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New Amazing Spider-man 2 Pic Shows Off Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin

February 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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There are some who are already worried that Amazing Spider-man 2 will suffer from the same disease as Sam Raimi’s Spider-man 3 – too many villains. But hopefully they’ll be able to work out having Electro, Rhino and Green Goblin in the same film, especially as Sony is planning to build towards a villainous Sinister Six movie.

Now we can take a new look at Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin in a new image, which you can see above. He certainly looks suitably deranged. It’s still not known exactly how the bad guy will emerge in the film, as rather than being Norman Osborn, DeHaan is playing Norman’s son, who in the comic only takes over the Goblin mantle after his dad is killed by Spidey. However it appears Amazing Spider-man 2 is passing over Norman’s Goblin completely.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead.

‘It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.’

The movie is due in UK cinemas this April, with a May 2nd US release set.

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ACTORS: Andrew Garfield, Dane DeHaan  FILMS: The Amazing Spider-man 2  

James Badge Dale Is Getting Spectral In A New Supernatural Thriller

February 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

James-Badge-DaleJames Badge Dale may not be a household name but he’s certainly in demand. Just in 2013 he popped up in Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, World War Z and Parkland. However they were all supporting roles, but now he may be stepping into the central part, as TheWrap reports that he is in talks to star in the supernatural thriller Spectral.

The movie is about a covert special-ops unit that is tasked with battling supernatural beings which have taken over New York City. The film ha  described as a supernatural Black Hawk Down.

Ian Fried penned the original treatment, with the script written by George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau), with John Gatins providing a rewrite. Nic Mathieu is directing, with Legendary Pictures backing the movie.

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ACTORS: James Badge Dale  DIRECTORS: Nic Mathieu  

Fantastic Four Cast Finally Revealed Including Miles Teller & Jamie Bell

February 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Jamie Bell

The casting rumours for the reboot of Fantastic Four have been going on for months, but now it seems things are coming to an end, as Variety reports that Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell are closing deals to star.

Assuming they all sign on the dotted line, Miles Teller will be Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Kate Mara is Sue Storm (The Invisible Woman), Michael B. Jordan is taking on Johnny Storm (The Human Torch) and Jamie Bell will tackle the role of Ben Grimm (The Thing).

There may be some issues sorting deals out though. For example Miles Teller is also signed up for the sci-fi sequel Insurgent, which is currently set to shoot at the same time as the superhero reboot. They may be able to sort out the scheduling, but if not Teller may have to be recast.

Josh Trank’s is directing with plans to start filming in Baton Rouge, Louisiana next month.

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ACTORS: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell  DIRECTORS: Josh Trank  FILMS: Fantastic Four  

Godzilla Towers Over The City In A New Poster

February 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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That naughty Godzilla can’t see a city without wanting to trample all over it. He’s like a three-year-old! Now the giant lizard is back to his old tricks in an ominous new poster, showing devastating being caused by a creature that dwarfs even the tallest buildings.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).’

The new take on the legendary Godzilla is out May 16th.

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FILMS: Godzilla  

Tina Fey Will Do The Taliban Shuffle In A New Dark Comedy

February 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

tina-feyTina Fey has a new movie up her sleeve as she’s set to team up with Paramount to star in and produce an adaptation of Kim Barker’s non-fiction book, The Taliban Shuffle, according to TheWrap. It’s a project that will allow the actress to flex her acting muscles in more serious directions, while also keeping the comedy.

Kim Barker’s memoir follows her after she ‘first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the Taliban Shuffle between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter-her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability. In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir, Barker uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the ‘forgotten war,’ finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.’

Fey is obviously keen on the material as she optioned the book herself, as well as setting frequent collaborator Robert Carlock (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) to write the screenplay adaptation.

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ACTORS: Tina Fey  

Will Smith Finds Brilliance With A New Sci-fi Thriller

February 21, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

will-smithIn recent years Will Smith hasn’t made that many movies, but he’s now considering a new one, as TheWrap reports Smith is in early talks to star in Legendary Pictures and Universal’s sci-fi thriller Brilliance.

