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“There hasn’t been enough ‘blowing things up’ in Australian movies for quite some time!” jokes the film’s producer, Andrew Mason. Lincoln Lewis, who plays one of the eight main characters, Kevin, couldn’t agree more. “There’s guns and explosions and dirt bikes in the movie so, it was cool,” he says. “It was really cool!”
true to that and letting the action happen around them,” Beattie explains. “The more you care about the characters, the more exciting the action is. I think the scenes are interesting and I’ve tried to make them fun and give you a real sense of who all of these people are before they go on this ride.”
Tomorrow When the War Began, based on the first
The former Home and Away actor says he had
novel of the seven-part book series, is about a group
“always been a massive fan of the books” and was
of friends who go on a camping trip to ‘Hell’, a remote
thrilled to be cast in the epic movie adventure.
valley located near their hometown of Wirrawee.
“I read the first one when I was in year seven
When they return home from their short adventure,
and finished them off when I was in high school,”
however, they quickly realise that all is not as they left
Lewis tells EventCinemas.
it – and everyone they know and love is missing.
“I just kept thinking, ‘I would love to [be in a
Primarily shot on location in and around Sydney
movie version]. I don’t even care if I’m the non-
and the Blue Mountains, it was Raymond Terrace, just
speaking tree in the background, I would just love
north of Newcastle, that was transformed into the
to have a part in that!’”
fictional town of Wirrawee.
Stuart Beattie was the man tasked with the
Producer Andrew Mason says he was astounded
job of taking one of Australia’s best-loved young
that so many fans came out to
adult novels and bringing it to the big screen,
support the project during
which is no mean feat, given the popularity of John
production.
Marsden’s creation. “I always thought that one of the best things about the book was that it was very characterheavy – these eight characters are all very clearly defined and they all have their own journey, and I love that. I think that it’s just a matter of keeping
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designer’s] progress each day, simply by logging
“So I went ice-skating with Dennis, who plays
on to a couple of the fan sites,” Mason tells The
Homer, and I went on a day trip to Manly with
Newcastle Herald, describing how fans flocked to
Rachael, who plays Corrie, so we just did little
Raymond Terrace to see the transformation.
things like that. We really, really bonded, just like
“People were going down there to the set every
brothers and sisters. It literally felt like a giant
day and taking photographs and putting them up
sleepover with all of the crew and cast and
on the web. That’s how passionate the fans are.”
everything. We were all staying in the same hotel
Adds Beattie, “I take the fan response very seriously. The fact that people actually know the
so we spent every waking moment together.” Beattie is enormously proud of the finished
story and have thought about these characters
product, describing the film shoot as “the most
is great. It means you’re not working in a vacuum
rewarding experience of my entire professional
so much; you are working in a world that people
life”, and now there’s talk of a second and third
already know and love.”
film being shot back-to-back.
But diving into a project that already has an
Ultimately, however, Tomorrow, When The War
existing fan base can be tricky, especially when it
Began serves as a shining example that Australia
comes to the believability of the characters.
can produce high-octane, big-action flicks that
“Stuart decided that he didn’t want us
can stand up alongside big-budget Hollywood
to do read-throughs, he would rather us do improvisations and just spend days together,”
blockbusters. “My hope is that if you make a bigger film
Caitlin Stasey – who plays the lead, Ellie Linton –
– something that seems to actually fill that big
explains.
screen in a big cinema – and the adventure is that big, then people will start to think that Australianmade stories are worthy of that,” Mason says.
VITAL STATS Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis, Deniz Akdeniz, Phoebe Tonkin, Chris Pang, Ashleigh Cummings, Andy Ryan, Colin Friels Director/writer: Stuart Beattie Based on novels by: John Marsden Budget: AU$27 million
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INCEPT OF ALL OF THE FILMS YOU COULD ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION, INCEPTION MAKES THE MOST SENSE: THE BRILLIANTLY COMPLEX AND ENGROSSING STORYLINE, WHICH INVOLVES LEONARDO DICAPRIO DIVING INTO PEOPLE’S SUBCONSCIOUS TO STEAL SECRETS, DEMANDS AT LEAST TWO OR THREE VIEWINGS BEFORE YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON.
DiCaprio stars as Dom Cobb, a skilled thief in
complex, suspenseful, highly stylised film that
joining DiCaprio on screen.
the dangerous art of extraction – that is, stealing
genuinely defies explanation. But what else would
This is the fourth time that Nolan has directed
valuable secrets from deep within another person’s
you expect from acclaimed filmmaker and director
prolific film actor Michael Caine, as they previously
subconscious.
Christopher Nolan, the man behind films such as
worked together on Batman Begins, The Prestige
Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins and The Dark
and The Dark Knight.
Cobb enters his victim’s minds during the ‘dream state’, when the mind is most vulnerable. His skill in this area has made him a coveted player in a treacherous new world of corporate espionage.
Knight?
“I’ve had intimate direction from great directors,
“I’ve been interested in dreams really since I was a kid,” Nolan tells the UK Telegraph.
but I’ve never had the sort of intimacy and minimalist direction I get from Chris,” explains
But, it comes at a price. Cobb’s rare ability has
“I have always been fascinated by the idea
also made him an international fugitive, to the point
that your mind, when you are asleep, can create
that everything is about creating the best
where he can no longer touch down on his home
a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as
moments of suspense.”
soil in the United States. His career has cost him
though it really exists. And what I’ve realised about
Made with very few post-
everything he has ever loved… until now, as he’s
myself over the years is that if I don’t engage with
production digital effects, Nolan
being offered a chance at redemption.
something on that emotional level, I’ll never sustain
dedicated a large chunk of
One last job could give him his life back, but only if he can accomplish the impossible: instead of stealing a secret, Cobb and his team have to plant
my interest in it for the two years it takes to
Inception’s US$160m budget
make it.”
toward creating huge,
Inception boasts an all-star cast, with Michael Caine, Ellen Page,
an idea. This is a much-simplified plot rundown for a
Caine. “He reminds me of Hitchcock, the way
Marion Cotilliard,
elaborate sets. He also tasked his stunt and special effects
Joseph Gordan-Levitt
teams with the
and Cillian
responsibility of
Murphy
creating dream-like explosions that produce no smoke or flames – a cinematic first. This was also the first time that Hollywood A-lister Leonardo
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When shooting in France, the local authorities wouldn’t allow the use of actual explosives during a pivotal scene between Dom (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Ariadne (Ellen Page). So, the production team used high-pressure nitrogen to create the effect of a series of flame-free, smoke-free explosions, with six high-speed cameras employed to capture the sequence from various angles.
ION DiCaprio had taken on a lead role in a sci-fi movie. “I’ve never done a film even in the science fiction genre, so for me it was kind of important to have characters that, even though they go into these different stages of the dreamscape, they’re very grounded in an emotional reality,” DiCaprio explains. “My character has a very specific cathartic journey that he goes on in this film, to come to terms with his past… We spent three months just talking about this film, we had lots of discussions about the intricacies of the plot and how we really combined so many story structures together. And (Nolan) was very specific about saying, ‘I don’t want to underestimate the audience – I want to challenge them.’ I think he pulled it off with flying colours.” While DiCaprio admits that Inception is a difficult film to explain or categorise, he also likes “that this film is shrouded in a little bit of mystery.” “It’s a thinking person’s film,” he says. “People extract their own logic from it and have their own interpretation of it, and those are the types of films that I’d like to be a part of more often.”
“I’ve never had the sort of intimacy and minimalist direction I get from Chris. He reminds me of Hitchcock, the way that everything is about creating the best moments of suspense.” - Michael Caine
VITAL STATS Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine Director/Producer/Writer: Christopher Nolan Budget: US$160 million Gross revenue: US$818 million
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SALT ANGELINA JOLIE HAS CARVED QUITE THE CAREER FOR HERSELF: NOT ONLY CAN SHE TAKE ON SERIOUS, DRAMATIC ROLES SUCH AS IN THE CHANGLING, BUT SHE CAN ALSO HOLD HER OWN IN A BIG-ACTION HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER. IN SALT – A ROLE THAT JOLIE SNATCHED FROM TOM CRUISE –THE MOTHER OF SIX IS AT HER BUTT-WHOOPING BEST!
Originally, Salt was intended to be a Tom
This is bizarre.’ It’s just strange,” Jolie says. “It
great in this part. When
Cruise action flick, but the producers and
feels like we’re walking in some kind of odd
audiences see the
Cruise himself were all concerned that the
reality.”
movie, they’re going
role was too similar to his Mission Impossible character, Ethan Hunt. One quick rewrite later – to change the lead character’s name from Edwin A. Salt to Evelyn Salt – and Cruise was out, and Jolie was in. “The most important thing we said was,
During the production, Australian director Phillip Noyce abandoned CGI for good oldendangered the life of his leading lady at times! “Audiences have become familiar with CGI tools, where you can virtually make
because that’s where I think people have
up characters, and draw up any
failed in the past,” Jolie tells Moviefone.com.
explosion or car or plane crash,”
a woman, it’s always about being a woman,
Noyce tells TimeOut Sydney. “We’re starting at a different point,
using your femininity, all these kind of female
where the audiences are refusing to
obvious things. So we said, let’s just keep
suspend their disbelief because they can
all the things about it that’s tough. It’s about
see the mechanics of it all and work out
being what she is, it’s about the journey, and
the artifice. We have an old-fashioned
if anything, we have to make it darker and we
approach to stunts unlike the CGI world,
have to make it meaner than the boys.”
where no one’s life or ribs are in danger.
In the film Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who uncovers a plot to kill the visiting Russian President. However, she is quickly
“In Salt, the audience will realise that Angelina really put her life at risk.” It can’t have been too much of a
accused of being a Russian spy and is named
stretch for the 34-year-old actress, as
as the main suspect, and must fight to prove
she’s planning on reprising her role;
her innocence.
in an interview with Noyce confirms that a
out in real life in the United States, as several
sequel is likely.
living in the US.
SALT
“Hopefully within a couple of years
“The side of me that makes a film about
we’ll have another
this situation thinks ‘My God, what timing.
one. Angelina’s so
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Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, August Diehl, Daniel Olbrychski Director: Phillip Noyce Budget:: US$110 million Budget Gross worldwide revenue: US$291.6 million
Contactmusic.com,
twist, this fictional premise recently played Russian agent sleeper cells were found to be
VITAL STATS
On Blu-ray and DVD from December 22
WORDS David Christopher
In an interesting and purely coincidental
just the beginning.”
fashioned explosions – which may have
‘Well, we can’t turn this into a girl movie’,
“When they write something on purpose for
to feel like it’s only
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“WE HAD A GREAT FREEDOM TO FAIL.” IT’S NOT THE IDEAL STATEMENT FROM A MOVIE’S LEADING MAN, BUT IT WAS THIS FREEDOM THAT ALLOWED STEVE CARELL TO EXPERIMENT AND HAVE FUN WITH HIS LATEST FLICK, DESPICABLE ME. Carell, who plays the evil Gru in the
his reign as the most evil villain in the world.
says of his role.
animated adventure, reveals that there
“They wanted [Gru] to be a bit sinister
was plenty of ad-libbing going on in the
looking but also accessible – and that’s a
intense effort, trying to be as funny as I could,
production suites.
very tricky line to walk,” Carell says.
and to be on story with the improv, and give
“The script was great. The script could
“He doesn’t have a black heart, but he
“Every time, it was just three hours of
them as much material as I possibly could.”
have just been done as is and the movie
doesn’t have a heart of gold either. I’d say he
would have been fantastic,” he explains.
has a heart of bronze, and he discovers that
it is – and Carell says he’s only too aware that
as the movie progresses.”
of the fact that the actors are just one small
“But I think because they had people like Russell [Brand] and Jason [Segel], they
While Carell is an animated movie veteran
allowed for lots of improvisation, just to
(of sorts), How I Met Your Mother’s Segel –
loosen the actors up and let them have fun…
who voices the character of Vector, Carell’s
[so] we’d always do the script as written, and
nemesis – was a novice to the world of
then they’d ask us to play around and come
voice acting.
up with alternate lines and jokes.”
Despicable Me is Carell’s third foray into
If it sounds like a cushy job, that’s because
cog in the giant animated movie production machine. “The voice actors in this are just one paint colour that the artists are painting with,” he says.
“What’s cool about doing this
“You try to give them
animated film – and this is the only
as great a spectrum
the animated world, having previously voiced
one I’ve done, so I have no other
characters in Over The Hedge and Horton
frame of reference – is that you
Hears A Who! This is, however, his first time
go in for three
playing an evil character.
hours, every
take it and create
few months.
something
In the film, Gru’s position as the world’s penultimate super-villain is waning, so he
I probably
plans to steal – wait for it – the moon.
went in
He adopts three young girls from an
as you can, but it’s ultimately their job to
wonderful out of it.”
six times
orphanage to help him reach his goal, in an
over two
effort to reignite his popularity and continue
years, or something like that,” he
VITAL STATS Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Music: Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams Budget: US$69 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$455 million
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IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S BEEN YEARS SINCE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCED A THRILL-PACKED ACTION ADVENTURE FILM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN 2010’S UNDER-THE-RADAR GEM, THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE Here’s H ’ an iinteresting t ti h hypothetical th ti l question: tii what would happen if superstar producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Con Air, Pirates of the Caribbean)
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Apprentice.”
from the 1940s film – Mickey Mouse stealing
Balthazar Blake (Nicholas Cage) is a
his master’s hat to make the brooms dance – is
was handed the reins to the Harry Potter
1,300-year-old master sorcerer who once
franchise?
studied under Merlin. He lives in modern-day
True to form, this film ticks off many of the
Manhattan, which is under threat by his arch-
Bruckheimer trademarks, tweaked only slightly
nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina).
to account for Disney tastes: big action scenes,
Well, the end result might look a little bit like
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Disney’s modernday take on “good verses evil” using the ageold tools of sorcery and magic.
