Big Gay Picture Show

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

Fulboy (DVD Review)

By Leave a Comment

Starring: , ,
Director:
Running Time:
Certificate:
Release Date:

Fulboy is a sports documentary that I’d be willing to bet is unlike any other you’ve ever seen. For a start it’s about a group of professional soccer players but you never actually see them on the pitch, and there’s also the fact that nearly every write-up of the movie mentions the word ‘voyeurism’.

Director Martín Farina goes on the road with an Argentinian football team, getting access because his brother, Tomas, plays for them. Initially the players are suspicious of him and how he’s going to portray them – afraid that the film will play into the image of players being lazy, spending more time smoking and playing poker than honing their sport skills. [Read more…]

John Wick (DVD Review)

By Leave a Comment

I’d imagine some stars would think twice before agreeing to appear in a movie directed by their stunt double/martial arts choreographer, but that’s what Keanu Reeves has done with John Wick, and it turned out to be a good idea. I’ve always thought Reeves is a really good actor – as long as he doesn’t speak. John Wick gives him a character that’s who isn’t big on words, but which allows him to showcase that physically he’s very good, especially when given some slick action to dispense.

Keanu is the title character, an ex-assassin who left his life of crime behind when he met the perfect woman. After his wife dies, he’s barely holding on and is sent over the edge when the spoiled, selfish son of a criminal kingpin steals his car and kills the dog John’s wife gave him. [Read more…]

Spooks: The Greater Good (DVD Review)

By Leave a Comment

While Spooks (known as MI5 in the US) ended on British TV in 2012, it’s now been resurrected for the big screen with Spooks: The Greater Good. It’s certainly not necessary to have seen the show though, especially as it’s largely about new characters, with the main holdovers being the Secret Service setting and the presence of Peter Firth as counter-terrorism chief Harry Pearce.

Harry’s career comes crashing down around him after he makes the call to free dangerous terrorist Qasim (Elyes Gabel), after his prisoner transport is held up by armed men, which makes many people in MI5 feel he needs to be removed. He also becomes convinced that Qasim couldn’t have escaped without help from inside MI5, and so decides to disappear and go into hiding, in order to investigate. [Read more…]

GLAAD Calls Out Hollywood For Homophobia & Transphobia In New Video

By Leave a Comment

wolf-of-wall-street-slideA couple of weeks ago it was announced that due to US network television now being more inclusive, GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) decided to end its annual Network Responsibility Index, instead deciding to concentrate on diversity rather than sheer numbers of LGBT characters.

However, they certainly don’t think the film world has made the same sort of progress, and to show that they’ve released the video, ‘Hollywood Must Do Better’. The vid brings together a slew of clips from movies released in the last five years, which demonstrate homphobic jokes, transphobic slurs, violence against LGBT characters and general attitude (particularly in comedy films) that is happy to treat queer people extremely badly.

Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD commented to Variety, “We’re still the butt of the joke. We’re still infrequently seen and when we are seen, it’s in a negative light… When jokes are made at the expense of a marginalized group, it creates a dangerous environment. This isn’t about being the PC police. It’s about creating a safe environment.”

The likes of Ted, Pain & Gain, Hot Tub Time Machine, Exodus, The Wolf Of Wall Street and Horrible Bosses are all called out in the vid, which you can take a look at below. When they’re put together like this, it is shocking how this can still be going on in major Hollywood films in this day and age. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:

Sarah Silverman & Lee Pace Join Colin Trevorrow’s The Book Of Henry

By Leave a Comment

sarah-silvermanColin Trevorrow is a busy man. He’s just coming off the mega-success of Jurassic World, and he’s attached to direct Star Wars Episode IX. However before then he hopes to make the much smaller, The Book Of Henry, which has just added Sarah Silverman, Lee Pace, and Dean Norris to its cast, according to TheWrap.

They join Naomi Watts and child actors Jaeden Lieberher and Jacob Tremblay. Unfortunately though the new casting doesn’t come with any more info about the plot. All we know is that Gregg Hurwitz wrote the script, which has been described as “remarkable” and “a true original.”

Between Jurassic World and Star Wars, Trevorrow also hopes to make Stealing Time, which has added Pixels Timothy Dowling as a screenwriter. The film, which has been likened to a 1980s Amblin movie, is about a man who invents a time machine but gets lost in the past. His son and grandson have to fix the device in order to rescue him.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: , ,   DIRECTORS:   

Win Kit Harington In Spooks: The Greater Good On DVD!

By Leave a Comment

Spooks-The-Greater-Good-dvd-cover-largeSpooks: The Greater Good is out now on Blu-ray and DVD, courtesy of Entertainment One, and we’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies on DVD!

