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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)

Aaron Paul Joins Russell Crowe & Amanda Seyfried In Fathers & Daughters

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Breaking Bad may have ended but Aaron Paul’s movie career is certainly on the rise, with Need For Speed and Exodus coming next year. Now has signed up for the upcoming drama Fathers and Daughters, according to Variety, which already has Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried attached.

The film is set in two different time periods, 25 years apart, in New York City. Crowe plays a famous novelist who is struggling to raise his five-year-old daughter, largely because he is battling mental illness. Amanda Seyfried is playing the adult daughter in present-day Manhattan, who is still coming to grips with her troubled childhood.

It’s not clear who Aaron Paul will be, although it will reunite him with Seyfried, as he played her love interest on the TV series Big Love.

Gabriele Muccino is directing from a screenplay by Brad Desch. It isn’t clear exactly when it will shoot.

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Muppets Most Wanted Trailer – Kermit hooks up with Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais

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The Muppets are back soon with Muppets Most Wanted, and now we get our best taste of the movie yet with a full trailer for the flick.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Following on from 2011’s smash-hit The Muppets, all your favorite characters are back in an hilarious all-new spy thriller adventure in Disney’s MUPPETS: MOST WANTED, hitting cinemas March 2014. Packed with celebrity cameos and featuring star turns from Ricky Gervais, Tiny Fey and Ty Burrell, MUPPETS: MOST WANTED takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, including stops in Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows them overseas as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine, the World’s Number One Criminal, and dead-ringer for Kermit.

‘Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John G. Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, “Muppets Most Wanted” comes to UK cinemas March 28, 2014.’ [Read more…]

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New The Invisible Woman Trailer – Plus a poster for Ralph Fiennes’ Dickens flick

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Ralph Fiennes got plenty of plaudits for his directorial debut, Coriolanus, and for his second venture he’s moving from Shakespeare to Dickens with The Invisible Woman – it’s not based on a Dickens tale, but it is about him.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Felicity Jones (Breathe In, Like Crazy) stars as Nelly Ternan, the woman with whom Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) had a secret decade-long relationship. They are joined by a stellar British cast including Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings and a Funeral, I’ve Loved you So Long) as Nelly’s mother – marking the first occasion Fiennes and Scott Thomas have appeared together on screen since the Academy Award® winning The English Patient in 1996 – alongside Tom Hollander (In the Loop, Pride & Prejudice) as author and friend of Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Joanna Scanlan (‘The Thick of It’, Notes on a Scandal) who delivers a heart-breaking performance as Dickens’ long-suffering wife, Catherine.

‘Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes) with whom she discovered an exciting but fragile complicity.

‘Dickens – famous, controlling and emotionally isolated within his success – falls for Nelly, who comes from a family of actors. The theatre is a vital arena for Dickens – a brilliant amateur actor – a man more emotionally coherent on the page or on stage, than in life. As Nelly becomes the focus of Dickens’ passion and his muse, for both of them secrecy is the price, and for Nelly a life of “invisibility”.’

The film’s out in the UK February 7th 2014. [Read more…]

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Devil’s Knot Trailer & Poster – Reese Witherspoon & Colin Firth star in the true-life tale

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Many expected Devil’s Knot to be going for an Oscar run at the end of 2013, but as yet no release date has been set. The film is about the West Memphis 3, who were convicted of the murder of three young boys in Arkansas in the mid 90s. Even before they were convicted there were accusations of the investigation being bungled and the men being railroaded.

The youths were accused of murdering the boys in a Satanic ritual, with many suspecting they had just been caught up in a panic over Satanism that was sweeping the US (and other parts of the world) at the time, with the evidence made to fit what the prosecutors wanted it to, rather than what it did.

After years of campaigning, high-profile documentaries (particularly Paradise Lost and its sequel, which had a huge impact on the case), the three men were finally released – although it should be noted that it was part of a plea deal and they weren’t exonerated.

Colin Firth stars alongside the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Stephen Moyer, Dane DeHaan, Elia Kotease, Amy Ryan and Mireille Enos also star. Take a look at the trailer above and the new poster below. [Read more…]

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New RoboCop Trailer Arrives – Joel Kinnaman gets into the suit

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The jury is still out on the remake of Robocop, as while the trailers have looked okay, there’s been little that’s suggested it will be great, while the fact it was delayed from summer 2013 to the graveyard of February 2014 is worrying. Now a new trailer has arrived.

Jose Padilha has said of the film, “In the future with autonomous robots you can have a robot in the middle of the desert going after terrorists and you don’t even know the robot is there and the robot is making its own decisions. And let’s say this robot kills a kid, who is to blame? Is it the company that made the robot, is it the army that deployed the robot, the software handler or the manufacturer? Who is to blame? When you start making machines who make decisions over life and death, something fundamental changes…”

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex’s life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.’ [Read more…]

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Watch The Gravity Related Short Aningaaq From Jonas Cuaron

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While Gravity always sounded like an interesting film, few people expected it to become a juggernaut that’s already grossed $500 million and isn’t finished yet. Now an interesting accompaniment has been released from Gravity co-writer Jonas Cuaron – who’s also director Alfonso’s son – called Aningaaq.

