your guide to september`s hottest releases

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YOUR GUIDE TO SEPTEMBER’S
HOTTEST RELEASES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE MONUMENTS MEN
BRICK MANSIONS
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
DRAFT DAY
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SEPTEMBER 2014
Hi chaps, can you smell the jasmine
on the wind? If it doesn’t make
you feel all mushy and excited
that spring has awoken from its
lazy slumber, then some of this
month’s rental offerings surely will.
The late Paul Walker has gifted us
Brick Mansions, a jaw-dropping
remake of the French belter which
also stars parkour pioneer David
Belle - our feature is on page 10.
Leading the comedy pack is The
Grand Budapest Hotel, which is
absolutely chock full of Oscarnominated and crowd-favourite
stars such as Ralph Fiennes, Tilda
Swinton, Jude Law and Bill Murray
- check out our feature on page 12.
And meanwhile, there are corkers
bursting out of every other genre:
Special ID and The Monuments
Men in action, Belle and Only
Lovers Left Alive in drama, new
seasons of The Walking Dead and
Hannibal in TV and tons more.
Get into it y’all, it’s a feast!
THE TEAM
4-8 NEWS
What have the bold and the
beautiful of film and TV been up
to lately? We check out the latest
reports from home and beyond
28 COMING SOON
New releases to look forward
to next month
14 ACTION
The Monuments Men, I’ll Follow
You Down, Brick Mansions,
Special ID and Isle of Dogs
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16-17 COMEDY
The Grand Budapest Hotel,
Walk of Shame, Chef, A Million
Ways to Die in the West and more
18-19 DRAMA
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Draft Day, Belle, Road To Paloma,
Only Lovers Left Alive and more
9 FIFA 15
We look at why FIFA is still the
reigning champ of football game
franchises
20-21 FAMILY
Mr. Peabody & Sherman,
Wings 2: Sky Force Heroes,
Antboy, Pony Tale, Barbie
and The Secret Door and more
22-23 TV
10 BRICK MANSIONS
You won’t believe the acrobatic
fitness of Brick Mansions’ star
David Belle - we look at the
actor’s athletic history
12 THE GRAND
BUDAPEST HOTEL
The Walking Dead S4, Hannibal S2,
Homeland S3 and more
26 THRILLER
Perfect Sisters, After the Dark,
The Reckoning, Joe and more
Wes Anderson has cooked up
another perfectly unique
world of whimsy
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NEWSREEL
NEWSREEL
YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
FASSASSIN’S GREED
While we have known that
Michael Fassbender was
attached to the extremely
exciting Assassin’s Creed film
for a good while, it’s been
revealed that the megababe
will be playing two separate
roles within the movie! One
not enough for you, Fassy?
It’s not out until August 2015,
which gives you lots of time
to get your head around the
narrative of the game on
which the film will be based.
It’s set during two time
periods: the present day
and the Spanish Inquisition,
which began in 1478.
Fassbender will apparently
appear in the present day
as a death row inmate,
and during the sequences
set in Inquisition times will
play the inmate’s ancestor.
SINISTER 2 SHUFFLES CLOSER
Sinister 2 is a little closer to filming! Stepping into the shoes of Ethan Hawke, who
played the unfortunate father of a family recently moved into a pretty phantom-choked
house in 2012’s Sinister, will be Shannyn Sossamon. You might recognise the Hawaiian
beauty from The Rules of Attraction, 40 Days and 40 Nights, or A Knight’s Tale. She’ll play
the mother of twins who moves into Hawke’s old house, and will inevitably be haunted
by the freaky Bughuul. Hopefully she finds a way to subvert his awful intentions.
The original Leatherface
from Texas Chain Saw
Massacre in 1974.
Shannyn Sossamon
in The Rules of
Attraction
LEATHERFACE
LOOMS ANEW
In August we said goodbye
to a number of professionals
in the film world, including
Marilyn Burns – the Texan
actress who stunned us
with her lung capacity in
simultaneously sprinting
and screaming, as she
tried to evade Leatherface
in the original The Texas
Chain Saw Massacre
(1974). The film has had
several reimaginings,
sequels, reboots of sequels,
prequels and the rest.
