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In Black Swan and No Strings Attached, Natalie Portman takes on two roles that couldn’t be more different. In one, she gives an Oscar-winning performance as Nina, a professional ballerina who is desperate to land the lead in Swan Lake. in the other, she plays a cheeky, overworked doctor who winds up in a casual sex arrangement with Ashton Kutcher.

Working on No Strings, which Portman also executive produced, “was a pallet cleanser after all that discipline and focus”, Portman admits. “I went from a very serious set to a very playful fun set. Everyone was there to play and it was a

really great atmosphere,” she says. Best of all, she could ditch the vegan diet and scoff pizza and pasta whenever she liked. “I didn’t have to work out cause she’s a doctor – they don’t have time!” she jokes.

You can check out both performances this month as Black Swan and No Strings Attached are both released to DVD! If you’re after something a little more action-packed, The Green Hornet, Green Lantern, The Next Three Days and True Grit all make their way to Blu-ray and DVD in June. Also available is 127 Hours, the gritty (and somewhat gory) real-life survival tale of a hiker who cut off his own arm.

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p pla playboy aybo ybo boy oy B Brit Britt rit iitt R itt Reid eid d in n The The Th he Greet Grre G eet ett Hornet. e Ho orn rn ne et “There’s really nothing good about it, to be

Moviefone M o ief ov effone one. “We “W We e we w wer were er e e in nE Euro Europe urrope do d doing oing a p oi press re ess es tour and they were like ‘You really like guys that

honest,” Rogen tells The Cinema Source of his

are green, The Mask, Shrek, The Green Hornet.’

screen debut in 2005’s The

slim down. “I bought a bunch of clothes that

I was like, ‘Oh my God, I had no idea.’ Maybe it’s

40 Year Old Virgin. He’s gone

I barely fit into anymore and I’m desperately

just that Hollywood is lacking any other affinity

trying to hold on to it. People ask you about your

towards a guy that’s a different colour. That’s not

that cracks out one-liners, to

weight a lot, which sucks. I don’t recommend it

my fault, I’m just making the movies that they’re

becoming a fully fledged leading

for anyone. Stay fat, people. That’s my motto.”

making!”

since making his big

from playing the goofy sidekick

man in his own right.

The Green Hornet follows Reid and his trusty

The other star of The Green Hornet is the

Known for his

sidekick Kato (Jay Chou) as they attempt to take

Imperial Crown sedan that Reid and Kato drive

pudginess and

down mobster Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph

around in, dubbed Black Beauty.

his robust

Waltz, Inglorious Basterds), with a little help from

laugh, the 29-year-old had to slim down to play wealthy

love interest Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz).

“At some point I think we had 25 of [the Imperial Crown sedans], because at every stage

Rogen helped bring film to life, co-writing the

it becomes completely destroyed,” director

screenplay with his long time collaborator Evan

Michael Gondry tells Cinema Blend. “It’s like

Goldberg, and serving as an executive producer.

Initially, Rogen and Goldberg were doubtful that the studio would go for their version of the super-hero.

Rogen tells MTV News, “Evan and I were like, ‘This is not like any superhero movie – they might just hate that. It’s not using any of the normal superhero movie formats. It’s not an origin story. It’s more like a regular action movie.’

[But] they really liked it and told us to go for it.”

The Green Hornet also continues Diaz’s run of working on movies associated with the colour green.

“You know, I really didn’t realise it, until somebody pointed it out,” Diaz jokes with

Duel a little bit, the first Spielberg movie. It’s its own character. The car gets split in half and keeps going, and at the end it flies off [a building]. Everything happens with the car.”

With any comic book to big screen movie adaptation comes the scrutiny of the fanboys and The Green Hornet wasn’t immune. “[The fan reaction] was a little surprising… but nerds love complaining,” Rogen admits to MTV News. “You go on [website] Ain’t It

Cool News and everybody complains about everything. They could find out Jesus Christ was making a movie with Frank Miller (The Spirit,

300, Sin City) and they’d say, ‘That’s a terrible combination!’”

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FROM A RADIO SHOW IN THE 1930S AND A COMIC BOOK AND MOVIE SERIAL IN THE ‘40S, TO A CAMPY ‘60S TV SHOW THAT WAS INTENDED TO RIVAL BATMAN (IT DIDN’T), THE GREEN HORNET HAS HAD MANY INCARNATIONS OVER THE PAST CENTURY. BUT IN 2011, THE MASKED VIGILANTE KICKS SOME SERIOUS ASS!

However, Rogen says he attempted to placate the initial fanboy scepticism by paying homage to the originals.

“We thought, even if you’re the type of

movie that

person who would hate this movie – and really

you don’t

hate me for making it – we thought we would

have to think

reward you by including a lot of references to

too hard about. So

the various incarnations of The Green Hornet,”

yeah, this movie

he says. “And there are a dozen references to

is hopefully for

the others that most people would probably

everyone,” he

never notice in a million years. But it’s for the

explains. “And

hardcore fans that – again – hate me for making

I do know

this movie!”

that lots of my movies

Hornet’s cinematic run, is it pulled in a whopping

in the past

US$225 million and scored the illustrious top

are not like that!

spot during the four day Martin Luther King Jr.

But this one is not

long weekend in the U.S… Pretty good results

as horrifically violent

for a movie they didn’t think would work!

and filthy as our other

Rogen is also adamant that The Green Hornet

movies. And I think

is a movie with something for everybody, which

there’s no drug use

obviously helped with its success at the box

in the whole thing! So

office.

we’re… making some

“We just wanted to make a big, fun adventure

Stars: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Tom Wilkinson Director: Michel Gondry Writers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Budget: US$120 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$228,306,168

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you can probably imagine, the source of a lot of

me something, but I was fortunate enough to

explaining how her father died: he was murdered

anxiety,” Ethan Coen tells The New York Times.

spend three and a half months with them, so I

by one of his hired hands, Tom Chaney (Josh

“We were aware if the kid doesn’t work, there’s

learned a lot just by being in their presence,” she

Brolin), when she was just 14. True Grit tells of the

no movie”.

says.

The film begins with the adult Mattie Ross

journey young Mattie embarked on in an effort

Open casting sessions were held in Texas in

Although Steinfeld isn’t old enough to watch

to avenge her

November 2009 for the role, but they failed to find

all of the films that True Grit was up against at the

father’s death.

a teenage actress that fit the bill. The following

Oscars – Black Swan, for instance, is rate R18, and

month Paramount Pictures announced a casting

Steinfeld only blew out 14 candles at her most

right actress to

search for a 12- to 16-year-old girl, describing

recent birthday – that didn’t stop her co-stars

portray Mattie

the character as a “simple, tough as nails young

from showing their true colours on set.

was crucial,

woman” whose “unusually steely nerves and

and evidently

straightforward manner are often surprising”.

Finding the

True Grit was nominated for 10 Academy Awards: - Best Picture - Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen) - Best Adapted Screenplay - Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) - Best Supporting Actress (Hailee Steinfeld) - Best Art Direction - Best Cinematography - Best Costume Design - Best Sound Mixing - Best Sound Editing

caused the

Shortly thereafter, relative unknown Hailee

“I actually had a curse word jar and I charged them every time they did it,” she reveals. “The f word was $5 and any other word was a $1. It was

Coen Brothers

Steinfeld was cast. At just 13-years of age, she

about a month and a half into filming, we were all

– who directed,

had been selected for the role from a pool of

in the trailer. It was Matt (Damon), Josh (Brolin), Jeff

wrote and co-

15,000 applicants. The Hollywood newcomer says

(Bridges) and myself. I was having a conversation

produced the

she “learned a lot” from her co-stars, Jeff Bridges

with the make-up artist and the three guys were

film – a decent

and Matt Damon.

having their own conversation, and I wasn’t

headache.

“It was, as

“I have to say, I learned more just by watching them. It’s not so much that they personally taught

eavesdropping, but they used the f word. So I yelled out ‘$5’ and they looked at me like, ‘This

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“It was, as you can probably imagine, the source of a lot of anxiety. We were aware if the kid doesn’t work, there’s no movie” - Ethan Coen, director

guard. This is not cool.’ So they said, ‘We’re going to designate you a word. If

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you say the word ‘like’ it cost 50 cents’.”

When Steinfeld wasn’t busy busting Matt Damon’s chops for swearing, she was acting up a storm on set, proving to the Coen Brothers that was the right choice. The teen actress was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Maddie, and although she lost to Melissa Leo (The Fighter), she won in the same category at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards.

True Grit was a huge success at the box office, raking in close to US$250 million. It’s earnt a near-perfect score at

After competing with 15,000 other applicants for the role of Mattie Ross, newcomer Hailee Steinfeld was cast.

The 14-year-old was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal.

Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld Directors/screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen Producers: Joel and Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin, Steven Spielberg Budget: US$38 million Gross Revenue: US$249 million

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film review website RottenTomatoes.com. and profilic movie reviewer Roger Ebert awarded True Grit 3.5 stars out of 4. “What strikes me is that I’m describing the story and the film as if it were simply, if admirably, a

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“It was really crazy, because Mila and I were very good friends.”

- Natalie Portman

Swan Lake.

Made on a tiny budget of just US$13 million,

Black Swan has made more than US$300 million at the box office, has been nominated for dozens of awards and was named one of the American Film Institute’s Top 10 Movies Indeed, the Kunis/Portman sexual pairing is true, but it would be a mistake to think that’s the movie’s main draw card.

In Black Swan Portman plays Nina Sayer, a young ballerina with a prestigious New

of the Year. It’s also had critics raving: The Hollywood Reporter’s Kirk Honeycutt described the “gorgeously shot, visually complex film” as being “pretty irresistible”.

While the idea of a love scene between

York City dance company. She lives with her

two of Hollywood’s hottest young actresses

neurotic mother, Erica (Barbara Hershey),

may have encouraged punters to line up at

a former dancer whose career was cut

the box office, the multi-award winning film –

short when she became pregnant with

nominated for five Academy Awards, amongst

Nina in her 20s. Mila Kunis plays Lily, a

dozens of others – has much more going for it

fellow ballet dancer in the company and Nina’s main rival for the part of the Swan Queen in their upcoming production of

than a salacious romp.

Still, Kunis admits she wouldn’t let her dad watch said scene.”[My dad] was like, ‘I don’t think I should see the movie,’” Kunis tells MTV. “I was like, ‘See the movie. But there’s going to

Natalie Portman has won a boatload of awards for her performance as Nina Sayers in the film: in total she’s picked up 26 gongs, including the Best Actress Academy Award, British Academy Film Award and Golden Globe.

