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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

Anything Clip – First look at the controversial film starring Matt Bomer as a transgender sex worker

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When it first became widely known that Matt Bomer was playing a trangender sex worker in the upcoming movie Anything, there was an immediate controversy. Many were angry that yet again a cisgender person was playing a transgender role, and there was also frustration that yet again that trans person was going to be involved in sex work.

The film is now preparing for its premiere this weekend in the LA Muse section of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Ahead of that the first clip from the movie has arrived, debuting over at Deadline.

The film is about, ‘Early Landry (John Carroll Lynch), who after losing his wife is forced to move to Los Angeles so he can be cared for by his over-protective sister (Maura Tierney), but escapes her clutches to start a new life in Hollywood. He quickly becomes enamored by his neighbor, Freda (Matt Bomer). His loneliness and need for companionship opens his heart to a remarkable new relationship, but their growing affection must be reconciled with the complexity of their disparate backgrounds.’

Marc Ruffalo, who executive produced the film, has defended Bomer’s casting, although its yet to be seen whether a wider audience will be prepared to look past the issues that have been highlighted. It’ll be interesting to see the first reviews following its premiere on Saturday at 3 PM at the Arclight Cinema in Santa Monica. Take a look at the first clip below. [Read more…]

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Crush Of The Day: Ezra Miller Gets Nearly Nude For Pride (Sort Of)

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The Flash actor Ezra Miller wants to make sure everybody has a nice Pride month, and he’s making it a little better with a pic where he only has a semi-transparent rainbow flag to cover his modesty. The image was originally a slightly different promo shot for Miller’s band, Sons Of An Illustrious Father, but given a big of a pride makeover.

However, while it may not really be him draped in a rainbow flag, it’s still a very nice pic of the queer actor.

Ezra Miller will next be seen as Barry Allen / The Flash in this autumn’s Justice League, and is due to get a solo Flash movie in 2020. Miller is also expected to reprise his role as Credence Barebone in Fantastic Beasts 2, which is due out November 2018.

Until then, enjoy the Pride pic below. [Read more…]

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Sam Claflin Say He Wouldn’t Mind Making A Gay 50 Shades With The Hemsworth Brothers

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I’ve seen Sam Claflin in person a couple of times, and he’s always struck me as a genuinely nice man. Now he’s gone up even further in my estimation by suggesting he wouldn’t mind getting steamy on screen with the Hemsworth brothers.

Talking to Pridesource while promoting his new movie, My Cousin Rachel, the 30-year-old British actor was asked about the strange world of fan fiction, particularly the stories about himself and his Hunger Games co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. He replied, “Fan fiction is one of those things I wish I knew more about. Someone was telling me that Fifty Shades of Grey was based on Twilight fan fiction. I didn’t realize there was an underworld with these kind of amazingly imaginative ideas. I had no idea!

“But I love Liam as much as I love – in fact, I love Chris Hemsworth. I love the entire Hemsworth family. I say we get all of us involved and we do a Fifty Shades of Grey. We can make it reality.”

While he’s probably joking – although if any movie bosses want to make it a reality, we’d be very supportive of that decision – he says he’d certainly be happy to play a gay role. Claflin says, “I actually got offered the role of a gay man in a TV series! But I didn’t think it was well enough written. I have auditioned for gay parts and not got them and desperately wanted them. It’s nothing I’m shying away from. It’s something I fully embrace. And, actually, I have done it in plays during drama school, but it just hasn’t worked yet for me. But I’d jump at the chance.”

He’s also a big proponent of equality, adding, “It does really upset me that people aren’t open-minded. People are still hung up on such a traditional old-world life, and people should be allowed to love who they want and be who they want and speak what they want and believe in what they want. I think it’s a shame that people are so narrow-minded that they believe their way is the only way. It’s sickening, in all honesty.”

Oh, and just in case you were wondering, he’s off the market, as he’s married to Da Vinci’s Demons and Guardians of the Galaxy actress, Laura Haddock.

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Colton Haynes Reveals He Lost Hs Virginity At Age 13 – To Both A Boy & A Girl!

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Since coming out as gay, Colton Haynes certainly isn’t holding back. The engaged former Arrow star has now dropped another interesting nugget in  a radio interview, revealing that he’s not a ‘gold star gay’ as he popped his cherry at the age of 13, to both a boy and a girl.

Talking to Andy Cohen Live, he said, “I lost my virginity at 13 to a girl and a guy.  I’ve never said that before. The girl was two years older than me, and the guy was, I would say, around 16… Everyone participated. It was a real first time. It was exciting.”

While that makes it sound he decided to start out big with a full-on threesome, he then clarified that the boy and the girl were on two different occasions. She wasn’t the only woman he’s slept with, as he revealed that there are a total of four female notches on his bedpost, and that during high school he dated both men and women, as while he first came out at 14, he went back in the closet when he changed schools and dated several women.

Haynes also talked about the issues he had when he first arrived in Hollywood, when “I was literally told from the day that I moved to Los Angeles that I could not be gay because I wouldn’t work. My management team told me I couldn’t be this way and they tried to set me up with girls… It was horrible.”

Being forced into the closet didn’t help his anxiety issues, with the pressure to keep his sexuality secret leading to increasingly bad panic attacks and what he describes as the ‘mental break’ that caused his to leave Arrow, until he said, “Enough is Enough.”

Thankfully though, he’s keen to point out that since revealing his sexuality publicly and getting engaged, Colton says that he’s now, “Happier than I’ve ever been, and healthier than I’ve ever been.”

