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Aglncourt and your rightful king, that doth Introduce this comely manuscript blessed with Interest and comedy on this fair fortnight of the tenth month. Perchance that you may fall upon some leisure twlxt this Wednesday and t•others, let these pages be your rightful guide through the murky pools of this strange life. Verily, 'tls true that the honourable lord Roni Size doth speak within the walls of this very Event on the virtues of the drum and the bass. A group of players known to many as the RSC will tarry onward to enact my tale of Aglncourt and my taking of the comely Katherlne of France as my bride. One of these artisans converses with The Event. Lovers of the moving Image shall find much joy In those very pages that tell the tales of House of America and The Game. Two works of much good report. Those who wanton nothing more than to stuff their bellies with provision and take their fill of the food of fair Verona shall find merriment In the page of Food and Drink, a fine page Indeed methtnks. Indeed, there is much here for all good people in this fair abode to peruse and discover. Note well our ratings. Those who are rewarded just one point are pestilent and cursed Indeed while those given five are pure and true. Now is the hour of my retreat from this place, back to court where my minstrels shall play and saucy wenches shall sing. Fie Fie Fie...
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he toast in the Diner has come to represent those things about University life that are, on a small scale, irritating. An itch on the backside of life. Every fortnight we give The Diner Toast Award to something judged unanimously to be bad. Have you ever noticed how rubbish the hand driers across the public toilets of the world are? The alternative to the good ol' paper towel fails to come up with the goods every time you want dry hands despite their sensors that claim to detect your soggy mitts. If they do they may throw out a feeble puff of tepid air before cutting out. Certain driers don't really understand when to dry and when not to so, to be on the safe side , they just blast randomly if anything stands near it. Alternatively you may come across an overly enthusiastic drier that blows a gail force 10 wind across your arms at temperatures only ever before experienced on one of the Sun's hot-spots. This is an example of a Diner Toast Award-worthy thing. Hand driers are a strong candidate for this infamous award hot on its heels though are the new 50 pence pieces. The old coin was satisfying in its reassuring chunkiness, it felt like a substantial sum in your hand and was accepted in all walks of life. The new coin can easily be mistaken for a laundry token or tiddlywink and is spat back at you should you ever try and introduce it to a vendmg machine. The award this fortnight goes to the minters at the Royal Mint. The Toast's in the post.
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compilation put together by the whiz kids at Select magazine featuring some of some of today's best bands and a few of the old masters. Giants like the magnificent Radiohead, rub shoulders with the inspirational David Bowie and new acts like Cecil and Wireless. The dance scene also has a strong presence with Bentley Rhythm Ace and Dubstar. Most of the tracks are albums tracks, so unless you've been buying every release for the past 50 years you will probably find something new. So why are we telling you? Are we teasing you? Laughing at the fact you haven't got this fine record? Really would we do that to YOU? The truth in fact is that we've run into five copies of Be There Now to give away.
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Editor-In-chief: Jane Kirby Editor: Catherine Jones Design Editor: John Spacey Huslc Editor: Paul Stokes Assistant Huslc Editor: James Tapsfield Screen Editor: John Spacey TV&Radlo Editor: Amy Pierce lnter@ctlve Editor: Stuart Dredge Advertising Hanager: Amy Kingswell Contributing Writers: Ashley Denning , Joanna Hayward, lmogen Rose-Smith, Sarah Flynn, James Graham, Duncan Cowper, Charlotte Gibson , Tom Bryant, Debbi Marco, Johnny Messias, Diane Goodman, Eroica Mildmay, Jim Morrison, Paul Gould, Emma Bradman, Sam Jackson, Lucas Psillakis, Clare Frankenberg, John Houston, James Curtis, Simon Goodall, Jonathan Dunbar, Neill Johnstone, Kelly Moran, Liam Evans, Tom Heel , Lisa Minchin, Matt Walsh, Paul Hamilton , Marie-Ciaire Jenkins, Abigail Ovenden
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Velocette and talks about ... poetryt used to write loads of drivelling distribution was sorted out. • Sarah. "There are not many Velocette formed out of the ashes of several female frontad bands doing poetry when 1 was younger," aborted bands at the beginning of the year. what we're doing. I suppose the admits Sarah Bleach. No one, however, could accuse her of Offered a gig with Pavement before they even had closest are Broadcast or a name, they chose Velocette rather rapidly, the Stereolab, but they're much doing that now because Sarah is the lyricist and singer of Velocette, a band name of a 1920s motorbike manufacturer, but as more leftfield than we are, and currently seen as one of the best .....----..iSiiaiiiraiiihi.aiiiciikn-owiiiileiiidliigeiiisii.••lii'm-.reiiiaiiillily.igiiilaiidi.wiiie-piiiickediiii.iiiit._______......_that's what 11 ... we're new bands in Britain. Sarah, together with song trying to writer and guitarist Sam, do drummer Phi!, and bass really, guitarist-cum-keyboard guru bring that leftfield dimension into the popular market. it's Jax scored a major success with their debut single Get Yourself Together earlier mixing the two things that makes us stand out. • this year. The longer it's been our name the more I've liked Velocette promise to come to Norwich when they "We were really pleased with people's response to it." tour next year. Sarah's never been before and is the single, particularly getting Melody Maker Velocette are now working on their first album. looking forward to it (poor misguided girl). So what Single of the Week which was brilliant! ," explains They plan to get into the studio in January, but, for happened to the drivelling poetry ? "Oh, I don't do Sarah. "What we weren't pleased with was the the time being, it's four track demos at home or that any more. I did English at Oxford Poly, and I trouble people had getting hold of it the shops. lt the occasional jaunt into the rehearsal studio. suppose that makes me more critical. I'm really sold 2000 copies in the first week, which is good it's such a demo that will be their next release on fussy about rhyming, but it's the content bit that a Panda records double A-side. really bothers me, getting it to be any good." If for a debut single, but so many people came up to us saying they couldn't find it. Just think how So what can the discerning listener expect? their first single is anything to go by there "I think Velocette both fit in, and stand out," states shouldn't be a problem. many more copies we could have sold if the
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released lots of records, there is bound to be some debate, though Aftermath is cited as a highly Influential record in rock circles
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vocals, Kerth Rrchards guitar, Charlie Watts drums, Brll Wyman bass and Brian Jones piano and also the gwtar Over the years though, Wyman dropped out to be replaced by Ronnie Wood, and Jones sadly died The Jagger/ Rrchardsl Watts core has remained.
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Did we mention Brian Jones? Poor old Jonesy! Originally pianist, guitarist and songwriter, but took more drugs than Keith Rrchards and was eventually ousted by a Jagger/Richards coup d'etat and dumped on the band's periphery. Then he turned up dead in a swimming pool, fuelling countless Stones consprracy theories - everyone from the Kray twins to MI6 has been linked to Jones' demise, and a film is planned for the near future.
So what does the future hold? World tours, and new albums: Bndges to Baby/on
111etr latest was released only last week Then there's bus passes: the collecbve age of the Stones is approximately 19 million [Are you sure? - Ed] so they're all sure to qualify. Watts probably has another solo Jazz project lined up. In retrospect? I can't get no
satisfactron ... But Mrck does have lots of money. lt must be that degree from the LSE ...