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ACk wan WHEN RUMOURS BEGAN SWIRLING THAT NATALIE PORTMAN AND MILA KUNIS WOULD SHARE A STEAMY SEX SCENE ON SCREEN, PEOPLE SUDDENLY WANTED TO KNOW: WHAT’S THIS BLACK SWAN ALL ABOUT, THEN?

be a point; get up and leave.’… I don’t think any

very good friends,” Portman said at a press

dad should see that. It’s just not necessary.”

junket. “It almost, I feel like, would be easier to

starts out as

Despite having reservations of her dad

“Nina

do it with someone you didn’t know, weirdly.

this childlike

seeing her lock lips with Portman, Kunis

But, having said that, it was great to have a

woman, trying

believes the scene was important to the film,

friend there who – we could laugh and make

to please her

which is why she had no hesitations about

jokes and get over it together.”

mother, trying

filming it. That’s not to say it was an easy shoot:

All of this hype, for a movie that almost

to please her

“It was like the pink elephant in the room that

didn’t get off the ground. While Portman and

ballet director

was never touched upon, until it was the day to

Kunis spent close to a year learning how to

and fit exactly into

shoot,” she reveals. “Then we just did it really

portray ballet dancers and getting in shape

the standards of

quickly and called it a day.”

for their roles, Portman confides that Black

this world that’s

Swan was only fully financed two weeks

prescribed to her.

Kunis and Portman weren’t such close friends

after shooting started. “I really wanted to do

Finally she finds

off set. In fact, it was Portman who initially

the ballet training anyway; I really loved it,”

that perfection only

suggested the That 70s Show actress for the

Portman cheerily adds. Fortunately for her, the

lies in pleasing

role, without “thinking through the fact that I

film has launched her already incredible career

herself.”

was going to have to have sex with her in the

into a new stratosphere.

It might not have been quite so awkward if

movie!” Portman says.

“It was really crazy, because Mila and I were

“When I started out as a child actress, I wanted to please everyone, and was always looking for approval. Having grown up, I’m not totally immune to approval, but I do look to please myself. It’s all to do with finding a way to express yourself instead of being the way

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someone else wants you to be,” Portman says.

WORDS Sarah Megginson

Much has been reported about the vegan diet that Portman and Kunis adopted to get in shape for their respective roles as professional ballerinas, and although the regimen was strict – we’re talking organic oats for breakfast and lentil patties for dinner – it wasn’t too much of a stretch for Portman, who has been a vegetarian since childhood.

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BEFORE HE WAS CAST AS THE NEW LEAD IN TWO AND A HALF MEN AND BEFORE SHE PICKED UP THE BEST ACTRESS OSCAR FOR HER TURN AS A DISTURBED BALLERINA IN BLACK SWAN, ASHTON KUTCHER AND NATALIE PORTMAN NATALIE PORTMAN, SHARED ALL SORTS OF CHEMISTRY IN THE ROMANTIC EMBARRASSED?!

COMEDY, NO STRINGS ATTACHED. Directed by Hollywood heavyweight Ivan

the film after he “noticed from my own kids that

Reitman, the film has one tiny flaw: we’re meant

with this generation, in particular, young people

to believe that the impossibly beautiful Emma

find it easier to have a sexual relationship than an

(Natalie Portman), a doctor who works 80-hour

emotional one. That is how the sexes deal with

weeks at the hospital, is having a tough time

each other today.”

finding a guy.

She doesn’t want a boyfriend, per se, but a casual sex partner to help her release some

Clearly, the film hit a chord with audiences: the box office receipts poured in when the film was released at the cinema, grossing over

tension at the end of a long week. Evidently, she’s

US$20 million in its opening weekend. No Strings

struggled with this conundrum for quite some

Attached went on to make almost US$150 million

time and it’s only once she has an unexpected yet

in worldwide takings, recouping its US$25 million

satisfying fling with Adam (Ashton Kutcher) that

budget six times over.

she realises she might have found her perfect sexual match.

Adam is an up-and-coming scriptwriter she has

It’s no surprise to Kutcher, who was won over by the cheeky script from his very first glance.

“The first thing that attracted to me to this film

known for a few years, and he is over the moon

was the original title – it was called F**k Buddies

when the pair make a pact to have a “no strings

and when I saw that title on a piece of paper, I

attached” relationship, where they can have casual

thought, I have to read this, I have to check this

sex without falling in love with each other. It’s

out!” he says.

every man’s dream, especially when your “friend “From a completely male perspective, the idea

Stars: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes, Ludacris, Lake Bell Director/producer: Ivan Reitman Budget: US$25 million Gross worldwide revenue: US$147.5 million

“Then as I started to read the script, the material sold itself

of having a hot friend who’s a girl, who decides

completely. And Natalie

to set up this relationship – guys want that to

was already attached

happen! So watching that play out in the movie, it’s

to the movie, so the

really fun,” Kutcher says.

opportunity to work with

Reitman says he came up with the premise for

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WORDS Sarah Megginson

with benefits” is as attractive as Portman!

“I’m pretty immature, so I get pretty embarrassed easily,” Portman says. “[During sex scenes] you do sort of go the opposite direction between takes, like, ‘what are you doing this weekend?’. You know, just totally benign conversation in between takes to make it a little normal!”

Fortunately, her most intimate scene with Kutcher wasn’t filmed too early in the piece: “We did the scene pretty deep into the shoot,” she adds, “so we already were as comfortable as you can be in that scenario.”

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SANCTUM A BREATHTAKING JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS AS A GROUP OF THRILL-SEEKERS BECOME TRAPPED UNDERGROUND – AND UNDERWATER – IN SANCTUM. In 1988, experienced explorer and filmmaker Andrew Wight led an expedition of 22 cave divers through one of the largest underground

avalanches, boulders and the very real fear that

Gruffudd) and his girlfriend Victoria (Alice

the cave they had been entombed in would

Parkinson). As the team delves deeper

gradually become their grave.

into the cave, they become oblivious to a

However, due to the experience of Wight

cave systems in Australia.

When torrential rain slowly began to tear at the integrity of the cave and its entrance collapsed, Wight and 14 other divers were trapped beneath the Earth, confronted by

and the team, over the course of two days the entire party managed to navigate their way out

developing tropical cyclone, which traps them deep within the Earth’s surface.

As a colleague of Cameron’s, Wight was

with zero casualties. Wight went on to develop

able to procure funding from the prolific

this ordeal into an award-winning documentary

director quite effortlessly, particularly as

and now, after working with James Cameron

Cameron has expressed his admiration of

on Ghosts of the Abyss, he has created the 3D

Wight’s underwater abilities. “Being a hardcore

feature Sanctum.

cave explorer, [Wight] wanted to put the actors

The film, which takes the core idea of the

on the real equipment,” Cameron says. While

original story, follows 17 year-old Josh (Rhys

the celebrated filmmaker was ensconced by

Wakefield) and his father Frank (Richard

his own 3D epic, Avatar, and therefore could

Roxburgh). Frank is an experienced diver who

not be on set of Sanctum, he has praised

has discovered an entrance into one of the

Wight for his veracious representations of the

largest, most beautiful yet most treacherous

diving.

cave systems on Earth.

And this is where the film excels. The They are joined by

underwater cinematography, some of which

master financier and

was shot on location around Mount Gambier

thrill-seeker Carl Hurley (Ioan

in South Australia and features the real actors, is breathtaking in all senses of the word.

The 3D allows the characters and the film to explore this beautiful yet fatal abyss. It is quite easy to see why the foolhardy Carl wants to dive in headfirst.

The film also finds strength in Wakefield’s performance as young Josh. It is an excellent

“Being a hardcore cave explorer, [writer Andrew Wight] wanted to put the actors on the real equipment” - James Cameron

follow up to his 2008 debut in the acclaimed film The Black Balloon. Ultimately, Sanctum is a stunning and riveting journey through the tumultuous heart of the Earth.

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Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Wakefield, Alice Parkinson Director: Alister Grierson Screenplay/story: Andrew Wright Budget: US$30 million Gross Worldwide Revenue: US$80.1 million

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Banks stars as Lara Brennan, a Pittsburgh woman convicted of

to Movieline.com.

“And I asked how many of them had children

a murder. Convinced of his wife’s

on the outside and every hand went up. And I

innocence, her professor husband

asked them if they cried the first night, and they

John (Russell Crowe) hatches an

all said yes. You want to be strong, but it is that

elaborate plan to break her out of

terrible.”

prison.

While Crowe is no stranger to these

In “real life”, new mum Banks – she and her husband, sports writer Max Handelman,

types of roles, audiences are more

welcomed baby boy Felix in March via a

accustomed to seeing Banks in sunny,

surrogate – admits that running afoul of the law

upbeat comedies. So to prepare

is one of her biggest fears.

for her role and to ensure she gave

“My husband calls me a goody two shoes,

a convincing performance, Banks

which I am. I’m a total goody two shoes. I won’t

spent some time in prison getting to

run a yellow light. He’s like, ‘Come on!’ But

understand the lay of the land.

this made perfect sense to me that bad things

“I went by myself to Allegheny County Jail one day — no Russell, no

happen to good people all the time. And then you end up in prison for the rest of your life.”

Paul — and went to the cell block to

It was this theme that drew director Paul

sit with inmates and just talk to them

Haggis to the project, which is a remake of the

about their daily life,” Banks explains

French film Pour Elle. In the interests of realism,

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Haggis invested months of his own time into

is a daring act these days… [but] people like to

researching how one could go about breaking

be challenged and entertained. What I want to

out of prison, from using bump keys to breaking

do is hide them inside a compelling, dramatic

into a car with a tennis ball!

movie.”

“It’s all online,” he reveals to AskMen.com. “I don’t really show you the way it actually works [in the film]. If you try to break into a car using a tennis ball, you’re going to be disappointed – it only works on 5% of the vehicles. And I’m not telling you which ones! If you try it on your own, you’ll get arrested.”

As for the film – which doubled its budget at

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the box office – Haggis opportunity to turn his hand at a thriller.

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DANNY BOYLE AND JAMES FRANCO TEAM UP FOR A SURVIVAL STORY THAT MANAGES TO AVOID ALL THE STANDARD SURVIVAL STORY CLICHÉS with a guy who can’t move”. Of course, that

explore a man pushed to make the

especially when the odds are so ridiculously

doesn’t sound too appetizing for an audience

ultimate sacrifice.

stacked against the participants. Take the

raised on high octane CGI. Added to the

1972 Uruguayan rugby team, who crashed

potential for movie disaster is a lead character

with which Ralston himself was initially

their plane into the Andes and ended up

who gets himself into this mess completely of

uncomfortable, he later decided that the

spending over 70 days in the freezing cold.

his own accord, while doing something that is

film is “so factually accurate it is as close to

Or more recently, the Chilean mine disaster,

not exactly commonplace to the average movie

a documentary as you can get and still be

during which 33 men were trapped 700 metres

watcher. Is Ralston an adventurer or a foolhardy

a drama”. For the fainthearted that means

underground for 69 days.

idiot for taking such a risk?

there is some gore – reportedly at early

Let’s face it: the world loves survival stories,

It’s no surprise that the film world also loves these stories.

