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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

I Do Trailer – A gay man enters a marriage of convenience with his lesbian friend

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Until very recently, gay foreigners wanting to live in the US have faced huge problems getting a green card. DOMA meant their relationships weren’t recignised, those with HIV weren’t even meant to be allowed into the country and compared to straight people the immigration odds were stacked against them.

That’s the world I Do Inhabits, which reaches DVD in the UK on October 28th. You can take a look at the trailer above.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Whilst looking after his niece and sister-in-law (Alicia Witt), Jack (David W. Ross from 90s boy band, Bad Boys Inc) a British gay man living in in New York City, finds himself at risk of losing his family when his work visa is denied. Threatened with deportation he has to compromise his ideals in order stay in the USA and enters into marriage of convenience with his lesbian best friend, Ali (The Sopranos star, Jamie-Lynn Sigler). The couple quickly wed but have to prove the validity of their marriage to the authorities.

Glenn Gaylord (producer of Leave It on the Floor) directs a contemporary romantic drama addressing equality issues and personal dilemmas. Featuring a stellar cast headed by David W. Ross, I Do is a touching and important film in the face of the global news of DOMA, gay marriage and immigration law.’ [Read more…]

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Says If He Defines His Sexuality The Paparazzi Will Win

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joseph-gordon-levitt-out-magazineSome actors feel as if they’re in a  personal war with the paparazzi, and one of those is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who even made a documentary about the people who follow him around. Now he’s extending that war to publicly defining his sexuality, telling Out Magazine, “That would be really tacky — they would win if I had to clarify.”

There have been many rumours about him over the years, some due to his decision to appear in gay-themed movies such as Mysterious Skin and Latter Days, or blind items that supposedly say things such as that he was a relationship with Michael Pitt.

He’s far from the first actor who’s refused to define their sexuality for the masses, and with many of them it wasn’t because they were hiding the fact they were gay, so whether JGL has a preference for one gender or the other is still completely unknown.

The actor also talks about his feature-length directing debut, Don Jon, which is about a New Jersey porn addict who struggles to make his reality meet the self-imposed expectations of his porn obsession. He says, “I was interested in making a movie about how people treat each other like things, and all kinds of media can contribute to that. I’ve been working as an actor since I was a little kid, and I’ve always been fascinated, and a little horrified, by the way people relate to images they see on screen. Sometimes I feel I am seen as a thing more than a person, and I don’t think that’s unique to actors. I think everyone is subject to that kind of pigeonholing.”

We also have to say, he’s looking mighty fine on Out’s cover too. You can also see a few more pics of the actor from his Out shoot below. [Read more…]

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Jake Gyllenhaal Says Post-Brokeback Gay Rumours Are A ‘Huge Compliment’

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Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain

Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain

When Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t know how to quit Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, it was almost inevitable that some people would think it meant he was actually gay. And Jake’s very happy about that, telling an episode of Inside the Actors Studio interview airing on September 19th in the US that it is “a huge compliment.”

He was undoubtedly very good in the role, giving Heath the sort of looks that had many convinced it wasn’t just good acting. But despite being happy people thought he was so good in the Brokeback role it that it must have reflected his genuine sexuality, he says that in the real world what turns him on is pretty simple: “Tits and ass.”

Talking about his relationship with Ledger, Jake says, “Heath and I knew each other for years before that because we had both auditioned for Moulin Rouge together,” Gyllenhaal says. “I remember thinking, ‘I like this guy.’ He’s just like, super lovable.”

He admits Ledger’s death hit him extremely hard, saying “It felt like losing a family member, and it still does to this day.” [Read more…]

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Dear Dad: Letters From Same-Gender-Loving Sons Trailer – Watch the complete, moving feature-length LGBT documentary

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Chase Simmons recently completed Dear Dad, a documentary that certainly looks like it’ll be worth watching. The idea behind the movie is that eight black gay/same-gender-loving men write open letters to their fathers, revealing their highs and low, along with the pain, happiness and their hope for the future.

Simmons has been talking to Huffpo about the film, saying, “As a black same-gender-loving man, I know how difficult it can be to forge a real relationship with your father. I’ve struggled with it myself. In my own experience there is often an immediate disconnect once your sexuality is mentally acknowledged, and that gap just gets wider and wider over time. That led me to think about how I’ve struggled to forge real relationships with other SGL men, romantic or platonic. Then I started to think about how I struggled to maintain connections with the heterosexual men in my life after coming out, especially black heterosexual men. Those thoughts looped me back to the first black heterosexual man that I knew, my dad. So I felt like there was a lot of potential in hearing these stories.”

Take a look at the trailer above. You can read more from Simmons over at Huffpo, and find out about the movie itself on its website. [Read more…]

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Chris Hemsworth Is A Top With A Big Hammer In An Accidentally Gay Russian Thor: The Dark World Banner

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And the winner of the gayest Marvel poster ever goes to…

Russia probably ought to sue the comic company under its hideous new laws banning the promotion of ‘non-traditional relationships’. After all, what else could a picture of a hunky man who’s about to give a good pounding with his big hammer be all about, especially when over in Russia the movie is called Top 2?

Now I really need to order a copy of the Russian version of the first movie, as who wouldn’t want to see Chris Hemsworth as a Top? And does that make Tom Hiddleston’s Loki a Bottom? It’s a pretty cool pic however unintentionally gay it might be. (And yes, we do know it’s actually Cyrillic and pronounced ‘Tor’, and for the naysayers who think it’s a joke poster, this is absolutely, 100% real).

