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“Fantastic Beasts” Flirts With Gay Allegory

Fantastic Beasts

It’s been a strange year to be gay in a Hollywood blockbuster—the strangest part being that you can now actually be gay in a Hollywood blockbuster. Well, sort of gay. Big-budget movies in 2016 have taken to assigning sexuality to previously neutered supporting characters, like Sulu in Star Trek and the raving scientist in Independence Day, both of whom in this year’s sequels pointedly embraced husbands we never knew they had. (No kissing allowed, of course.) They’re barely better than the status quo of coded gay characters, like Kate McKinnon’s eccentric ghostbuster or maybe those two women pushing a stroller … Read more

Seagulls Attack Yoda in Bad Lip Reading Awesomeness

Yoda Bad Lip Reading

This new video, Yoda hates seagulls in. The Jedi Master expresses his severe dislike for the birds in this gloriously bonkers “Bad Lip Reading“ of “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back.” “Everyone told me not to stroll on that beach, said seagulls gonna come, poke me in the coconut, and they did, and they did,” Yoda sings to Luke Skywalker in the catchy ditty. By Lee Moran – Full Story at Weird News  

“Fantastic Beasts” a Queer Rights Metaphor?

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A columnist for a US tabloid has claimed JK Rowling’s new Harry Potter spin-off is, in fact, a metaphor for LGBT rights. ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is released today (Friday, November 18) and takes fans of the magical universe across the Atlantic to explore the wizarding world of the United States. Writing for the New York Post, Kyle Smith claimed the film is a “gay liberation epic” and might be the “gayest superhero movie since X-Men: First Class”.  Comparing the wizarding world of New York City to the LGBT community, he said the film “explores a clandestine … Read more

Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts

Written by J.K. Rowling and directed by David Yates, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them is a spin-off of the Harry Potter phenomenon. In giving us a prequel to the Harry Potter universe, Rowling takes us on an adventure with super-geek Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards. A powerful wizard is causing trouble, but other forces are also at work. This story is set seventy years before we see Harry Potter reading Scamander’s book while studying at Hogwarts. Redmayne is such a talented actor that he makes it appear as if this part was … Read more

Beauty and the Beast Trailer

Beauty and the Beast trailer

The new Beauty and the Beast trailer has been released. Predictably, it’s all kinds of amazing. The movie stars Harry Potter actress Emma Watson as Belle. Meanwhile, Sir Ian McKellen is the voice of Cogsworth. The film – featuring a new-look, computer-generated beast – is due in March 2017. It’s a live-action remake of the 1991 original. (Which was the first animation to earn a Best Picture Oscar nod.) By Jamie Tabberer – Full Story at Gay Star News

Eddie Redmayne Auditioned for ‘Star Wars’

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne is about to dominate cinemas in Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but he nearly had a major part in another beloved franchise. He’s admitted in the past that he auditioned for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but now the actor has revealed which part he auditioned for – and just how badly it went. After Redmayne first admitted that he once tested for a villainous part in Episode VII, fans assumed it had been for General Hux – eventually played by Domhnall Gleeson. By Dominic Preston – Full Story at Pink News

Gal Gadot: Let Me Date Halle Berry in Wonder Woman Sequel

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Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has said she fancies a piece of Halle Berry for the title character’s love interest. Gadot, who also announced today that she and her husband Yaron Versano are expecting their first child, responded after comic book writer Greg Rucka said he thought all of Wonder Woman’s relationships would be with women. According to batman-news.com, Gadot put Berry’s name forward as a love interest for a proposed sequel. “I saw her the other day, Halle Berry,” said Gadot on Good Night with Guy Pines. “She’s so beautiful. Wow! She’s gorgeous! So… yeah, I could do [the … Read more

Dumbledore News from “Fantastic Beasts”

Johnny Depp

Two bits of info today on Dumbledore’s sexuality in the new series: Johnny Depp is confirmed to be playing Dumbledore’s love interest in the Fantastic Beasts sequel. The Pirates of the Caribbean star was reported to have been brought on for the Harry Potter spin-off franchise last week, with people guessing on which character Depp would be playing. Director David Yates confirmed to fan site The Leaky Cauldron Depp will be playing Gellert Grindelwald, the former friend and love interest of the Hogwarts headteacher. And Rowling teased fans about how far she will go with Dumbledore’s youthful explorations: “I can’t … Read more

New Wonder Woman Trailer

Wonder Woman

The second trailer for the Wonder Woman movie has just been released and we’re getting a bigger look at what to expect from Diana Prince in her solo big-screen effort. To sum it up: Diana’s going to save the world and look fly as hell doing it. The trailer shows Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) looking at an old photo featured in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, confirming the narrative will include a modern day component with Wonder Woman looking back at World War I. By AUTHOR – Full Story at SOURCE

Trailer: LIFE

Life trailer

The first trailer for LIFE, a sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds, has just been released. Based on a script penned by Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) and directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House), LIFE follows a group of six astronauts/scientists aboard the International Space Station who retrieve the first known sample of life on Mars. However, what they first believe to be a simple organism turns out to be more intelligent (and dangerous) than they expected. Fans of eerie sci-fi films thrillers will undoubtedly see some allusions to LIFE‘s cinematic antecedents (Sphere, for instance, comes to mind). But … Read more