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
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
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.
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
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Starring: Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen Directed By: Peter Jackson Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3.5/5] There’s two hobbits afoot in the cinema at the
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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
The Rolling Stones – Grrr!
The Rolling Stones Grrr! (Universal) It’s time to pension off your Forty Licks compilation as the re-booted Stones deliver a new retrospective. Various editions are currently on the shelves. We’ve
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The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (EMI) [rating: 4/5] George Harrison once referred to the Magical Mystery Tour as a charabanc trip: a piss up/sing-a-long coach ride. Paul McCartney, while denying
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
American Songwriter
American Songwriter Starring: Danny Darst Directed By: Michael Altman Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 3.5/5] With a guitar permanently attached to his front, dark shades and solemn expression, Danny Darst
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Michael Altman/American Songwriter
Michael Altman (Director – American Songwriter) “He’s lived as a record executive and a hit songwriter, a truck driver and a logger, a fruit picker, a migrant worker…he’s a philosopher
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Coldplay
Coldplay Suncorp 21.12.12 From the opening strains of ‘Mylo Xyloto’ Coldplay fans knew they were in for something special. Not since the opening scene of the mini-series Lost, where
Breaking Dawn Part 2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner Directed By: Bill Condon Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 2/5] Here we go again – Twilight
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Ben Harper
Ben Harper manages to transform the Brisbane Convention Centre into a cozy and casual evening of intimacy, the kind you’d find at a tucked away side street cafe, not a
The Beatles On Vinyl
The Beatles are back with their entire catalogue re-released on vinyl. Better still, there’s a magnificent box set to boot. Manufactured on 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl with replicated artwork, the
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Skyfall
Skyfall Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris Directed By: Sam Mendes Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 4/5] It’s common knowledge Quantum of Solace was a
PARIS-MANHATTAN
PARIS-MANHATTAN Directed By: Sophie Lellouche Starring: Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Woody Allen [Rating: 3/5] Reviewed By: Stephanie Wong Over the top, drawn out and mildly stimulating seems to be the
Paul McCartney
New to DVD “Live Kisses” captures Paul McCartney performing the songs from his acclaimed “Kisses On The Bottom” album live from the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Paul is joined
BIFF OVERVIEW
Brisbane International Film Festival 14th – 25th November The Brisbane International Film Festival opens on the 14th of November. With a program packed with comedies, dramas, slashers and gunfights
The Master
The Master Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams Directed By: Paul Thomas Andersen Reviewed by Danielle Muir [rating: 2.5/4] Written and directed by Paul Thomas Andersen (There Will
Love Is All You Need
Love Is All You Need Director: Susanne Bier. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm. Reviewed by Ben Carey. [rating: 3/5] Chick flicks. You either love them or you hate them. Personally,
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RICK ASTLEY
Before Rick Astley plays in Brisbane for the first time since 1989, he talks with Heidi Maier about being a 1980s pop phenomenon, abandoning music for fatherhood and what he
Emmylou Harris
As Emmylou Harris tours Australia for the first time in over a decade, she speaks to Heidi Maier about life, loss and songwriting. THOUGH revered alt-country and alt-folk singer/songwriter Emmylou