Tag: "Academy Award for Best Actor"

Bon Voyage Luke
0 Comments. 3,944 Views. Posted 2 May 2012 @ 9:49am.
  This week’s 'hijacked' Beat cover salutes Captain Luke Benge. Our much loved eccentric typesetter who's been with us longer than we can remember. Sorry to the faint hearted of you out there in Melbourne but hey, whatever, we love a bit of cock at Beat. Read More
The Ides Of March
0 Comments. 1,165 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 7:38am.
Ever since Julius Caesar copped it in the Senate way back in 44AD, the phrase the ides of March has carried with it sinister overtones of treachery and political skulduggery. It’s the perfect title for this cynical look at the power plays, strategies, backroom machinations and deals, and scandals that can make or break a politician. Ideals, dignity, integrity and vision meet political expediency... Read More
Tom Waits : Bad As Me
0 Comments. 1,151 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 12:11pm.
When Tom Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young in March this year, he said in his speech: “They say I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with... like it's a bad thing." He is, essentially, a grumpy old man – albeit a grumpy old man who has been releasing albums every few years since 1973 and who, although not commercially successful, has garnered a cult... Read More
Roky Erickson Sideshow
0 Comments. 2,246 Views. Posted 27 Oct 2011 @ 9:36am.
Swiftly following the announcement of Ariel Pink's Golden Plains sideshow this morning, Roky Erickson has announced a Melbourne appearance to accompany his reign of the Supernatural Amphitheatre. The godfather of psychedelia will be making his debut appeareance in Australia early next year. A pioneer of the '60s San Francisco scene, 2010 saw the release of his first album material in well over a... Read More
Ali Campbell's UB40 And Billy Ocean To Tour
0 Comments. 1,638 Views. Posted 3 Oct 2011 @ 9:51am.
The going got tough for reggae and Caribbean music fans after the cancellation of Raggamuffin 2012. But fear not, with the announcement of a consolatory tour featuring the festival's headline acts. Ali Campbell's UB40 will be heading around the country along with Billy Ocean for a massive joint-headline tour, along with supports from Big Mountain and Junior Marvin.    Featuring... Read More
Golden Plains Adds Bon And Roky
0 Comments. 1,496 Views. Posted 30 Sep 2011 @ 9:28am.
After sneakily announcing for us to expect the first instalments of the line up for Golden Plains Sixxx yesterday, Aunty Meredith has once again delivered in a phenomenal way.  Bon Iver will be taking to the Supernatural Amphitheatre with an extended sunset set with his glorious nine piece band. Not too shabby. We'll also be joined by none other than the Godfather of psychedelic rock, Roky... Read More
Shine On Grows Even Bigger
0 Comments. 1,385 Views. Posted 27 Sep 2011 @ 4:11pm.
Adding to their already extravagant line up, Shine On has released their second wave of acts set to unleash havoc on the Pyrenees Ranges. Combining the undoubtedly epic first and second announcements, Shine On 2011 will play host to:   Shapeshifter, Big Gigantic, Wax Tailor, AlexKid, D-Nox, Ticon, Day.Din, Antix/Fiord, Dunkelbunt, Die Vogel, Frivolous, Hermitude, Heyoka, Opiuo, The Swiss,... Read More
The Count With... Lucie Thorne
0 Comments. 1,319 Views. Posted 23 Sep 2011 @ 9:06am.
Name/Band: Lucie Thorne   Ten bands everyone should know about: Jo Jo Smith, Jimmy Dowling, Big Low, Kim Dellavedova, Pieta Brown, The Necks, Claire Jenkins Avec Band, Michael Hurley, The Millers Tale, and Sal Kimber & The Rollin Wheel.   Nine things you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Eight good friends and plenty of wine.   Eight possessions that define you: Loretta (... Read More