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Everybody, including non ABBA fans , let go in a carefree fashion and were prepared to air their sweaty armpits whilst singing to every song.The mainly student crowd had all dressed for the occasion . Bjorn Again describe themselves as a ''funny pastiche of ABBA", and were quite entertaining, faking Swedish accents and indulu1ng in role play. Their plan seemed to be to makE p crowd laugh with them rather than at them , a~ y performed their tongue in cheek tribute. The music sounded authentic, a e costumes, ns, crowned flawlessly white and covered in ~ the occasion . At the times when the crowd joinec. .n, the occasion almost became a pantomime . lt was especially amusing for those of us who watched everyone else wearing silly wigs . To be believed Bjorn Again must be seen at least once, and for those of you who missed them this time they're coming back later this year, so don't chuck out your platforms quite yet. Marie-C/aire Jimkins
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the hour and three quarter set with an epic freeform noise version of Cop Shoot Cop. The sound is accompanied by intense lighting , but Spiritualized have already used this idea on three occasions this evening. Their route from the music's delicate and beautiful outset to a whitenoise crescendo is clumsy, and at times startlingly obvious. They are often guilty of relying too heavily on a cliched cycle of tension and release . However, when Spiritualized ignore the temptation to re ly on big rock finishes they manage to produce some of the most radiant music around . The sound, though stripped of many of its studio add-ons such as strings, brass and gospel choirs, is enhanced by the minimalist approach . The Spiritualized past however, is all too apparent and consequently much of the gig becomes leftfield baggage. Matt Walsh
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UEA LCR W ednesda y October 8 Hawkwinds have had frequent line-up changes since their birth in the early 1970s. This may have been the reason for the difficulty the current members appeared to be having communicating with each other. (Motorhead's Lemmy and Cream's Ginger Baker are both ex-members.) Hawkwind did not deliver their message with true conviction and certainly lacked musical unity at times. Despite this the re were definitely prolonged periods during the gig where they did seem to have regained thei r past glory, with moments of almost inspiring psychedelia. Hawkwind have no doubt had better outings during their lengthy ca reer, but this was no disaster for an early date on a long winter tour. The mood of the crowd was sympathetic, but there was also a tangible feeling of disappointment. This was an average gig from a once great band . Tom Bryant & Roland Prytherch
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UEA LCR Friday October I 0 Men in dresses, morally suspect clergymen and falsetto vocals - all synonymous with Mansun . They did not open in the usual manner, with The Chad Who Loved Me and it was a surprise to hear Everyone Must Win from their latest EP Closed For Business. Novelty value apart, it served to effectively introduce the familiar Stripper Vicar, which , for want of a better word, 'rocked'! The gig gathered momentum with the hit Tax/oss, including a gratuitously long guitarsolo. This worked well , but was to become a feature of every song. The sing-along Egg Shaped Fred kept the LCR bouncing, but the gig truly peaked with a tubth umping (sorry) delivery of Wide Open Space, followed by She Makes My Nose Bleed. The show ended on a high with a superb rendition of Take it Easy Chicken from their first EP. The traditional Mansun lack of encore was ensured when Paul Draper disposed of the microphone to the crowd, causing a tug of war with security as they wrestled it back. Finishing the gig with a bottle of bubbly for the crowd, Mansun proved to be a live act worthy of considerable praise. Paul Hamilton
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If the world was going to end (and with the football on a knife edge it could have) you 'd hope that Echo, with their apocalyptic power pop, would be there to supply the soundtrack. However, despite the absence of the four cheery horsemen, the Bunnymen's sound could be heard filling the LCR last Saturday. lan McCulloch looked distinctly uneasy at times, but the boys were generally on fine form. Their set, which featured both classic tracks and new favourites , was lapped up by an eager audience . Will Sergeant's guitar work was of particular note, lending life to many of the new songs that sounded slightly flat on the Evergreen LP. All in all a professional , no frills gig which left the listener satisfied . James Tapsfield & Klaus Estop
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are fitted to a persona that people think exists." So does he want to correct the perception the public and media have of him? "I'm not naive. I understand why I've been exaggerated. lt happens to everybody. lt happens to Liam Gallagher in one way and me in another. I'd prefer people to view me in more than one dimension. it's hard and you fight against it." What with the modem world as it is, Martin has some gripes at the way in which songs generally are presented to the world. 'We write songs, and we release songs, but we're forced to conform to a marketing plan of how they should be released, in singles and albums, and I find that irritating . Why on earth they should follow that pattern? I don't know." So what's the alternative? "I actually think the mini album is the ideal format but no-one ever uses it. Seven or eight songs is a wonderful little collection, and to have one of these each year would be fantastic . "The trouble with trying to do something like that is it's like spitting into the wind: eventually it will come back in
your face ." By contrast Steve Mason, Gene's guitarist, is far more reserved and business-like . it's pre-gig and Mason is in the band's dressing room, sporting an England football shirt and a smart tracksuit. He considers each question carefully, taking a drag from his cigarette before choosing his words and answering my questions. Throughout the conversation he gives the impression of having an unshaken belief in himself and in Gene. He's very protective of Martin, dismissing the suggestion that Martin might be a bit foppish, "He's a big bloke. Just because he uses a certain Intelligence and responsibility when it comes to lyrics, he's accused of being Quentin Crisp which is rubbish!" Talking about music , Steve has strong ideas, ''The stuff we write is very sophisticated at times and not an immediate shallow pop record ." So how does he go about writing? "We all have a full input on writing.
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China Drum don't seem to be a band with much luck. An American sounding rock band from Geordieland, trying to break at a time when the kids are obsessed with all things indie, and who until recently had the singer doubling as the drummer fo r their live shows (never a visual spectacular) . Th is a shame because w hilst not being great, a better timed arrival could have seen the band go on to better things. With Self Made Maniac the band continue along a rock(y) road with a sound typical of it's genre. The fact they soun d like the Foo Fighters, and in lighter moments Green Day, brings us to China Drum's main stumbling block: there is the constant feeling of deja vu. Unintentional or otherwise, the band seem to be walking a well trodden path, a path whose previous travellers have left a greater lasting impression . The son gs that stand out are the singles Fiction of Life, and Somewhere Else. These highlights are unfo rtunately few, and are heavily outnumbered by poor 'filler' tracks such as Down By the River. Ultimately Self Made Maniac makes ripples in a stormy ocean which is already occupied by greater vessels. Mark Leynol
Claiming in a recent interview that "If Noel is Oasis, then I'm Sleeper", Louise Wener seems to have singled herself out for the majority of credit for this new album. Unfortunately, writing all but one of the tracks has not been the best move for Miss Wener. Similar to The lt Girl, the new direction and progress promised by the band is not in evidence on Pleased to Meet You. If anything, the batch of new songs seem even more mediocre than usual, in what I presume is an attempt to become more mainstream and commercial and thus realise Wener's ambition to make an insane amount of money. This does not strike me as the best motivation for a band to have, and is reflected in the music. The majority of songs, for example Breathe and Because of You, are mid-tempo ballads of the kind your mum will like when they come on the radio. The odd up-beat song is squeezed in . Romeo Me and the current single, She's a Good Girl, although highlights, sound as though they are straining at the narrow boundaries Sleeper seem to have set for themselves. This is a sentimental Britpop album which would have been fine as a debut three years ago, but today just doesn't seem good enough . Kelly Moran
MAJOR FORCE WEST THE ORIGINAL ARTFORM .....~1') Anyone with a lust for dirty great vinyl packs, so fat that the greasy bass leaks out of the bursti ng seams, might just have found the stuff of dreams here. The Original Art Form picks up six years' worth of old school Japanese breakbeat, drum machine hip hop and dance from as far back as 1987. In addition to which , it also features contributions from Bomb the Bass and Kool DJ Red Alert. As with many compilations, this one suffers from over-enthusiastic producers trying to include too much of everything. Some tracks are so tediously reliant on basic drum machines that they are distressingly rem iniscent of the torrent of Jackmix offerings from which the late 1980s suffered so painfully. Fortunately this tiresome racket does not last, and there are some treats in store. Most of the rapping is in English, but delivered with such heavy Japanese accents it adds to the general mashed up feeling of old school rap. A disconcerting, but not unpleasant sensation . The shameless over-sampling of James Brown that also characte rises old school is there too, and after listening to Major Force don't be surprised if you find yourself hankering after your old Public Enemy albums. The Original Art Form is a fuller, funkier and heavier head-nodder than a lot of old school , and were it not for a cou ple of real stinkers this would stand proud beside Headz as top notch MoWax compilation material. Neil J ohnstone
Vanishing Point was this year's most underrated album, and Burning
Wheel is without a doubt Its most toe-tremblingly
fantastic track, mixing up a dubbed-up stonn of big beats, twanging sitars and blissed out vocals. The Scream team have managed here to combine all the best aspects of their previous albums into one glorious whole. What's more, the Chemical Brothers remix doesn't just blow the roof off - 1t nukes the whole damn house to bootf Number one for months, in a
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So, not exactly an original idea, but will it be a money spinner? Well actually it's not half bad. Icons like the Modfather, Weller and The Clash ensure that even those who are just pretending to be trendy will know at least one tune. lt does at times veer into Britpop a bit too much, but the track listing manages to introduce a heavier beat just in time, so the listener won't be overwhelmed. The soundtrack gives a well deserved break to new bands such as Puressence, Death in Vegas , and the Longpigs who are still scrabbling to make some ground in the world of pop . lt is these contributions that make the album worthy of your attention . So all in all, the verdict is pretty good. If you want a bit of style on your shelf ... then this record is 'facing' in the right direction . Abigail Ovenden
beats, then bastard mutant offspring would not be unlike this. A queer concoction of the slightly offputting, rather than distinctly haunting.
