october 9 - 15 | 2013
ENTERTAINMENT
THE KITCHEN PHILOSOPHER MOVIE
Diana [M] DURING the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
DVD
1. FAST & FURIOUS 6 (M) Action. Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker
2. THE HANGOVER PART III (MA15+) Comedy. Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis
3. DEADFALL (MA15+) Thriller. Stars: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde
4. THE BLING RING (MA15+) Drama. Stars: Katie Chang, Emma Watson
5. HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (M) Drama. Stars: Bill Murray, Laura Linney Courtesy of Network Video Wangaratta
CD
Big Wheel and Others by Cass McCombs BIG WHEEL and Others is further proof of McCombs’ status as one of his generation’s most visionary songwriters – as uncompromising, radical and counter-cultural as any other artist working today. McCombs’ most ambitious and stylistically diverse release to date, the twenty-two song long Big Wheel and Others is a marvel of great beauty, insight, humor and mystery that sees McCombs at the peak of his mercurial powers – his restless muse making stops at all the strangest roadsides of rock and roll, blues, jazz, country and more on its quest for understanding. BOOK
All the Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry FOUR years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town, but only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled and ignored by her friends and family. But when her town is attacked, long-buried secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose – to continue living in silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the lives around her, forever. Published by HarperCollins
Grumpy old women A FEW years ago, as a relative of mine approached her 50th birthday, she confessed that she was becoming quite intolerant in her ‘old age’. She explained that her intolerance was (somewhat inexplicably) mainly focused on women of ‘a certain age’. That age being anywhere from about 55 upwards. At the time, she was working in a veterinary surgery and the women she took exception to were mainly well-coiffed ladies with designer dogs called “Schnookums” and “Prudence” who invariably whinged about some aspect of their pampered poochs’ care. My relative admitted rather embarrassedly that, on more than one occasion, she had actually felt the urge to punch these women and was quite shocked at her sudden distaste for them. It all seemed quite out of character for this lady who is not only an incredibly loving person but had also been a wonderfully caring nurse. This was the same woman who had many times come home from work in tears at the passing of one of her beloved patients and who welled up at the sight of babies and toilet tissue ads. I wondered if perhaps this sudden fury with older women came from a deep seated aversion to getting older herself. After all, who among us relishes the idea of growing old? Maybe her subconscious was wrangling with this disconcerting thought and the grumbling old chicks at the surgery just served to bring it all to the surface? Fortunately, her abhorrence of older women eventually passed but now it’s my turn to acknowledge that I’m turning into a bit of a grumpy old lady myself. Not normally one to embrace confrontation, I have lately found myself doing the cranky thing. I first noticed it when I was on the phone to a solicitor’s office trying to sort out a confusing request. After receiving very little assistance (in fact, being told to “speak to your own solicitor about
BY CATHERINE WARNOCK it”) I heard myself retorting very crisply; “No. I want you to explain it. After all, you are the ones requesting it.” I eventually got off the phone and looked at the rather bemused faces of my son and his partner who had clearly overheard my uncharacteristically abrupt remarks. “You right there, Mum?” said Number Two, cocking his eyebrow. “Anyone else you’d like to shout at while we’re here?” A picture of my cranky relative shot into my mind and I wondered if I was on the slippery slope into grumpy old womanhood. That thought was confirmed a few weeks later when I attempted to contact Telstra regarding my internet connection (or lack thereof). It took me six phone calls to get it sorted, but that was only after I’d been hung up on, transferred to the wrong department and had spoken at length to someone who was about as clued up on internet connections as I am on brain surgery. At one stage I stopped a woman who was about to put me on hold (again) and asked her if I was paying for the call. She said yes, so I (yes, cranky me) asked her to call me back as it wasn’t fair I should be paying to rectify a problem I had not caused. I was then put through to someone with a very thick accent I couldn’t decipher (whom I eventually hung up on in frustration) before finally speaking to someone who concluded that the fault was not Telstra’s but that my ‘internet filter’ must be faulty and I needed to go and buy another one. I was not a happy camper. And thus, when I received the email asking about my experience with Telstra, I let them have it. I’m not proud of cranky me but I must admit, it did feel good at the time and I’m actually wondering if it’s all in the genes anyway? Which would be quite convenient, really. For if I suddenly get an urge to wallop some innocent, well-coiffed lady walking her poodle in my direction, at least I’ll have some kind of (albeit lame) explanation.
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