Now Millennium Films has
announced it will produce
another prequel, this time
looking into Leatherface’s
youth in Texas in the 1970s,
and explore just how he
came to be such a chainsaw
lovin’ lad. It seems we can’t
get enough of the guy, but
we doubt we’ll ever see the
likes of Burns’ incredible
performance again. RIP.
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KRISTEN’S GOT A GUN
THE MOST
POPULAR RENTAL
TITLES ACROSS
AUSTRALIA
Say what you like about Kristen Stewart,
but the lady has grit. The trailer for her new
film Camp X-Ray has just been released,
and while it seems to start off as a G.I.
Jane tale, it’s far less about the wonder of
a woman in uniform and more about the
intensive emotional and physical strain
which soldiers at Guantanamo Bay bear
witness to, participate in, and fall prey to
themselves. This is one which may cause
a bit of a stir but will undoubtedly be a
must-see. If you’re in the mood for some
emotive war tales, check out our review of
The Monuments Men, out this month.
MARY MARY
BRINGS THE SCARY
The Frankenstein monster motif has been
raked over through the years, and now
filmmakers are turning to the woman behind
the story for their filmic fodder. It's been
confirmed that Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner
(who plays Sansa Stark) has been cast as
Mary Shelley, the English novelist who wrote
Frankenstein in 1818 when she was just 21
years old. The film will follow Shelley through
the years of writing the legendary gothic horror
novel and the toll it took on her. We think Turner
has more than enough charisma to be a leading
lady – can't wait to see how this one turns out.
Sophie Turner as
Sansa Stark in Game
of Thrones
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LONE SURVIVOR
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300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
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NON-STOP
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THE LEGO MOVIE
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3 DAYS TO KILL
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LEGEND OF HERCULES
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Itte oakah!
There’s quite a bit of set footage floating around
out there from upcoming superhero standoff epic
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, but it’s only
wobbly hand-held bits of Ben Affleck as regular
old Bruce Wayne running down the street. Now
we have word that perhaps we actually should be
looking out for Aquaman! While rumours have been
sprinkled around that Jason Momoa may be cast
as the underwater hero (rumours that we ourselves
helped spread last month), a man claiming to be
Zack Snyder has rung into a Detroit radio station
and told the hosts off for laughing at Aquaman’s
abilities. “The cool thing with Aquaman is his triton,
so you have to realise that could cut the flesh of
Superman if they came in contact,” maybe-Snyder
said. “Not to say he’s in my movie or anything like
that, but he has the potential to be bad ass.
That’s all I’m saying.” I think we’d all really
like to see Momoa swipe his triton around
at Henry Cavill, so let’s hope this one’s for realsies.
TURBO TURTLE
POWER!
A VERY LIZZY
CHRISTMAS
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has just caned everything
in living sight at the box office, and its producer,
Michael Bay, has taken the opportunity to put down
his glass of champagne and announce that he’ll be
returning for the next one as well. We don’t yet know
if Jonathan Liebesman will be directing again, but the
script is definitely to be penned by TMNT writers Josh
Appelbaum and Andre Nemec. Who knows, maybe
Michael will want to reveal the secret of the ooze
himself and get behind the camera for the sequel.
Lizzy Caplan, who is currently enjoying a buttload
of praise for her work on Showtime series
Masters of Sex, will join a still-pretty-mysterious
Christmas film starring Seth Rogen and Joseph
Gordon-Levitt. We know it’s about Christmas,
and that Rogen and Gordon-Levitt are playing
best mates (a union they had time to hone in 2011’s
50/50), and that Caplan will be Gordon-Levitt’s
love interest. That might be all the plot some other
Christmas yawners need but knowing these actors,
there’s got to be another hook. We wait, we watch.
NEWSREEL
TRIDENT TIME?
James Franco, Lizzy
Caplan and Seth Rogan
in The Interview.
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STACK EM’ UP
It’d be silly for Warner Bros. not to capitalise on the roaring
prosperity of The Lego Movie, but they’ve wasted no
time in marking out the Memorial Day Weekend slots for
2015 and 2016 as release dates for two as yet unnamed,
animated films – which many are speculating will be Lego
sequels. In America, Memorial Day is celebrated on the last
Monday of May and commemorates all men and women
who’ve died in the service of the United States military. It’s
often seen as the start of summer, and the long weekend is
a popular choice for the release of big season films. It’d be
the perfect spot to launch more Lego into our lives, fingers
crossed. Meanwhile another childhood toy adaptation is out
this month: flip to page XX for our Team Hot Wheels review.
