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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

Blackfish (DVD)

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Since the 1960s millions of people have gone to the various SeaWorld parks in the US, many drawn by the opportunity to see killer whales up close in the famed Shamu shows. Blackfish takes a close look at the parks and its animals, mainly focussing on the largest killer whale in captivity, Tilikum, who’s been implicated in the deaths of three people.

Using interviews with former trainers and various others, the documentary tells Tilikum’s story, surrounding this plenty of footage and other info that questions whether SeaWorld puts profits before the safety of its staff and even whether it’s right to keep these animals in captivity at all. [Read more…]

Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver & John Turturro Up For Ridley Scott’s Exodus

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Alien helped launch the careers of both Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott back in 1979. Now they’re planning to get back together again for a very different movie, Exodus. She’s not the only one either, as Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul and John Turturro is also set to star alongside the previously cast Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton, according to Variety.

The story follows Moses (Christian Bale) who goes up against the Pharaoh Ramses (Edgerton) so that he can lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. As Moses grew up in the royal Egyptian court, he had a close relationship to Egyptian ruler Ramses, which goes sour when he takes up the cause of his people.

Weaver will play Tuya, the mother of Ramses, while Turturro will be Ramses father. Paul meanwhile is set to play a Hebrew slave called Joshua who ends up leading the Israelites to the promised land after Moses discovers he can’t go himself.

Steven Zaillian (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Schindler’s List) wrote the script, with the movie set to start shooting in September in England, Spain and Morocco.

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Rebound Trailer – Lesbian-themed short film needs your help

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It’s always difficult to make a short film and get it finished, which is one of the reasons some are looking to crowd-funding for help. One that’s currently looking for cash on IndieGoGo is the Lesbian-themed Rebound. You can watch the trailer for the film above.

Here’s the info about the movie from IndieGoGo: ‘Leslie Kwon, Rex Yau, and M.J. Corey set to making a short film based on the short story Rebound. The project took us to The Metropolitan Bar, where we’ve all had crazy Wednesday (girls) nights, and with an incredible cast, we made a film about heartbreak, sisterhood, Brooklyn, gayness, awkwardness, and angst that we are proud of. If you’ve ever tried really hard to feel less alone in a crowd at a bar, you’ll feel this movie.’

The short is looking for $2600, so if you’d like to help out, head over to IndieGoGo. [Read more…]

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Daniel Radcliffe & Dane DeHaan Take Centre Stage In A New Kill Your Darlings Poster

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After much hype surrounding Kill Your Darlings’ Sundance premiere (and Daniel Radcliffe’s gay sex scenes in the movies), the movie is finally heading towards its US release on October 18th (with a November 8th UK date set).

Ahead of that a new poster has been released, featuring Radcliffe and co-star Dane DeHaan, who are both looking extremely yellow.

Based on a true story, Kill Your Darlings charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe) to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston).

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – the gay Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers.

Take a look at the poster above, and click here to check out the recent trailer.

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Dallas Buyers Club Trailer – Matthew McConaughey fights back against AIDS in the mid-80s

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It looks like Matthew McConaughey may be going for an Oscar run with The Dallas Buyers Club, losing huge amounts of weight to play Ron Woodroof, who fought back against government inaction over the introduction of HIV medication in the 1980s. Now the first trailer for the movie has arrived.

Woodroof was an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1986, Ron was blindsided by being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

With the US still internally divided over how to combat the virus and restricting medications, Ron grabbed hold of non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, he established a “buyers club,” which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.

Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto (as a gay transvestite, no less), Dennis Hare, Steve Zahn, Dallas Roberts and Griffin Dunne also star. Focus Features will release the movie in the US in December, while it’ll reach the UK on February 7th. [Read more…]

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Captain Phillips International Trailer – Fresh look at the Tom Hanks piracy tale

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Tom Hanks is going Oscar-bait again with Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass’ first movie since 2010’s Green Zone. Now a new trailer has been released, giving us a feel for the movie’s shaky-cam style as well a bit slightly bigger insight into Hanks’ character than we’ve had before.

The movie is based on the true story of Maresk Alabama captain Richard Phillips (Hanks), who sacrificed himself to be taken hostage by Somali pirates, so he could save the lives of his crew. He spent three days in captivity before being rescued by a Navy SEAL team in 2009.