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Tladendclm Heated a.... "Rented Rooms is tumed into a swing version of epic proportions. • Is this musical irony? Are they having a laugh? Is it a Bjork pastiche? Is there truly any need for 'big band' remixes? This record isn't really very good. and frenkly, the longer I dwell on it, the more it irritates me.
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OPEN SUNDAY
Bob Dylaa r,_e Out 01 Mlad Bob Dylan's first original recording for nine years sees him go in a blues direction. The lyrics aren't strong, but the deep, slow music htnts at a side of Dylan not seen for twenty years. Rob Lutyens
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An American Werewolf In Paris Opening October 31 A budding Parisian romance is understandably hampered when a female student discovers she has a tendency for baying at the moon.
his hard hitting, gritty, documentary style offering from Gary Oldman is taking the film world by storm, and it's not hard to see why. Set in South London, at first it seems that this is England's answer to Trainspotting, but unlike lrvine Welsh, Oldman sidelines the drug addiction to an extent and immerses his characters in alcoholism and violence. The main character, Ray (Ray Winstone), is largely based on an amalgamation of Oldman himself and his alcoholic and abusive f~ther. In fact, the whole film is virtually a documentary about a dysfunctional working class family. Charlie Creed-Miles gives a convincing performance of a young man with a ÂŁ60 a day crack habit, but must rest with Ray Winstone in the mighty shadow of Kathy Burke. As the abused wife and mother, Burke outshines the rest, scooping the best
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LA Confidential Opening October 31 Kevin Spacey and Kim Basinger star in an adaptation of James Ellroy's novel about the police in 1950s Los Angeles. Also stars someone who used to be in Neighbours.
actress award for her role at this year's Cannes Film Festival. This is a well written, well directed film, supported by the exceptional cinematography: realism at it's most real. Oldman's portrayal of south London life makes some scenes in Trainspotting appear glamorous. For some this film could be too much. Every other word is fuk or c...t, and initially it is a battle to get past this. Also, some of the violence in the movie, although it serves in making the film as powerful as it is, can make you feel physically sick. There's no disputing the fact that Oldman directs as well as he acts, but there is definitely no feel good factor in this film. And a word of warning, if you are the sort of person to get put off by excessive swearing and violence, then you're better off staying at home with the Teletubbies. Debbl Marco
The Peacemaker Opening October 24 The debut film from Spielberg's Dreamworks studio features George Clooney and Nicole Kidman in a race against time to find a nuclear device. Promises to be fun .
A Simple Wish us (1997) Dir: Michael Ritchie ABC • Opens Oct 17
Free Willy 3 Opening October 17 The whale's back, and he's incompetent enough to get caught yet again. No doubt he gets rescued by humans and swims off into the sunset. Again. Oh dear.
Hard Boiled/Reservoir Dogs Union Films - October 16 Action double bill by two of the best directors of the 90s. Tarantino brings the well known story of a bungled heist, while Hard Boiled offers guns, guns, guns and yet more guns.
This was a children's movie, so I had to consciously regress back to the days when Timmy Mallet was still bonking, and Transformers were robots in disguise. Were I still a little tot, I cannot imagine A Simple Wish would have floated my boat, or any rubber duckies. The alleged plot line has Martin Short as a dizzy, accident prone fairy godmother. You may remember him as various dizzy accident prone characters (Father of the Bride 11 or Pure Luck anyone?) In truth, he's a cheap and irritating facsimile of Robin Williams. Short's task in this is the monumentally vital one of helping some tubby actor (Robert Pastorelli) land a lead role in a musical, so he doesn't have to move his sugar coated kids to Nebraska. Kathleen Turner appears as a Cruella-esque witch type, with snarling one liners, and commits all sorts of computer generated mayhem. With her stolen wand, she re-runs most of the visual gags from Death Becomes Her, mixed in with a hint of Hocus Pocus. As I'm a whole foot taller than the target audience, I shouldn't be using words like derivative, tired, and lazy. There isn't much here for the little 'uns to root for. No real heroes and Kathleen Turner is never evil enough to make them whoop in the aisles. The special effects are slight, especially against velociraptors and morphing aliens. Even the comedy wa~ pitched at the wrong level: what is a parody of crass musicals doing here? Besides which, Disney's Hercu/es will stomp all over this turkey. Johnny Mess/as
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n a corporate world of paintballing and team building exercises, The Game would be in the gold card league of executive nightmares. Set in modem day San Franslsco, Michael Douglas plays whltey stockbroker, Nicholas Van Orton, having in the course of his career cornered the selfish wealth market nicely and living a dark immaculate life, friendless to the nth degree and steeped in money. Which as we all know doesn't buy you love, especially if you've done nothing to deserve it in the last 20 years. Deborah Kara Unger is sidekick Christine, looking suitably bashed up and knowing. Sexy too, of course. Sean Penn pops up as Conrad, the problem brother (well, the one with the more obvious problems anyway) and offers a novel birthday present. The innocuous little card from the Consumer Recreational Services company, "sounds like they make tennis racquets," seems suitably discreet and tantalising too. Good ol' Mike, his curiosity motivated by
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arrogance as much as anything, takes it up. Soon bits start falling off his life, a ghastly momentum gathers and and it's sink or swim • literally, before going on to make full use of torturous quandries, awful coincidences, eerie parallels with the past and extreme paranoia. The action unfolds with no clues as to who is behind the turning of events. A tense, cold piece, it's a nasty Hollywood table as there is. Although David Fincher delivers a slightly more sutble and less gory film than his previous effort Se7en. There's lots of crazy action, no special effects, but maybe the thing that's hardest to believe is just how damn rich Eroica Mlldmay some buggers are!
