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

Magic in the Moonlight Trailer – Emma Stone & Colin Firth team for Woody Allen’s latest

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Following Cate Blanchett’s Oscar win, all controversy surrounding Woody Allen seems to have been forgotten. The trailer for his latest movie Magic In The Moonlight has now arrived, which sees Emma Stone as his latest muse (she’s also signed up for his next film.

It also returns Allen to his love of the early days of jazz.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Once again, Woody Allen has put together a stellar cast including Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Emma Stone, and Jacki Weaver. MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. The film is set in the south of France in the 1920s against a backdrop of wealthy mansions, the Côte d’Azur, jazz joints and fashionable spots for the wealthy of the Jazz Age.’

The film’s due out in the US in July and the UK in September. [Read more…]

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The Search Trailer – Take a look at Michel Hazanavicius’ follow-up to The Artist

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It’s taken a while for director Michel Hazanavicius to come up with his follow-up to The Artist, but three years on The Search has debuted at Cannes and now comes a trailer.

This is a rather different movie though (despite the presence of Berenice Bejo), as it swaps silent cinema for life in a modern war zone.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Second Chechen War. 1999. THE SEARCH recounts, on a human scale, a powerful story of conflict told through four lives that will be brought together by a shocking twist of fate.

‘After his parents are killed in their village, a small boy flees, joining the flood of refugees. He meets Carole, a European Union delegation head and little by little, with her help, he will return to life. At the same time, his elder sister Raïssa searches tirelessly for him amongst the civilian exodus.

‘Then there’s 20-year-old Kolia… A recent Russian Army recruit, he will gradually be overwhelmed by the daily life of wartime.’ [Read more…]

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New Get On Up Trailer – Fresh look at Chadwick Boseman in the James Brown biopic

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The long-gestating biopic of James Brown (it was being talked about before the artist died in 2006) is finally on it way. Called Get On Up we can take a fresh look with a new trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In his follow-up to the four-time Academy Award®-nominated blockbuster The Help, Tate Taylor directs 42’s Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in Get on Up. Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Boseman is joined in the drama by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Lennie James, Tika Sumpter, Jill Scott and Dan Aykroyd.’

The movie is due out in the US in August and the UK in September. And just in case you’re interested, director Tate Taylor is gay. [Read more…]

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Life Of Crime Trailer – Jennifer Aniston take on a semi-prequel to Jackie Brown

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Previously called The Switch (and based on Elmore Leonard’s book of the same name), Life Of Crime takes us back into the world of Jackie Brown. Well, kind of, as while Tarantino isn’t involved this time around, the novel is set in the same world.

The is set 15 years before the events in Jackie Brown, following Louis Gara (John Hawkes) and Ordell Robbie (Yasiin Bey) who join forces to kidnap Mickey (Jennifer Aniston) , the wife of a real estate magnate (Tim Robbins). Their plan goes awry when the husband refuses to pay the ransom, leading Mickey to use her abductors for revenge.

Life Of Crime arrives in UK cinemas on September 5. [Read more…]

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JJ Abrams Gives Fans The Chance To Appear In Star Wars: Episode VII

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star-wars-jj-abramsWant to appear in Star Wars: Episode VII? Well, you could have the chance and help raise money for Unicef in the process! As the video from the set of Star Wars: Episode VII shows, director J.J. Abrams has announced the creation of Star Wars: Force for Change, which will raise funds and awareness for the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Innovation Labs and its innovative programs.

Disney has committed US $1 million, and fans can now contribute directly at Omaze.com/StarWars for a chance to appear in Star Wars: Episode VII. For each $10 contribution made through the Omaze fundraising platform, eligible participants will be automatically entered for a chance to win this once-in-a-lifetime experience. The campaign runs until July 18th.

The Grand Prize includes:

  • Airfare and accommodations to London for one winner and a guest
  • Behind-the-scenes access on the closed set of Star Wars: Episode VII as VIP guests of J.J. Abrams
  • Winner will have the opportunity to meet members of the cast
  • Winner and their guest will then be transformed by makeup and costume teams into a Star Wars character and filmed for a scene in Star Wars: Episode VII

“The Star Wars fans are some of the most passionate and committed folks around the globe,” says J.J. Abrams. “We’re thrilled to offer a chance to come behind the scenes as our VIP guests and be in Star Wars: Episode VII. We’re even more excited that by participating in this campaign, Star Wars fans will be helping children around the world through our collaboration with UNICEF Innovation Labs and projects.”

