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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

GENERAL MOVIE NEWS

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser (www.moviemuser.co.uk)

New Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 Trailer – Is there more to Lars Von Trier’s movie than sex?

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After a lot of buzz and interest, it’s not too long now until audiences will get to take a look at Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, with the release of Part 1 of the two part film. While most people have concentrated on the success, the largely positive reviews have suggested there’s more to the movie than that, and this trailer gives us a feel for that, as it certainly doesn’t bother with any of the hardcore shots the movie contains.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The film is a wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi-faceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.’

Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Uma Thurman, Connie Neilsen and Stacy Martin also star. It should arrive in the UK in March. [Read more…]

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New Joe Trailer – The Nicolas Cage drama also gets a poster

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For the past few years David Gordon Green had become best known for mainstream comedies such as Your Highness, Pineapple Express and The Sitter, however before that he mad this name with great indie fare such as George Washington and Undertow.

Now he’s heading back into more serious territory with Joe, starring Nicolas Cage. A new trailer has been released, along with a poster, which you can see right here.

The film is based on the novel by Larry Brown about an ex-con who starts an unlikely friendship with a 15-year-old by named Gary Jones. Gary is the oldest child of a homeless family with a drunken father, and sees Joe as a positive, if unlikely, role model. The two of them then set out to try and find redemption and a better life elsewhere in Mississippi. [Read more…]

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Drive Hard Trailer – Thomas Jane is forced be John Cusack’s getaway driver

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John Cusack and Thomas Jane are teaming up for Drive Hard. Now we can get our first look with a trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘American thief, Simon Keller (Cusack), arrives in a foreign country in need of a getaway driver. Rather than recruit one from the underworld, he takes a driving lesson from ex F-1 champion, Peter Roberts (Jane), now working as a driving instructor. After Keller robs a bank during the lesson, Roberts has no choice, but to use his driving talent to get away from pursuing police and mobsters.’

It’ll be out later this year. [Read more…]

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The Love Punch Trailer – Take a look at the Pierce Brosnan & Emma Thompson movie

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Love Punch may sound like some sort of kinky sexual act, but it’s actually a new movie with a great cast including Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall, Selia Imrie and Tuppence Middleton. Now the trailer has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Spanning locations in Paris, London and the French Riviera THE LOVE PUNCH brings together Pierce Brosnan (Mama Mia) and Academy-Award winner Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks) for the first time, as ex-husband and wife Richard and Kate whose biting banter suggests that the flames of their former relationship have not been fully extinguished… Unfortunately the same cannot be said for their retirement nest egg which is wiped out when Richard’s investment firm is defrauded and the pension fund is siphoned away.

‘Learning that the unscrupulous French financier behind the scheme has just purchased a $10million diamond for his bride to be, the divorced duo grudgingly agree to set aside their differences, and hatch a plot to gate-crash the wedding and steal the rock.

‘Roped in to assist in the heist are the couple’s former neighbours Timothy Spall (The King’s Speech) and Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) who are also rooting for their reconciliation. The foursome form an unlikely band of lawbreakers in this classic comedy caper set against the sun drenched backdrop of the Cote d’Azur.

‘From BAFTA winning director Joel Hopkins (Jump Tomorrow, Last Chance Harvey) THE LOVE PUNCH is released in UK cinemas on 18th April 2014.’ [Read more…]

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Tammy Teaser Trailer – Plus a poster for the Melissa McCarthy movie

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Melissa McCarthy is living two lives at the moment. She’s great in movies and becoming a true star, but she’s also stuck in the frankly embarrassing sitcom Mike & Molly, which has achieved the almost impressive feat of managing four whole seasons with only one joke – look fat people!

However she’s spreading her wings on film, co-writing the script for Tammy and producing, while her hubby, Ben Falcone, directs and wrote the script with McCarthy. While we’ve had a couple of images, now the first teaser trailer and poster has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman (Melissa McCarthy) hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother (Susan Sarandon).”

Tammy is due in cinemas at the beginning of July. [Read more…]

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Julianne Moore & Zach Galifianakis Join Ellen Page In The Gay Right Drama Freeheld

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Julianne-MooreFor a very long time, Ellen Page has been attached to Freeheld, but it’s been held up while they try to finalise funding and get it ready for the cameras. Hopefully though now it’s moving forwards, as Julianne Moore and Zach Galifianakis have both joined the film.