Take a look at part of the interview below. [Read more…]

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Flatliners Trailer – Ellen Page & Diego Luna are coming back from the dead!

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There’s been interest in remaking Joel Schumacher’s cult film, Flatliners, you a long time, but its taken quite a few years for a new take to arrive. The likes of Keifer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon and Julia Roberts have been replaced with Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, and Kiersey Clemons.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In Flatliners, five medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience – giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife. But as their experiments become increasingly dangerous, they are each haunted by the sins of their pasts, brought on by the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side.’

The first trailer and poster for the film have now arrived, which you can take a look at below. The movie will be in UK cinemas on September 29th. [Read more…]

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No Dresscode Required (Human Rights Film Festival Review) – The agonising fight for gay marriage in Baja California

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While in the West we know there are homophobes, due to the fact that most of us surround ourselves with likeminded people it’s easy to become complacent about the problems that are out there. That’s particularly true in countries like the US and UK that have gay marriage and you can feel fairly confident that even if they don’t like it, those in charge of civil marriage will respect the law and issue you a certificate certificate (some particularly backwards US counties excepted). Well then, be prepared for a documentary that will fill you with righteous indignation and anger.

At the outset of the doc, gay marriage has come to Mexico following a court ruling, although many Mexican states and cities still have ordinances barring it. Victor and Fernando, who’ve been together for 15 years, think that means that if they want to get married it’s likely they’ll have to travel to Mexico City, rather than getting hitched at home in Mexicali, Baja California. [Read more…]

Garden Of Stars (US VoD Review) – A gay man brings together AIDS, the stillborn & the Brothers Grimm in a cemetery

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In the Schöneberg section of Berlin lies the Alter Sankt-Matthäus-Kirchhof, best known as the burial site of the Brothers Grimm. While framed by one of the Brother’s stories, this documentary isn’t about them, it’s about a man whose life has become inextricably linked to the cemetery.

Ichgola Androgyn is a gay drag queen, who used to be involved in experimental art and various other slightly hippie-ish pursuits. Almost accidentally he got involved with the cemetery, which he helped change from a staid, Victorian institution to something more welcoming that is designed as much for the living as the dead. [Read more…]

Boys On Film 16: Possession (DVD Review) – 10 more gay short films get a great showcase

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It’s always a good day when a new Boys On Film gay short film collection is released. The most successful short film series in the world is now up to an impressive 16th instalment. You’d think by this point they’d be running out of decent gay-themed shorts to include, but thankfully across the world there are a lot of filmmakers producing great work, which has ensured a steady supply of new films to put on disc.

There’s an interesting and eclectic mix this time around. So what’s included amongst the 10 gay shorts on the discs? Take a look at what we thought below. And you can see what we think of other Boys On Film releases here. [Read more…]

Remembering The Man (DVD/VoD Review) – Gay love and AIDS revisited in a new look at the story behind Holding The Man

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If you’ve read Timothy Conigrave’s 1995 memoir, Holding The Man, or seen the more recent film version (or indeed the play), you’ll know a bit about the relationship between Conigrave and John Caleo. This documentary retells the tale, focused around taped interviews Conigrave did with an AIDS oral history project before his death, as well as with interviews with the couple’s friends.

The documentary recounts how Timothy and John met as students at a Catholic High School in Australia and started to date one another. Despite a bit of tumult, break-ups and Timothy moving away to become an actor, the connection between the two remained and they developed an abiding love for one another. [Read more…]

The Great Wall (Blu-ray Review) – Matt Damon helps the Chinese with their alien dinosaur problem

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After watching this film you’re going to feel dumb. I bet you thought the Great Wall Of China was built to protect the north of the country from human invaders. Nope, it was to stop alien dinosaurs attacking and eventually becoming unstoppable.

Set hundreds of years ago, William (Matt Damon) gets mixed up in this after he and his friend, Tovar (Pedro Pascal) head towards China looking to steal/trade for the fabled ‘black powder’. They are attacked by one of the alien dinosaurs, known as Taotie, and soon after are captured by the Chinese military at the Great Wall. [Read more…]

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Blu-ray Review) – The end of Milla Jovovich’s Alice?

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Resident Evil is the most successful videogame-to-film franchise ever, and the first to cross a billion dollars at the box office. To be honest though, that’s more because the competition has generally been so awful, rather than because Resident Evil is so good.

This was promised as the final part of the story of Alice (Milla Jovovich), although thanks to a $300 million gross (largely due to its popularity in China, as it bombed in the US) don’t be surprised if it returns to the big screen in some form. Set shortly after the last movie, Retribution, Alice is one of the few survivors of humanity, trapped between the undead on one side, and the evil Umbrella Corporation on the other. [Read more…]

The Founder (Blu-ray Review) – The rise of a fast food giant and the death of someone’s dream

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Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is feeling slightly over-the-hill in his job selling milkshake machine to drive-in restaurants. Then he suddenly gets an order for six mixers – far more than he thinks any restaurant could possibly need. However, the order is correct, so Ray decides to visit this place out in San Bernadino California, where he discovers the McDonald’s hamburger stand.

The McDonald brother, Dick and Mac (Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch) have completely reinvented the concept of the diner-type restaurant. From getting people to come to the window to order and serving them food in waxed paper, to a carefully designed system to be able to complete an order in seconds, Ray has never seen anything like it. [Read more…]