127 Hours is the latest tale of survival

Boyle smartly sidesteps these story

Despite minor changes to the story,

screenings audience members suffered from

limitations by instead delving deeply into the

light-headedness and panic attacks due to the

psychological aspects of the storyline. Aided

realism depicted.

against all odds, charting the true story of

by a strong performance by James Franco

Yet as the film builds towards its inevitable

mountain climber Aron Ralston’s adventure to

as Ralston – understated, empathetic and

but faintly sickening conclusion the audience

save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on

completely magnetic as he explores a range of

is forced to reconsider this movie: it’s not so

his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon

mental states during his five-day internment

much about survival as it is about rendering on

in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston

– Boyle is able to peel back the layers of the

screen a harrowing interior experience. It also

examines his life and survives the elements

human mind.

poses a challenging question to audiences:

to finally discover he has the courage and

The theme of ‘doing something with

the wherewithal to extricate himself by any

nothing’ is applicable not only to Ralston,

means necessary, scale a 65-foot wall and hike

who uses everything

over eight miles before he can be rescued.

in his disposal to

Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls the

survive, but also the

good, the bad and the ugly in his life.

storytelling itself. Boyle

Is the will to live programmed into our DNA?

127 HOURS

uses every storytelling

(Slumdog Millionaire), who takes the reins for

device under the

127 Hours, told the London Evening Standard

sun, from flashbacks

that the film was essentially “an action movie

to hallucinations, to

On Blu-ray and DVD from June 15

WORDS Iain Hopkins

Oscar winning director Danny Boyle

what they would do in similar circumstances?

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Rabbit Hole HOW DO YOU COPE AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD? RABBIT HOLE GIVES A RAW, FLY-ON-THEWALL VIEW OF ONE BEREAVED COUPLE WHO STRUGGLES WITH THE SAME QUESTION… Rabbit Hole is an intense drama adapted from the Pulitzer-Prize- and Tony-Award-winning play

to drug addiction – Becca finally finds solace in the most surprising way.

of the same name by David Lindsay-Abaire. It’s a

Of the film, Kidman hopes, “I think they

tale of grief, hope, healing, coping with loss and

[viewers] can expect to be moved, and I think

discovering how to move on.

they can expect to, I would hope, glimpse a

The film begins eight months after Becca (Kidman) and husband Howie Corbett’s (Aaron Eckhart) six-year-old son, Danny, is killed by a car while chasing the family dog, and follows the couple as they struggle to glue their lives back together.

They unwittingly lug their pain around 24/7,

period of time in a couple’s life who they feel they love and know,” she tells MYDaily UK. “It is a little voyeuristic and because of

“The loss of a child is the most terrifying place for me to go. That’s where I tend to go creatively – places that terrify me” - Nicole Kidman

that, I think, we realise we’re not alone and hopefully that takes away some fear of the worst things

wrestle guilt associated with even wanting to

that can happen to us. You can

move on, and strain their marriage while trying

survive, and I hope that’s what

to mend their grief in clashing ways.

this film says.”

Howie tries to inject romance and joy into

Kidman produced the movie

their lives but Becca won’t even let him touch

through her new production

her. He clings to Danny’s drawings and iPhone

company Blossom Films, and was

videos for comfort, hungers to keep Danny’s

nominated for an Academy Award

room as he left it, attends bereavement

and Golden Globe award for her

support-group meetings (that Becca ridicules)

realistically raw performance.

and flirts with the idea of having another child.

Meanwhile Becca compulsively cooks, repels

“I’m always interested in films that are about extreme subject matters. The theme underlying most

Danny’s drawings from the fridge, empties

of the films I make is love in all its

shelves in his bedroom, and washes all of his

different forms,” she reveals.

clothes before giving them away.

Despite these emotionally crushing setbacks,

“So I’m interested in people when

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Sandra Oh Director: John Cameron Mitchell

RABBIT HOLE

they’re yearning for love, when they’re

Howie does his best to heal while edging a little

losing love, and the loss of a child is the

too close to ‘the line’; and after a lot of anguish,

most terrifying place for me to go. That’s

emotional struggle and intervention from her

where I tend to go creatively – places

mother (Dianne Wiest) – who lost her own son

that terrify me.”

On DVD from June 16

WORDS Olivia Richardson

friends who try to help and robotically removes

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Family Guy season 10 Politically incorrect comedy at its best,

In 2004 Family Guy returned to production,

computers, but for the style that we use, that

Family Guy charts the misadventures of Peter

and the series was recently renewed for an

hand-drawn style, there’s just no shortcut.

Griffin, his wife Lois and their three kids Chris,

11th season running from 2012-2013.

People have tried doing that with computers to

Meg and baby Stewie in the fictional small town of Quahog, Rhode Island.

As the tenth season of Family Guy makes

Series creator Seth MacFarlane is evidently pretty chuffed that his beloved animated show was given a second chance: in 2008 he inked a

make it faster, but it looks like a computer did it,” he says.

So what shenanigans can we expect Peter

its way to DVD and Blu-ray collections across

US$100 million contract with Fox, making him

and his dysfunctional family to get up to in

Australia this month, it’s funny to think that she

the world’s highest paid television writer.

season 10?

almost didn’t make it past two seasons.

After the second season finale Fox cancelled

Still, it’s clear that Family Guy is a labour of

In the unforgettable 150th episode,

love for the multi-talented animator, writer,

diabolically evil baby Stewie Griffin and the

the show, and although a third season was

comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor,

family’s sarcastic pooch, Brian, find themselves

produced, the series was officially canned at

and director. Each episode of Family Guy

trapped in a bank vault. With nowhere to turn,

the end of 2003. Fans embarked on an epic

takes a whopping 10 months to create from

they’re forced to get to know each other on

letter writing campaign to get the show back

beginning to end, and “there’s no shortcut to

a whole new level and finally reveal their true

on the air, however, and this – combined with

the process that anyone’s been able to come

feelings for one another.

huge DVD sales – encouraged Fox to bring the

up with”.

show back.

Elsewhere, the residents of Quahog find

“I guess it’s different if you’re using

themselves mixed up in murder during a soirée at James Woods’ mansion, in And Then There

Were Fewer Part 1 and 2, and every man and woman is a potential suspect. Somehow, it’s up to Peter and Lois to desperately try and solve

Family Guy season 10 includes the hour long, real time 150th episode, as well as more “too rude for TV” scenes that have not been made available previously.

the murder.

And as for Meg, the misfit teen is heading for trouble: in Dial Meg for Murder, she becomes a hardcore criminal after spending time in juvie for harbouring her fugitive boyfriend. Naturally!

It’s new territory for Meg who is normally on the straight and narrow, but actress Mila Kunis – who has been the voice behind the character of Meg since season two (Lacey Chabert voiced Meg in season one), says – was happy to shake things up.

“Meg gets picked on a lot, but it’s funny,” Kunis says. “It’s like the middle child. She is constantly in the state of being an awkward 14-year-old, when you’re kind of going through puberty and what-not. She’s just in perpetual mode of humiliation. And it’s fun.”

WORDS Sarah Megginson

FAMILY GUY SEASON 10

On DVD from June 15

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Paper Giants Asher Keddie’s Silver Logie win in May confirmed what fans of Love My Way and

Paper Giants - Music from the ABC TV Series features hits from the show and from that era, including artists such as Masters Apprentices, The Easybeats, Stevie Wright, Sherbet, Dragon, Daddy Cool, Richard Clapton, The Angels and more. Out now.

Offspring already knew: she’s the hottest actress on our screens right now!

If anyone was in any doubt, Keddie’s career-making performance as Ita Buttrose in Paper Giants - The Birth of Cleo firmly puts that to rest. She’s impeccably polished and likeable as Buttrose in the series, which is set in 1972 and follows 30-year-old Ita and 35-year-old Kerry Packer as they make the ballsy decision to launch Cleo magazine.

Paper Giants not only shows the media

with myself as to how I’d execute it. But once

voice and you doing my walk. It’s so funny.’

stalwarts as they create a magazine

I got there, I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed

That’s when I realised that we were both

that became one of the most dramatic

it. It’s wonderfully expressive and so positive

quite vulnerable and both hoping it was

sensations in Australian publishing history,

and energetic.”

going to be the best it could be.”

their personal lives.

For Keddie, the opportunity to portray

She also admits being nervous

WORDS Sarah Megginson

but it also offers a revealing glimpse into

when, during the shoot, she came face to face with Buttrose herself. “I

such an iconic Australian identity was

can’t even remember shooting the

too good to refuse. Perfecting Buttrose’s

scene, because I was so focused.

trademark lisp proven something of

But, afterwards, she was so beautiful

a challenge, because “her voice is so

and warm,” Keddie explains. “She

distinctive,” Keddie says. “I had some fights

said, ‘Gosh, it’s strange. Hearing my

PAPER GIANTS

Out now on DVD

Daria The character Daria Morgendorffer first appeared as a recurring character in MTV’s

Beavis and Butt-head in the late 1990s.

She eventually went on to star in her own animated show for five seasons, and now you can revisit the entire series in the DVD release of Daria: The complete animated series.

The people of Lawndale just don’t get Daria Morgendorffer – and she’s totally cool with that! The awkward, sarcastic teen feels like she was born alienated and now she’s Production of each half-hour episode took ten months to a year, from concept, story, voices, and design to generating the animation to postproduction.

just trying to make it through high school with as little human contact as possible.

The character of Daria was created for

Beavis and Butt-head “because we wanted a smart female who could serve as the foil”, explains MTV senior vice president and creative director, Abby Terkuhle.

Daria quickly struck a chord with audiences, so during the final season

Now, the whole shebang is available for fans to own! The DVD

greenlight for a standalone Daria series. The

release is packed with special

first episode aired in March 1997 and the

features, including cast and crew

show ran for five seasons, with 13 episodes

interviews, the pilot episode,

per season, and the movie Is It College Yet?

two movies and Daria episode

served as the series finale in January 2002.

introductions.

DARIA: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES

WORDS Sarah Megginson

of Beavis and Butt-head MTV gave the

Out now on DVD

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Hannah Montana Forever: The final season Most teenagers dream of becoming a movie

Only her family and close friends know her

true identity at a performance, so she can come

star or pop singer, but this isn’t the case for

true identity, and the fourth and final season

Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus), who leads a double

sees Miley continue to struggle with juggling

clean once and for all.

life that most kids would dream of: in one life

two completely separate lives. Both existences

name also put her under the scrutiny that

she’s a regular teenager and in the other, she’s

come with unique challenges, but in this season

follows any actor, and the actress says she is

the famous pop star, Hannah Montana.

Miley finally reaches the decision to reveal her

looking forward to moving on to more mature

The series that made Cyrus a household

roles. She’s also keen to hand the ‘teen role model’ tag on to the next Disney star…

“My job is to be a role model, and that’s what I want to do, but my job isn’t to be a parent,” she says. “My job isn’t to tell your kids how to act or how not to act, because I’m still figuring that out for myself. So to take that away from me is a bit selfish. Your kids are going to make mistakes whether I do or not. That’s just life.”

