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Engine fires LOCAL blues band The Engine Room will be firing on all cylinders in July, playing shows in Healesville and Warburton. The band was formed in 2010 and plays a mix of swing, shuffle and rockin’ blues. The Engine Room comprises Richie Langford and Aaron Burton on guitar and vocals,
Alan Gibson, sax and harmonica, Jono Zwart on bass and vocals and the ever-reliable Paul Spears on drums. Langford said the band had a busy start to the year, including an appearance opening for James Reyne at the Panton Hill CFA Ash Wednesday memorial concert and time in the studio
recording its second CD. The band will continue to gain traction with gigs in Healesville at the Terminus Hotel on Sunday 13 July at 2pm and at The Grand Hotel on Saturday 19 July at 9pm. It will be in Warburton the next day from 2pm at Wild Thyme Cafe.
The Engine Room - Alan Gibson, Aaron Burton, Jono Zwart, Paul Spears and Richie Langford. 122962
And it’s one for the pot IT IS cosies galore at Warratina Lavender Farm to help raise funds for cancer research. Created by local knitters, colourful tea cosies are adorning Warratina to help raise $10,000 for the Australian Cancer Council in its annual Tea Cosy Competition and exhibition. A total of $250 is up for grabs for the winning tea cosy as nominated by the judging panel with the monies raised from the sale of tea cosies at the exhibition going to the Australia Cancer Council. Owner Annemarie Manders said the exhibition was just one of the many exhibitions Warratina held to give back to the community. “It gives me a good feeling knowing that what we are doing here is benefitting others,” she said. “This is one way that I can give back and everybody loves being able to view the tea cosies and know that their purchases are going to a good cause.” Warratina Lavender Farm is located at 105 Quayle Road, Wandin Yallock, with the Tea Cosy competition running from
Gabby Grande from the Tea House with some tea cosies that will be shown at the exhibition. 123179 Picture: ROB CAREW 5 to 13 July. For more information about the farm, visit www.warratinalavender.com.au or phone 5964 4650.
To make a donation to the Australian Cancer Council, visit vic.cancercouncilfundeaising.org.au/craftacure and click on the “sponsor me” button.
MOVIES Franchise not yet extinct
Marysville & District Lions Club proudly presents
Transformers: Age Of Extinction Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer Rated M IT took four attempts but director Michael Bay has finally made a decent Transformers movie. Three years after the war with the Decepticons in Chicago, all Transformers (including their heroic leader Optimus Prime) are now outlawed and hunted by the government, and human scientists are even creating artificial Transformers of their own. Story-wise, Age Of Extinction is a convoluted mess of poorly-explained villains and conflicts, limited suspense and dumb humour. Much of the dialogue and acting is lacklustre, although Mark Wahlberg remains a solid action lead. However, Age Of Extinction shows that Bay is slowly learning from his mistakes. The stereotypes and annoying characters are
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kept to a minimum and Bay is no longer fawning over the US Army. The action is also the coolest it’s ever been in this franchise and the robot characters are amusing. Stanley Tucci is enjoyably hammy as a greedy inventor and Kelsey Grammer goes for broke with an intimidating performance as the main human antagonist. This is a dumb action movie that you can safely turn off your brain to enjoy. The first three Transformers movies (especially Transfomers 2) were obnoxious, racist abominations, but Age Of Extinction, while badly-written and kind of hollow, is actionpacked and inoffensive. Quite simply, it gets the job done. But if you want a smart movie with giant creatures fighting each other, watch Godzilla or rent Pacific Rim. - Seth Hynes
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Level 1, 3-5 Hewish Road, Croydon | www.croydoncinemas.com.au | 9725 6544
Proudly Presented by Marysville and SATURDAY 26TH JULY, 2014 District Lions Club Inc. Proceeds from Marysville Community Centre, the night will go towards local projects. Falls Road, Marysville Cost: $75 per person includes 2 course dinner Further info: call 03 5963 4567 PACKAGES AVAILABLE or visit www.marysvilletourism.com/ozopera
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