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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

First Look Behind-The-Scenes At Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken

October 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Angelina Jolie’s second directorial outing has just started shooting, and to mark that the first behind-the-scenes image has been released ,featuring the director/actress and the man the movie is about, Louis Zamperini (let’s just hope Brad Pitt doesn’t get jealous of how much Angelina seems to like him).

Jolie and Zamperini, who are neighbours, have become close friends over the development of the film, as the filmmaker listened to the war hero recount the incredible incidents of his life over many months of preparation.

Jack O’Connell will play Zamperini, a former Olympic track star whose Air Force plane went down in the Pacific Ocean in World War II. He managed to survive for 47 days on a life raft in the midst of shark attacks and enemy fire, before he washed up on a Japanese island where he was taken prisoner for more than two years. Gerrett Hedlund is portraying fellow P.O.W. Commander John Fitzgerald.

O’Connell recently spent several afternoons with Louis Zamperini to his incredible tale firsthand. Louis Zamperini retains many keepsakes from his adventures in his home. Unbroken is set for release Christmas Day, 2014.

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ACTORS: Jack O'Connell  DIRECTORS: Angelina Jolie  FILMS: Unbroken  

John Lee Hancock Brought In To Oversee Malificent Reshoots

October 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

john-lee-hancockIt seems there may be a couple of issues with Walt Disney Pictures’s Maleficent, as the House Of Mouse has hired John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) to write new scenes for the upcoming reshoots. He won’t helm the additional material himself, but he is coming on board to help oversee the production with first-time director Robert Stromberg, according to THR.

Producer Joe Roth commented, “We asked him to be on set. He’s not directing. He wrote pages, and I hired a first-time director, and it’s good to have him on set. The movie is gorgeous to look at, and the last 75 minutes are really entertaining. The issue is the opening, which is being reshot over eight days.”

The extra shooting does not include any scenes with star Angelina Jolie, who recently started production on her next directorial effort Unbroken in Australia. Maleficent, a revisionist take on Sleeping Beauty told from the villain’s point of view, is still slated for release on May 30, 2014.

Although reshoots can be a sign of major problems, they’re increasingly being used to iron out kinks, which seems to be what is happening here if Jolie doesn’t need to be involved. It is farily rare to have another director oversee them though. The movie is in cinemas next summer.

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ACTORS: Angelina Jolie  DIRECTORS: Robert Stromberg, John Lee Hancock  FILMS: Maleficent  

Kit Harington, Jack O’Connell & Miles Teller Test For Fantastic Four

October 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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It’s believed that Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four is nearly at the point where it ready to shoot. While there have been casting rumours for months, it’s only now they’re properly started testing actors, starting with Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) and Sue Storm (The Invisible Girl).

Insiders told Variety that Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now) and Jack O’Connell (300: Rise of an Empire) are in line to get test for the Reed Richards role, while Saoirse Ronan (The Host), Kate Mara (Transcendence) and Margot Robbie (About Time) will try out for Sue Storm.

The studio is looking to go much younger with this rebooted version, in hopes of drawing in a new audience to reinvigorate the franchise (although it should be noted Reed Richards was in his 20s in the original comic, so despite the image of his as slightly older, they haven’t completely ditched the character’s origins).

For several months Michael B. Jordan (Chronicle, Fruitvale Station) has been the favourite to play Johnny Storm (The Human Torch), although that may change. No actors have been mentioned in connection with either Ben Grimm (The Thing) or the villain yet.

Simon Kinberg was recently brought on to work on the script, providing a polish. Jeremy Slater, Michael Green, Seth Grahame-Smith and T.S. Nowlin have previously worked on the script. Josh Trank is directing the reboot, with shooting expected to begin in the next few months.

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ACTORS: Kit Harington, Jack O'Connell, Miles Teller, Saoirse Ronan, Kate Mara  DIRECTORS: Josh Trank  FILMS: Fantastic Four  

Chloe Moretz Up For November Criminals, With Sacha Gervasi Directing

October 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

chloe-moretzCarrie is set to hit cinemas very soon, and while Chloe Moretz may be busy promoting that, she’s also looking to the future, as she’s planning to star in Sacha Gervasi’s upcoming adaptation of Sam Munson’s young adult novel The November Criminals, according to TheWrap.