Jeff Bridges: Jeff Bridges
0 Comments. 1,243 Views. Posted 16 Sep 2011 @ 10:41am.
It’s a shame Jeff Bridges didn’t join the late Townes Van Zandt on the soundtrack of his 1998 movie The Big Lebowski. We wouldn’t have had to wait for his Crazy Heart role to ignite a belated second solo album. Now, aged 61, he enlists Oscar winning studio czar T Bone Burnett as producer and co-writer on Slow Boat, riding an equestrian metaphor.   Bridges sets tempo with rollicking What A... Read More
Focus On Bertolucci
0 Comments. 1,429 Views. Posted 5 Sep 2011 @ 10:25am.
Melbourne's cinephiles assemble! for ACMI's Focus on Bertolucci: an all-encompassing 20 day run through the famed Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's work. Few directors have been able to boast such an impressive resume as his, having made films with on-screen legends Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich. Fewer still have placed them in such renowned,... Read More
Emmanuel Jal Tour
0 Comments. 3,430 Views. Posted 1 Aug 2011 @ 10:55am.
Hailing from South Sudan (now the newest nation on Earth), Emmanuel Jal is an incredibly lauded renowned hip-hop artist, peace activist and novelist, and he's on his way to Australia for a run of dates. The politically-charged artist has gained respect from many big names, inclusing Peter Gabriel and Nelson Mandela. Emmanuel will be supported by DJ Silvastone and DJ Dexter at his Melbourne... Read More
Thor
2 Comments. 2,850 Views. Posted 20 Apr 2011 @ 12:02pm.
When Thor was first announced, it became immediately obvious that we had run out of superhero comics to transform into movies. Which obscure superhero would be next? Would it be Lady Gaga-Man? The Diplomatic Dishman? Perhaps Al Gore would get a run? As it turns out, Thor’s superpowers, built around his hammer, are actually pretty fucking badass. Hammer Time. Thor’s hammer combines all the... Read More
Rango
0 Comments. 2,406 Views. Posted 8 Apr 2011 @ 10:33am.
The spirit of the late, great Sergio Leone runs through this wonderfully entertaining animated spaghetti-style western. Rango contains the usual archetypes of those classic westerns from yesteryear. Thus we get the corrupt and power hungry mayor; the gunslinger who terrorises the town; the feisty rancher who is trying to hold on to her family farm; and the impressionable young kid holding out... Read More
Young The Giant : Apartment
0 Comments. 2,004 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2011 @ 10:52am.
Apartment is a sweet, lively song by Californian band Young The Giant. "After leaving my apartment, I feel this cold inside me / It howls away all through the market, it calls your name." It's a cut above your average West Coast indie tune - they seem intractably mired in Billboard rock out there - but it's still very tidy and radio-friendly, full of bullish male emotions and... Read More
Unknown
0 Comments. 593 Views. Posted 28 Feb 2011 @ 6:30pm.
  Liam Neeson had an opportunity to flex his muscles as an action hero in the Euro thriller Taken, in which he played a former spy seeking vengeance on the slave traders who kidnapped his daughter. In Unknown he again flexes his muscles as the toughest, most resourceful and physically active amnesiac since Jason Bourne.   Neeson plays Martin Harris, a scientist who... Read More
Smash His Camera
0 Comments. 1,214 Views. Posted 25 Feb 2011 @ 3:03pm.
  In an age when we crave more and more information about our favourite film stars and celebrities, the paparazzi and their intrusive cameras satiate our voyeuristic appetite for more. But their presence is despised by many, who view them as parasites.   Ron Galella is a veteran freelance photographer who has become almost as famous as the celebrities he has photographed over... Read More
The Angry Film Festival Is Taking Entries
0 Comments. 1,844 Views. Posted 23 Feb 2011 @ 12:18pm.
Are you a film maker who just wants to get their film screened for god's sake? Well there's no point getting angry about it, just enter the 9th Angry Film Festival and all will be well (hopefully).   But you'll have to hurry! The deadline to get your films in is on Monday February 28. That's this Monday!   Films need to be under 15 minutes in length and Australian and International... Read More
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