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

Apropos Of Nothing: Sexy ARC Lowlanders Rugby Players Strip Naked For A New Calendar (NSFW Video)

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amsterdam-lowlandersI don’t know if it’s the same everywhere, but in British universities the men’s rugby teams often have a bit of a reputation for stripping naked at any given opportunity (although at my uni, the men’s hockey team were worse, in a kind of macho, nudity oneupmanship to prove themselves against the rugby players). I’d be willing to bet it is the same in most places, if only due to the fact that so many rugby teams are stripping naked to make calendars.

Recently we’ve covered the Nashville Grizzlies gay rugby team, the latest Dieux Du Stade, and a great (but not naked) video from the Manchester Spartans gay-inclusive rugby team.

Now it’s the turn of Amsterdam’s ARC Lowlanders, who’ve stripped off for their new calendar, and they’ve also released a NWFW preview video, which you can take a look at below. If you want to order a copy of the calendar (only 500 are available) head here. [Read more…]

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Those Damn Canadians: Seasons 1 & 2 – Into the life of an aging, semi-closeted actor in Hollywood

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those-damn-canadiansThe second season of Those Damn Canadians (also known as Canooks) has just debuted, so it’s a great opportunity to catch up with all the episodes so far of the gay-themed web series.

The show, co created, directed and produced by Sara Botsford and CB Brown, and written by Sara Botsford, has had great success at festivals, including winning Best New Media Web Series at the Burbank International Film Festival.

The show is about Dick Reddick, along with a group of other Canadian actors who’ve ended up in Tinsel Town. Dick is gay but semi-closeted and he’s also now getting a bit older, which is causing a change in his career.

You can take a look as both seasons of the show below, and if you want to find out more, check out the Those Damn Canadians website. [Read more…]

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James Franco Plans Film About Gay Porn Producer Murder, With Garrett Clayton As Porn Star Brent Corrigan

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Sean Paul Lockhart has made a bit of a name for himself as an actor and producer in gay-themed movies, but as many will know, before he went legit he was porn star Brent Corrigan, who for a time was the hottest gay adult actor around, known for his boy next door looks and, erm, impressive endowment.

However what fewer know is that during his career he unwittingly became central to a murder, when porn actors Harlow Raymond Cuadra and Joseph Manuel Kerekes savagely killed porn producer and head of Cobra Video, Bryan Kocis. They thought by doing so they’d be able to make it big behind-the-scenes of the porn world, and lure Brent Corrigan to work for them in order to make a massively successful movie. Lockhart had got his start with Cobra Video, although it was later revealed he was underage in his first videos. He was later involved in a legal dispute with Kocis over the name Brent Corrigan (however there was never any suggestion he was involved in the murder).

Now a film about the case is in the works, called King Cobra, with QueerClick reporting that James Franco (who else) is set to produce, with Chrisian Slater playing  Kocis. Molly Ringwald has also been cast, apparently playing Kocis’ sister Melody.

It’s not clear what actors will step into the roles of Cuadra and Kerekes, but the movie has founds its Brent Corrigan in the very hot form of former Disney Channel star Garrett Clayton (Teen Beach Movie, The Fosters).

It appears Franco will also appear in the movie, but it’s not clear what role he will play. It will also reunite him with his I Am Michael director, Justin Kelly.

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Edina & Patsy Are Back In The First Pic From Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

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absolutely-fabulous-film-pic1Jennifer Saunders has been talking about it for years, but now it’s actually happening, as she and Joanna Lumley are on set to make Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. As well the main stars, other returnees include Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane Horrocks as Bubble and June Whitfield as Mother.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forevermore! In true Ab Fab style, the cast will be joined by a host of A-list stars from the acting, music and fashion worlds.’

“I am thrilled and excited to finally start filming. We are all on the Sanatogen and hoping for the best,” said Saunders.

The movie is out in 2016, as they recently launched a search to find a hundred drag queens, it’ll be as camp as ever.

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Win The Horror Flick We Are Still Here On DVD!

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we-are-still-here-dvd-coverThe competition closes on November 2nd, 2015, so get answering and good luck!To celebrate the release of We Are Still Here – on DVD from 19th October 2015 – we have a copy on DVD to giveaway courtesy of Studiocanal.

After the death of their college age son, Anne (“Scream Queen” Barbara Crampton: Re-Animator, You’re Next) and Paul Sacchetti (Andrew Sensenig) relocate to the snow-swept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems.

When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son’s spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple (Larry Fessenden: I Sell the Dead and Lisa Marie: Mars Attacks!) to help them get to the bottom of the mystery. They discover that not only are the house’s first residents, the vengeful Dagmar family, still there – but so is an ancient power. A primal darkness slumbers under the old home, waking up every thirty years and demanding the fresh blood of a new family.

WE ARE STILL HERE IS AVAILABLE NOW ON DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AND DVD 19TH OCTOBER.

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Match (DVD Review)

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In 1995 Patrick Stewart played a flamboyantly gay character in the wonderful Jeffrey. Now he’s returned to the LGBT arena for Match. He plays aging Juilliard ballet teacher Tobi, who agrees to meet with a woman called Lisa (Carla Gugino) to help with her dissertation about dance in 1960s New York.