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CAN YOU TELL US
ANY QUIRKY
CUSTOMER TALES?
We have a guy who comes in
every month to get his video
vibe magazine, he never hires
movies, doesn’t even have a
membership, always sends us a
christmas card thanking us and
saying we are the best.
MOST ANTICIPATED
NEW RELEASE
FOR SEPTEMBER 2014?
Transformers: Age Of Extinction
ALL TIME
FAVOURITE MOVIE?
Rocky Horror Picture Show;
love singing along with it
WHAT WOULD BE
YOUR IDEAL MOVIE
MARATHON?
Identity Thieft, Transformers,
Non Stop, Freedy Got Fingered
TOP 5 ACTORS/DIRECTORS
/PRODUCERS YOU WOULD
INVITE FOR DINNER
AND WHY?
Hanna, Alison, Emily, Aria and
Spencer from Pretty Little Liars...
so I can find out who A is as its
doing me head in lol.
WHO WOULD YOU
WANT TO PLAY YOU
IN A FILM OF YOUR LIFE?
Melissa McCarthy or
Rebel Wilson
LESTAT
REVIVED
The 1994 hit Interview with the Vampire,
starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, was
released to huge acclaim by Warner
Bros. Studios – as was its semi-flop
follow-up, 2002’s Queen of the Damned.
Now rival studio Universal Pictures has
teamed up with Imagine Entertainment
and acquired the full rights to author
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles,
of which Interview was an adaptation.
Whether the resulting project will be
a film or a series we don’t know, but
Lestat’s various bloody adventures
would lend themselves very nicely to
television, don’t you think? If you’re
intrigued by elegant guys who are into
feasting on people, make sure you read
our review for season two of Hannibal,
out this month – it’s an absolute ripper,
we promise.
Tom Cruise as Lestat de
Lioncourt in Interview
with the Vampire
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FIFA 15
There’s no disputing that EA
Sports has dominated the
football sim realm for over five
years now with its compelling
annual FIFA iteration. While
football gaming purists still
hold a candle for Pro Evo,
the simple fact remains that
FIFA, at this point, is a far
better game. This is the second
year that FIFA has featured
on the new generation of
consoles, and while the
studio is still supporting the
older hardware, the focus is
obviously now on PS4 and
Xbox One. New to FIFA 15
is improved goalkeeper AI
(a feature that has been in
development for three
years), new player emotion
that will affect how your team
respond if you keep missing
easy goals, and a tweak to the
tactical AI so that if
you’re one nil down and
|trying hard to equalise,
the CPU will automatically
pull all the defending players
back behind the ball.
It’s good to FIFA!
PES 2014
NBA 2K14
FORMAT: XB1, 360, PS4,
PS3, PSV, Wii
RATING: G
PUBLISHER: EA SPORTS
GENRE: SPORTS SIM
ONLINE: YES
RELEASE DATE: 25/09/14
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BRICK
TRICKS
T
here are three special things
about Luc Besson’s new
film Brick Mansions. Firstly,
French star David Belle
is reprising his role from Besson’s
2004 film District 13, of which Brick
Mansions is an English-language
remake. It’s not unheard of for actors
who shine in world cinema flicks to
be asked to replay their characters in
the Hollywood versions of films, but
it isn’t exactly common either. Some
notable instances include Penelope
Cruz playing Sofia in both Open
Your Eyes (1997) and Vanilla Sky
(2001); Gérard Depardieu playing the
titular patriarch André Arnel in both
versions of My Father the Hero (1991
and 1994); and the young Japanese
actress Takako Fuji playing vengeful
There’s a trio of compelling
arguments in favour of your picking
up awesome new thriller Brick
Mansions. Allow us to elaborate.
ghost Kayako in Ju-on: The Grudge
(2002) and The Grudge (2004),
as well as a couple of the sequels
in the J-horror franchise.
Belle agreed to work with Besson
again in the slightly altered story of
Brick Mansions, which was shifted
from Paris to Detroit for the remake.