The movie is based on a 2007 documentary of the same name, about a landmark LGBT equality case, which won the Oscar for documentary short.

Page is set to play mechanic Stacie Andree, who was denied the pension benefits of her longtime partner and New Jersey police detective Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), when the latter became terminally ill. While Hester’s detective partner Dane Wells was conservative and initially surprised to learn of Hester’s sexual orientation, he stepped up to become the leader in the fight for Laurel’s rights to assign her benefits to Andree. The person playing Wells is yet to be cast.

Galifianakis is set to be Steven Goldstein, a Garden State Equality activist who played an important role in the case.

Philadephia screenwrite Ron Nyswaner has come up with the script, while Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) will direct. The current plan is to shoot this summer.

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Tom Hardy Is Looking Slightly Worried In A New Locke Poster

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We haven’t seen Tom Hardy for a while – indeed his last movie was The Dark Knight Rises – however he’s got plenty of movies coming up, including Locke. Now we have the poster for the movie, which you can take a look at above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) plays Ivan Locke. LOCKE is the story of one man’s life unravelling in a tension-fuelled 90-minute race against time. Ivan Locke has the perfect family, his dream job, and tomorrow should be the crowning moment of his career. But one phone call will force him to make a decision that will put it all on the line.’

It also stars Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland, Bill Milner. The movie’s due out in the UK on 18th April 2014.

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Thomas Jane Goes Behind The Veil For A Micro-Budget Chiller

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thomas-janeJason Blum seems to produce about half of the films coming out of Hollywood nowadays due to his knack for making popular films on extremely tiny budgets, such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge and Sinister. Now he’s got a new one and Thomas Jane has signed on to star, according to THR.

The movie is called The Veil, and ‘springs from the real-world headlines of religious cults and mass suicides’. The story starts three decades ago, when members of the Heaven’s Veil  religious cult kill themselves. The only one who may know what really happened is the sole survivor, a five-year-old girl. However the truth is buried deep in her memories. She returns to the scene of the mass suicide as an adult, taking a documentary crew along with him. As you’d expect with this sort of movie, it turns out things aren’t as they appear and something terrifying is lurking.

Robert Ben Garant wrote the script. It’s a bit of a departure for him, as normally (alongside Thomas Lennon) the Reno 9ll co-creator has written mainstream family entertainment such as the Night at the Museum films.

Phil Joanou will direct, who previously worked with Jane on the popular unauthorised short, The Punisher: Dirty Laundry. The movie will be shoot in April.

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Patrick Wilson Opens His Zipper Alongside Richard Dreyfuss & Lena Headey

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patrick-wilsonPatrick Wilson will be showing us his Zipper, as Variety reports that he’s signed up for a movie going by that name, which is also due to star Richard Dreyfuss and Lena Headey.

The indie drama will see ‘Dreyfuss portray the role of political operator and kingmaker. Wilson is playing successful family man who presumably has it all until he risks losing everything due to his inability to fight off his obsessive temptation for other women’.

Mora Stephens is set to direct, and she’s also co-writing the script alongside Joel Viertel. Darren Aronofsky is producing. The movie has already started shooting in Louisiana.

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George Clooney Plans Remake Of Norwegian Thriller Pioneer

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george-clooneyHe may have only just released The Monuments Men, but George Clooney isn’t resting up, as he and producing partner Grant Heslov are teaming with Sony Pictures to remake the Norwegian thriller Pioneer. At the moment Clooney isn’t attached to direct, and they’ve only just started to look for a screenwriter.

Here’s the synopsis from the upcoming UK cinema release of the original version, ‘PIONEER comes from the producers of Headhunters, the director of the original Insomnia – Erik Skjoldbjærg, and stars Aksel Hennie and Wes Bentley. This tense thriller is set in the early 1980s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 metres. Professional diver Petter (Hennie) is obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, and is one of very few, along with his brother Knut, with the skill, discipline, strength and courage to take on this highly dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything, sending Petter on a perilous journey on which he loses sight of who’s pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.
Elizabeth Cantillon is overseeing the project for Sony. The original thriller starred Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang and Aksel Hennie.’

There’s no news on when we might see the remake, although the original hits UK cinemas in April.

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