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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

Pacific Rim Trailer – Giant monsters and robots, what more do you want?

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Pacific Rim look like it could be an awful lot of fun. Just the idea is great – 300ft tall monsters are spewing out of a portal deep beneath the Pacific and attacking the coast, and so humanity fights back with gargantuan robots piloted by people. Now the first trailer for the movie has arrived, which makes it look even better, shot through with Guillermo Del Toro’s signature style.

It’s a movie that’s going to be told on a massive scale, with huge amounts of very cool special effects. Thankfully the trailer also gives us a little bit of the plot, suggesting someone is sending these monsters and we don’t know who.

The film is due out July 12th, 2013, but enjoy the trailer and new poster above and below.pacific-rim-new-poster

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New Man Of Steel Trailer – Clark Kent is looking all kinds of hot

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Already today we’ve had trailers for After Earth and The Lone Ranger, and now it’s the turn of Man of Steel. All these big movie promos are lining up now in preparation to play ahead of The Hobbit. Man Of Steel is certainly one of the most intriguing. The trailer continues the introspective tone of the teasers, at least initially, before offering something a bit more explosive and action-packed at the end.

There’s definitely an attempt to sell this as the successor to The Dark Knight, although don’t be surprise if things get less artful and more bombastic as the June 14th release date approaches.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Henry Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone’s imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question – Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Diane Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as “Superman,” not only to shine as the world’s last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.’

May we just say that Henry Cavill is looking gorgeous. Few people have ever looked so good in a spandex suit and cape. And when we say he’s looking hot we’re not just being metaphorical. Take a look at the screengrab below and drool.

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New The Lone Ranger Trailer – Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer go for a western spectacular

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Mixing an old TV western with big budget action didn’t work to well with the Will Smith starrer The Wild Wild West, but then they said Pirate movies were box office poison until Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp came up with Pirates Of The Caribbean. Now Bruckheimer, Verbinski and Depp are back with The Lone Ranger, and the first full trailer for the movie has now shown up.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes.Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.’

The $200 million movie is due out August 2013.

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After Earth Teaser – M. Night Shyamalan goes sci-fi with Jaden & Will Smith

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Will and Jaden Smith aren’t having a good time in this teaser, after they crash land on a planet where “everything has evolved to kill humans”, and oh my God, that planet if Earth! M. Night Shyamalan’s movie looks like it could be rather cool, with a bit of an Avatar vibe going on.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.’

It’s due for release June 7th, 2013.

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New Pics Of Michael Douglas & Matt Damon In Their Liberace Biopic

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Back in August, we got a few set pics from Steven Soderbergh’s biopic of Liberace, Behind The Candelabra, which sees Michael Douglas as the man himself, with Matt Damon playing his younger lover, Scott Thorson. While you wouldn’t expect this starry line-up to be making something for TV, it’s actually an HBO Films production and is due to debut on US television next year (although it may still get a theatrical release in Europe).

Now Bleeding Cool has grabbed some of the first shots from the film, which were included in HBO’s 2012 ‘Yearender’ video (which now seems to have been made private, so we can’t post it here, sadly). They show Michael Douglas looking suitably flamboyantly and pretty much a dead ringer for the real Liberace. And It has to be said Matt Damon’s also looking pretty good with bouffant hair and 70s style, even if he is about 10 years too old to play Thorson, who was in his teens and 20s when he knew Liberace.

The movie follows the relationship between Liberace and the far younger Thorson, which started after they met when latter was just 17, in 1976. Thorson became his companion and is said to have had a five-year relationship with Liberace, which ended due to the entertainer’s alleged promiscuity and Scott’s drug problems.

Although the pianist and showman went to his grave swearing he wasn’t gay, this front was challenged after Liberace and Thorson split up and the younger man sued the entertainer for palimony. They settled out of court and are said to have reconciled their differences shortly before Liberace died of AIDS in 1987.

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Oblivion Trailer Lands – Tom Cruise takes on a ruined Earth

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Just this morning we posted the first poster for Oblivion and said we’d heard that the first trailer was due on Sunday. However the promo has slipped out early, or at least a Spanish subtitled version has, which you can see right here.