It’s a dystopian version of the future
of the gritty city, in which law
enforcement often quails at the feet
of extremely powerful gangs who
rort one another in huge, corruptive
and very violent deals. In an attempt
to contain the brutality, officials have
built an enormous wall around the
worst section of the city, but one
undercover cop (the late Paul Walker)
must team up with Lino in order to
penetrate the giant barrier and find
those responsible for a kidnapping.
The stage is set, the stakes are high.
Enter the second special thing
about David Belle: he is the founder
of parkour, a physical discipline which
is somewhat difficult to explain
but is immediately recognisable as
soon as you see enthusiast clips or
films which display the art – as does
Brick Mansions. Belle developed
parkour from his own gymnastic
and military training background,
and it’s something of a way to move
through an urban environment. Using
astonishing precision and strength,
parkour aficionados swing, jump,
climb, vault, run and use all manner
of other innovative techniques to get
themselves through and around the
obstacles of an environment, and it’s
RATED: M
AVAILABLE:
September 24
STARS: Paul Walker,
David Belle, RZA,
Gouchy Boy
DIRECTOR: Camille
Delamarre
DURATION: 90 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
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TURNED ACTORS
4. GINA CARANO
Having studied and won
titles in mixed martial arts
and Muay Thai, fitness
model Gina Carano was
even an American Gladiator
before she was cast in the
2011 action-thriller Haywire. Her latest flick
was In the Blood, released to DVD just
a few months ago, in which she plays a
woman determined to make her husband’s
kidnappers pay.
hypnotic. In addition to the action
November of last year in
of the narrative, Brick Mansions
a car accident. Behind some footage
provides a platform for Belle to
of Walker which will be included in
display his stunning abilities
Fast & Furious 7, due for release in
as the pioneer of parkour.
2015, this is the final time we will
“There’s a scene where David
get to see Walker’s fresh work
actually takes me hostage,”
– something which clearly
says rapper and actor
moves RZA to set out
It’s a dystopian
RZA, who plays ruthless
his beliefs in the late
mob boss Tremaine
actor. “With Paul on set,
version of the future
Alexander. “He had to
the great spirit that he
of the gritty city,
bust out the ceiling,
brings: the great energy,
and come down behind
the great personality,” RZA
me and grab my gun and
says. “This guy [had] a very
everything. And he did it for real!
heroic spirit about himself. To be a
No stunt man, two takes only. And
major success in this business, and to
two takes only because the camera
still be able to be compassionate, and
[angles were] needed, he didn’t need
to be that good father figure for your
two takes, he did it right the first
family, is important. And he was
time! He’s an amazing athlete.”
that kind of man.”
The third special thing about Brick
Amongst the thrills of its fascinating
Mansions is, of course, that it’s the
story, this trio of unique features make
last full film Paul Walker completed
Brick Mansions one you won’t want
before his untimely death in
to miss. Get onto it this month.
3.ANDRÉ THE GIANT
Andre Rene Roussimoff
began professional
wrestling at the age of 17
in Paris, and went on to
become a WWF champion.
He is most beloved for playing
the gentle giant Fezzik in The Princess Bride.
Apparently he was so generous he always
insisted on paying for everyone’s meal –
when once Arnold Schwarzenneger tried to
sneak ahead to the cashier, André lifted him
up and sat him on the roof of his car.
2. ZOË BELL
This New Zealand-born
powerhouse started out
in competitive gymnastics
and Taekwon-Do, also
studying dance, athletics and
high diving. She soon moved
into stunts for Xena: Warrior Princess
and in 2003-04 was Uma Thurman’s stunt
double in Kill Bill volumes 1 and 2. Since
then she’s completed stunt and speaking
roles for numerous films including
Grindhouse, Whip It, Inglourious
Basterds and Django Unchained.
1. ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER
The ‘Austrian Oak’ won the
Mr. Universe title at age
20 after years of weight
training and bodybuilding,
and after appearing in the
documentary Pumping Iron (1977),
went on to enjoy a prolific action film
career including classics like Predator (1987),
Total Recall (1990), Kindergarten Cop (1990),
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), True
Lies (1994), Eraser (1996)... need we go on?
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WELCOME TO
THE HOTEL
OF ZABROWKA
Wes has done it again with his latest, candidly odd comedy The Grand
Budapest Hotel – and this time his lead character has surpassed
everyone’s expectations of delight.
