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

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Kevin Smith Shows Off Tusk Walrus Designs

November 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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A few days ago director Kevin Smith shared the first pic from the set of Tusk, where the helmer posed with stars Genesis Rodriguez and Haley Joel Osment. However missing from the image was Justin Long, who plays a man turning into a walrus – yes, really.

We still don’t have a pic of Long but we do have an idea what the walrus-man will look like thanks to another pic Smith has posted, which you can see above. On this evidence it’s gonna be weird.

Smith has previously said of the film, “It’s about a guy who turns another guy into a f**ing human walrus. As weird as it is in my head when I talk about it, they finally sent me the costume designs by Robert Kurtzman, and I was like, ‘Holy s**t, it’s a monster movie, I had no idea.’ I thought I was making a kind of sister thriller to Red State. As soon as I saw the designs, I go, ‘Of course this is a monster movie and he’s Dr. Frankenstein.”

Justin Long will be the human walrus, with Osment as his long lost friend Teddy, who teams up with his girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) to try to find him. Michael Parks also stars.

It’ll be out next year.

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DIRECTORS: Kevin Smith  FILMS: Tusk  

It’s A Wonderful Life Sequel Planned, Only 66 Years After The Original

November 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

James Stewart in It's A Wonderful Life

James Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life

Normally Hollywood likes to make sequels as soon as possible, although sometimes there’s a few year to wait. However after the success of Disney’s sort-of prequel to 1939’s The Wizard Of Oz, it appears people have been looking at what other old films they can make new instalments of.

Now Variety reports that 66 years after It’s A Wonderful Life was made, a sequel is in the works. I think it’s fair to say a lot of people will already be thinking this is sacrilege.

Star Partners and Hummingbird Productions are the companies behind the plan, which will follow the grandson of James Stewart’s George Bailey (who shares the same name). Karolyn Grimes, who played Bailey’s daughter Zuzu in the original film (she was the little girl who said, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!”) will return for as an angel ‘who shows Bailey’s unlikeable grandson (also named George Bailey) how much better off the world would have been had he never been born’. So it’s slightly the other way round to the original, where Stewart was shown how important his life has been.

“The new film will retain the feeling of the original, and it simply must be shared,” Grimes says. “I’ve probably read close to 20 scripts over the years suggesting a sequel to It’s a Wonderful Life, but none of them were any good. The script by Bob Farnsworth and Martha Bolton was wonderful, and I wanted to be involved with his version of the film immediately.”

The producers have also approached other original cast members such as Jimmy Hawkins, who portrayed Tommy Bailey, and Carol Coombs, who played Janie Bailey, about whether they’re willing to return. It’s not known how likely they are to come back.

The plan is to have the movie ready for a Christmas 2015 release.

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Dustin Hoffman & Steve Buscemi Up For The Cobbler

November 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Dustin-HoffmanHoffmThe Cobbler has come together very quickly, with Adam Sandler and Dan Stevens signing up in the last few weeks and the shoot already started. Now they’ve got some company, as Dustin Hoffman, Method Man and Steve Buscemi have joined the cast of The Cobbler, according to TheWrap.

Adam Sandler plays the title character, a shoe repairman blessed with the ability to enter the lives of his customers. No details have been given about Dustin Hoffman and Method Man’s roles, although Steve Buscemi plays a character named Manny.

Thomas McCarthy is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Sado.

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ACTORS: Dustin Hoffman, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler  FILMS: The Cobbler  

New Need For Speed Trailer – Revving things up with Aaron Paul

November 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


When DreamWorks announced they were making a movie version of the videogame Need For Speed, it sounded like they were trying to cash in on the Fast & Furious audience, and that certainly seems to be true from the evidence of this first trailer. That doesn’t mean it won’t be worth a look though!

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Fresh from prison, framed for a crime he didn’t commit, street racer Tobey Marshall (Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul), is hell bent on settling the score.

‘With revenge at the forefront of his mind, he gears up for the ultimate cross-country race heaving with adrenaline-charged muscle machines and high-octane super cars. When his powerful rival (Dominic Cooper – The Devil’s Double) places a massive bounty on his head, the wheels are set in motion and the race is finally on.

‘Based on the most successful racing game franchise of all time, bursting with explosive action and exhilarating stunts, NEED FOR SPEED accelerates into UK cinemas on MARCH 14, 2014 by Entertainment One.’ [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots  DIRECTORS: Scott Waugh  FILMS: Need For Speed  

Thor: The Dark World Tops The US Box Office Again

November 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

thor-the-dark-world-poster2As most box office watchers expected, Thor: The Dark World stayed on top of the US box office, taking another $38.4 million for a gross so far of $147 million. The 55% drop from the last weekend is about in line with other big movies, and should ensure it ends up with a North American total somewhere around $250 million.

However the real surprise was the movie in second place, The Best Man Holiday, a follow up to the 1999 movie The Best Man, which took just over $30 million. By now the success of films aimed at African-American audiences shouldn’t be a surprise anymore, but every time it happens even veteran watchers treat it like some bizarre anomaly, mainly because the film hasn’t been marketed to them and so they don’t know much about it.

