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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

Boy Meets Girl (Best Feature Film, Iris Prize Festival 2014)

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This is a beautiful movie.

Set somewhere in the Deep South of America, we meet Rikki, a transgender girl who laments that her small home town contains no boys she could fall in love with, so jokingly says she’ll try to find a girl instead. She almost immediately bumps into beautiful stranger Francesca, and the two hit it off as friends.

While Francesca is initially very naive about Rikki’s transgender issues, she doesn’t let that get in the way of their friendship. Slowly their relationship deepens and both girls begin to explore different aspects of their own sexuality, despite Francesca’s fiancée, a US Marine currently away on a tour of duty, expressing his disgust at everything Rikki represents. [Read more…]

Helicopter Mom (Iris Prize 2014 Review)

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Maggie, a single mother in the US, is terrified of losing her only son Lloyd when he graduates and moves away to college, and so does her best to control his life as much as possible before he goes. Lloyd, played to nonplussed and eventually exasperated perfection by Jason Dolley, pushes back as she hangs on tighter, and when she realises the only way her beloved son can afford to attend college is with a minority scholarship, she outs him as gay to the whole school in order to apply. The only problem being that Lloyd doesn’t really know whether he’s gay or not, and of course his mother won’t listen.

The term ‘Helicopter Mom’ comes from the behaviour of certain parents who are always hovering over their children, never letting them find their own way without being told what to do. Cue a dozen cringe moments along the lines of the hit American pie series, without the gross-out factor. (The closest this movie gets to gross-out are the overly-tight outfits and youthful hair on Nia Vardalos as she gives a delightfully manic performance as Maggie.) [Read more…]

Win The Elijah Wood Thriller Grand Piano On DVD!

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grand-piano-eacTo celebrate the release of “Grand Piano”, out on DVD 20th October, we have a copy up for grabs!

Tension and suspense receives a standing ovation as Elijah Wood takes centre stage in thrilling new feature; Grand Piano. Fully stylised edge of the seat entertainment, Grand Piano brings high art to a life with devastating reality leaving viewers firmly on the edge of their seat.

Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theatre, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: “Play one wrong note and you die”. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper’s motives and look for help without anyone realising…

Available to pre-order on DVD: http://amzn.to/1Ckc6V3

If you’d like to try and win the copy of Grand Piano 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 31st 2014, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Shining Moon Film Heading Into Latino LGBT Culture & It Needs Your Help (You Could Even Get Mooned Yourself)

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shining-moon-slideDescribed as a ‘colourful, hilarious and poignant feature film about love and redemption’, Shining Moon hopes to take us into Latino gay and drag culture, but to do that it needs your help as it’s launched an Indiegogo campaign with the hope of raising the $35,000 it needs to plug its funding gap and get it in the can.

There is also at least one rather unusual perk if you give enough money, and if you like ass and have $7,000 spare, the key actors will moon you in a personal video! It certainly makes a difference from just getting a copy of the film or having your name on a website.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Renato and Ivan are two middle aged actors, living in a gay relationship that has become monotonous and unexciting over the years. Their precarious lives are stretched to the limit as they try to find ways to make quality theater in Chile, a country which cares less and less about art and culture.

‘Their daily routine suddenly changes when Anibal, a handsome young filmmaker who is not gay casts them in a film based on a famous drama about the lives of Lola and Ana, two poor, outcast, elderly drag queens who were once bright lights in the Latino LGBT firmament. The deeply human story of Lola and Ana will reveal their restrictions, dreams, fears and joy.

‘However, Renato and Ivan are also part of a society that segregates and discriminates and they must overcome their own prejudices to play such challenging characters – Lola and Ana, who likes to show up with their fantasy names Luna and Sol.

‘As Renato and Ivan confront their own demons and heal ancient sorrows they discover a new opportunity to defeat their fears, redeem themselves as talented actors and find new meaning to their own personal lives.’

You can take a look at the fundraising video below, and if you like the look of the movie, head over to Indiegogo to head out. [Read more…]

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Land Of Storms (Iris Prize Festival 2014 Review)

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Land Of Storms centres around a promising yet troubled and angry football player, Szabi, played with high-quality brooding by Andras Suto. No longer enjoying the beautiful game, Szabi moves back to Hungary to the house he inherited from his grandfather. When he starts to renovate the house, which has become very tumbledown and rotten due to vandalism and lack of care, he meets a young man called Arun (Adam Varga) who lives nearby. Szabi and Arun begin to work on the house together and as they get to know each other, a deeper relationship starts to blossom.