W
hen it’s used to accompany
the word ‘director’, ‘auteur’
commonly means that this
particular filmmaker’s vision
is so pervasive and unique that they are
to be considered the ‘author’ of a film,
more so than the person who penned
the screenplay. While Wes Anderson has
both written and directed eight of his ten
feature films, he is considered an auteur
because of the very particular style every
one of his incredible productions enlists:
hand-made detail, eccentric elements
that are both decorative and part of the
greater structure, very centred camera
angles, solid text on screen, ensemble
casts, several clear muses, and very
erudite characters who are as whimsical
as they are emotional and flawed.
With The Grand Budapest Hotel
Anderson has brought us into a fictional
world of caprice which is ambitious
even by his standards: the Republic of
Zubrowka, an alpine, European state.
Zubrowka serves as a locale which
is steeped in the historical goings-on
of Europe during the 1930s and ‘40s,
but also breathes enough of its own
fabricated life that Anderson can insert
whatever he pleases into its parameters.
“Every time Wes makes a film, it’s
a whole world, and there’s a whole
universe to be created along with it,”
says producer Jeremy Dawson. “Here,
he has created an entirely fictional part
of Eastern Europe… and in Zubrowka we
find one of those great spa towns that
cropped up all over before the turn of the
century. The story really came from his
interest in that time period, that history,
that world; and also a certain type of
character who is our Monsieur Gustave,
the concierge at this grand hotel. So his
idea of both the character and this entire
world merged together, and Wes turned
out this great script. Then the script,
the acting and direction all combined
to become something different even
than it was on the page.”
And who is this Monsieur Gustave,
the lead character in Wes’ world? As a
long-time employee of the eponymous
hotel, Gustave is meticulous, proud
but dedicated. He is the concierge, a
prestigious position to hold in such a
magnificent establishment. Gustave is
known for the extra attention he heaps
upon the wealthy, aged ladies who
frequent the hotel, and when one of them
dies and leaves him a valuable painting
in her will, Gustave is immediately
suspected of her murder. It’s these
happenings which kick
off the bulk of the
film, as Gustave
embarks on a
RATED: M
AVAILABLE:
September 3
STARS: Ralph Fiennes,
F. Murray Abraham,
Mathieu Amalric,
Adrien Brody
DIRECTOR:
Wes Anderson
DURATION: 100 mins
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FAMOUS FILM
HOTELS
THE OVERLOOK HOTEL,
THE SHINING (1980)
Can’t ignore the ol’
Overlook, can we? As
the location in which
probably thousands of
human nightmares have been
set, the Overlook is the central masterpiece
of Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen
King’s novel. Filled with mouldy dead ladies,
completely disturbing little girls, and all that
blood, it eventually turned Jack Torrance
(Jack Nicholson) into a raving homicidal
lunatic. Thanks heaps, Stanley.
righteous view of proper values and at
journey to redeem his reputation with
the same time he is ferociously loyal.
the help of Zero, a young lobby boy.
He’s like a glimpse into an old world
With such a detailed character in front
right before it disappears.”
of him, Anderson’s casting choice would
Fiennes recognises not just the
have to be perfect, and he had only
singularity of a character like Gustave,
one actor in mind: Ralph Fiennes. “The
but the overarching creativity of Anderson’s
idea that Ralph was going to play this
approach. “With The Grand Budapest Hotel,
character enriched it completely,” explains
Wes has created a true caper comedy
Dawson. “He just disappears into that
with disguises and chases and
persona until you simply say,
escapes, yet there’s always
‘that’s Monsieur Gustave.’”
With The Grand
that bittersweet undertone
Fiennes himself found the
that is so distinctive,”
character immensely
Budapest Hotel, Anderson
interesting. “Gustave
has brought us into a fictional he asserts. “His films
always have this
is insecure, vain and
world of caprice which is
idiosyncratic lightness
needy, as it says in the
ambitious even by
of touch, inside which
script, but he’s also a very
lies strong themes and
fastidious man who has
his standards
emotions. It’s an unusual
a strong sense of principle
blend that no one else can repeat
rooted in this idea of how you
because it comes from inside Wes, from his
look after people,” he says. “To Gustave,
personal sense of humour and perception
Zero is an innocent; inexperienced in
of the world.” And it’s not just in the script
the ways of the world and in need of
that Anderson perfects these characters:
instruction. But they ultimately become
his method of filmmaking is also due the
equal brothers-in-arms.” Fiennes’ co-star
utmost admiration in Fiennes’ eyes.