Lisa arrives at Tobi’s apartment with her cop husband, Mike (Matthew Lillard). The interview initially seems to go well, until Tobi begins to get suspicious that there is something else going on. It becomes clear that Lisa and Mike are there trying to figure out whether Tobi is Mike’s father, as while he’s lived most of his life as a gay man, in the past Tobi has slept with women, including Mike’s mother. If Tobi is Mike’s dad, it doesn’t appear it’s going to be an easy family reunion. [Read more…]

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) Trailer – Thailand’s gay-themed submission for the 2016 Best Foreign Film Oscar

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How-to-Win-at-Checkers-(Every-Time)2There are a few gay-themed movies that have been submitted by various countries hoping to win the Best Foreign Film Oscar, and one of those in from Thailand, which has put forward How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) as it’s submission.

The US trailer for the movie has now been released, which you can see below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Superstar Thai actor-model Toni Rakkaen headlines this striking debut feature from Korean-American writer-director Josh Kim. As the now grown Oat, he recalls his childhood experience of trying to rescue his gay older brother Ek (Thira Chutikul) from being drafted into military service. As Ek grapples with the gritty realities of life in Bangkok — working at a bar for male hustlers and sex-workers — he has also found love with his more privileged boyfriend Jai (Arthur Navarat). When the moment of truth arrives with the draft lottery these 21-year-olds must draw either a black or a red slip to possibly be conscripted into the armed forces. Who will be sent off to the service and who will get to stay home?’

Wolfe Video will bring the film the DVD and VoD in 2016. [Read more…]

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Apropos Of Nothing: The West Hollywood Water Polo Team Strip Down, Play & Relax

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west-hollywood-water-polo1-slideIf you ask me, Water Polo is a slightly odd, hybrid sport where I’m not entirely sure why people bother, however The WeHo WaPo (West Hollywood Water Polo) team certainly make a good case for why it’d be a good spectator sport.

The gay-inclusive team posed for a series of stripped down photos for the web blog of The Standard hotel, where they practice, and as you’d hope they look extremely, wearing tiny little speedos and sometimes even less. Peter Bohler took the pic, and you can check out some of them below.

From the images the main rules of Water Polo appear to be attempting to drown both your teammates and the opposition, although I’m sure that in motion it doesn’t look quite so deadly. Oh, and if you’re into wearing very silly little caps, that seems to be popular too. [Read more…]

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The Official Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Debuts

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star-wars-force-awakens-poster1It wasn’t expected until tomorrow, but the official main poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has arrived, which is bound to have fans poring over it, trying to unpick what it says about the characters old and new, from Han Solo and Princess Leia to John Boyega’s Finn and Daisy Ridley’s Rey.

Lucasfilm has revealed that, ‘the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will debut on Tuesday, October 20. To commence the countdown for the trailer launch, today Lucasfilm released the Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster worldwide. Tickets to the highly anticipated cinematic event will be on sale tomorrow from www.theforceawakens.co.uk’

‘Lucasfilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away as Star Wars returns to the big screen with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

‘The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by J.J. Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt.’

The movie is out December 17th.

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Win The Charles Bronson Classic Red Sun On Blu-ray!

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Red_SunTo celebrate the release of Red Sun – coming to newly restored DVD & Blu-ray 19th October – we have a copy on Blu-ray to giveaway!

Red Sun is one of the wildest, and weirdest westerns ever made, where a cowboy and a samurai team up on a revenge mission.

Hollywood hard man Charles Bronson from Once Upon a Time in the West and The Dirty Dozen plays The Gunfighter. French crime film superstar Alain Delon from Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge plays The Outlaw. Sex symbol Ursula Andress, famous for that iconic beach scene in Dr No plays The Tigress. And Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune from Seven Samurai and Throne of Blood plays The Samurai! Together they were billed as ‘The greatest fighting force the West has ever known.’ It’s an audacious line up that works beautifully.

It’s also rated by no less an authority than Quentin Tarantino as one of the best spaghetti westerns ever made, alongside the likes of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars.

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To be in with a chance of winning the copy of Red Sun on Blu-ray that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on November 1st, 2015, so get answering and good luck. [Read more…]

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Win The Vampire Diaries – Season 6 On DVD!

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vampire-diaries-eac-3To celebrate the release of The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Sixth Season – on DVD & Blu-ray 26th October – we have a copy on DVD to giveaway!

From October 26, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment brings you The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Sixth Season. Fans can get sucked into all 22 one-hour episodes and gorge on nearly two hours of gripping extras including two brand-new featurettes; ‘Good Bite and Good Luck’ and ‘Best.Reaction.Ever.’, episodic audio commentary from writer/director Julie Plec, the 2014 Comic-Con panel, deleted scenes and appropriately named gag reel, ‘Second Bite’.

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To be in with a chance of winning the copy of The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Sixth Season on DVD that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on November 1st, 2015, so get answering and good luck. [Read more…]

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Win A Copy Of The Enfield Haunting On DVD!

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the-enfield-haunting-eac-2The Returned meets The Missing in this critically acclaimed, must-see supernatural horror!

In a seemingly normal house in Enfield, north London, a series of disturbing paranormal events have begun to take place. Reports of an unworldly presence making repeated attempts on the life of 11-year-old Janet Hodgson soon attract the attention of paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse (Timothy Spall) who is convinced that the house is plagued by a poltergeist. With the attacks growing increasingly violent by the day Maurice will stop at nothing to protect Janet from these strange and dark forces.

Chilling and terrifying, The Enfield Haunting is the unmissable true story of the most documented and shocking poltergeist incident in modern history.

The Enfield Haunting is out on DVD from 19th October 2015.

To be in with a chance of winning the copy of The Enfield Haunting on DVD that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on October 31st, 2015, so get answering and good luck. [Read more…]

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