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First Look At Christian Bale As Moses In Exodus Arrives

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We don’t get that many biblical epics these days, but that’s changing as we’re soon to get Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, and Ridley Scott is bringing us the Moses movie Exodus. Now the first image from the latter has arrived via Empire, which you can see above.

The story follows Moses (Christian Bale) who goes up against the Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton) so that he can lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. As Moses grew up in the royal Egyptian court, he had a close relationship to Egyptian ruler Ramses, which goes sour when he takes up the cause of his people.

Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro and Aaron Paul also star. The movie is due out December 2014.

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The Hobbit Tops The Post-Christmas US Box Office

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hobbit-desolation-poster3It was a busy weekend for new releases at the US box office, but in the end none of them could beat out The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, which topped the charts again with $29.8 million. Perhaps more impressive though was Frozen in second place. It’s $28.8 million is the second highest ever (behind Avatar) for a movie in its sixth week of release, and pushes the movie up to be Disney’s second highest grossing animated movie in the US, with only The Lion King beating it.

Of the five big new releases, The Wolf Of Wall Street did best with $18.5 million over the weekend and $34 million since it’s Christmas Day release. Although it only placed fifth on the chart, it’s still considered a good start for an R rated movie that runs nearly three hours.

Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty grossed $13 million over the weekend and $23 million since Christmas. While about in line with expectations, it’s not great for a pretty expensive movie, especially one that had high Oscar hopes earlier this year.

The big disaster though was 47 Ronin, which cost $175 million to make, but only placed ninth with $9 million over the weekend and $20 million since Christmas. Once marketing costs are taken into account, some believe Universal will lose the entire $175 million it spent making the Keanu Reeves movie.

Outside the top 10, the Robert De Niro & Sylvester Stallone boxing movie had a passable $7.4 million opening, which isn’t bad at a packed box office, especially as it wasn’t a particularly expensive movie. Justin Bieber however had less to cheer about, as while his last concert movie, Never Say Never, opened to nearly $30 million, his new one, Believe, grossed just $4 million since it opened on Christmas Day. It certainly seems the Beliebers stayed home for this one, which shows just how fickle the concert movie business can be.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 27th-29th 2013.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug $29.8 $190.3
2 Frozen $28.8 $248.3
3 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues $20.1 $83.6
4 American Hustle $19.5 $60.0
5 The Wolf Of Wall Street $18.5 $34.3
6 Saving Mr. Banks $14.0 $37.8
7 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty $13.0 $25.5
8 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $10.2 $391.1
9 47 Ronin $9.8 $20.5
10 Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas $7.4 $43.7
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Feature Version Of Moving Gay Short I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone To Premiere At Berlin Film Festival

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Almost exactly a year ago we featured the sweet Brazilian gay-themed short Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho (I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone). Now a feature-film version has been made, which is one of the first movies to be announced as part of the Panorama 2014 at the Berlin Film Festival.

The short film was first released in 2010 and follows a teenaged blind boy who is trying to work out his feelings for his new friend, Gabriel. However his growing feelings spark jealousy from his female friend. Now Brazilian helmer Daniel Ribiero has expanded the short into a feature called Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way He Looks), which features the same actors as the shorter version.

The film will screen in Berlin in February as part of the festival’s Panorama 2014. It will also compete for the Teddy Award, the annual prize given to the best LGBT-themed movie screened as part of that segment of the fest. I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone won numerous awards at both LGBT and general film festivals, so hopefully the feature version can follow suit.

You can see the short film below. [Read more…]

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Bollywood Actor Imran Khan Takes On Ignorant Attitudes To Homosexuality To Challenge Indian Homophobia

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After Indian courts recriminalised gay sex a few weeks ago, many wondered how Bollywood would react. While it’s accepted that most within the industry have a fairly relaxed attitude to all things gay, it wasn’t clear who might step up and speak out – something many think would really help – due to fear over how it might effect their career in the conservative country.

However now Imran Khan hasn’t just said he supports gay rights, he’s even made a video where he tackles ignorant and homophobic attitudes, trying to set the record straight (or gay, rather). Khan, who is straight himself, was well aware that making the vid would bring up questions about his own sexuality, but suggests that if he’s gay because he supports LGBT rights he must also be a dolphin as he supports animal rights.

Khan told the Hindustan Times, ‘I’ve always been involved with gay rights. The scenario in this country is disheartening and depressing. These are basic human rights that people are being denied of – they’re no minority.

‘The idea of this initiative is to show those who do not support homosexuality how ridiculous their thinking is … We will take all the prejudices and amplify them until people realize that what they’re doing is wrong. This has become a cultural and moral issue, but morals are subjective. They are opinions, not facts. Sadly, in this country, laws are based on morality and not legality.’