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fter the success of Trainspotting, the same writing, directing and producing team have joined up again to follow a slightly different track. After the intensity of their two previous films, A Life Less Ordinary is firmly in the genre of romantic comedy, but don't worry, Meg Ryan is nowhere to be seen. Celine (Cameron Diaz) is a spoilt rich bitch , wh ile Robert (Ewan McGregor) is a disgru ntled dreamer recently sacked from his cleaning job in Celine's father's (lan Holm) company. Robert kidnaps Celine, only for her to tell him she's seen it all before, and then devises a plan to screw her father out of several million dollars when Robert proves he just doesn't cut it in the kidnapping stakes. "Rule one of hostage taking,"
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screams Celine, "Have you asked for a ransom yet?" Meanwhile, the archangel Gabriel is in heaven (which looks suspiciously like an American police station) complaining that all he sees between men and women is "divo rce, divorce, divorce," and assigns angels Delroy Undo and Holly Hunter the job of making Celine and Robert fall in love by putting them in as mui:h life threatening danger as possible. Thanks .to this amusing new twist and the fact that Diaz and McGregor are equally strong characters, the film succeeds in stepping out of the shadow of it's mighty predecessor, as well as kicking When Harry Met Sally's butt. And the cartoon at the end is fun as well. John Spacey
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Vertigo us (1958) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Showing - Cinema City
"you shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental."
t the only experience you've ever had of Alfred Hitchcock is the shower scene in Psycho, Vertigo is a great chance to see the master in action . In Vertigo's opening scene, a beautiful woman , her bl ond hair pulled in a tight bun, stares grimly at a grave in an ageing ch urch. As the California sunlight streams in, blinding the man who watches her from a distance, she walks away slowly, staring at the bouquet in her hands like a morose bride, and the man following her trots quickly over to see whose grave she was looking at. Suddenly, the church bells clang and the music, previously angelic, becomes ominous and dark. This is th e beginning of the strange connections between the living and the dead which characterise the film. lt is not only one of Hitchcock's finest , almost flawless works, it is also one of the those rare films which actually lives up to its immense reputation . Coolly received on its release in 1958, Vertigo is a film with complexities, a psychological drama with distinct emphasis on the word psychological. The film stars James Stewart as Scottie Fergueson , a San Francisco policeman forced to retire because of his crippling fear of heights, and consequently fills his days by following the wife of a college friend . The wife , Madeline, played by Kim Novak, has been falling into trances and even trying to kill herself as part of her obsession with a tragic ancestor. As Madeline's madness grows, Scottie's love for her becomes ever more compulsive. On the technical level, the di rection is unusually calm as Hitchcock uses the stark angles of San Francisco to create an uneasy atmosphere. Everything appears precariously balanced and uneven : no matter how idyllic the scene, there is a nervousness. The mood is enhanced through the musical score of the director's greatest collaborator, Bernard Hermann , the man also behind the sound of North by Northwest and, of course, the shrieking strings of Psycho. The real person worthy of mention is James Stewart, who exudes star quality in a way unseen in films today. Stewart, some two decades into his film career mostly spent playing loveable everyday people (a la Mr Smith Goes to Washington) , plays a character who evolves from just such an everyman to a deeply disturbed person , at once filled with self-loathing and enacting Pygmalion-esque attempts at reliving his memories. it's a powerful performance which makes the film the great work it is. Diane Goodman
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Stars wars Trilogy Year: a long long time ago. Star Wars is hopefully a sign of good things to come if Carrie Fisher's metallic bras catch on.
Meti'Oj)OIII Although this type of futuristic romp has been done numerous times, The Fifth Ele m e n t Besson's touch injects style and us ( 1997) finesse to the genre, and the D l r : Luc Be sson ~-c~.,. sumptuous visuals and Union Film - Oct l J 1 costumes deisgned by Jean· Paul Gaultier are superb. The film is made so much more effective uc Besson's big budget sci-fi epic stars and entertaining by the minute ruce Willis, the cigarette smoking hard attention to detail. From the 600 an from New York, as Corben Dallas, a storey New Yoi'X skyline to the cigarette smoking hard man from a futuristic surreal stellar cruise ship, Besson New Yoi'X. Dallas, a disillusioned ex-soldier and eo serve up a visual turned cabbie, assumes the mantle of saviour of treat.Unlike so many of its the universe when Milia Jovovich, the key to blockbuster counterparts, The Fifth Element boasts a tight, intelligent stopping an evil force that threatens to consume script. lt retains its surreal humour the universe, falls into his taxi. With the help of lan Holm, who gives an engaging performance throughout, with some great dialogue from Willis, Oldman and as the cybermonk with the task of protecting the eponymous fifth element, they battle through Chris Tucker, who plays a libidinous inter stellar disc jockey. future Manhattan and then through space trying Despite the comparisons that have to gather the five elemental keys that will save the universe. been drawn, this film never sets out Gary Oldman stars as a predictably impressive to compete with or be compared to baddie with a laconic southern drawl, who tries Ridley Scott's Bladerunner. lt's a must for Willis and Besson fans his darndest to stop good prevailing over evil. There are also some delightful cameo alike, and is right up there with Men appearances by Lee Evans and Tricky, who In Black for the accolade of sci-fi Jlm Morrlson portray, well, themselves... film of the year. Futterman) and Jez (Stuart Townsend) are orphans out to make a ridiculously large sum of Shooti n g Fish money so that they can buy a stately home UK (1997) ~-CT•l (Ahem). The two orphans acquire money Dlr: Stef a n Schwartz through a number of dishonest seams which ABC - ope n ing Oct 17 have gullible businessmen cueing up to give their money away. They're joined by the rather scrummy Georgia (Katie Beckinsale), who works for the two orphans as a part-time secretary, but ou will not want to 'go and see this film. who ends up as the one person that can help You've probably glimpsed at the rating, them fulfil their dream. skipped right past the review and thought Shooting Fish just plods along for the first half of • Shooting Fish, eh.. never heard of it, never will. That's not to say it's a terribly bad film. What you the film only really gathering pace later on. Its not are likely to say is, well .. not a lot. That's because all bad though: the soundtrack is decent enough and it's encouraging to see a British film at the watching Shooting Fish is like watching any mediocre TV screenplay, at the end you'll just cinema: a disappointing effort that will leave you want to flick over to another channel. Dylan (Dan running home for the tally. Paul Gould
Year: 2000. Fritz Lang hlred 1000 unemployed men who were willing to have their heads shaved. Fluh Gordon Year: who cares? A brilliant (ahem) remake of the original involving less plot and more naked women. Planet of the Apes Year: hopefully a very long time from now. Astronauts land on the Earth in the distant future. Men in ape suits rule the world. Blade Runner Year: 2019 Harrlson Ford chases artificial super humans around Los Angeles and runs off with one of them. Forbidden Planet Year: 2200 A futuristic version of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Stars Robby the Robot.
Allml Year: 57 years after Alien A non-stop, high tech, souped-up war movie with gung ho marines and a feisty babe. Wow. The Time Machine
Year: 802701 Rod Taylor whizzes through time to an Earth lnhabit~d by the Eloi and Morlocks. Very credible. 2QQ1 Year: 20011! Sixties hipsters believed they could trip on the final sequence without resorting to LSD. Hmm The Ttmllnator Year: 2029 Arnie comes from the future to try and kill the mother of an unborn resistance leader.
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remake of The Secret Life of Waiter Mitty. After Priest, Jimmy McGovern is going back to the big screen. Originally conceived as an episode of Cracker, Heart stars Christopher Eccleston as a successful businessman whose heart transplant changes his life. Macaulay Culkin has turned down the opportunity to portray River Phoenix in a biopic of the dead teen star. Producers admitted that Culkin might bring too much "baggage" to make the project work. Computer whizz kids have begun work on a new film starring George Bums. Presumably the fact that George is dead, is not an obstacle to their plans. The actor will be digitally recreated using state of the art technology. Does this mean that one day Tom Cruise could be out of a job? We wouldn't want that would we? Sigourney Weaver has been offered $20 million to star in Alien 5 after enthusiastic audience reactions to preview screenings of Alien:Resurrection. Alright for some isn't it? Airp/ane and Naked Gun director Jim Abrahams will be directing a Godfather spoof starring Uoyd Bridges as the Don.
