Tag: "American film actors"

Joe Bonamassa Announces Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 1,072 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2012 @ 9:55am.
With a growing reputation as one of the world's greatest guitar players, Joe Bonamassa is coming to Melbourne to play the Palais Theatre in October. The charismatic blues-rock musician continues to create more and more of a virtuoso mix of roots-influenced Delta sounds and lively 1960s British blues-rock enthusiasm, heard through his work on his last two albums, Dust Bowl, and Black Rock, which... Read More
60 Seconds With... Store Bought Cool
0 Comments. 1,026 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2012 @ 12:15pm.
Five words that describe your genre:Rock’n’roll garage pop.   When and why did you start writing and playing music?Like a lot of people reading this, I can’t imagine not writing or playing music. To write is obviously to express, and rock music is one of the greatest methods of self-expression ever. Store Bought Cool have all been performers and players of music since teenage years, to stop... Read More
The Hunger Games
0 Comments. 3,364 Views. Posted 22 Mar 2012 @ 12:35pm.
In this game, teens are slaughtered like chooks, But it helps if you’ve got skills or looks, It’s no Battle Royale, But tickets will sell, To the millions who pre-read the books. Rating: B For more film reviews, visit The Limerick Review. With the Twilight series ending this year, Hollywood saw an opening to launch for a new teen franchise. Much like Twilight, The Hunger Games is based on a... Read More
DMX Drops In to Australia
4 Comments. 2,485 Views. Posted 25 Feb 2012 @ 11:41am.
Divine master of the unknown, the multi-platinum award winning Earl Simmons - better known through his stage name DMX, has emerged as one of hardcore rap's reigning kings.  Toeing the line between the sacred and the profane, Simmons' narratives present a compelling account of both spiritual anguish and everyday life, Simmons has contributed an untold number of chart-topping singles and no... Read More
Olivia Newton John : Mickey
0 Comments. 1,347 Views. Posted 25 Jan 2012 @ 3:19pm.
I think ONJ is probably a nice woman, but the disaster of her Toni Basil cover is only paralleled by the disaster that is her plastic surgery. Lifted from the soundtrack to A Few Best Men –a terrifying return to filmmaking by Priscilla director Stephan Elliot – this queer-as-fuck electro house interpretation of the tongue-in-cheek classic is as tacky as the film’s premise. Read More
AC Slater Brings The Ruckus Back To Melbourne
0 Comments. 1,112 Views. Posted 21 Jan 2012 @ 6:04pm.
AC Slater has understood the appeal of having thousands of people letting loose to your sounds since the tender age of 14.  It was at this age he discovered his dads music collection and began recording his own mixtapes on a TDK D-C60, suddenly finding himself the coolest kid in school for his ability to shred up those good old highschool parties. Finding himself rather pleased with this... Read More
Artists Tackle Climate Change
0 Comments. 958 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 1:18pm.
We hear about it on the news, read about it in the papers, and now it’s the artists’ turn to discuss the issue of climate change.  This month, ten of Australia’s best artists will take the role of problem solvers in an Australian-first exhibition about climate change. The exhibition will play host to works by John Olsen, Daniel Smith, Deborah Walker, John Forrest, E.L.K., JKB Fletcher,... Read More
We Bought A Zoo
0 Comments. 1,175 Views. Posted 5 Jan 2012 @ 12:25pm.
We Bought A Zoo is a wonderfully saccharine, sweet, cliched and family friendly drama from Cameron Crowe, the former Rolling Stone journalist turned filmmaker, who previously gave us Say Anything, Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire, etc. This is Crowe’s first film in six years, since the failure of Elizabethtown, and it lacks the edge and genuine emotional resonance of his best films. It’s based on... Read More
Tower Heist
0 Comments. 1,691 Views. Posted 5 Jan 2012 @ 12:26pm.
Slickly directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, etc) and featuring an ensemble cast, this clever comedy thriller is the best comic crime caper movie since the first Ocean’s Eleven. A group of working stiffs who work in menial jobs in one of New York’s most luxurious high rise apartment buildings learn that one of their tenants has ripped off their pension fund. Former high flying stockbroker Arthur... Read More
