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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

Self/Less Trailer – Ben Kingsley takes over Ryan Reynolds’ body

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selfless-posterI’m sure there are a few people out there who wouldn’t mind waking up as Ryan Reynolds tomorrow, but it looks like Ben Kingsley is actually going to do it in Self/Less, and if you want to see how, take a look at the trailer below.

Based on an script by Alex and David Pastor (who wrote and directed the 2009 horror Carriers), the film is about a wealthy old man (Kingsley) who pays to have his mind transplanted into a younger body (Reynolds) after he realises that is dying. In a very bad turn of luck, he soon realises that the body he’s taken over is a murder victim, and the body’s killers aren’t happy to see him walking around again. The hero is then forced to go on the run and work out who’s trying to kill him.

Tarsem Singh directs the film, which should be out later this year. [Read more…]

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Jessie Usher To Lead Independence Day Sequel, With Liam Hemsworth & Jeff Goldblum Confirmed To Co-Star

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jessie-usherWith a confirmed 2016 release date and Fox planning to shoot in a few months time, the sequel to Independence Day needs to firm up its cast pretty quickly, and it looks like it’s doing just that, as on his Facebook page director Roland Emmerich has revealed Jessie User will take the lead role.

Usher isn’t a particularly well known name, but he’s appeared in Survivor’s Remorse and When The Game Stands Tall, among other roles.

In the Independence Day sequel he’ll play the son of Will Smith’s character from the first movie, who’s now all grown and ready to take on the alien threat himself.

Emmerich also confirmed that Liam Hemsworth, who was recently reported to be in talks for the film, will indeed be part of the cast, and that Jeff Goldblum is set to return for the follow up.

The movie is due out June 24th, 2016.

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Steven Spielberg & Jennifer Lawrence Team For War Photographer Memoir It’s What I Do

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jennifer-lawrenceSteven Spielberg & Jennifer Lawrence seem like a bit of a dream team, and now it’s happening as Deadline reports that they’re getting together for It’s What I Do, based on the memoir by Lynsey Addario.

Warner Bros. picked up the rights for the due following a whirlwind auction that saw numerous studios and production companies in the mix – many of which had other hot actresses attached. Working Title wanted it for Reese Witherspoon, Darren Aronofsky & Natalie Portman were circling, and Margot Robbie was after it too, while The Weinstein Company was bidding for George Clooney and Grant Heslov. Addario herself met with all the interested parties before Warners, Spielberg and Lawrence landed it.

The subject ‘is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who went to Afghanistan during the post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan and carved out a niche giving an identity to the victims of conflict. That includes how Afghans suffered during the Taliban regime, the Iraqi War, victims of genocide in Darfur, the rape of women in the Congo. Her work in dangerous locales included her being kidnapped by pro-Quaddafi forces in the Libyan civil war.’

It’s not clear when the movie might shoot.

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Gay Short Film Showcase: The Boy Who Couldn’t Swim – Two teens bond before a first kiss

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boy-who-couldn't-swim-short-filmFilms about first kisses are often rather sweet, although as The Boy Who Couldn’t Swim is half an hour long, it would easily outstay its welcome if there wasn’t more to it than that. Thankfully there is, as it’s a good story with some naturalistic acting and moments that will put a smile on your face.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Rasmus arrives in Copenhagen determined to find his mother whom he has never met. Having just arrived at Copenhagen Central Station Rasmus is approached by Nicklas who wants Rasmus to help him by keeping a stolen IPod. Rasmus does so and to return the favor Nicklas offers to give Rasmus a ride to his mother’s house. Reluctantly Rasmus accepts the offer and that kicks off a day that holds lots of fun and reveals hidden feelings.’

You can watch the full short film below.

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Russell Tovey Apologises For Being ‘Worst Gay Ever’ Over Effeminacy Comments

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russell-toveyYesterday we reported on the controversy that had arisen over comments made by Russell Tovey in an interview, where he said, “I feel like I could have been really effeminate, if I hadn’t gone to the school I went to. Where I felt like I had to toughen up. If I’d have been able to relax, prance around, sing in the street, I might be a different person now. I thank my dad for that, for not allowing me to go down that path.”

Many took umbrage at the idea of ‘thanking’ someone for ‘not allowing’ him to go down the path of being effeminate, with some accusing him of internalised homophobia and denigrating those gay men who aren’t ‘straight looking’.

Now though Tovey has taken to Twitter to apologise, suggesting he wasn’t trying to say what it sounded like he meant, and was instead an inarticulate way of of saying he’s grateful for the career he’s had.

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Although some have already said they feel the apology is half-hearted, it’s unlikely anyone if thinking he’s ‘worst gay ever’, although perhaps he needs to think through what he’s saying a bit more in the future.

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WTC View (VoD Review)

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There aren’t many films that set out to capture a moment in time the way WTC View does. Set shortly after 9/11, the movie (and the play its based on) attempts to capture the fear, paranoia, anger, sadness, confusion and hope that came to those in New York after the towers came down.

A pre-Ugly Betty Michael Urie plays Eric, a young gay man who lives in an apartment that until a few weeks before enjoyed a view of the World Trade Center. He’s now broken up with his boyfriend and his roommate is gone, and Eric needs to find someone else to share his apartment with as soon as he can. While normally that wouldn’t be a problem, with everything in flux, finding a roomie proves difficult. [Read more…]

Gay Short Film Showcase: Dear Friend – A teenage boy falls for his best friend in the 1960s

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dear-friend-short-filmTwo people having to deal with their feelings when they’re about to be split apart is a popular subject in short films, but it’s often an effective one, as it is here in Dear Friend.

