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EVERY NOW AND THEN, A LOW-KEY FILM COMES ALONG THAT SWEEPS THE OSCARS, S, MAKES A GAZILLION DOLLARS AT THE BOX OFFICE AND GENERALLY BLOWS EVERYONE NE AWAY. FOR RECENT CINEMA GOERS, THE KING’S SPEECH HAS BEEN THAT MOVIE. After winning Aft i i the th Best B t Pi Picture, t B Bestt Di Director, t

The Ki Th King’s ’ S Speech h ffollows ll th the ttrue story t off

h b d were still till too t fresh f h in i her h memory. husband

Best Actor (Colin Firth) and Best Original

Britain’s King George VI, who was forced to

Screenplay at the Oscars, it was clear that no other

overcome a debilitating stammer – with the help

(portrayed in the film by Helena Bonham Carter)

movie stood a chance against The King’s Speech.

of Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue – after

passed away in 2002, but by the time Seidler was

he was thrust into power due to his brother’s

ready to write the script a few years later, he’d lost

abdication from the throne.

contact with Logue.

“People seem to have very strong emotional and personal responses to this film,” Firth tells NPR.org. “Anyone who has [experienced a

“David Seidler, our writer, is someone who

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen’s Mother

However, in a neat little twist of fate, the

moment] in their life which says, ‘You’re up, this is

battled with a stammer for much of his life,”

production team managed to find the diaries

your moment, you have to deliver,’ and has been

Firth says, “and he described it as something

just nine weeks out from the commencement of

afraid of that moment, I think will respond to a

which really is all-consuming. It’s not just an

filming. Evidently, the notes proved invaluable.

great deal of this film.”

inconvenience that you can isolate; he said it

And we have director Tom Hooper’s mum to thank for brining the story into the public consciousness.

“My mum was invited by some Australian

“We spent three weeks in pretty serious script

became the be-all and end-all of everything.”

analysis and development,” Rush, who co-

He added, “It would determine what you

produced the film, tells Incontention.com.

ordered in a restaurant. It would determine how

“We’d just received the diaries and we were

you answered the phone. If you had a task to

trying to incorporate some really fascinating ideas

friends to a fringe theatre play reading of this

do that day, you’d think less about whether your

that were alluded to in the screenplay, but that

unproduced play, having never been to a play

task is going to be fulfilled – you only worry about

weren’t concrete. Tom’s thing was, why fabricate

reading in her life,” Hooper explains.

whether you can say what you have to say.”

a dramatic narrative drive when the real facts are

“They were like, ‘We need some Aussies in the

The script’s development was aided by actual

audience, would you come along?’ She called me

diaries kept by Logue, brilliantly portrayed in the

up and said, ‘I think I may have just seen your next

film by our own Geoffrey Rush.

film.’ She sent it to me and it sat on my desk. Two

However, when Seidler wrote to the Queen’s

actually that much more interesting? It deepened and got many more grace notes and subtleties.”

Reported to cost a mere £8 million (AU$12 million), a tiny budget when compared with other

or three months went by and then I read it in one

Mother in the 1980s asking for permission to tell

Hollywood blockbusters, The King’s Speech has

sitting. I rang her up and said, ‘You’re absolutely

the story, she requested that it not be made in

become the gentle giant of the worldwide box

right’.”

her lifetime, as the events surrounding her late

office, grossing close to US$400 million.

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with a big master ma with shot of the room. roo It shot was the single of me on was the sofa, which means mea I’m up the n going now, you know. I’m not ‘T is how to find my way via, ‘This I walk into the room. I can mess it an then finesse up a little bit here and “I’ve “I’ e often started sta ted a job where he e on the first st day, da

p ’ This Th is it. I’m on.” it in the close up.’

you walk down a corridor and look out a window.

You feel the thing is sort of being held at bay from you, and you’re not sure what you’ve committed to. I did a film once where weeks went by before I got into the meat of it, and I began to lose connection with it. I knew this thing was taking place, but I had no foothold,” Firth recalls.

“The King’s Speech, on the other hand, couldn’t have been more different. It wasn’t just that the production started out with an essential scene, but Hooper started with a shot that

VITAL STATS Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce Director: Tom Hooper Writer: David Seidler Budget: US$13 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$393 million

had a way of WORDS Sarah Megginson

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MORNING GLORY Ever wondered which beverage is actually inside the cup that Karl and Lisa sip from every morning on The Today Show – or whether Kochie and Mel actually like each other behind those perky Sunrise smiles?!

Take a glimpse behind the scenes of brekky television in Morning Glory, a comedy-drama that lifts the lid on the chaos and ego of live TV! When she gets a call from a national network

world. But it’s fine, you know, you move on to

McAdams plays

Rachel

morning show called DayBreak – a program that

something else. In the film, Becky really feels

Becky, a perky

struggles because it is competing with The Today

the weight of the world on her shoulders, and

producer with

Show – Becky is hardly in a position to say no.

consequently, all this bad behavior comes out

something to

But Becky soon discovers why nobody else

of that.”

prove. She just lost

wanted the position, as she tries to control

her job at Good

neurotic and unpredictable hosts, create a show

Pomery, an old-school anchorman and serious

Morning New Jersey,

that people actually want to watch, and stave

journalist played to perfection by Harrison Ford.

and she’s sent

off the network execs – who are looking for any

out resumes left,

excuse to cancel the program.

right and centre in an effort to gain employment.

Her eye is set firmly on the prize, which is to land her dream job working on

The Today Show.

McAdams says she “definitely related” to the

One of Becky’s many challenges is Mike

Mike quit his longtime evening newscast because of its increasing focus on entertainment stories and gossip instead

script at first glance, especially the emotions you

of real news, and Mike has had enough. He

feel “when you get that first shot at something,

joins DayBreak – which is owned by the same

and you put so much pressure on it”, she tells

company as his previous program – somewhat

cinemablend.com.

under duress. He is, after all, an accomplished

“It feels like, if this doesn’t work out, I’ll never get the chance to do it again,” she says.

“I didn’t get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the

broadcaster, and throwing to a fluffy cooking segment was never part of his plan.

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The Telegraph newspaper. “News has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight,” he says. “The rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality – a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It’s harder to be an educated and informed citizen.”

Throughout his own lengthy career, Ford, 68, has been on the other side of the fence – as the subject of intense media scrutiny – many times over, but he says he has no interest in controlling or protecting his image.

“I’ve been able to get other people to do

When you get t that first shot at the work for me, and d I don’t do on’ n’tt omethiing you put so much something, want a real job… It doesn’t interest pressure on it… I didn’t get my me to be Harrison first pilot that I screen-tested Ford. It ht it it was was for, and I really thought interests me to be Mike the end of the world!

Pomeroy and Rachel McAdams Indiana Jones and Jack ck ck Ryan. I don’t want to o be in

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the Harrison Ford business,” he says. “I take what I do seriously, but I don’t take myself seriously.”

Ford, who is married to Brothers and

Sisters actress Calista Flockhart, also has no plans to hang up his acting hat just yet.

“I think retirement’s for old people,” he says.

“I’m still in the business, thank you. I have

Stars: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Ty Burrell, Jeff Goldblum Director: Roger Michell Producer: J. J. Abrams Budget: US$40 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$55.85 million

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enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can.”

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IT TOOK SIX LONG YEARS AND US$260 MILLION TO BRING THE STORY OF RAPUNZEL TO THE BIG SCREEN, BUT IT ALL PAID OFF: TANGLED, THE LATEST ANIMATED OFFERING FROM DISNEY, IS A HIT WITH KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE! The film was so popular at the box office that hat ha

is a dangerous place. She

it brought in over US$600 million in ticket sales, es,

has only a few things keep her

a whopping fiscal achievement. That’s US$100 0

spirit alive: her pet chameleon

million more than Dreamworks earnt with their eirr ei

Pascal, her 70 feet of golden flowing

surprise animated hit How to Train your Dragon on o n

locks, and the mesmerising floating lights that

(US$495 million), and well over double the

she sees from her tower window every year on

receipts of the Johnny Depp cartoon adventure, re, re

her birthday!

Rango (US$235 million).

So what is it about Tangled that has audiences so enchanted?

The story is largely based on the German fairy air a iirry tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.

The tale begins with Mother Gothel and a

Her life is turned upside down one day when the kingdom’s handsome outlaw, Flynn Rider (voiced by Chuck star Zachary Levi), heads to her neck of the woods to hide.

Stunned and caught off guard, Rapunzel does what she knows best and uses her long locks to

magical flower, which holds the key to eternall

capture him. She realises that this could finally

youth and beauty. After discovering the flower’s rr’s ’s ’s

be her opportunity to satisfy her curiosity for

influence, Mother Gothel hides it for her own

the outside world, so she strikes up a deal with

selfish needs, until the kingdom initiates a

Flynn, who agrees to escort her to the floating

desperate search for the healing plant to cure e

lights that she has forever longed to see.

the sick, pregnant Queen.

The glowing flower is found and Baby

Singer and actress Mandy Moore was thrilled be offered the chance to voice the part of

princess Rapunzel is born with magical abilities ess e

Rapunzel, telling moviesonline.ca that she feels

in her golden locks. Mother Gothel is still

“really lucky” to have won the role.

longing for her fountain of youth, however, so o

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she kidnaps Rapunzel and locks her away in a

was not going to, because I figured, oh my God, od,

Disney princess. I didn’t necessarily want to be

hidden tower for 18 years, raising her as her

this is a Disney film and everyone and their

the princess with a big dress and a wand, but

own child.

mother is going to be auditioning, and why am mI

I definitely wanted a nice tiara like The Little

going to set myself up for that disappointment?” nt? tt?” ?”

Mermaid. I really wanted to be the mermaid

she says.

princess!”

Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) has never vve er er been outside the four walls of the tower as she’s been led to believe that the outside world rld rld

“I think it’s every young girl’s dream to be a

Watching the film for the first time, however,

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Pinocchio, Snow White, Geppetto, the Seven Dwarfs, Jiminy Cricket, Prince Charming and the evil Queen will only be available to complete your collection until 30 June, 2011.

a making-of special.

“I’m so proud of the crew that put the movie together,” says Levi, who has a background in musical theatre and says he relished the chance to belt out a few Disney tunes in the film! “And now it’s done, and people are saying they love it, so it’s cool.”

proved to be a little disappointing.

“I was disappointed because I was

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like, ‘Oh gosh, my voice is really shrill and squeaky.’ I was really bummed out,” she admits. “But once I got past that and actually saw the movie on the big screen, I was very happy because I didn’t have to focus on my voice.”

As the 50th animated feature in the Walt

Stars: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Jeffrey Tambor Directors: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard Based on: Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm Budget: US$260 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$628,321,107

Disney Animated is released on Blu-ray and DVD this month

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THE FIGHTER IS DIRECTOR DAVID O. RUSSELL AND ACTOR MARK WAHLBERG’S THIRD FILM COLLABORATION – AND IT MAY BE THEIR MOST UNFLINCHING AND BRUTAL YET Although it’s an uncompromising sport, boxing makes for a fascinating film subject.

Over the past 35 years masterpieces like

however, are overshadowed by his addiction

Wahlberg’s own passionate desire to make this

to crack.

movie that made it happen. He spent four years

Torn between his own career, Dicky’s waning

training to play Micky. His attraction to the role?

