Director: Neil Armfield
Running Time: 127 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 3rd 2016 (UK)
Holding The Man is evidence, if it were needed, of how difficult it is for gay-themed movies to crossover into the mainstream. Despite glowing reviews and a cast including Aussie luminaries such as Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia and (briefly) Geoffrey Rush, as well as Kerry Fox (who’s actually a New Zealander), the movie has largely managed to fly under the radar, and a year on from its Australian debut it’s still waiting for a US release date.
However, it’s now arrived in the UK thanks to Peccadillo Pictures. Based on Tim Conigrave’s bestselling memoir, the film covers a roughly 15-year period, starting in the mid-70s when Tim (Ryan Corr) is in a Catholic high school and first begins hanging out with his crush, John (Craig Scott). It doesn’t take them long before they admit that they like each more than just friends. Inevitably their teenage love faces obstacles when the school and then their parents discover what is going on. [Read more…]
As with other planned new adaptations of Stephen King novels, such as The Dark Tower and The Stand, a film based on his classic ‘It’ has had a rather on-again, off-again history. Now though it’s back on again, but it’s a different incarnation from the two-part one being planned in 2015 with Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) directing and Will Poulter as the evil Pennywise the Clown.
Perhaps Jake Gyllenhaal feels he’s got some unfinished business with videogame-to-movie adaptations, as he’s signed up to star in another one. Last time he took on an Ubisoft game, with Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time, it turned out to be one of the biggest box of flops of all time. Now he’s hoping to have more luck with a movie based on Tom Clancy’s The Division, according to 
There’s been a fair amount of criticism of Marvel Studios for the fact it’s largely concentrated on male superheroes, while refusing to give even popular female characters, such as Black Widow, a movie of her own (Agent Carter got her own TV show, but that didn’t happen until Marvel was almost forced to see the potential, and it certainly wasn’t in cinemas). However, they are planning to at least slightly redress the balance with Captain Marvel.
Before many of us knew we were gay (or at least before we were ready to admit it), we dated someone of the opposite gender. While some of those relationships ended before we had to tell them who we truly were, in other cases there had to be a rather awkward conversation.
Selling used underwear is a surprisingly big thing, so big that there even assurance schemes that those selling their undies can sign up to, to help convince their customers that they’re trustworthy enough to send out genuine items they’ve really worn. Yep, there are people out there
I think it’s likely the title for this movie came before any idea about the plot, which may explain why the trailer suggests this is gonna be a bit of an odd movie. Not necessarily a bad one, but an odd one.
The Club is out now on DVD and Blu-ray from Network Releasing, and to celebrate that, we’ve teamed up with them to give away three DVD copies in this competition.
To celebrate the release of THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES – on Blu-ray (for the first time!), DVD, EST and DVD/Book gift set 30th May – we are giving away a copy on Blu-ray.
The Trust comes to Cinemas and On Demand on 27th May and to support the release we have an amazing DVD bundle to give away which includes the following titles:
Over the past few years, filmmaker Mike Buonaiuto has been making LGBT-themed project with a bit of a conscience to them, such as Homecoming, which used military men coming home to talk about equal marriage, and 
Judd Apatow is the director behind the likes of Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Trainwreck. However, if Akiva Shaffer is to be believed, he’s also been doing a bit of work in front of the camera – or at least his penis has.