Best Man Holiday was the only new movie in the top 10, as it was a quiet weekend before things gear up this Friday in the run up to Thanksgiving with the likes of Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 15th-17th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Thor: The Dark World $38.4 $146.9
2 The Best Man Holiday $30.5 $30.5
3 Last Vegas $8.8 $46.9
4 Free Birds $8.3 $42.2
5 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa $7.6 $90.2
6 Gravity $6.2 $240.5
7 Ender’s Game $6.2 $53.7
8 12 Years A Slave $4.7 $24.9
9 Captain Phillips $4.5 $97.6
10 About Time $3.4 $11.5
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FILMS: Thor: The Dark World, Last Vegas, Free Birds, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Gravity, Ender's Game, 12 Years A Slave, Captain Phillips, About Time  

Best Night Ever Red Band Trailer – The Date Night parody team take on party movies

November 17, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have made an entire career out of parodies that nobody liked that much, but which cost so little to make they still end up making money. After helping write the first four Scary Movie film, they’ve since gone off to direct the likes of Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet The Spartans, Disaster Movie and Vampires Suck.

This year they’ve already come up with Hunger Game parody The Starving Games, and now they’re got Best Night Ever too, which takes on the likes of Bridesmaids, The Hangover, and Spring Breakers. As those film are already pretty extreme, it’s difficult to see why they’d need a parody, but never mind. Now the red band trailer has arrived.

As so often with these things, as group of people (four young women in this case) head for Vegas and things soon spiral completely out of control. [Read more…]

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Eli Roth May Direct A Horror Film Based On A David O. Russell Script

November 17, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

eli-rothEli Roth and David O. Russell aren’t too people you’d immediately think would work together, as the creator of the likes of Hostel seems a long way from someone who’d make Silver Linings Playbook. However in a THR Roundtable, O. Russell has written a movie Roth may direct.

O. Russell says, “I wrote a couple of things that someone might make, Eli Roth may actually do one, I wrote a horror a few years ago.”

He adds, “Well it’ll be coupled with Eli Roth, that’s exciting to me. Cause I had to write to support myself. So I wrote a horror for producer Colleen Camp, a horror film that I thought was interesting. And Eli thinks its interesting, I think he’s going to make it more interesting. It’s emotional, it’s also… we’ll see. It’s also…I don’t wanna say anything more, I’ll let Eli talk about it.

He also has another script in the works, saying, “I also wrote a supernatural… sort of a time thing, that again is out of my genre. You would probably be better at it than me.”

Unfortunately there’s no more news on what either film will be, so we’ll just have to wait and find out.

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DIRECTORS: Eli Roth, David O. Russell  

Imogen Poots Up For Todd Field’s Beautiful Ruins Adaptation

November 17, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

imogen-pootsMany people believe Imogen Poots has a shot at real a-list stardom, but the young British actress is still waiting for the film that shoots her into the stratosphere. Now Variety reports that she is attached to star as Dee Moray in Todd Field’s Beautiful Ruins, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Jess Walter.

The story begins off the Ligurian coast in the spring of 1962 and centres on four characters whose ‘orbit around one another is set in motion by an incident involving the international jet-set center, Rome, in the throes of La Dolce Vita madness during the shooting of Cleopatra. As the sole female lead, Poots will play “Dee Moray,” a young actress whose ties to several men, a force-of-one studio raconteur, a WWII veteran struggling to finish his first novel, a young Italian hotelier, and the great Richard Burton himself, are the epicenter of the story. Casting for the male roles is underway.’

It could certainly be an interesting one. Poots has previously been seen in the likes of 28 Weeks Later, Fright Night, Filth, A Late Quartet, The King of Soho, and Terrence Malick’s upcoming Knight of Cups.

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ACTORS: Imogen Poots  DIRECTORS: Todd Field  

Javier Bardem May Head To Neverland As The Villain In Pan

November 17, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

javier-bardemWith several Peter Pan based prequels in the works at various studios, it seems Warner Bros. is trying to move fast on its film, Pan, in order to get to cinemas first. Just a few days ago, Hanna director Joe Wright signed onto helm Pan. That’s now followed by the news that Javier Bardem is in talks to play the lead villain, according to Deadline.

The movie will be an origin story for Peter Pan, based on J.M. Barrie’s classic tale. Flipper remake writer Jason Fuchs is currently drafting the screenplay.

Javier Bardem will not play the iconic Captain Hook, but instead will personify Blackbeard. The story revolves around orphan boy Peter, who is taken for the first time to the magical world of Neverland, where he joins the natives, leading them in a rebellion against a group of evil pirates.

There’s no news on when it might shoot.

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ACTORS: Javier Bardem  DIRECTORS: Joe Wright  

New Cuban Fury Trailer & Poster – Nick Frost gets his dance on with Rashida Jones

November 15, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Nick Frost has mainly be seen in co-starring roles and alongside Simon Pegg, but now he’s taking centre stage for the comedy Cuban Fury, where he gets to show off his dancing skills. Now a new poster and trailer for the movie has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Beneath Bruce Garrett’s shabby, overweight exterior, the passionate beating heart of a salsa king lays dormant. Only one woman can reignite his Latin fire. Spotlight hits, sweat drips, heels click – Nick Frost IS Cuban Fury! From the team that brought you Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Paul, Cuban Fury is the hilarious, feel-good and must-see comedy this Valentine’s Day. The film’s cast includes an ensemble of great British comedy talent including Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones, Olivia Colman, Ian McShane and Kayvan Novak.’

The movie is due out in the UK on Valentine’s Day 2014. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd  DIRECTORS: James Griffiths  FILMS: Cuban Fury  
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