The final season provides a nice ending to the highly successful show, ending on a high note that will leave fans delighted.

WORDS Caroline Muldoon

HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER

On DVD from June 8

Glee: Encore Gleek’s, aka Glee fan’s, wanting to revisit

and cheerleaders join the club. Their new high

Obviously it’s something you can watch with

all their favourite moments from the musical

profile members do little to change the way

your kids, but the idea is to keep things a

comedy drama season one can breathe a sigh

the school views the choir, as they are still the

little more adult than High School Musical.

of relief with the release of Glee Encore.

unaccepted misfits of the halls.

So I wouldn’t say we’re trying to cash in on

The hit TV Series takes place in McKinley

The show has drawn strong comparisons

it, but when something works [you keep

High with the main focus of the series being

to High School Musical however co-creator

going.]”

the unpopular show choir, New Directions. Its

and executive producer Brad Falchuk remarks,

Encore provides the 30 best performances

members are mainly the outcasts of the school,

“Obviously High School Musical is great, but

from series including “Don’t Stop Believing”,

until eventually some of the popular footballers

this is a little bit edgier, a little more adult.

“Vogue” and “Somebody to Love” just to name a few.

It’s all the highlights and moments you want to relive from the first season, without having to get into the complex dynamics of the show. Packed with catchy songs and performances, it will transform even the most sceptical of people to fans of the hit musical show, who will be singing and dancing around the lounge room in no time.

WORDS Caroline Muldoon

GLEE: ENCORE

On Blu-ray and DVD from June 15

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Every year, there’s one standout artist who seems to feeature on almost every song on the radio.

Over the last 12 months that honour has gone to Pitbull – but don’t mistake the chart-topper for being an overnight success. The 30-year-old Cuban-American has been toiling away in the industry for the greater part of a decade, and now it’s his time to shine.

King of collaborations Pitbull features on some of the biggest hits to race up the charts in recent times…

■ “Shake” - Ying Yang Twins ■ “Fresh Out The Oven” - Jennifer Lopez ■ “Now You See It (Shake That Ass)” Honorebel & Jump Smokers ■ “All Night Long” - Alexandra Burke ■ “I Like It” - Enrique Iglesias ■ “Get To Know Me Better” - Naughty By Nature ■ “DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again” - Usher ■ “One Thing Leads To Another” - Ray J ■ “Rabiosa” - Shakira ■ “On The Floor” - Jennifer Lopez

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It’s been hard to miss the rise and rise of Armando Christian Pérez, aka Pitbull – after all, the rapper has become the go-to

of scary when people try to make plans.”

already planning his next release.

Pitbull began rapping when he was in high

“I was on this world tour and I got to see

school, but a life of crime almost saw his rap

cities I can’t even pronounce, places I didn’t

dreams fade into oblivion. It was a nudge

even know existed,” Pitbull tells MTV of his

produce a hit. His golden touch has

by Luke Campbell from the 2 Live Crew that

last tour.

graced singles from the likes of Usher,

encouraged him to enter a rap battle on

Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Enrique

Miami radio a decade ago.

collaborator for any artist wanting to

“I’m seeing everything going on in the world and the way music is working, and I thought,

Iglesias in recent times, with each of

Lil’ Jon was the first artist to recognise his

‘I have to have a power-packing album.’ I

their songs scrambling to the top of the

potential, putting him on his 2002 album Kings

wanted it to be like everything you were

of Crunk, on a track called “Pitbull’s Cuban

listening to could be a huge record… I want it

Rideout”.

to be like Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas.”

charts.

He’s not quite sure why his music has hit a chord with audiences the world over, but Pitbull is certain of one thing.

“You always have to be relevant,” he tells

Billboard. This is partly why he chooses to

Planet Pit is the result, and it packs a

To capitalise on this opportunity, Pitbull released several mixtapes to help get his word

serious punch. The album already spawned

out there.

the hit “Hey Baby” with T-Pain, and “Give Me

Everything” with Ne-Yo and Afrojack.

But it’s been a slow rise to the top, with

release music all the time, not just when he’s got an album coming out.

“I’ve never been a traditional artist,” he says. “I’m a survivor. And for me, it’s kind

Pitbull bubbling under the surface before

It’s no surprise that his first singles feature

the rest of the world finally caught up in

other established artists; Pitbull is the king

2009, when he scored a worldwide smash

of collaborations, having featured on some

with “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)”. The

of the industry’s biggest hits in recent times,

catchy track topped the charts in the US, UK,

most recently with Jennifer Lopez and her

Australia, France, Spain, New Zealand, Turkey,

comeback single, “On The Floor”.

The Netherland, Sweden and more, notching

“You work around so many artists that

up an impressive 2.5 million downloads. More importantly, it spurred a music revolution as hip-hop crossed over with

create opportunities for artists such as myself, so it was an honour to be around her,” he says.

dance beats, producing a

“But to be honest, the best part of being

hot new sound that

around J-Lo is getting the chance to be around

now dominates the

Mark (Anthony, her husband) because Mark is

top 10.

funny! He is something else to watch, and he’s

One hit single

always got something entertaining going on or

was not enough

some trick up his sleeve.”

With Planet Pit hitting stores this month,

to satisfy Mr. Worldwide,

Pitbull’s fame is about to hit a whole new

however.

level, and the rapper admit he sometimes

While he was

has to pinch himself to believe it. “To come

promoting his

from what I’ve come from and cross over

last album,

into international [fame] and be worldwide,

Rebelution,

and still be able to jump on an urban record?

he was

That’s me!”

WORDS David Christopher

PITBULL PLANET PIT

Out June 17

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BACK & FORTH With their new album Wasted Light sending rock ‘n roll back to the top of the world music charts (let’s be honest, there’s not been a whole lot of it lately), the Foo Fighters now invite us into their lives and behind the scenes with their new DVD, Back and Forth.

It’s been a mammoth 17 years since Fooeys frontman Dave Grohl formed the Foo Fighters, after the suicide of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain left him

“Watching the DVD was hard, but it’s a true story – so why not tell it?” - Dave Grohl

without a musical outlet.

“The year 1994 was a really weird year,” Grohl tells Entertainment Weekly.

“The beginning of that year was the first time

The “warts and all” documentary, directed by Academy Award winner James Moll (The Last Days,

Running The Sahara), also

Night Live. My first reaction was, ‘What the f**k?

reveals the behind the scenes turmoil that

He couldn’t find a real drummer?’” Grohl laughs.

existed during the band’s early days, and the

“Of course, I jumped at the opportunity because I’ve always loved Tom Petty. Even when

drug overdose of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2001.

I’d ever been in a band that I really didn’t want

I was a stubborn, cynical, punk-rock asshole, I

to be in anymore. The last Nirvana tour was kind

still lived Tom Petty. Because I felt like he was

admits to The Age. “But I also know it’s good

of difficult. The mood was off and it was kind of

a stubborn, cynical, punk-rock asshole too. So,

for business. It brings people closer to us as a

depressing; I don’t know if anybody wanted to

it was interesting. I easily could have become

band. I watch a lot of rock docos and I know

be there. And then Kurt died and there was a

someone’s drummer. But I didn’t want to be

the most interesting part is when the guy falls

long period of feeling lost and confused and not

anyone’s drummer.”

apart. Everybody loves a train wreck. But when

knowing what else to do.”

However, rather than jump into another band

He wanted to launch his own band, and with

‘’I find it difficult [to watch],” Hawkins

you’re it, it’s a little uncomfortable.’’

the Foo Fighters, that’s exactly what Grohl did.

There’s no dramatic falling apart scenes for

where we would be the drummer, Grohl was

Back and Forth chronicles the formation of the

Grohl, but the singer says he also felt “abso-

determined to be centre stage for a while.

band from the making of their self-titled debut

f**king-lutely uncomfortable” watching the

through to the recording of their most recent

DVD. “It was hard,” he reveals, “but it’s a true

album, Wasted Light.

story – so why not tell it?”

“I got a call from somebody at Tom Petty’s management that he wanted me to do Saturday

On Blu-ray & DVD from June 10

WORDS David Christopher

FOO FIGHTERS BACK AND FORTH

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Russell Watson Just three years ago, world famous tenor Russell Watson was fighting for his life as he battled lifethreatening brain tumours – but today, the 44-year-old is celebrating both a clean bill of health and the release of his brand new album, La Voce.

“I’m a stubborn bastard,” Watson says of his struggle to overcome two life-threatening brain tumours. The first benign tumour, the size of two golf balls, was removed in 2006; he thought his ordeal was over until

armed with a clean bill of health from his doctors, he decided the time was right to embark on a return to music.

He soon found that his treatment had not just gifted him a fresh outlook on life, but had also given him a whole new deeper, richer voice.

“The tumour could have been growing for 10-15

October 2007, when an

years in my nasal cavity, so when I had it cut out

MRI scan showed he

I went from a V8 to a V12!” he says. Needless to

tumour had returned,

Watson’s voice coach, Patrick McGuigan, “thought it

with bleeding into his

was fantastic”.

Watson’s new album, La Voce, was recorded in

brain.

“When I had the

Rome with the Roma Sinfonietta, and features his

first tumour I only

rich vocal talents on Pino Donaggio’s “Io Che Non

focused on the

Vivo (Senza Te)”, Mario Lanza’s “Arrivederci Roma”

operation,” he says. “When I

and “Parla Piu Piano”, the theme from The Godfather.

“I’ve truly given my heart and soul to this record.

had the second

It feels quite poignant – this is where I started. With

one it was about

everything that’s happened I’ve had a lot of time

getting out of

to focus on the record and make the one I really

intensive care.

wanted to make. The performances are as good as

Then getting out of

they can possibly be at this stage of my career,” he

the bed. Each time there was a different

says.

“I believe that I have come through all this for a reason and that reason is now. There are great times

focal point.”

to come, but this is what it’s all about for me now.

By 2008 he

This is the first record that I’ve made which has true

had finished radiotherapy and,

continuity. La Voce is a very clear-sighted piece.”

With the album wrapped up, Watson says he’s itching to perform as much as he can. “My music is about making a connection,” he says. “Put me in front of 90,000 in a football stadium and I feel all their energy. It’s what I live for, that and my kids. There’s nothing bigger than that feeling.”

FROM PUB GIGS TO THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE… RUSSELL WATSON LA VOCE

From June 10

WORDS Sarah Megginson

“I’ve walked out on stage in some of the biggest venues in the world – The Vatican, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Old Trafford,” Watson says. “But nothing is as daunting as a Friday night at a serious working men’s club. If I ever start to feel sorry for myself I go back and remember where I’ve been, singing through a fog of Woodbine smoke!”

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Elton John

Owl City

He’s sold over 250 million albums worldwide and has enjoyed a

In celebration of their much-anticipated brand new album, All Things Bright

career that has kept him at the top of the charts for four decades.

And Beautiful, indie-synth-pop sensation Owl City is returning to Australia

Really, the man needs no introducing.

this August for a handful of capital city shows.