David Koepp (Jurassic Park) came up with the script, based on the Marcus Sakey novel. The book is set in a world where special individuals known as ‘brilliants’ have heightened abilities. The plot follows a government agent whose ‘brilliant’ gift is tracking down terrorists. However he may have met his match when tasked to find a dangerous man in Wyoming with his own set of special skills.

The film could become the start of a franchise, as the novel is the first of a planned trilogy.

Julius Onah is set to direct, although it’s not clear when it will shoot.

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ACTORS: Will Smith  

Short Film Where Being Gay Is The Norm, Pink Moon, Seeks Funding

February 19, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Back in November we featured the great short film Sam, about a young girl bullied and beaten for looking like a boy. The director of that film, Sal Bardo, is now planning his next short, Pink Moon, and he’s taken to Kickstarter to get it funded.

It’s a case of complete societal role-reversal in the short, which is set, ‘In a society where heterosexuality is persecuted and procreation is tightly controlled, two teens are forced to hide an unintended pregnancy before their forbidden romance is exposed.’

The short is designed as a precursor/companion piece to a feature-length screenplay, which perhaps one day will become a full length movie. Bardo is hoping to raise $10,000 to help make the short. If you want to help out, watch the video above and head over the Kickstarter. [Read more…]

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London’s Riverside Studios Launch This Year’s Deep Desires Gay Men’s Cinema Season

February 19, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Bruno-and-earlene-posterOver the past five years London’s Riverside Studios had a lot of success with their Deep Desires & Broken Dreams season of gay-themed cinema. Now they’re back with their 2014 offering, which runs 20th-26th February.

The week-long programme combines premieres, preview screenings, Q&A’s as well as some of the best recent releases. 2014’s Deep Desires begins with the UK Premiere of 22-year-old director Chris Birkmeier’s, In Bloom. The film tells the story of two young and devoted partners whose relationship is threatened by the disruptive impact of an alluring newcomer.

There are also two other British premieres: the dark and potent German thriller Lose Your Head, about a young Spanish tourist who flirts with danger on Berlin’s infamous gay club scene; and US filmmaker Mike Skiff’s documentary Folsom Forever, about the wild history of San Francisco’s annual leather street party, the Folsom Street Fair.

Other highlights include a preview screening of Nanouk Leopold’s captivating rural drama, It’s All So Quiet, in which a farmer’s isolated existence and repressed sexuality are shaken by the arrival of a young farmhand. There’s also a preview of British director Simon Savory’s American road movie Bruno and Earlene Go to Vegas followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Director Travis Mathew’s will join the audience via Skype after a screening of his and James Franco’s explicit co-production, Interior. Leather Bar. In another Q&A event, the creative team behind Codebreaker, a drama-documentary examining the pressures – including homophobic persecution by the UK government – which may have contributed to wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s tragic suicide.

Other screenings include, Dallas Buyers Club, Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm, Stranger by the Lake, Floating Skyscrapers, Free Fall, Tell No One (Not a Word), I DO and Monster Pies.

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LLGFF Becomes BFI FLARE: London LGBT Film Festival As It Announces Its 2014 Programme

February 19, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

bfi-flare-logoFor many years it’s been known as the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, but this year organiser promised there were changes in store, not least the launch of a gay season on the BFI Player VoD platform, allowing people who can’t attend the fest to watch new and classic LGBT-themed films and videos. However it doesn’t end there as the whole shebang now has a brand new name, BFI FLARE: London LGBT Film Festival.

The full programme for the festival has also been launched. You can peruse the complete offering by heading to the festival’s official website, to see what will be going on between March 20th and 30th.

Clare Stewart, BFI Head of Cinemas and Festivals announced the new name saying, “After extensive consultation with our audiences in 2013, we have renamed the Festival to reflect the increasing diversity of the programme and the people who identify with and embrace it. BFI Flare is inclusive and welcoming to all audiences and it also has a conceptual richness suggesting the light of a cinema projector or a beacon and the spark of an idea, moving forward and growing outward.”

She also talked about BFI Player’s first LGBT VoD collection, saying: “This festival has long been bursting at the seams with great films and our new platform allows us to offer access to more people in London and across the UK. We are proud to be introducing the BFI Flare identity across our Festival, BFI Southbank programme and BFI Player, bringing even greater visibility to queer cinema and expanding the access for LGBT-interested audiences.”

