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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

Freak Show Trailer – Alex Lawther, Bette Midler & Laverne Cox star in the queer-themed movie

May 21, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Freak Show is preparing for its UK release, and in the run-up to the queer-themed movie’s British debut, a new trailer and poster has been released. The film also marks the feature directorial debut of Trudie Styler, best known for acting, producing and being married to Sting.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based on the award-winning cult novel by James St James and in the vein of ’Clueless’ and ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ FREAK SHOW tells the moving, heart-breaking and hilarious story of Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther), a boldly confident and eccentric teenager who faces intolerance and persecution at his ultra conservative high school, and decides to fight back on behalf of all the misunderstood freaks of the world. FREAK SHOW stars Alex Lawther alongside Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, Larry Pine, John McEnroe, AnnaSophia Robb and Laverne Cox and comes to cinemas across the UK and on demand on 22 June through Maven Pictures.

‘BILLY BLOOM (Alex Lawther), once lived a fabulous life in Connecticut, with his equally fabulous mother, MUV (Bette Midler). But when he is suddenly shipped off to his father’s (Larry Pine) Southern mansion, he finds himself a fish out of water.

‘With his closet of extravagant and flamboyant attire, Billy is completely different from the cheerleaders, bible belles and beefy quarterbacks at his new high school. Yet despite the well-meant advice of his father and his housekeeper FLORENCE (Celia Weston) that he should just throw on some blue jeans, Billy is determined to be himself – even if that does mean wearing face glitter to school.’

Take a look at the trailer and poster below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, Laverne Cox  

Jennifer Aniston Is Going To Be A Queer Female President For Netflix’s First Ladies

May 21, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It’s proving difficult enough getting a woman into the White House, let alone an LGBTQ one. However, Netflix is going to show us that fiction can do what real-life has failed to with First Ladies. It’s been announced that Jennifer Aniston will play the first female president in the show, with comedian, writer and actor Tig Notaro as her wife.

Notaro also helped come up with the idea for the show and will co-write the script alongside her real-life wife, Stephanie Allynne. Netflix hasn’t released a huge amount of details, except that, ‘First Ladies is a political comedy about America’s first female President and her wife, The First Lady. When Beverly and Kasey Nicholson move into the White House, they’ll prove that behind every great woman… is another great woman.’

Aniston will also produce the series alongside Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Betsy Koch. It’s not known when we might get to see the series – it’ll certainly be one to look out for though!

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ACTORS: Jennifer Aniston, Tig Notaro  

Donald Glover Confirms He Thinks Lando Is Pansexual (& Maybe Everyone Else In Star Wars Is Too)

May 21, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Last week Solo: A Star Wars Story co-screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan revealed that he thinks that Lando Calrissian, as played by Donald Glover and previous Billy Dee Williams is pansexual. He told HuffPo, “There’s a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee’s [portrayal of Lando’s] sexuality. I mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character into this movie. I think it’s time, certainly, for that, and I love the fluidity – sort of the spectrum of sexuality that Donald appeals to and that droids are a part of. He doesn’t make any hard and fast rules. I think it’s fun. I don’t know where it will go.”

Although he seems pretty sure, he’s also leaving things open to speculation and interpretation. Plus it sounds like he might have been held back from being more explicitly LGBT in the movie.

However, now Lando himself – or at least Donald Glover – has said he agrees with this interpretation of the character. Talking at a Solo town hall alongside co-stars Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, and Paul Bettany due to air on SiriusXM’s Entertainment Weekly Radio (channel 105) on Thursday (and reported by EW), Glover even went as far as to suggest perhaps a lot of the Star Wars universe is pansexual.

He says, “How can you not be pansexual in space? There are so many things to have sex with. I didn’t think that was that weird. Yeah, he’s coming on to everybody. I mean, yeah, whatever. It just didn’t seem that weird to me ‘cause I feel like if you’re in space it’s kind of like, the door is open! It’s like, no, only guys or girls. No, it’s anything. This thing is literally a blob. Are you a man or a woman? Like, who cares? Have good time out here.”

He adds, “One thing that Billy did say was, be charming. He’s eclectic. He likes different things. He’s somebody who goes around and tries everything, and I just didn’t think about it that much. But I was like, he’s a charming person so I feel like he doesn’t have hard and fast boundaries about everything. But having somebody tell me that, I’m like, okay, cool, makes sense to me. Is it weird that I didn’t think about it that much?”

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ACTORS: Donald Glover  FILMS: Solo: A Star Wars Story  

Mowgli Trailer – Andy Serkis offers up a darker motion-capture take on The Jungle Book

May 21, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After the huge success of Disney’s live-action Jungle Book, many wondered how the planned Andy Serkis directed take of Rudyard Kipling’s tales was going to find its place. Well, it seems Warner Bros. has decided to leave a couple of years between the movies and to sell it as the darkest, most intense version of the story yet – as evidenced by the first trailer and featurette. There’s also a poster that looks oddly like it’s from a 1960s/1970s exploitation horror film.