Elton John is one of the greatest showman concert performers of

With their trademark catchy tunes and experimental beats, Owl City

all time, and is widely acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest

is the most well known work of multitalented singer, songwriter and

living pop icons. His career that began in the 1960s, when he was

instrumentalist, Adam Young.

a shy singer/songwriter, and he’s musically experimented with

Young and his band will kick off the Australian leg of their world tour at The

every genre from soul and disco to country, gospel and rock.

Tivoli in Brisbane before heading to Sydney and then Melbourne, where

Perhaps that’s why Sir Elton has such a broad fan base: from kids

they’ll hold two shows: the first is open to an 18+ audience, and the second

to grannies, his legion of loyal fans continue to be charmed by his

is exclusively for under 18 Owl City fans.

spectacular stage shows and rich, soulful voice.

Young, who hails from a tiny town of 15,000 folks in Minnesota, still

Now, Aussie fans can enjoy his incredible vocal talents up close

can’t quite believe that he’s hit the big time. “It is about an hour south of

and personal, but be warned, tickets don’t come cheap. A spot

Minneapolis, so it’s basically in Iowa. I actually still live there,” the 25-year-old

at his Hunter Valley performance will set you back $229 plus fees

tells Entertainment Weekly.

for the silver seats, or $329 plus fees for the gold seats. Dinner

Before launching his music career (he shot to fame with the hit single

and show packages start at $440 per person. Prices for his arena

“Fireflies”), Young admits he had never travelled outside of the US, “other

shows in other cities are on par.

than to Canada”. Now his music is bringing him half way across the world, so

According to all report, however, it’s money well spent. “Elton

he can showcase his musical talents to local Owl City fans when he touches

played and sang awesomely, with gale-force gusto,” raved The

down in Oz this August. The small-town boy has certainly come a long way

Telegraph UK.

since he first tinkered with his keyboard in his parents’ garage in 2007.

“Lord knows how many times he’s performed these songs, but

“I’ve certainly been exposed to a lot more of the world than I ever thought

somehow he still manages to sound as if he means every word of

I would see in the past year [on tour], the good and the bad,” he says.

them.”

“Someone threw underwear at me on stage once. I screamed like a girl!”

ELTON JOHN November 30 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre December 3 - Hunter Valley, Hope Estate Winery 6 - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena 9 - Adelaide, Coopers Amphitheatre 11 - Perth, Burswood Dome

www.eltonjohn.com

ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSEL

Out Now

OWL CITY August 15 - Brisbane, The Tivoli 16 - Sydney, The Metro 17, 18 - Melbourne, Billboard The Venue

www.owlcitymusic.com

OWL CITY ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL Out June 17

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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 ------------------------------------------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 ------------------------------------------BRIAN MCKNIGHT With special guest Dwele JUNE 23 - Perth, Astor 24, 28 - Melbourne, Trak Lounge 25, 29 - Sydney , The Metro 26 - Brisbane, The Arena www.bmcknight.com ------------------------------------------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 ------------------------------------------CHILDREN COLLIDE AUGUST 3 - Pelly Bar, Frankston 4 - Karova Lounge, Ballarat 5 - The Bended Elbow, Geelong 6, 7 - Republic Bar, Hobart 11 - The Governor, Hindmarsh 12 - Manning Bar, Sydney 13 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne 20 - Gove, Gove Youth Concert 25 - Studio 146, Albany 26 - Prince of Wales, Bunbury 27 - Capitol, Perth www.myspace.com/childrencollide ------------------------------------------KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON AUGUST 31 - Gladstone, Entertainment Centre

SEPTEMBER 1 - Capella, Capella Cultural Centre 2 - Mackay, Entertainment & Convention Centre 3 - Townsville, Civic Theatre 4 - Cairns, Civic Centre www.kasey.com.au ------------------------------------------JOHN EDWARDS OCTOBER 7 - Sydney, State Theatre 9 - Hobart, Derwent Entertainment Centre 11 - Brisbane, Sleeman Complex, Chander Threatre 12 - Adelaide, Her Majesty’s Theatre 14 - Melbourne, Her Majesty’s Theatre www.johnedward.net ------------------------------------------KINGS OF LEON NOVEMBER 4, 5 - Sydney, Acer Arena 8 - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre 11 - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre 13, 14, 16 - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena 19 - Perth, nib Stadium www.kingsofleon.com ------------------------------------------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

FORMAT: PS3, 360, PC

DUKE NUKEM HAIL TO FOREVER THE KING Duke Nukem Forever is already a legend. If you’ve been out of the loop in the 90s gaming

of the old summer blockbusters.

Much like the previous game, the action unfolds from

icon’s painfully long journey to release, then

the first-person perspective, however the game really

have a quick read through the boxout.

mixes up the action. There are large driving and shooting

Long story short, the whole gaming world

gallery segments and plenty of boss battles as well as light,

has been waiting for the release of this game

environmental based platforming puzzles to solve. The Duke’s

with near inextinguishable anticipation and the

iconic and bizarre arsenal of weapons return, too, and much

final product is just the dose of nostalgia we were

like the original multiplayer remains a massive slice of the fun.

looking for.

Fans of the original will be excited to know that

The return of Duke Nukem and his foul-mouthed, sexist and politically incorrect personality is sure to raise

Duke Nukem – the lead character and star of the

controversy from naive watchdogs. Take it for what it is

game – has not aged with the times. Rather than

though, a homage to an era when video gaming wasn’t so

go metro or politically correct, he rigidly remains

serious and welcomed a good laugh, and you’re sure to

a testament to a bi-gone era where men were

have a riot.

judged by the size of their biceps, women were nought but sexual objects and everything was excess, excess, excess.

The developer – Gearbox Software, of

Borderlands and Brothers in Arms fame – have been bravely faithful to the original 1998 vision.

All the jokes, cutscenes and physical humour are all delightfully off-colour, but genuinely funny... as long as you go with the flow.

The story itself will give you a good idea of what we’re talking about: it’s set over a decade after the events of Duke Nukem 3D, and our hero’s popularity for saving the world is at an all time high. He lives in his own Casino, a palace which is more-or-less a shrine to himself.

Things go sour, however, when his alien enemies return and start stealing all the women. babes, kick ass and chew bubble gum. It’s not about to win a writer’s guild award, but the story is filled with the classic one-liners and action heroics

DUKE NUKEM FOREVER

Out now

WORDS Chris Stead

Angered, Duke sets off on a mission to save the

To understand the hype behind Duke Nukem Forever, you need to know the back story. Originally a side-scrolling platform series in the early 90s, after Doom popularised the first-person shooter, a slew of new games arrived to help define the fledgling genre. One of the games to make the leap to the first-person perspective was Duke Nukem 3D. Starring a macho action star that poked fun at the ‘roid filled, All-American beefcakes of the 80s and delightfully politically incorrect, the game was an instant classic.

A sequel, Duke Nukem Forever, was shortly announced and planned for a 1998 release. Since then, though, it has become a running joke, going through multiple release dates and developers, cancellations and resurrections, and even lawsuits.

Thirteen years later, it finally arrives.

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INFAMOUS 2 MAKE YOU INFAMOUS? There is no shortage of superhero action in

Those enemies come in many shapes and

conflict, players are again given moral ambiguity

video gaming, with comic aficionados gifted

sizes. Following on from the original game, the

to decide how their actions will influence

a game starring one (or many) of their heroes

action starts off with Cole fighting The Beast in

the world around them, which provides an

seemingly every month. Sony’s Infamous series

Empire City where he barely walks away with

enjoyable subtext to your city-spanning

is a little different. It stars its own superhero,

his life. Realising he doesn’t quite have the skills

destruction. This new city also gives fans a

Cole MacGrath, a bike messenger who

yet to defeat his nemesis, he heads to another

massive new playground to explore and enjoy,

found himself caught in the epicentre of an

city, called New Marais (based on New Orleans)

and Cole’s desire to expand his skillset offers

experiment’s explosion, and somehow walked

where the experimental device that gave him

you a lot of powerful new moves to master.

out with the ability to control electricity. But

superpowers – the Ray Sphere – was created.

It also doesn’t hurt that Infamous 2 features

because he is a completely original character,

Here he hopes to learn new powers and get

the highest standard of visuals and audio, as

developer Sucker Punch (of Sly Racoon fame) is

a better understanding of his origins, but he

we’ve come to expect from Sony’s in-house

not restricted by any source material and can

also runs into a war between a shadowy group

developers.

push its character in any way it sees fit.

called the Militia and a race of mutated humans

The result is one of gaming’s true guilty pleasures. The action plays out in an open-world (think Grand Theft Auto), but Cole is as athletic as Ezio from the Assassin’s

who have been corrupted by the Ray Sphere.

With these two groups engaging in their own

This is a bigger, better and more enjoyable sequel that existing fans will love, and that newcomers will find easy to slip into. A guilty pleasure indeed!

Creed game, able to shimmy up and over everything in the world and glide along power lines, all while wielding an impressive range of superpowers. This results in a screen-bursting frenzy of activity, as ordinary citizens going about their daily lives get caught in the middle of Cole’s battle against his

INFAMOUS 2

enemies.

Out now

Sony has been leading the way with UserGenerated Content over recent years, with titles such as LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers pioneering endless game experiences, where the main game is extended on by the creativity of the players. Infamous 2 also provides this feature.

Gamers can create their own missions set in any area of the city using a simple to access, but deep to master editing tool. These then appear, marked as user-content, in the game world of other players who are connected online. They can be played and rated, which should bring the cream to the top and ensure that there will always be something new to do in this game.

WORDS Chris Stead

THE RISE OF UGC

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[DVD] CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE (OUT NOW)

TRUE GRIT (JUNE 9) John Wayne is replaced by Jeff Bridges in the Coen brothers’ version of the classic western.

Mattie Ross (introducing Hailee Steinfeld in a performance well beyond her years) is a 14-yearold girl obsessed with wielding revenge upon the man who killed her father. Mattie turns to cantankerous old gun-forhire Reuben ‘Rooster’ Cogburn (Bridges) and Texas ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) to help her achieve her violent goal.

However, the outlaw Mattie hunts comes with a large bounty, which her so-called partners conspire to steal from under her nose. With the deed

done, the crooks flee into Cocktaw county -- refuge to bandits and bad guys where the law has no eyes.

Undeterred, Mattie follows them into the toughest town in the old west.

THE NEXT THREE DAYS (OUT NOW)

NO STRINGS ATTACHED (JUNE 9)

Husband and wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) and John Brennan (Russell Crowe) live a quiet suburban life with their son, Luke (Ty Simpkins).

However, their peaceful life comes crashing down when Lara is convicted of murdering her boss based on overwhelming evidence.

After butting heads with an immovable justice system, John conspires to break her out of prison with help from ex-con escapee Damon Pennington (Liam Neeson).

But to pull it off, John must become a different man.