Balthazar can’t take on Maxim alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seeminglyy
recreated here in loving tribute.
sweeping visual effects, and snappy dialogue. The visual effects are exceptional (no dodgy
average guy who demonstrates hidden potential al al
blue screen work here – check out the scene
because you’ve got somebody pushing against
as his reluctant protégé. Following a crash
where a spell traps its user behind a mirror),
your heroes,” Bruckheimer explains. “It always
course in the art and science of magic, the
and while the story may appear to be a little
takes a great protagonist and antagonist
young but unwilling apprentice finds himself
predictable for older viewers, the acting is above
to make a good film – and I
battling the forces of evil alongside his mentor.
par.
“When you have villains, you’ve got drama
Young Dave has his work cut out for him as
Cage – getting back into National Treasure
he attempts to survive not just his training
territory with the same director (Jon Turteltaub)
but also save the city and get the girl –
and producer (Bruckheimer) – has always been
all en route to becoming The Sorcerer’s
one of Hollywood’s most watchable stars, and
Apprentice.
here he excels as Blake.
Parts of the story are loosely based on the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment in Disney’s animated classic
Fantasia, which in turn is based on the late 1890s 0s 0s symphonic poem by Paul Dukas and the 1797 Johann Wolfgang von
Perhaps finding his feet again after his barnstorming performance in Kick Ass, Cage brings his trademark ticks and quirks and a newfound grasp of subtle humour to the role. Baruchel, who seems to have cornered the market in playing the put-upon dweeb, is also fun as Dave. Rounding out the cast is the always reliable Molina as the bad guy and Monica Bellucci as another of Merlin’s apprentices, who is given little to no lines, but still enhances every scene she’s in by her sheer beauty alone. This being a Disney film, the viewer can be guaranteed of two certainties: that it will be good family entertainment, and the good guys will win in the end. All in all, it’s the perfect family DVD for a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
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THERE’S ALWAYS A DEGREE OF SKEPTICISM WHEN A GRAPHIC NOVEL IS TRANSLATED TO THE BIG SCREEN, WITH FANBOYS TAKING TOTAL DELIGHT IN SAVAGING ANYTHING LESS THAN SPECTACULAR IN LATE NIGHT ONLINE DIATRIBES. FORTUNATELY FOR THE TEAM BEHIND SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD, THEY WELL AND TRULY ESCAPED THE SAVAGERY! Quite the contrary, Scott Pilgrim received the
you meet a girl, it’s the best thing ever and
heavily involved in the project.
big thumbs up from movie critics and fanboys
she’s the only one. This is the LOVE of my life.
“He gave the actors a list of 10 fun facts for
alike, including some big names like Quentin
And then when you break up, it’s the END of
their characters,” Wright told TheFilmStage.com.
Taratino, Jason Reitman and Kevin Smith.
the world.”
“Number one fact was ‘Scott Pilgrim is
“That movie is great,” Smith says simply.
Playing a character like Scott Pilgrim was a
the hero of the movie inside his own head’.
“It’s spellbinding and nobody is going to
challenge for Cera, who’s more accustomed to
I thought that was such a great quote… It’s
understand what the f**k just hit them. I would
playing angsty teenage characters, rather than
like Scott Pilgrim is sort of a fantasist. Maybe
be hard pressed to say, ‘he’s bringing a comic
guys that can kick major butt.
too many video games, too many comics, too
book to life!’ but he is bringing a comic book to life.”
“I can’t fight worth a damn,” the 22-year-old
many Saturday morning cartoons, too many
Canadian actor tells CHUD.com. “That’s a fear
sugary products has resulted in this completely
Based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee
of mine, that people are going to want to fight
fabricated version of his life. Which is a total
O’Malley, the plot line of Scott Pilgrim Vs The
me after seeing this movie. They’ll see me in a
exaggeration.”
World plays like something out of a video game.
bar and beat the sh*t out of me.”
Pilgrim, played by Juno’s Michael Cera, falls for Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but to date her, he must first defeat seven of her ex-love interests. “I think the movie is about a first adult
like trying to learn to dance. “A lot of it is me,” he confirms. “But that’s not fighting. That’s dancing! ‘I have to put my right foot forward, pivot, loosen my shoulder…’
relationship,” director Edgar Wright (Shaun of
It hasn’t stuck with me. I couldn’t do anything
the Dead, Hot Fuzz) explains to MovieRetriever.
impressive now.”
com. “The way I connect to Scott Pilgrim is that I can definitely empathise with how everything at that age is either the ‘best’ or
And, to be honest, who hasn’t been there?
Cera says that nailing the fight scenes was
To remain true to the original novels – and to obviously avoid fanboy scorn – the man behind the original texts, Bryan Lee O’Malley, was
VITAL STATS Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Brandon Routh, Alison Pill, Chris Evans, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Brie Larson, Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Mae Whitman Director/producer: Edgar Wright Narrator: Bill Hader Budget: Unknown Gross worldwide revenue: US$44.2 million
‘worst’. Every time
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STEP TO IT! PREPARE FOR THE DANCE OFF TO END ALL DANCE OFFS IN THIS THIRD INSTALMENT OF THE STEP UP FRANCHISE, WHICH PROMISES MORE DRAMA, ROMANCE AND JAWDROPPING, HIP SHAKING MOVES THAN EVER BEFORE! This time, a group of New Yorkers dubbed
that gives this instalment the edge on its
the day, as long
The House of Pirates must compete against
predecessors is its use of 3D graphics, which
as everybody
the globe’s best hip-hop dancers in the World
caused Sharni a bit of embarrassment!
[feels] uplifted
Jam contest.
“Before [Jon Chu, the director] told me for
Led by Luke (Rick Malambri), the crew live together in a warehouse that is now under threat of sale, hence their desperate bid for the competition’s cash prize. Previous Step Up favourites Moose (Adam
and like they’ve
sure that I booked the job, he played a little
had a great
joke on me,” she reveals.
time – and
“He said, ‘So I’m just going through your
maybe even
resume and it seems that you have great
like they want
experience in everything, but none with
to go and do
G Sevani) and Camille (Alyson Stoner) return
dancing in 3D. Do you think you can handle
a dance class
as New York University students, joining
that?’ And I’m like, ‘Well...’ – I’m fighting for
themselves
forces with the crew – which also includes
my life – I’m like, ‘Yeah, absolutely. I think
– then I think
Luke’s new love interest, Natalie, played by
I can handle that.’ And it was just a joke,
we’ve done our
Aussie actress Sharni Vinson.
obviously, because you can’t do anything
job.”
“There is a small continuation,” Sharni says. “Alyson Stoner, who played Channing Tatum’s sister in the first movie, [is] obviously
different! They exaggerate it in fine-tuning the dimensions, but we can’t do it.” Promising some of the most
a big part of this third film. And little Adam
spectacular dance scenes ever, Sharni
G Sevani, who was in the second movie, has
guarantees the movie’s uplifting mood
come back to carry off this movie as well and
won’t disappoint.
to lead us in there.” Natalie is the leading lady however, and her romance with Luke – plus the big secret she’s keeping from him – is central to the plot. And something
> Sharni played uberorange, HIV-positive Cassie in Home and Away, but left Summer Bay in 2008 after four years. > She dated AJ Buckley – Adam Ross in CSI: NY – and had a guest role in his show not long after moving out to LA. > Look out for Sharni heading up two forthcoming movies – Blue Crush 2 and No Man’s Land, which also stars Michael Clarke Duncan.
“Growing up a dancer, I was very aware of how these movies make you feel,” she says. “And I know Disney and the objective of what they’re wanting to get across. At the end of
“As long as everybody [feels] uplifted and like they’ve had a great time then I think we’ve done our job.” - Sharni Vinson
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GOING THE DISTANCE DREW BARRYM BARRYMORE MORE AND JUSTIN LONG DISPLAY GENUINE GEN NUINE CHEMISTRY IN GOING THE DISTANCE, A QUIRKY, RELATABLE COMEDY ABOUT A COUPLE WHO STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN A LONG-DISTANCE ROMANCE BETWEEN NYC AND SAN FRANCISCO. The real life on-again/off-again couple had one huge advantage going into this film: no awkward make-out sessions on screen. “I was lucky, because Justin is a good kisser,” Barrymore reveals, at a press conference promoting the film. “I was like, ‘Phew! Thank God!’ It’s the worst when you’re kissing someone who’s not a good kisser, and you’re trying to make it look good –
but you feel like you’re just working on your own.
watch a movie] that I can escape
At least it was a real team effort.”
into, where I can forget what’s
Adds Long, “She’s a great kisser, too. I just want to reiterate that.”
going on around me, but I don’t want to lose sight
There’s certainly a lot of smooching going on
of being able to relate to
in Going the Distance, a romantic comedy that
something,” Barrymore
tells the story of what can happen when a one-
explains.
night stand develops into something more. When Erin (Barrymore) and Garrett (Long)
“For me, I just want that beautiful, striking
meet at a bar, they’re both expecting nothing
balance, and I feel like
more than a cheeky one-night hook up: after
this film has that. I’m
all, she’s moving to San Francisco in a few weeks time and he’s fresh out of a failed relationship.
laughing, but I’m crying, and I’m relating, and there’s something emotional about
But as the saying goes, you can’t help who you fall in love with… even if that person lives on the other side of the country.
it. I feel like it gets surprisingly real, but then it does save you and make you laugh.”
Negotiating different time zones, missing special occasions and clocking up expensive frequent flier points are just some of the challenges the newly loved-up couple face. “I think the fiscal realities of both the characters play a large part, and it was nice to see that played out,” Long says. “That’s something that a lot of people, especially now, can relate to. There are so many things that you take for granted when you enter into a long distance relationship, chief among them being the logistics of just getting from point A to B, and what is involved with that.” Far from being a dreary “recession romance”, however, the film maintains an upbeat tone. “I feel like I
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personally want [to
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IT’S A HOOT AN AMAZING CAST, TALENTED DIRECTOR AND STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER ANIMATION BRING THREE CLASSIC CHILDREN BOOKS TO CINEMATIC LIFE. follows brother owls Kludd (Ryan Kwanten) and
that I have. Though in the past I have worked with
Star Wars or Narnia or Lord of the Rings or
Soren (Jim Sturgess) who are kidnapped by the
American actors, in the case of this film, because
something like that, that I personally as a child
evil Metalbeak (Joel Edgerton) and put to work
I was interested in this fantasy world, I think the
would enjoy,” claims Legend of the Guardians:
preparing an invasion of the Ga’Hoole, home to
accents and the abilities of these [Aussie] actors
The Owls of Ga’Hoole director Zack Snyder.
an alliance of Owls that look after the species.
have come together to create this perfect storm
Snyder is best known for the distinctly mature,
We journey with Soren as he escapes and seeks
of support for the fantasy world.”
but visually spectacular 300, as well as the
to warn the Guardians, while dealing with his
brilliant comic adaptation Watchmen. The latter
traitorous brother, who remains with the evil
visuals that will be most fondly remembered
in particular gave him a good understanding
forces. It’s a dramatic story, and Snyder doesn’t
by viewers. The battle of the Owls is amazingly
of how to create an exhilarating translation
veer away from its dark tone in order to stick
brought to life and the detail brought into each
from words to screen. “I wanted to take what
with demographic conventions.
character by Australia’s own Animal Logic is
“I wanted to make an adventure film like
Yet, it’s the stunning computer-animated
Kathryn [Lasky] wrote in the books and treat it
“The thing that makes it strong is that I’m
seriously because I knew this was going to be
just like ‘No, that’s real. That’s the way I want to
a kid’s fantasy film and the last thing I wanted
approach it.’ So, the battles are intense and the
every moment has to be acted. Has to be
to do is – I don’t want to say belittle, but – smirk
reality of the consequences is real. This makes
created. So the [animated] performances are
at the fantasy that they believe is 100% real.
it immersive, so the kids, at the end, are like ‘Oh
really stunning and my animation director
Far be it from me to make, I don’t want to say
my gosh, that happened!’”
has done an amazing job making these owls
Hilarious!’”
Legend of the Guardians certainly cannot be criticised for taking the material lightly. Condensing the three Guardians novels from Lasky into the one film, Legend of
the Guardians is a computeranimated feature set in the kingdom of the owls. The story
“With an animated film, every second and
Thankfully, Snyder’s cast does a wonderful
alive and real and funny. Plus with the 3D,
job of bringing the characters to life, with some
Animal Logic have done something pretty
of the best voice work we’ve heard in an a film.
groundbreaking - it isn’t gimmicky, but it does
And it’s almost an all-Aussie cast!
deepen the world.”