The press release adds, ‘By pledging support for Star Wars: Force for Change, fans are helping UNICEF create a brighter tomorrow for kids and families around the world. Through its global network of Innovation Labs, UNICEF helps create sustainable solutions to major issues facing children in the areas of nutrition, water, health, and education. The Star Wars: Force for Change campaign will help fund innovative, life-changing projects in communities around the globe.

‘Visit StarWars.com/ForceForChange to learn more about this new charitable initiative and the work of UNICEF’s Innovation Labs and programs, and be sure to enter through contribution or free entry for your chance to win at Omaze.com/StarWars.’

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Batman v Superman Gets It’s Full Official Title And A Logo As Filming Starts

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batman-v-superman-Dawn-of-Justice-logoWhile people have been calling the follow-up to Man Of Steel, Batman Vs. Superman, that was always a provisional name, and we knew it was likely to change. Now, as shooting starts, we know that name and we have a logo!

Here’s the release letting us know all the info:
CAMERAS ROLL ON DIRECTOR ZACK SNYDER’S “BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE” FROM WARNER BROS. PICTURES
Principal photography is underway in Metro Detroit, Michigan

BURBANK, CA, May 21, 2014 – Filming is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” the highly anticipated action adventure from director Zack Snyder, starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, and Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” also stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, with Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane returning from “Man of Steel,” Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, and Holly Hunter in a role newly created for the film.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is written by Chris Terrio, from a screenplay by David S. Goyer. Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder are producing, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Wesley Coller, David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.
Principal photography will take place on location at Michigan Motion Picture Studios and on location in and around Detroit, Michigan; Illinois; Africa; and the South Pacific.

Set to open worldwide on May 6, 2016, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is based on Superman characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, Batman characters created by Bob Kane, and Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston, appearing in comic books published by DC Entertainment.

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Win The Brit Gangster Thriller Top Dog On DVD!

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Top-Dog-dvd-coverBased on the acclaimed novel by Green Street writer Dougie Brimson and directed by Martin Kemp, Top Dog hits UK cinemas on May 23rd and on Blu-ray and DVD Monday 26th May through Universal Pictures. We’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies in this competition.

Hooligan gang leader, Billy Evans (Leo Gregory), is above the law. He knows it, and they know it. And when you regard the law as an irrelevance, all kinds of opportunities can open up for you – especially when you begin to exert your increasingly powerful influence over the back street pubs and clubs of east London. But he’s about to discover that this time he’s finally pushed his luck too far. And this time it isn’t the law he’ll have to contend with. It’s something far more dangerous. Top Dog tells the story of how Billy’s life takes a brutal turn for the worse when he bites off more than he can chew with underworld figure Mickey (Ricci Harnett) over a family member’s pub he wants to reclaim as the home of his football firm, the Acton Casuals.

If you’d like to try and win one of the three copies of Top Dog 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 June 3rd 2014, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Glee’s Jane Lynch Reflects On Her Feelings Growing Up Gay: ‘It Was Almost Like I Had A Disease’

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For a few years now the It Gets Better Project has been encouraging people to make short videos letting young LGBT people know that while it’s tough as a youngster, things do improve. With It Got Better they’re going a little deeper and that includes Jane Lynch, who goes into some depth in a new video, talking about the difficulties she faced growing up gay.

It’s a pretty moving interview and well worth watching, where she touches on plenty of things LGBT people will recognise about the fears in the early stages of realising you aren’t quite like most other people around you – but that things do most definitely improve. Lynch says, ‘There were certain ways you behaved. Boys did certain things, girls did certain things and I did not fit in that.

‘I identified more with boy things. I enjoyed dressing like a boy. Boys stopped wanting to play with me when I got to about 10, I had to fight to play baseball. Every day I didn’t know I was going to be received because I would just hang out until I got to play. Deep down inside I knew that there was something else going on.

‘I finally had a word for it when I was about 14. I had these friends and they said, ‘‘You know on the beach sometimes you’ll see guys walking together holding hands and they’re gay for each other’’ and I thought,  ‘I am the girl version of that’.

‘It was almost like I had a disease, I felt like I had been diagnosed.’

Things have definitely changed for her though, as she adds, ‘Now I live in a world where I don’t give a shit if you have a problem with who I am.’ [Read more…]

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Fancy Choosing Your Own Neil Patrick Harris Autobiography? You May Get The Chance

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neil-patrick-harris-autobiography-slideI’m still not 100% sure if this is real, but NPH tweeted it himself, so presumably it’s not just some elaborate joke, but it appears that rather than just releasing a traditional autobiography, he wants those who grew up in the 80s to get a bit nostalgic, as he’s written a choose your own autobiography – complete with a rather cool throwback cover.

