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Zoolander
Wednesday 10.15pm • GO If you like films about people who are “really really good looking” then you’ll be all over this Ben Stiller comedy gem. Derek Zoolander (Stiller) is well and truly at the top of the modelling tree but when up-and-comer Hansel (Owen Wilson) hones in on his racket, Zoolander’s world is thrown asunder as evil fashion guru Mugatu (Will Ferrell) hires him.
Belle and Sebastian Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance Out Now
Iconic British twee indie popsters Belle and Sebastian are back with their first effort since 2010’s brilliant Write Against Love, and this time around the results on Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance are decidedly more dancey. The whole “sensitive, misunderstood soul finding its place in an unforgiving world” thing is still here, in spades. But it’s tempered with a palpable dance party vibe that, while it might sound out of place in the world of Belle and Sebastian, it actually works well, making for possibly their most expansive release yet. Producer Ben H. Allen III, who has worked with the likes of Gnarles Barkley and Animal Collective, brings an extremely lush sheen to proceedings. Standouts songs on this new album include Enter Sylvia Plath and Play for Today.
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Many people were great fans of the Edward Woodward TV show and the last pairing between director Antoine Fuqua and star Denzel Washington was the Oscar-winning Training Day. Sadly this remake is a letdown. Washington stars as a former black ops guy who fakes death so he can work at a hardware shop. All is fine until young street walker (Chloe Grace Moretz) turns up and Washington’s character is waist deep in Russian gangsters.
Melancholic hipsters rejoice. Your king, Connor Oberst, is heading to Sydney for a special show with the brilliant Felice Brothers. First coming to public attention in the late 1990s with a handful of critically acclaimed albums, all before he graduated from high school, Oberst really took the world by the scruff of the neck as frontman for Bright Eyes. Aside from his Bright Eyes output, the prolific songwriter has released three solo records as well as having other projects such as the Mystic Valley Band, the indie-supergroup Monsters of Folk and Desaparecidos. His latest release, Upside Down Mountain, has been hailed by critics as his finest work to date, with Rolling Stone calling it “the most immediately charming record he has ever made”.
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• DISPARO!, DOG ACT, FOREIGN BEIINGS • FROM 9PM IN THE FRONT BAR Thursday February 12
Melbourne three-piece with a heady pedigree While Melbourne three-piece Twin Ages definitely have two feet planted in blues territory, don’t go thinking these guys are pure revisionists. The sound these guys produce is quite unlike anything doing the rounds these days, with a heady gumbo of traditional blues mixed with a heck of a lot of rock and roll and some heaver-than-hell undertones that recall the likes of Aussie stalwarts Buffalo. Featuring two sons of members of the legendary 1980s Melbourne blues outfit
The Sensational Rocket 88s, Twin Ages’ pedigree is undeniable. This, coupled with the blues and roots influence they grew up with in grubby inner-city venues as kids, is tangible on their latest album, Sabretooth, with heavy backbeat rhythms and vicious guitar riffs effortlessly riding alongside the more laidback grooves Catch Twin Ages at the Hamilton Station Hotel on Saturday, February 14, alongside Speedball, Second Nation and Bloody Kids.
Big-voiced powerhouse Hunt back in the Hunter No-fooling soul, blues, funk, disco and rhythm and blues powerhouse Lisa Hunt will be making a welcome return to Caves Beach next month. From starting her career in the great African-American tradition of the gospel church, to working with such big name producers as Jellybean Benitez (Madonna) and Frank Farion (Hot Chocolate, Milli Vanilli) and sharing stages with the likes of Eric Clapton,
James Brown, Dionne Warwick, Brian May, Randy Crawford, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis and Andrea Bocelli, there’s little denying that Hunt is the real deal. Hunt is also quite in demand in this country, having worked with the likes of Jimmy Barnes, Diesel and Midnight Oil. If you love a powerful voice, catch this soulful songtress at Caves Beachside Hotel on Friday, March 20.
