back to his lair. She eventually leaves, and R follows her back to Citi Stadium, the largest remaining human refuge. It hits cinemas February 8th.

side-effects-poster1Steven Sobderbergh lines another star-filled thriller, this one with Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Side Effects is about a woman (Mara) who turns to prescription medication to deal with her anxiety over her husband’s (Tatum) release from prison. She begins to take a new brand of anti-depressant, prescribed by a doctor (Jude Law), who seems to have more than a professional interest in her. Before long, everything spirals badly out of control, when it appears a murder has been committed. The film is set for release in the UK on March 15th, 2013

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New Warm Bodies Posters Debut – Nicholas Hoult’s gonna be dead sexy, apparently

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The recent trailer for Warm Bodies made it look a lot of fun, and now we’ve got a quintet of new poster (via the film’s Facebook page) to further our anticipation. The film is due out February 8th 2013, suggesting star Nicholas Hoult it going to be having a ridiculously busy first few months of next years, as he’s got to promote bother this movie and Jack The Giant Slayer, as well as film X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

Here’s the Warm Bodies synopsis: ‘WARM BODIES is an upcoming 2013 romantic zombie film based on Isaac Marion’s popular novel of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50), the film stars Nicholas Hoult (Hank McCoy/Beast in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four).

‘R (Hoult) is a zombie. After a zombie apocalypse, he shambles across an America filled with collapsed buildings, rusted cars, shattered windows, and abandoned high-rises. He can only grunt or moan and craves human brains to get high on their memories. After eating the brains of a suicidal teen, R is overcome with love for the teen’s companion, Julie Grigio (Palmer). R rescues Julie from his zombie pack and takes her back to his lair. She eventually leaves, and R follows her back to Citi Stadium, the largest remaining human refuge.’

Click the pics below for larger versions of the new poster.

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New Warm Bodies Trailer Hits – Spend a minute with the zombie love story

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Warm Bodies is one of those movies that could be a huge amount of fun or a well-meaning zombie rom-com misfire. While we’ll have to wait until February 8th to find out, a new taster of the movie has arrived with a 60 second trailer arriving.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘WARM BODIES is an upcoming 2013 romantic zombie film based on Isaac Marion’s popular novel of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50), the film stars Nicholas Hoult (Hank McCoy/Beast in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four).’

‘R (Hoult) is a zombie. After a zombie apocalypse, he shambles across an America filled with collapsed buildings, rusted cars, shattered windows, and abandoned high-rises. He can only grunt or moan and craves human brains to get high on their memories. After eating the brains of a suicidal teen, R is overcome with love for the teen’s companion, Julie Grigio (Palmer). R rescues Julie from his zombie pack and takes her back to his lair. She eventually leaves, and R follows her back to Citi Stadium, the largest remaining human refuge.’

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Warm Bodies – Nicholas Hoult is the ultimate zombie boyfriend

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Warm Bodies looks like it could be a lot of fun – the rom-com meets to zombie movie, all told from the undead’s point of view. The trailer suggests plenty of silly humour and a bit of heart.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘WARM BODIES is an upcoming 2013 romantic zombie film based on Isaac Marion’s popular novel of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50), the film stars Nicholas Hoult (Hank McCoy/Beast in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four).’

‘R (Hoult) is a zombie. After a zombie apocalypse, he shambles across an America filled with collapsed buildings, rusted cars, shattered windows, and abandoned high-rises. He can only grunt or moan and craves human brains to get high on their memories. After eating the brains of a suicidal teen, R is overcome with love for the teen’s companion, Julie Grigio (Palmer). R rescues Julie from his zombie pack and takes her back to his lair. She eventually leaves, and R follows her back to Citi Stadium, the largest remaining human refuge.’

Their developing relationship may completely transform the undead world. It’s due out February 8th 2013.

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