Natalie Portman charms in one of her rare lighter roles in this sunny romcom. Emma (Portman) is a workaholic doctor, while Adam (Aston Kutcher) is the carefree assistant director of a kids’ TV show. The pair are childhood friends and, without much time for romantic entanglements, Emma invites Adam over for occasional adult sleepovers free of emotional complications. Of course, the lovers soon realise that the heart wants what the heart wants as their relationship inevitably deepens.

It took director Brain Miller just 14 days to film this fast-paced cop drama, and the energy of the shoot translates well to the screen.

When an officer of the Grand Rapids Police Department is shot during a drug bust gone wrong, his colleagues (Adam Rodriguez and Chris Kline) are thirsty for revenge.

However, as the investigation continues and the body count mounts, it becomes clear that a crooked cop and a police informant (Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson) are involved in a complicated conspiracy.

127 HOURS (JUNE 15) You won’t soon forget the remarkable true story of Aron Ralson. Played here by James Franco, 20-something adventure junkie Ralson sets out for a solo hiking trip in the canyons of Utah.

When he slips and falls into a canyon, his arm is trapped underneath a dislodged boulder. What follows is a harrowing 127 hours that only ends when Ralson saws through his own forearm to free himself. Franco is excellent, as is director Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting fame.

SANCTUM (OUT NOW) Millionaire Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd) has put up the bucks for the ultimate cave diving experience in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and hired dive veteran Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) to lead the expedition.

However, Frank is still dealing with the recent drowning death of one of his assistants, in-between screaming matches with his son (Rhys Wakefield). But when flash floods trap the team inside the underground caves, Frank must overcome his emotional demons – quick smart.

HOW DO YOU KNOW (JUNE 8) This all-star rom-com brings new energy to a classic love triangle entanglement.

Rudd plays George who has recently become the focus of a criminal investigation surrounding his role at his fast-talking father’s (Jack Nicholson) troubled business. When George’s unsympathetic girlfriend kicks him to the curb, he becomes infatuated with past-her-prime pro softballer, Lisa (Reese Witherspoon), who in turn has the hots for a hard-partying sports star (Owen Wilson). Got it? Good.

THE GREEN HORNET (OUT NOW) Seth Rogen plays the latest millionaire playboy turned caped crusader in this action comedy. Britt Reid (Rogan) is the bored heir to a media empire who partners with martial arts expert Kato (Jay Chou) and his sexy secretary (Cameron Diaz) to fight crime, old-school style. However, what starts off as a goodnatured prank comes with serious consequences when they find themselves at odds with the city’s dangerous underworld boss, Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).

RABBIT HOLE (JUNE 16) Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart put in careerbest performances in this powerful drama. The lives of suburban couple Becca (Kidman) and Howie (Eckhart) are thrown into turmoil after their son is killed in a car accident. The grieving Becca becomes fixated on the teenage driver of the car, comicbook artist Jason (Miles Teller), that killed her son. Meanwhile, Howie is seething with suppressed rage and looks to outsiders to provide the solace that his wife can’t.

BLACK SWAN WORDS Shane Conroy

Natalie Portman is at her stunning best as fragile ballerina, Nina. After years of playing second fiddle, Nina is finally promoted to the top position in her prestigious New York dance troupe.

Her first starring role comes in a new version of Swan Lake, but the director has doubts about her ability to play both the light and shade of her complicated role. As Nina explores the dark side of her character that is embodied in her seductive and ambitious understudy, she falls victim to paranoid hallucinations that worsen as opening night draws ever closer and her sanity threatens to slip permanently. (OUT NOW)

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PITBULL: PLANET PIT (JUNE 17)

The Cuban-American rapper of the moment has drawn influences from around the world to create his stellar sixth album.

The finished product is a rich mix of styles that features a who’s-who list of the R&B world. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer join Pitbull on lead single, “Give

Me Everything”, and Mark Anthony lends his hand to “Rain Over Me”. Not to be out done, Chris Brown collaborates on the supercatchy “International Love” and Kelly Rowland brings her considerable talents to “Castle Made of Sand”. And Pitbull called in just as much talent behind the scenes.

The track “Come & Go” is the first time legendary producers Dr Luke, Benny Blanco and Max Martin have worked together. Long story short, you need to own this album.

FOO FIGHTERS: BACK & FORTH DVD (JUNE 10)

OWL CITY: ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

This insightful rock doc takes an inside look at the rise and rise of the Foo Fighters. From Dave Grohl’s journey from Nirvana drummer and the heights of his 90s fame, to his fall to the bottom of the rock’n’roll ranks and his return to the top as lead singer of the hottest band of the last decade, the film presents Grohl as an at times tough taskmaster who drives the band forward with his pursuit of perfection. With plenty of intimate behind-the-scenes footage on offer, this is a must.

(JUNE 17) After penning the band’s first two albums in his parents’ basement, Adam Young composed their third studio album in his flash new digs.

Success, however, has not dampened Owl City’s ability to produce a hit.

Lead single “Alligator Sky” featuring Californian rapper Shawn Chrystohper debuted at the top of iTunes electronic charts.

Young and company also show their range in the piano led “Lonely Lullaby” that concerns Young’s difficult break-up with his former flame.

LIAM FINN: FOMO

(JUNE 10) Liam Finn indeed lived up to his family name with his acclaimed debut album, I’ll Be Lightning, however many young musicians struggle to repeat the effort in their sophomore release. Not so for Finn.

Performed entirely by Finn and recorded in his native New Zealand, his second album proves that sequels can indeed outshine the original. And fresh from his first US tour backed by a full band, expect to see this album make an appearance in the international charts.

CULTS: CULTS (JUNE 10)

Last year young indie outfit, Cults, rose to international fame with their celebrated debut single, “Go Outside”.

Now they have finally released their debut album, and it’s every bit as good as the hit single promised.

The New York two-piece is made up of 21-year-old couple Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion who serve up a fun, 60s pop sound inspired by their enjoyment of Motown-era soul, and tinged with their background in early punk and psychedelic surf rock.

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (OUT NOW)

THE GRATES: SECRET RITUALS (JUNE 17)

Director/producer team Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg have created a top-shelf action movie franchise in the Transformers trilogy, and the soundtrack to the new third film follows suit. Bay specifically requested Linkin Park to remix their hit track, “Iridescent”, for the film and the new version serves as the movie’s killer theme. The song originally appeared on the band’s 2010 album, A Thousand Suns, and is the glittering gem on the Transformers track list.

The Grates recent trip to Brooklyn has left them down one drummer but up one album. Alana Skyring left the band to study the culinary arts in Manhattan, but the now two-piece from Brisbane forge ahead with a follow-up to 2008’s Teeth Lost, Hearts Won, finding new inspiration in the creative scene of New York City. Lead single “Turn Me On” is an energetic indie rock tune and an appropriate appetiser for an excellent third album that will cement the band as an Aussie gem.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD: PLAY ON (JUNE 10)

RUSSELL WATSON: LA VOCE

American Idol alumni Carrie Underwood goes from strength to strength with her third album. It’s unashamedly a crowd pleaser packed full of Underwood’s soaring pop vocals and made-for-radio hooks – but that’s not a bad thing. Lead single “Cowboy Casanova” warns against the charm of sleazy suitors in a fun girl-power anthem, while “Change” provides an upbeat note of hope in an increasingly complex world.

This is a good-time record from a hot young talent.

(JUNE 10) The road to his ninth studio album has been rocky for acclaimed tenor Russell Watson. This is his first recording since recovering from a life-threatening tumour, and it’s a welcome return indeed. His voice is stronger and richer than ever, perhaps best heard in the captivating “Parla Piu” (better know as the love theme from The Godfather).

Most surprising, however, is Watson’s uncanny ability to adapt his voice to suit the different styles presented on this record.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: CODES & KEYS WORDS Shane Conroy

This American indie rock group is perhaps the most consistent band of the modern generation, and 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 guitar-heavy than the band’s die-hard fans might be used to, but nonetheless a fitting tribute to a band at the top of their game. Lead single “You Are a Tourist” is a potential chart topper. (OUT NOW)

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LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY: EXTENDED EDITION BOX SET (JUNE 29) It takes an incredible 15 high-definition Blu-Ray discs to tell the Lord of the Rings story exactly as director Peter Jackson intended it.

There is almost two hours of additional material rescued from the cutting room floor added to the three films, bringing the total running time to an imposing 11 hours. In Jackson’s extended version, we are given an explanation of the FaramirDenthor relationship, witness the appearance of the Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor and receive more

bridging information between the three films which adds new depth and cohesion to the overall story. As such, this is not merely the theatrical release repackaged as a special edition, but a genuinely richer film experience than you saw in theatres.

GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS (JUNE 15) Following the style of Batman: Gotham Knight, this anthology film tells a series of interlinked stories featuring the fearless members of the Green Lantern Corps. Centred around new recruit Arisia Rrab (voiced by Elisabeth Moss), she is given a hasty education by mentor Hal Jordon (voiced by Nathan Fillion) as the Green Lantern Corps prepare for battle when fallen Lantern Krona plots to destroy their home base.

SEASON OF THE WITCH (JUNE 24) Nicolas Cage and Ron Pearlman star as medieval knights who return home from the Crusades to find their homeland ravaged by the Plague. When a young girl (Claire Foy) is accused of using witchcraft to bring about the destruction, the two knights are charged with transporting her to a monastery so her curse may be lifted. However, when the girl escapes with the knights in pursuit, she leads them into a string of supernatural events with deadly consequences.

UNSTOPPABLE (JUNE 8) The Triple 7 supertrain has a dangerous cargo of unstable chemicals on board, so you can imagine the distress that’s caused when a mechanical malfunction sends the train into runaway mode. Enter our heroes – a veteran engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine), who are charged with the task of taming the beast before catastrophe strikes. Rosario Dawson is excellent as Connie, the woman left to talk the two men through the complicated rescue procedure.

SANCTUM 3D (OUT NOW) This visually stunning movie is the closest you ever want to come to being trapped inside an underwater cave.

That’s just what happens to US millionaire Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd) and dive leader Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) when their expedition into the underwater caves of remote Papua New Guinea takes a deadly turn as flash floods hit the region.

What follows is a gripping underwater drama that pushes both men to the extremes and tests their will to survive.

HEREAFTER (JUNE 29) Veteran director Clint Eastwood teams with leading man Matt Damon for this supernatural drama. In the first of three intertwining stories we meet a famous French journalist (Cecile de France) who survives a natural disaster. In the second chapter, George (Damon) is a blue-collar worker with the ability to speak to the dead. In the final segment, London brothers Marcus and Jason (George and Frankie McLaren) are coping with their drug-addicted mum before tragedy strikes.

ALL-STAR SUPERMAN (JUNE 15) Keep an ear out for the voice of Aussie acting royalty Anthony LaPaglia in this animated adventure based on the award-winning graphic novel series. Lex Luthor (LaPaglia) has finally gained the upper hand over Superman (James Denton) after exposing the man of steel to radiation. With a few days left to live, Superman turns his attention to Lois Lane (Christina Hendricks) and endows her with temporary super powers as he seeks to define his legacy and beat up a few last bad guys.

