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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

Stuff Trailer – A lesbian couple struggles to keep their relationship on track

July 6, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

stuff-slideIt’s just a few days until one the world’s biggest LGBT film festivals, LA’s Outfest, kicks off, and one of the movies that will be screening this year is Suzanne Guacci’s stuff.

Ahead of that premiere, the trailer has arrived and you can watch it below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Stuff stars Yvonne Jung (“Third Watch”), Karen Sillas (What Happened Was…), Traci Dinwiddie (Elena Undone), Phyllis Somerville (“The Big C”) and Kevin Brown (“30 Rock”). Guacci directs her cast through a relatable and heart wrenching story of a couple that has lost sight of each other amid their day to day lives. With honest emotions and no clear villains or answers, Stuff explores how a relationship can get off track and the struggle to navigate the trials that life throws at us.’

Stuff screens at the Harmony Gold Theater at 3pm on July 12th. Tickets are available via the Outfest website.  [Read more…]

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New Pics Emerge Of Jeremy Irvine & Co. In Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall Movie

July 6, 2015 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

stonewall-pic9-slideRoland Emmerich normally spends his time destroying as much of the world as possible in the likes of The Day After Tomorrow and 2012 (he’s currently shooting the sequel to Independence Day), but for his next film he’s looking at a conflict that took place on a slightly smaller scale but had massive ramifications in th years afterwards – the 1969 Stonewall riots.

Over the past couple of weeks the film’s Facebook page has released quite a few new images to go with the first one that arrived in March, giving us our best look at the movie yet.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Less than 50 years ago, in 1969, being gay was considered a mental illness.  Gay people could not be employed by the government.  It was illegal for gay people to congregate, and police brutality against gays went unchecked.

‘STONEWALL is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven.  As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build.  This emotion runs through Danny and the entire community of young gays, lesbians and drag queens who populate the Stonewall Inn and erupts in a storm of anger.  With the toss of a single brick, a riot ensues and a crusade for equality is born.’

The movie is due in cinemas later this year. You can take a look at the new pics below, which interestingly includes the recreation of the 1970 Christopher Street Gay Liberation march. Christopher Street is the road that the Stonewall Inn was on, and after the riot Christopher Street days and marches began popping up in all sorts of cities, which was the starts of the May/June ‘Pride Season’ that we know today.

[Read more…]

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ACTORS: Jeremy Irvine  DIRECTORS: Roland Emmerich  FILMS: Stonewall  

Heath Ledger’s Homophobic Gay Uncle Inspired His Brokeback Mountain Character

July 6, 2015 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

brokeback-mountainHeath Ledger is probably best remembered as The Joker in The Dark Knight and as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. It’s 10 years since the latter movie debuted, and as part of their marriage equality special, Variety caught up with director Ang Lee and producer/writer James Schamus, to talk about the movie.

Perhaps the most interesting info to come from the chat, is what inspired Ledger’s performance as the quiet, completely closeted Ennis. Ang Lee says, “Heath came in and wanted to do it right away. He told me that he learned from one of his uncles, who is also a very macho, homophobic gay, much like Ennis, and also a rancher.”

Anne Hathaway meanwhile apparently auditioned while in costume for The Princess Diaries 2 – a far cry from the Midwest character she ultimately ended up playing in Brokeback.

Lee also talked about the difficulty he had shooting the sex scenes, saying, “I was pretty shy shooting sex scenes, so I designed a very complicated one-shot deal, with 13 points of focus. I made it technical so that no one would think about anything else except hitting their marks. Once we got past the first take, nobody was shy anymore. We tried to make it as real and compelling as possible, and they were very professional. Getting into the first take was hard, and it was the 13th take that I ended up using, which was the last take.”

It’s well worth reading the whole chat, which includes the fact Lee never thought it would be a big success. He comments, “I also thought it would be an arthouse film with a very small audience. I was nervous about the subject matter hitting the shopping mall, and I was surprised at its success. I think it has something to do with the fact that it’s a poignant love story.”

