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

Win Escape Plan Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sylvester Stallone On Blu-ray!

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escape-plan-embed-a-compSly and Arnie – two of the greatest action legends star together in the one liner driven, ass-kicking, big screen, maximum devastation creation ‘Escape Plan’ – breaking its way onto DVD & Blu-ray 17th March.

To celebrate this momentous release we have a Blu-ray to giveaway to one lucky action film fanatic!
“Highly enjoyable” (Total Film), surprisingly intriguing and a riot of fun, ‘Escape Plan’ sees both our leads bringing their ‘A game’ to propel us into a twisty juggernaut of thrillingly visceral whoop ass!

Order your copy today: http://amzn.to/1i8pSBn

If you’d like to try and win the copy of Escape Plan 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 March 25th 2014, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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New Noah Trailer – With added Emma Watson intro

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A lot of the coverage of Noah has centred around Paramount’s difficulties promoting it to a religious audience, due to the fact it’s not the comfy, cost biblical movie they might have been expecting (although in some respects it’s actually closer to the Bible than some Christians would like, but they’d prefer to edit out the bits that they don’t like – and for many if they haven’t heard it in church, it doesn’t exist).

It’s only a few weeks until we all get to see what the fuss is about, and now a new trailer has arrived, which starts with an Emma Watson introduction before blasting us with flood related action.

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, and featuring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Logan Lerman, Noah is set for UK release on 4 April 2014, with the US release a week earlier. [Read more…]

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Almost Home’ Animated Short – First look at the aliens of Dreamworks Animation’s upcoming film

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Dreamworks Animation has had a rather hit and miss couple of years. While The Croods was a hit, the recent Mr Peabody & Sherman may result in an $85 million loss for the studio. They’re obviously hoping to avoid a repeat with the upcoming Home, as rather than just releasing a few pics and a trailer as our introduction to the movie, we get a four-minute short film which you can watch above.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: ‘When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, (Rihanna) manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons). The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.’

Home will feature the voices of the likes of Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez. It’s due to hit cinemas December 2014. [Read more…]

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James Corden & Tom Riley Will Kill Your Friends

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tom-riley-da-vincis-demonLast week it was revealed that Nicholas Hoult and Jim Piddock had signed up to star in Kill Your Friends. Now production has started and it’s been revealed they have plenty of company, as Craig Roberts (Submarine), Tom Riley (‘Da Vinci’s Demons’), Georgia King (‘The New Normal’), Joseph Mawle (Half of a Yellow Sun), James Corden (‘Gavin & Stacey’) and Edward Hogg (The Comedian) will all co-star.

John Niven wrote the script, based on his cult novel of the same name. Here’s the synopsis: ‘London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, The Verve rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia is in full swing. 27 year old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Hoult) is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where ‘no one knows anything’ and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record. But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox takes the concept of “killer tunes” to a murderous new level in a desperate attempt to salvage his career.’

Owen Harris is directing, with shooting taking place in London for the next five weeks.

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Jamie Foxx & Kevin Hart Up For Black Phantom, With Tim Story Directing

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jamie-foxxWith a title like Black Phantom, you might expect Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart are trying to rebalance the largely white world of superhero movies – especially with Fantastic Four helmer Tim Story attached to helm – but it’s actually a comedy thriller, according to Variety.

The film follows a double-crossed mob hitman who enlists the help of the Black Phantom, the same African-American hitman who had been sent to kill him.’ It’s not clear which of those character Foxx and and Hart will play.

The film will reunite Hart and Story, who are just coming off the success of Ride Along. It’s not clear when it will shoot.

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Jason Sudeikis To Bring Fletch To A New Generation

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jason-sudeikisFletch is a bit of an odd one. Most people have never heard of the character, and neither 1985’s Fletch or 1989’s Fletch Lives (both of which starred Chevy Chase) was actually that big a hit – but if you were exactly the right age (and male) at the time they came out, these films are likely to have a very special place in your heart.

Now those people are old enough to have some clout in Hollywood and as a result there’s been talk for several years of a big screen reboot. Now the film may have found its star, as THR reports that Jason Sudeikis is in negotiations for the lead role in the film, which is currently called Fletch Won.

The hope is that is will be the start of a comedy franchise, based around the character who first appeared in Gregory McDonald’s mystery novels. If it follows the plot of the first book it will see reporter I.M. Fletcher at the very beginning of his career. While investigating the beach drug culture for a story, a millionaire businessman approaches Fletch and contracts him to murder him. The man tells the reporter that he is dying of bone cancer and wants to avoid a slow, painful death.

Fletch accepts $1000 to entertain the idea, with the promise of $20,000 if he agrees to do it. The reporter then starts to look into the man’s story, as well as investigating the drug story assignment he’s supposed to be working on, and avoiding two attorneys who are after him for alimony for his ex-wives.

The film is being described as a gritty action comedy. David List is writing the reboot, although no director is currently attached.

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Ed Helms Is Gonna Have An Epic Fail For A Navy SEALS Comedy

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ed-helmsEd Helms is spreading his wings as he’s not just attached to star in the comedy Epic Fail, but he’ll also produce it, based on an original idea he developed with Nicky Weinstock, according to TheWrap.