“I was blessed with an embarrassment of riches and talent in
The end result is fantastic viewing for parents and children alike: one might even call it a hoot.
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the cast Stars: Bill Hunter, Abbie Cornish, Joel Edgerton, Huge Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren, Jim Sturgess, Richard Roxburgh Director: Zack Snyder Budget: US$80 million Worldwide Box Office: US$120 million
On DVD and Blu-ray from February 2
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LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS
NOT FINAL ARTWORK
a joke but, like ‘Oh! Owls are wearing helmets!
nothing short of phenomenon.
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WHETHER YOU’RE TEAM EDWARD OR TEAM JACOB, ONE THING’S FOR SURE: AFTER FORKING OUT CLOSE TO US$700 MILLION TO SEE ECLIPSE ON THE BIG SCREEN, WE’RE ALL DECIDEDLY TEAM TWILIGHT. In Eclipse e, the third installment of the film film
directed by David Slade, lmmaker Slade a British fifilmmak
enthuses. “I’ve always got on with Taylor really
franchise based on Stephanie Meyer’s uber-
who made his name crafting music videos. The
well, and it’s a lot easier when you like someone
successful book series, high school student Bella
first film, Twilight, was helmed by Catherine
[to do] all of this macho stuff, because you can feel
(Kristen Stewart) and her one true love, vampire
Hardwicke and the second, New Moon, was
really silly! And Taylor – I mean, he’s a much bigger-
Edward (Robert Pattinson), have finally been
directed by Chris Weitz, so each film in the series
built guy than I am, and if he was a complete idiot,
reunited.
has been steered by a different captain. Indeed,
it could very easily become an uncomfortable
the next outing, Breaking Dawn – which will be
situation.”
But sadly, their forbidden relationship is threatened to be torn apart for a variety of
split across two movies – will be directed with
morbid reasons.
fresh eyes once again, this time with Academy
but the teenager– who sticks to a strict healthy
Award-winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters)
eating and exercise regime to remain in top shape
behind the lens.
– is not afraid to share his softer side. “One of my
The fact that Bella’s a mere mortal and Edward is a vampire presents the first challenge: when Edward’s siblings would prefer to snack on
Working with a new director “makes it feel
his beloved rather than get to know her, that can
like you’re doing a different movie every time,”
put pressure on a relationship.
Pattinson says of the directorial changing of the
There’s also Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard), the
guards
evil vampire who is seeking revenge on Bella for
“Having a new director around helps you
causing the untimely demise of her love, James,
grow, so I feel like the characters are growing
whom Edward and co. killed back in the first film,
and changing and you’re not just going through a
Twilight.
new set of events. It feels like every movie is very
And then there’s Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Bella’s best friend. He’s in love with Bella, and
different,” he says. In Eclipse, Pattinson finally gets the share
he also happens to be a werewolf… a vampire’s
the screen with actors other than his on- and
arch nemesis.
off-screen love interest,
Thus, Bella is forced to choose between
intense scenes with
and werewolves continue. And, there’s still
Lautner.
Eclipse, the third film in the series, was
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think I’d consider that to be a little romantic!”
VITAL STATS Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning Director: David Slade Budget: US$68 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$690 million
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
“It was great to do some scenes with other people!” Pattinson
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD
WORDS Sarah Megginson
including some pretty
with Jacob, as the struggle between vampires
immortality?
favourite movies is The Notebook,” he confides. “I
Kristen Stewart –
her true love for Edward and her friendship
another choice for Bella to make: mortality or
Indeed. Lautner may be as buff as they come,
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FAR FROM THE SUNNY SHORES OF CALIFORNIA, THE KARATE KID HAS BEEN GIVEN A MAKEOVER FOR A NEW GENERATION. When young Dre (Jaden Smith) and his
translated from their experience together on
re-interpretation.
set.
mother (Taraji P. Henson) arrive in Beijing to
Updating Karate to Kung Fu and taking a
start a new life, Dre is immediately alienated
new spin on the famous fly catching sequence
from his new school, the city and the foreign
are just the beginning; however, while the film
follow in mum and dad’s film footsteps,
culture that surrounds him.
distances itself from the original in many ways,
revealed that Chan managed to teach the cast
it still possesses the spirit that made The Karate
and crew a little something on set.
Despite taking a liking to fellow classmate and violinist Mei Ying (Wenwen Han), his
Kid a cult classic.
The young actor, who seems poised to
“He is amazing – every time he would come
Produced by Hollywood A-listers Will Smith
in, he would say good morning in a different
school bully, Cheng (Zhenwai Wang), who plays
and his wife Jada – and starring their young son,
language,” Jaden says. “He would teach the
more than rough.
Jaden – The Karate Kid was filmed entirely on
crew members things, he would teach me
After a “regular” beating goes too far, Dre is
location in China and features some stunning
things. He was just very straight forward and
rescued by eccentric maintenance man Mr. Han
photography and martial arts sequences. Will
he would get things done.”
(Jackie Chan) – a Kung Fu master. Han stands
says he relished the opportunity to remake
But does he teach his young protégé on
up to Dre’s teacher in a bid to protect him, but
a classic from his childhood – a film that has
screen to become The Karate Kid? You’ll have
when both their honour is put on the line, Han
undoubtedly stood the test of time – and was
to watch to find out!
decides that he has the chance to teach Dre
humbled by being able to shoot the film in
something more valuable than schoolwork. He
provincial China.
curiosity only earns him more attention from
enrols Dre in an upcoming Kung Fu tournament and together, the pair embark on a journey of
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More importantly, though, the performances are solid and the chemistry between Chan and
self-discovery that is surprising not only
the younger Smith is genuine. The tense bond
to the student, but to his master as
between master and student is evident as the
well. At first you could be forgiven
pair undertakes their journey. Chan has certainly cast aside his goofy ‘Mr. Magoo’ persona, if only momentarily, and Smith
Kid is simply a remake of the
has cemented himself
1984 film of the same name,
as a real talent in the
or just another Kung Fu action
making. It appears too
film. But Harald Zwart’s version is
that the unity between
a touching and highly entertaining
THE KARATE KID
WORDS Nick Hadland
for thinking that The Karate
Stars: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han Director: Harald Zwart Budget: US$40 million Gross Worldwide Revenue: US$358 million
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NEVER SMILE AT A CROCODILE What do an angry emu, a hungry crocodile and
Ireland gave Aussie audiences a quirky insight
Edinburgh Festival.
comedian Jimeoin have in common? They all star
into his native land, and his Top End tour of
in fly-on-the-wall documentary, Jimeoin: Over the
Australia first found acclaim as a six-part comedy
discovered that not even he should smile at a
Yet despite his glittering comedy CV, Jimeoin
Top. This eight-part series follows our favourite
series broadcast in Northern Ireland. As well
crocodile. Coming face to fang with a hungry
Irish expat as he tours the wilds of Australia’s Top
as becoming a fixture on Australian TV screens
croc during his outback odyssey was the
End; trekking, fishing and wise-cracking his way
and appearing on high-profile international talk
toughest crowd he’ll ever go up against.
from Broome to Darwin and beyond. The film
shows, such as Late Night with Conan
also features Jimeoin’s classic on-stage moments
O’Brien in the US, Jimeoin is also an
from shows at the Sydney Opera House, the
accomplished film writer and star. His
World Famous Spiegeltent and the Adelaide
debut movie, The Craic, was released
Fringe Festival, but it’s his unique take of life on
in 1999 and posted the second-largest
the long and dusty road that shines.
opening weekend gross in Australian box
Irish-born Jimeoin is no stranger to the travelogue format – his 2001 Tea Towel Tour of
office history, while his 2005 follow-up,
JIMEOIN OVER THE TOP
Out now on DVD
The Extra, was a hit at Cannes and the
MAKING S%!T UP audiences, and formed the basis of his stellar
hosted by Drew Carey, and has gone on to host
international career simply by making s%!t up?
Who knew you could build a successful
Sydney show earlier this year, which you can
popular US TV shows such as Don’t Forget the
That’s exactly what US comedian and improv
experience all over again on the brand spanking
Lyrics and Let’s Make a Deal.
star Wayne Brady has done. His most recent
new Wayne Brady Live DVD.
Las Vegas show, Making S%!t Up, showcased Brady’s supreme comedy improv skills to sell-out
Out now on DVD
kicked” in the poorer areas of Florida, Brady grew
While Brady is perhaps best known in Australia as an improv performer, he is definitely no one-trick pony. Wayne Brady Live presents the
up watching Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jnr
comedian not only at the height of his improv
and the Golden Age of comedy, which put
powers, but also as the consummate all-round
him at odds with the youth culture of his
entertainer. He switches seamlessly between
peers. Yet the bully beat-ups didn’t wipe
improv skits to uncannily realistic impersonations,
the smile from Brady’s face and he was
hilarious character acting and even musical
eventually cast in the hit British improv TV
performance from his Grammy nominated CD,
series, Whose Line is it Anyway? He later
The Long Time Coming. On second thoughts,
became a mainstay of the US version,
there’s a little more to it than making s%!t up.
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WAYNE BRADY LIVE MAKING S%!T UP
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United United d States. State St atess The DVD was filmed across a series of 20 sold-out performances of his new live show
than three decades. Now, the king of comedy
The Man at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.
returns with his first brand new stand-up DVD in
Fans should keep in mind that this is the
three years!
very same show that Connolly will tour
As topical and hilarious as ever, Billy Connolly
BILLY CONNELLY LIVE IN LONDON 2010
down under from February next year, so if
Live in London 2010 features the Scottish
you’ve been lucky enough to score tickets
comedian at his best, raging about Britain’s political
to see him live (Sydney and Perth dates are
correctness and reporting the oddities of life in the
already sold out), you might want to h hold
BILL BAILEY – DANDELION MIND Recorded d d earlier li this hi year across two sellll
off on viewing v Live in London for a few months, when you’ll be ready to relive the performance!
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out dates at Dublin’s O2 Arena, Bill Bailey’s live
follow Bill from his real-life saga of
show Dandelion Mind features the comedian’s
being trapped by the ash cloud to his
trademark musical interludes, observations
barely contained rants about celebrity,
and stories of the road. The show is based
television and creationism.
Out now on DVD
BILL BAILEY DANDELION MIND
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hilarious rants from his sold-out stand-up shows
ageing, relationships… no topic is off
Monster, Like Totally and What it is, this DVD
limits at Moran discusses the general
features the very best bits of each performance,
absurdities of life on Aim Low: The very
all delivered with Dylan’s renowned shambolic
best of Dylan Moran.
RICKY GERVAIS – LIVE IV: SCIENCE Fil Filmed d lilive att LLondon’s d ’ H Hammersmith ith A Apollo, ll
discussions di i on topics t i as diverse di as
this is the fourth of Ricky Gervais’ hit stand-up
racism, obesity and religion. As well as
shows to be released on DVD. Never afraid to
the critically-acclaimed show, the DVD
be offensive, Ricky is renowned for his acerbic
also boasts a bunch of extras, including
observational humour and biting delivery,
interviews with Karl Pilkington, Warwick
he s in fighting fit form in this show with and he’s
Davis and Larry David.
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“about 70 minutes of the funniest new shit
it has been re-released to include a
I can think of said in a row.” At least he’s
bonus disc of his Sydney Comedy
honest! This is Wil Anderson’s first-ever live
Store gig, filmed exclusively for the
stand-up DVD, featuring his trademark “dry,
DVD. Relive the funniest moments over
self-deprecating, politically incorrect and
and over again!
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DYLAN MORAN AIM LOW: THE VERY BEST OF DYLAN MORAN
Out now on DVD
WIL ANDERSON WILOSOPHY
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Family Guy: It’s a Trap! Lois as the lovely Princess Leia? Peter portraying the rough and rugged Han Solo?! Yes, it’s far-fetched, but it’s exactly this type
Leia (Lois) forced to travel to Tatooine to free
the first two Star Wars parodies, Blue Harvest
Han Solo (Peter).
and Something, Something, Something Dark Side.
They must infiltrate the wretched stronghold
“The fan base for Family Guy and Star Wars
of ridiculousness that we’ve come to expect
of the galaxy’s most loathsome gangster, Jabba
enthusiastically embraced the first two hilarious
from the Family Guy franchise.
the Hutt (Joe), in order to save Han Solo’s life.
spoofs. Bringing the distinctive storylines
Family Guy’s Peter Griffin and co. embark
Meanwhile, Darth Vader – the role that Stewie
together for the trilogy of parodies has been
on yet another intergalactic adventure in It’s
was “drawn” to play – is conspiring to convert
enormously successful,” says Mike Dunn,
A Trap!, the third and final instalment of the
Luke to the dark side.
