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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

Now You See Me – Take a look at the first four minutes of the Jesse Eisenberg thriller

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Audiences weren’t that interested in magic with The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, but director Louis Leterrier will be hoping for more from Now You See Me. Now the first four minutes of the movie have popped up online, so we can get a good taste for the film.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Louis Letterier’s movie sees ‘The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic ATLAS (Jesse Eisenberg), perform a pair of high-tech magic shows, first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members’ bank accounts.

‘FBI Special Agent DYLAN (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes—and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he’s forced to partner with ALMA (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to THADDEUS (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians’ crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be…magic?

‘As pressure mounts and the world awaits the Horsemen’s spectacular final trick, Dylan and Alma race to find an answer. But it soon becomes painfully clear that staying one step ahead of these masters of illusion is beyond the skills of any one man—or woman.’

The movie is released May 31st in the US and July 3rd in the UK. [Read more…]

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Inside Llewyn Davis Red-Band Trailer – Plus a new poster for the Coen Brothers’ film

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A brand new red band trailer for the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis has debuted, along with the poster above.

Oscar Isaac stars as the title character, a folk singer making his way through the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1960s. The movie is loosely based on the life of folk singer Dave Van Ronk. Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Gerrett Hedlund, and John Goodman also star.

It certainly looks stylish, with plenty of the Coens’ trademark sharp dialogue, although it’s definitely one of their more idiosyncratic efforts. The film will debut at Cannes and then get an Oscar-bait end of year cinema release in the US, with a January 2014 opening set for the UK.

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Captain Phillips Trailer – Drama on the sea with Tom Hanks & Paul Greengrass

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Ever since 2010’s Green Zone, director Paul Greengrass has been signing onto and dropping out of a seemingly endless succession of projects. However now he’s actually made a movie, teaming up with Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips. Now the first trailer for the movie has arrived.

The project 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.

It’s currently due out in the US in October.

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Michael Shannon Plans A Sci-fi Pic With Take Shelter Helmer Jeff Nichols

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Michael-ShannonWhile Michael Shannon has been around for years, it was Jeff Nichols Take Shelter that really got Hollywood to take notice of him not just as a reliable character actor, but as a truly excellent performer. Now Variety reports that Shannon in reuniting with Nichols for a sci-fi movie.

Nichols, whose latest film Mud recently opened in the US, has also written the script for the movie, with Warner Bros. backing the film. There are few details on the plot, other than that it’s described as a present day sci-fi chase film.

It’ll be Nichols first studio movie, and hopefully by the time it starts shooting, Shannon will be an even bigger star than he is now, following his turn as Zod in this summer’s Man Of Steel.

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Dominic Cooper Takes On Dracula Alongside Luke Evans

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Dominic-CooperDominic Cooper must like bloodsuckers as after last year’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, he’s signed up to star alongside Luke Evans in Dracula (which has previously been known as Dracula Year Zero), according to Variety.

Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the latest draft of the screenplay, which blends mythological fiction and real history. The story follows the historical figure Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans), who was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula character.

It isn’t clear who Cooper will play, but we do know Sarah Gadon will also appear in the movie. Gary Shore is set to direct.

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First Poster For Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity Has George Clooney In Trouble

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The first trailer for Gravity is due in the next day or, but before then we get a poster for the movie, which Warner Bros. seems to be hoping will get some Oscar attention later this year – which is relatively rare for a sci-fi movie.

The poster shows George Clooney’s astronaut becoming untethered from his space station when disaster strikes. Sandra Bullock’s Dr. Ryan Stone  gets left alone on the crippled station, and must find a way home against all the odds.

Alfonso Cuaron’s film is due out in October.

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Toby Kebbell On For Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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toby-kebbellTwentieth Century Fox has announced that shooting is underway on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in New Orleans. They’ve also released the news that Prince Of Persia and Wrath Of The Titans’ Toby Kebbell has joined the movie’s cast.