Get spooked for charity with double act at Diggers With Black Friday in March just around the corner, the folks at Wallsend Diggers will be pulling out all of the stops with a special charity concert featuring one scarily good line-up. Aside from the obligatory best-dressed competitions that are pretty much mandatory at any Black Friday celebration, and more drink specials than you can poke a stick at, Wallsend Diggers’ Black Friday Party will also feature the formidable talents of two of the best live acts doing the local rounds, Cadillac and The Years. All proceeds will be donated to the Hunter Prostate Cancer Alliance. For more than four decades the word Cadillac has been synonymous with
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Restless Sayer will not sit still STEPHEN BISSET
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iven that he has sold 80 million albums worldwide, written hits for Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton and Cliff Richard, and been responsible for one of the most danceable earworms of all time in You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, it would not be a stretch to think of the Grammy award-winning Leo Sayer as an aloof artist type. But nothing could be further from the truth. “I can go shopping at my local Coles and not be paranoid about it,” an affable Sayer told TE down the line from his Port Lincoln hotel room. “I guess that, for the most part, I haven’t succumbed to that whole ego thing. “It’s much more important to me to be recognised for my work than my hair,” Sayer laughed. “I really am a slave to songwriting and, for me, it’s more about challenging myself rather than fitting into any preconceived notions and I think that’s kept me relatively down to earth.” Sayer will be heading to Newcastle next month in support of his latest album, Restless Years. Judging by his itinerary of 30 shows from February to April, it’s going to be a very busy 2015 for the 66-year-old. “I’ve always been a restless kind of guy when it comes to touring, I love it so much. “When I released my Endless Flight album in 1976 [spawning two consecutive US number ones, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing and When I Need You, and launching Sayer into the stratosphere], I called the tour the Endless Tour and, in a way, it’s been going ever since. “But it’s so nice on this tour to be going pretty much everywhere, the metropolitan centres and places like Thirroul, Albury and, of course, Newcastle, which I love. “It won’t only be an Australian thing either as there are plans to take the tour
over to the US and the UK, which is also really exciting.” Produced by Sayer and engineered by Mitch Cairns - the production brains behind Russell Morris’s scintillating Sharkmouth and Van Diemen’s Land sets - Restless Years shifts effortlessly from straight-up dance-pop to rock and roll and country, reflecting Sayer’s eclectic 42-plus-year career but never in an overly sentimental way. Listening to Restless Years, you definitely get the sense that Sayer is an artist looking forward. “You can’t really think too much about the past. “I mean, you are kind of aware of what you have done previously in terms of how the new record sits in the overall framework. “But you can’t really let your past influence you too much because you’d never really grow.” Like Sharkmouth and Van Diemen’s Land, which represented a stellar return to form for Russell Morris, it looks as though the same may be about to happen to Sayer, with Restless Years recently nudging its way into the ARIA top-40 album chart; a feat Sayer hasn’t achieved since his 1983 album Have You Ever Been In Love. “It’s really nice to be able to hit the ground running like that but it’s also important to keep that momentum going, which is why this year is going to be so restless, you have to stay in people’s minds.” Sayer moved to Australia in 2005 before becoming a fully-fledged citizen in 2009. He says that he fell in love with the country on his first visit in the mid-1970s. “When I was down here for the first time in 1974, I made a promise to myself that one day I would live here. “I think I’m a good fit for Australia. “I can be outspoken, I love life and I’m not afraid of long journeys. “The fact is, we may have a crap PM at the moment, and we may have a government telling us to be un-Australian. “But it’s certainly not working on me because I am Australian and bloody proud of it.”
Catch Leo Sayer at Wests, New Lambton on Friday, March 13. TE is giving you the chance to win a copy of Leo Sayer’s latest album, Restless Years. To enter, email your name
and contact details to stephen.bisset@ newcastlepost.com.au, with “Leo Sayer” in the subject line by no later than 5pm on Tuesday, February 18. Winners will be notified by phone.
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Catalogue of Connors STEPHEN BISSET
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aving already firmly established himself as a songwriter of note - penning tracks for the likes of Slim Dusty, Jon English and John Denver in the 1970s - it wasn’t until the bicentennial year of 1988 that Mackay-born songwriter Graeme Connors really hit his straps. His breakthrough came in the form of the album Home, a very beautifully lilting treatise on the importance of place, headed by the now-iconic single A Little Further North. Connors is hitting the road in celebration of the 25th anniversary of North although, as he told TE, after years of chasing that elusive “hit”, North was intended to be his swansong. “In a way, it’s funny to think about celebrating North 25 years later because it really was a bit of a fluke,” Connors explained. “I was at a point in my career where I thought it was all coming to an end. I was signed to Festival Records and had toured with people like Jon English, Peter Allan
and Liza Minnelli but I had kind of failed to set the world on fire hit-wise.” Rather than the album being a last-ditch attempt for chart success, Connors said the deeply personal album was recorded for his children. “I really wanted to document my personal journey for my kids so I could say to them ‘see, this is what your Dad used to do’,” Connors said Thankfully ABC Music picked up the album and now Connors is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters this country has produced. With North frequently named one of the best Australian country albums and 14 golden guitars under his belt, it’s hard to argue with that assertion. Connors said his Newcastle show would include all of North and a set spanning his entire career, from his Kris Kristoffersonproduced And When The Morning Comes to 2013’s Kindred Spirit. “Obviously North is the centrepiece but the second half will delve into what’s turned out to be quite a big catalogue. It’ll be an absolute ball in Newcastle.” Catch Graeme Connors at the Civic Theatre on Friday, March 6.