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ACTORS: Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway  DIRECTORS: Ang Lee  FILMS: Brokeback Mountain  

Want To See Bearcity 3? Well Now’s Your Chance To Help

July 6, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

bearcity-3-posteAlthough there’s a little more divserdity in gay-themed movies than there used to be, there’s still a predominance of films about young, skinny, pretty boys, most of whom don’t know what body hair is. However for the last few years there’s been BearCity, with the 2010 movie and its 2012 sequel giving space to slightly older, burlier and definitely hairier men living in the bear subculture.

Now BearCity 3 is in the works and to get it made an Indiegogo campaign has been launched which is looking for an ambitious $250,000 to get the film in the can.

There’s not too much info on the plot, but the makers promise, “We have a great script for the third and final installment. Bear nekked camping, a baby on the way… and of course, hot Bears. This will be the most fun, exciting and inspiring of the trilogy. You’ll get to know, respect and love our gang even more than already do. We are pulling out all the stops… but we can’t do it without YOU!”

You may be thinking you need to catch up on what’s been happening in the award-winning Bearcity world before you see (or donate to) Part 3, but that’s not a problem, as both Bearcity and Bearcity 2: The Proposal are streaming for free on the Indiegogo page!

If you want to help out, and watch the first two movies, head over to Indiegogo, and you can watch the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Jenny’s Wedding Trailer – Katherine Heigl is marrying Alexis Bledel in the gay marriage dramedy

July 2, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

jennys-wedding-slideIt probably couldn’t be better timing for Jenny’s Wedding that the movie is arriving in the wake of the US Supreme Court equal marriage ruling, as the movie stars Katherine Heigl as a lesbian who’s excited to be marrying her sweetheart (Alexis Bledel).

However, Jenny’s parents have always thought that her new fiancee was her roommate. When they discover the truth they aren’t too happy about it as it goes against their values – something Jenny was aware of and one of the reasons she’d kept their relationship from them.

Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond and Grace Gummer co-star in the film, which is due out in US cinemas on July 31st (and on VoD the following day).

The trailer for the movie has arrived, which you can take a look at below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson  

Marvel Studios Boss Suggests An LGBT Character May Appear In One Of Their Movies

July 2, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

kevin-feigeMarvel movies are full of superheroics and action, but there’s no doubt that the world of major movie comic book characters is a very straight one (as evidenced by the recently uncovered contract that says Peter Parker/Spider-man must be heterosexual). However Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has suggested that an LGBT character could be featured in one of their movies, but we may have a bit of a wait.

Talking about the possibility, Feige told Collider, “The comics always make the path that we get to have the fun of saying, ‘Yeah let’s choose this way or let’s choose this way’, and I think there are a lot of cool things happening in the comics now that – it’s usually a five to ten-year cycle between when something happens in the comics and when we can do it in the movie, sometimes a little less, but Civil War is certainly about the ten-year mark. Winter Soldier, I think, was around that time.

”So we always look at stuff that’s happening in the comics and go, ‘Where could we do that?’ Sometimes it’s sooner, but there’s no reason why that couldn’t happen in the next decade or sooner.”

However, while he isn’t ruling anything out, he’s certainly not ruling anything in. It is true that in Marvel’s comics things are getting more diverse, but it doesn’t seem there are currently any plans to move the films in that direction, even if the studio isn’t averse to the idea.

You wouldn’t think it would be too difficult to bring in at least a little more LGBT representation to their movies without waiting a decade though.

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Jeremy Renner Says He’s Not Trying To Prove Anything In Response To Gay Rumours

July 2, 2015 By Tim Isaac 3 Comments

jeremy-rennerEver since Jeremy Renner started climbing the star ladder there have been rumours about his sexuality (which partly started because he often takes his mother to awards ceremonies with him as his ‘date’).

Now though he’s taken the time to address those rumours, telling Playboy, “I’m not going to try to prove what I am or am not. It’s silly, right? When you google yourself and the first thing that comes up is ‘Jeremy Renner gay,’ it’s like, ‘Oh, now you’ve arrived. You’re now a giant movie star.’ I don’t care, ultimately, if that’s what people want to think, read and care about. F**king say whatever the hell you want about me. Look at where we’re at socially—leaps and bounds ahead of where we started. That’s an amazing thing. To suggest that it’s negative, that being gay is a terrible thing, a perversion or whatever—I just don’t get it. Don’t you wish we were in a world where we’re not shaming, judging and boxing people in?”