Edward Norton, who plays Inspector
“Wes is exacting with his actors in a
Henckles – the officer who pursues
very positive way,” he says. “He’s always
Gustave across the mountains of
refining a moment until it has just the right
Zubrowka after the concierge is accused
feel, the right lightness. Speed of delivery
of murder – has even higher praise for
is something he really values because
the conceptualisation of the character.
this kind of material needs that kind of
“Gustave is up there with the greatest
liveliness. Ultimately, he created his
characters Wes has created and nobody
own made-up time and world where
could have played it more perfectly than
people are braver, more principled
Ralph,” he says. “Gustave is contradictory
and have more fun.”
– he has this incredibly haughty, self-
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THE HOTEL EARLE,
BARTON FINK (1991)
The weirdly deserted Hotel
Earle is where playwright
Barton Fink shuts himself
away to work on the script
for his wrestling movie, but he
just can’t concentrate. The wallpaper keeps
peeling, the giant potted plants seem to be
taking over the cavernous spaces, and that
strange guy in the room next door (John
Goodman) just won’t stop crying.
THE REGENT BEVERLY
WILSHIRE, PRETTY
WOMAN (1990)
I suppose when you’re
Richard Gere playing a close
version of yourself, pretty much,
there’s no need to make nice with the help at
your hotel. But prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia
Roberts) becomes chums with everyone: the
bellboy, the hotel’s manager, and even Gere’s
driver. She’s definitely a natural sweetheart,
so take your judgey face elsewhere.
THE BELLAGIO,
OCEAN’S ELEVEN
(2001)
Oh you cocky thing,
Danny Ocean. You want to
rob three casinos in one night,
all of which are owned by big gun
Terry Benedict? Well I suppose if anyone
is going to get into the Bellagio vault it’ll
be you (and Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don
Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Shaobo Qin,
Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Eddie Jemison,
Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould).
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ACTION
THE MONUMENTS MEN
RATED: M
AVAILABLE:
September 3
STARS: George Clooney,
Matt Damon, Bill Murray,
Cate Blanchett
DIRECTOR:
George Clooney
DURATION: 118 mins
BRICK MANSIONS
An all-star cast does not always maketh
the successful movie, although it’s an
excellent start: The Monuments Men
boasts George Clooney, Matt Damon,
John Goodman, Cate Blanchett and Bob
Balaban amongst its troupe, which is very
attractive. Thankfully, they’re all given their
space to shine while meshing together as
a fantastic ensemble. The story is loosely
based on a non-fiction work about a special
taskforce put together in the early 1940s,
which was assigned the mission of locating
stolen works of art and other artefacts
and ensuring their safety, away from the
destructive hands of Adolf Hitler and his
cronies. The group is made up of seven
gallery curators, art historians, and museum
directors, who are, not surprisingly, a little
nonplussed when it comes to the realities
of war. But a good dose of wry humour
mixed in with the quite moving story
makes this one work well.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
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Three Kings
SPECIAL ID
RATED: M AVAIL: Sept 24
STARS: Paul Walker, David Belle,
RZA, Gouchy Boy
DIRECTOR: Camille Delamarre
DURATION: 90 mins
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: Sept 4
STARS: Donnie Yen, Tian Jing,
Andy On, Ronald Cheng
DIRECTOR: Clarence Fox
DURATION: 96 mins
FORMATS: DVD
Action star Paul Walker,
who sadly passed away
last year, delivers his
penultimate performance
with the help of the
astonishing physical
prowess of Frenchman
David Belle. Belle’s
gymnastic and parkour
abilities bring this story,
of a dystopian Detroit
walled in by frustrated
cops, to butt-kicking life.
The slick style of Special ID
plays like a grimy dance track
- each hit, step, pause and
line of script is expertly curled
around to fit the story’s pace,
and you’re never left bored
or waiting things out. Donnie
Yen plays ‘Dragon’ Chen,
an undercover police officer
whose position embedded
within a Chinese crime
syndicate is becoming
very shaky.