President of Twentieth Century Fox Home
animated series’ Star Wars-inspired space
It’s A Trap! is loaded with cameo
trilogy.
appearances, including a quick visit from the
Entertainment. “Seth MacFarlane and the creative and
It’s A Trap! retells the story of Star Wars
original Leia, Carrie Fisher, and Patrick Stewart
passionate writers and animators at Fuzzy Door
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, just as Blue
and Michael Dorn, who reprise their roles from
Productions have done it again with the latest
Harvest recounted the tale of A New Hope and
Star Trek: The Next Generation. Conservative
installment; it is some of their finest work to
Something, Something, Something Dark Side
talk radio host Rush Limbaugh also shows up
date.”
reprised the plot of The Empire Strikes Back.
as the voice of a large carnivorous repto-
Our favourite Family Guy characters have been once again re-cast into roles from the film, with Luke Skywalker (Chris) and Princess
mammal, the Rancor. The team behind the scenes have high hopes for the release following the success of
releases and as triple-packs featuring all three
Family Guy Star Wars spoofs.
** Also available as a Special Edition Box Set Blu-ray and DVD ** ** AND available as a triplepack featuring all three Star Wars-inspired Family Guy adventures **
Peter Griffin as Indiana Jones?
WORDS Sarah Megginson
At Comic-Con 2010, series creator Seth MacFarlane revealed that they might tackle the Indiana Jones film franchise next, as a dedicated Family Guy DVD series. Fans shouldn’t expect confirmation any time soon, however: after pumping out a stack of bonus adventures in addition to the regular animated series, MacFarlane says, “We’re gonna take a little break.”
Family Guy: It’s A Trap! will be available on Bluray and DVD from December 21, as stand-alone
FAMILY GUY: IT’S A TRAP!
On Blu-ray and DVD from December 22
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The Simpsons Season 13 TV’s favourite dysfunctional family is back with the release of The Simpsons season 13. Kicking off the series is the annual Halloween episode,
Tree House of Horror, which this year sees Homer become “Death”, while a computer develops a crush on Marge, and Springfield Elementary is turned into a Harry Potter-style school for budding wizards. The town of Springfield faces several dilemmas this season, including figuring out what to do after they are named the fattest town. Also, when the Church of Springfield is feeling the financial pinch, they decide to rent out wall space in order to generate funds, but it leaves the congregation feeling there is no place to escape advertising. As a family, the Simpsons struggle through their usual dramas: Bart is up to his usual mischief, but this time goes one step too far by taking a joy ride in a police car. The judge decides to punish both Bart and Homer, and has the pair tethered to each other. Meanwhile, when a Monopoly game goes it’s in its thirteenth
with social services to reinforce how a functional
season, it delivers
family behaves.
all the entertaining
The Simpsons is well known for their array of
WORDS Caroline Muldoon
very wrong, the whole family is forced to work
THE SIMPSONS SEASON 13
and witty comedy as
celebrity guests and this season is no exception,
always, proving why
featuring Pierce Brosnan, Matthew Perry, Julia
it’s the longest-running
Louis-Dreyfus just to name a few. Even though
cartoon sitcom to date.
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD
Cougar Town: The Complete First Season on Friends, Cox returns to sitcom TV in the
difference is that when someone is writing it,
Monica Gellar in Friends that many credit as
comedy series Cougar Town, in the lead role as
it’s a little heightened. I love that part of her
giving Courteney Cox her “big break”, but that
newly divorced “cougar”, Jules Cobbs.
character – she can’t help but say what she’s
It was her role as neurotic clean-freak
wasn’t her first foray into sitcom television. In
Jules is in way over her head. After spending
thinking. There’s nothing mean about her, or
the late 80s, the petite actress had a recurring
18 years as a devoted wife and mother, she
malicious, she says things that just pop into her
role as Lauren, Alex P. Keaton’s girlfriend, in
finds her suddenly-single self diving back into
head.”
Family Ties, and shortly before landing her
the dating pool – and she has no idea where to
career-changing role in Friends, Cox appeared
start.
in Seinfeld as Jerry’s girlfriend Meryl. It’s no wonder, then, that the 46-year-old couldn’t stay away from the small screen for long. Half a decade after the final credits rolled
“This character is someone who I feel very connected to,” Cox says. “I’m kind of like her – I say pretty much whatever comes into my head too, the only
Another part of the role that Cox can relate to? Growing older: “You now, I used to not work out, and I used to just be young. And then I got older, and now I have to work out – a lot. I work out probably five days a week, and play tennis on the weekends. I eat a lot, so I have to exercise!”
Cougar Town: The Complete First Season includes all of the episodes from season one, along with exclusive bonus features.
WORDS Sarah Megginson
COUGAR TOWN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Out now on DVD
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Scrubs: The Complete 9th and Final Season After almost a decade, the Scrubs story comes to an end! Catch up with J.D. (Zach Braff),
WORDS Sarah Megginson
Elliot (Sarah Chalke), Turk (Donald Faison), Carla
Sacred Heart hospital to a medical school, where J.D. has traded in his scrubs in order to teach. “It’s sort of a spin-off, in a sense,” Braff
(Judy Reyes), Dr Cox (John C. McGinley) and the
explains. “I’m there for the first six episodes to
rest of your favourite characters in the final
help launch it into its new incarnation, which
season of the hilarious hospital-based series.
really focuses more on the med school.”
Although the show was coming to a close,
So, although our favourite doctors at Sacred
there were many new faces in the ninth season.
Heart may have finished their rounds, the laughs
Actors Kerry Bishé, Eliza Coupe, Dave Franco
don’t stop as they embark on new
and Michael Mosley became series regulars,
adventures and mentor a brand new
with Bishé taking over from Braff as the show’s
class of med students.
narrator. Of the original cast, only Braff, Faison and
As an added bonus, the DVD release
SCRUBS: THE COMPLETE 9TH AND FINAL SEASON
of the ninth and final season includes
McGinley are listed as regulars in season
never-before-seen bloopers, deleted
nine – and even then, Braff only appears in six
scenes and interviews with the show’s
episodes. The show also shifts setting from
cast.
Out now on DVD
Offspring Season 1 From the makers of hit shows Secret Life of
Adding to all of this drama, Nina’s world
sets up barriers all over the place because
Us and Love My Way comes the new drama
is thrown into even more chaos when new
she’s so frightened. She swings from one
series Offspring, which delivers the quality
pediatrician Chris Havel (Don Hany) begins
emotion to another and tries to make sense of
Australian drama that has been missing from
working at her hospital. Not only is he Nina’s
it, then ends up in turmoil because she can’t.”
our screens of late.
dream man, but he’s also unavailable.
The series follows Nina Proudman’s (Asher
Keddie is no stranger to television series’,
The show’s not all drama, however; there is lots of comedy throughout and it provides
Keddie’s) chaotic life, which includes her
having starred in Love My Way. She explains
something relatable for all of us, whether that
complex family unit, complete with a younger
of her new character, ‘’I was interested in
is a complicated family life or difficulty in the
baby half-brother – the result of her father’s
exploring the personality of a woman who’s in
romance department. “The show is full of
ongoing midlife crisis, and his fling with one of
her middle 30s who still hasn’t really landed in
hope,” Keddie explains. ‘’One of the things
her friends – and an ex-husband who just can’t
the world. In her job, she’s so responsible, so
that I was attracted to was its sense of
accept it’s over.
capable. But beyond it, she’s off-centre. She
possibility”.
WORDS Caroline Muldoon
OFFSPRING SEASON 1
Out now on DVD
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ETAMITLU
FORMER RUGBY LEAGUE STAR AND GENTLE GIANT JASON STEVENS IS MAKING A BIG SPLASH IN THE WORLD OF TELEVISION AS HE UNVEILS HIS NEW SHOW.
inducing situation. He follows with a David
national attention. After feeling lost in a string of
with one flex of his sizeable biceps. He was the
Letterman style monologue, before opening the
meaningless relationships, Stevens took a vow of
object of Trent the Flight Steward’s Footy Show
floor to celebrity interviews that feature stars
celibacy in 1995 – the subject of his best-selling
affections. And he fed Wog Boy Vince Colosimo
such as Glenn Robbins, Guy Sebastian, Daniel
book, Worth the Wait. This was not an easy
“shit” dolmades.
MacPherson and Rachael Finch.
stance in the macho world of rugby league, and
He’s the man who made Nicole Kidman blush
These are just a few of the embarrassing
Perhaps the most compelling part of the
Stevens endured taunting from many of his peers.
moments former rugby league star turned
show, however, is the “Show Us What You
Yet it was a promise he took very seriously and
television host Jason Stevens has taken in
Got!” segment that gives the celebrity guest
faithfully abstained for well over a decade, until
the line of duty. From his escapades on The
an opportunity to showcase a hidden talent –
his wedding to Rebecca Ford in early 2010.
Footy Show to more recently hosting celebrity
think actor Daniel Macpherson busting out an
interviews on The Matty Johns Show and
impromptu tune.
Stevens is indeed the complete package. Funny and natural in front of the camera, he knows how
putting his best foot forward as a contestant on
But while self-deprecating Stevens is quick
Dancing With The Stars, Stevens has become an
to laugh at himself, you’d be wrong to mistake
himself and the sincerity to speak his mind. These
audience favourite.
him for merely the latest on-screen clown. In
are qualities that will no doubt help him blossom
He’s loved by many for his genuinely warm
fact, Steven’s was a straight-A student, gained a
into a successful television host; and Stevens is
persona, ability to laugh at himself and natural
Bachelor of Commerce at the University of New
up for the challenge.
talent to put celebrity guests at ease – all
South Wales and went to work for top financial
qualities he brings to his new show, Big J’s Place.
firm Ernst & Young, all while proving himself as a
grow at,” he says. “But that only comes through
“Big J’s Place is a variety show that is warm,
young rising star in the rough-and-tumble world
experience. I’m really excited and looking forward
of rugby league.
to the challenge.”
clever, fun and modern with some classic
Tonight Show elements,” says Stevens. “The
a 20-year-old for St. George Illawarra, he
and older viewers.”
went on to become a marquee player at
Each show opens with a comedy skit that stars Stevens and a celebrity guest in a comedy-
BIG J’S PLACE WORDS Shane Conroy
tough-as-nails prop forward in 1993 as
to a wide audience, attracting a mix of younger
is a mish-mash of Stevens’ talents as a host.
“[Hosting] is definitely something I want to
Making his first-grade debut as a
show is a return to family values and will appeal
Currently airing on 7Two, the variety show
to handle criticism and has the integrity to be
the Cronulla Sharks and represented his state and country multiple times. However, it’s his work off the field that has brought the born-again Christian to
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MICHA IT’S A SHAME THAT MICHAEL JACKSON ISN’T HERE NOW TO SEE HOW MUCH THE WORLD TRULY APPRECIATED HIS MUSIC. THIS MONTH, 18 MONTHS AFTER THE KING OF POP PASSED AWAY, A NEW ALBUM OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED AND UNHEARD MATERIAL IS REVEALED, WITH THE BLESSING OF HIS ESTATE. In the last few years of his life, it was often reported that Michael Jackson had been working on songs for his next album. Until now, we haven’t heard any new material from him since 2001’s Invincible, which sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. Since his death on June 25 last year, his
to honour MJ’s legacy, including a DVD box
The striking cover art for MICHAEL was
set of all of his music videos entitled Michael
designed by Kadir Nelson, an artist that Jackson
Jackson’s Vision, a new video game called
had personally approached to create a piece of
Michael Jackson The Experience, and a range of
art based on his life and career.
collectables.
“Michael wears a golden suit of armour
Work is also underway on The Michael
Jackson Immortal World Tour, an extravagant
and stares at the viewer as he is crowned by cupids,” Nelson explains of the unique CD cover.
estate has been working
new show by Cirque du Soleil – it’s said to be
on numerous
created along the same lines as their Beatle’s-
directly at the viewer, a symbol of Jackson’s big
inspired Las Vegas show, Revolution – and a
heart and strong connection to his fans and
404-page collection of photos and memories of
music.
projects
the King of Pop, appropriately titled The Official
Michael Jackson Opus.
“He places his hand over his heart and looks
“A monarch butterfly sits on his shoulder, [which is] another symbol of Jackson’s
Now, with this new album
MICHAEL, fans will finally get to hear the songs that he had been working on in his final years. They’ve been tucked away in his vaults, but these recent collaborations and songs were always destined for a new Michael Jackson release.
metamorphosis as a singer and entertainer, as well as a symbol of royalty. His musical history unfolds behind him.” Controversy surrounded Jackson when he was alive, and unfortunately he can’t escape it, even now. There have been claims that several of the songs on the new album were actually completed using the vocals of a singer who sounds like Jackson,
rather
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AEL rather than featuring his actual voice.
