This could be one of the films that will be reaping in the nominations come awards seasons, if its backers get their way. With a prime November US release planned, it’s main issue may be if Hollywood voters see it as too critical of their industry.
Now we get our first taste with a trailer.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.’
That’s a roundabout way of saying that in 1947, Trumbo was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) during their investigation into Communist influences in Hollywood. He refused to testify and ‘name names’, and subsequently became one of the ‘Hollywood 10′ screenwriters who were blacklisted by the studio system.
However he continued to write under pen names, winning two Oscars in the 1950s under other names for Roman Holiday and The Brave One. When he was hired to write Spartacus, Kirk Douglas insisted he be allowed to do so under his own name, which helped put an end to blacklist once and for all. [Read more…]
Dad’s Army, the feature film based on the much-loved iconic British comedy, will be released in cinemas on February 5th 2016. Directed by BAFTA award-winning Oliver Parker, the film brings together a stellar, award-winning British cast and has been written for the big screen by Hamish McColl and produced by Damian Jones.
Spying has never looked so good. That is certainly the case in THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, the action-packed, sexy and stylish movie hitting cinemas Friday 14thAugust.
Tom Hardy may have had to step away from the comic book adaptation Suicide Squad due to his commitment to the overrunning The Revenant shoot, but he’s not completely leaving the comic world as he’s set to produce a film version of the Vertigo Comic, 100 Bullets.
Martin Scorsese is a director who likes to have muses, but it seems Leonardo DiCaprio may see the famed director as his muse, as he’s brought the helmer in to direct one of his passion project, and adaptation of Erik Larson’s true-crime thriller, The Devil In The White City, according to 
It’s coming up to the time of year when an array of calendars line up to arouse us with their images of scantily clad men, all of whom have stripped down and are looking extremely good in the hope of raising a bit of money for charity.
It seems to come around faster every year, but now Iris Prize has announced its 2015 line-up, with films from 18 countries competing for £30,000 main prize (it’s still the world’s largest LGBT short film prize, as supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation).
The gay-themed Stand is released on DVD in the UK from August 10th courtesy of TLA Releasing, and we’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies of the movie in this competition!
The Rock has been attached to a planned movie version of Baywatch for a while, and now he may have some company, as 
Actor Gerald McCullouch is probably best known to general audiences for his recurring role on CSI and to gay audiences as one of the main characters in the Bear City film series. Now though he’s turned director (and star) for Daddy, which has just released its first trailer.