Synopsis: ‘Motion capture and live action are blended for “Mowgli,” a new, big-screen, 3D adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. The film features an impressive roster of stars under the direction of Andy Serkis.

‘The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli, raised by a wolf pack in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own. All but one: the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins.

‘The actors performing the roles of the story’s central animal characters are: Oscar winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter,” the “Dark Knight” Trilogy) as the cunning panther, Bagheera; Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine,” “The Aviator”) as the sinister snake, Kaa; Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game,” “Avengers: Infinity War”) as the fearsome tiger, Shere Khan; Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight,” “Skyfall”) as Nisha, the female wolf, who adopts the baby Mowgli as one of her cubs; and Andy Serkis (the “Planet of the Apes” trilogy, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) as the wise bear, Baloo. On the human side, Matthew Rhys (“The Post”) is Lockwood; Freida Pinto (“Knight of Cups”) is Messua; and young actor Rohan Chand (“The Hundred-Foot Journey,” “Bad Words”) will play Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves.’

The film is due in cinemas on October 19th. Take a look at the first trailer and poster below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis, Matthew Rhys, Freida Pinto, Peter Mullan, Jack Reynor, Eddie Marsan, Tom Hollander  DIRECTORS: Adny Serkis  

The Happytime Murders Trailer – Melissa McCarthy joins a grown-up puppet noir

May 20, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

For quite a few years The Jim Henson Company has been working on The Happytime Murders, but despite plans to shoot in 2010 and 2012, and stars likes Katherine Heigl, Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx linked to it at various times, the project remained stuck in development hell. ​Now though it’s in the can with Melissa McCarthy, and the first trailer has arrived to give us our first look at a movie that may have Henson style puppets, but certainly isn’t as family friendly as we’d usually expect.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS is set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives, one human and one puppet, are forced to work together to try and solve who is brutally murdering the former cast of “The Happytime Gang,” a beloved classic puppet show.’

Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph and Elizabeth Banks also star. Take a look at the first trailer below. The movie will be in cinemas later this summer. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Melissa McCarthy, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks  DIRECTORS: Brian Henson  

New Mission: Impossible Fallout Trailer – Henry Cavill’s gonna keep Tom Cruise in line

May 19, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A few years ago Tom Cruise was all set to leave the Mission: Impossible franchise, but then it became just about the only thing that guaranteed him a hit, so he stuck around. Now the latest instalment is on its way – Fallout.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also join the dynamic cast with filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie returning to the helm.’

The movie is due out in July. Take a look at the new trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby  DIRECTORS: Christopher McQuarrie  FILMS: Mission: Impossible 6  

BlacKkKlansman Trailer – Spike Lee tells the true story of a black man infiltrating the Klan

May 16, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

At its Cannes debut yesterday BlacKkKlansman was met with a rapturous response and a 10-minute standing ovation, with many saying Spike Lee’s movie captures the zeitgeist, using a true story from the past to talk about modern race issues and the bigotry of the Trump era.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival is greeted with skepticism and open hostility by the department’s rank and file. Undaunted, Stallworth resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his community. He bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.

Posing as a racist extremist, Stallworth contacts the group and soon finds himself invited into its inner ‘circle. He even cultivates a relationship with the Klan’s Grand Wizard, David Duke (Topher Grace), who praises Ron’s commitment to the advancement of White America. With the undercover investigation growing ever more complex, Stallworth’s colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), poses as Ron in face-to-face meetings with members of hate group, gaining insider’s knowledge of a deadly plot. Together, Stallworth and Zimmerman team up to take down the organization whose real aim is to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream.

‘Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award® winning Get Out, BlacKkKlansman offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970s America that is just as bracingly relevant in today’s tumultuous world.’

The film hits cinemas in August. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace  DIRECTORS: Spike Lee  

Mile 22 Trailer – Mark Wahlberg reteams with Pete Berg for an action thriller

May 15, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Mark Wahlberg and director Pete Berg sure like one another. After Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon and Patriot’s Day, they’ve got back together for Mile 22, and once more it’s taking them into heroic action territory.

Here’s the brief synopsis: ‘In this heart-racing action thriller, a CIA agent stationed in Indonesia is tasked with transporting an informant whose identity has been discovered, from the center of the city to an awaiting getaway plane at an airport 22 miles away. While en route, they must battle corrupt police, criminal overlords and heavily-armed locals, all hell-bent on taking them out before they reach their plane.’