● According to the Guinness World Records, Michael Jackson is the most successful entertainer of all time. ● He’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – twice. ● MJ has had 13 US number 1 singles ● He won 13 Grammy Awards and 26 American Music Awards
And Jackson’s former manager, Frank DiLeo,
Sony has assured fans that the tracks are the
tells Rolling Stone that MJ reportedly left several
real deal, and have even gone to the effort of
hard drives behind, each overflowing with unheard
having the raw vocals authenticated, but that
music, much of it recorded during the 1980s.
hasn’t stopped the rumour mill from working
“There are a couple of songs we recorded for the Bad album that we had to cut that are just
over time. Fortunately for fans, MICHAEL is not likely to be the last album of new material we’re treated to from the late King of Pop. According to Rolling Stone, the
sensational,” DiLeo says. Until those tracks see the light of day, we’ll have to make do with MICHAEL. A full-length track from the album was streamed
upcoming collection of never-
as a teaser of what to
before-heard Jackson
expect at www.
songs will be the first
michaeljackson.
album released
com in November,
in a 10-project,
and from what we
seven-year
heard, fans won’t
deal that
be disappointed!
the Jackson estate signed with
SOLO ALBUMS AND SALES:
Sony Music in March
MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL
From December 10
WORDS David Christopher
Throughout his fourdecade career Michael Jackson sold hundreds of millions of records – and that’s not even counting those sold during his time with Jackson 5. Not including sales of ‘best of’ collections and greatest hits packages, MJ’s record sales include: ● Off The Wall - 20 million ● Thriller - 110 million ● Bad - 30 million ● Dangerous - 32 million ● HIStory: Part 1 & 2 20 million ● Blood On The Dancefloor: HIStory in the Mix - 6 million ● Invincible - 13 million
2010.
ULTIMATE
Powderfinger say goodbye with one last national tour and a behind-thescenes documentary that offers a rare glimpse at the men behind the music. Jordan (Two Hands, Ned Kelly), the disc capturess
behind only Silverchair, Powderfinger began in
rule Powderfinger lead singer Bernard Fanning
the band’s greatest hits performed with all
1989 when guitarist Ian Haug and bassist John
says has kept the band together for more than
the energy, enthusiasm and passion that their
Collins got together and named their outfit after
two decades. However, after seven studio
emotional farewell tour has provoked.
the famous Neil Young song. Bernard Fanning – a
“Eat while you’re drinking.” That’s the golden
albums and 15 ARIA Awards, the Brisbane boys
Also featured is an intimate behind-the-
are hanging up their microphones once and for
scenes documentary that gives fans a rare
Coghill joined a short time later, and guitarist
all.
inside glimpse of the personalities behind the
Darren Middleton completed the picture when
music.
he showed up in 1992.
Crowds flocked to see the band in one last live performance as they toured the country for
Contrary to rock’n’roll stereotypes, what you’llllll
university mate of Haug’s – and drummer Jon
Their first studio album, 1994’s Parables for
a final time in their 2010 Sunsets Tour. Starting
find is a group of down-to-earth mates who
Wooden Ears, fell flat and their second record in
their epic rock’n’roll road trip in Newcastle
are more interested in jamming together than
1996, Double Allergic, was a moderate success.
on 1 September, the band spent two-and-a-
trashing hotel rooms.
half months playing at their favourite haunts
But it wasn’t until they released their third album,
There are no temper tantrums or dramatic
Internationalist, in 1998 that featured hit singles
Australia-wide – including venues in Darwin
punch-ups, just a group of supremely talented
“The Day You Come” and “Passenger” that they
and regional Queensland, as well as the major
musicians who feel they have accomplished
really hit the big-time, reaching number-one and
cities – for one last salute to the fans who have
everything they set out to do.
spending 100 weeks on the ARIA Albums Chart.
kept them at the top of the Aussie rock game forr more than 15 years. While hundreds of thousands of tearful Powerfinger fans have been forced to say goodbye to the band that has delivered classic
But that’s not to say the band doesn’t have a
From that point it was a done deal and the
cheeky side. In fact, there are as many laughs ass
band continued to cement their status as one
tear as the boys reflect on the fun – and no-so-
of Australia’s leading rock bands with their next
fun – times of life on the road.
four hit albums – Odyssey Number Five (2000),
“Obviously, we have a lot of fun playing
Vulture Street (2003), Dream Days at the Hotel
hits such as “These Days”, “My Happiness”
together, but I think the best times have been
and “Passenger”, the magic of their live
when all four of us are in a car together just
Sadly, the Sunsets Farewell Tour DVD will be
performances has been captured on the
talking shit; all paying out on someone,” says
the final entry in their playbook. “Sometimes we
incredible Sunsets Farewell Tour DVD and Blu-
Fanning. “That’s when being in a band is really
do get sentimental and think about old times,”
Ray disc.
fun.”
says drummer Jon Coghill. “It doesn’t feel like 20
Presented by acclaimed film director Gregor
The second most-awarded Australian band,
Existence (2007) and Golden Rule (2009).
years.”
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD
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WORDS Shane Conroy
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Rihanna Perennial chart-topper Rihanna is bringing her Last Girl On Earth tour
Katy Perry
down under early next year, with a series of stadium shows planned in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Newcastle in February
In her first Australian tour since August 2009’s Hello Katy showcase, newly
and March.
married pop-princess Katy Perry – who walked down the aisle with British
The singer, real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, will celebrate her 23rd
comedian and actor Russell Brand in October – will hit up our capital cities
birthday just days before touching down in Brisbane to perform in support
with her California Dreams tour.
of her brand new album, Loud. This will be her first tour of Australia since
Perry made the decision to bring her show to Australia following the huge
2008.
success of her #1 album Teenage Dream, which she describes as being a
Loud is the singer’s fifth album in as many years, and features
collection of songs about love.
collaborations with the likes of Eminem (“Love the Way You Lie [Part II]”),
“It’s about how it’s all or nothing when you fall in love as a teenager –
current radio ‘it girl’ Nicki Minaj (“Raining Men”), and Drake (“What’s My
[then] you get older and get more disappointed or guarded, and that
Name?”).
affects your relationships,” she says.
Promoter Michael Coppel says Rihanna’s almost two-hour show will
“But once in a while, someone comes into your world and just turns it
include a full theatrical production, band, acrobats, dancers and music
upside down and makes you feel like a giddy teenager.”
from all of her studio albums.
The sassy pop singer promises to light up the stage with a series of high-
Rihanna – who has spent more weeks at #1 on the ARIA singles chart
energy, infectious shows set against spectacular candy and fairy-floss
than any other female artist in the last decade – describes the show as
themed sets.
“daring”, saying, “We’ve never done a tour to this capacity. The production
She’ll deliver material from her new album, including hit singles “Teenage
is unbelievable and the costumes? We just took it to a whole new level.
Dream”, “California Gurls” and “Firework”, along with pop gems such as
Visually and sonically it’s going to be a big step up from the last time. We
“Ur So Gay”, “Hot N Cold”, “Thinking of You” and “Waking Up In Vegas”
keep growing, and this time it is a massive production.”
from her previous chart-topping effort, One Of The Boys.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIO SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS 25TH ANNIVERSARY Gaming’s greatest ever hero celebrates a major milestone.
and we’ve got to admit, the colour really looks
which features 20 songs from the various Mario
Mario turns 25, that’s how! The legendary
striking (see boxout)! Secondly, Nintendo are
games.
gaming hero that started it all has reached a
releasing an updated version of their Super
quarter century in 2010 and despite the massive
Mario All-Stars pack, which first appeared for
what made them special over the years. While
leaps in technology and the maturation of the
SNES way back in 1993, eventually selling over
visuals have certainly improved in that time,
entire industry - especially its audience - Mario
10 million copies.
there is no denying that the majority of side-
How do you know you’re getting old? When
has still got game. Each year he bounds back
The game includes Mario’s first four games,
Unsurprisingly, the games have lost little of
scrolling platformers that followed the Mario
onto gamer’s screens and rarely does he slip up,
all on the one disc. So you get the original Super
games - from Sonic to Donkey Kong - were
offering the same brilliant platform adventure
Mario Bros. from 1985, as well as Super Mario
all variations on the plucky plumber’s winning
gaming now as he did way back in 1985, on the
Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3 (both of which
formula. While it is a bit of a shame that the
Nintendo Entertainment System.
came out in 1988) and Super Mario Bros. The
opportunity hasn’t been taken to spruce up
Lost Levels (which actually came out in 1986 in
the visuals or incorporate some basic motion
successful Wii and Nintendo is celebrating
Japan as a continuation of the original, before
controls, nothing can rob this game of its
Mario’s birthday in style. There are two parts
later making it to Western markets). In addition
amazing nostalgia value.
to the celebration: firstly, you will find a new
to these classics, the game also comes with a
Fast forward 25 years to the massively
red Wii available in stores ahead of Christmas
32-page booklet documenting the history of Mario, and a soundtrack CD,
Long time fans and newcomers who want to learn more about the history of video gaming and where it all began would do well to pick up this pack.
COLOURFUL CONSOLE
048 8
WORDS Chris Stead
As part of the celebration for Mario’s 25th birthday, Nintendo has re-released their Wii console with a striking new look. The console is completely red, as is the included Wii-mote and nunchuk. The console comes with the original Super Mario Bros. installed, plus the recently released - and awesome - New Super Mario Bros. game. Wii Sports, which is bundled with every console, remains as part of this new package. It retails for $299.95.
[DVD]
SHREK FOREVER AFTER (OUT NOW) Shrek and company are back for one last time, but all is not well in the land of Happily Ever After. Shrek (voiced, as always, by Mike Myers) has tired of his new domestic duties and is frustrated by his out-of-control brood. In a moment of weakness, Shrek meets with Rumpelstiltskin and is tricked into wishing himself into non-existence. As a result, Shrek finds himself in an alternate reality where Donkey, Puss in Boots and, most importantly, Fiona, have no idea who he is.
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (JANUARY 12) Nicolas Cage plays Balthazar Blake, a centuries-old sorcerer who has been searching for an appropriately talented heir since the days of Merlin. He finds such a person in 10-year-old New Yorker Dave Stutler who comes to his attention when he visits the old sorcerer’s mysterious occult shop where a magical incident occurs. A decade later, the pair are reunited and Dave agrees to become the sorcerer’s apprentice in order to fight the evil he mistakenly released 10 years ago.
GOING THE DISTANCE (FEBRUARY 2) Drew Barrymore and Justin Long breath new life into the tried and tested longdistance romantic comedy model. Barrymore plays 31-year-old Erin who meets struggling record company exec Garret (Long) when she moves to New York City for a summer internship. All is peachey as the pair share a carefree existence, until Erin flies back home to San Francisco and reality sets in. The couple soon discover they want more than awkward 4am phone sex, but do they have the courage to go after it?
THE KARATE KID (DECEMBER 8) Jaden Smith, aka Will Smith Jnr., steps into the lead role of this 1980s classic, and while the new script deviates quite a lot from the original, the core formula remains the same. Jackie Chan is perfectly cast as mentor Mr Han, who helps Dre (Smith) get in touch with his inner martial artist when the boy undertakes a difficult move from the US to China. Perhaps a little old-fashioned in its approach to dealing with bullies, it presents the idea that a bully is much like a balloon – pop it hard enough and it will go away.
SALT (DECEMBER 22) There’s something completely irresistible about Angelina Jolie as a sexy super spy, and as CIA agent Evelyn Salt, that’s exactly what she is. However, when Salt is accused of being a double agent for the Russian government, she quickly becomes target number-one for her former employer. With Jolie playing coy throughout, we’re kept guessing to the truth and director Phillip Noyce keeps our emotions on a knife edge as our allegiances shift from minute to minute.
DESPICABLE ME (JANUARY 6) It’s not easy being bad. At least that’s what super villain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) discovers when he goes up against an evil new upstart on his latest conquest to steal the moon. To complicate things further, the usually cold-hearted Gru encounters three adorable orphans who distract the mad professor from directing his army of loyal minions. This is an excellent family animation that will delight the kids while throwing an entertaining wink at parents.
NOT FINAL ARTWORK
TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN (DECEMBER 30) their return – and the troupe The film adaptation of one of young Aussie actors do of Australia’s most popular an excellent job endearing youth novels was watched us to their characters. While with the eagle eyes of many movies often struggle to live dedicated fans, and director up to the richness of their Stuart Beatie’s interpretation written versions, the core does not disappoint. Author coming-of-age tale survives John Marsden has resisted here. making a film adaptation of his best-selling book for years, but it’s not hard to understand why he green-lighted this project. The script sticks close to the original novel – a group of teens head out into the mountains for an unsupervised camping trip only to discover that their town has fallen victim to foreign invaders on
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (FEBRUARY 2) This Australian-produced animation presents a stunningly detailed fantasy world that sits comfortably in the league of Avatar. Owl society is in turmoil as loving owl families are beset upon by power-hungry bands of rouge owls. When two young brothers fall out of their family tree, they are recruited into this evil army, until one brother escapes to seek out the legendary Guardians who hold the power to defeat the army and return the forest to its natural order.
SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (DECEMBER 15) None could play Scott Pilgrim quite as well as hipto-be-square Michael Cera. Pilgrim is a 23-year-old indie bass player who is dating an intense, obsessive 17-year-old known as Knives. But when he falls head-over-heels with a skater chick he must dump Knives – easier said than done – to be with his dream girl. But it doesn’t end there. In order to live happily ever after, Pilgrim must battle with his new girl’s seven evil exboyfriends. This has become a cult hit for good reason.