The film is due out in the US in October. [Read more…]

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Warner Bros. Plans Animated Scooby-Doo Movie

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scooby-doo-animatedAfter years of trying to make money off a live-action Scooby Doo with a couple of theatrical movies and then TV film follow-up, Warner Bros. is taking Scooby Doo back to his animated roots, as they’re planning a new cartoon adventure for the Great Dane, which will be released in cinemas.

Variety has the news and says Matt Lieberman is writing the screenplay.

There’s no news on the story, or even whether it will be just Scooby or if the movie will also include the likes of Shaggy, Thelma, Fred and Daphne. It’s not even known it will be CGI animation or hand drawn.

Charles Roven and Richard Suckle will be produce, who were also behind the the live-action Scooby Doo film starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini. They also brought the sequel Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed to the big screen two years later. Those film grossed over $450 million worldwide.

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Chadwick Boseman Takes On James Brown In Tate Taylor’s Musical Biopic

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chadwick-bosemanFor a while now Universal Pictures has been working on a currently Untitled James Brown Biopic. Now they’ve found their Godfather of Soul, as Variety reports that 42 star Chadwick Boseman is set to star.

Tate Taylor (the openly gay director of The Help) is on board to helm the movie, which will follow Brown’s rise from extreme poverty as a child in North Carolina to becoming one of the most iconic musicians of all time. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer has been trying to get this James Brown biopic off the ground for more than a decade, with the project only now getting the green light with Universal signed up and happy with the budget.

Jez Butterworth (Fair Game) and John-Henry Butterworth wrote the screenplay, with Brian Grazer producing alongside The Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and Erica Huggins (Flightplan). It’s not clear when it might shoot.

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Stef Dawson Will Be Annie Cresta In The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

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stef-dawsonWhile most of the main players in The Hunger Games world are in place by the end of Catching Fire, there are a few extra characters that will be introduced in the two-part adaptation of Mockingjay. Just a few days after it was revealed that Natalie Dormer is set to be Cressida in Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2 comes news that Stef Dawson will play Annie Cresta, the love interest of Finnick (Sam Claflin).

Dawson is an Aussie who’s mainly worked in TV as well as numerous independent films including the recent thriller Wrath.

Directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the novel Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 complete Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) journey as she leads the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical and corrupt Capitol. As the war that will determine the fate of Panem escalates, Katniss must decipher for herself who she can trust and what needs to be done, with everything she cares for in the balance.

The blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise is the 14th highest-grossing North American release of all time and grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office. The second film, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, opens worldwide on November 22, 2013. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will be released worldwide on November 21, 2014 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 opens November 20, 2015.

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Scott Eastwood Joins Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf & Logan Lerman In Fury

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Scott Eastwood started out with appearances in a couple of father Clint’s movie, such as Gran Torino and Invictus, but more recently he’s been breaking out on his own with movie such as Chasing Maverick, Texas Chainsaw 3D and the upcoming The Perfect Wave.

Now he’s scored another role in a major movie, as he’s signed on to star in Fury for End Of Watch writer/director David Ayer, according to Deadline. He joins Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman and Michael Pena in the World War II action drama that follows a five-man Sherman Tank crew who are stuck behind enemy lines during the tail end of the war. Scott Eastwood is set to play a member of the tank crew called Sergeant Miles.

David Ayer is directing from his own screenplay, with shooting scheduled to begin next month.

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Nowhere (DVD)

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The third part of Gregg Araki’s Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy, following Totally F***ed Up and The Doom Generation, is just as nuts and in your face as the earlier movies. Like many of Araki’s films it’s a strange movie that’s difficult to quantify or fully understand. All of Araki’s early film have the sense of him trying to create a screenplay that’s like a net being wafted through the air attempting to capture the spirit of the time. Nowhere is perhaps the most successful of his films at doing that. [Read more…]

Longing Nights Trailer – Sex, multiple partners and differing sexualities in Madrid

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Synopsis: Aitana, Pierrick, Jorge and Rita are all in their twenties and all look for ways to make their nights in the city of Madrid a little less lonely.

Set against a background of drugs, sex, multiple partners and differing sexualities, Longing Nights follows the individual stories of these young people. A candid portrait of four relationships highly loaded with eroticism from beginning to end.

Take a look at the new trailer for Tiago Leão Spanish movie above, which will be released in the US by Breaking Glass Pictures soon. [Read more…]

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