The trailer for the film has now arrived, which you can take a look at below. The film will be in UK cinemas in August. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Mark Wahlberg  DIRECTORS: Peter Berg  

Bohemian Rhapsody Teaser Trailer – Rami Malek embodies the legendary Freddie Mercury

May 15, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

We’ve had a couple of pics from the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, but there are plenty of people who’ve really wanted too see footage. That’s not just to see whether Rami Malek does a good job as legendary gay front-man Freddie Mercury, but also whether the film looks it’s going to be okay after the drama of director Bryan Singer getting fired and replaced by Dexter Fletcher.

Now the first teaser trailer and poster is here, so we can get a feel for the long-gestating movie.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.

‘The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury’s lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a life-threatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.’

Bohemian Rhapsody is due in UK cinemas on October 24th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leach, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers  DIRECTORS: Dexter Fletcher  FILMS: Bohemian Rhapsody  

RuPaul Is Going On A Netflix Series Road Trip & Getting Animated With Drag Queen Babies

May 14, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

RuPaul is busy! Alongside the continuing & growing success of Drag Race, two new series featuring the drag superstar are in the works. The first is coming soon via Drag Race producer World Of Wonder’s new streaming platform, WOW Presents Plus. It sees RuPaul as an animated unicorn alonhside a bevy of drag queen toddlers. Those youngsters are voiced by Drag Race alums such as Bianca Del Rio as Dina Saur, Adore Delano as Roxy Moron, Latrice Royale as Lady Liber T, Detox as Donatella Mewhattodoo, and Valentina as Arugula.

The trailer for the show has arrived, which you can take a look at below. Drag Tots starts streaming on WOW Presents Plus on June 28th.

More Ru will also be coming soon, with a 10-part show that’s just been ordered by Netflix. This is a live-action outing, which comes with some other illustrious talent involved, as Sex & The City showrunner Michael Patrick King is helping brings the series to life.

According to THR the series, currently titled AJ and the Queen, ‘will follow RuPaul as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but down-on-her-luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990s RV with her unlikely sidekick, AJ, a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 11-year-old stowaway. As these two misfits, one tall, one small, travel from city to city, Ruby’s message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changing their lives for the better. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.’

Netflix has ordered 10 hour-long episodes of the show. RuPaul and King will co-write and produce the series, although there’s no news on exactly when we’ll get to see it.

If all that weren’t enough, the drag legend is also involved in the previously announced Queen over at Hulu, loosely based on his rise from club kid to drag queen superstar.

Take a look at the announcement Tweet for AJ & The Queen, as well as the Drag Tots trailer below. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: RuPaul  

Ideal Home UK Trailer – Paul Rudd & Steve Coogan become a bickering gay couple

May 14, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Last month we got our first look at Ideal Home, which sees Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan teaming up to play a married gay couple. That trailer got a lot of people hot under the cover about how good Rudd looks with full beard.

Now it’s been announced that Ideal Home will be available in cinemas and on Digital HD from 6th July 2018, courtesy of Signature Entertainment. Alongside that has come the UK trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Flamboyant TV chef Erasmus Brumble (Coogan) along with his director and long-term partner Paul (Rudd), are happy going through life playing as hard as they work. But suddenly they have to decide whether to grow-up or continue down their well-trodden path, when Erasmus’s estranged grandson, Bill (played by Jack Gore), unexpectedly turns up at their door, after his father is taken away to serve time in prison.

‘Having another mouth to feed can always come with its strains, but the couple’s fears that they are not yet cut out to be devoted parents become apparent very quickly, with their lavish social lifestyle (and an extensive erotic film collection) getting in the way of their duties as responsible guardians. As unsuited as this small family may initially seem, the loving bond they eventually form is threatened to be broken when Bill’s father warns he’ll take him away upon his release from jail.’

Take a look at the UK poster and trailer below. Plus, there’s a new close-up of beardy Paul Rudd for those who like that sort of thing! [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan  DIRECTORS: Andrew Fleming  FILMS: Ideal Home  

Win The British Gay Rights Documentary 50 Years Legal On DVD!

May 13, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The gay-themed documentary 50 Years Legal is out on DVD and VoD now in the UK courtesy of Peccadillo Pictures. We’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies of the film on DVD in this competition!

50 years legal is directed and written by legendary rock promoter Simon Napier-Bell, manager of The Yardbirds, T Rex and George Michael, and created to coincide with the 50 anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, this is an engaging journey through the subsequent years of how those changes affected LGBT lives. It features interview with leading activists and cultural commentators including Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Elton John, Matt Lucas, Sir Derek Jacobi and Simon Callow.

For your chance to win 50 Years Legal on Blu-ray, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on May 27th, 2018, so get answering and good luck. [Read more…]

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