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Ronl Size Is the Drum & Bass guru r~sponslble for the recent Mercury Award winning album New Forms. And h~ got really Imaginative hairdresser. }ames Tapsfleld talks to him about his success ••.
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influenced by the 'James Factor', by James Brown and all the funk and groove. Ifs too simple just to say jazz. Its too obvious. I think Drum & Bass comes from everywhere. The way that I describe it is the amalgamation of all music and the myriad of sounds. This music comes from all over the place: parts from America, parts from Europe, parts from Jamaica, and each person puts their own sounds that they are influenced by into their music."
the larger Talkln' Loud label in order to reach a wider audience. This aim has undoubtedly been achieved. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about New Forms is .the manner in which it has transcended the previously underground boundaries of the Drum & Bass scene and caught the imagination of the mainstream audience. Many people have suggested that New Forms has created a bridge. There is clearly a feeling among the Reprazent camp that they are in some way imposing their own will onto the rest of the music scene rather than accommodating popular tastes. Even suggesting to Roni that the album has brought Drum & Bass into the mainstream draws a sharp response, "Do you think that the
To understand this almost reverent attitude towards Drum & Bass you have to know a little In fact, Roni Size's press people have been almost neurotically cautious with their man ever about Reprazent's history. Ronl originally became since the idea of an interview with The Event was interested in music through watching Wildstyle, a classic hip-hop movie featuring many important first floated. The date and time was changed more than once, and it was even ,requested that someone ~----------------------------....... album has come to the mains.tream or has the who was interested In the Drum & Bass scene mainstream come to us? Mainstream doesn't really work should conduct the from where I come from. interview. Roni, apparently, likes someone to Mainstream is things like the Spice Roni gives his definition of Drum & Bass Girls. This music's got a lot of potential, and know what they are talking about. people in the so-called establishment are starting to recognise the potential and see that the people old school rap figures. As he grew up he was also Perhaps all this is only to be expected. From the influenced by his brothers' taste for reggae, soul who are making it have got a good idea." time of its release in June, praise has been and rare-groove. However, it was only when Roni heaped on the New Forms album from virtually became involved with the Basement project that every quarter for its innovation and accessibility. The culmination of this critical acclaim came at the he started to view it as a potential career. Much of end of August when Roni Size and Reprazent the £25,000 prize money from the Mercury Prize will be donated to the Bristol based project. "lt's a beat off stiff competition from the likes of place where people like yourself and I can go and Radiohead, the Prodigy and the Spice Girls to win the covetted Mercury Music Prize. They are now get involved. They do music and kind of help trying to cope with all the media attention that people get an idea about what to expect if they do want to get involved in music." accompanies success, while engaged on an extensive European tour. The collective now consists of Roni Size, Krust, Not that Roni Size minds the excitement and DJ Die, Suv, MC Dynamite and vocalist Onallee, but started off in 1992 when Size and Krust interest that the album has provoked. Once we get started working together. They used to spend a past the initial difficulties in the interview he is keen to express his approval of the coverage, "I great deal of time in London clubs listening to the music of the.newly emerging breakbeat think thafs genuine people just writing genuine feelings about something that is new. Even before scene, and then formed the Full Cycle label in 1993 and started working with the other the Mercury award we were getting loads of media attention. lt's just times ten nowt But it's nice that members. Roni and Krust were both tairly heavily involved in the jungle scene, and people are starting to realise that this kind of played a significant part in opening up the music is not just about getting a speeded up break jazzier side of jungle with tracks like Roni's and sticking a funny bass line underneath it." Jazz Thing and Krust's Jazz Note. Roni Reprazenfs work is certainly more than just a himself is keen to emphasise that he has speeded up break and a funny bass line. New . followed and been involved in the dance scene almost from its inception: "I've been Forms takes Drum & Bass in a jazz direction, giving it more of a groove while maintaining the into all types - from rave days I've been into it. You know, even when it was raggatrademark driving breakbeats. Brown Paper Bag, jungle I was there." the next single, is a perfect example, blending a b ig jazz double bass sound and guitar with a huge The Full Cycle label still exists, but the beat. Yet Roni doesn't feel that they are particularly influenced by jazz, "I think we're more Reprazent collective decided to sign to
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The mainstream appeal of Reprazent will doubtless be in evidence when they play Norwich on October 29. There have been strong rumours of a shift in venue from the Waterfront to the larger LCR but, while the extra capacity · could doubtless be filled, no move has been confirmed. Roni promises a live show to remember. "The live show is very exciting, it's got a good vibe. We're eight strong on stage, with a pianist and bass player, a few vocalists, and myself, Krust and Die all programming." The Waterfront gig should be particularly special because it is scheduled for Ronl's birthday.
So does Size matter? A few years from now will we be looking back on New Forms as a dead end rather than a new direction? Given the longevity of the dance scene thus far it seems more likely that the success will be built upon, with further new directions being taken on every level. But perhaps it doesn't really matter whether Reprazent are creating a musical legacy. Roni Size, and Drum & Bass in general, captures the essence of a large section of our generation, a section that seems to be gaining further converts with every passing day. Now that's what I call R~prazentation.
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many films come out of Wales, and·when there's not many, every film seems to have the problem that it represents Wales." Indeed, as Marc admits, the themes of the film are
"He's the Welsh Elvis really. Maybe in five years time someone will dare to make a Welsh film without Tom Jones in it, but at the moment he's one of the few big icons that we've got." Before House of America, Marc worked on the Ruth Rende/1 Mysteries and directed the BBC film Thicker than Water. For Matthew Rhys, who plays Boyo, possibly the only sane member of the Lewis family, House of America marks his debut outside the theatre. "lt was scary," admits Matthew, "and daunting. The biggest hurdle for me was from the technical side, having trained for three years in theatre and then having to hit the tape on the floor and talk to a wall and stuff like that. I went straight back to theatre after doing it, and you get to
way we could get round that was by making it a monochrome wortd. Once we'd made it black and white it did fit, because it gave Wales a chance to compete with a far bigger and more dramatic country like the badlands. lt also reminded me of the films that inspired us a lot, films like Hud and On the Waterfront: gutsy, poetic American films that seemed to fit Clem's memory of America." Accidents apart, House of America has done well for itself. One of it's major coups was the casting of Sian Phillips as the Lewis family's potty mother. Marc says that Sian, a veteran of films such as The Age of Innocence and I, Claudius, was perfect for the part. "When we were casting the important thing was getting three kids and making
such that it could be set almost ~------------------------------....... sure they felt right together. anywhere. Three bored and Mam was just a person who unemployed twenty was slightly separate. Sian something siblings are stuck was very young in many in a dead end town with only a ways but brings that experience with her, which Harley Davidson, a copy of On the Road and the occasional bottle of their mad s perfect. . mum's prescription drugs for company. Their dad We decided on a version of Mam which was a appreciate the better aspects of both and the slight femme fatale. You could play Mam emigrated to America years ago and when they fail to get a job at the local pit, two of them can't worst aspects of both. I found it hard shooting one completely barking and in your face, but scene, and then four weeks later you'd go back to we decided to show a very elegant woman. take the pressure any more. All set to a the scene that follows it, and you'd go, oh f**k, "Sian understood Mam, and understood that soundtrack of the best Welsh music around. ''I hope that people don't think the soundtrack's a how did I feel that time? What's going on?" there's more than one version of playing mad. The Englishman abroad in the valley town of Sometimes you think she's pretty sane, and then cynical Britpop marketing device," says Marc, "I'd Banwen is Steven Mackintosh, film veteran of she does the Tom Jones number and you're left in like to think that if you're driving down the road in Memphis Belle and Blue Juice, and also one of no doubt she's mad." a dead end town there's nothing better than to the leading characters in the BBC's Buddha of So madness, pubs, miners, Jack Kerouac and pretend you're in the Manic Street Preachers." Suburbia. Though the solitary non sibling rivalry. But what is the significance (if any) 11 Welsh member of the cast, Marc of the Welsh connection? admits he had no qualms about Perhaps we'd better let the director have the last casting him. "You could get very word. "If the Welsh label's useful I don't care what they call it. But there could also be a dogmatic and say all the actors bit of egg on face. There was a thing have to be Welsh, but if somebody comes in and blows you away you happened when Chariots of Fire got an Oscar and Colin Welland stood have to give them the part." Steven says he had no problems on stage and said "The English are fitting in. "Virtually everybody around me (Except Guinness and was Welsh, so that's a great Kronenbourg, £1.40) help if you're going to do an accent. When I met Marc and read for the part I literally had a bash at it, and thankfully the response was good." The American connection • Jack and Joyce, and On the Road, is vital to the plot, and as the film goes on the family are increasingly lost in the American dream, with the audience seeing numerous monochrome visions of Clem, the Lewis' father, in his life in the
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coming", and they all stayed at home, so to say there's a Welsh renaissanbe could be the worst thing for filmmakers to stay, but having said that there's a lot of great music coming out at the moment, and that shows the country's still alive. Film and music are the popular arts, and if things are happening there, it means there are probably more things around the corner. What really inspired me was that it was a good play, and that it's possible to do something interesting and be where I am. That's what really knocked me over."