In the movie the Earth is a ruined shell, with nearly all of the human population now living off the surface. Cruise plays a man who services the drones that ensure humanity can still get the natural resources it craves. However as we discover, some strange things are going on, including Morgan Freeman kidnapping him, some strange beasts and people in pods plummeting to earth. As he tries to figure out what’s happening, he becomes a target himself.

It all looks pretty stylish and the visuals are certainly impressive, with what seems like a well conceived look at a world that’s been trashed so much people can barely survive on the surface any more. Joseph Kosinski’s film hits cinemas next April.

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Ben Whishaw Takes An Intriguing Gay Role In Lilting

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While there’s been a bit of speculation as to Ben Whishaw’s sexuality, he hasn’t had much to say about it. However that hasn’t stopped him playing the full range of possible proclivities, even recently turning Shakespeare’s Richard II rather gay in The Hollow Crown. He’s also, of course, been having huge success recently as the new Q in Skyfall.

Now he’s taken a gay role in the microbudget movie Lilting, from writer/director Hong Khaou (helmer of the excellent British gay shorts Summer and Spring), according to THR. The plot is slightly similar to Xavier Dolan’s upcoming Tom a la ferme, although whereas that film’s French Canadian, this one focussing on a Chinese mother (Cheng Pei Pei) who is grieving for her son (Andre Leung) after his untimely death. While they both lived in the UK, the Chinese born mother used her son as her conduit to living in Britain and is lost without him.

Feeling stranded in her adopted country, the only person she has left is her son’s friend (Ben Whishaw). However while she believes the young Brit was her son’s roommate, he was actually his lover. They come together, trying to overcome their differences – both culturally and through a difficult language barrier.

Peter Bowles and Morven Christie are also set to star in the film. Backing comes from FilmLondon’s ultra-low budget filmmaking fund, Microwave, which previously helped get iLL Manors made.

Khaou comments, “This film is very close to my heart. The support I’ve had through the mentors has been intelligent, insightful and imaginative. There was a genuine, considered care towards helping me anchor my voice and ideas.”

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Dane DeHaan Confirmed As Harry Osborn In Amazing Spider-Man 2

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A couple of weeks ago, Chronicle star Dane DeHaan was at the top of a list of young actors testing for the role of Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-man 2. Director Marc Webb has confirmed that DeHaan has landed the role on Twitter, saying ‘Meet Harry Osborn. @danedehaan. pic.twitter.com/oi4Ql6nQ‘

DeHaan beat out a lot of talented people for the role, including Brady Corbet, Alden Ehrenreich, Sam Claflin, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, and Boyd Holbrook. However Dane’s got the role, playing the son of Oscorp owner Norman Osborn. In the comics he’s Peter Parker’s best friend (although we don’t know exactly how he’ll be fitting into Amazing Spider-man 2). Of course the role was played by James Franco in Sam Raimi’s trilogy.

Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are reprising their roles as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. Marc Webb is directing from a screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Jeff Pinkner, with the shoot planned for early next year.

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The Dark Knight Rises (Blu-ray)

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The Dark Knight Rises had a lot to live up to after the superb second instalment in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy. While it may not be quite as good as The Dark Knight, the film is a fitting conclusion to the series, tying up the thematic ends and ramping up the spectacle and excitement.

It’s seven years after the events of The Dark Knight and Bruce Wayne is living as a virtual recluse in his mansion. Batman is no longer needed and Wayne is a physical wreck. However when a mysterious figure known as Bane (Tom Hardy) arrives in Gotham with plans aimed at destroying Bruce and potentially destroying the city, there’s no choice but to bring the Bat out of retirement. [Read more…]

Laurence Anyways (Cinema)

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After directing his first film, I Killed My Mother, at the age of 19 and following it up with the pretty good Heartbeats, many people have been wondering what Xavier Dolan would come up with next. The answer is Laurence Anyways, about 10 years in the relationship between Fred (Suzanne Clement) and Laurence (Melvil Poupaud).

At the outset they are just a normal man and woman who love each other and suffer the usual ups and downs of relationships. However Laurence can’t hold something in any longer and after two years with Fred he tells her that he’s transsexual and wants to start living as a woman. Inevitably this causes problems, with Fred initially wondering whether she should just leave – especially as her sister seems to think is the only solution. However they stay together, but the transition proves tough on both of them, and not solely because of Laurence becoming a woman. [Read more…]