The main movie almost exclusively stays in space, following Sandra Bullock’s Ryan Stone. However there’s one moment where she manages to contact someone on Earth, but there are problems. Aningaaq shows us the Earth-side part of that conversation.

While Gravity related, the makers are treating it a separate work in its own right, and they’ve even submitted it for Oscar consideration as a live-action short. Take a look below. [Read more…]

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Doug Liman To Direct Tom Cruise In El Presidente

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doug-limanFor several years Tom Cruise has been attached to El Presidente but the movie has never actually got off the ground. Now he’s moving it back up the list again, with THR reporting that Doug Liman has signed on to direct the comedy.

Liman and Cruise have just worked together on the sci-fi flick Edge of Tomorrow, now they’re reuniting with a movie about a Secret Service agent (Tom Cruise) who is assigned to protect America’s worst former President, an alcoholic womanizer who was never elected President, but was elevated from Vice President after the Commander-in-Chief died.

As he has been for the last couple of year, Jack Nicholson is being eyed to play the former President, who must go on the run with his new protector when a threat is made on his life. However it’s not known whether they’ll be able to convince Jack to step on a movie set once more.

Jesse Armstrong and Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Daniel J. Goor wrote the initial script, with Paul Attanasio providing a rewrite. There’s no news on exactly when it might shoot.

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Simon Pegg Coming Back For Mission: Impossible 5

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Simon-PeggA few days ago Paramount announced a Christmas Day 2015 release date for Mission: Impossible 5. Now they’re firming up actors to join Tom Cruise, actor Simon Pegg has confirmed to MTV that he is coming back as tech specialist Benji Dunn.

He said, “Yes, absolutely. I’m looking forward to doing that. I’ve already started eating one carrot a day in order to be in shape.”

Pegg first appeared as Dunn in 2006’s Mission: Impossible III. He reprised the role in director Brad Bird’s 2011’s blockbuster Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. Christopher McQuarrie is directing Mission: Impossible 5 from a screenplay by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3). It has been rumoured that Ghost Protocol stars Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Ving Rhames will also come back, although their involvement has not been confirmed.

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Simon Pegg Is Gonna Man Up Alongside Lake Bell For A New Rom-Com

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Simon-PeggWith the success of Star Trek Into Darkness and The World’s End, Simon Pegg has had a good 2013. Now he’s lined up a movie he’ll be hoping will make 2014 a good one too, Man Up. Variety report he’s teaming up with Lake Bell for the StudioCanal romantic comedy Man Up, according to Deadline.

The film is about a single woman called Nancy (Bell). She gets mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, en route to her parents’ anniversary, and in the process she unexpectedly find the perfect boyfriend – although presumably there are going to be complications. Simon Pegg’s character hasn’t been confirmed, although it seems likely hell be the stranger.

Tess Morris wrote the screenplay. Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners) is set to direct.Shooting is set to begin in January.

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Queer As Folk Creator Russell T. Davies Returning With Two Gay-Themed TV Shows & An Online Series

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russell-t-davies15 years ago Russell T. Davies skyrocketed to the top of the pack of British TV writers with the hit Queer As Folk, which led to the likes of Bob & Rose, The Second Coming and overseeing the phenomenally successful re-emergence of Doctor Who. However we haven’t had much new from him for the past few years, largely because shortly after he went off to the US for an American co-production Torchwood mini-series, he returned to the UK due to the fact his partner was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

However it’s now been announced he’s coming back, and for the first time since Queer As Folk, gay life will be the main subject rather than just a subplot. Channel 4 has announced he’s returning with Cucumber and Banana – two new drama series exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life. Alongside that is Tofu, a factual web series that is an anarchic online guide to sex, inspired by the dramas each week.

Cucumber follows 46 year old Henry and his long-suffering boyfriend Lance.  Life for Henry and Lance is comfortable and settled.  But after the most disastrous date night in history – involving a death, a threesome, two police cars and the Glee Christmas Album – Henry’s old life shatters, and his new life begins.

Banana meanwhile follows the lives of characters orbiting around Henry in Cucumber.  From young lesbian Scotty’s first love, to 19 year old Dean’s mysterious family secrets, Banana covers 50 shades of gay, and beyond.

Both series will have eight episodes, with Cucumber having 60-minute instalments, while Banana is a half-hour series. It’s been promised that ‘Cucumber and Banana will explore the heartbreak and joy of modern sex lives – from gay to straight, and anything in between.’

Tofu, meanwhile, extends the experience online with eight factual episodes navigating the landscape of 21st Century sex.  Offering real people the chance to share their unique stories of sexual experiences, Tofu is set to be an anarchic and entertaining look at sex.

Russell T Davies comments, “I once read about a scientific institute which had studied the male erection. It divided the hard-on into four categories, from soft to hard. One, tofu. Two, peeled banana. Three, banana. And four, cucumber. Right there and then, I knew I had my drama. And it’s a joy to be back with Channel 4 and RED [who backed Queer As Folk], to tell these stories.”

The shows will air next year, but there’s no news on the cast as yet.

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