o's this Jack .Kerouac thent Tom Bryant is Dr Beat••• ack Kerouac's On The Road is a passionate autobiographical account of the American dream of freedom and liberty, and also an American classic. lt is a story flashing with the energy of crazy be·bop jazz, sex, compassion, writers and poets set in the American underground scene of the 1950s. Kerouac (under the name of Sal Paradise) searches for life with a demonic ferocity because those who interest him are, "the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to tack, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time.n Neal Cassidy (who appears in the book as Dean Moriarty) is the personification of this ideal, and is Kerouac's key to the experience, mystery and freedom he quests for. Cassidy bums with such an intensity that Kerouac is merely dragged along in the wake of his hypnotic madness, but loves his angelic energy and says simply, "He was beat, the root, the soul of beatific." The book includes many of the writers and poets pivotal in the beat movement, and therefore is also an important cultural document concerning some of the most important writers of the twentieth century. 1t also inspired a great number of writers, poets and musicians (including Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison) as a result of the freedom it seemed to offer through Kerouac's creation of flowing "wild form," spontaneous prose, as much by the lifestyle it depicted.
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tuiJIJBI visioiJ Warning: Staring at your monitor for too long may induce blindness. Just look what happened to the Red Mole! Stuart Dredge investigates. ost British students enjoy the luxury of free , unlimited access to the interne!, but until recen tly few of us made use of it. Now that's changing , and as more of us clamber onto our surfboards, more and more sites are being set up just for us . Such a site is Red Mole . Billi ng itself as 'the ultimate web resource for students and recent graduates', the site aims to provide loads of usefu l information, as we ll as a
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he first thing that struck me about The One and Only, and the hype surrounding it, was the amazing cheapness of its pints (£1 a pint for all draughts excluding Kronenbourg and Guinness). The second realisation was that there's an entry fee. Through the application of logic I arrived at this conclusion: the place is great value if you want to get pissed but a waste of money if you're only looking for that after dinner tipple. Fortunately, "The One and Only" has more to recommend it than its prices. Its semicircular bar counter is the centrepiece in a cosy interior of racing green , custard cream and burgundy walls , rickety wooden tables and uncomfortable wooden chairs. There's just one fruit machine to give it that modem touch. Oh • and a deafening sound system . The bar featu res a decent selection of pilsner, largers and bitters, but no exotic sounding ales such Dog's Bollocks or Kangaroo's Bum. The spirits - Archers, Bacardi, Smimoff, liqueurs such as Cointreau and Drambuie, Scotch and American Whiskies among them - are, thankfully also £1 a measure . Soft drinks are half that price and peanuts (served warm, for some reason, in a thimble sized polystyrene cup) are 25p. 1did wonder about the food on offer but there were no notices regarding food , so one can assume that it's not really one of the manager's priorities. And with those bar prices, it's certainly not one of the customer's priorities either. The One and Only is pleasant enough and, at the very least, different from your average Red Uon. My advice to the manager: play the records and play them low and provide a large bowl of free peanuts on every table. Essential Information: Draught Includes Greene King, Carllng and Carlsberg. Bottled beer Includes Fosters Ice, Budwlser, Miller and Becks. Lucas Pslllskss
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lunch. The exclamations of approval were enough to boost any ego, but as I tucked in I didn't understand what they were on about. lt tasted more like baked beans with a bit of - - - - - spice. There didn't seem to If be any vegetables in it "'o~<'),. leaving the meal a bit bland The Student's "?o"' really. Looking at the other Vegetarian Cookbook recipes there didn't seem to Jenny Baker be anything new. They were mainly based around pasta, jacket potatoes, rice and toasted sandwiches the very familiar four pillars of the 1 . I student diet. While the recipes were a bit of a non event, explanations were easy to follow and the detailing of measurements at the start was extremely useful. So, if you want a change from your normal diet I don't recommend that you rush out and buy this book, but for those left floundering through lack of home cooking th is is a good beginning. Personally I'll stick to my pasta and grated cheese. I
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he dominant plot of Shakespeare's Henry V: lots of English Noblemen beat the hell out of half the French aristocracy. Now, if you were French would you not find this the slightest bit offensive? "No ... not at all", and with that, model turned actress Karine Adrover dismisses what I thought was a perfectly reasonable question. Adrover plays Katherine in the RSC (that'd be the touring company of the RSC) production of Henry V now running at Norwich's Theatre Royal. Born in Switzerland, to French and Spanish parents, it doesn't surprise me that she is not at all nationalistic. As she explains: "I think that it is kind of old fashioned to be patriotic. The young generation, we don't have that feeling , we don't need that." Being old fashioned isn't something that would appeal to Karine . She adamantly stresses the vitality and youth of the RSC cast. Under their influence Henry V has transformed from a party political broadcast for the Francophobe Elizabethan party to a coming of age narrative. For Karine, it is a production which stresses personality above action. She asserts that it's human and real , and her confident assertion leaves little room to question the validity of this approach. lt is somewhat more difficult to detect the dimensions of Karine's personality. She holds her Gaelic accent like a shield , explaining, despite her obvious proficiency , that she is not very confident at speaking English on the phone . Many of her answers present an amiable enthusiasm , the RSC is "fantastic", England is "wonderful", but you cannot help querying her sincerity. Yet at times she can be refreshingly honest. As she herself reflects "contradictions are very interesting". The play itself is a form of initiation for Karine. Not only is it her first work with the RSC , it is her first time in theatre . The RSC would seem a pretty good place to start, but Karine is hardly fazed . She is -.-.nothing if not ambitious. Would she like to do more work with the company? The answer seems to be: yes, if they'll have me. Hollywood? "yes to make
money, I'd like to do a Batman, that is fun for an actress". Hollywood will soon have the opportunity to decide if they want Ms. Adrover as the next Bat babe . Her international film debut, the surreally titled Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest, is too be released soon. A French production , it boasts an American director and a mainly British cast. 1t is being heralded as the next Betty Blue. Karine appreciates the association. "I find her crazy too. I like that, I had a lot of fun doing it." Basically the film seems to demand Karine trundling around scantily clad. There seem to be similarities between Karine and her on stage character, either she's seen as a bit of female fluff tacked onto the end to spice up a play about lads pummelling each other to death , or the play's pivotal point. it's easy to dismiss Karine as the newest French bimbo; just someone to drive Renault Clios across our TV screens, but something about her self-assurance suggests more. Like the production's interpretation of Katherine, Karine is in control. She confesses a preference to stage over screen, because in film , "you are not in control of much of your acting, because someone is editing and just choosing what they prefer. " Of her on character she reflects , "She has the right to make her own decisions". So does Ad rover, the question is whether they will be the right ones . Perhaps though, she is more like Henry in reverse , a French woman preparing to battl e with th e world of English speaking drama. Adrover does not seem daunted by the task. "If I am asked to do something I just bring my own thing. Of co urse th ere's the language. I'm not scared of that."