Byron Bay Bluesfest Third Lineup Announcement
0 Comments. 3,636 Views. Posted 19 Dec 2011 @ 10:27am.
Following on from stellar first and second artist announcements, as well as the welcome news that Cold Chisel will headline the festival, Byron Bay Bluesfest has revealed a third batch of performers for the 2012 instalment. Joining the already spectacular bill will be Sublime With Rome, who will be bringing the music from Sublime's much-adored back catalogue with lead singer Rome.   Dweezil... Read More
Moomba Festival 2012 Music Lineup Revealed
0 Comments. 9,449 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 2:11pm.
One of the most iconic Melbourne institutions has revealed a stellar array of musical talent for its 2012 incarnation. More than 100 acts will be gracing the stage at next year's Moomba Festival, with folk-rock heroes Josh Pyke and The Panics each headlining respective days at the festival.   Some of the many other acts to grace the Moomba stage include living legends Tex Perkins and Darryl... Read More
Single of The Week - Lana Del Rey : Video Games
0 Comments. 1,426 Views. Posted 8 Dec 2011 @ 4:08pm.
  Lana Del Rey is magnetic. Stunningly beautiful and depressingly talented, lips plumped up to bursting and miles of hair cascading over slender shoulders, she points her doe eyes at the camera and lets loose with a toffee-flavoured croon somewhere between Adele and Joanna Newsom. You know that star quality thing people talk about? She invented it, although her musical chops are not so... Read More
Sugar Mountain Final Lineup Revealed
1 Comments. 2,444 Views. Posted 7 Dec 2011 @ 9:58am.
Following on from premium first and second lineup announcements, the full roster of the 2012 Sugar Mountain artists has been finalised. Joining the likes of Deerhoof, Shabazz Palaces, Tune-Yards, Thee Oh Sees, John Maus, Julianna Barwick, Sun Araw, Prince Rama and World's End Press, Absolute Boys, Yamantaka Eye , Fox & Sui, Lost Animal, Pets With Pets, The Harpoons, This Thing will be... Read More
Best Coast
0 Comments. 1,490 Views. Posted 1 Dec 2011 @ 9:07am.
"It's basically like California, but as an entire continent." For an artist that has so openly and constantly serenaded her home state of California, this is about the highest compliment Bethany Cosentino, frontwoman and driving force behind the much-loved Best Coast, can bestow upon our country. In interview mode to promote her band's second visit to Australia - this time as part of the Big Day... Read More
David Lynch : Crazy Clown Time
1 Comments. 1,292 Views. Posted 25 Nov 2011 @ 11:56am.
"Lynchian". The word is everywhere these days. It's gotten to the stage where the adjective has wedged itself into the vernacular of the music journalist far more prominently than that of the film critic. Uneasy nostalgia? Lynchian. Slight references to misogyny? Lynchian. The curtains at The Toff? Lynchian. Is the debut solo recording effort from the man himself Lynchian? Is it even possible to... Read More
Pyramid Rock Final Lineup Announcement
0 Comments. 2,447 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 3:52pm.
Following on from ripper first and second lineup announcements, this year's Pyramid Rock has put the cherry on the cake with a third and final batch of lineup additions. Leading the charge will be recent Beat cover stars Blue King Brown. Also ringing in the new year will be The Delta Riggs, Nick Thayer, Light Year, DJ Cecille, Westernsynthetics, and to make you lol irl we have funnymen ... Read More
The Ides Of March
0 Comments. 1,182 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
The Cybec Readings
0 Comments. 730 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 9:39am.
Award-winning actors reading out plays by award-winning playwrights – what could be sweeter?  This year, join Rush's Catherine McClements and Winners & Losers' Stephen Phillips amongst a whole troupe of actors as they read three new plays by Melbourne playwrights: Paul Galloway's Reykjavik, Melissa Reeves' Happy Ending and Robert Reid's Eating Alone. These works typify the great range,... Read More
Tom Waits : Bad As Me
0 Comments. 1,163 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
More Acts For Meredith
0 Comments. 3,024 Views. Posted 14 Nov 2011 @ 2:33pm.
It's not long now until Aunty Meredith kicks off the massive 21st birthday celebrations at the Supernatural Amphitheatre, and as if the lineup wasn't ridiculously brilliant enough already, Aunty has treated us to two more stellar acts. Joining the likes of Grinderman and a full lunar eclipse will be the very excellent Abbe May and the surefire party experience of The Juan Pablo... Read More