The movie is about an incredibly unorthodox unit of Navy SEALS who enlist the help of a badass soldier, known as The Walrus, when they are on a desperate mission to save the United States. It’s not clear exactly who Ed Helms will play.

Mike Arnold and Chris Poole have been hired to write the screenplay, with Lionsgate set to back the movie. It’s not known when it might shoot.

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New Devil’s Knot Trailer – Fresh look at Colin Firth & Reese Witherspoon in the West Memphis 3 film

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Many expected The Devil’s Knot to be going for an Oscar run at the end of 2013, but it doesn’t arrive in US cinemas until May (no UK release date is currently set). The film is about the West Memphis 3, who were convicted of the murder of three young boys in Arkansas in the mid 90s. Even before they were convicted there were accusations of the investigation being bungled and the men being railroaded.

The youths were accused of murdering the boys in a Satanic ritual, with many suspecting they had just been caught up in a panic over Satanism that was sweeping the US (and other parts of the world) at the time, with the evidence made to fit what the prosecutors wanted it to, rather than what it did.
After years of campaigning, high-profile documentaries (particularly Paradise Lost and its sequel, which had a huge impact on the case), the three men were finally released – although it should be noted that it was part of a plea deal and they weren’t exonerated.

Colin Firth stars alongside the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Stephen Moyer, Dane DeHaan, Elia Koteas, Amy Ryan and Mireille Enos also star. Take a look at the new trailer. [Read more…]

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Not Looking Episode 1 – The gay-themed parody web series gets its first proper ep.

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Just after Looking debuted on HBO, Funny Or Die released a fun little parody called Not Looking, featuring Drew Droege and friends making gentle fun of the gay-themed show and offering a few salient points at the same time.

Shortly afterwards it was announced they were looking for funding to turn Not Looking into a full web series. Now the first episode is here, offering plenty more to make us smile.

It’s the first of five eps about a group of five gay friends living in Los Angeles, dealing with the vargaries of life – and this time Parker (Jason Looney) drowns his sorrows in pizza while Colby (Justin Martindale) makes an unexpected discovery about his new boyfriend.

Take a look above. [Read more…]

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Win Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Gay Classic Querelle On Blu-ray!

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querelle-bd-cover-largeRainer Wener Fassbinder’s final movie, the gay-themed classic Querelle is out now on DVD & Blu-ray in the UK from Artificial Eye, and we’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies of the Blu-ray in this competition.

Querelle (Brad Davis) is a sailor on shore leave in the French port of Brest. Following an argument, in which he stabs and kills his drug-smuggling partner, he seeks shelter in a nearby brothel. There he befriends the predatory madam, Lysiane (Jeanne Moreau), who leads him into his first homosexual encounter. From then on Querelle embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and sometimes violent sexual self-discovery that will transform him forever from the man he once was…

Adapted from Jean Genet’s infamous, groundbreaking novel, the final film of celebrated director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s career is a striking, surreal and utterly unique tale of sex and murder that has gone on to become a cult classic.

If you’d like to try and win one of the three copies of Querelle 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 March 24th 2014, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Macbeth Inspired Enemy Of Man, Starring James D’Arcy & Rupert Grint, Releases A Concept Trailer

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enemy-of-man-sean-beanKickstarter is becoming an increasingly popular way to raise funds for movies, but it’s still comparatively rare for films with well-known names to head to Kickstarter to make money. However Enemy Of Man –  which has Sean Bean, Charles Dance, Rupert Grint, Jason Flemyng, James D’Arcy and Neil Maskell attached to star –  is doing just that.

Actor Vincent Regan is set to write and direct the movie, which is inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In the film, ‘As civil war comes to an end, the Scottish King Duncan’s generals, Macbeth and Banquo, meet three mysterious Sisters who prophesy that Macbeth will, one day, become King of Scotland. His ambition whetted, Macbeth is no longer satisfied to remain loyal to his sovereign; the seeds of deadly conspiracy are sown. Fate plays its part as the King decides to pay a visit to Macbeth’s castle, in tribute to his general’s wartime valour. Macbeth takes his wife, Lady Macbeth, into his confidence regarding the Sisters’ prophecy; together they hatch a plot to kill Duncan and implicate his servants in the murder. Events soon unravel and Macbeth and Lady Macbeth sink deeper into the morass of lies, conspiracy, murder and guilt that accompanies their illicit rise to power and, inevitably, their fall into darkness.’

As well as launching a Kickstarter campaign, a concept trailer has been released, which you can take a look at below.

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Charlize Theron Wants Everything Nice In A New Movie

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charlize-theronCharlize Theron has booked herself a new role as Deadline reports that she’s attached to star in a movie based on Ellen Sherman’s novel Everything Nice. Universal has snapped up rights, and the search is now on for a screenwriter.

Theron should play ‘Michaela, an advertising exec who gets fired and takes on the only job she can get, teaching life skills to teenage girls at a public school. Lacking in the basic social skills herself, she tries her best to school her pupils in what they’ll need to know in order to survive.’

It’s not clear when the movie will shoot. Charlize will new be seen in Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways To Die In The West.

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