Raging Bull, Rocky and Million Dollar Baby have

health and the demands of an ultra pushy

The fact that it’s a true story – and his own love

proven that box office gold and critical acclaim

stage mum (an awesome Melissa Leo) and

of boxing movies.

can flow as easily from boxing movies as fury

his seven sisters, it’s hardly any wonder that

can from the gloves of cinematic pugilists.

Micky’s career soon ends up on the skidder.

The Fighter joins those ranks. Sports

Fortunately, Micky is not alone. In his corner

“I’ve seen every boxing movie ever made,” he said in a 2007 interview. “I’m also a huge fight fan. I fought a little bit when I was

Illustrated dubbed the film the best sports

he has his father (veteran character actor Jack

younger… Raging

movie of the past decade, and just like Rocky

McGee), his devoted manager Sal Lonano

Bull and Rocky I saw

and Raging Bull, it’s not so much what’s going

(Frank Renzulli) and his no-nonsense girlfriend

30 times – but the

on inside the ring as much as the compelling

Charlene (Amy Adams).

fighting [in those

The question is, does Micky have the guts

films] just wasn’t as

Led by an Academy Award-nominated

to make a comeback – and what role will his

realistic as what we

cast including Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale

dysfunctional family play in that comeback?

hope to achieve and

drama occurring out of it.

(Best Actor Oscar winner), Melissa Leo (Best

Anyone who’s enjoyed (and possibly cringed)

accomplish in this

Supporting Actress Oscar winner) and Amy

through some of the ropier Rocky movies

Adams, the little known true-life tale centres on

would be aware that themes of self-respect

the life of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward

and redemption are common in sports-themed

off. The Fighter earned

(Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky

films – 2008’s The Wrestler is a prime example

seven Academy

Eklund (Bale).

Loose cannon Dicky was once the pride of Lowell, a working-class suburb of

– and here they are powerfully aired out through a handful of outstanding lead performances.

Christian Bale continues

movie.”

His belief has paid

Awards nominations, winning the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Bale) and Best

Massachusetts, because he

to prove why he’s his

Supporting Actress

once went the distance with

generation’s finest actor.

(Leo). Those who believe

Sugar Ray Leonard. His own

He dropped 30 pounds to

the ‘eye of the tiger’ has

career ambitions, and

play the simultaneously

been absent from the

his pride over Micky’s

heartbreaking and hilarious

screen

career prospects,

role of Dickie.

since

Wahlberg’s approach to

Rocky

Micky is appropriately and

retired may

artfully lower-key. He’s the soul

be in for a

of the movie, indeed, as behind the scenes, it was

treat; The

Fighter has real heart.

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love & other drugs JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND ANNE HATHAWAY SHARE SOME PRETTY RAUNCHY SEX SCENES IN LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS, A SPIRITED ROMANTIC COMEDY SET IN THE LATE 1990S – BUT IT’S ALL IN A DAY’S WORK FOR THESE SEASONED ACTORS. It’s the first time Hathaway has revealed so much of herself on screen, and she admits to

carefree character.

She stars as Maggie, a flirty, promiscuous

understanding the media’s fixation – particularly

waitress who squeezes every last moment out

in the US, where the film attracted an R rating.

of life. It soon becomes clear exactly why she

“I haven’t been surprised by people’s or the media’s interest in the sex scenes – I think it’s an easy headline that will get a lot of clicks on

has such a flighty attitude, as Maggie is battling early onset Parkinson’s Disease.

Enter Gyllenhaal in the form of charming

the internet, so I understand it,” Hathaway tells

pharmaceuticals salesmen Jamie. While he’s

The Hot Hits Live from LA.

trying to sweet talk Dr. Knight (Hank Azaria)

“But there’s a lot more to the movie. People

into prescribing Zoloft to his patients, he

going into the film want to talk about the nudity,

meets Maggie, one of the good doc’s patients.

but people coming out want to talk about the

Jamie is used to getting his own way, at work

film,” she adds.

and in life. But has he met his match in the flirty,

Although Hathaway has starred in her fair share of light-hearted comedies over the years (The Devil Wears Prada, Valentine’s Day, Bride

Wars), this is the first time she’s played such a

free-spirited Maggie (Hathaway)?

Gyllenhaal’s character is loosely based on author Jamie Reidy, who wrote a tell-all book about the pharma industry, Hard Sell: The

Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.

“I had long interviews with and spent time with Jamie for months before the film started, and we talked a lot about the pharmaceutical world and his experience in it,” Gyllenhaal tells cinemaspy.com.

Slipping into character opposite Hathaway was fairly easy, he adds,

as they’ve been friends for close to a decade.

They’ve starred opposite each other once before, in 2004’s Brokeback

Mountain, where they

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played husband as wife. But as Gyllenhaal points out, Brokeback only briefly touched on their marriage, as it was more focused on the romance between Gyllenhaal’s Jack, a rodeo cowboy, and Heath Ledger’s Ennis, a ranch hand.

“Having gone through the journey of not only having made a movie, but then also the response from audiences to the movie [Brokeback Mountain], I think, brought us very close,” Gyllenahaal says.

“That was a very tight-knit group and remains so to this day. But then I think this film took it to another level with me and Annie.

Last

We worked for eight days on Brokeback

Samurai,

Mountain, and this [shoot] was for months.

Defiance and

And beyond that, it was our love story in this

Legends of the Fall.

movie.”

He says he enjoyed turning his hand at

The plot moves in unexpected directions, which was a deliberate move on the part of director Edward

a romantic comedy – but just because he’s dealing in lighter subject matter, that doesn’t mean he treated the shoot any less seriously.

Zwick, whose career is

Prior to filming, Zwick and his two leading

littered with epic,

actors “talked a lot about what we, individually

serious films

and collectively, thought was sexy,” Gyllenhaal

such as

The

reveals. “We talked about what turns us on and what doesn’t – even all the awkward things.”

At one point during filming, as a concession to his two nearly naked stars, even Zwick stripped off. “It did not help,” Gyllenhaal jokes. “It terrified me. I was terrified.”

Both Gyllenhaal and Hathaway were nominated for Golden Globe’s for their performance in Love and Other Drugs, and audience’s reacted well to the film at the box office: it took in close to US$100 million, on the back of a US$30 million budget.

“Ultimately, what is beautiful about it is that there are people who have full lives and don’t live for very long, and then there are people who live long lives and don’t [live full lives],” Gyllenhaal says.

“I think that what is important is to live a full life no matter what; there is something unconditional about that. That is what life should be about.”

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LUSH EUROPEAN SCENERY AND TWO OF HOLLYWOOD’S HOTTEST STARS MADE THE TOURIST A MUST-SEE FILM OF 2010, AS YOU VENTURE TO VENICE IN THIS GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED ROMANCE MYSTERY. Two gorgeous strangers, the European countryside and a train headed to Venice: what ensues is a gripping game of cat and mouse,

undoubtedly offers the perfect setting for a

Academy Award for

deadly game of hide and seek.

his work in The

What begins as an innocent holiday romance

Lives of Others.

quickly evolves into a deadly game of intrigue.

where nothing is quite as it seems.

If you missed

After falling head over heels in love with this

its Australian

on an earnest mission to mend his broken heart

beautiful stranger, the meek maths teacher Frank

cinema release

in the depths of Italy. Elise (Angelina Jolie) is an

discovers that Elise has simply chosen him as a

over the 2010

alluring stranger with a secret motive.

decoy, nothing more than a prop in an elaborate

silly season,

Frank (Johnny Depp) is an American tourist

When this breathtakingly beautiful woman deliberately places herself in the path of

ploy to mislead the French authorities and a gang

catch The

of mobsters.

Tourist on

Frank, the romance begins. Flirty dialogue and

Her true love, British criminal mastermind

underlying tension see the couple float through

Alexander Pearce, is a wanted man: he’s being

Take a European vacation

the romantic backdrop of Venice like glamorous

hunted by not only the police, but also the

with this travel romance

stars of a bygone era.

gangster whose money he stole. In an attempt to

thriller – just keep one

divert the hunters, Elise puts the similar-looking

eye open.

For some, the fact that two of Hollywood’s hottest heartthrobs have paired up for the film is

Frank in the firing line. But can she separate

enough to garner full attention for the entire 103

business and pleasure? And for how long?

minute running time. However, for those after a

The Tourist is an action-packed thriller, full of

little more than just eye candy, The Tourist’s plot

heart-stopping moments, clever stunts and a

will keep you equally entertained. The flick has

final twist that will surprise even the most astute

all the elements of a first-rate film: action, drama,

viewer. The film’s dramatic soundtrack echoes

suspense and, of course, a dash of romance.

every mood and move, and the dialogue is both

Beautifully shot in the twists and turns of Venice and Paris, the lush European scenery complements these fine actors as they take us on a journey packed with passion. Set in one of the most romantic cities on earth, the film makes

smart and sexy.

Despite a slow start and initially negative reviews, The Tourist soon attracted more favourable attention and grossed close to US$300 million around the globe. A remake of 2005 French action thriller

the most of Venice’s

Anthony Zimmer, the film was nominated for

beautiful waterways

three awards at the 68th Annual Golden Globe

and ancient buildings – which

Blu-ray or DVD.

Awards, including Best Performance nominations for both Depp and Jolie. The Tourist was directed by the highly acclaimed German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who previously bagged a Best Foreign Film

On Blu-ray and DVD from May 4

Stars: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Budget: US$100 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$287.9 million

WORDS Lauren Barker

THE TOURIST

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WITH JACK BLACK, JASON SEGEL, EMILY BLUNT AND AMANDA PEET SHARING THE SCREEN IN THIS FUN – AND FUNNY! – REIMAGINING OF THE CLASSIC BOOK GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, IT’S NO WONDER THIS FILM RAKED IN MORE THAN US$220 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE! Gulliver’s Travels stars Black as Lemuel

into a storm, a whirlpool vortex into another

Lilliputians had for Gulliver. They were plotting

Gulliver, an aspiring writer who holds a lowly

dimension, and wakes up on a strange island

to kill him with poison and there is graphic

position in the mailroom at a Manhattan

with tiny people,” Black says.

detail of how he would die, and when I read

newspaper.

That island is Lilliput, where he has

“Gulliver has a lot of insecurities. When

awakened on the shores to discover he’s been

we meet him, he works at a newspaper in

tied down and imprisoned by its miniature

the mailroom in modern day New York and

sized inhabitants!

he doesn’t have the courage to try to get a

The family-friendly film is based on the eighteenth century novel by Jonathan Swift,

he has a big crush on her,” Black explains.

and Black admits they had to make a few

revered so he makes up stories about himself, pretending that he has done this and that. He

some changes!”

The film remains as fun and entertaining as the book, which was never going to be too

promotion or ask the editor out on a date – and “He desperately wants to be respected and

it I thought ‘This is not for kids’. So we made

difficult with the likes of Jason Segel and Billy Connelly on board.

“I love Jason Segel and have been wanting

adjustments to the plot to ensure the movie

to work with him for years. I loved the work he

was suitable for kids.

did with Judd Apatow and I had been looking

“We have taken some liberties with the

exaggerates his resume to make himself out to

original text, which was not really a children’s

be a big shot.”

book, I have to say,” he explains.

for an opportunity to work with him,” Black admits.