Playground Weekender Lineup
0 Comments. 1,455 Views. Posted 11 Nov 2011 @ 8:43am.
The sixth Playground Weekender is set to hit Wisemen's Ferry next March, and they've just announced their biggest lineup to date. The first announcement for the 2012 instalment includes Chic (Feat Nile Rogers), Fat Freddys Drop, Boy and Bear, Roots Manuva, UNKLE, Modeselektor, Manchester Orchestra, Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti, Bonobo, Neon Indian, Lanie Lane, The Orb, Bomb The Bass,... Read More
Summadayze 2nd Announcement
0 Comments. 2,659 Views. Posted 10 Nov 2011 @ 4:37pm.
Following on from a huge first announcement which included the likes of Snoop Dogg, Calvin Harris and Flying Lotus, Summadayze has added a handful of reverred international DJs and a swag of local talent to the mix.  Added to the line up are none other than Nervo, Ruby Rose, Radio Slave, Andy Murphy and Ajax plus 1928, Azmac, A13 & Affiks, Aaron Trotman, Agent 86, Airwolf, Aram,... Read More
Katalyst : Deep Impressions
0 Comments. 1,676 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 3:37pm.
Part of Katalyst's appeal is that he finds vocalists who are not only talented in their own rights, but complement the soul-inspired, urban sound that he has perfected. His relationship with songstress Stephanie McKay should have inspired an entire album by now. Her vocals on opening track Day Into Night proves that the dynamic is still very much in-tact. Black Dragon incorporates... Read More
In Time
0 Comments. 1,501 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 4:29am.
So, what is your time worth? This new sci-fi thriller comes from New Zealand born filmmaker Andrew Niccol, who wrote The Truman Show and directed Gattaca and Lord Of War. It is set in the near future, where everyone is genetically programmed to stop aging at 25, rather like Logan’s Run revisited, which adds a neat twist to the “race against time” thriller device. After your 25th birthday, you... Read More
Our Idiot Brother
0 Comments. 2,052 Views. Posted 3 Nov 2011 @ 2:31pm.
Ned's a nice guy but he's slow, And after jail he has nowhere to go, So his sister's take turns, And each of them learns, How to cope with their idiot bro. Rating: A Find more at The Limerick Review. Paul Rudd is a very loveable guy. But after his big break as the dorky older brother in Clueless it took a while for him to find a role that people would notice – that role came in the form of Brian... Read More
Drive
0 Comments. 1,974 Views. Posted 31 Oct 2011 @ 9:21am.
This isn’t a Paul Walker flick, But a classic that’s stylish and slick, Gosling’s impressive, Quiet/aggressive, Extreme violence could make you feel sick. Rating: A For more, visit The Limerick Review. I feel sorry for that woman who is trying to sue the promoters of Drive. Basically, she was expecting it to be more like Fast & Furious. Drive is everything that Fast & Furious is not… and... Read More
The Count With... Witch Hats
0 Comments. 1,003 Views. Posted 27 Oct 2011 @ 9:32am.
Name/Band: Witch Hats   4 bands everyone should know about:   Gumbuya Park Incident, Ronnie and the Fucking Discounts, The Terry Thompson Zoo Experience, 50 Million Clowns   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:   MSG x 1, Mickey Rourke x 4, Desiree potatoes x 4   Five possessions that define you:   Greys Sports Almanac 1950-2000, Mark... Read More
Catcall : Satellites
0 Comments. 1,423 Views. Posted 26 Oct 2011 @ 2:45pm.
Glossy, Parklife-ready disco pop from Catherine Kelleher, aka Catcall, who released the slow-burning Swimming Pool last year, and August the year before that. Satellites is a complete shift in speed and quality, peeling away from the staid and sexy pace of her previous singles. It has more in common with Fireworks by Katy Perry than the Catcall stuff you might have heard, which is disappointing... Read More
Soundwave Sold Out
0 Comments. 2,511 Views. Posted 26 Oct 2011 @ 11:07am.
Returning in 2012 with a monstorous lineup, Soundwave has officially sold out. Following the collapse of the inaugural Soundwave Revolution festival, AJ and the gang have bounced back in emphatic form, and with the monumental lineup featuring the likes of System Of A Down, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson it's not much of a surprise tickets were snapped up so quickly. Read More
The Three Musketeers 3D
0 Comments. 1,541 Views. Posted 21 Oct 2011 @ 12:15pm.
Not as good as O’Donnell and Sheen’s, But will appeal to more than just teens, Plenty of fighting, 3D, it’s exciting, It’s Pirates lacking Depp in the scenes. Rating: C+ For more, visit The Limerick Review. They could have just named this Pirates of the Caribbean: The Three Musketeers. After all, it’s clearly replicating the basic formula – the story even revolves around flying pirate ships... Read More
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