Pawn Sacrifice has sure taken a long time to get here. Back in 2010 David Fincher toyed with helming the film, based on Steven Knight’s script, and then Ed Zwick signed up to direct Tobey Maguire in the movie way back in the summer of 2012.
It shot in 2013 premieres at TIFF at the end of last year, but it’s only now a trailer has arrived before the September US release.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. Also starring Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard, PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer’s terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.’ [Read more…]
Will it be Almost Famous all over again, but time with literature instead of music? Probably not, but they do have similar premises, with a Rolling Stone journalist heading off on the road to interview someone and write a piece.
A few years ago the news that Robert Rodriguez was taking on a movie would be reason for excitement, but we’ve had a few too many Sharkboy And Lavagirls, and Sin City: A Dame To Kill Fors, for it to mean the same as it once did.
Today we’re showcasing Why Does God Hate Me, which despite the rather angsty title is actually a bit of a comedy – although with a serious message mixed in. The Canadian short had a hugely successful run at film festivals in 2012, winning numerous awards before it debuted online.
Irish actress Evanna Lynch (who’s best known for playing Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter movies), has long been known as a big supporter of gay rights. It was no surprise then that after Ireland’s historic vote to legalise gay marriage, she took to Instagram to say, ‘
In the mid 1990s the film Jeffrey seemed fast on its way to becoming a gay classic, but since then many seem to have forgotten about it (indeed it’s been out of print on DVD in the UK for years). For those who do know it though, one of the most memorable things is undoubtedly Patrick Stewart’s incredibly flamboyant Sterling.
Here’s one you can almost certainly shove in the ‘bullcrap’ file, but if you’re gullible enough to believe everything that US tabloid Star Magazine says, Brad Pitt is bisexual – complete with a pic of the star on the cover and a quote it would seem he almost certainly never actually said!
In what isn’t particularly surprising news, Todd Hayne’s Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, has picked up the Queer Palm at Cannes, given out anually to the best LGBT-themed movie screening at the fest.