“And Billy Connolly, who plays the King of

So when Gulliver stumbles across his

“When I read it I was surprised to find there

Lilliput, was so great – not just funny but a

opportunity to seriously impress his editor

were some adult-themed elements in the story.

really warm lovely guy, fun to hang out with

(Amanda Peet) by taking on a challenging

There is some pretty intense political satire and

and very musical. He had a banjo and I was

writing assignment about The Bermuda

a lot about economics, and the book looks at

really impressed with his skill.”

Triangle, he’s over the moon. Suddenly, he has an opportunity to go and become a real writer.

the reality of having a giant in a world of tiny people, [such as] how

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can they feed him without

It seems that Gulliver has taken on much more than he bargained for, however, as his assignment turns out to be

destroying their economy?

“The book also looks at the intense hatred some of the

Stars: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connelly Director: Rob Letterman Budget: US$112 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$222 million

far more dangerous than imagined.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

“He sets off in a boat and gets sucked

On Blu-ray and DVD from May 4

WORDS Sarah Megginson

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DIRECTED BY HOLLYWOOD LEGEND RON HOWARD, THE DILEMMA POSES THE ULTIMATE QUESTION OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOYALTY: WOULD YOU TELL YOUR BEST MATE IF YOU CAUGHT THEIR PARTNER CHEATING? which is why prolific director Ron Howard –

surprising places and twists and turns in the

(Vince Vaughn) must answer in this hilarious

who has worked on more serious fare in recent

story,” he says.

bromantic comedy, which co-stars Jennifer

years, such as A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon

Connelly as his girlfriend Beth, Kevin James as

and The Da Vinci Code – wanted to be involved.

This is precisely the question that Ronny

his best friend Nick, and Winona Ryder as Nick’s cheating wife, Geneva.

“The fun of the movie to me isn’t do you tell or don’t you, but how do you tell your friend [when they] need to hear what needs to be said?!” Vaughn explains.

Adding to his angst is the fact that Ronny

After all, Howard has successfully turned his

“I thought that combination of qualities made it something that could be very memorable for the audience.”

The Dilemma’s leading man Vaughn, who

hand at comedy many times over throughout his lengthy career, on films such as Parenthood

also served as a producer on the film, is pretty

and Ed TV.

confident that they hit

He was also the executive producer and

their mark.

narrator of Arrested Development. It was

“I feel like we

whilst working on this brilliant but short-lived

made a bad-ass

and Nick aren’t just best mates – they’re also

television series that Howard’s passion for

movie,” Vaughn

business partners. They’ve just aced a meeting

comedy was reignited, as he remembered “just

says. “Yes, there’s

with Dogde, where they pitched an electric

how much fun it was, creatively, to spend time

a lot of comedy,

car with the build of a muscle car. Dodge

in rooms with people who were that funny, and

but there’s so much

likes it and agrees to give them $400,000

generating those kind of laughs.”

humanity as well. It’s

for a prototype. Needless to say, discovering Geneva’s wandering eye is the last thing Ronny needs right now.

It’s a genuinely funny premise for a film, and it’s also genuinely cringeworthy,

But what was it that drew him to this

just a great film.”

particular script, and this particular cast?

“I think it’s the fact that the story is unexpected, and the experience of watching the movie, I hope, is really rewarding because it’s funny, but the comedy is coming from

The fun of the movie isn’t do you tell or ou, b ut don’tt yyou, but how do you telllll ?!! your friend?! n Vince Vaughn

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On Blu-ray and DVD from May 12

WORDSSarah Megginson

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BURLESQUE THE 2010 MUSICAL FILM BURLESQUE BRINGS TO SCREEN TWO EQUALLY TALENTED SINGING POWERHOUSES IN CHER AND CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

pregnant – and while she makes a friend in

Hollywood Reporter

short in comparisons

Tess, Ali makes an enemy in one of the club’s

boldly stated that

to Cabaret and

star performers, who tries to sabotage her

the pairing of

Chicago, it does

first time on stage out of jealousy. But – just

Aguilera and Cher

deliver some sizzling

as in real life – Christina Aguilera proves her

was a “stroke of

dance numbers

character belongs in the spotlight by blowing

genius”.

matched by

the audience away with her voice. Thus, a new

outstanding vocals.

star in born.

And while it falls

The plot follows

Aguilera makes her theatrical

Written and directed by Steven Antin,

film and musical

ingénue Alice Rose

Burlesque does quite a bit right – sexy

debut as the lead

(Aguilera), a young

costumes, coupled with electrifying

character, who

waitress from a

choreography and some sensational original

comes complete

small town in Iowa

songs.

with her own tagline:

that escapes Middle

To prove that last point, two ballads from the

“a small-town girl

America for the

film’s soundtrack “Bound to You” (performed

bright lights of Los

by Aguilera) and “You Haven’t Seen the Last of

Angeles. When she

Me” (performed by Cher) were nominated for

it’s her first foray

stumbles into a

the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

back to the big

burlesque bar owned

Cher’s “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”,

screen since her

by Cher (Tess), she

written by Diane Warren, took home the award.

cameo in 2003’s

realises her destiny.

The soundtrack album features 10 tracks, a

with a big voice”.

For co-star Cher,

Stuck on You and

Convincing Tess

mix of both original and cover songs. Eight of

to give her a shot,

the songs are performed by Aguilera, including

however, does not

“Express”, while the other two are performed

the ever-talented

come so easily.

by Cher (her first original recordings in seven

Stanley Tucci plays

years).

Cher’s sidekick

Ali eventually gets her break after

The film did well at the box office, grossing

her first musical film.

Meanwhile,

and stage manager

one of the main

US$2.86 million its first day, but received

and delivers his

dancers becomes

mixed reviews from critics. While Time Out

trademark one-liners

New York called the

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WORDS Andrea Cornish

Director: Steven Antin Screenplay: Steven Antin, Diablo Cody Stars: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher, Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci Budget: US$55 million Gross worldwide revenue: $89.3 million

with aplomb.

film “perfunctory”, The

BURLESQUE

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DON’T LET THE CLUNKY TITLE FOOL YOU: DESCRIBED BY ONE REVIEWER AS A “COMBINATION OF MILK AND MAD MEN”, THIS BRILLIANT LOWBUDGET BRITISH FILM IS AS FUN AND LIGHTHEARTED AS IT IS POIGNANT.

Set in the 1960s, Made in Dagenham tackles some pretty heavy-duty subject material.

The same reviewer quoted above, Tom

While the film is not 100% historically

for women – with the demands of mainstream

accurate – in real life, the women didn’t

cinema,” Kermonde says.

actually work at the Dagenham assembly

“When I saw it, I was convinced it was

Henheffer from Canada’s McLean’s magazine,

plant, but a mile or so down the road at a

going to be 2010’s Full Monty. I thought it was

writes, “It’s a film that blatantly condemns

collection of sheds known as the River Plant –

wonderful and people were going to flock to

sexism and shows, despite its mostly light

Made in Dagenham is essentially inspired by

see the film, it would be a big hit in America,

tone, the real cost of fighting for civil rights.”

true events.

everyone was going to love it and everyone’s

It was nominated for four BAFTA’s

“[Producer] Stephen Woolley heard

going to watch the story and learn something

and awarded 3.5 out of 4 stars by famed

something on the radio, an interview, and

about history. It didn’t work out like that, but

Hollywood reviewed Roger Ebert. So what’s it

got the idea for [the film],” explains one of

for me, the fault is not with the film – I really,

all about, then?

its stars, former Bond girl and An Education

really like it, and every time I see it, I like

actress, Rosamund Pike.

it more.”

Made in Dagenham is based on the famous 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the

“But it’s not taught in schools, is it? They

Ford Dagenham assembly plant, where female

start the story of women’s fight for equality

workers walked out in protest against sexual

with getting the vote.”

discrimination and the desire for equal pay.

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Evidently, it’s a story that resonated strongly

The walkout paved the way for the UK’s

with critics and reviewers, even though it

Equal Pay Act 1970, which was subsequently

didn’t reach the audience it deserved. It more

replicated the world over.

than recouped its budget at the box office, but

Made in Dagenham had far more potential,

Director: Nigel Cole Stars: Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike, Jaime Winstone, Bob Hoskins, Richard Schiff, John Sessions, Kenneth Cranham, Daniel Mays

according to leading UK film critic Mark he saw it three times, and listed it as

MADE IN DAGENHAM

one of his top five films for 2010.

“The thing with Made in Dagenham The film’s theme song, with lyrics by Billy Bragg, is performed by Sandie Shaw – herself a former Dagenham Ford clerk!

for me is this; I thought it did a brilliant job of balancing the importance of its political story – equal pay, equal rights

Out now on DVD

WORDS Sarah Megginson

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True Blood Season 3 If there’s one complaint we have about

In season two, the townsfolk were subjected

with their own demons.

season three of True Blood, it’s this: with just

to Maryann Forrester’s reign of terror. Her

12 episodes in the entire season, it’s too damn

influence on the residents of Bon Temps

beautifully shot at a breathtaking pace, so that

short!

resulted in mayhem that grew more destructive

the plot twists and turns from each scene

as the season progressed.

to the next. Each episode ends on a crucial

But for leading man Stephen Moyer, who plays Bill Compton in the series, a dozen

Now, Sookie, her beloved Bill and all of their

As with previous seasons, the show is

cliffhanger, which will have you reaching for

episodes is plenty. It’s an intense show to film,

friends and neighbours face a new calamity

the remote to press ‘play’ on the next episode

but at 12 episodes a season, “it’s a six or seven

that makes the evils of Maryann seem tame by

before the credits begin to roll!

month gig, and that helps because you do get

comparison!

five months off,” he concurs.

It’s interesting to learn that Moyer has

Bill has been kidnapped and is being held

admitted that he “probably wouldn’t have

hostage by a vampire King, who has his sights

watched True Blood” if he wasn’t involved in

real-life wife, Anna Paquin, who plays Sookie

firmly set on usurping Sophie-Anne Leclerq’s

the show.

Stackhouse in the show.

(Evan Rachel Wood) role as the Vampire Queen

It also helps that Moyer gets to work with his

“I’ve never worked on a show before that

“I think if I were a viewer, if I had nothing to do with the show, I, as a fan of drama, probably

of Louisiana.

wouldn’t have watched True Blood purely

feels so much like a family,” he says. “When we

“This is a tough year for Bill, obviously,

get back, there’s always this wonderful surge of

just by the very nature of what’s happened,”

because of my prejudices against what I would

excitement and adrenaline and re-kinship with

Compton tells TVAddict.com of his character’s

have thought a vampire show was,” he reveals.

best friends.”

moves in season three. “He’s been separated

As with the first two seasons of True Blood, an edgy vampire series set in the fictional town of Bon Temps, the plot of season three is all

The series has picked up a host of awards

from his love, and even from his progeny, his

since launching, including Golden Globes,

kind of prodigal daughter Jessica.”

Emmy’s and Peoples Choice Awards. “I think

Meanwhile Sookie teams up with a werewolf,

that what awards do is bring [True Blood] to a

too engaging – meaning you’ll churn through

Alcide (Joe Manganiello), in Mississippi in an

wider audience,” he adds, “and makes people

the whole DVD or Blu-ray in one lazy weekend,

effort to track down Bill… and back in Bon

realise that what our show is doing is not just

given the opportunity.

Temps, the rest of the residents are dealing

run of the mill.”