Here’s The Dark World’s synopsis: ‘Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

‘Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not final) and is based on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book “Journey into Mystery “ #83 in August, 1962.’

The movie’s out October 30th 2013 in the UK, and November 8th in the US.

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Charlie Hunnam Says Queer As Folk Prepared Him For Fifty Shades Of Grey

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charlie-hunnam-shirtlessIt was confirmed last week that Charlie Hunnam has won the lead male role of Christian Grey in the upcoming adaptation of the best-selling 50 Shades Of Grey, opposite Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele. Now he’s been chatting about it, and says that going gay (on-screen at least) at an early age will help him with the role and its inevitable onslaught of kinky sex scenes.

He told THR, “My first job was on a Channel 4 miniseries called Queer as Folk. It was incredibly explicit sexual scenes with a man. I mean I’m 16 and 17 years wiser now. So if I could do it when I was 18 with a guy, I can certainly do it at 33 with a lady.”

Hunnam played the fresh-faced Nathan in Queer As Folk who within the first few minutes of the series was going at it hot and heavy with Aiden Gillan’s Stuart, before he became ‘the one-night stand who wouldn’t go away’.

We have to agree, it probably was good training for 50 Shades. Now we just need to convince Hollywood to replace Dakota Johnson with a guy.

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Iron Man 3 (Blu-ray)

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Iron Man 3 presented an interesting challenge to Marvel, as it’s the completion of the Iron Man trilogy – with no stand-alone adventures for Downey Jr’s metal man likely to follow – but also the follow-up to The Avengers and a prequel to his appearance in The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. As such the movie could have ended up a complete mess, unsure what it was meant to be doing. However it actually handles the challenge fairly well, sewing up themes from the earlier Iron Man movies, while having Tony Stark rocked by the events of the Battle Of New York, which have started causing him to have panic attacks. [Read more…]

Robocop Trailer – We can finally get a good look at Joel Kinnaman in the classic role

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If everything has gone to the original plan, the remake of Robocop would have already been and gone from cinema. However then is got pushed back until February 2014 (which to be honest doesn’t bode well, as February is a bit of a film dumping ground).

However new we can get our first proper look at Joel Kinnaman as the half-man, half-robot, who stars alongside Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton and Abbie Cornish, with Jose Padhila directing. And to be honest, it doesn’t look too bad.

Here’s the official plot synopsis: ‘In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.’

The trailer is embedded above and you can also take a look at some new images below. [Read more…]

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Charlie Hunnam & Dakota Johnson On For Fifty Shades of Grey

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charlie-hunnam-shirtless-pacific-rim-close-upMany actors have been rumoured to play Christian Grey in the movie version of 30 Shades Of Grey. The last was Charlie Hunnam and now it’s been confirmed that he’s got the role. He’s also got a co-star, as Dakota Johnson will be Anastasia.

The film is set to be released on August 1, 2014 with Sam Taylor-Johnson directing from a script by Kelly Marcel, based on E.L. James’ bestselling book. The Fifty Shades trilogy has sold over 70 million copies worldwide in e-book and print, making it one of the fastest-selling book series ever.

Fifty Shades of Grey follows the relationship of 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey and college student Anastasia Steele. Subsequent novels in the series, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, explore the couple’s deepening relationship. It’s been dubbed ‘mommy porn’ due to the endless scenes of fetish sex, but it’s not known how hardcore the film version will be. Hopefully though, the pic above will be the most clothed Hunnam is during the movie.

Johnson has been seen in the likes of 21 Jump Street, and The Five-Year Engagement, and also stars in the upcoming Need For Speed, while the British Hunnam is best known for Pacific Rim and the TV series Sons Of Anarchy.

Hopefully Brett Easton Ellis will approve. Despite being gay himself, he decided Matt Bomer was ‘too gay’ to play Christian Grey, but presumably he won’t mind Hunnam, even if he did get his first break playing Nathan in the UK’s Queer As Folk. Or perhaps Ellis can just shut up about the whole thing.

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Russell Tovey Signs Up For Gay-Themed HBO Dramedy, Looking

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Russell-ToveyJust last May, Russell Tovey said it would have to be ‘something special’ for him to play a gay role, despite being gay himself. Well, now he’s found it as THR reports that he’s signed up for HBO’s gay-themed dramedy, Looking.

It’s not just Tovey’s first gay proper role, but also his first big American gig, so it really could be a game-changer for the Being Human and Tower Block star.

He joins the likes of Jonathan Groff in the series, playing ‘the recurring role of Kevin, an accomplished video game wunderkind who has achieved financial and critical success at a young age.’ The gay Kevin works closely with Groff’s Patrick.

Frankie Alvarez is also onboard for one of the main roles, playing Patrick’s best friend, Augustin, whose ego and feisty politics make it difficult for him to settle down with a boyfriend.

The show is said to be a mix of Tales From The City and Girls, following mainly gay men in San Francisco. Looking starts shooting in the next few weeks, although there’s no news yet on when it might air.

Back in May, Tovey told The Independent, “Every character I play is straight, which is unique,  my agent says, because it’s not really been done before that someone who is completely out is able to play straight roles…. So for me to play gay it has to be something special, because it might actually be more of a risk. So I’m waiting for that role – I want it to be something that moves things forward.” Now he’s got it.

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