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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

Smurfs: The Lost Village (Cinema Review) – The little blue creatures are back and totally animated

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After a couple of part live-action outings, Sony has decided that a bit of a reboot and a fully animated adventure is the direction they want to take The Smurfs. They’d have probably done better to have gone this root from the beginning, as the little blue creatures never seemed like they fit in the real world, and this fully animated adventure allows it to be closer to the tales of Peyo and the early 80s Hannah-Barbera cartoon.

As well as the fact there’s no Neil Patrick Harris or Hank Azaria, the voices of most of the Smurfs have changed too. Not that kids will care though, and quite frankly why they decided they needed names like Demi Lovato, Joe Manganiello and Julia Roberts involved is a mystery, as it’s not like anyone is going to buy a ticket because of it. [Read more…]

Stephen King’s It Gets A Poster & A Trailer Tease

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Hollywood is hoping there’s going to be a bit of a Stephen King movie renaissance, with the likes of The Dark Tower, Gerald’s Game and a big screen version of It.  We’ve been promised a trailer for the last of those tomorrow, but ahead of that comes a poster and a tease for the upcoming promo.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “IT,” directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.

‘“IT” stars Bill Skarsgård (“Allegiant,” TV’s “Hemlock Grove”) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher (“Midnight Special”), Jeremy Ray Taylor (“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”), Sophia Lillis (“37”), Finn Wolfhard (TV’s “Stranger Things”), Wyatt Oleff (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Chosen Jacobs (upcoming “Cops and Robbers”), Jack Dylan Grazer (“Tales of Halloween”) and Nicholas Hamilton (“Captain Fantastic”).’

It will be released on September 8th, 2017. If successful, expect the second half of King’s novel – where the kids are grown up and return to confront their fears – to be adapted too. Take a look at the poster and trailer tease below. [Read more…]

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Straight Outta Compton’s O’Shea Jackson Jr. In Talks For Godzilla: King Of Monsters

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After the success of Godzilla and King Kong, Warner has high hopes for its planned monster mash-up, Godzilla vs. Kong, which is planned for release in 2020. A year before that, they’re expanding the Godzilla universe with Godzilla: King Of Monsters.

Millie Bobby Brown has already been cast in a major role, with Kyle Chandler and Vera Farmiga as her parents. Now they may have company from Straight Outta Compton’s O’Shea Jackson Jr. (aka Ice Cube’s son), who Variety reports is in talks for the movie.

Michael Dougherty is directing and also co-wrote the script for the movie with Zach Shields. It’s expected to shoot this year for release in March 2019. No specific plot or character details have been released, although it known the sequel will be introducing us to various other monsters, such as Mothra and Rodan. The only actor from Godzilla who’s likely to return for the sequel is Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa.

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Discreet Teasers – First look at Travis Mathews’ erotic, queer look at modern American masculinity & politics

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Travis Mathews​ has gained a lot of fans for his In Their Room series, as well as both the short and feature-length versions of I Want Your Love, and his collaboration with James Franco, Interior Leather Bar. Now he’s returning with Discreet, which has released a couple of teasers.

Mathews has also been talking to Out about the film, saying, “It’s an unconventional film, and one with a lot of entry points for viewers. I want to invite people to consider watching the film through the prism of the politics that shaped it, and to hopefully leave the theater considering the scope of what’s happening in America. Hopefully, some folks will be inspired to make their own work that responds to this dangerous moment we’re sifting through. It’s not the time for people to be quiet or isolate.”

In the movie, ‘After years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his revenge, all the while navigating the perilous land of masculine fragility in modern-day America.’

As with Mathews earlier film, it isn’t a film that’s afraid to use explicit and erotic imagery, and has also been praised for being an incredibly timely look at the current politics in America, and most particularly the rise of the alt-right.

The director adds, “As I was driving around Texas listening to conservative talk radio I tried to understand how that vitriol was intersecting with the black box profiles that I saw on the gay hookup apps. The movie is really about gathering all of that bubbling masculine anxiety during the US presidential campaign then channeling it through the traumatized mind of one character on a difficult journey.”

Discreet recently premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and is currently playing film festivals. Take a look at the two teasers below. [Read more…]

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Win The Sexy Gay Movie Taekwondo On DVD!

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Marco Berger’s Taekwondo, a voyeuristic look at the growing sexual tension between two men – a group of barely clothed men – is out on DVD now in the UK, courtesy of TLA Releasing. We’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies in this competition.

