Ab Fab Movie is apparently on the
cards – Saunders
Jennifer Saunders, writer and creator of the
hugely popular Absolutely Fabulous (aka AbFab)
TV series, has reportedly revealed on UK TV’s
This Morning show that in fact an AbFab movie is
on the cards. This in spite of, or possibly a result
of, the fact that a hoax movie poster for a 2015
release of an AbFab flik has been doing the
rounds on the web. Co-star Joanna Lumley
quipped: “I think with a little bit of not-too-
painful pressure [on Saunders], a little bit of
vice-like grip and a Chinese burn on the arm, it’ll
happen.” A release date is not yet set. -
PinkCinema Writer
REVIEW: PRIDE - Unlikely Allies
Find Solidarty
Every now and then a motion picture comes
along that defies convention, breaks boundaries
and enlivens the soul. PRIDE does this so
successfully, so subtly and with such universal
humanity that it is simply irresistible. With a
distinctive ensemble cast of very well known
British and Welsh actors, dynamic new talent
and the understated direction of a theatre
professional, the film manages to sustain
consistent laughter, tears and deep empathy in
its audience. (More...)
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Cheyenne Jackson gives private
lessions in new film Six Dance
Lessons in Six Weeks
Cheyenne Jackson (Behind The Candelabra; Glee)
is starring in a new film about an acerbic gay
dance instructor who gives a conservative older
woman (played by Gena Rowlands) Six Dance
Lessons in Six Weeks (based on the acclaimed
play by Richard Alfieri of the same name).
Release dates and further information will be
shared once available for our region -
PinkCinema Writer
Acclaimed Hollywood director
Roland Emmerich brings the
Stonewall Riots to life in new film
The iconic 1969 Stonewall Riots will see a new
feature film made about this landmark time in
LGBTI rights. Roland Emmerich (director of
Independance Day, 2012, The Patriot) will be
shooting a story that focuses on one man's
political awakening following the riots
themselves. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron
Perlman and Joey King have all signed on to
"Stonewall," the working title of the film.
(More...)
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REVIEW: Decriminalizing Alan
Turing: The Imitation Game
Norwegian director Morten Tyldum elegantly
weaves a very touching and tragic story of
espionage, cryptography and sexuality
extracting nuanced performances out of
Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira
Knightley as Joan Clarke, an odd couple who
make up the mysterious collective which work
on and break the seemingly impossible Nazi
enigma code at the height of World War II.
(More...) David R Walker
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REVIEW Saint Laurent: Cobras and
Caviar - YSL’s Fight for Elegance
Director Bertand Bonello’s epic portrait of the
life of influential fashion Designer Yves Saint
Laurent is beautifully if not explicitly captured in
his amazing biopic Saint Laurent, starring the
gorgeous Gaspard Ulliel as the iconic and
tortured designer. Belgian actor Jeremie Renier
(In Bruges) stars as the French industrialist
Pierre Berge whom together with Saint Laurent
founded the hugely successful and influential
Parisian Fashion House Yves Saint Laurent YSL,
making it an international, synonymous with
style and sophistication. (More...) David R Walker
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