YOGI BEAR 3D (JUNE 15) Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris give new life this retro 1960s TV series. Everybody’s favourite bear, Yogi (Ackroyd) and his side-kick Boo Boo (Timberlake), take a break from stealing picnic baskets from campers to team up with Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) to save Jellystone National Park from the clutches of greedy developers. Anna Faris from Scary Movie and TJ Miller from She’s Out of My League offer some great comic support to match the fastpaced 3D action.

GNOMEO AND JULIET (JUNE 29) We bet William Shakespeare never imagined his tale of star-crossed lovers quite like this. The plot of Romeo & Juliet has been transplanted into a garden world of gnomes where feuding neighbours Mr Capulet (voiced by Richard Wilson) and Miss Montague (voiced by Julie Walters) have extended their fight to their plaster garden gnomes. What they don’t know, however, is that two of their opposing gnomes, Juliet (voiced by Emily Blunt) and Gnomeo (voiced by James McAvoy) have fallen in love.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WORDS Shane Conroy

Tim Burton was just a sparkle in his father’s eye when the original Alice in Wonderland lit up the silver screen.

This 60th anniversary edition revisits Alice’s fantastical journey beyond the looking glass in glorious Blu-Ray high definition. The jam-packed special features menu includes goodies such as a companion’s guide that reveals the hidden references to Lewis Carroll’s novel; newly discovered reference footage and pencil test; and a never-before-seen 1959 introduction to colour TV by none other than Walt Disney himself. There is no doubt this title will quickly become the star of your Disney collection. (JUNE 8)

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KUNG FU PANDA 2 DS, PS3. WII, 360 Retaining the infinitely likeable charm of its cinematic big brother, the first Kung Fu Panda game was a surprisingly engaging platformer.

However, for the sequel, the direction has changed to a minigame compilation experience similar to the recently released Rio. While this is disappointing, the minigames do make smart use of the new technology such as Kinect.

GREEN LANTERN: RISE OF THE MANHUNTERS WII, PS3, 360, DS, 3DS our hero – voiced by Ryan The superhero craze shows Reynolds – heads into outer no signs of slowing down, space and to three exotic with seemingly every planets to help defeat month characterised by a the Manhunters, an army blockbuster film with a cast of evil androids seeking in capes or tights (or both), revenge on the Guardians and a tie-in video game. of the Universe. The action Usually said games are unfold in classic 3D brawler shallow cash-ins, but with a fashion – think God of War completely unique storyline – with a host of attacking and a lot of attention combos punctuated by 12 to detail, Rise of the Power Ring attacks that are Manhunters stands out. As particularly cathartic.

Earth’s first Green Lantern, CARS 2 DS, PS3. WII, 360 Cars 2 is the perfect film for a video game tie-in, since the act of racing takes over from the need for story. The game takes place inside a spy training facility, and gamers compete in the challenges found within. This mixes up the gameplay from circuit racing to arena battles.

Jumps, tricks, turbo plus the whole cast of cheeky characters – the kids will love it!

HUNTED: THE DEMON’S FORGE PS3, 360, PC This curious Action/ RPG has two warriors, E’lara (skilled with a bow and small weapons) and Caddoc (a master of larger, melee weapons) as they explore a dark fantasy world seeking an important artefact. Despite the great visuals, it’s the fact that the game has been designed for co-op, that sets this apart with two friends (online or splitscreen) able to enjoy it together.

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SHADOWS OF THE DAMNED PS3, 360, PC This game represents the merging of two legendary developers: Suda51 (wacky genius behind No More Heroes) and Mikami (creator of the Resident Evil series). In this game they tell the gory, twisted tale of demon hunter who heads into hell to save his true love. It plays like a faster Resident Evil, and its grotesque world is sure to stick in the memory.

CALL OF JUAREZ: THE CARTEL PS3, 360, PC As one of only a handful of Westerns in video gaming, Call of Juarez has earned a loyal following over its first two games. This third outing allows three players to team-up in co-op as law enforcement agents hunting down a drug cartel. Despite the retaining the Western vibe, however, this game is set in the modern day, in the desert between LA and Mexico.

RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON PS3, 360, PC The fourth game in the decade old Red Faction series retains much of what its fans have loved: super destructible environments, frantic FPS action (single player and multiplayer) and a cool Sci-Fi story that follows a revolution in the mines of Mars. This time gamers face a threat from a grotesque alien force that has emerged from the depths of the planet.

ALICE MADNESS RETURNS PS3, 360, PC, MAC This belated sequel to 2000 cult classic American McGee’s Alice takes Lewis Carroll’s revered novel into even stranger territory than Tim Burton.

An action platformer with a very dark tone, the land of Wonderland becomes twisted and mauled by Alice’s imagination as she battles to save her sanity.

Odd, but addictively unique.

DUNGEON SIEGE III PS3, 360, PC Reminiscent of the classic Action-RPG Diablo, Dungeon Siege III has you viewing the beautiful world from the isometric perspective as you hack your way through enemies and loot the treasures within. A seamless blend of athletic combat and magic – think Fable – drives the fun, as you attempt to reclaim a kingdom that was once yours.

CHILD OF EDEN 360, PS3 A mesmerising on-rails shooter that looks to unite music creation and gameplay into a dazzling assault on the senses. The game is set inside an A.I known as Eden, which is being attacked by viruses and as you fly through the code and wiring you need to shoot them. You can play with Kinect too, which allows you to move your hands at objects to destroy them.

WORDS Chris Stead

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[GADGETS] CANON EOS 1100D ENTRY LEVEL SLR Canon have really cornered the camera market when it comes to great quality at an affordable price and the 1100D does just that, but also goes a step further by providing a great interface for SLR beginners. The intuitive button layout and comprehensive range of shot modes makes it great for point and clickers, but provides scope for those with more than a passing interest in cameras to expand their skillset. Thankfully, this “hedging

electricity plant, able to power-up p p yyour devices when isolated from the mainline.

Currently, it’s best picked up on import while it awaits a major local distribution deal.

YAMAHA MCR-040 RETRO COOL If you’re looking for an all-in-one audio solution for a relatively small area (like the kitchen, or the office) then this delightfully retro system from Yamaha is a real winner. The fun starts with the colour choice, with red, white, pink, orange, light grey, brown, dark blue, dark

green, dark grey and light blue on offer. Its two 15W satellite speakers do take up a bit of space, but they look sweet set alongside the rest of the system.

Adding to the old-school vibe is the inclusion of a CD player, which, with the inbuilt iPod dock,

HTC MEDIA LINK EASY STREAM This handy little device, not much bigger than a pack of cards, fulfils one simple but very useful purpose. It sets up a DLNA network between itself and a nearby DLNA-enabled electronic device – such as your smartphone – and begins streaming media from that device to your TV or monitor via HDMI. This includes your music, videos and pictures as it is compatible with most of the major file formats.

Because it doesn’t have a wide range of other uses

(like most devices of this nature) it provides an uncomplicated, hassle free set-up that doesn’t require a IT degree to figure out. That simplicity costs flexibility in that you can’t just plug in any old external harddrive, but if you’ve got a DLNA device, that won’t be a problem anyway.

BOWERS & WILKINS ZEPPELIN AIR STYLISH SOUND There are hundreds of ways to give your precious library of MP3s more power than your iPhone’s measly speakers can allow, but few are as stylish as the Zeppelin Air. It’s unusual shape makes it a feature piece in your lounge room,

elegantly curved like it’s titular airship would suggest. The device has a dock for your iPod or iPhone, but it is also strong enough to hold an iPad. In addition there is a USB port, an Ethernet port and a wireless mode, so it has far more flexibility than a

DAB+ and FM radio, and USB port gives this system a unique flexibility. Perhaps its weakest point is its poorly conceived remote, which unfortunately houses some controls not on the unit itself, but you can’t help but be impressed by the quality of the sound from this charming device.

simple iDock. Better yet, it is Apple Airplay ready, which means that you can stream your music direct from the couch if you’d prefer to have your phone on you. Thankfully, the sound it produces is as impressive as its design, with the Zeppelin Air easily amongst the best performing iDocks out there.

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WORDS Chris Stead

WORDS Chris Stead

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its bets” philosophy doesn’t wound the camera’s performance.

The 12.2 megapixel device stacks up against its competitors thanks to Canon’s renowned colours, excellent automatic white balancing and relatively fast shutter speeds.

However, the 720p video feature is less impressive, making it a nice bonus rather than a defining feature. If that doesn’t bother you, a range of lens attachments and three colours – Red, Black and Silver – seal the deal.

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Store Name

Address 1

Address 2

Port Macquarie

Shop 9. Settlement City

Cnr Bay & Park Streets

Raymond

Shop 36, Raymond Terrace

Port Stephens Street

Terrace

Marketplace

Roselands

Shop L10-11, Roselands

Suburb

State

P/c

Phone

Port Macquarie NSW 2444 02 6584 3133 Raymond

NSW 2324 02 4987 7931

Terrace Roselands Drive

Roselands

NSW 2196 02 9740 4699

Windsor Road

Rouse Hill

NSW 2155 02 9629 6066

Lake Entrance Road

Shellharbour

NSW 2529 02 4297 0799

Shop 10, Tamworth

Cnr Bridge & Denne

Tamworth

NSW 2340 02 6765 7486

Shoppingworld

Streets

Shop T7, Tamworth City

Cnr Peel & White Streets

Tamworth

NSW 2340 02 6761 3690

Shopping Centre Store Name

Address 1

Address 2

Suburb

Belconnen

Shop 217, Westfield

Benjamin Way

Belconnen

ACT 2617 02 6251 0076

Canberra DFO

Shop T130, DFO Canberra

Cnr Canberra Avenue

Fyshwick

ACT 2601 02 6280 5724

Queanbeyan

Shop 4, Riverside Shopping

131 Monaro Street

Queanbeyan

ACT 2620 02 6297 4620

State

P/c

Phone

Rouse Hill

Centre Shellharbour

Belconnen

Shop 146/148, Tuggeranong

Anketell Street

Tuggeranong

ACT 2900 02 6293 1999

Shop 222, Shell Harbour Square Shopping Centre

Tamworth

Centre Tuggeranong

Shop Gr031, Rouse Hill Town

Tamworth Cbd

Plaza

Hyperdrome Albury

Shop 30, West End Plaza

487 Kiewa Street

Albury

NSW 2640 02 6021 2401

Taree

Shop 6, Taree Marketplace

Manning Street

Taree

NSW 2430 02 6551 4009

Armidale

Shop 21, Centro Armidale

Cnr Beardie & Jessie

Armidale

NSW 2230 02 6771 5812

Toormina

Shop N33, Toormina Gardens

Toormina Road

Toormina

NSW 2452 02 6658 9008

Gardens

Shopping Centre

Tuggerah

Shop 1085, Westfield

50 Wyong Road

Tuggerah

NSW 2259 02 4355 4108

Shop 265b, Tweed City

54 Pacific Highway

Tweed Heads

NSW 2486 07 5523 3305

Shopping Centre,

(PO Box 6328)