The accompanying website says: ‘Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the “u” back in “aUtobiography”? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography! In this revolutionary, Joycean experiment in light celebrity narrative, actor/personality/carbon-based life-form Neil Patrick Harris lets you, the reader, live his life. You will be born in New Mexico. You will get your big break at an acting camp. You will get into a bizarre confrontation outside a nightclub with actor Scott Caan. Even better, at each critical juncture of your life you will choose how to proceed. You will decide whether to try out for Doogie Howser, M.D. You will decide whether to spend years struggling with your sexuality. You will decide what kind of caviar you want to eat on board Elton John’s yacht.

‘Choose correctly and you’ll find fame, fortune, and true love. Choose incorrectly and you’ll find misery, heartbreak, and a guest stint on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. All this, plus magic tricks, cocktail recipes, embarrassing pictures from your time as a child actor, and even a closing song. Yes, if you buy one book this year, congratulations on being above the American average, but make that book Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography! On sale October 14, 2014.’

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Jonah Hill Has To Kiss Channing Tatum’s Penis If Asked

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22-jump-street-tatum-hillHave you ever wished you were Jonah Hill? Well now you have more reason to, as he lost a bet where his forfeit was that he promised to kiss Channing Tatum penis. Apparently that’s seen a something bad in the straight guy world (sometimes it’s difficult to understand those breeders).

Tatum revealed the details in an interview with GQ, which revolved around a bet where Hill told him, “I will kiss your tip! I will kiss the tip of your dick through your underwear if we make $35 million [on 21 Jump Street’s US opening weekend].”

“I haven’t made him do it yet,” Tatum says. “For obvious reasons. That’s a bad bet to lose—it’s not too good to win, either. But definitely the shame of it would be enjoyable. It’s my trump card, for sure. He tries not to bring it up at all costs. Unless he did something horrible to me, I don’t know if I could ever cash it in. It would change our relationship forever.”

He adds though, “Maybe on a drunk night when we’re all being crazy and hopefully, knock on wood, Jump Street 2 works out and people love it, maybe out of the elation of that event in our lives I might call in the bet. Or I might make him double or nothing.”

We’ll take that bet!

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La Bare Red Band Trailer – Fresh look at Joe Manganiello’s male stripper documentary

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la-bare-biggerAfter Magic Mike Joe Manganiello decided he liked male strippers. Indeed he became so fascinated with their world that he’s made his directorial debut with a documentary about them.

We previously had a tease of the film and now we’ve got a red band trailer to get us all hot under the collar.

Manganiello said of the film at its Slamdance premiere, “I had zero interest in male stripping prior to Magic Mike. As a straight male, I had a lot of misperceptions about the industry. People would walk out of Magic Mike saying  ’I loved it but I wish there was more of the guys. I wish I knew more about them, where they live, who they go out with, what their lives are like.’ So I knew there was a lot left on the table.”

However in a new interview with Vulture, he talks about how La Bare has had a few issues, ‘I can’t express to you how many times I’ve heard, “We’ve seen it all.” “There’s nothing new.” “Everything is recycled.” “Nothing is shocking.” Blah, blah, blah … But I guess I just never really paid attention to the chatter until I made my first feature film.

‘Soon after filming, there were the bands that had pulled their songs from the film despite the protests of their record label, the ban of our art/posters on bus stops and billboards due to it being too risqué … And then came the wait for the MPAA rating … And with that, the realization that I indeed had found something new, something fresh, something shocking to show the general public.

‘With La Bare, I had somehow sailed my way into uncharted waters and stumbled upon an island not recorded on any map … the completely misunderstood world of male entertainment.

‘With Magic Mike, we scratched the surface, and with La Bare, I had the opportunity to plumb the depths of this strange and provocative world hidden in plain sight.’

The movie has a US debut set for June 27th. [Read more…]

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Kingsman: The Secret Service Trailer – Plus a poster for Matthew Vaughn’s Colin Firth spy adventure

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Matthew Vaughn left X-Men behind partly so he could finally make his long-gestating adaptation of The Secret Service, based on Mark Millar’s comic The Secret Service.

Now it has a new name – Kingsman: The Secret Service – suggesting they’re already viewing it as a potential franchise, along with a poster, pics and the first trailer.

It’s essentially a particularly posh James Bond (in the form of Colin Firth) teaming up with someone much younger (newcomer Taron Egerton) and on a very different part of the social ladder, to take on an evil threat. And they’ve invited the likes of Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson along for the ride.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (“Kick-Ass,” “X-Men: First Class”), “Kingsman: The Secret Service” tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.’

The film’s due out this autumn.

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