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With more twists and turns than the ultimate rollercoaster, this is a film you’ll want to watch several times. There are a few reasons for this – Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a top-shelf performance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt unveils himself as a future Oscar winner and Ellen Page rocks her most mature role to date. But the main reason you’ll be tuning in multiple times is to untangle the many plot twists as the protagonists infiltrate their subjects’ dreams and explore multiple levels of their subconscious while building new dreamscapes. The surprise ending is open for interpretation and will cause many heated dinner-table arguments. (DECEMBER 8)
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RY CUMING: RY CUMING (JANUARY 28) The self-titled debut release from Australian singer/ songwriter and guitarist, Ry Cuming, signals big things in store for this rising young star. You can hear the Jeff Buckley influence that Cuming sites as his inspiration in his stripped back, lyrical sound. An avid surfer, Cuming was discovered by LA producers strumming in the corridor of a hotel in Costa Rica. Think Jeff Buckley meets Jack Johnson and you’re halfway there.
CIARA: BASIC INSTINCT (DECEMBER 14) The urban princess has gone big for her fourth studio release. Lead single “Ride” features Ludacris and a very sexy groove, while tracks such as “Speechless“ and “Gimmie Dat” show a marked return to her R&B roots. Originally due for an August release, the album was pushed back to drop just before Christmas, but it is well worth the wait as we find Ciara in close to careerbest form with a new energy that is quite irrespirable.
DAFT PUNK: TRON LEGACY SOUNDTRACK (DECEMBER 8) It’s not often that anticipation for a movie soundtrack outweighs that for the actual film, but many music fans are more interested in Daft Punk’s backing tunes than Disney’s futuristic companion piece to the classic 1982 original. The French duo’s electro sound is the perfect fit for the movie, and producers gave the band a 100-piece orchestra to work with – the result is an incredibly rich score that allows Daft Punk’s electro talents to shine like never before.
PEARL JAM: LIVE ON TEN LEGS (JANUARY 21) There’s nothing like celebrating the 20th anniversary of your favourite teenage years band to make you feel old, but that’s exactly what Pearl Jam fans are facing. Essentially a greatest hits albums, the 18 tracks span seven years of world-wide wanderings, culminating in 2010’s epic Hyde Park show in London. Monster hits such as “Alive” and “I Am Mine” join lesser-known tracks such as “World Wide Suicide” and “Spin the Black Circle”.
THE POTBELLEEZ: DESTINATION NOW (JANUARY 28) The Potbelleez debut dance release in 2008 made the Sydney-based group an overnight success story as hit singles “Don’t Hold Back” and “Are You With Me” tore up the charts. Now they’re back with a second album that retains their high-energy club sound, but teams it with anthem-style tracks that will be huge on the summer festival circuit. The lead single is “Hello” – you’ll be hearing its incredibly catchy chorus at every party of the summer.
JOHN WILLIAMSON: JOHN WILLIAMSON LIVE (JANUARY 14 After three ARIA Awards, 24 Golden Guitars, and more than four million albums sold, true blue country icon John Williamson reminds us why he is considered one of the industry’s best live performers. His performances at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Rugby World Cup, and Sir Donald Bradman’s memorial are now part of history, and further evidence of his rare gift of switching from a cheeky wink to a soulful ballad to a fist-pumping anthem as quickly as you can say ‘fair dinkum’. NOT FINAL ARTWORK
MICHAEL JACKSON: MICHAEL (DECEMBER 10) on the album have been It seems death will not quick to deny such claims. weary the late, great Michael Either way, expect more Jackson as his estate unreleased music to escape releases a posthumous the vault in the future – album of new recordings insiders say that Jackson completed prior to his often over-recorded for his passing. Simply titled albums and left much on the MICHAEL, there has been cutting room floor that will be much controversy over enjoyed for years to come. the album’s first single, “Breaking News”, which was recorded in New Jersey in 2007. Many fans, and even some members of Jackson’s family, have cast aspersions on whether or not the track actually features Jackson’s voice, although collaborators
KERI HILSON: NO BOYS (OUT NOW) In her 2009 debut, In a Perfect World, Keri Hilson brought a touch of soul into the pop world, and with her highly anticipated follow-up album dropping this month, we’re in for another dose of the sex kitten with a brain. “Pretty Girl Rock” produced by Ne-Yo is a war-cry for women to put divisive jealousy behind them and embrace their collective beauty, while “Buyou” takes a shot at men who take women for granted. All in all, it’s a powerful album from a superstar of the fu) ture.
SLIM DUSTY: THE VERY BEST OF SLIM DUSTY (GOLD LABEL EDITION) (JANUARY 14) He’s the man who gave us “The Pub With No Beer” among countless other country hits that spanned an incredible 60-year career before his death in 2003. He released his first album in 1945, and around five million album sales later, we are offered another taste of his greatness. Along with “The Pub With No Beer”, classic hits “Duncan”, “G’day, G’day”, “Cunnamulla Fella” and a stirring rendition of “Waltzing Matilda” are all featured.
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Pitbull’s stellar sixth studio album has a cameo line-up that reads like an MTV Music Video Awards guest list. Akon, Skakira and Enrique Iglesias all lend their vocals to the record, while David Guettra, Pharrell and Rodney Jerkins all lay down beats on the album. Pit has said that he wants every song on the album to be a hit single, and the lead single, “Hey Baby (Drop it to the Floor)” featuring T-Pain is a good start as it tears up dance clubs around the world. Meanwhile, Pit has big plans of touring South America with the Black Eyed Peas and linking with Iglesias for a segment of his world tour. (OUT NOW)
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PSYCHO 50TH ANNIVERSARY (OUT NOW) Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece changed the film industry forever. Now, 50 years later, it’s time to rediscover the penultimate horror flick. It may be a long way from the gore of the Saw franchise, but Hitchcock employs moodbuilding music, tensionfilled cinematography and supreme characterisation to build scares that don’t need the in-your-face gore of modern special effects. Anthony Perkins plays unhinged motel owner Norman Bates who is clinging
to a mummy’s boy complex that spells doom for one of his guests. This edition is jammed with enough special features to impress even the most strident film buff, including a feature-length making-of documentary, one of Hitchcock’s rare short films and original storyboards of the infamous shower scene.
SE7EN (OUT NOW) The high-definition treatment is glaringly obvious in this moody thriller as blu-ray technology shines in the dark corners and shadowy frames that build the atmosphere of this edge-of-your-seat production. Brad Pitt plays a hot-shot rookie cop who is thrown into the investigation of a string of grizzly murders that are themed around the biblical seven deadly sins. Morgan Freeman is at his best as Pitt’s older, wiser partner who clashes with the balls-out attitude of the younger man.
SCENT OF A WOMAN (OUT NOW) We’ve seen plenty of Al Pacino as gangster and grumpy cop, but this 1992 classic drama demonstrates Pacino’s incredible range. He won his first Best Actor Oscar for his role as blind retired Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade. Bitter and lonely, Slade employs high school student Charles Simms (a very young Chris O’Donnell) as a personal assistant for a Thanksgiving weekend in New York City. Each man learns from the other as they discover more about life and how to live it.
THE HOLIDAY (OUT NOW) The Holiday proves that love does not stop at the airport. Amanda (Cameron Diaz) is an American hottie and Iris (Kate Winslet) is an English lass who are both feeling the effects of bad breakups. They each respond to a house-swapping ad and trade lives, and homes, for a much-needed holiday escape. However, one lady’s trash is another’s treasure as Iris falls for a friend of Amanda’s in the form of Jack Black, and Amanda succumbs to the charms of Iris’ charming brother (Jude Law).
THE SIMPSONS: SEASON 13 (OUT NOW) It’s a case of lucky 13 for Springfield’s first family as they present another ripper of a season. Lisa is on track to attending her snooty dream school, that is if her genes don’t kick in first. When Mr Burns discovers he only has a few weeks to live, the Simpsons take him in. Bart is arrested for stealing Chief Wiggum’s police car and is tethered to Homer as punishment. And Marge declares a health war when Springfield is declared ‘the fattest town on earth’.
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (OUT NOW) This is a profoundly touching film about the danger of addiction – to illegal and legal substances. Desperate to lose weight for an upcoming television appearance but unable to stick to a healthy diet, widow Sarah Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) gets hooked on diet pills. Meanwhile, her son Harry (Jared Leto) sets up a drug dealing operation with his best friend, Tyrone (Marlon Wayons). However their desire to test the merchandise develops into a full-blown drug addiction.
NOTTING HILL (OUT NOW) This is more than a cookiecutter romantic comedy. Sure, there is plenty of romance and a good share of laughs, but co-stars Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant also have a point to make about the cult of celebrity. Grant plays a humble travel book shop owner who encounters movie star Roberts by chance. That chance meeting develops into a romantic entanglement, but when Robert’s character is caught by the paparazzi she freaks out and retreats to her protected celebrity world.
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE ORIGINAL SERIES SEASON 1 (DECEMBER 8) It was a smash hit in 1959 and now you can discover the series that sparked the sci-fi revolution. All 36 episodes of the weird and wonderful first season are included here – presented in high definition for the first time ever. See the late, great Burgess Meredith as the last man standing after a nuclear blast, Anne Francis as a department store shopper who’s haunted by mannequins, and the season finale that leaves a writer to deal with his fictional characters coming to life.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (OUT NOW) Many films have been inspired by the work of William Shakespeare, but few have peeked inside his life. By no means a factual documentary, this awardwinning film imaginatively suggests that the playwright found inspiration for his famous Romeo and Juliet in his own love life. William (Joseph Fiennes) is in love with Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), however, he’s unaware that his lady love, in a desperate attempt to be part of the male-only theatre, disguises herself as a man and becomes male confidant to love-struck William.
POWDERFINGER SUNSETS TOUR WORDS Shane Conroy
After two decades of making beautiful music together, Powderfinger are finally calling it a day. This documentary by the acclaimed filmmaker Gregor Jordon, the man behind Two Hands and Ned Kelly, goes on the road with the band on their final national tour. Watch all the on-stage action in stunning high definition, then go behind the scenes for an intimate insight into the personalities behind one of Australia’s most successful rock bands. This is a joyful – and sometimes emotional – farewell to the band who has played the soundtrack to our lives. (OUT NOW)
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DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS WII Fourteen years after his last side-scrolling adventure, Donkey Kong Country does indeed return and is better than ever. Astonishing level design and gameplay that builds on, rather than replicates, the old action will have platform lovers addicted. Great graphics, a two-player mode and a stack of variety keep it lively and fun throughout. A must-own!
MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE WII Jacko busts out his moves Michael Jackson may be on screen you need to six feet under, but we’re follow suit, holding the expecting to see more of Wii’s controllers so that him than ever over the the machine knows how coming years. This includes you’re performing. You an intriguing new game actually end up dancing for the Nintendo Wii, in like the legend himself. Up which fans get to act out to four-players can join in their ‘thrilling’ fantasies. It’s the fun, and you can use a primarily a dancing game, microphone to try your luck with players confronted at singing, too. Versions of with a host of Jackson’s the game on the PS3 and favourite songs delivered 360 are expected early with the familiar backdrop next year. of his music videos. As JAMES BOND 007: BLOOD STONE PS3, 360, PC, DS While we await a new Bond film, this game ably fills the gap. This all-original story has you playing the spy as you travel across six locations trying to prevent the usual evil-doers from releasing a devastating biological agent. Daniel Craig stars with Judi Dench and singer Joss Stone as the love interest. Thirdperson shooting, hand-tohand combat and frantic driving ensure 00 Action.
MONOPOLY STREETS PS3, 360 The classic board game gets wonderfully reinvented as a full 3D game world in Monopoly Streets, with animated characters bringing life to the addictive money squabbling. Despite looking super cute, a host of game modes ensure you can play the game just how you and your family desire ensuring gamers of all ages can enjoy it. Four players can join in the fun... or should that be, the fight?
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GOD OF WAR: GHOST OF SPARTA If you ever wanted to know just how powerful a handheld can be, take a look at Ghost of Sparta - it has graphics and gameplay that match most full console experiences. Forming a narrative bridge between God of War 1 and 2, this game sees Kratos pursue his long lost brother Deimos. Great new weapons and slick combat make this the PSP’s best action title.
DANCE CENTRAL XBOX 360 Made by the same brains who created Guitar Hero, Dance Central is without question the best of Kinect’s launch games. Using the device’s amazing technology, the game takes an accurate reading of your body and monitors how you move as you bust out the dance moves shown on screen, scoring your effort. It works amazingly well, and is buoyed by a great tracklist.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 1 PS3, 360, WII, DS, PC There has been a game for each of the Harry Potter films and much like the quality of the movies, the visuals and sense of freedom have improved dramatically with each iteration. It will come as no surprise that at the business end of the series, combat takes centre stage, although there is some stealth based gameplay, too. Kinect owners can make gestures to cast spells, which is particularly cool. DEF JAM RAPSTAR PS3, 360, WII There are a number of cool karaoke games out there, but very few provide a fun experience for hip-hop fans. Def Jam Rapstar, however, focuses on just that with a range of modes designed to test out your rapping ability. The massive tracklist is star-studded, including the likes of Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre, Public Enemy, Kayne West, Salt ‘n’ Pepa, Wu Tang Clan, Outkast, Diddy, 50 Cent and 2 Pac.