In the sequel, a growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

Andy Serkis, celebrated for his performance in the last film, reprises his role as Caesar. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes also stars Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Enrique Murciano, Kirk Acevedo and Judy Greer.

Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) directs, with a May 23rd, 2014 release already set.

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Jurassic Park 4 Gets Delayed, But There’s No News On When We Might See It

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jurassic-park-3d-poster2A few days ago, director Colin Trevorrow tweeted a location scouting pic for Jurassic Park 4, which suggested to most people the film was really going to happen after years of delays and rumours. However the film has now been put on hold by Universal and Amblin Entertainment.

The production schedule was already very ambitious, as the script is still in the middle of being written, and filming would have had to begin in the next couple of months if it was going to hit its June 13th 2014 release date. A tweet from THR’s Borys Kit, suggests the problem was a realisation the movie was simply too big to rush, he says the draft of the script Universal received a couple of days ago was “Way more epic and ambitious than they were prepared for.”

The delay was apparently done in coordination with the filmmakers, seemingly as everyone realised more time would be better. At the moment it does seem the studio is still keen to go ahead with the film, even if it’s not clear exactly when. However as the film has been on and off for a decade, yet another delay is bound to disappoint fans.

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Alicia Vikander Joins Tom Cruise & Armie Hammer In The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Alicia-VikanderSwedish actress Alicia Vikander’s star has been rising thanks to A Royal Affair and Anna Karenina, and will be seen later this year in The Seventh Son and The Fifth Estate. Now she’s got what may be her biggest break yet, as THR reports that she’s landed the female lead in The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

Gut Ritchie is directing the project, which is based on the Robert Vaughn and David McCallum starring 1960s series of the same name, which followed United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, as they battle the evil agents of Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.). Tom Cruise is playing the American agent Solo, with Armie Hammer playing his Russian partner, Kuryakin.

Alicia Vikander will be a British agent who has an affinity for cars. She’s playing a completely new character who was not a part of the original series.

Scott Z. Burns wrote the screeplay, but it’s not clear when it will shoot.

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Alex Cross (Blu-ray)

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We’ve rather missed out on Tyler Perry here in the UK. While his self-written and directed movies have proved big hits amongst African-American audiences in the US and turned him into a multi-millionaire, many of his films never got cinemas releases in Britain. Some did get belated DVD releases, but a few have never come out here at all. Alex Cross is Perry’s attempt to segue over into the worldwide mainstream cinema success, as well as being the first film to have him in the lead that he didn’t also write and helm himself (he did pop up in a small role in Star Trek though). [Read more…]

Billy Liar – 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

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The fact 1963’s Billy Liar is classed as one of British cinemas ‘kitchen sink dramas’ makes it sound as if it’s going to be a dull, slice of ‘it’s grim up north’ verité, but it’s actually far more charming and funny than that. Indeed, while the way it’s shot and its working class roots are rather British New Wave, it as much hints towards the groovy cinema of the late 60s as it fits with the ‘angry young men’ cinema it’s often grouped with. Either way, it’s a great movie that’s been given a remarkably sharp brush-up for its 50th anniversary. [Read more…]

The Facility (DVD)

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A group of people head for a secluded clinic to take part in a medical trial, with the promise that if they stay for two weeks, they’ll get £2,000. After being introduced they’re taken off at hourly intervals to be given the drug, Pro9, and are then left to get to know one another.

That night the side-effects turn out to be far more dramatic than expected. The first of the guinea pigs to be given the drug is found doubled-over in pain and is taken off by the medics. Some time later, a second participant starts screaming. It soon becomes clear that the drug has extreme side-effects, which essentially turn people into unconscious psycho-killers, who are more than willing to inflict violence on those who get in the way. As the other patients realise escape is going to be difficult, they also know that everyone who’s been given the drug is potentially going to go off their rocker too, and the only reason more haven’t already turned is due to the hour-long gaps between the administrations of the first dose. [Read more…]