WORDS Sarah Megginson

TRUE BLOOD SEASON 3

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One Tree Hill Season 7 The seventh season of One Tree Hill is set 14 months after season six finished. The show is no stranger to skipping time, having previously leapt four years in the future, and

different?”

series creator Mark Schwahn has credited this

This theme is followed through with the

flash forward as being necessary to move to

central characters who are each facing

the next important stage of the characters’

career and personal highs and lows, with

lives.

marriages and families put to the test.

There was a practical reason for the time

The addition of new characters to the

warp as well: Jackson Brundage, who plays

town of One Tree stirs things up even more.

Jamie in the series, is already nine years old,

Despite former lead characters Lucas

and he was playing a 5-year-old on screen.

(Chad Michael Murray) and Peyton (Hilarie

Happily for Brundage, the jump forward

Burton) missing from the line up, the

allowed him to remain in the show.

series still contains all the drama that

“A show going into its seventh year is very

the previous series’ have had, but their

open to reinventing itself and one thing I have

absence allows other characters’ further

to give Mark Schwahn a lot of credit for is

development.

all these years,” says US Television Network president Dawn Ostroff.

According to Schwahn, one of

ONE TREE HILL SEASON 7

the central themes of this season is, “When you’re someone who’s in the spotlight, what are your

On DVD from May 4

WORDS Caroline Muldoon

that he has kept the show so fresh

responsibilities and are the rules

Big Love Season 4 Most men struggle to keep up with the demands of one wife, let alone three! Add nine children all living under one roof, and it amounts to nothing short of a handful, which is precisely the case for Big Love’s central character, Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton).

This season sees Bill run for public office, going for a seat in his home state of Utah. His main reason for running is to legalise multiple marriages, which he plans to do as soon as he

view of polygamy, without judgment or

is elected.

stereo types.

Despite successes on the political trail

And season four is full of action, Scheffer

Bill’s home life continues to cause constant

says. “There’s more happening [this season],

stress, however, with the rift between himself

definitely. For some reason, that kind of

and his older children widening as they fail to

compressive reality forced us to kind of go

understand his lifestyle choice. But it’s not just

to the heart of things. So I feel like the stories

the children he’s having issues with. All three

are bigger, the emotional life is bigger. I think

of Bill’s wives continue to bicker and struggle

that it’s going to be delivering what people

with sharing the man they love.

got used to last year, but more so.”

Series co-creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer did their research, with the concept for this show: they

BIG LOVE SEASON 4

spent almost three years conducting research to ensure the series portrayed an unbiased and realistic

On DVD from May 4

WORDS Caroline Muldoon

to say the least, when coming up

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Nurse Jackie Season 2 With so many medical-based shows

Needless to say, it struck a chord with

DVD, it’s a great chance to catch up before

dominating the TV landscape in recent years

audiences and critics alike. “The show is full of

(Grey’s Anatomy, House, Private Practice, ER,

sly twists and startling variations on familiar

It stars Edie Falco, best known for her

Scrubs and Mercy to name but a few), it’s

med-show traditions; this is not just another

work as Carmela in The Sopranos, as Jackie

refreshing to come across a prime time series

lament about the long hours and difficult

Peyton, an emergency room nurse at the

that concentrates on the nurses behind the

conditions common to those who toil in

fictional All Saints Hospital in New York City.

(often good looking!) doctors.

hospitals,” raves The Washington Post. “Nor are

“Every medical show out there has been

season three launches.

Sporting a cropped, boyish haircut, Jackie

they all do-gooders and humanitarians. Even

is an ER nurse unlike anything we’ve seen on

about doctors,” Nurse Jackie executive

the frankness and realism of the late, great ER

screen before. She snorts prescription drugs

producer Liz Brixius tells the New York Daily

are outdone by Nurse Jackie’s penetrating and

to kickstart her day, and slips off her wedding

News.

irreverent candor.”

ring each morning before work… thankfully,

“Doctors are absolutely unable to do what

Since it’s debut in 2009, Nurse Jackie has

they have to do without nurses. We want to tell

become one of US Showtime’s most popular

those stories.”

shows. Now with the second season out on

Falco no longer indulges in method acting!

“In the early days, I used to think that good actors lost themselves in roles,” she reveals.

“You feel like you can make the story fuller and richer if you let it extend into your real life. And then crazy, dangerous things start to happen!”

WORDS David Christopher

NURSE JACKIE SEASON 2

On DVD from May 4

Wrestlemania 27 WrestleMania XXVII, the twenty-seventh annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event, was tagged as “The Biggest WrestleMania Ever”, and it didn’t disappoint!

More than 71,000 fans rocked up to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on April 3, 2011 to see WWE Champion The Miz defend his

title against seasoned Show of Shows veteran,

team match that pits John Morrison, Trish

John Cena.

Stratus and Jersey Shore star Snooki against

But before we get to that, two iconic veterans, The Undertaker and Triple H, confront

Dolph Ziggler, Michelle McCool and Layla.

But the main event is where controversy

each other in a ‘No Holds Barred’ match that

really kicked up a notch, as The Miz and John

takes things to the next level.

Cena weren’t the only two people in the ring.

The action only gets better in a mixed tag

WrestleMania XXVII marked the return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to the field, after he took a seven-year break from wrestling to take on Hollywood.

Initially it had been announced that The Rock would serve as guest-host, but he couldn’t help himself; taking his rivalry with Cena to a whole new level, he ends up interfering with the match – and changing the outcome once and for all… so who takes out the title? Pick up a copy on Blu-ray or DVD from May 11 to find out!

WORDS David Christopher

WRESTLEMANIA 27

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Lady Gaga has become a bonafide cultural phenomenon in the since she first exploded onto the world stage in 2008. Five Grammy albums, more than 50 million single sales and two entries in the Records later, Gaga unleashes her latest effort, Born Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta,

“The true luxury of my success is that I can

This is exactly the message that Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga had an accelerated rise to the

do it all on my own terms now, even though

top, after Akon discovered her talents

the roller-coaster ride is still going,” Gaga

and promptly signed her to his Kon Live

recently told Harpers Bazzar. “I own the whole

always about accepting who you are and

Distribution label.

theme park, actually.”

being happy with yourself.

“She’s pretty much retired me,” Akon joked last year of Lady Gaga’s incredible success.

“She was definitely a blessing. She came at

Her story reads like every schoolgirl’s

wants to convey in everything she does.

From music to fashion, her message is

“People who feel disconnected from

fantasy. Picked on at school, Gaga rebelled

society or disenfranchised, feel like a freak,

by throwing herself into music. She dropped

feel like you don’t belong, like you don’t fit in,

the right moment. I’m glad I believed in her,

out of New York University to perform in rock

or you’ll never be great,” she says of who she

boy. That goes to show you, if you believe in

bands on the Lower East Side last decade, and

is targeting with her music.

something strong enough, it will pay off.”

says she “felt disenfranchised” by her school

The name Gaga came from producer Rob

And pay off it has!

years, and the students at her school that

Fusari, who once likened her to the late, great

In to its 2010 Celebrity 100 issue, Forbes

made fun of her.

Freddie Mercury.

magazine listed the singer’s annual income at US$62 million, placing her as the fourth most

“I was able to leave such a massive amount of insecurities behind me by giving myself that

“It came from the Queen song “Radio Ga

Ga”,” she confirms to Beatweek magazine.

powerful entertainer in Hollywood. That was

name [Lady Gaga],” she tells CNN’s Anderson

before the single “Born This Way” became the

Cooper. “You have the freedom to pull that

really theatrical stage performances, where I

fastest-selling song in iTunes history, when it

superstar out of yourself that you were born

would do hand choreography and then slam

sold one million copies in just five days!

to be. We are all born superstars.”

my fingers back down on the piano, and I

“I used to perform at the piano doing these

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th a G T

I was able to leave such a massive amount of insecurities behind me by giving myself the name Lady Gaga

e y e n

three short years awards, 15 million Guinness Book Of This Way. would wear lingerie and it was kind of like this pop burlesque show. And [Rob] just told me ‘You’re so Ga Ga, you’re so Freddie Mercury.’ And I was like, ‘You mean

“Radio Ga Ga”?’ I just thought the name was fitting, so I kept it. He kept calling me that in the studio, so it kind of stuck.”

These days, the world knows

Real Name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta Born: March 28, 1986 Albums: The Fame, The Fame Monster, Born This Way Hits: “Just Dance”, “Poker Face”, “Paparazzi”, “Bad Romance”, “Telephone”, “Alejandro”, “Dance In The Dark”, “Born This Way”, “Judas” Award Nominations/Wins: 226/103 Guinness World Records: 2. Her first record was for having the second longest chart run for “The Fame” in history, after it spent 154 consecutive weeks (almost three years!) in the US top 75 music chart. She’s also been crowned the Most Searched-For Female on the Internet by the Guinness crew.

her primarily as Lady Gaga, pop superstar. In this new reality, people that still refer to her as Stefani?

“Yeah, some people do,” she

WORDS David Christopher

surely, there can’t be too many

LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY

reveals to Anderson Cooper.

“Especially in bed… I prefer Stefani in bed.”

Out May 23

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Australian rock legends AC/DC embarked on their sell out Black Ice world tour at the end of 2008, and they chose Buenos Aires as the site for the tour DVD. Almost ten tears had passed without new

Black Ice allowed AC/DC to finesse their live

material when AC/DC returned to the studio

performances and given the success of the

to record their 16th album, Black Ice, in 2008.

new album, there was no chance that the boys

gravelly voice opens the show and in stunning High

Since 2003 the bang had toured with the Rolling

would pass at the opportunity for another world

Definition it feels like you’re there in the balmy

Stones and had been inducted into the Rock

tour. Beginning in the United States, the Black

climes of Buenos Aires. From “Back in Black” to

and Roll Hall of Fame. The desire to record a

Ice world tour lasted until early 2010 and was

“You Shook Me All Night Long” and “T.N.T” the

new album was there, but with no pressure from

the band’s most successful yet, grossing over

performance is exciting and energetic. The boys,

Sony, Angus Young believed the boys had the

$400 million, making it the third highest-grossing

who have played together for almost 40 years,

luxury to say “we’ll do another album when we

concert tour of all time.

show no sign of slowing.

think we’ve got all the goods.”

Hindered by some administrative issues

the highly successful Black Ice album.

The energy is palpable as Brian Johnson’s

At the end of 2009, AC/DC made their return to Argentina after a 13-year absence and they

The DVD also features a behind the scenes look at the preparation that

after switching from Epic records to new label

certainly made their presence felt, having

Columbia Records and the untimely injury to

selected Buenos Aires as the concert for the

performance. Live at River Plate

Cliff Williams’ hand in 2005, the band finally

tour DVD – Live at River Plate. Shot with 32 HD

is a must for AC/DC die hards

got into their Canada studios in April 2008. The

cameras in front of nearly 200,000 fans, the

resulting Black Ice album sparked three hit

resulting 110 minute DVD is a testament to

singles and went to number one in 31 countries

AC/DC’s illustrious

including Australia,

career. The DVD

the United States

contains all of

and the United

Acca-Dacca’s

Kingdom.

hits as well as

The time in

goes into such a blockbuster

and Rock’n’Roll fans alike.

material from

between 2000’s

Stiff Upper Lip and

LIVE AT RIVER PLATE AC/DC LIVE AT RIVER PLATE

On Blu-ray and DVD from May 13

WORDS Nick Hadland

The concert takes place at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, home ground of the famous Argentinean football team Club Atlético River Plate.

