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Carole King

Carole King 13.01.13 Brisbane Entertainment Centre The last time Carole King passed through Brisbane it was part of a double-header with James Taylor. It was a helluva gig: one the

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Barbara

Barbara Director: Christian Petzold. Starring: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld. Reviewed by Ben Carey. [rating: 3/5] Barbara (Hoss) is a doctor working in a small country hospital in 1980s East Germany.

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The Sweeney

The Sweeney Starring: Ray Winstone, Hayley Atwell, Damien Lewis Directed By: Nick Love Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3.5/5] The concept of The Sweeney is a fascinating one.  Comprised of

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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina Director: Joe Wright Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Reviewed by Ben Carey. [rating: 3.5/5] Joe Wright’s love affair with Keira Knightley continues in Anna Karenina, having

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Amour

  Amour Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant Directed By: Michael Haneke Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4/5] Those familiar with director Haneke’s style know that Amour is probably one for

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Todd Farmer

  Few love horror like Todd Farmer.  Translating his love for telling ghost stories as a child to a career in screenplays, he’s taken his pen to some of the

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Big Day Out 2013

  Big Day Out   20.01.13 Gold Coast Parklands It’s not an Australian music festival if it’s not either scorching hot (Woodford every year) or damn near flooding (Splendour 2012). Big

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Flight

Flight Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, John Goodman Directed By: Robert Zemeckis Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4/5] This isn’t a story of heroism.  Nor is it about

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The Guilt Trip

The Guilt Trip Starring: Barbara Streisand, Seth Rogen Directed By: Anne Fletcher Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 1/5] Oh dear.  Apparently some bright spark thought it would be comedy gold

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained Starring: Jaime Foxx, Christolph Waltz, Leonardo Dicaprio Directed By: Quentin Tarantino Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4.5/5] Say what you want about Tarantino, the man is a master

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Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad Starring: Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone Directed By: Ruben Fleischer Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3/5] Boasting a cast with impressive pedigrees and a trailer

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Les Miserables

Les Miserables Starring: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried Directed By: Tom Hooper Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 2.5/5] I’m sure that Les Miserables is a great film. 

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The Impossible

The Impossible Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor Directed By: Juan Antonio Bayona Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4/5] By now most of us have forgotten the horrific tsunami that obliterated

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Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher Director: Christopher McQuarrie. Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike. Reviewed by Ben Carey. [rating: 2.5/5] After seeing the first trailer for Jack Reacher I thought it looked like a

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Sophie Lellouche

Sophie Lellouche – Director of Paris-Manhattan Interviewed and Written by Danielle Muir As a young budding filmmaker, Sophie Lellouche fell completely and utterly in love with the works of Woody

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Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins  1.12.12 Brisbane Convention Centre Missy Higgins is a woman I’d like to have a drink with.  Brash, natural, loud and distinctly aussie, her return to the stage after

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Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty Starring: Jessica Chastain Directed By: Katherine Bigelow Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4.5/5] On May 2nd 2011, Osama Bin Laden – leader of the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda

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Quartet

Quartet Starring: Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins Directed By: Dustin Hoffman Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3.5/5] Watching elderly people cracking jokes in a light-hearted manner is

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This Is 40

This Is 40 Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann Directed By: Judd Apatow Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3.5/5] This is an ode to women who lie about their age, men

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Save Your Legs

Save Your Legs Starring: Stephen Curry, Damon Gameau, Brendan Cowell Directed By: Boyd Hicklin Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3.5/5] Aussie humour is indulging in its own unique flavour due

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Wreck-It-Ralph

Wreck-It-Ralph Starring: John C. Rielly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer Directed By: Rich Moore Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4/5] Old-school gaming fans and lovers of animation that doesn’t

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Bjork

In 2007 Bjork released Volta. Skimming through our back pages we found this interview. Enjoy “I met Brian Eno once in a steam room in London. I fell asleep and

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Coldplay

Live 2012 (EMI) [rating: 4.5/5] Two discs, one box: and it does exactly what it says on the tin. A terrific reminder of what we’ve just seen, this DVD/CD collection

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