As things stand, the only way for gay sex to become legal in India again is by the government passing a new law, something they don’t seem to be particularly keen on pursuing at the moment. The hope is that if those like Imran can keep working on hearts and minds, pressure can put put on the lawmakers to act. [Read more…]

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Million Dollar Arm Trailer – Jon Hamm heads for India to attract baseball talent

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Jon Hamm is leaving the world of 60s advertising and heading into the world of sports for Disney’s Million Dollar Arm. Now we can get a look at the upcoming movie with a trailer.

Here’s the official synopsis: ‘Based on a true story, the film follows JB Bernstein (Hamm), a once-successful sports agent who now finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash (Mandvi) will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn’t come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, JB comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to there and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout (Arkin) in tow, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called “Million Dollar Arm” where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku and Dinesh (Sharma, Mittal), emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the United States to train with legendary pitching coach Tom House (Paxton). The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team.’

The movie is currently due out in May 2014. [Read more…]

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Draft Day Trailer – Plus a poster for the Kevin Costner sports movie

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During his 80s and 90s heyday, you couldn’t keep Kevin Costner away from films about sports, such as Bull Durham, Tin Cup and For The Love Of The Game. We haven’t had one for a few years but now he’s back in the sports arena with Draft Day, which has released a poster and a trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver (Costner) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL.’

Ivan Reitman directs the film, which is due out in April. [Read more…]

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Fleming Trailer – Dominic Cooper takes on the creator of James Bond

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Over the years there’s been much talk about making a movie about James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who had a rather interesting life beyond writing about 007, however it’s TV that’s come through, with BBC America and Sky Atlantic making the mini-series Fleming, which stars Dominic Cooper in the title role.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Starring DOMINIC COOPER (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Devil’s Double) with LARA PULVER (True Blood, Sherlock), ANNABELLE WALLIS (Hello Carter, The Tudors), LESLEY MANVILLE (Maleficent, Another Year), ANNA CHANCELLOR (The Hour, How I Live Now) and SAMUEL WEST (Mr Selfridge, Hyde Park on Hudson). FLEMING: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE BOND takes a no holds barred look at Ian Fleming, the man behind the James Bond legend whose real life was as exciting, eventful and sexually charged as his famous creation.’

His father was in the government and during WWII he worked for Naval Intelligence, helping with secret plan to misinform the enemy as well as to steal their secrets, as well as setting up a special Commando Unit specialising in subterfuge. It’s certainly a story worth telling, and it’ll be interesting to see what the BBC & Sky has done with it. [Read more…]

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First Official Pic Of Benedict Cumberbatch As Gay Codebreaker Alan Turing In The Imitation Game Arrives

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A couple of days ago the Queen official pardoned codebreaker Alan Turing for the ‘crime’ of being gay at a time when it was illegal, which led to a criminal record and chemical castration, and many believe also resulted in his committing suicide. It’s a good time then for the emergence of the first official picture of Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing in the biopic The Imitation Game – indeed the pardon is the reason the film’s Twitter account tweeted the pic.

Turing is a pioneer of modern-day computing who is credited with helping crack the fiendish German codes, such as Enigma, during the Second World War. The film will chronicle the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain’s top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment.

Tragically in the 1950s Turing admitted to the police he was gay while reporting a robbery, believing they would protect him and catch those who’d stolen from him. Instead it was him who found himself in court. After he was convicted he was shunned by the establishment and despite his incredible mind he found himself pushed to the sideline. He committed suicide (although some say it was an accident) not too long afterwards.

Cumberbatch stars alongside Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, Allen Leech and Matthew Beard. The Imitation Game will be out sometime in 2014.

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Ben Affleck Isn’t Happy In The First Pic From David Fincher’s Gone Girl

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A new David Fincher movie is always something to keep an eye on, and now we get our first glimpse at his upcoming Gone Girl, as tweeted by 20th Century Fox, with Ben Affleck standing in front of a poster of Rosamund Pike. It’s not the most revealing image, unless you’ve read Gillian Flynn’s novel, which the movie is based on.

Affleck plays a husband whose wife (Pike) goes missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. Inevitably the hubby becomes the primary suspect in her mysterious disappearance, with the signs of a struggle making many assume he has killed her, especially when reasons emerge as to why he might have wanted her out of they. However, as we learn more about the couple’s relationship, things become much more complex than they first appear.

The film is due out autumn 2014.

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New Pompeii Poster Sees Kit Harington Having A Romantic Eruption

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If I were standing next to a volcano that was spew lava bomb, magma and pyroclastic flows, I don’t think I’d bother to take the time to have a kiss, but it seems Kit Harington and Emily Browning think differently in this new poster for Paul W.S. Anderson’s Pompeii.

The movie is set days before the historic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. It centres on former slave Milo (Harington), who must race to save his true love Flavia (Emily Browning). Jessica Lucas is playing a slave who is a confidante to Flavia. Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje also star.

Janet Scott Batchler and Lee Batchler wrote the original screenplay, which was revised by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. Paul W.S. Anderson’s movie is out in February. It’s certainly looking pretty epic, although is this poster is anything to go by, it’ll also be a little over the top.

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