month : 06/2015 21 results

Inside Out Movie Review

It's no surprise that Disney is promoting Inside Out on the back of Up as (aside from the directorial connection) it is the Pixar film that is most similar to date. Both films employ very adult themes packaged in an easily digestible kiddie format. The film beautifully visualises the thought processes and memory structures of the human mind, distilling human emotions to five fundamentals - joy, sadness, anger, disgust and fear - and represents these as little people conflicting inside ...

Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses – Tunnel At The End Of The Light Tour

Who am I? Why am I here? When am I leaving? Are these the big questions? Or are they the little ones? Is this the big picture? Or are these the minute details? These are some of the questions pondered, then thought best left unanswered, on the new Dark Horses album Tunnel at the End of the Light, in store July 17  through Dark Horse Records/ Inertia. Recorded and Mixed by Roger Bergodaz at Tender Trap Studios, Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301 and produced by Tex Perkins and ...

Ted 2 Movie Review

The storyline this time is about Ted having to go to court to defend his right to be recognized as a person (in legal terms) and it’s the weakest element of the film but then you laugh so hard throughout, it seems a minor complaint. Most of the original cast have also returned except Mila Kunis and her absence becomes part of the storyline. MacFarlane loves to get away with incendiary social commentary disguised as comedy and his pushes the envelope as far as he thinks he can. His ...

Ali Barter 2015 Australian Tour

A classically trained choirgirl who ran away to be an intermittent world traveller and self-confessed ‘rat bag’, it was the notoriously tortured Cat Power who re-ignited Ali’s fire for music and performance. She came back to Melbourne with life lived and stories to tell. Since her return to reality, the former triple j unearthed winner has been crafting her own smoky-smooth alternative rock that tests musical combinations, whilst reflecting and embracing the power chords and danceha...

The Paratrooper Project at JWCOCA

Originally inspired by mementos left by WWII Paratrooper Richard Matthaei, the grandfather of Phluxus2 co-founder Nerida Matthaei, this Brisbane-based dance collective has created an entangled world where stories of wars, historical imaginings and harsh realities become knotted, interwoven and laid bare. The Paratrooper Project sees Phluxus2 examine military, political and personal histories and their impact on our everyday. They interrogate how these histories have imprinted our present ...

Ruben Guthrie Competition

Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie - he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. He’s at the top of his game, until some drunken skylarking lands Ruben at the bottom of his infinity pool, lucky to be alive. His mum hits the panic button, and then his fiancée leaves him, but not before issuing him one final challenge: If Ruben can do one year without a drink, she’ll give him another chance… Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not ...

Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts at La Boite

A spectacular live show combining two of his most famous and best-loved rhyming storybooks was heralded in 2014’s was heralded as “playful and exciting” (Stage Whispers), “terrific and twisted” (Australian Stage Online) and “a treat for mums, dads and the littlies” (The Courier-Mail). A visual feast that combines a rocking soundtrack, immersive visual design, dance, shadow puppetry bringing over 40 characters to life for audiences aged 5 to 105! This return season at La ...

Madame Bovary Competition

Adapted from Flaubert’s classic novel, Madame Bovary tells the tragic story of Emma, a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor to leave her father’s pig farm behind.  But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage. This sumptuous period drama features a superb cast including Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre, Tracks), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill), Ezra ...

Minions Movie Review

Its timeline starts from the beginning of time and quickly accelerates to the swinging sixties and as such makes for some very funny history lessons. It also rewards those looking for popular culture references with a wide range of improbable moments. The soundtrack is also fantastically period appropriate and the filmmakers spared no expense in securing the original songs by the original artists. The licensing fees must have been through the roof. The core of the action eventually ...

5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche at Brisbane Powerhouse

This riotous show which had audiences in stitches during its Australian première season at the MELT festival in February, will see the merry widows of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters Of Gertrude Stein return to the Brisbane Powerhouse from June 16-21. Presented in Australia by Qld based theatrical production company Imprint Theatricals, founded by Nathanael Cooper and Sean Bryan, ‘5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE’ finds five women assembled in a church basement (along with ...