Eventually the extremely religious and intolerant locals, never keen on Arun’s relationship with this newcomer, start to understand that there’s something more than friendship between the two. Add to that the appearance of Szabi’s German friend and possible lover Bernard (Sebastian Urzendowsky), and a three-way dynamic begins to unfold, which the locals don’t like at all. [Read more…]

The Third One (Iris Prize Festival 2014 Review)

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This tale of a modern-day sexual encounter starts with an online flirtation between Fede, a young gay man, and an older gay couple whose relationship is several years old. They flirt on webcam and MSN Messenger, teasing the viewer and each other with a little nudity and eventually decide to meet up.

Fede goes around to their flat and they have dinner together. It’s a very relaxed and unrushed sexual encounter that shows the characters taking a little time to get to know one another, which is nice to see rather than just jumping into bed together. As they talk, the relationship between the older men opens up, as does Fede when talking about himself, and both the characters and the viewer understand a little more about how neither side’s situation is as perfect as it seems from the outside. [Read more…]

The Samurai (Iris Prize Festival 2014 Review)

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The Samurai comes from director Till Kleinert, a previous winner of the Iris Prize for his brilliant short film Cowboy, and with this film he stays in unnerving territory.

The title character in this film is a homicidal maniac wielding a katana and wearing a pretty white dress (played to mind-searingly chilling heights by Pit Bukowski). He’s slowly destroying the community and sanity of policeman Jakob (Michel Dierks), whose dogged attempts to capture and subdue him slowly become an obsession. [Read more…]

Win The Gerry Anderson Documentary Filmed In Supermarionation On Blu-ray!

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filmed-in-supermarionation-bd-coverA major new film on the work of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Filmed In Supermarionation is the definitive documentary about the culturally iconic puppet series which they developed to great success throughout the 1960s. This includes Stingray, Captain Scarlet and, most famously, Thunderbirds – programmes five decades old that still resonate with young and older viewers alike, and which continue to find new audiences to this day.

The film is out on Blu-ray and DVD on October 20th in the UK, and we’re teamed up with Network Releasing to give away two copies of the Blu-ray in this comp.

Directed and produced by Stephen La Rivière, Filmed In Supermarionation is a screen adaptation of his critically acclaimed book, telling the story of the Anderson’s productions using a wealth of previously unseen archive footage, new interviews with those involved, and clips from the shows themselves.

FILMED IN SUPERMARIONATION is available on DVD, Blu-ray and Limited Edition Box Set 20 October.

If you’d like to try and one of the two copies of Filmed In Supermarionation on Blu-ray that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on October 30th 2014, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Exclusive: Walking On Sunshine Making Of Featurette – Taking a look behind the scenes of the feel-good musical

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walking-on-sunshine-bd-coverWalking On Sunshine is available on Blu-ray and DVD on 20th October, courtesy of eOne, and if you want to get a bit of a feel for this summery musical movie, we’ve got an exclusive ‘making of…’ featurette which you can take a look at below.

Set against the stunning backdrop of Puglia, Italy, this musical treat features performances from rising stars Annabel Scholey (Being Human, Jane Eyre), Hannah Arterton (Atlantis), and Giulio Berruti as tangled threesome Maddie, Taylor and Raf. Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility, Johnny English) stars as Maddie’s ex flame Doug who is determined to get her back; one of the UK’s funniest comedians, Katy Brand (Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show), stars as best friend Lil; and multi-award winning and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, Leona Lewis, makes this her debut film role as sensitive and caring Elena.

The movie is full of great 1980s hits ranging from Eternal Flame to Wild Boys. Take a look at the ‘making of…’ and trailer below. [Read more…]

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Robert Redford In Talks For Pete’s Dragon Remake

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robert-redfordFor quite a while Disney has been developing a remake of the classic Pete’s Dragon, with David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) directing. A few weeks ago they found their Pete in the form of young Oakes Fegley. Now they’re trying to get someone else to sign on the dotted line – Robert Redford.

The original 1977 movie featured a mixture of live-action and animation. It was about a young boy and his (animated) pet dragon who run away to a new town to escape Pete’s abusive adoptive parents.

This time around the dragon with be CGI, and the story will also be rather different. This time around Pete was raised in a forest by the dragon after his parents died in a car accident. He has to take on a group of loggers who are cutting down all of the trees. Oona Laurence is also onbaord as a mill owner’s daughter.

Redford would play a local who tells tall tales involving dragons that no one believes. It seems he would be the equivalent of Lampie from the original, memorably played by Mickey Rooney.

Disney hopes to shoot the movie this autumn in New Zealand.

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