January 13th 2014 Archives - Big Gay Picture Show

The Frozen Ground (DVD)

January 12, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Dean Norris, Kevin Dunn
Director: Scott Walker
Running Time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: January 13th 2014

Back in 1997 John Cusack was busy trying to track down Nicolas Cage in Con Air. Now the roles have been reversed in The Frozen Ground. Based on a true story, Cage is Alaska State Trooper Jack Holcombe, who believes a serial killer is on the loose after several bodies are found in the wilderness. He even believes he knows exactly who it is after one of the victims, Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens), escapes and says she was held captive by Robert Hansen (Cusack). [Read more…]

Kelly + Victor (DVD)

January 12, 2014 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Julian Morris, William Ruane, Stephen Walters, Claire Keelan
Director: Kieran Evans
Running Time: 92 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: January 13th 2014

20-somethings Kelly and Victor are living rather dead-end lives in Liverpool when they meet at a club one night. They head back to her place, take a few drugs and end up having incredibly passionate sex. This starts a relationship between the two that gets increasingly intense as they introduce autoerotic asphyxiation, a little S&M and cutting into their sexual encounters.

The film comes to DVD fresh from garnering a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Kieran Evans. Coming from the world of documentaries Evans shows a lot of promise with Kelly + Victor, although it would probably help if he could be a little less precious about things. [Read more…]