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ABSOLUTE THAI: Saturday, John and Mindy. ANNA BAY TAVERN: Sunday, Tiali. AVOCA BEACH BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Lone Wolf; Saturday, Open Fire. BAR 121: Friday, Karen O’Shea. BAR PETITE: Friday, HP Duo; Saturday, Dean Kyrwood; Sunday, Anna Weatherup. BEACHCOMBER HOTEL: Saturday, Maryanne Rex; Sunday, Duncan Woods. BEAUFORD HOTEL: Saturday, Ian Henry. BELMONT 16s: Wednesday, Miriam Waks, Milton Ward; Friday, Be Bop A Lula; Saturday, The Years; Sunday, Phillip Crawshaw. BELMORE HOTEL: Saturday, Funkapedia. BERESFIELD BOWLING CLUB: Friday, End of Days; Saturday, Cruisers; Sunday, Red Dirt Country Band feat. Allan Caswell. BLACKBUTT HOTEL: Thursday, Karaoke. BRADFORD HOTEL: Friday, Uptown; Saturday, Defaced. BUDGEWOI SOCCER CLUB: Saturday, Shivoo; Sunday, D’Lish. CAMBRIDGE HOTEL: Wednesday, Deena, The Reversals; Thursday, The Smith Street Band, Pup, Great Cynics, Apart From This; Friday, Bad Luck Kitty; Saturday, Drunken Assassins; Sunday, Harms Way, Legions, Downside, Postal, Choke. CANTON BEACH SPORTS CLUB: Friday, Cover 2 Cover; Saturday, Whiskey River. CARDIFF RSL: Saturday, Rubber Bullett. CATHO PUB: Sunday, Steve Edmonds Band. CAVES BEACHSIDE HOTEL: Saturday, Whisky Lane Duo. CENTRAL CHARLESTOWN LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Matt Gaudrey; Saturday, Pete Gelzinnis. CENTRAL HOTEL, Stroud: Saturday, Mick Standen. CESSNOCK LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Pete Hibbert; Saturday, Dr Zoom Duo; Sunday, Fave Painting with Ruby the Clown CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Daniel Arvidson. CLARENDON HOTEL: Friday, Brooke Harvey; Saturday, Damien. CLUB AZZURRI: Sunday, Latinova. CLUB LEMON TREE: Friday, James Paul;’ Saturday, Plastic Spurs. CLUB MAITLAND CITY: Sunday, Dane Fitzsimmons CLUB KOTARA: Saturday, Hornet. COLLIERY INN: Friday, Karaoke; Saturday, Pete Sneddon; Sunday, Live Music 4-7. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Boolaroo: Friday, Len-
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THE FAKE FOUR STOCKTON RSL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14
nie Live. CRICKETERS ARMS: Friday, Mick Boogaard. CRITEREON HOTEL, Carrington: Friday, Mick Jones; Saturday, Damien. CUSTOMS HOUSE: Wednesday, Jon T; Friday, Dave Owen; Saturday, Matteo; Sunday, Lauren Arms. D’ALBORA MARINA: Saturday, Lauren Arms; Sunday, Zane Penn. DENMAN HOTEL: Friday, Jaybee Duo; Sunday, Darren Rolling Keys. DUKE OF WELLINGTON: Friday, 2 Good Reasons; Saturday, Iguana. EAST MAITLAND BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Genx; Saturday, Loose Bazooka; Sunday, Raphael. EDGEWORTH SPORT AND REC: Friday, Kristy J; Sunday, Rafael. EDGEWORTH TAVERN: Friday, Loko; Saturday, Granite Revolution.