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Meanwhile, actors who have been seen in the role of the warrior king include Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Brannagh, both imposing actors . But in this year's production Mr Sheen , self-admittedly a charismatic rather than macho actor, is hoping to portray the uncertainty and unreadiness of the young royal rebel-tu rned-conqueror of France. Director Ron Daniels has put together a young and largely unknown cast to bring a slightly new interpretation of the traditional play, so it'll be intriguing to see how it compares to its celebrated cinematic big brothers. Joanna Hayward
tedious ly. The second half was much more interesting, when the scene reverted back to before the murder. Th ere was many a colourful exchange ou would expect Simon Brett's current theatre between Celia and her soon-tobe-deceased husband. Jeremy production, which is in fact his first original full length play to be rather good , following the success of his Clyde plays the rude, arrogant popular TV series After Henry and How to be a little Sod, and above all humorous and starring Rik Mayall. However, on the whole it is disappointingly doomed Martin Powell . dull , with the odd splash of humour surfacing to re scue the play. Silhouette is mildly Silhouette is a well-produced and well-acted piece of theatre. entertaining. However, it doesn't seem to Hugh Dennis (think Milky! Milky!) steals the show as the unhinged radio journalist Neville Smallwood, who has a quite know if its a murder disturbing obsession with acclaimed actress Celia Wallis, played mystery or a comedy. by a striking Stephanie Beacham. Th e contrived humour running throughout also doesn' t help. The plot is basically very simple - showbiz couple Celia Wallis and Martin Powell hate each other. But with a witty script and The play opens with police sirens and the blood-soaked corpse impressive cast, it was worth a visit, if only to see the star of of Martin Powell in the study of their home. A traditional whodunnit ensues with Joe McGann playing the adequate, yet the show .. . who used to play uninspiring Inspector Britton. In the first half, the investigation the rich bitch in a star-studded Dynasty. Charlotte Gibson gets underway and bubbles along nicely, although a little
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VISITING WRITER 路 PETER HAMILTON KULTURE SHOCK SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2PM f you're interested in anything book-like then it's a sure bet that you've already made your way down to the most happenin' shop in the City: Kulture Shock. What's more the shop - which only opened a few months ago - is building a reputation of solid gold, bringing in a wide range of interesting authors and speakers. This is where established sci-fi author, Peter Hamilton comes in. He will be visiting the shop (1 0-12 St Benedicts Street) on Sunday, October 19 at 2pm to sign copies of his latest offering to the literary world, The Neutronium Alchemist. His first set of novels, Mind Star Rising, A Quantum Murder and The NanoFiower, were all based around central character Greg Mandall, a genetically enhanced empath and soldier. His new set of books come together as the Night's Dawn Trilogy- each book is around the lengthy, but rewarding mark of 1000 pages long. Together The Reality Dysfunction (now avalible in paperback), The Neutronium Alchemist (released in hardback), and the forthcoming The Naked God form an epic 'space-opera'. These books chart the spread of a deadly threat throughout a group of Earth colonies know as the Confederation, and the threat is deadly in the sense that there are dead people behind it! The first book ends with a battle between an elite task force and the dead, with the following books picking up on the middle of the war, when conventional weapons have failed and only the use of a doomsday device holds any hope for the Confederation. By combining skilled characterisation, tense situations and scientific theory to create a gripping read , Hamilton has earned himself favourable reviews Amy Pierce across the board.
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Those ace people at Kulture Shock are giving away top prizes to the lucky winners who manage to answer the following question correctly. First prize up for grabs is a signed hardback copy of Peter Hamilton's novel, The Neutronium Alchemist. And five runners-up will receive 10% discount cards to be used in Kulture Shock! To be in with a chance of winning one of these prizes, simply answer the following question : What is the name of the doomsday weapon in the Night's Dawn trilogy? a) The reality disfunction? b) The Neutronium Alchemist?, c) Lady Macbeth? Put your name, telephone number and pigeonhole on a piece of paper and pop it in the Concrete comps box, located next to the Steward's Cabin in Union House. Get answering!
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theatre royal, review pparently The Country Wife by William Wycherley is 'restoration comedy at its very best'. Just don't ask the 100 odd people who walked out of this Theatre Royal comedy at the interval, disgusted at having to sit through an hour and a half's worth of tedious scene setting. True, at th is point the 17th century play looked about as likely to last the distance as a puffer fish in a pin factory. But it got better. So much so, that the first half was the chalk to the second half's cheese. A gripping storyline finally put in an appearance and we watched fascinated (although sometimes still a little fidgety) as a tale of deceit, despair, sex and satire formed before us with the 17th century behaviour of bourgeois London as the target. The star-studded cast including Patrick Robinson (Ash in Casualty), Sara Crewe (the Philadelphia girl) and Jaye Griffiths (Ros in BBC's Bugs), along with their ridiculously lurid costumes were at last able to shine in front of the Persil white minimalist set design. As many expected, there was a predictably happy ending. Less predictable was the immorality of the play, and how unsubtly this was dealt with for a play of it's time. The lead character's compulsive bed hopping would undoubtedly have Mary Whitehouse frothing at the mouth today, let alone her equivalent of three centuries ago. While The Country Wife is worth seeing at three and a half hours long it's something of an endurance James Graham test. Interesting music too. Drum'n'bass/harpsichord fusion anyone?
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ODEON HERCULES Yet another legend gets th e Disney treatm ent as the myth of Hercules is made unrecognisable, appearing in a version hugely different to the original.
THE GAME Michael Douglas stars as a bored businessman whose life is turned upside down when he accepts a offer he's too arrogant to refuse.
CRASH Friday, October 17. Sex and cars in a David Cronenberg fil m th at certainly ain't in the mainstream .
THE FULL MONTY Robert Carlyle heads a bunch of unemployed steelworkers who decide to strip for a living . Don 't be shy lads , get yer kit off.
TRAINSPOTTING Monday, October 20 . Ewan McG regor and Robert Carlyle star in the Scottish film industry's finest hour. Och aye.
CINEMA CITY OL YMPIADE BERLIN 1936 Wednesday, October 15 at 5.45pm and 8.15pm. Nazi propaganda masterpiece showing in two parts. KOLYA Thursday, October 16 at 2.30pm and 8.15pm. Friday, 17 October at 5.45pm and Saturday 18 October at 8.15pm. Czech drama set on the eve of th e Velvet Revolution of 1989. VERTIGO Friday, October 17, Saturday, October 18 and Tuesday, October 21 at 2.30pm Monday, October 20 to Friday, October 24 at 5.45pm . Monday, October 20 to Wednesday, October 22 and Saturday, October 25 at 8.15pm. Alfred Hitchcock starring the recently deceased James Stewart, along with Kim Novak and Tom Helmore. My God , this is good . SUBWAY Friday, October 17 at 11 pm . Christopher Lambert stars in a sci-fi fantasy about roller skaters on the Paris Metro. PANTHER PANCHALI Satu rday, October 18 at 5.45pm. An intense study of a poverty stricken Bengali family by a first time director. THE WAY AHEAD/ THE NEW LOT Sunday, October 19 at 7.30pm. A group of army conscripts are ta ken from rooki es to professionals in this WWII propaganda classic. CRASH Thursday, October 23 at 2.30pm and 8. 15pm, Friday October 24 at 8.15pm and 11pm . David Cronenberg's controversial film about the
nature of obsession comes to Norwich. HENRY' ' Saturday , October 25 at 2pm . Olivier's 1944 intensely patriotic version of a nation overcoming the odds gets an airing. HENRY V Saturday, October 25 at 5.45pm . Kenneth Branagh's 1989 version gets stuck in the mud and rain of France in a slightly more gritty version of the Shakespeare. HOUSE OF AMERICA Sunday, October 26 at 2.30 pm , Monday, October 27 and Tu esday, October 28 at at 5.45pm. A young Welsh brother and sister try to escape the banality of Wales by evoking the spirit of Jack Kerouac.