Take a look below from some info from the BFI about what’s in store this year…

The Opening Night film will be the European Premiere of Hong Khaou’s LILTING, which opened the World Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It stars Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-Pei (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and Peter Bowles in a love story, a tale of culture clash and miscommunication, which is also a lyrical engagement with the effects of sudden loss, on loved ones and their close family. It was produced as part of Film London’s Microwave scheme.

The Festival closes with Sophie Hyde’s 52 TUESDAYS which won a Best Director Award at Sundance and also screened as part of the official selection at the Berlin Film Festival where it was awarded a Crystal Bear. Shot on 52 consecutive Tuesdays over the course of a year, the film follows a teenager’s struggle to come to terms with her mother’s transition from female to male.

The Accenture Gala is THE LAST MATCH, a powerful and compelling story of two young men set in Havana, Cuba, who grapple with life and love, in a tale of economic desperation and sexual awakening.

The festival will include over 50 features from the UK, USA, Australia, Cuba, Spain, Canada, Slovenja, Denmark, Croatia, Brazil, Switzerland, Nepal, France, Chile, Argentina, Philippines, Mexico, Poland, Nigeria, and India.  Additionally, this year’s festival includes an expanded programme of industry events to help develop and support LGBT filmmaking talent, with support from Creative Skillset and other partners.

The festival’s films are grouped into themed sections as follows:
HEARTS – films about love, romance and friendship
This section showcases a rich crop of dramatic features including upbeat American high school comedy, G.B.F. which explores the comic implications of the outing of a male student who becomes the darling of the reigning prom queens but loses sight of who his real friends are, and features a great cameo by Megan Mullally as an over-supportive pro-gay mother. C.O.G. is the first film adaptation of a work by David Sedaris, and this road movie meets student journey of self-discovery will not disappoint his many fans. Returning festival favourite Marco Berger brings HAWAII a beautiful and subtle film of two childhood friends who unexpectedly become re-acquainted as adults. Dappled sun-light and dreamy nostalgia feature strongly in LAST SUMMER  a film about two teenage friends facing up to losing each other as one is about to head off to college. Memories of the 1980s and a great period soundtrack feature strongly in TEST, an account of the trials of a young male dancer learning big lessons about love and life in San Francisco in 1985 before mobile phones.

DUAL is a charming story of an encounter between a lost tourist and a female bus driver late one night on the way from the airport. REACHING FOR THE MOON is a powerful account of a famous novelist and her architect lover in Rio de Janeiro whose lives encompass dramatic highs and lows, both professionally and personally.

Twenty years on from his death we feature a screening of a never-before-seen experimental work by Derek Jarman, WILL YOU DANCE WITH ME? filmed as a test for Ron Peck’s EMPIRE STATE. Derek roams around Benjy’s nightclub in 1984 among an invited group of club patrons which includes actor Philip Williamson and a cast of regulars.

Recent events in India will not prevent us celebrating some of the queerest things in Indian culture with rare big screen outings for PAKEEZAH(1972)  and MUGHAL-E-AZAM  (1960) while Dr Rajinder Dudrah gives a talk on Bollywood -LGBT Style: Queer Readings of Popular Hindi Cinema and Club Kali hosts a big themed party too.

BODIES – stories of sex, identity and transformation
Exec produced by Rose Troche and directed by Stacie Passion, CONCUSSION is a bold drama about a well-heeled lesbian wife and parent who discovers a new way to deal with suburban ennui. WHO’S AFRAID OF VAGINA WOLF? is a genuinely hilarious, new comedy from Anna Margarita Albelo starring Guinevere Turner and the director herself plays a 40 year old bohemian lesbian who is forced to make a film in order to follow through on a dating stratagem.

Bruce LaBruce remains a deliciously subversive filmmaker, his latest GERONTOPHILIA world premiered at Venice and charmed audiences with an account of a young man working at a care home with a passion for much older men, cocking a snook at the youth cult of contemporary life.

THE PASSION OF MICHAELANGELO is a fascinating  re-imagining of a true story of an alleged teenage prophet whose visions of the Virgin galvanised the Chilean masses, but the inside story reveals sex, politics and deceit on a grand scale. I ALWAYS SAID YES: THE MANY LIVES OF WAKEFIELD POOLE is a documentary about a pioneering pornographer (Boys in the Sand) whose fascinating life took in performing with the Ballets Russe, Broadway, pop art, and much more.