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Ben Harper It’s been a long time coming. In fact, the first tracks for Ben Harper’s new album, Give Till It’s Gone, were laid down over a year ago. But a whole lot can change in a year, as Harper knows only too well.

The Grammy Award-winning singer recorded a bunch of material for this album in the first quarter

research”.

“I knew it then, and sure enough after I made

of 2010 with his band, the Relentless7, with plans

Lifeline and did a few more tours, I was able to

to release Give Till It’s Gone late last year.

get back in a room with them and see what that

Then in October he and his wife, actress Laura Dern, parted ways. They’d been together for 10

chemistry was about,” he explains.

“I had originally scheduled three days in the

years and married for five, a union that procured

studio with them. And after those three days I just

two children, son Ellery and daughter Jaya.

kept the studio on hold, and we proceeded to not

Rumour has it, they’re trying to patch things up. In the meantime, Harper had a meaty

only finish the record, but we became a band in the process of making the record.”

project to throw himself into in the form of this new album.

The album is not shy of big-name collaborations, with one of The Beatles making appearance! “Ringo

Recorded at Groove Master Studios in

Starr is playing on one of the songs and that’s just

Santa Monica, California, with Harper recruiting

a huge deal for us,” Harper says, “and Jackson

Relentless7 band members Jason Mozersky

Browne is singing in the background of one of the

(guitarist), Jordan Richardson (drummer) and Jesse

songs.” Starr actually co-wrote the two tracks he

Ingalls (bassist), three musicians who guested on

plays on, “Spilling Faith” and “Get There From Here”.

Harper’s 2006 double album, Both Sides of the Gun. “Any musician is always excited about their

The lead single, “Rock N’ Roll Is Free” – which is all about challenging the status quo and demanding

new record,” Harper tells Rolling Stone magazine,

that you “take a look at your world in a brand new

“but I can say when we made the first Relentless7

way” – was also inspired by another member of

record, we became a band. This new record, Give

rock industry royalty: Neil Young.

Till It’s Gone, is the record we made as a band. And

Harper opened for Young in London last year, and the rock legend’s performance of “Rockin’ in

I think you can hear and feel that.”

Harper says he knew after they first worked together in 2006 that they had “a future that we have to flush out, that we have to

the Free World” planted the seeds of a new song in Harper’s mind. He raced straight back to his hotel room after the show and penned “Rock N’ Roll Is

Free” then and there.

Overall, the album represents the rocky ride that Harper has been on in recent times, including the good, the bad and the ugly. “It’s a real extension of the last year and half in my life, and all these sounds are inspired by my experiences,” he says. “It’s as honest a musical statement as I could make.”

Out May 13

WORDS David Christopher

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Maroon 5 With Special Guests Sara Bareilles & Ry Cuming

Miley Cyrus

In celebration of their hugely popular album Hands All Over, Maroon 5 are

Hannah Montana is all grown up! And the girl beneath the wig, Miley Cyrus, is

heading back down under to bring their music to the masses!

going to great pains to let everyone know precisely how much she’s changed.

With lead vocalist Adam Levine at the helm, the popular American band

The multi-talented teen, who shot to fame as the title character of the

initially found fame in 2002 with their multi-platinum debut album Songs

massive Disney juggarnaut that was the Hannah Montana franchise, turned

About Jane, which reached #2 on the local Album Chart and spawned

18 in November last year. She celebrated her newfound place in the world as

the hit singles “Sunday Morning”, “She Will Be Loved” and “Harder to

a young woman with the raunchy single (and even raunchier film clip), “Can’t

Breathe”.

Be Tamed”, and now she’s ready to relaunch her career as a serious pop act.

After achieving a second Platinum album in It Won’t Be Soon Before

Whether you preferred her as a tween chart sensation or a mainstream pop

Long – winning too many Grammy, MTV Video Music and Billboard Music

act, there’s no denying that Australia can’t get enough of Ms. Cyrus.

awards along the way to count – Maroon 5 released their third studio,

To date, she’s achieved massive chart success down under, with singles “The

Hands All Over, last year. Now, the lads are set to tour with fresh material

Climb” and “Party in the USA” both going 2 x Double Platinum on the ARIA

as they prepare from what could be one of their last albums.

charts, while “See You Again” went platinum.

In a recent interview, Levine hinted that the ups and downs of his rock

In the five short years since she was introduced to local audiences as Hannah

star lifestyle are starting to have an impact. “I’ve spent my 20s on tour

Montana in 2006, Cyrus has released a staggering 10 albums and sold in

and there’s no consistency in my life, which can take its toll,” he tells the

excess of 500,000 singles in Australia alone!

UK Daily Mail. “Eventually, I want to focus on being a completely different

Needless to say, fans are keen to get up close and personal with the

person because I don’t know if I want to do this into my 40s and 50s and

diminutive star, so tickets to her upcoming Gypsy Heart tour – which is Cyrus’

beyond, like the Rolling Stones.”

first series of concerts in Australia – are selling fast. And it seems that Cyrus is

So, this may be one of your last chances to see them in Oz before they

as eager to meet her fans as they are to meet her!

disband, so don’t delay! Joining Maroon 5 in Melbourne, Brisbane and

“The Gypsy Heart tour is a dream come true, not only because of all the

Sydney will be Grammy Award nominee Sara Bareilles, whose latest

beautiful cities I will get to visit, but all of the beautiful people I will get to

release Kaleidoscope Heart debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard

meet,” Cyrus says. “Gypsy Heart is not just a tour for me, but a mission to

Album Chart, and Aussie singer-songwriter Ry Cuming.

spread love.”

MAROON 5 May 5 - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena 6 - Sydney, Acer Arena 7 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Maroon 5 shows at Burswood Dome on 1 May 2011 &

www.maroon5.com

MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER Out Now

MILEY CYRUS June 21 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre 23, 24 - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena 26, 27 - Sydney, Acer Arena 29 - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre July 2 - Perth, Burswood Dome

www.mileycyrus.com

MILEY CYRUS CAN’T BE TAMED Out June 25

Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 9 May 2011 have been cancelled.

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CUT/COPY With special guests The Holidays MAY 5 - Melbourne, The Palace 12 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre 13 - Perth, Metro City 19 - Brisbane, The Tivoli 20 - Adelaide, HQ Complex www.cutcopy.com.au ------------------------------------------BLISS N ESO MAY 6 - Armidale, Uni. of New England (The Stro) 13 - Broome, The Mangrove Hotel 21 - Perth, Challenge Stadium 27, 28 - Sydney, Hordern Pavilion JUNE 3, 4 - Melbourne, Festival Hall 10 - Brisbane, River Stage 11 - Sunshine Coast, Lake Kawana Community Centre 12 - Coffs Harbour, Showground 17 - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre 18 - Mt. Gambier, Old Mt. Gambier Gaol 24 - Devonport, The Warehouse 25 - Hobart, City Hall www.facebook.com/blissneso ------------------------------------------BEN FOLDS With special guest Kate MillerHeidke MAY 11 - Canberra, Royal Theatre 13, 14 - Sydney, State Theatre 17, 18 - Brisbane, QPAC, Concert Hall 20 - Melbourne, Palais Theatre 22 - Adelaide, AEC Theatre 24 - Perth, Riverside Theatre www.benfolds.com ------------------------------------------AMY MEREDITH With special guests Tonight Alive MAY 11 - Ballaratt, Bended Elbow, Grand Hotel 12 - Geelong, Bended Elbow 13 - Adelaide, The Governor 14, 15 - Melbourne, Hi Fi Bar 19 - Mandurah, Players Bar

20 - Bunbury, Prince of Wales 21 - Perth, Capitol 22 - Fremantle, Fly By Night 25 - Wollongong, The Uni Bar 26 - Newcastle, Level One 27 - Sydney, Metro Theatre JUNE 1 - Gold Coast, Coolangatta Hotel 2 - Byron Bay, Beach Hotel 3 - Brisbane, The Zoo 4 - Brisbane, Princess Theatre 10 - Canberra, ANU Refectory www.amymeredith.com.au ------------------------------------------ESKIMO JOE MAY 20 - Adelaide, Fowlers Live 21 - Perth, Fly By Night 26 - Brisbane, The Zoo 27 - Melbourne, East Brunswick Club 28 - Sydney, Gaelic Club www.eskimojoe.net ------------------------------------------KYLIE MINOGUE JUNE 3, 4 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre 7, 8 - Sydney, Entertainment Centre 14, 15 - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena 18 - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre 22 - Perth, Burswood Dome www.kylie.com.au ------------------------------------------ART VS. SCIENCE JUNE 30 - Perth, Metro City JULY 1 - Adelaide, HQ 2 - Melbourne, The Forum 8 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre 9 - Brisbane, The Tivoli www.artvsscience.net ------------------------------------------DAMIEN LEITH A tribute to Roy Orbison JULY 8 - Melbourne, Palms at Crown 9 - Canberra, Theatre Centre 16 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre

22 - Adelaide, Her Majesty’s Theatre 28 - Perth, Regal Theatre 29 - Gold Coast, Jupiters Casino www.damienleith.com ------------------------------------------RISE AGAINST With special guests Sick Of It All JULY 16 - Sydney, Entertainment Centre 18 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre 21 - Melbourne, Festival Hall 22 - Adelaide, AEC Theatre 23 - Perth, Challenge Stadium www.riseagainst.com ------------------------------------------KINGS OF LEON * Rescheduled shows announced * NOVEMBER 4, 5 - Sydney, Acer Arena 8 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre 11 - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre 13, 14 - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena 19 - Perth, nib Stadium www.kingsofleon.com Note: Ticketholders in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth who are able to attend the rescheduled concert dates do not need to take any action: your tickets from the cancelled March dates remain valid. Adelaide and Perth ticketholders will need to exchange their existing ticket for a new allocation at the point of purchase.

------------------------------------------K. D. LANG NOVEMBER 5 - Perth, Swan Valley Sandalford Winery 7 - Canberra, AIS Arena 9, 10 - Sydney, State Theatre 12 - Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl 13 - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre 22 - Brisbane, Riverstage www.kdlang.com

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FORMAT: PS3, Wii, 360, PSP

L.A. NOIRE FORMAT: PS3, 360

ROCKSTAR NEXT REVOLUTION Australia makes its first AAA game

L.A. Noire is a big deal. For starters, it’s the

Theft Auto games will be familiar

latest game to come out from under Rockstar’s

with the controls and interface,

watchful eye - the famed studio will be well-

and certainly the game features

known to gamers for the Grand Theft Auto series

gameplay moments - chase

and Red Dead Redemption. Secondly, L.A. Noire

sequences and gunfights - that

was created and built in Sydney by first time

recall that series.

developer Team Bondi and is being championed

However, this is in truth a

as the first AAA game to come from our shores.

minor component of the action.

Finally, the game uses experimental new

The MotionScan technology

technology called MotionScan to create a type

mentioned previously is where the

of game and experience like nothing you’ve

revolution in gaming can be found. This

played before.

process captures real actor performances

The developer is calling L.A. Noire a Crime-

and converts them seamlessly to 3D video.