South

Shop T12a, Wagga Wagga

Baylis Street

Streets Ballina

Shop 67

Cnr Kerr & Fox Streets

Ballina

NSW 2478 02 6686 2789

Bankstown

Shop E11, Bankstown

North Terrace

Bankstown

NSW 2200 02 9796 2491

Bathurst

Shop 32/33 Bathurst City

81-83 Bentnick Street

Bathurst

NSW 2795 02 6334 2419

Blacktown

Shop 1056

Westpoint Blacktown,

Blacktown

NSW 2148 02 9622 0350

Bowral

Shops 2-3, Oxley Mall

33 Bendooley Street

Bowral

NSW 2576 02 4861 5487

Burwood

Shop 130a, Westfield

100 Burwood Road

Burwood

NSW 2134 02 9747 2473

Tuggerah Tweed City

Square

Wagga Wagga

Centre

Australia Fair

Patrick Street

Beenleigh

Shop 26, Castle Towers

Shop G8003, Charlestown

Castle Street

Castle Hill

NSW 2154 02 9899 6340

Brown Plains

Pearson Street

Charlestown

NSW 2290 02 4290 6041

Bundaberg

Coffs Harbour

Shop 80, Park Beach Plaza

253 Pacific Highway

Dubbo

Shop 9, Dubbo City Centre

117 Macquarie Street

Dubbo

NSW 2830 02 6881 8101

Erina

Shop T20, Erina Fair

Coffs Harbour NSW 2450 02 6651 8431

Terrigal Drive

Erina

NSW 2250 02 4367 0782

Burleigh Heads

Beenleigh

QLD 4207 07 3382 0829

Shop 17, Grand Central

Cnr Mt Lindsay Hwy &

Brown Plains

QLD 4118 07 3802 8012

Shopping Centre

Brown Plains Road

Shop 409, Sugarland

Takalvan Street

Bundaberg

QLD 4670 07 4153 2788

Shop 76, Stockland Burleigh

149 West Burleigh Road Burleigh Heads QLD 4220 07 5535 8143

Cairns Central

Shop 96, Cairns Central

Cnr Spence & Mcleod

Shopping Centre

Streets

Cairns

QLD 4870 07 4031 8515

Forster

NSW 2428 02 6554 7343

Cairns DFO

Shop 219/220, DFO Cairns

274 Mulgrave Road

Cairns

QLD 4870 07 4041 0921

NSW 2580 02 4822 9640

Capalaba

Shop 67, Capalaba Shopping

Cnr Mount Cotton &

Capalaba

QLD 4157 07 3245 1933

Grafton

NSW 2460 02 6643 4108

Centre

Redland Bay Rds

Capalaba

Shop 23, Capalaba Central

Moreton Bay Road

Capalaba

QLD 4157 07 3823 4212

1 Molly Morgan Drive

East Maitland

NSW 2323 02 4933 5943

Central

Shopping Centre

Castletown

Shop 61 Castletown

Cnr Kings Rd &

Townsville

QLD 4812 07 4721 6236

Griffith

NSW 2680 02 6964 3561

Shopping Centre

Woolcock St

Shop 56, Clifford Gardens

Cnr James St & Anzac

Toowoomba

QLD 4350 07 4634 0331

Kotara

NSW 2289 02 4957 1275

Shopping Centre

Ave

Shop 18, Dalby

17-67 Cunningham St

Dalby

QLD 4405 07 4662 3257

Lake Haven

NSW 2263 02 4392 0225

Mulgrave Road

Earlville

QLD 4870 07 4033 6257

Shop T18, Centro Shopping

Cnr Excelsior Rd &

Gympie

QLD 4570 07 5482 3294

Centre

Bruce Hwy

Shop 1073, Westfield

1-29 Millaroo Drive

Helensvale

QLD 4212 07 5556 0086

Boat Harbour Drive

Hervey Bay

QLD 4655 07 4124 8561

Maryborough St

Bundaberg

QLD 4670 07 4153 1480

318 Moggill Road

Indooroopilly

QLD 4068 07 3878 3294

Shop 48,

Cnr Dawson Highway &

Gladstone

QLD 4680 07 4978 5336

Kin Kora Shopping

Phillip Street

Loganholme

QLD 4129 07 3801 2947

Stockland Mall Shop 107 270 Auburn Street

Grafton

Shop T43, Grafton Shopping Centre

Streets

Greenhills

Shop 64, Greenhills

Breese Parade Cnr Duke & Fitzroy

Shopping Centre Griffith

Shop 9

Griffith Central, 10-12

Kotara

Shop 1055A

Cnr Park Ave &

Yambil Street

Clifford Gardens

Westfield Kotara

Northcott Dr

Lake Haven

Shop 84

Lake Haven Shopping

Lake Macquarie

Shop T50, Centro Lake

Wilsons Road

Mt Hutton

NSW 2290 02 4947 1611

Lismore

Shop 34, Lismore Shopping

Mckenzie Street

Lismore

NSW 2480 02 6621 8573

Lithgow

Shop 21-22 Lithgow Valley

Cnr Lithgow & Bents

Lithgow

NSW 2790 02 6352 3950

Shopping Centre

Streets

Macarthur

Shop U49, Macarthur Square

Gilchrist Drive

Maitland

Shop 2, Hunter Mall

405 High Street

Maitland

NSW 2320 02 4934 4431

Marrickville

Marrickville Metro Shopping

34 Victoria Rd

Marrickville

NSW 2204 02 9519 0910

Dalby

Centre

Shoppingworld Earlville

Macquarie Fair

Helensvale

Helensvale Hervey Bay

Campbelltown NSW 2560 02 4628 5883

Square

Shop 115, Stockland Shopping Centre

Gympie

Centre

Shop 46, Bay Central Shopping Centre

Hinkler Central

Shop 28, Hinkler Shopping Centre

Indooroopilly

Centre

Shop 3001, Westfield Shoppingtown

Cnr Market & Monaro

Merimbula

NSW 2548 02 6495 1741

Kin Kora

Streets Newcastle

Shop 101, Market Square

Hunter Street Mall

Newcastle

NSW 2300 02 4927 0933

Nowra

Shop 55

32-60 East Street

Nowra

Nsw 2541 02 4421 0681

Cnr Wheelers Lane &

Dubbo

NSW 2830 02 6881 6130

Centre Loganholme

Stockland Nowra Shop 21a, Orana Mall Dubbo

George Street

Shop 34, Beenleigh

Goulburn

Forster Goulburn

Orana Mall

QLD 4215 07 5503 0355

Heads

Shopping Centre

Shop 4, Merimbula Square

Southport

Shopping Centre

Square,

Merimbula

42 Marine Parade

Marketplace

Shopping Centre Charlestown

Shop 1034, Australia Fair Shopping Centre

Shoppingtown Castle Hill

Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 02 6931 7882

Marketplace

Dubbo

Maroochydore

Mitchell Hwy

Orange

Shop 21, Orange City Centre

Summer Street

Port Central

Shops F3 & F4, Port Central

40 Horton Street

Orange

NSW 2800 02 6361 0619

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

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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2. What is US rapper Pitbull’s ethnic heritage? a) Puerto Rican b) Brazilian c) Cuban

In Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage plays which type of medieval character?

3. In Season of the Witch, Nicolas Cage plays which type of medieval character? a) Knight b) King c) Wizard 4. Natalie Portman stars in Black Swan. In which US city is it set? a) Boston b) New York c) Chicago 5. “You Are a Tourist” is a recent single by which band? a) Death Cab For Cutie b) 30 Seconds to Mars c) The Grates

In The Next Three Days, Elizabeth Banks’ character is charged with which crime?

7. Which rapper plays a police informant in Caught in the Crossfire? a) 50 Cent b) T-Pain c) Chris Brown

11. Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl was a drummer in which 90s grunge group? a) Pearl Jam b) Smashing Pumpkins c) Nirvana 12. Who directed Hereafter starring Matt Damon? a) James L. Brooks b) Clint Eastwood c) Sam Mendes 13. Kato is the sidekick of which action hero? a) The Green Lantern b) The Green Hornet c) Aquaman 14. “Go Outside” is the new single by which New York band? a) Cults b) The Strokes c) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 15. In The Next Three Days, Elizabeth Banks’ character is charged with which crime? a) Murder b) Drink driving c) Embezzlement

8. Which band plays the theme song of Transformers: Dark of the Moon? a) Korn b) Kings of Leon c) Linkin Park

16. Play On is a new album by which American Idol alumni? a) Kelly Clarkson b) Carrie Underwood c) Clay Aiken

9. Denzel Washington stars in Unstoppable. In the film, what is unstoppable? a) A hijacked plane b) A runaway train c) An asteroid headed for earth

17. James Franco stars in 127 Hours. What is the name of his character? a) Franklin Lobos b) Stuart Diver c) Aron Ralson

18. Acclaimed tenor Russell Watson recently recovered from what type of illness? a) Heart attack b) Tumour c) Stroke 19. In rom-com No Strings Attached, what does Natalie Portman’s character do for a living? a) Lawyer b) Doctor c) Journalist 20. Singer/songwriter Liam Finn is the son of a member of which classic band? a) Midnight Oil b) Crowded House c) INXS 21. Paul Rudd stars in How Do You Know. Which Hollywood legend plays his father? a) Jack Nicholson b) Al Pacino c) Dustin Hoffman 22. What is the subject of “Lonely Lullaby” by Owl City? a) A bad break-up b) A death in the family c) Homesickness 23. Nicole Kidman stars in Rabbit Hole. Who is the leading man? a) Matt Damon b) Sean Penn c) Aaron Eckhart 24. The Grates currently have how many band members? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 25. The Hangover Part II is set in which infamous party town? a) Las Vegas b) Rio de Janeiro c) Bangkok

WORDS Shane Conroy

Denzel Washington stars in Unstoppable. In the film, what is unstoppable?

6. Which pop star voices Boo Boo in the latest Yogi Bear movie? a) Lil Bow Wow b) Justin Timberlake c) Justin Bieber

10. In Sanctum, a group of divers get trapped in underground caves.

What causes their predicament? a) A flash flood b) An earthquake c) Malfunctioning equipment

[ANSWERS] 1. B; 2. C; 3. A; 4. B; 5. A; 6.

B; 7. A; 8. C; 9. B; 10. A; 11. C; 12. B; 13.

B; 14. A; 15. A; 16. B; 17. C; 18. B; 19. B; 20. B; 21. A; 22. A; 23. C; 24. A; 25. C.

1. Jeff Bridges stars in the Coen brother’s True Grit. Who starred in the original? a) Kevin Costner b) John Wayne c) Clint Eastwood

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