The book is about 18-year-old Addison Schacht, who is a high-school senior in Washington D.C. He wants to go to the University of Chicago, but his plans are sidetracked when a fellow classmate is killed in a senseless shooting. He takes it upon himself to begin an investigation and find the murderer.

Chloe Moretz is set to play the female lead, Phoebe, although no one is set to play Addison yet.

Gervasi is directing from a script he reworked from an original draft provided by Steven Knight.

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ACTORS: Chloe Moretz  DIRECTORS: Sacha Gervasi  

Oliver Stone Plans Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic, With Jamie Foxx Starring

October 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Oliver-StoneFor quite a while DreamWorks has been planning to make a biopic of Martin Luther King Jr., but for the last year or so it’s been on the backburner. Now things are moving forward, with Jamie Foxx in talks to play the legendary civil right leader and Oliver Stone negotiating to direct, according to THR.

It was back in 2009 that the studio acquired the Civil Rights leader’s life rights and access to all of his copyrighted speeches, including his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, books and other works. It was the first time Martin Luther King’s family had granted permission to use his intellectual property for a feature film.

Kario Salem (Chasing Mavericks) wrote the screenplay, after spending three years doing research and interviews. Ronald Harwood (Quartet) wrote an earlier draft.

Steven Spielberg is producing for DreamWorks. It’s not clear when it might shoot.

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ACTORS: Jamie Foxx  DIRECTORS: Oliver Stone  

Win The Will Smith Sci-fi After Earth On DVD!

October 10, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

after-earth-dvd-coverAfter Earth hits Blu-ray™ and DVD with Ultraviolet™ on October 14th in the UK, and we’ve teamed up with Sony Picture Home Entertainment two give away three copies on DVD!

Starring Jaden Smith (The Karate Kid) and two-time Academy Award® nominated Will Smith (2006, Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness; 2001, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Ali), this action-adventure follows Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his father Cypher (Will Smith), as they set out on a routine mission that crash lands them on a hostile planet Earth. Now, 1,000 years after Earth has been quarantined, everything on the planet has evolved to kill humans. Unable to contact home, and forced to battle exotic creatures and dangerous terrains, Kitai and Cypher must fight together to survive.

If you’d like to try and win one of the three copies of After Earth 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 24th 2013, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Win The Gay-Themed Let My People Go! On DVD!

October 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Let-My-People-Go-dvd-coverTLA Releasing is bringing out Let My People Go! on DVD in the UK on October 14th, and we’ve teamed up with them to give away three copies of the gay-themed movie in this competition.

A sweet and hilarious fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama and French bedroom farce, Mikael Buch’s Let My People Go! follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Reuben (Regular Lovers’ Nicolas Maury), a French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend.

Just before Passover, a series of mishaps and a lovers’ quarrel exile the heartbroken Reuben back to Paris and back to his zany family—including Almodóvar goddess Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Volver) as his ditzy mum, and Truffaut regular Jean-François Stévenin as his lothario father. Scripted by director Mikael Buch and renowned arthouse auteur Christophe Honoré (Love Songs), Let My People Go! both celebrates and upends Jewish and gay stereotypes with wit, gusto and style to spare. The result is deeply heartwarming, fabulously kitsch and hysterically funny.

If you’d like to try and win one of the three copies of Let My People Go! 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 23rd 2013, so get answering and good luck! [Read more…]

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Freddie Prinze Jr. Gets Hot & Shirtless In Witches Of East End

October 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

freddie-prinze-jr-shirtlessWe’d almost forgotten Freddie Prinze Jr. existed, but now he’s back and getting his shirt off in an episode of the new Lifetime series, Witches Of East End. The 37-year-old is sure looking good – he’s well on his way to be a hot dad rather than the teen heartthrob he used to be.

Prinze Jr. has spent much of his time recently helping wife Sarah Michelle Gellar raise their kids, although he has popped up in guest roles in the likes of Bones, Boston Legal (as William Shatner’s son), Psych and 24.