AGE OF CONSENT was inspired by a screening at last year’s festival.  This access-all-areas documentary by Charles Lum and Todd Verow  features the inside story of The Hoist, London’s only permanent fixture leather bar, what goes on there, its patrons and how its story reflects on the wider gay culture. Some scenes of a sexual nature.

Programmer Michael Blyth dissects the fascinating homo-erotics of gay horror films with a talk Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: A brief history of LGBT horror plus four of the best on the big screen: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART II: FREDDY’S REVENGE, THE LOST BOYS, FRIGHT NIGHT and BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER.

Programmer Emma Smart, inspired by the global phenomenon that is Orange is the New Black, gives an illustrated lecture entitled We Love Caged Lesbians, followed by a rare screening of the 1949 classic, CAGED, with lesbian sub-texts a-plenty. And enjoy a special Caged Lesbians Afterparty in the Blue Room.

MINDS – reflections on art, politics and community
Highlights include a very strong range of documentaries: THE ABOMINABLE CRIME covers the lives of a lesbian survivor of a murder attempt and a male gay activist under threat in Jamaica, while BORN THIS WAY (presented in association with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival) is an exploration of brave initiatives in campaigning for gay rights in the Cameroon.

The Abominable Laws is a discussion event which will focus on the appalling legal situation for many LGBT people around the globe. BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON is an insightful portrait of a poet and experimental film-maker whose art and life culminated in 25 years of love with a younger partner.  BRIDEGROOM is a poignant celebration of the life that two young gay men had before a sudden death, when the survivor was brutually snubbed by his boyfriend’s family.

CONTINENTAL is a great documentary about a former early 1970s, New York landmark, gay bath-house which launched the careers of Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Frankie Knuckles and more. VALENTINE ROAD is a heart-breaking study of the murder of young gay high school student.  MY PRAIRE HOME is a celebration of the life and music of the much-loved genderqueer Rae Spoon, while KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER is an inspiring look at another gender outlaw.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Film-maker Allyson Mitchell will have a lesbian-feminist art installation at BFI Southbank for the duration of the festival: Killjoy’s Kastle is a haunted house style encounter with the horrors of political division and community politics. Allyson will also give a talk about her work as a film-maker and artist.

Archivist and DJ Jeffrey Hinton opens up his personal archive to explore the history of clubland drag in Life’s a Drag (a celebration) followed by a rare screening of THE ALTERNATIVE MISS WORLD (1980) (Andrew Logan hopes to attend). Stephen Beresford talks PRIDE in an on-stage interview with the writer of one of the most eagerly awaited films of 2014, a major new film called PRIDE, a drama which uncovers the remarkable true story of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners movement in 1984. BFI FLARE family fun has a morning screening of a family favourite THE MUPPETS MOVIE. We will have our ever-popular Late Night DJs in the bar on Fridays and Saturdays during the festival too.

CONFIRMED FILM-MAKERS ATTENDING
Special festival guests will include Hong Khaou, Antonio Hens, Malcolm Ingram, Anna-Margarita Albelo, Darren Stein, Charles Lum and Todd Verow and many more. Check with press office for latest information.

FESTIVAL
The 2013 edition of the festival took place over 11 days and enjoyed an extraordinary audience response with 22,000 attendances, an increase of 1,000 on the 2012 festival, across 130 programmes of screenings and events.

Led by BFI Head of Cinemas and Festivals, Clare Stewart, and BFI Deputy Head of Festivals Tricia Tuttle, the festival is programmed by a team of five programmers Brian Robinson, Emma Smart, Jason Barker, Michael Blyth and Nazmia Jamal.

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New 22 Jump Street Trailer – Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum are back and trying to improvise

February 19, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


There are a lot of people looking forward to 22 Jump Street, and to help keep fans of the first film from going stir crazy waiting for part two, a new trailer has been released. It’s a lot of fun, as you’d hope from what should be one of the big comedies of the summer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don’t have to just crack the case – they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.’

The film’s due out in June. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum  DIRECTORS: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller  FILMS: 22 Jump Street  
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