The Fake Four is a showband that captures the sights and sounds of the 1950s and 1960s, the golden age of rock and roll. When these guys take the stage, they re-create the atmosphere of the best bands that made rock and roll history. You will be rocking to the early songs of the forefathers of rock and roll with Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Chuck Berry. Then there’s the swinging sounds of the 60s with The Searchers, Gerry and The Pacemakers and The Kinks. After that you can scream along with The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Catch the surf and sun in California with the cool sounds of The Beach Boys. Take a trip to the Whiskey A Go-Go to watch The Doors, go Down on the Corner and see a Bad Moon Rising with Creedence Clearwater Revival or do the Wild Thing with The Troggs. You never know who will turn up at a Fake Four show. So, why not get out and Catch the Fake Four at Stockton RSL on Saturday, February 14.
ENTRANCE LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Pete Gilchrist; Saturday, Darren Rolling Keys. EXCHANGE HOTEL: Friday, Rubber Bullet. FAMILY HOTEL: Friday, The Flicks. FIVE SAWYERS: Friday, DJ Jonathan; Saturday, Benny B; Sunday, DJ Tone. GATESHEAD TAVERN: Friday, The Gunswingers. GEORGE TAVERN: Friday, Jerome; Saturday, Deuce. GRAND HOTEL: Tuesday, Jazz. GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL: Tuesday, Open Mic. GUNYAH HOTEL: Friday, Ngariki; Saturday DV8; Sunday, Jerome. GWANDALAN BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Karaoke. HALEKULANI BOWLING CLUB: Satuday, Malihini’s Over 30s Nightspot. HAMILTON STATION HOTEL: Wednesday, Disparo, Dog Act, Foreign Beings; Thursday, Slates, Deadtown Nothings, Purity, Young
Wolf, Silver Lining; Friday, Karaoke; Pride Lands, Alpha Wolf, Blind Oricale; Saturday, Karaoke, Speedball, Second Nation, Twin Ages, Bloody Kids; Sunday, hell and High Water Punk Vinyl DJs. HARRIGANS IRISH PUB: Friday, Saving June; Saturday, Mike Vee, Uptown; Sunday, Sarah De Bono Duo. HONEYSUCKLE HOTEL: Friday, Kylie Jane Trio. HOTEL DELANY: Wednesday, Adz Drumz; Friday, Jon T, Matt Meler, Hurricane Party; Saturday, Saving June. HOTEL JESMOND: Friday, Daley Holiday; Saturday, Sundays Record Duo. HOTEL PREMIER: Saturday, The Remedy; Sunday, Hornet. IRON HORSE INN: Saturday, Hayden Johns. JEWELLS TAVERN: Friday, Defaced. KENT HOTEL: Thursday, DJs. KING STREET HOTEL: Friday, Danse Macabre; Saturday, Glocer; Sunday, Any Given Sunday. KURRI BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Dr Love. LAMBTON PARK HOTEL: Friday, Tim Rossington. LAKE MACQUARIE TAVERN: Friday, Hayden Johns. LASS O’GOWRIE HOTEL: Thursday, Creative Creatures Open Mic Night; Friday, Bones Jones and the Skeletones, Great Toad; Saturday, Motherlode, The Way Out, Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon; Sunday, Nerds and Music.
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RAILWAY HOTEL, Cessnock: Saturday, Tania Murray. RIVER ROYAL, Morpeth: Friday, Troy Kemp. ROYAL FEDERAL: Saturday, Black Bird Blue ROYAL HOTEL, Singleton: Sunday, The Piranha Brothers. ROYAL INN, Waratah: Saturday, Dave Owen. RUTHERFORD HOTEL: Saturday, Zac and Ben. SALAMANDER SHORES: Friday, Sundays Record Duo. SEVEN SEAS: Friday, Mighty Kingsnakes; Saturday, Garth Prentice Duo. SHAFT TAVERN: Friday, Montezuma. SHOAL BAY RESORT: Friday, The Smarts; Saturday, The Urge, Jackson Halliday, Kazzi Waters; Sunday, Sundays Record. SHORTLAND HOTEL: Friday, Ty. SOLDIERS POINT BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Jim Overend; Saturday, Snape Trilogy. STAG AND HUNTER: Friday, The Dave Wells
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Simply put, Canadian outfit Slates is a punk band from Edmonton, Alberta. Not punk in the leather, tattoos, non-descript screaming, one-minute songs and the like, just straight-up, unpretentious punk rock. Since getting together in 2008, their stinky van has taken Slates to pretty much everywhere it physically can while a much less stinky plane has taken them to ply their trade in Cuba, Bosnia and around the Yukon territory. Since their inception, they have released three long players and five seven-inches and their latest LP, Taiga, produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Stooges, Jawbreaker) has been pricking up ears all over the place. Now Slates are heading our way and will be playing at the Hamilton Station Hotel this week alongside melancholic punks Deadtown Nothings, ambient Canberrans Purity, fellow Canberrans and melodic hardcore kids Silver Lining and Maitland/Newcastle newcomers Young Wolf. Sounds like this could be a goer. Catch Slates at the Hamilton Station Hotel on Thursday, February 12.