In a picturesque country house in Buenos Aires, Fernando gathers his mates for a boys-only vacation. Free from work, responsibilities and their girlfriends, this close-knit gang of bros kick back by the pool, sunning their impeccably toned bodies and sharing pot-fuelled stories of sexual conquests. The guys have known each other for years, only this time Fernando has brought with him newcomer Germán, a friend from his taekwondo class, who neglects to tell the group that he’s gay. As the lazy summer days disappear, the connection between Fernando and Germán grows and slowly the boundaries of their relationship begin to blur.

You can read our review of the movie by clicking here.

To be in with a chance of winning Taekwondo on DVD, just answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on April 10th, 2017, so get answering and good luck. [Read more…]

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First Official Look At Alicia Vikander As Lara Croft In Tomb Raider

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Despite an enormous amount of hype, the attempt to bring Tomb Raider to the big screen with Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, underperformed at the box office. However, Hollywood has decided to have another go, this time with Alicia Vikander in the main role.

The first image has now arrived, which suggests this take won’t be a glossy and shiny as the early-2000s versions, instead reflecting the more realistic look the video games took in later instalments.

Here’s the newly released synopsis: ‘Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone.

‘Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death.Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.’

The film is currently due in cinemas March 2018.

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Pushing Dead (BFI Flare Review) – A dark comedy look at living with HIV, starring Psych’s James Roday

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Many people will know James Roday from playing the cocksure, mischievous character is TV’s Psych. Here he takes on a slightly different character, playing Dan, a man who’s lived with HIV for over two decades, but still feels the stigma and never tells anyone about his illness. The only ones who are aware are Paula (Robin Weigert), the sister of Dan’s former lover; and his editor, the gruff Bob (Danny Glover), who’s having marriage troubles.

Dan is having more than a few difficulties himself. He’s a poet at a time when no one cares about poetry, and when he deposits a $100 birthday cheque in his bank account, he accidentally goes over the incredibly strict bar for being on a low income that his healthcare plan enforces. That means that rather than getting most of his HIV medication paid for under his insurance, he suddenly needs to come up with $3,000 a month. Unsurprisingly, he doesn’t have $3,000. [Read more…]

A Little Lust (DVD Review) – A bullied gay teen really wants to see his favourite singer

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Rocco is 16-years-old and used to being bullied at school – even if the bullies don’t know he really is gay. Most of the time though, Rocco is more interested in hanging out with friends Maria and Mauri, and hoping that he will get laid. However, after an incident of bullying leads to a boy jumping out of a window, it leads Rocco to telling his parents the truth about his sexuality. Although the divorced Olga (Veronica Pivetti) and Manuele (Corrado Invernizzi) like to think of themselves as modern and cosmopolitan, the news they have a gay son sends them into a tailspin.

With Olga demanding her celebrity psychiatrist ex-husband get their son into therapy to get over this ‘phase’, and Manuele refusing to properly accept it, Rocco decides he needs to get out. His favourite singer has recently been outed, and announced that his latest set of tour dates will be his last. Rocco, Maria and Mauri decide to run off and see the singer in concert, escaping the problems at home. After they’ve set off across the country, Olga decides she has no choice but to follow, heading off after them with her own mother in tow – a woman who’s still upset the fascists aren’t running Italy anymore. [Read more…]

Below Her Mouth (BFI Flare Review) – An all-female crew offers up a look at lesbian love

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Below Her Mouth has attracted interest partly because of the unfortunately unusual fact that it was made with an all-female crew.

Dallas (Erika Linder) has just split up with her girlfriend and moved out of their home. She sees the beautiful Jasmine (Natalie Krill) while working on a roof, and then decides to pursue her when they meet in a lesbian bar. However, Jasmine says she’s not a lesbian, she’s only in the bar because her friend dragged her. Jasmine is engaged to a man and known for being faithful. [Read more…]

1:54 (BFI Flare Review) – Things get extremely dark for a bullied gay teen

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At BFI Flare, 1:54 was a rather polarising movie, with some praising the dark repercussions of teen homophobia it explores, whilst others felt it was all a little contrived – one person even called it exploitative.

Tim (Antoine Olivier Pilon) is a teenager who has spent years being bullied, which has grown increasingly homophobic in nature. His only friend is Francis (Robert Naylor), and while both feel an attraction to each other, they both ignore it, at least in Tim’s case because of the fear of what will happen if others – particularly the group led by the unpleasant Jeff – discover he really is a ‘fag’. [Read more…]