We’re now hoping he gets more roles, and they involve him being forced to shed his clothes.

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Josh Hutcherson Says He’s ‘Mostly Straight’ But Isn’t Ruling Anything Out

October 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

josh-hutcherson-outOver the last couple of years 20-year-old Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has earned many plaudits for his support for LGBT causes, including co-founding Straight But Not Narrow, which aims to build gay-straight alliances in schools. Now he’s been talking to Out about his own sexuality, and shows a very enlightened view.

“I would probably list myself as mostly straight,” Hutcherson says. “Maybe I could say right now I’m 100% straight. But who knows? In a f**king year, I could meet a guy and be like, Whoa, I’m attracted to this person.”

“I’ve met guys all the time that I’m like, Damn, that’s a good-looking guy, you know? I’ve never been, like, Oh, I want to kiss that guy. I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100% anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded.”

It also seems he’d be into a Hunger Game threesome between his character and those of Jennifer Lawrence and Sam Claflin. “I know Peeta would be into it, for sure. He’s very sensitive, in touch with his emotions,” he says. “I think it really might solve a lot of their problems. You know what? I’m going to pitch that idea. Let’s make it a—what’s it called when three people are in a relationship together? A triad? That’ll go over well with Middle America.”

Hutcherson had two gay uncles who died of AIDS and his mother has also advocated for LGBT causes, so the young man was certainly primed to help make a stand. We’re glad he’d decided to be so open and proactive! He’ll next be seen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which is out November 22nd.

Take a look below for some great pics from his Out shoot. He’s certainly looking good! [Read more…]

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Charlie Countryman Trailer – Shia LaBeouf gets bloody and romantic

October 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


It’s been quite a while since Shia LaBeouf Charlie Countryman (back then it was known as The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman). Now it’s on its way to cinema and so we’ve got out first proper look with a trailer.

Here’s the brief synopsis for the film, which was once titled The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman: ‘Traveling abroad, Charlie Countryman falls for Gabi, a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in Nigel, her violent, charismatic ex. As the darkness of Gabi’s past increasingly envelops him, Charlie resolves to win her heart, or die trying.’

Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, Melissa Leo and Til Schweiger also star, with Fredrik Bond making his feature directorial debut with the movie. It’s out in the US in November. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Evan Rachel Wood, Shia Labeouf  FILMS: The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman  

Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess & Ryan Kwanten Up For Freddy Heineken

October 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Not too long ago Rutger Hauer starred in a movie about the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. Now Hollywood is taking on the subject, according to Variety, with Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten and Anthony Hopkins have signed on to star.

Called Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, the film is about the true story of Dutch beer mogul Alfred “Freddy” Heineken (Hopkins), who was kidnapped along with his driver Ab Doderer in 1983. They were both released after the ransom of a whopping 35 Dutch guilders was paid, which is the equivalent of $50 million today. The abductors were eventually caught and prosecuted. It isn’t known what characters Worthington, Kwanten and Sturgess will play, although there’s a good chance they’ll be kidnapper. Tom Cocquerel and Mark van Eeuwen are also starring in unspecified roles.

Daniel Alfredson (The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest) is directing from a script by William Brookfield (Rough Magic). Shooting is scheduled to begin later this month in Belgium, before shooting shifts to Amsterdam and New Orleans.

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ACTORS: Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony Hopkins  

Alexander Payne Finds The Judge’s Will

October 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

alexander-payneSideways director Alexander Payne next film Nebraska, hits cinema fairly soon and he’s already looking at what he’ll do next, as Deadline reports that he is in talks with Fox Searchlight to direct The Judge’s Will.

The filmis based on Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s final article for The New Yorker, which was published in March, before she died in early April. It’s about the complicated relationship between an Indian judge in New Dehli and his much younger wife. They share a home, but the husband and wife lead very separate lives. With the judge on his death bed, he makes sure she will be cared for and not shunned by society after he passes.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is best known for her work with filmmakers Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, writing the screenplays for classics such as Howards End, The Remains of the Day and many more.

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DIRECTORS: Alexander Payne  
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