Band; Saturday, Forever Since Breakfast, Vyles, ted Stroker. STOCKTON RSL: Saturday, The Fake Four. SYDNEY JUNCTION HOTEL: Friday, The Hepburns; Saturday, Grand Theft Audio; Sunday, The Coconut Trio SWANSEA HOTEL: Thursday, Kylie Jane. SWANSEA RSL: Saturday, D’Lish. SWANSEA WORKERS CLUB: Saturday, MT Pockets. TEA GARDENS HOTEL: Friday, Michael Mills. TELARAH BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Karaoke; Saturday, Free Juke Box THE POURHOUSE, Maitland: Saturday, Kelly Griffith. TILLIGERRY RSL: Friday, Plastic Spurs; Saturday, James Naldo, Crystal Visions Fleetwood Mac Tribute. TORONTO DIGGERS: Friday, Emie. TORONTO ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB: Sun-
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Putting her soul on line STEPHEN BISSET
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or Perth-based songstress Shameem, who has just released her stirring sophomore record Under One Sun after a relatively protracted period, the creative process is much like the miracle of childbirth. “It’s such a relief to have the album out there and seeing it so well received,” Shameem told TE. “It really was quite a long process. The writing began a very long time ago and, actually, some of the songs were written before my first [self-titled] album and it was all recorded in December last year, so it’s definitely a relief to have it out there. “I kind of felt like a pregnant woman carrying this album around with me.” Shameem said one of the reasons for the delay was that she didn’t want to rush into the “difficult second record”, and wanted to delve into deeper sonic territory with producer Rob Agostini (Rai Thistlethwaite). “Once we were in the studio, everything did come together quite quickly
but we definitely took more time layering sounds and trying to make it as lush sounding as we possibly could.” With strong soul and jazz influences, the album has caused music wags to draw comparisons to soul powerhouse Alicia Keys. The follow-up to the album’s acclaimed first single, Beautiful Soul, Under One Sun was co-written with Grammy-winning UK-based producer James Bryan (Nelly Furtardo, Olly Murs and James Morrison). Under One Sun is a catchy soul-pop number that sticks with you long after the last chord rings out. “We are all members of one human race, we all live on the same planet and receive life from the same sun in the sky,” Shameem said. “I want people to think about why it is that we treat some people differently to others, when they are all equally our human brothers and sisters, no matter where they come from, what colour they are or what they believe.” Catch Shameem at the Lass O’Gowrie on Sunday, February 22, and the Bar on the Hill on Monday, February 23 (12pm start)
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fter taking a step away from the stage to focus on composing, the Hunter’s own guitar virtuoso Bruce Mathiske will be making a welcome return to Lizotte’s this month, making this only one of two live performances for 2015. “At the start of last year I decided to get off the road for a little while, to take a year off to do a little composing and just to defrag,” Mathiske said. “But I just love playing and Brian [Lizotte] asked me to play at the finale for Lizotte’s on the Central Coast because I have such a long history with the venue and we also thought it made sense to do a Newcastle show as well.” The fruits of Mathiske’s self-imposed touring hiatus is the ambitious new album The Mathiske Suites for Guitar and Orchestra, a collaboration with the Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra and one
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that represents the first time Mathiske has composed orchestral suites. “I really didn’t know if I could do it, it was a great challenge because I didn’t really know what to expect.” Mathiske said that after the two Lizotte’s shows, he plans to continue with his extended performing hiatus. “It’s just really nice not to have a plan for once but I’m sure some things will crop up here and there, they usually do. “But I’m looking forward to learning how to be great at going to the beach and walking my dog, as well as taking on a few more guitar students around the area.” Catch Mathiske at Lizotte’s Lambton on Saturday, February 21. TE is giving you the chance to win a copy of Bruce’s latest album The Mathiske Suites for Guitar and Orchestra. To enter, email your name and contact details to stephen.bisset@ newcastlepost.com.au by no later than 5pm on Tuesday, February 16.