BIG NIGHT Tuesday, October 21 . Two Italians are running a small Italian restaurant next door to a giant commercial restaurant. THE FIFTH ELEMENT Thursday, October 23. Luc Besson directs Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman in a vis ually stunning future New York. KIDS Friday, October 24. Sex and drugs in a co ntroversial day in the life of middle class kids. THE SECRET OF ROAN IRISH Tuesday, October 28. The Donegal coast proves to be the star of a film about the tragedies surrounding a 1940s Irish fami ly.
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Sunday, October 26 at 7.30pm. Burt Lan caster and Tony Curtis star as a pair of amoral journalists who will do anything to get to th e top of the pile. JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE Monday, October 27 at 2.30pm . Tim Alien finds his long lost son in south America has turned into Tarzan , but brings him back to New York anyway. GET ON THE BUS Monday, October 27, and Tuesday, October 28 at 8.15pm, and Tuesday October 28 at 2.30pm. Spike Lee presents a cross section of AfricanAmericans en route to the million man march .
UNION FIL.MS HARD BOILED/ RESERVOIR DOGS Thursday, October 16. Action double bill featuring the best of Hong Kong and American cinema. Start queuing now.
THEATRE ROYAL MISS JULIE Wednesday, October 15 and Saturday, October 18, 7.30pm. Steamy opera hits Norwich (and it's in English!). £3/£4 ELO 11 Thursday, October 16, 7.30pm. Th e Seventies band once dubbed the 'new Beatles' return . £17/£3.50 MAGIC OF SINATRA Friday, October 17, 7.30pm . A tribute to old blue eyes. £13.50/£3.50 HENRY V Tuesday, October 21 - Saturday, October 25 , 7.30pm. The incredible Royal Shakespeare Company bring the bard to life once again . £18/£3.50 GREG PROOPS Sunday, October 26 , 7.30pm. Pointed barbs and viscious broadsides from th e star of Whose Line Is it Anyway? £1 2/£3 ROMEO & JULIET Tu esday, October 28 - Friday, October 31, 7. 30pm . Award winn ing ballet reworks Shakespeare just one more time. £22/£4.50
NORWICH ARTS CENTRE BERTJ ANSCH Thursday, Octo ber 16, 8pm. Acoustic guitar legend plays the Norfolk & Norwich Festival. £6/£4 ORQUESTA LA CLAVE Saturday, October 11 , 8.30pm . Eleven piece salsa band bring 'joyous dance music' to Norwich . £8/£7 THE LAD Y OF THE HOUSE OF LOVE Wednesday, October 29, 8pm . Set during the First World War, the chilling tale of an ageing vampire and an injured soldi er. £6/£5
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FINLEY QUAYE + CATH COFFEY Sunday October 26. Tricky's uncle makes this Norwich Sunday Shine with his cool grooves. £8.00 RONI SIZE WITH REPRAZENT Tuesday October 28. The recent winner of the Mercury Music Prize, brings his drum n' bass extraganza to town . Look out for a special drum n' bass version of happy birthday as it's Roni's on the night. £8.00
THE WILDE CLUB Monday Ocobter 20 PROLAPSE + JOHNNY PANIC £4 adv/ £4.50 on the door.
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SANCTUARY Mondays. Old favourite Student night. 9pm-2am £1 stud. before 11/£2 stud. after. SUPER PUB Wednesdays. A regular club night, with live bands. 8pm-midnight FREE
Monday October 27 CARRIE +SPRING + B'MER + SPIRITED £4 ADV/ £4.50 on the door AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD Sunday October 19. All in all it's just another snag on the barbie mate, sorry, we mean brick in the wall. £7.50 adv. MIKE SCOTT AND HIS NEW BAND Sunday October 26. The ex Waterboy has got himself a new band, thank goodness! Now we can all sleep peacefully. £8.50 adv.
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BENTLEY RHYTHM ACE + LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES+ CUT LA ROC Wednesday October 22. The big beat band with a head for heights, and a surprisingly bad record for falling out of aeroplanes. £6.00 adv DEATH IN VEGAS +BLACK STAR LINER Thursday October 23. Guitars, bleeps, and breakbeats! A genre cutting sound from the dark band of Vegas. £7.00
MORE MEDICINE Mondays. The Student Social. 1Opm-2am £1 stud. before 11/ £2 after
RETURN TO THE SOURCE Friday October 24. Eat Static, Mark Alien, Chrisbo are all in the house. 8pm-2am £8.50/ £6.50 stud. adv
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monday 17th november 7.30pm tickets: £3.50 - £13
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Sat 18th
EIGHTIES NIGHT
£9adv
club OUT to LUNCH with the MINISTRY of SOUND
+ FOOT alternative 80s21 .3o-o2.oo £3 .00(UE
dj's Ashley Beadle, Rocky and Mark Wilkinson Fri 24th
NOWAYSIS
£8.50adv
+SUPPORT
RETURN TO THE SOURCE
BENTLEY RHnHM AC DEATH IN VEGAS
feat. EAT STATIC plus dj's Mark Alien and Chrisbo, 8pm·2am
Sat 25th
£5adv
RETRO·ACTIVE with tributes to the Village People and Kylie Minogue
NOVEMBER
Sat 1st
+LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES +COOLER
19.30 £6 .00adv
+BLACK STAR LINER
20.00£7.
£6.5Dsu
club MIXMAG feat. Danny Rampling Fri 8th club PLANET ALICE Wed 12th
SOLD 0
£8adv
RONI SIZE IARKARN
£3.50 UEA students
+ MONKEY MAFIA
"WHAT A FEELING"
Live hits from all the cult movies featuring SONIA, SINITTA and cast
£3adv
Sat 29th
19.30 £5.00ad
OZRIC TENTACLES EIGHTIES NIGHT
club RETRO
OCTOBER Sun 19th
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+SUPPORT £ 7.50adv
Australian PINK FLOYD Sun 26th
+CON BRIE·O! cheesy disco 21.30-02.00 £3.00t £8.50adv
MIKE SCOTT and his NEW Band
NOVEMBER
Tue 11th
+SUPPORT £8.50adv
ECHOBELLY Fri 14th
£12.50adv
DEL AMITRI Sun 16th
£9adv
WILDHEARTS Mon 17th
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EVERY MONDAY 9PM·2AM
+SUPPORT
MY LIFE STOR
£12adv
CAST Sat 22nd
£10adv
JOOLS HOLLAND
NEW DATE ORIGINAL TICKETS VALID
DECEMBER Mon 1st
£11.50adv
Fri 5th
£12.50adv
BLACK GRAPE LIGHTNING SEEDS Mon 8th RETRO XMAS with BJORN AGAIN
£10adv
Wed 10th
£12.50adv
Sun 14th
£8adv
the SAWDOCTORS
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MACHINEHEAD Tickets from Union Finance Office, weekdays, 11 am·3.30pm. Prices quoted are student advance prices
£5
FAIRPORT CONVENTION