Thriller, taking its stylistic lead from the novels of

So rather than fictional characters animated

James Elroy, Humphrey Bogart’s movies and the

by programmers, everyone in the game is a real actor

real-life crimes of Los Angeles circa 1947, such

whose performance is captured right down to every facial

as the infamous Black Dahlia murder.

tweak.

Gamers take control of returning World War II

This is important, because as a detective you’re

veteran Cole Phelps as a rookie in the LAPD. The

tasked with searching crime scenes for clues, and then

game’s “levels” are broken up into the different

interrogating witnesses and suspects. You need to be

departments within the police station - think

able to judge from the way the character’s face behaves

traffic, homicide, vice, etc. - and as Phelps climbs

whether they are lying or telling the truth. It works quite

his way up this ladder, his smaller quests to

well, making this one of the first games we can think of

solve these crimes add towards a broader issue

where the act of talking to another character drives

of corruption and an ever-escalating threat

the gameplay. It’s also worth noting that Rockstar

facing the city.

doesn’t hold back, and you will find yourself

Team Bondi has created a complete and lifelike version of Los Angeles as it stood in 1947. The developer has gone to extraordinary

investigating some truly violent crimes, and interviewing some seriously shady suspects.

While this is the first game by Team Bondi, it’s CEO, Brendan McNamara is a 25year veteran of the industry, whose last game was the popular The Getaway on PlayStation 2.

The result is certainly a game like no other and quite the experience. Fans of movies like L.A.

that don’t exist anymore are in place and that

Confidential and Sherlock Holmes, or shows like

the clothing, streets, cars and paraphernalia are

Law & Order and CSI, are sure to get sucked into the

spot on. The effect is extraordinary, giving you

cat and mouse games of the real-life crimes you need

an amazing sense of what it must have been

to solve. And everyone will be amazed by the impressive

like to exist in the time. Fans of Rockstar’s Grand

new technology. Don’t miss it!

L.A. NOIRE

Out now

WORDS Chris Stead

lengths, doing years of research to ensure roads

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FORMAT: PS3, 360

IT’S HAMMER TIME A one man storm launches into gaming It’s little wonder that Marvel turned Thor into one

across spectacular environments he must hack ‘n’ slash

of its many popular superheroes. A god in Norse

- or should that be hammer ‘n’ storm - through hundreds

mythology, this mighty deity used thunder, lightning,

of enemies. The ever-present hammer offers plenty of

storms and wind, as well as his iconic hammer, to

brutal melee moves, and they can be combined or used

protect mankind, all while balancing the character

alongside Thor’s god powers - thunder, wind and lightning

duality of being strong and destructive while

- as well as various wrestling-like grapple attacks to take

facilitating fertility and healing. Thor first appeared

apart the enemies. The better you fight, the more Valour

in a Marvel comic back in 1962, and this year he

Points you earn, which can be used to upgrade weapons,

celebrates a blockbuster cinematic adaptation and

powers and abilities and unlock the 50+ combos on offer.

tie-in video game.

The combat and worlds offer plenty of flashy visuals to

Thankfully though, we use the term

feast your eyes on and while the game isn’t the perfect

“tie-in” loosely. Rather than just going

package - we would have preferred a greater focus on

through the motions of the film - what

exploration and

we call, The Boring Method - one of

some multiplayer

the comic’s writers, Matt Fraction,

modes - it remains

has come on board to create a

a great companion

unique and authentic story inspired by elements from the film and the greater mythology. That narrative begins when

THOR: GOD OF THUNDER

to the film that

Thor fans should

Out now

definitely check out.

Thor, attempting to protect Asgard from an invading force, is tricked into releasing an even greater evil. Keen to fix his mistake

ON THE WII AND DS

and seek vengeance, Thor - under the control of the player - must travel across four worlds (Asgard, Niflheim, Muspelheim and Vanaheimr) and survive their disparate natural threats and locals like Ulik, Ymir and Surtur.

Gamers who have played the brilliant God of War series or 2010’s Darksiders will have a pretty solid idea of how the action plays out. Thor is viewed from the third-person and as he moves

WORDS Chris Stead

perspective

Quite often movie tie-in games like this suffer on the fringe formats. With the game’s production often motivated by a desire to piggyback on the success of a film, we often see games “cut and pasted” across formats, suffering dramatically in the process. Sega, however, has designed specific versions of Thor for the Wii and DS, taking into account their unique hardware personalities. The Wii version mixes up the combat and controls to allow gamers to move the Wii-Mote through the air to control Thor’s hammer. It also provides different levels - including on-rails flying sections - and further differentiates itself with alternative characters and endings. Unable to compete with the power of the console machines, the DS version converts the action to a side-scrolling adventure/ beat ‘em up. And while nothing was confirmed at the time of writing, we’ve heard a version is coming to 3DS down the track.

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[DVD] THE KING’S SPEECH (OUT NOW) This multiple Oscar winner stars Colin Firth as stuttering King George VI. Set in England in the stiff-upper-lip 1920s and 30s, the king is floundering under the weight of his embarrassing speech impediment at a time when the country needs a strong and eloquent leader. Enter rough-mannered Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) who is tasked with the job of untwisting the royal tongue. As failed actor Logue grows closer to his student, he discovers the deeper psychological issues that are responsible for the King’s affliction and employs

THE FIGHTER (MAY 26) It’s hard to pick the better performance in this stellar fight film – a muscular Mark Wahlberg as talented boxer Micky Ward, or a thinned downed Christian Bale as his crack-addicted brother, Dicky. In this compelling true story, we learn that Dicky had his own shot at success in the ring until drug addiction prematurely ended his career. Now it’s Micky’s turn to take on the boxing world, but as he carries his brother’s addiction on his shoulders, he fears he’ll buckle before he grabs the belt.

his wild colonial charm to break down his walls of privilege. Helena Bonham Carter puts in an excellent performance as snobbish Queen Elizabeth and Michael Gambon is deliciously imposing as King George V.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (MAY 4) Jack Black may not be the obvious choice to breath new life into Jonathan Swift’s classic 18th-century novel, but he certainly brings a modern interpretation to one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.

Black plays nerdy Lemuel Gulliver who works as a mail clerk in a busy newsroom.

When he bluffs his way into a travel assignment in the Bermuda Triangle, his life becomes very weird, very quickly when finds himself as a giant in the land of the little people.

TANGLED (MAY 11) A star-studded cast including Mandy Moore, Ewan McGregor and Steve Martin provides the voice talent for this very modern Disney tale. Charming bandit Flynn Rider is the most wanted man in the kingdom. Ducking the king’s soldiers, he hides out in a mysterious tower and encounters the exiled Rapunzel. The duo plot to escape the tower and go on the run together in a journey that takes them from one end of the magical kingdom to the other.

THE TUNNEL (MAY 26) The first Australian film to be funded by members of the public via an online fundraising campaign, The Tunnel enters the dark world that exists in the disused train tunnels beneath Sydney’s St James Train Station. Investigative journalist Natasha Warner leads a crew of four into the underground labyrinth to investigate an alleged Government cover-up.

However, what she actually finds lurking within the eerie tunnel system is much more sinister.

BURLESQUE (MAY 18) Christina Aguilera plays Ali, a small-town waitress who has stars in her eyes. She moves to Los Angeles with big dreams and encounters a burlesque club and its tough-as-nails owner Tess (Cher) and her assistant Shane (Stanley Tucci). The club’s headlining star, Nikki (Kristen Bell), has seen better days and she is beginning to lose her battle with the bottle. Ali thinks she has what it takes to steal the show, and the heart of the club’s handsome bartender, Jack (Cam Gigandet).

THE DILEMMA (MAY 12) Director Ron Howard returns to comedy in style with an all-star cast that includes Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly and Channing Tatum. In the mould of typical Vince Vaughn characters, Ronny Valentine is a fast-talking deal maker who is in business with his best friend, Nick Brannen (James). When Ronny discovers that Nick’s wife (Ryder) is cheating on him, it leads him to question his relationship with longtime girlfriend, Beth (Connelly).

THE TOURIST (MAY 4) Johnny Depp plays Frank, an American tourist who has escaped to Italy in an effort to get over his last ill-fated relationship. While in stunning Venice he encounters a beautiful woman (Angelina Jolie) who catches his eye and his heart. However, the mysterious Elise is not all that she seems and Frank quickly finds himself in well over his head as he becomes entangled with her past and the men who hunt her. Paul Bettany delivers an excellent supporting performance as a police inspector.

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (MAY 4) The chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal lights up the screen in this heartwarming drama. Jamie (Gyllenhaal) is a swaggering pharmaceutical salesman who has built his success on his looks and charm.

But when he meets Maggie (Hathaway), a creative free spirit who is afflicted by a life-threatening disease, he is forced to delve well below the surface and confront his deeper feelings about life, love and his own self worth.

MORNING GLORY WORDS Shane Conroy

From the writer of The Devil Wears Prada comes this foray into the egotistical world of breakfast television. Harrison Ford plays cynical veteran newsman, Mike Pomeroy, forced to take a job at a struggling breakfast news program. Mike believes his new position to be well below his station and makes no bones about letting everyone know it. In between screaming matches with his co-host (Diane Keaton), Mike refuses to cooperate with his ambitious young producer, Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams) and endeavours to make her life as difficult as possible. The problem is that Becky’s future rests on the success of the show. (MAY 5)

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[MUSIC] LADY GAGA: BORN THIS WAY (MAY 23)

After dropping two hit albums consecutively in 2008 and 2009, Lady Gaga has pushed the boundaries and established herself as this generation’s Madonna.

Now, following more than a year of silence, the pressure is on for her new third album to reach the same heights. And we can assure you that it most definitely does. Lead single “Born this Way” is a back-to-basics bold Gaga anthem that will be all over radio, TV and clubs, but that’s not to say she hasn’t broken new ground with this album.

Gaga seems to rely more on her soaring vocals in this album than she has in the past, and with great affect. The pulsating beats, killer hooks and solid melodies are all still here, but there’s a certain edge to the vocals that signals Gaga is all grown up.

NEW BOYZ: TOO COOL TO CARE (MAY 17)

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: CODES & KEYS (MAY 27)

Too Cool to Care is the second studio album by rap duo New Boyz – aka Earl “Ben J” Benjamin and Dominic “Legacy” Thomas – who hail from Hersperia in the great state of California. The teen rappers are already notching up the achievements: they met as performers in LA’s street dance Jerkin Crew, and launched their music career in 2009 with the viral single, “You’re a Jerk”. If the new alltoo-catchy lead single “Break My Bank” is anything to go by, with its synth-string melody and hip-hop backbeats, the album is going to be a chart topper.

This American indie rock group are perhaps the most consistent band of the modern generation, and they don’t put a foot wrong with their seventh studio album. It may have been three years and several individual side projects since 2008’s Narrow Stairs, but absence has indeed made the heart grow fonder. Here we find a masterfully crafted album, perhaps a little less guitarheavy than the band’s diehard fans might be used to, but nonetheless a fitting tribute to a band at the top of their game.

KATY B: ON A MISSION (MAY 6)

AC/DC: LIVE AT RIVER PLATE DVD/BLU-RAY (MAY 13)

THE OFFICIAL ROYAL WEDDING ALBUM (MAY 6)

After releasing two hit singles, “Katy On a Mission” and “Lights On”, last year, big things are expected from Katy B’s debut album.

And the singer-songwriter from South London doesn’t disappoint, with her take on dubstep and funky house ripping the subgenres from the clubs of London and planting them firmly in the mainstream.