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The latest over-the-top action creation from Kick-ass director Matthew Vaughn sees relative newcomer Taron Egerton star as Eggsy, a knockabout lad from a council estate who, thanks to his late father’s legacy, finds himself under the wing of Harry Hart (Colin Firth), an agent for a top-secret independent spy organisation operating out of a tailor’s on London’s Savile Row. Unsure of his place in this elite network of highly trained gentlemen, it’s not long until Eggsy has to step up to stop a climate-conscious cyber-crook, played by Samuel L. Jackson. This is as fun as it is far-fetched. Think bullet-proof umbrellas, solo spy missions to the edge of space, elaborate fight sequences and exploding heads.
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Event Cinemas Glendale // STEPHEN BISSET If you go into Mark Wahlberg’s latest flick thinking it will be a quaint retelling of the Kenny Rogers masterpiece then you’ll be sorely mistaken because Wahlberg’s character in this riveting portrayal of a man obsessed gives little regard, if any, to whether he should “hold ’em, fold ’em, walk away or run”. Wahlberg stars as Jim Bennett, the son of a wealthy family and a highly intelligent literature professor. When he discovers that his inheritance is not what it was originally cracked up to be, he throws caution well and truly to the wind in his secret life as a high-stakes gambler. But rather than chasing that elusive “big score” on his favourite game, blackjack, Bennett is more about self destructing, mechanically going through the motions of spinning that roulette wheel or laying down those cards as a means to hasten his own demise. Paradoxically, this is not a man who has lost all semblance of control. He is determined to destroy himself, and we’re along for the ride. Wahlberg gives a stoic performance while the film, both thematically and through Rupert Wyatt’s (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) direction, recalls Nicholas Cage’s nihilistic masterpiece Leaving Las Vegas - substituting the vodka bottle for the craps table. John Goodman, arguably one of the most underrated actors of his generation, brings buckets of gravitas as the foulmouthed loan shark Frank.
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Dragons come out Chinese New Year. To ring in the Year of the Goat in 2015, the Wallsend CBD will come alive with Chinese culture and tradition. Wallsend Library will play host to a range of activities and workshops for both kids and adults. Nelson Street retailers will deck out their windows with red displays, a colour the Chinese believe symbolises fire and drives away bad luck. On Saturday, February 21, there will be lion dancers in Nelson Street, reiki demonstrations in the rotunda and Chinese New Year specials at local retailers and Chinese restaurants. Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the Chinese calendar, which this year is Thursday, February 19, and celebrations normally continue for 15 days, with festivities like dragon dances
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WHAT'S ON GALLERIES this week Art Systems Wickham: Paintings by Richard Morris until February 22. Back to Back Galleries: Pulse until March 1. cstudios Art Gallery: Small Medium Large by Newcastle Gallery Collective until March 1. Curve Gallery: MAPPING the Geologic by Penny Dunstan until February 21. Cessnock Regional Art Gallery: Wellspring until March 1. four point gallery: Small Medium Large by Newcastle Gallery Collective until March 1. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery: First Class 14 and Ben Quilty until March 22. Lock Up Cultural Centre: Make Known by High Tea With Mrs Woo and Mr Book; Port of Call by Kurt Sorenson until March 15. Maitland Regional Art Gallery: Christina Cordero: Allegories; 2014 Brenda Clouten memorial Travelling Scholarship for a Young Achiever in Visual Arts; Archibald Prize 2014 Regional Tour; Young Archies 2014 until February 22; Spin by Linda Greedy until April 12; The Bus Stop Project by Simone Darcy until
April 19. NANA Contemporary art space: Candy by Madeleine Cruise and You Me Us by Ro Murry until February 28. Nanshe Studio Gallery: Small Medium Large by Newcastle Gallery Collective until March 1. Newcastle Art Gallery: LIKE US: Patricia Piccinini until February 22; Spatial Operations by Baden Pailthorpe and Photography Meets Feminism: Australian women photographers 1970s-80s until April 26. Newcastle Art Space: Small Medium Large by Newcastle Gallery Collective until March 1. Timeless Textiles: Botanical Ephemeral by Anne Leon until February 15.
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