EPIC MICKEY WII This game is set to put Mickey Mouse back into the spotlight in a big way. You play a devious, more sinister Mickey, traversing the Disney landscapes with a magic paintbrush wiping out or creating the world as you see fit. Epic Mickey mixes up the open-world platforming with combat, RPG elements and sidescrolling level transitions, plus it looks a treat. The Mouse is back!
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM PC The greatest MMORPG of them all receives its third expansion pack and boy does it bring a lot to the table. This includes a complete visual reworking of much of the game’s areas, as well as new story-focused quests. The level cap increases by five to 85, and brings with it a stack of new dungeons to tackle. There are also two new races in the Goblins (Horde) and Worgen (Alliance). Plenty for fans of all levels.
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ASUS G73 3D NOTEBOOK REPUBLIC OF GAMERS Now here is an impressive device. A LED 17” gaming tiered notebook that provides 3D action! This is the first of its kind anywhere in the world, and it combines visual guru Nvidia’s Fermi-based GTX 460M graphics engine with the Nvidia 3D Vision technology to provide the 3D effect. It’s all fully HD,
designed and works a treat. When slid-out, the screen feels secure and the phone remains well weighted in your hands. The touchscreen is super responsive too, and nice and bright: plus, it comes with the new Blackberry OS, which features bright and colourful menus in place of the drab textbased options of the previous models. Socialites will enjoy the five megapixel camera and the speed in which it processes photos. In fact, this whole device is fast, flexible and fun and an excellent evolution for the brand. Check it out!
to have it charged up as well, but there is no denying its benefits when on long haul flights, or away from power sources (such as camping). A little LED meter shows you how much you’ve got in the tank, so you shouldn’t be caught out and at $89.95 RRP it is not a bank buster. You never need be lost and helpless again!
SONY BRAVIA NX810 NEW DIMENSION Sony has been very active in pushing 3D technology, especially via its PlayStation console, but also with Bluray. So it has been odd then that their signature Bravia TVs have been a little late coming to the party. The NX810 fixes this, being 3D ready just in time for the first run of Blu-ray films that make use of the extra dimension. The 55” screen runs at a fantastic 200MHz and is LED backlit, offering some extremely impressive visual quality aided by
Bravia Engine 3 and MotionFlow Pro technology. A less known but equally impressive feature is IPTV support, for video and TV that comes from the internet. This looks a treat and the available content here is the best in the marketplace: you’ll really be ahead of the curve on this one as we expect IPTV to boom through this decade. We’re disappointed that some of the optional extras (like a stand)
FOXTEL ON XBOX MULTI-TASKING No doubt you are aware of the Xbox 360, Microsoft’s successful video game console. While the device is already considered a multimedia hub thanks to its ability to play movies, music, photos and connect to the internet, it will now be swelling its services by turning into a Foxtel box. Subscribers to the Xbox 360 Live service will be able
to sign-up to Foxtel and watch channels through the console, streamed across the net. The Getting Started pack costs $20 a month, and offers channels like FOX8, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel [V], LifeStyle YOU, Discovery, National Geographic, TV1, SKY NEWS, FOX Sports News and CNN. There are
aren’t included, but Sony are known for their great TVs, and this is no exception.
then additional channels (30 in total) that can be added via focused Sport, Entertainment and Movie packs starting at $10. Catch-up TV is also supported, as is Foxtel on Demand (new release films being $5.95). It works well, and is integrated seamlessly into the Xbox OS giving the console a whole new dimension.
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too, supporting DirectX11, 1080p resolution and HDMI 1.4 output, which allows the notebook to link up to a big TV without losing quality, or the effect. It’s a pretty mean gaming machine, sporting 1.5GB GDDR5 video memory, a 500GB hard-drive, 8GB of RAM and a design that is ergonomically designed to facilitate long periods of use. Furthermore, it features a Blu-ray writer and player, which means you can use it to watch Blu-ray films in 3D, too. The necessary glasses are included, so if you are looking for a top of the line, 3D gaming/ multimedia device that fits in your backpack, the G73 is difficult to look past at $2,999 RRP.
JUST MOBILE GUM PLUS PP-168 VERY HANDY We all love our smartphones: we all hate it when they burn through their battery power before we’re back in the comfort of our homes. It almost makes you feel lost and helpless. This handy little device looks to get around this problem. Designed for the iPhone, but capable of recharging any USB tied phone, it holds around two additional charges worth of power. It is a little bigger than we would have liked - about two-thirds the size of the phone itself - and you will have to remember
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Woolcock St
Shop 56, Clifford Gardens
Cnr James St & Anzac
Toowoomba
QLD 4350 07 4634 0331
Shopping Centre
Ave
Shop 18, Dalby
17-67 Cunningham St
Dalby
QLD 4405 07 4662 3257
Mulgrave Road
Earlville
QLD 4870 07 4033 6257
Shop T18, Centro Shopping
Cnr Excelsior Rd &
Gympie
QLD 4570 07 5482 3294
Centre
Bruce Hwy
Shop 1073, Westfield
1-29 Millaroo Drive
Helensvale
QLD 4212 07 5556 0086
Boat Harbour Drive
Hervey Bay
QLD 4655 07 4124 8561
Maryborough St
Bundaberg
QLD 4670 07 4153 1480
318 Moggill Road
Indooroopilly
QLD 4068 07 3878 3294
Shop 48, Kin Kora Shopping
Cnr Dawson Highway &
Gladstone
QLD 4680 07 4978 5336
Centre
Phillip Street
Shop 91-92, Logan
Cnr Pacific Highway &
Loganholme
QLD 4129 07 3801 2947
Hyperdome
Bryants Road
Shop 129, Sunshine Plaza
Cnr Horton & Plaza
Shoppingworld
Dubbo
NSW 2830 02 6881 6130
Helensvale
Orange
NSW 2800 02 6361 0619
Summer Street
Port Central
Shops F3 & F4, Port Central
40 Horton Street
Shop 9. Settlement City
Cnr Bay & Park Streets
Raymond
Shop 36, Raymond Terrace
Port Stephens Street
Terrace
Marketplace
Port Macquarie NSW 2444 02 6584 3133 Raymond Terrace
Shop 3001, Westfield Shoppingtown
Kin Kora Loganholme Maroochydore
Shop 66, Morayfield
Morayfield Road
Morayfield
171 Dandenong Road
Mt Ommaney
Shop 11D, Mt Pleasant
Cnr Bucasia Rd &
Mackay
QLD 4740 07 4942 8164
Shopping Centre
Philip St
Shop 21-37, Nerang River
57 Station Street
Nerang
QLD 4211 07 5527 2716
28 Eenie Creek Rd
Noosaville
QLD 4566 07 5442 4621
QLD 4506 07 5499 4088
Shopping Centre Shop 126, Mt Ommaney
QLD 4074
TBA
S/Centre Mt Pleasant Nerang
NSW 2324 02 4987 7931
Plaza Noosa
Shop T1010, Noosa Civic Mall
056
Maroochydore QLD 4558 07 5443 4368
Parades
Shopping Centre Port Macquarie
Shop 28, Hinkler Shopping Centre
Mt Ommaney Port Macquarie NSW 2444 02 6584 0026
Shop 46, Bay Central Shopping Centre
Morayfield
Shop 21, Orange City Centre
Shop 115, Stockland Shopping Centre
Streets
Mitchell Hwy
QLD 4870 07 4031 8515
Centre
Centre
Stockland Nowra
Cairns
QLD 4870 07 4041 0921
Indooroopilly Shop 2, Hunter Mall Marrickville Metro Shopping
Streets Cairns
Hinkler Central
Maitland
Cnr Spence & Mcleod
Shopping Centre
Capalaba
Campbelltown NSW 2560 02 4628 5883
Marrickville
Shop 96, Cairns Central
274 Mulgrave Road
Hervey Bay
Square
149 West Burleigh Road Burleigh Heads QLD 4220 07 5535 8143
Cnr Mount Cotton &
Helensvale
Centre
Shop 76, Stockland Burleigh
Shop 219/220, DFO Cairns
Gympie
Macquarie Fair
Orange
Shop 34, Beenleigh
Shop 67, Capalaba Shopping
Earlville
Shop 1055A
Shop 21a, Orana Mall Dubbo
Southport
Capalaba
Dalby
Kotara
Dubbo
42 Marine Parade
Shop 1034, Australia Fair
Cairns Dfo
Clifford Gardens
Griffith
Orana Mall
QLD 4034 07 3862 9720
Heads Cairns Central
Dubbo
Nowra
Aspley
Shopping Centre Burleigh Heads
Square,
Macarthur
Brown Plains Bundaberg
Shopping Centre
Greenhills
59 Albany Creek Road
Marketplace
Bowral
Shop G8003, Charlestown
Shop 63, Aspley
Shopping Centre Patrick Street
Charlestown
Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 02 6931 7882
Centre Australia Fair
Centre
Shop 26, Castle Towers
Baylis Street
Hypermarket Shopping
Square
Castle Hill
Shop T12a, Wagga Wagga Marketplace
Bankstown
Shop 1056
South
Highway Wagga Wagga
Streets
Blacktown
Shop 265b, Tweed City Shopping Centre, 54 Pacific
Store Name
Address 1
Address 2
Suburb
Store Name
Address 1
Address 2
North Lakes
Shop 1145a, Westfield North
Cnr Anzac Ave & North
Mango Hill
QLD 4509 07 3491 9477
Greensborough
Shop 246, Greensborough
25 Main Street
Lakes
Lakes Drive
Queen Street
Shop Tlg03, Lower Level
204-216 Queens Plaza
Brisbane
QLD 4001 07 3210 2465
Highpoint
Shop 2054, Highpoint
Mall Raintrees
State
P/c
Phone
Cnr Alfred & Koch
Shopping Centre
Streets
Manundra
QLD 4870 07 4053 6561
Karingal Knox City
Shop 22, Redbank Plaza
Collingwood Drive
Redbank
QLD 4301 07 3818 0766
Shop 2033a, Robina Town
Robina Town Centre
Robina
QLD 4230 07 5575 7046
Centre
Drive
Rockhampton
Shop 46, City Centre Plaza
Cnr Fitzroy & Bolsover
Rockhampton
QLD 4700 07 4921 2509
Shop 1m Rockhampton
Cnr Yaamba Rd And
North
QLD 4701 07 4928 0550
Central
Fair
Stockland
Bruce Highway
Rockhampton
Runaway Bay
Shop 42, Runaway Bay
Lae Drive
Runaway Bay
QLD 4216 07 5529 0182
Melton
Springfield
Lilydale
Shop T22, Karingal Hub Shop 1084, Knox City Shop T13, Lilydale Shop Gd071, Ground Floor
Cnr Captain Cook &
Shopping Centre
Kennedy Hwys
Orion Springfield Shopping
Shop 80a, 1 Main St
Shop 19, Station Square Shop 101, Westfield
Smithfield
QLD 4878 07 4038 2221
Shop 12, Taigum Central
Mildura Centro
Springfield
QLD 4300 07 3470 0865
Mornington
Shop 13b, Centro Toombul
400 Stafford Rd
Brisbane
QLD 4053 07 3356 2542
Rosebud
Townsville
142 Lennox Street
Maryborough
QLD 4560 07 4121 4555
295 Gympie Road
Strathpine
QLD 4500 07 3205 9170
197 Church Road
Taigum
QLD 4018 07 3265 4406
1015 Sandgate Road Cnr Margaret & Dent
Shopping Centre
Streets
Shop 4, Stockland Mall
310 Ross River Rd
Toombul
QLD 4012 07 3630 4713
Toowoomba
QLD 4350 07 4637 9324
Aitkenvale
QLD 4814 07 4728 8375
Victoria Point
QLD 4165 07 3207 9587
Cnr Cleveland & Redland
Shopping Centre
Bay Roads
Wynnum
Shop 13, Wynnum Plaza
2021 Wynnum Rd
Yeppoon
Shop T4, Yeppoon Central
40 Park St
Yeppoon
QLD 4703 07 4930 2599
Arndale
Shop 71, Westfield
Cnr Torrens & Hansons
Kilkenny
SA
5009 08 8243 0465
Shoppingtown
Rds
Elizabeth
Shop 11, Elizabeth Shopping
50 Elizabeth Way
Elizabeth
SA
5112 08 8252 7530
Hollywood
Shop T2-3, Hollywood Plaza
Cnr Winzor Street &
Salisbury
SA
5108 08 8285 5570
Spain Road
Downs
Ingle Farm
Shop T22, Ingle Farm Village
Cnr Walkleys &
Ingle Farm
SA
5098 08 8263 1774
Farm Shopping Centre
Montague Rds
Marion
Shop 1135, Westfield Marion
297 Diagonal Road
Oaklands Park
SA
5046 08 8358 5974
Mt Barker