While some have praised the Oscar nominee for not playing the game and refusing to ‘box’ himself in, others have seen it as another example of someone refusing to simply answer the question. It is admittedly odd that he’s keen to suggest that the rumours are about shaming and come from a place where people think being gay is negative, while he’s simulaneously not actually saying whether he is gay or not – something that arguably suggests he thinks there is an issue with it if he doesn’t want to just set the record straight.

Personally I don’t really care either way and if he’d prefer not to answer the question, that’s fair enough, but I’m certainly not as big a fan of Renner’s comments as some have been.

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Treasure Trailer – Taking a hard look at a hideous trans hate crime

June 27, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

treasure-slideWhile it feels like strides are being taken in society’s acceptance of transexual people, the fact remains that they suffer a massively disproportionate amount of violence, with far too many murders of trans people reported each year.

The documentary Treasure focuses on one particularly hideous hate crime, when in October 2011 Shelly ‘Treasure’ Hilliard was murdered, dismembered and set on fire. It was later discovered that the 19-year-old may have been forced to be a police informant, and that the cops may have known more about the danger she was in than they admitted.

However the film doesn’t just concentrate on the negative, as it is also, as Out puts it, ‘about the community that Hilliard was a part of, one of activists and friends with roots at The Ruth Ellis Center outside of Detroit, where they received support, counseling, and training to lead social justice workshops.’

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Ralph Fiennes Plans Film About Bisexual Dancer Rudolph Nureyev

June 27, 2015 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

ralph-fiennes-rudolph-nureyevWith Coriolanus and The Invisible Woman Ralph Fiennes has shown he doesn’t just have talent in front of the camera, he’s a pretty good director too. Where to order Kamagra, here https://www.hksurgeon.com/kamagra/ cheapest Sildenafil no prescription. While Fiennes also starred in both those movies, he now plans to make a film he won’t also appear in, about legendary dancer Rudolph Nureyev.

Screen Daily says that it’s not known what the exact plot will be, but that ‘the film is understood not to be a biopic but instead charts a specific incident in the life of the celebrated dancer who defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite KGB efforts to stop him.’

He’s certainly a figure who did plenty of things you could make an interesting movie about, not least his defection and a dancing career that made his one of the most famous ballet practitioners in history. It may also take in his sexuality. Nureyev largely had relationships with men (although he did date women as a young man, and there are rumours about his seducing prominent ladies during the height on his fame), mostably with fellow dancer Erik Bruhn, with whom he had an on-again-off-again relationship for over 25 years. However if the movie takes place before Nureyev defected that relationship won’t feature, as they didn’t meen until Rudolph went West. It’ll be interesting to see how his sexuality features in the movie.

Sadly the great dancer died of AIDS in 1993, aged 53.

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DIRECTORS: Ralph Fiennes  

Legend Trailer – Tom Hardy is the infamous Kray Twins, including the one who ‘prefers boys’

June 27, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

legend-slide1Tom Hardy pulls double duty in Legend, starring opposite himself as both of the infamous Kray twins, who rules the London underworld in the 1960s and became celebrities in their own right while doing it. Now a proper trailer has arrived, which you can see below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From Academy Award® winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an incredible performance. LEGEND is a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray Twins.’

What hadn’t been clear up until now is whether the film would hide the fact that Ronnie Kray was bisexual (while some say he exclusively slept with men, he identified as bisexual), but the trailer let’s us now this will be a feature, with Reggie letting us know he ‘prefers boys’. Although him being so upfront about this may seem odd for the 60s, it is known that that he was pretty open about it, as he knew no one would dare say anything about it to his face – especially because, as the trailer shows, he was pretty nuts.

Emily Browning (Sucker Punch), David Thewlis (The Theory of Everything, The Harry Potter series), Christopher Eccleston (Thor: The Dark World) and Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) also star. Legend is released in cinemas across the UK on September 11th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Tom Hardy, David Thewlis, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston  DIRECTORS: Brian Hegeland  FILMS: Legend  
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