“Broken Record” is perhaps the highlight of the album, while the sultry “Disappear” follows swiftly behind in a genre-defying melting pot.

This stunning DVD proves that it’s not quite mission impossible to capture all the epic electricity of an AC/DC stadium rock concert. Filmed with no less than 32 high-definition cameras over three nights in Buenos Aires, the film presents the Aussie rock gods in all their glory and serves up 19 of the band’s greatest hits, including “Back in Black”, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”, “Thunderstruck”, “Highway to Hell” and “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”.

Perhaps you’re not quite hooked up enough to have scored an invitation to William and Kate’s big day, but this album is the next best thing to having actually attended the wedding of the decade. Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot to a classical Church of England score performed by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal. Do yourself a favour and get it on collectable vinyl, or even kick it old school and score the cassette tape release.

GLEE: THE MUSIC PRESENTS THE WARBLERS (OUT NOW)

THE WOMBATS: THIS MODERN GLITCH (OUT NOW)

JENNIFER LOPEZ: LOVE? (OUT NOW)

After stunning the indie world with their debut album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, way back in 2007, the band has travelled a long road indeed to finally drop their hotly anticipated follow-up album in 2011. This time around, the British trio take their talent for light and breezey indie pop and shake it up with dance influences and somewhat darker lyricism.

“Our Perfect Disease” is more broody than fans will expect, while “Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)” introduces the band’s new dance-influenced direction.

Plenty of question marks surround Jennifer Lopez’s first release in almost three years, and not just in the title of the album. For her hyped comeback album, J-Lo is playing it safe and sticking to the same formula that has led her pervious albums to the top of the charts, and that’s not a bad thing.

It features contributions by a who-who’s list of the music industry – listen for the influence of Tricky Stewart and The-Dream on “Louboutins”, The Neptunes on “Fresh Out the Oven” and Stargate on “Story of My Life”.

The infectious Glee soundtracks have become fast fan favourites, and the seventh release inspired by the hit TV show is set to join the list. Darren Criss and Chris Colfer are on lead vocals this time around for unexpected but irresistible versions of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”, Train’s “Hey Soul Sister”, Pink’s “Raise Your Glass”, Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know”, and even old-school hits like The Beatles’ “Blackbird” and Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”.

BEN HARPER: GIVE TILL IT’S GONE WORDS Shane Conroy

Despite treading a rocky road in his personal life of late – namely his split from wife Laura Dern – Ben Harper has managed to craft a 10th studio album that hits all the right notes.

Lead single “Rock N’ Roll is Free” serves as Harper’s love letter to the genre and was inspired by his performances alongside rock legend Neil Young. But that’s not the only treasure on his first solo album since Both Sides of the Gun in 2006. Indeed, “Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn” presents Harper at his wistful best, while “Spilling Faith” and “Get There From Here”, both co-written with Ringo Starr, introduce an irresistible psychedelic edge. (MAY 13)

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WRESTLEMANIA XXVII (MAY 11) The 27th annual WrestleMania, held last month in front of more than 70,000 fans at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, drew the second highest international television audience in the event’s long history. And there’s very good reason for that. For starters, two iconic veterans – The Undertaker and Triple H – go hell for leather in a ‘No Holds Barred’ match that brings new meaning to the word ‘pain’.

Then the action only gets better in a six-person mixed tag team match that pits John Morrison, Trish Stratus

and Snooki against Dolph Ziggler, Michelle McCool and Layla. But both those epic matches pale in comparison to the main event – a WWE Championship bout between current champ The Miz and the unstoppable John Cena, with a controversial appearance from The Rock.

22 BULLETS (MAY 19) Jean Reno is magnetic as retired mob boss Charly Mattei in this edge-of-yourseat French thriller. After retiring from a life of crime, ex-mafiso Mattei is brutally attacked and left for dead in a vicious shooting that leaves him fighting to recover from 22 gunshot wounds.

When he learns that the hit was organised by a longtime friend and ally, Reno flips his lid and goes on a revenge spree that would make Quentin Tarantino feel a little queasy.

THE AVIATOR (MAY 4) Actor-director duo Leonardo Di Carpio and Martin Scorsese are responsible for a handful of hits, but perhaps none reach the lofty heights of The Aviator. Di Caprio plays infamous film producer, test pilot, entrepreneur, playboy and all-round eccentric Howard Hughes.

He also delighted in highprofile romantic trysts with Hollywood leading ladies, Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale). Blanchett’s performance is one of many highlights.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE: SEASON 3 (MAY 11) If you’re not already a fan of Rod Serling’s groundbreaking sci-fi meets fantasy series, it’s about time you became one. In this series, Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery play the sole survivors of a nuclear holocaust, Buster Keaton plays a janitor who travels 72 years into the future, a young boy terrifies a town with his power to destroy anything and anyone at will, and a racist World War II soldier experiences the war from the perspective of a Japanese enemy.

PAN’S LABYRINTH (MAY 5) Director Guillermo del Toro showcases his talent for stylised horror in this frightening film. It opens in Franco’s Spain in 1944, where episodes of brutal violence are a real-world reality. Amidst the violence, del Toro gives us momentary refuge in a young girl’s imagination and the innocent fairy world she has created. But when she is forced to confront a sinister demon called The Pale Man, her dream turns into a gory nightmare that you won’t soon forget.

TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (MAY 18) Welcome to the weirdest little town in America. The people of Bon Temps have already been plagued by a tribe of warring vampires and a bloodthirsty demon who possessed the entire town. Now, Sookie (Anna Paquin) enters into a dangerous underworld where the powerful Vampire King commands an army of werewolves and holds Sookie’s beloved Bill (Stephen Moyer) hostage. Meanwhile, Jason (Ryan Kwanten) gets himself in over his head when he falls for a mysterious woman.

HUMAN PLANET (MAY 5) This stunning eight-part British nature documentary is compulsory viewing in brilliant Blu-Ray high definition. It investigates the remarkable lengths human’s go to in order to survive life in the planet’s most extreme environments.

The series delves into deserts, jungles, grasslands, rivers, mountains and even the Arctic to reveal the innovative, and at times brutal, lifestyles of the world’s most remote communities. It’s hard to watch in parts, but in whole a unforgettable viewing experience.

THE MISSION (MAY 11) This 1986 cult classic starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons has been primped and polished for its long overdue BluRay release. Set in South America in the 18th century, colonial forces are at war for the land while greedy opportunists are plundering the country and establishing the slave trade. Mendoza (De Niro) is one such man.

However, after he kills his brother in a rage, he seeks redemption among missionaries, but must first endure an agonising penance to earn his forgiveness.

BOOGIE NIGHTS (MAY 5) This the 1997 hit that introduced Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor with bigtime potential. Wahlberg plays Eddie Adams, aka Dirk Diggler – a high school dropout who scores a menial job at a so-hot-rightnow nightclub. When he encounters porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), he is introduced to a new world where certain endowments are worth big bucks. While Adams becomes a fast hit in the porn world, he struggles when the trappings of his success go straight to his head.

AC/DC: LIVE AT RIVER PLATE WORDS Shane Conroy

It’s not easy to do justice to the grandeur of an AC/DC stadium rock concert, but this brilliant Blu-Ray presentation has definitely achieved the dirty deed. Filmed with 32 strategically positioned high-definition cameras over three nights in Buenos Aires, this beautifully produced film captures every detail of the world’s greatest rock show. Around 300,000 screaming Argentinean fans create an electric atmosphere to showcase 19 of the band’s greatest hits including “Back in Black”, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”, “TNT”, “Thunderstruck”, “Highway to Hell”, and an incredible finale with “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)”. (MAY 13)

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GLEE KARAOKE REVOLUTION 2 WII Gleeks all over the country will get the opportunity to get Will’s praise, or Sue’s ire, in this sing-a-long video game. The 20 tracks on the disc come from the second half of the show’s first season, and the game’s technology accurately tracks your voice to determine how well you’re going and to offer instructions on how to improve. You can also add vocal effects to get the sound just right.

PORTAL 2 PS3, 360, PC Initially an experimental and free extra included in the special edition of Half-Life 2 (called The Orange Box), Portal achieved instant popularity, nominated by many as 2009’s game of the year.

For the sequel, developer Valve is going full hog, releasing a standalone full-priced game with the content to match.

Basically a first-person puzzle game, the premise has you playing a captive, Chell, forced to navigate increasingly more difficult rooms to satisfy the

curiosity of a rogue A.I., gLaDOS. Chell has at her disposal a portal gun: you shoot a portal in one spot and a second portal in another, allowing you to jump between the two. What seems simple gets deviously challenging as the rooms become harder to solve and the sequel ramps up the complexity by providing a bigger range of tools and obstacles for Chell to face alongside a deeper narrative. Surely one of the year’s best.

TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS 360 Tiger Woods’ form on the green may be lacklustre, but he’s managed to release his best golf video game in years. As the title suggests, the inclusion of the famed Masters event is the prize for golf fans, but a host of other courses are available. This year’s all inclusive career mode and the inclusion of a caddy that offers shot tips are the best improvements.

PILOTWINGS RESORT 3DS Easily one of the best looking games available for the 3DS during its launch, Pilotwings Resort is an arcade flight simulator that has you racing through the skies above the tropical island first seen in Wii Sports Resort. Players control a large range of aircraft, racing through courses, avoiding obstacles and exploring for secrets.

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VIRTUA TENNIS 4 PS3, 360, WII, PC The famed arcade tennis series returns with improved visuals, refined gameplay and futuristic new controls. Players use Kinect, Move or MotionPlus to motion control their players, tasked with getting the timing just right to pull off the best shots.

The game features current and legendary players, a range of game modes and for PS3 owners with 3DTVs, an awesome firstperson view.

DARKSPORE PC This top-down action/ RPG places gamers in a universe where a DNAaltering virus released by alien scientists has ravaged all life in the galaxy. A few survivors manage to create a version of the virus they can control, and fight back.

As one of these survivors you get to use the virus to customise and build over 100 mutant creatures to take into battle. The co-op mode is particularly fun.

MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE 360, PS3 Already available on Wii, PSP and DS, Michael Jackson’s hugely popular dance game has finally made it to the 360 and PS3, using Kinect and Move technology respectively.

Players are empowered to dance and sing along to over 30 of Jacko’s greatest film clips, with the technology capturing the performances and displaying them on screen. There are some ace multiplayer modes, too!

PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 3D 3DS If you’re looking for a good game to test out the 3D capabilities of Nintendo’s new handheld, this is certainly a fine option. The beloved soccer simulation brings its famed great controls, A.I and massive Master League career mode to the handheld, and a new third-person camera combined with the 3D effect really gives you the impression of being on the pitch. It’s the world game!

PLAYSTATION MOVE HEROES PS3 Sony’s greatest platform heroes have joined forces to tackle a host of motionbased minigames that make use of Sony’s Move controller. It’s Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly and Bentley that find themselves facing off in the Inter-Universal Hero Games, with events broken into five broad Move-based categories, each of which offer tasks beyond what you’d expect from party games of this ilk.

CONDUIT 2 WII The Wii has been starved of mature first-person shooters, but with Conduit 2 they are gifted a solid single player, and fantastic multiplayer genre title.

The premise follows an alien invasion, where the enemy forces use conduits to transport themselves around Earth.