Shop T51, Mt Barker Central
Cnr Druids & Cameron
Mt Barker
SA
5251 08 8398 5127
Shopping Centre
Streets
Shop 7, Lakes Village
Wynnum West QLD 4178 07 3396 4853
Sale
Helen St
Mt Gambier
SA
5290 08 8724 7780
15 Commercial Road
Port Augusta
SA
5700 08 8642 4919
Renmark
SA
5341 08 8586 5232
SA
5000 08 8223 1156
SA
5021 08 8235 0222
Renmark Plaza Shopping
Rundle Mall
Shop T2
81 Rundle Mall
Adelaide
Shop T 57, Woodgrove
West Lakes
Shop T138, West Lakes
111 West Lakes Blvd
West Lakes
Burnie
Shop 6, City Square
28-32 Wilson St
Burnie
TAS 7320 03 6431 3905
Devonport
Shop 2
48-52 Rooke Street
Devonport
TAS 7310 03 6423 3982
Glenorchy
Shop 40, Northgate
Main Road
Glenorchy
TAS 7010 03 6273 4814
76 Charles St
Launceston
TAS 7250 03 6334 3155
2-30 Bligh St
Rosny Park
TAS 7018 03 6245 1857
(Eastlands) Shop 141, Westfield
Louis Street
Airport West
VIC 3042 03 9335 6822
Shop 57
Bridge Mall
Ballarat
VIC 3350 03 5331 5139
Shop T31, Centro Mildura
Cnr 15th Street & Deakin
Mildura
VIC 3500 03 5022 7630
Shop C19, Mornington
78 Barkly Street
Mornington
VIC 3931 03 5973 5084
Shop 18, Port Phillip Plaza
Cnr Boneo Rd &
Rosebud
VIC 3939 03 5986 7471
Sale
VIC 3850 03 5143 2091
Shepparton
Shop 17, Shepparton
Midland Highway
Shepparton
VIC 3632 03 5822 2082
Marketplace 1239 Nepean Hwy
Cheltenham
VIC 3192 03 9583 0872
80 Harvester Road
Sunshine
VIC 3020 03 9311 8538
166-188 Franklin Street
Traralgon
VIC 3844 03 5176 0839
Richmond
VIC 3121 03 9427 0797
Southland Sunshine Traralgon
Shop 2088a, Westfield Shop 24-25, Sunshine
Bay City
Shop 2240 Westfield Geelong
105 Malop St
Geelong
VIC 3220 03 5222 4203
116-120 Mitchell Street
Shop 11-13, Traralgon Centre
Victoria
Shop E43, Victoria Gardens
Cnr Victoria & Burnley
Gardens
Shopping Centre
Streets
Warragul
Shop 10-11, Warragul
Victoria Street
Warragul
VIC 3820 03 5622 1058
125 Liebig Street
Warrnambool
VIC 3280 03 5562 0296
6-8 The Arcade
Docklands
VIC 3008 03 9602 4081
399 Melton Highway
Taylors Lake
VIC 3038 03 9449 1155
Waurn Ponds
VIC 3216 03 5243 6285
Mulgrave
VIC 3170 03 9548 2184
Wendouree
VIC 3355 03 5339 5641
Warrnambool
Bendigo
VIC 3550 03 5441 6671
Shop 1
Waterfront City Shop Cc G04, Waterfront City Docklands Shop T171, Watergardens Shopping Centre Shop T908 173-199 Pioneer Road Waverley
Shop 38, Waverley Gardens
Cnr Police Rd And
Gardens
Shopping Centre
Jacksons Rd
Wendouree
Shop 70 Wendouree
Cnr Norman & Gillies
Shopping Village
Streets
Wodonga
Shop 11, Wodonga Plaza
57 Elgin Street
Wodonga
VIC 3690 02 6024 3952
Albany
Shop 9, Albany Plaza
38 Albany Highway
Albany
WA 6330 08 9842 3802
Armadale
Shop T26a, Armadale
Jull Street
Armadale
WA 6112 08 9498 0249
Belmont Avenue
Belmont
WA 6014 08 9479 6092
125 Riseley Street
Booragoon
WA 6154 08 9316 1565
106 Frederick Street
Broome
WA 6725 08 9193 7384
Shop 26, Bull Creek
Cnr Benningfield Rd &
Bull Creek
WA 6149 08 9312 3485
Shopping Centre
South St
Shopping Centre Shopping City Shop 92, Belmont Forum Shopping Centre Booragoon
Shop 12, Garden City Shopping Centre
Broome
Shop 47, Broome Boulevard Shopping Centre
Bunbury
Shop 25, Bunbury Forum
Sandrige Road
Bunbury
WA 6230 08 9721 6228
Busselton
Centre court, Busselton
Cnr Prince & West Street
Busselton
WA 6280 08 9751 2745
1382 Albany Highway
Cannington
WA 6107 08 9458 9141
Success
WA 6164 08 9499 3587
Central Shopping Centre Shop 1152, Westfield Shoppingtown Gateway
Geelong Geraldton
Shop 234, Cockburn
Beeliar Drive
Gateway Shopping Centre
(Cnr Kwinana Freeway)
Shop 13, Northgate
Lot 17 Chapman Road
Geralton
WA 6530 08 9921 6547
14 Guava Way
Mandurah
WA 6210 08 9535 9237
Ellen Stirling Boulevard
Innaloo
WA 6018 08 9244 1573
420 Joondalup Drive
Joondalup
WA 6027 08 9300 9680
Kalgoorlie
WA 6430 08 9021 7709
Cnr Buslem & Attfield
Maddington
WA 6109 08 9493 0346
Great Eastern Highway
Midland
WA 6056 08 9250 1720
43 Yirrigan Drive
Mirrabooka
WA 6061 08 9207 2566
Read Street
Rockingham
WA 6168 08 9528 4155
Shopping Centre
Marketplace Brandon Park
VIC 3337 03 9743 0466
Marketplace
Carousel
Shoppingtown Airport West Ballarat
Bendigo
Melton
Street
Bull Creek
Shopping Centre
Airport West
533-555 High Street
37-39 Cunningham
Belmont
Centre
Shop G43
VIC 3000 03 9662 9036
Shopping Centre
Waurn Ponds
Shop T16a
Rosny Park
Melbourne
Shop 25, Gippsland
Watergardens
Renmark
Launceston
Melbourne Central
Shopping Plaza
Centre
Mt Gambier
VIC 3140 03 9739 5832
Plaza
Shop 5, Victoria Point
Port Augusta
Lilydale
Marketplace
Shop 55, Grand Central
Plaza
33 Hutchinson Street
Southland Shopping Centre
Nathan Plaza Victoria Point
Wantirna South VIC 3152 03 9887 2602
Mccombe St
Shopping Centre Toowoomba
425 Burwood Hwy
Shopping Centre
Lakes
Shopping Centre Toombul
VIC 3199 03 9789 0438
Avenue
Shoppingtown Taigum
Frankston
Building
Shopping Centre Strathpine
330 Cranbourne Road
South, Latrobe Street
Shopping Centre Station Square
VIC 3032 03 9318 3033
Shopping Centre
Shop 158, Smithfield
Shop 57a, Stafford City
Maribyrnong
Marketplace Melbourne
Street
Centre Stafford
200 Rosamond Rd
Shopping Centre
Shopping Village Smithfield
Phone
Shopping Centre
Robina
City
P/c
Shopping Centre
Redbank
Rockhampton
State
Shopping Centre
Mall Shop T112, Raintrees
Suburb
Greensborough VIC 3088 03 9432 9600
Shop 104, Brandon Park
Cnr Ferntree Gully &
Shopping Centre
Springvale Rds
Mulgrave
VIC 3170 03 9560 2833
Halls Head
Shopping Centre
Chapel St
Shop 9
500 Chapel St
South Yarra
VIC 3141 03 9826 9666
Chirnside
Shop 627, Chirnside Park
Maroondah Hwy
Chirnside
VIC 3116 03 9727 2030
Cranbourne
Shop 43, Cranbourne Park
High Street
Cranbourne
VIC 3977 03 5996 3162
Crown Casino
Crown Casino Melbourne
8 Whiteman St
Southbank
VIC 3006 03 9682 0622
Endeavour Hills
Shop 5b, Endeavour Hills
Cnr Heatherton Road
Shopping Centre
And Matthew Flinders
Innaloo
Shopping Centre
Kalgoorlie
219 Hannan Street
Maddington
Shop 71-72, Maddington Metro Shopping Centre
Endeavour Hills VIC 3802 03 9700 3755 Midland
Forest Hill
Shop 124, Forest Hill Chase
Canterbury Rd
Forest Hill
VIC 3131 03 9877 5698
Shop 1118, Westfield
Magid Drive
Narre Warren
VIC 3805 03 8790 1690
Balmoral Avenue
Frankston
VIC 3199 03 9770 0363
Shop G23, Frankston Town
(Quayside)
Centre
Shop 99, Midland Gate Shopping Centre
Fountain Gate
Shoppingtown Fountain Gate
Shop T110a, Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City
Ave
Cinema
Shop 90, Innaloo Shopping Centre
Joondalup
Shopping Centre
Frankston
Shop 14, Halls Head Central
Mirrabooka
Shop 49/50 Mirrabooka Square Shopping Centre
Rockingham
Shop T192 Rockingham City S/C
Warnbro
Shop 20, Warnbro Fair
City Warnbro Sound Avenue
Warnbro
WA 6169 08 9593 6830
Shopping Centre
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Abigail Breslin is known for her role in which films?
What’s the name of Snoop Dogg’s reality TV show?
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Joseph GordonLevitt appeared with Heath Ledger in which film?
She’s also known for her role in which other film? a) Juno b) Little Miss Sunshine c) Narnia -------------------------------------------10. Which film director got his start on The Ben Stiller Show? a) Judd Apatow b) Kevin Smith c) Cameron Crowe -------------------------------------------11. Comedian Tom Green was engaged to which A-lister? a) Jennifer Garner b) Drew Barrymore c) Uma Thurman -------------------------------------------12. Who plays bank robber John Dillinger in Public Enemies? a) Johnny Depp b) Christian Bale c) Casey Affleck -------------------------------------------13. What’s the name of Snoop Dogg’s reality TV show? a) Thug Life b) Fatherhood c) In the Hood -------------------------------------------14. Jared Leto is the frontman of which band? a) Cage the Elephant b) Fallout Boy c) 30 Seconds to Mars -------------------------------------------15. Which R&B star appeared on The O.C? a) Kayne West b) Chris Brown c) Brian McKnight -------------------------------------------16. Which star of TV series Glee also appeared in Nip/ Tuck? a) Jessalyn Gilsig b) Dianna Agron c) Jane Lynch -------------------------------------------17. Which movie starred Beyonce Knowles in her debut film role? a) Pink Panther b) Austin Powers in
Goldmember c) Dreamgirls -------------------------------------------18. Which star of The Sopranos also appeared in 30 Rock? a) James Gandolfini b) Michael Imperioli c) Edie Falco -------------------------------------------19. How many Oscars has Denzel Washington won? a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 -------------------------------------------20. Josh Brolin has played which US president? a) Bill Clinton b) George W. Bush c) Richard Nixon -------------------------------------------21. Any Given Sunday starring Al Pacino features which US sport? a) Gridiron b) Baseball c) Basketball -------------------------------------------22. Actress Kate Beckinsale was born in which country? a) South Africa b) Canada c) England -------------------------------------------23. As a child Christian Bale starred in which Steven Spielberg film? a) The Colour Purple b) Hook c) Empire of the Sun -------------------------------------------24. Which famous comedian turned down a role opposite Brad Pitt in Inglorius Basterds? a) Adam Sandler b) Jim Carrey c) Seth Rogan -------------------------------------------25. Topher Grace found fame as Eric Foreman in That 70s Show. Which superhero movie does he star in? a) The Dark Knight b) Spider-Man 3 c) Ironman
ANSWERS: 1. B; 2. A; 3. C; 4. B; 5. B; 6. A; 7. B; 8. B; 9. B; 10. C; 11. B; 12. A; 13. B; 14. C; 15. B; 16. A; 17. B; 18. C; 19. C; 20. B; 21. A; 22. C; 23. C; 24. A; 25. B.
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Which comedian refused a role in Inglorius Basterds with Brad Pitt?
WORDS Shane Conroy
1. Which Austin Powers star voices a character on Family Guy? a) Mike Myers b) Seth Green c) Fred Savage -------------------------------------------2. Which actress won an Oscar for her role in Dreamgirls? a) Jennifer Hudson b) Beyonce Knowles c) Sharon Leal -------------------------------------------3. Ray Romano starred in Everybody Loves Raymond. Which TV series has he had not appeared in as a guest star? a) Becker b) The Simpsons c) That 70s Show -------------------------------------------4. Name Quentin Tarantino’s first film as a director: a) Reservoir Dogs b) My Best Friend’s Birthday c) Pulp Fiction -------------------------------------------5. Terminator Salvation stars this Aussie actor: a) Guy Pierce b) Sam Worthington c) Hugo Weaving -------------------------------------------6. Katherine Heigl appeared in which sci-fi TV series? a) Roswell b) Babylon 5 c) The X Files -------------------------------------------7. Which Jackass star appeared in Dukes of Hazard? a) Chris Pontius b) Johnny Knoxville c) Steve-O -------------------------------------------8. Joseph Gordon-Levitt appeared with Heath Ledger in which film? a) Lords of Dogtown b) 10 Things I Hate About You c) A Knight’s Tale -------------------------------------------9. Child star Abigail Breslin starred in My Sister’s Keeper with Cameron Diaz.
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