Shot in 2 days, Dear Friend tells the story of seventeen-year-old Christian who in 1965, falls in love with his best friend, James.

Things are further complicated when on the night before James is about to leave, Christian tries to make his feelings known but gets rejected. That sets things up for a showdown the next morning when the two confront one another in a way that could reveal Christian’s secret to his father.

Take a look at the short below.

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Playing It Cool (VoD Review)

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It’s not often that a movie with this much star power doesn’t get a cinema release in the UK, but Playing It Cool has gone straight to VoD, despite the presence of Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace, Aubrey Plaza, Luke Wilson, Patrick Warbuton, Matthew Morrison, Ioan Gruffudd, Ashley Tisdale, Anthony Mackie and Phillip Baker Hall, amongst others.

So is there something wrong with it? Well, there’s nothing really bad, but its problem is that it has a lot of ambition but doesn’t quite hit any of its marks. Even so it’s a surprise it hasn’t been in cinemas.

Chris Evans plays a screenwriter who has little interest in the romantic comedy script he’s been commissioned to write, largely because he’s not a big believer in love. With every relationship he’s had, he’s ended up telling the woman he doesn’t feel the same way she does, and he’s now essentially trying to avoid the whole thing. But then he meets Michelle Monaghan, and there’s definitely a connection. [Read more…]

Russell Tovey Courts Controversy By Being Thankful He Didn’t Turn Out ‘Really Effeminate’

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russell-toveySometimes actors say things in interviews they probably don’t think a lot about, but which turns out far more controversial than they expected. That seems to be true of Russell Tovey, who in trying to explain how he turned out the way he did, managed to piss off a lot of people who feel he was denigrating effeminate gay men.

Talking to The Guardian about his new TV series, Banished, he said, “I feel like I could have been really effeminate, if I hadn’t gone to the school I went to. Where I felt like I had to toughen up. If I’d have been able to relax, prance around, sing in the street, I might be a different person now. I thank my dad for that, for not allowing me to go down that path.”

I’d be willing to bet what he was trying to say is he’s grateful for who he is now and the career it’s allowed him to have, but thanking someone for ‘not allowing me to go down that path’ of being effeminate does sound pretty bad.

His comments were linked to his thoughts about how rare it is for an out gay man to be able to play gay and straight characters, saying, “Because it’s probably given me the unique quality that people think I have. I get told, a lot, that I’m kind of carving my own path. That there are not many actors who are out and are able to play straight, and gay, and everyone’s OK with it.”

So is Tovey expressing internalised homophobia, or did he just make his point really badly? You decide.

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Win The Horror Sequel [Rec] Apocalypse On DVD!

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rec-apocalypse-eacTo celebrate the release of “[Rec] Apocalypse” – on DVD & Blu-ray 2nd March 2015 – we have a DVD copy to giveaway courtesy of Entertainment One.

The horror’s about to come full circle with the series’ original star and director Manuela Velasco and Jaume Balagueró returning for more terrifying fun, as the deadly demonic virus wreaks havoc on a voyage from hell!

“Invoked a gag reflax more than once” IGN

“One hell of a good time” Fangoria

“A bone-crunching end to a dead brilliant franchise” The Hollywood News

“[Rec] Apocalypse” is available to order on Amazon today: http://amzn.to/1vBLkdN

To be in with a chance of winning the copy of [Rec] Apocalypse that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on March 16th, 2015, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Drew Goddard To Direct Revamped Spider-man Standalone Movie

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spider-manIt’s a few weeks since Marvel & Sony announced they were teaming up to bring Spider-man into the ever-expanding Marvel superhero universe. They revealed Spidey would show up in Captain America: Civil War, and would then go on to his own standalone movie, but it would be done in revamped form with a new actor in the webslinging role.

However what there was no mention of was whether Drew Goddard (The Cabin In The Woods, Cloverfield, World War Z) was suddenly out of the picture. He was set to direct Sony’s planned Sinister Six spin-off, which was put on indefinite hold by the Marvel news. However the studio must have liked what he was doing, as THR says he’s now in talks to write and direct to new Spider-man film.

There’s no news on the direction the film will take the character, but Sony has retained creative control over Spidey despite the Marvel tie-up. The movie is due in cinemas July 2017.

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Jamie Dornian Will Turn Anthropoid With Cillian Murphy In A WWII Flick

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fifty-shades-trailer2-jamie-dornan-shirtlessFollowing his star-making turn in Fifty Shades Of Grey, Jamie Dornan is heading to war for Anthopoid, Variety reports that he’ll co-star with Cillian Murphy in the movie, with Sean Ellis writing and directing.

The movie ‘is about an assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, an SS general who led the Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia, and gained the nickname “The Butcher of Prague.” Two soldiers from Czechoslovakia’s army in exile are trained by British forces, and parachuted into their homeland with the assignment, code-named Anthropoid, to kill Heydrich.’

It’s not clear when the movie will shoot, but Dornan will fit it in inbetween sequels Fifty Shades sequels.

It is oddly interesting that Ellis has cast two Irishmen to play Czechs being trained by the Brits, but perhaps Ireland and Czechoslovakia are more similar than you might think.

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