When charismatic terrorist Adem Qasim (Eyles Gabel) escapes from MI5 custody during a high profile handover, legendary operative Harry Pearce (Peter Firth), Head of Counter-Terrorism, is blamed. Disgraced and forced to resign, Harry disappears without a trace.

With MI5 on its knees in the wake of the Qasim debacle and facing controversial reform, former agent Will Holloway (Kit Harington) is brought back from Moscow to discover the truth about Harry’s disappearance and in doing so, uncovers a shocking revelation; Harry is still alive, has gone rogue and desperately needs Will’s help.

To be in with a chance of winning one of the copies of Spooks: The Greater Good on DVD that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on October 10th, 2015, so get answering and good luck. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:

What’s Gay At The 2015 BFI London Film Festival?

By Leave a Comment

Closet Monster

Still from Closet Monster

Every spring the BFI hosts Flare, the London LGBT Film Festival, but the British Film Institute certainly doesn’t believe that just because the gays have their own fest, it means they shouldn’t screen gay-themed movies elsewhere.

Indeed the upcoming BFI London Film Festival, which runs from 7-18 October, includes a great selection of LGBT-themed movies, including Todd Hayne’s Oscar tipped Carol, which gets its UK Premiere as part of the festival on Wednesday 14th October at the Odeon Leicester Square.

So what other LGBT-themed movies are screening? Well, here are some of the highlights (as provided by the BFI): [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:

Transgender Parents Trailer – Looking at the benefits of having a trans mom or dad

By Leave a Comment

transgender-parents-slideWith many people still arguing that LGBT people shouldn’t have kids, the documentary Transgender Parents has stepped forward, to reveal ‘the gifts trans people bring to parenting because of, and not in spite of, their gender. It’s an intimate and tender look at the art of parenting, some of the hardest relational work in this life.’

Rémy Huberdeau’s film looks at the lives of six Canadian transgender parents, giving voice to their joys and struggles.

Huberdeaua told The Advocate, “One out of three trans people are parents in the USA, and in Canada it’s one out of four. That’s a signifiant number dealing with what it means to take care of families while being themselves”.

He also notes, “We are fortunate to have trans parents in the media,” due to scripted and reality TV shows. “But there is also a phenomenon of older trans women losing regular contact with their kids, and that sends shock waves through their lives. Parenting brings families closer together or it takes them apart. When people start worrying about who the parent has become, then that can be a recipe for things to fall apart.”

The documentary has already screened on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Documentary Channel, and will now be screened in various places across Europe this autumn, in Denmark, Germany, and Austria.

Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:

Classic Gay Book Dancer From The Dance To Get A Film Adaptation From Alan Poul

By 1 Comment

dancer-from-the-dance-book-coverAndrew Holleran’s 1978 novel, Dancer From The Dance, is considered by many to be one of the most important books of 1970’s gay literature. However, it’s never been adapted for the screen.

That’s about to change though, as Deadline reports that Alan Poul is set to direct a film version, teaming with a Brazilian company, RT Features, to get it made.

The book, ‘chronicles the search for love and pleasure in the mid-seventies dance-club subculture of New York, centering on the unlikely friendship between the charismatic and mysterious Anthony Malone and the wildly flamboyant Andrew Sutherland.’

The novel depicts a world of free love, drugs and hedonism, with a generation of young men finding freedom as the rise of gay pride gave then more confidence and a community away from the bigotry of wider society. And of course it was written at a time before anyone knew AIDS would emerge.

As for Poul, his ‘TV directing credits include Six Feet Under, The Newsroom, Rome, Swingtown, and the feature The Back-up Plan. RT Features’ productions include Frances Ha, Love is Strange, Mistress America, and The Witch. Screenplay is by Joshua Harmon, John Krokidas, and Austin Bunn’.

The plan is to shoot next summer.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
DIRECTORS:   

Jake Gyllenhaal & Benedict Cumberbatch May Start A Current War

By Leave a Comment

Jake-GyllenhaalIt look like Jake Gyllenhaal and Benedict Cumberbatch may be going to war – over electricity. THR reports that the actors and in talks for The Weinstein Co.’s Current War, playing legendary inventors and industrialists, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison.

The movie ‘takes place in the late-1880s and revolves around power titans Edison and Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Edison championed direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC), which was backed by several European companies and Westinghouse Electric.’

Gyllenhaal would be Westinghouse, with Cumberbatch as Edison.

The likes of Timur Bekmambetov and Ben Stiller have previously flirted with directing, but now Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’s Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is in talks to take the job. If he does sign on, he would helm the film after completing Collateral Beauty, which is due to shoot this autumn.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: ,   DIRECTORS: