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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

Jay Baruchel Joins Cameron Crowe’s New Rom-Com

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jay-baruchelWith shooting believed to be starting relatively soon, Jay Baruchel has signed up to star in Cameron’s Crowe’s upcoming romantic comedy, which currently doesn’t have a title, according to THR. It’s a bit of a reunion for Baruchel and Crowe, as the Canadian actor got one of his very first roles in Almost Famous.

The new movie is about a defense contractor (Bradley Cooper) who is overseeing the launch of a weapons satellite in Hawaii. He ends up falling for an Air Force pilot (Emma Stone), and together they secretly plan to sabotage the launch. Giving things a slightly sci-fi flavour, the movie also features mysterious island forces and a talking computer. Baruchel is playing the contractor’s step brother. Rachel McAdams, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin are also set to star.

Cameron Crowe is directing from his own original screenplay.

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Win The Gay-Themed Out In The Dark On DVD!

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out-in-the-dark-dvd-coverOut In The Dark got great notices when it was doing the film festival rounds and on its UK cinema release. Now Network Releasing is bringing it to DVD on October 14th, and we’ve teamed up with them to give a copy away to one of you!

THE award-winning directorial debut from Michael Mayer, gay thriller Out in the Dark (15) stars newcomer Nicholas Jacob as Arab student Nimr alongside Michael Aloni (Policeman, Infiltration) who plays Jewish lawyer Roy. A gripping story of forbidden Arab-Israeli love, Nimr is rejected by Islamic society for his sexuality, and outcast by Jewish society for his nationality.

Out in the Dark made its UK debut at the BFI London Lesbian Gay Film Festival earlier this year and was screened as part of the Accenture Gala. The film also won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Mardi Gras Film Festival 2013.

If you’d like to try and win the copy of Out In The Dark 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 25th 2013, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Win The Dan Stevens & Dominic Cooper Starrer Summer In February On DVD!

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SUMMER-IN-FEBRUARY-dvd-coverMetrodome Distribution is delighted bring out SUMMER IN FEBRUARY on DVD and Blu-ray on 14th October 2013 in the UK and Ireland. We’ve teamed up with them to give away a copy on DVD!

Directed by Christopher Menaul with a screenplay written by Jonathan Smith based on his 1995 novel, SUMMER IN FEBRUARY stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) and Harriet Morahan. The film is the intimate, enchanting true story of young, vibrant souls navigating their way through love, passion and friendship in the picturesque landscape of early twentieth century England.

SUMMER IN FEBRUARY focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, dominated by the charismatic AJ Munnings (Dominic Cooper). The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain’s most sought-after artists, is at the heart of the complex love triangle, involving the young aspiring painter Florence Carter-Wood (Emily Browning) and Gilbert Evans (Dan Stevens), the land agent in charge of the Lamorna estate.  Renowned painter Laura Knight is played by Hattie Morahan.

If you’d like to try and win the copy of Summer In February 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 25th 2013, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Heterosexual Jill Trailer – Dating another woman to prove you’re straight

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Filmmaker/Actress Michelle Ehlen follows up her movie Butch Jamie with the movie Heterosexual Jill. Ehlen has recently been talking about the film with Huffington Post, and alongside that comes the trailer.

In the movie, ‘A woman, Jill, asks her female ex-lover, Jamie, if they can date each other again just so that Jill can prove to herself that she is no longer attracted to Jamie and therefore no longer a lesbian. Jamie agrees.’

The director says of her film, “I like to think there’s an underlying theme in my films of living a more authentic life. Once you get over the idea of who you think you are or should be, you can begin to move toward a more genuine and three-dimensional experience.”

Heterosexual Jill is now screening at film festivals, following its premiere at the Frameline Film Festival. Ehlen plans to follow the movie with a third film, S&M Sally. It’s well worth reading the interview with Ehlen over at Huffpo. [Read more…]

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Jonathan Groff Gets Into Leather On The Set Of HBO’s Gay Series, Looking

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HBO’s series about gay men living in San Francisco is currently shooting, and now we’ve got the first few pictures from the set, including Jonathan Groff rocking the leather look, which seems to be part of a sequence were he attends a Pride parade.

Other pics show off a moment from the third episode (the one where they’re sitting on a sofa), as well as Groff in bed with the show’s creator Michael Lannan. You’ll be able to get more from the set if you follow Lannan and cinematographer Reed Morano’s Instagram accounts.

The show is said to be a mix of Tales From The City and Girls, following mainly gay men in San Francisco. Groff plays Patrick, who’s professionally very successful as a video game developer, but his personal life is a bit of a disaster area. Frankie Alvarez is Patrick’s best friend, Augustin, whose ego and feisty politics make it difficult for him to settle down with a boyfriend. Russell Tovey also star. It’s not clear yet when we’ll be able to see the show.

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Matthew McConaughey Gets A New Poster & Clips From Dallas Buyer’s Club

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There’s already Oscar buzz surrounding Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyer’s Club, and not just because of his dramatic weight loss to play AIDS patient Ron Woodroof. Now a new poster for the movie has been released, along with a couple of new clips, including one that focuses on Jared Leto’s gay, cross-dressing character.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Matthew McConaughey stars in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. These were the early days of the AIDS epidemic, and the U.S. was divided over how to combat the virus. Ron, now shunned and ostracized by many of his old friends, and bereft of government-approved effective medicines, decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, the entrepreneurial Woodroof joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts – who he once would have shunned – and established a hugely successful “buyers’ club.” Their shared struggle for dignity and acceptance is a uniquely American story of the transformative power of resilience.’

The film opens in select US theatres on Friday, November 1st, with a February UK release planned.

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Lee Daniels Wants To Make A Gay, Interracial Action Movie Starring Alex Pettyfer

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The Butler’s Lee Daniels is a gay, African-American filmmaker, however his films so far, such as Precious and The Paperboy, haven’t really explored his gay side that deeply (although all have definitely been informed by his queer point of view and experiences growing up).

Now Daniels says he wants to bring the two things together with a gay, interracial action film, which he wants Alex Pettyfer to star in. The director told Out, “Alex Pettyfer is in it, [but] I have to find the right black guy opposite him. He’s so hot, isn’t he? So hot. And so aware of his hotness in a way that’s so…I love him to death.”

However he does rather spoil the film’s big twist by saying the movie is like, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith but the two good-looking guys as the action heroes. We don’t find out they’re gay until the end of the movie.”

It’ll be tough to get it made, as all the studios turned down Behind The Candelabra, despite the fact it only cost a few million and had Matt Damon and Michael Douglas set to star. Whether they’ll want to pay a lot more for a gay-themed action flick is tough to guess.

Daniels seems to think he can make it happen though, saying, “I don’t think I’m going to have a problem now. I made a $100 million for The Butler. I’m in a rare group. So this is something I feel good about.”

The director has other reasons to feel happy at the moment, as it’s been announced that Daniels will receive Outfest’s Visionary Award in recognition of his contribution to LGBT arts and media visibility.

“I am extremely flattered and humbled to be receiving this year’s Visionary Award,” said Lee. “Outfest is an extraordinary organization, and I cannot stress enough the importance of its mission. In both my professional and personal life, I constantly strive to represent and provide a voice for the LGBT community, and am so honored that the Legacy Awards have selected me as this year’s recipient.”

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New American Hustle Trailer – Christian Bale & Bradley Cooper know the score

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There’s a lot of anticipation for David O. Russell’s American Hustle, which reunites arrived Silver Linings Playbook’s Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and The Fighter’s Christian Bale and Amy Adams. Now a new trailer has been released.

Here’s the synopsis: Set in the seductive world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock the United States, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning British partner and lover Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild unhinged FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

The film is out at Christmas. [Read more…]

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Hercules: The Legend Begins Teaser – Kellan Lutz gets shirtless as the Greek demi-god

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The first brief teaser for Kellan Lutz’s newly rename Hercules: The Legend Begins has arrived, which suggest some rather silly but fun ancient Greek action.

It’s one of two different Hercules movies in production at the moment, with Kellan Lutz taking the title role in this one, while Dwayne Johnson is playing the legendary character in Hercules: The Thracian Wars. Renny Harlin is directing the movie, which is said to centre on the love between the son of Zeus and the mortal princess of Crete, who was promised to his older brother despite her love for Hercules.

It appears this one will keep the mythological aspects of Hercules, while Johnson’s movie is said to take a more realistic take on the legends. Hercules 3D will be out next year. [Read more…]

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New The Monuments Men Trailer – George Clooney, Matt Damon & co. are after looted art

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George Clooney is back in the director’s chair for The Monuments Men, and if this new trailer is anything to go by, it looks like it’ll be vying for awards early next year. Clooney also stars alongside Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, and Hugh Bonneville.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed?  But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.’

It’s due out in the US on December 18th, while it’ll arrive in the UK on January 9th. [Read more…]

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Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell & More Show Off Their Sex Faces In Nymphomanic Character Posters

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The few clips we’ve had from Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac have been fairly tame for a movie that’s said to be filled with sex, which will result in the director needing to edit both hardcore and softcore versions for different parts of the world.

Now things are getting a little sexier with 14 characters posters showing off the cast, and they all seem to be having a great time!

We’re still waiting to see how the sex works in the movie, as while Von Trier has said it will be real, there’s also been talk of some of the actors having their heads stitched onto body doubles digitally. So whether we will get to see the likes of Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe and Stellan Skarsgard really getting intimate on screen, we’ll have to wait and see.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The film is a wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Gainsbourg). On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Skarsgard), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi-faceted story of her life, rich in associations and interjecting incidents.’

Take a look at all the new posters below. [Read more…]

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Christoph Waltz & Chris Pine May Be Horrible Bosses In The Sequel

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Ever since the first film became a hit, Horrible Bosses 2 has been in the works. However it’s only now that it’s fully coming together with some new names in the mix as nasty bosses. Deadline reports being courted to play a nasty father-son boss pair who make life difficult for returning stars Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, and Charlie Day.

While the filmmakers want both of them, Waltz is probably too busy to sign up, but Pine is a real possibility. Hopefully Chris will sign on as he could make a great asshole boss, allowing his more smarmy side to shine.

There’s no word on whether there’s room for Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, or Colin Farrell in Horrible Bosses 2, but Jamie Foxx should return.

The film is scripted by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, with rewrites by director Sean Anders and producer John Morris.

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