As government agent gone rogue Michael Ford, you must use a spaceship to travel the globe to the locations the aliens have overrun.

WORDS Chris Stead

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[GADGETS] LITE-ON ENAU MOBILE BACK-UPS This nifty and thrifty ($69) device is quite handy for tech savvy consumers who are frequently looking to move large chunks of data around. It’s an 8x external DVD/CD burner that easily slips into your suitcase at only 300g and it is powered through a USB cable. All you need to do is plug it into your PC for instant data transfer.

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JABRA FREEWAY EASY RIDER We’ve all wrestled whether or not to answer that call while driving and to date, most hands-free speakerphone devices ices have done little e to

devices on Earth, Lite-On have added some charm with a skin that can be customised with the included patterns, or with those you create yourself via the software. One of its coolest features, however, is the ability to print labels directly on the disc as it is burning. In its simplest form that can just be text, but you can also create your own images or even use greyscale versions of your own photographs.

Now that we like!

10.1” screen. The tablet runs on the latest Android operating system, called Honeycomb, and it has some great features that help navigation, in particular, backwards and forwards buttons where the thumbs naturally sit, to prevent users from having to let go to swipe across the screen. It also

smartly places all of your settings in one place, which is extremely user friendly.

But it is the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor running the Galaxy that is the killer feature: it really provides a performance boost, making this a treat for running media, browsing the web and playing games. A solid alternative!

PARROT AR.DRONE FUTURISTIC RC Remote control hobbyists will find this futuristic gadget hard to resist. It’s a quadricopter, which means it has four propellers – one at each corner of its lady beetle-like appearance – that gives it amazing stability and control. In addition, the vehicle has smartphone technology such as gyroscopes and cameras built-in so that the computer can further stabilise control. This is a vital improvement to

standard remote-control helicopter designs, which have always been a tad challenging to master.

It also means you can easily engage in combat with other Drones using Augmented Reality. Instead of a standard plastic controller, the Drone uses an iPhone or iPad for user input, even displaying video footage from the cockpit back to the screen over a Wi-Fi network. Tilting the

screen allows you to manoeuvre the Drone, and tapping fires at targets generated by the software or at other Drones.

ROCCAT KONE[+] MOUSE EXPERT GAMING Want to improve your online gaming? A good mouse means improved control, which equals a bigger kill count. The latest mouse out of ROCCAT, the Kone[+] is undoubtedly one of the finest on the market.

It’s 6,000 dpi laser sensor ensures precise movements are tracked accurately

and it offers amazing button customisation, even allowing you to duplicate the amount of commands that come from a single button. This includes a four way mouse wheel, meaning it can slick down and left and right; there’s 24 different configurations in total. You can alter the

weight of the device, with little 5g blocks that can be inserted as desired, so it feels just right in your hand. It even has a nifty sensor that will detect the surface you’re using the mouse on and then optimise its tracking settings accordingly. Add in-depth software to help you set it all up and this is a gamer’s dream!

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SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 10.1 THE COMPETITION The massive success of the iPad has stimulated Apple’s competition into releasing alternatives and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is one of the strongest.

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Loganholme

Maroochydore

Port Macquarie NSW 2444 02 6584 0026 Morayfield

Shop 91-92, Logan

Cnr Pacific Highway &

Hyperdome

Bryants Road

Shop 129,

Cnr Horton & Plaza

Sunshine Plaza

Parades

Shop 66, Morayfield

Morayfield Road

Maroochydore QLD 4558 07 5443 4368

Morayfield

QLD 4506 07 5499 4088

Shopping Centre

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Store Name

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

Mt Ommaney

Shop 126, Mt Ommaney

171 Dandenong Road

Mt Ommaney

Mt Pleasant

Shop 11D, Mt Pleasant

Cnr Bucasia Rd &

Mackay

Shopping Centre

Philip St

Shop 21-37,

57 Station Street

State

P/c

QLD 4074

Phone

Store Name

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

TBA

Frankston

Shop G23,

Balmoral Avenue

Frankston

Shopping Centre

Nerang

QLD 4740 07 4942 8164

(Quayside)

Frankston Town Centre

Greensborough

Shop 246, Greensborough

Shop T1010,

Nerang

QLD 4211 07 5527 2716

Karingal

28 Eenie Creek Rd

Shop 1145a,

Cnr Anzac Ave & North Lakes Drive

Queen Street

Shop Tlg03,

204-216 Queens Plaza

Mall

Lower Level

Mall

Raintrees

Shop T112, Raintrees

Cnr Alfred & Koch

Shopping Centre

Streets

Noosaville

QLD 4566 07 5442 4621

Mango Hill

QLD 4509 07 3491 9477

Brisbane

Manundra

QLD 4001 07 3210 2465

QLD 4870 07 4053 6561

Shop 22, Redbank Plaza

Collingwood Drive

Redbank

QLD 4301 07 3818 0766

Shop 2033a,

Robina Town Centre

Robina

QLD 4230 07 5575 7046

Rockhampton

QLD 4700 07 4921 2509

QLD 4701 07 4928 0550

Robina Town Centre

Drive

Shop 46,

Cnr Fitzroy & Bolsover

Lilydale

Melton

Mildura Centro

Mornington

Rosebud

City

City Centre Plaza

Street

Shop 1m Rockhampton

Cnr Yaamba Rd And

North

Stockland

Bruce Highway

Rockhampton

Shop 42, Runaway Bay

Lae Drive

Runaway Bay

QLD 4216 07 5529 0182

Smithfield

Shop 158, Smithfield

Cnr Captain Cook &

Smithfield

QLD 4878 07 4038 2221

QLD 4300 07 3470 0865

Shopping Centre

Kennedy Hwys

Springfield

Orion Springfield

Shop 80a, 1 Main St

Springfield

Stafford

Shop 57a, Stafford City

400 Stafford Rd

Brisbane

QLD 4053 07 3356 2542

Station Square

Shop 19, Station Square

142 Lennox Street

Maryborough

QLD 4560 07 4121 4555

Shopping Centre

Lakes

197 Church Road

Taigum

QLD 4018 07 3265 4406

1015 Sandgate Road

Toombul

QLD 4012 07 3630 4713

Cnr Margaret & Dent Streets

Shop 4, Stockland Mall

310 Ross River Rd

Toowoomba

Aitkenvale

QLD 4350 07 4637 9324

QLD 4814 07 4728 8375

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,

Victoria Point

QLD 4165 07 3207 9587

VIC 3500 03 5022 7630

Cnr 15th Street & Deakin Avenue

Shop C19, Mornington

78 Barkly Street

Mornington

VIC 3931 03 5973 5084

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

Marketplace 1239 Nepean Hwy

Cheltenham

VIC 3192 03 9583 0872

166-188 Franklin Street

Traralgon

VIC 3844 03 5176 0839

Richmond

VIC 3121 03 9427 0797

Shop 2088a, Westfield Southland Shopping Centre Shop 11-13, Traralgon Centre Plaza

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

154 Raglan Parade

Warrnambool

VIC 3280 03 55 620296

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

Shopping Plaza Shop 24, Gateway Plaza

Waterfront City Shop Cc G04, Waterfront City

Watergardens

Waurn Ponds

Shop T171, Watergardens

Shop T908

Waverley

Shop 38, Waverley Gardens

Cnr Police Rd And

Gardens

Shopping Centre

Jacksons Rd

Wendouree

Shop 70 Wendouree

Cnr Norman & Gillies

Shopping Village

Streets

Cnr Winzor Street &

Salisbury

SA

5108 08 8285 5570

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

227 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

Shopping Centre

Wynnum West QLD 4178 07 3396 4853

Shopping City Belmont

Hollywood Plaza

Spain Road

Downs

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

Mt Gambier

Shop 7, Lakes Village

Helen St

Mt Gambier

SA

5290 08 8724 7780

15 Commercial Road

Port Augusta

SA

5700 08 8642 4919

Renmark

Shop T16a

Renmark Plaza Shopping

Renmark

SA

5341 08 8586 5232

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

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

Gateway

105 Malop St

Geelong

VIC 3220 03 5222 4203

Bendigo

VIC 3550 03 5441 6671

Mulgrave

VIC 3170 03 9560 2833

Geelong

Innaloo

Marketplace Shop 104, Brandon Park

Cnr Ferntree Gully &

Shopping Centre

Springvale Rds

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

Fountain Gate

Shop 1118, Westfield

Magid Drive

Narre Warren

VIC 3805 03 8790 1690

Cinema

Shoppingtown Fountain Gate

Geralton

WA 6530 08 9921 6547

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

Shop 90, Innaloo Shopping

Shop T110a, Lakeside

Kalgoorlie

219 Hannan Street Shop 71-72, Maddington Metro Shopping Centre Shop 99, Midland Gate Shopping Centre Shop 49/50 Mirrabooka Square Shopping Centre Shop T192 Rockingham City Shopping Centre

Warnbro

Shopping Centre

Lot 17 Chapman Road

Maddington

Rockingham

Shopping Centre

Shop 13, Northgate

Joondalup Shopping City

Mirrabooka

Brandon Park

Beeliar Drive (Cnr Kwinana Freeway)

Centre

Midland 116-120 Mitchell Street

Shop 234, Cockburn Gateway Shopping Centre

Shopping Centre

Joondalup

(Eastlands)

Shop 1152, Westfield Shoppingtown

Geraldton

Shopping Centre

Shop 47, Broome Boulevard Shopping Centre

Carousel

Centre

Shop 12, Garden City Shopping Centre

Broome

Plaza Ingle Farm

Shop G002, Belmont Forum Shopping Centre

Booragoon

Centre

Bendigo

Mildura

Shop T31, Centro Mildura

173-199 Pioneer Road

Shopping Centre

Shop 2240 Westfield Geelong

VIC 3337 03 9743 0466

Shopping Centre

Shop 5, Victoria Point

Bay City

Melton

Docklands

Shop 55, Grand Central

Shop G43

533-555 High Street

Street

Nathan Plaza

Rosny Park

Shop T 57, Woodgrove

37-39 Cunningham

Shopping Centre

Launceston

VIC 3140 03 9739 5832

Shopping Centre

Shopping Centre

Port Augusta

Lilydale

Shop 25, Gippsland

Shopping Centre

Victoria Point

33 Hutchinson Street

Mccombe St

Warrnambool

Shopping Centre

Townsville

Shop T13, Lilydale

Cnr Boneo Rd &

Traralgon

Shopping Village

Toowoomba

VIC 3199 03 9789 0438

Shop 18,

Southland

Fair Runaway Bay

Shop 13b, Centro Toombul

Frankston

Port Phillip Plaza Sale

Rockhampton

Toombul

330 Cranbourne Road

Shopping Centre

Robina

Shop 12, Taigum Central

Shop T22, Karingal Hub

Shopping Centre

Redbank

Taigum

Greensborough VIC 3088 03 9432 9600

Marketplace

Westfield North Lakes

Rockhampton

Phone

Shopping Centre

Noosa Civic Mall North Lakes

P/c

VIC 3199 03 9770 0363

Shopping Centre

Nerang River Plaza Noosa

25 Main Street

State

Shop 20, Warnbro Fair

City Warnbro Sound Avenue

Warnbro

36-38 Hartley Street

Alice Springs

WA 6169 08 9593 6830

Shopping Centre Alice Springs

Shop T28, Yeperenye

NT

0870 08 8952 0208

Shopping centre

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