ISLE OF DOGS
I’LL FOLLOW
YOU DOWN
STARS: Andrew Howard,
Barbara Nedeljakova,
Edward Hogg, John Buck
DIRECTOR: Tammi Sutton
DURATION: 76 mins
STARS: Gillian Anderson, Haley
Joel Osment, Rufus Sewell
DIRECTOR: Richie Mehta
DURATION: 93 mins
There’s a love triangle at the
centre of this British thriller,
which centres on ruthless
geezer Darius (Howard)
and his determination for
revenge when he discovers
his girlfriend is cheating
with a mobster. That jolly
dark humour you get in
early Danny Boyle films
comes through here, and
it’s a lot of brutal fun.
Most time travel sci-fi
movies have a sense of
frenzied urgency, that
there’s a limit to the
window available. But I’ll
Follow You Down focuses
more on the ethics of
whether a young man
(Osment) should try to save
his long lost father, or leave
time, and the world, as it is.
Thoughtful and beautiful.
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COMEDY
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
STARS: Ralph Fiennes,
F. Murray Abraham,
Mathieu Amalric,
Adrien Brody
Twee auteur director Wes Anderson
(The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox,
The Darjeeling Limited) has delivered more
of his revered, if not inimitable, style in
the highly anticipated The Grand Budapest
Hotel. He’s collected one of his coolest
casts to date (although they’re all pretty
brilliant, aren’t they - everyone wants a
piece of Wes!) including Ralph Fiennes,
Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, Saorise
Ronan, and regular muses Adrien Brody,
Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Owen
Wilson. Fiennes is in the main spotlight
here as Monsieur Gustave H.,
the eponymous hotel’s doting concierge,
who attends to the needs of numerous
rich, elderly ladies while they stay at the
hotel. When one such distinguished lady
dies in strange circumstances, and Gustave
stands to profit, he flees with the lobby boy
and begins a bizarre journey to prove his
innocence to the uncaring authorities.
DIRECTOR:
Wes Anderson
RATED: M
AVAILABLE:
September 3
DURATION: 100 mins
WALK OF SHAME
STARS: Elizabeth Banks, James
Marsden, Gillian Jacobs
DIRECTOR: Steven Brill
DURATION: 95 mins
FORMATS: DVD
’Walk of shame’ - the term
used for the hungover
trudge home from your one
night stand’s apartment.
As a title for this film, it’s
hilariously mild. Elizabeth
Banks absolutely tears
it up as a conservative
news anchor whose
aforementioned journey
becomes a desperate daylong run-in with just about
every law there is. Go Liz!
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Darjeeling Limited
A HAUNTED
HOUSE 2
STARS: Marlon Wayans, Jaime
Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel
Iglesias DIRECTOR: Michael
Tiddes DURATION: 83 mins
Marlon Wayans is just as
manic as you’ve always
known him to be in this
sequel to last year’s A
Haunted House. In the
Scary Movie tradition,
Wayans hoons through
pop culture references and
a smorgasbord of creepy,
gross, dumb and comical
nods to every horror
trope there is.
THE DOUBLE
PRICE CHECK
STARS: Jesse Eisenberg, Wallace
Shawn, Noah Taylor, James Fox
DIRECTOR: Richard Ayoade
DURATION: 93 mins
STARS: Parker Posey, Eric
Mabius, Annie Parisse, Josh
Pais DIRECTOR: Michael Walker
DURATION: 88 mins
FORMATS: DVD
The second film in talented
comic Richard Ayoade’s
cache, The Double is darkly
humorous but also very
unsettling in its interesting
premise. Simon (Eisenberg)
meets a new colleague who
is his physical doppelganger,
but no one else appears to
notice the odd similarity.
The new worker slowly
begins infiltrating Simon’s
life. Creepy.
Who doesn’t love Parker
Posey? If you don’t know
her, now’s the time to
get acquainted. She stars
as Susan, the beautiful,
energetic new boss to
Pete (Mabius). Susan
encourages Pete to excel at
work and he’s soon leaping
pay brackets - but spending
less time with his loving
family. How will he balance
his middle-class life?
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A
STARS: Seth
MacFarlane, Charlize
Theron, Amanda
Seyfried, Liam Neeson
Albert Stark (Seth MacFarlane) is a meek,
lily-livered sheep farmer, who just wants to
live out his days on the land of Old Stump,
Arizona with his darling girlfriend Louise
(Amanda Seyfried). Things look like they might
go that way until he backs out of performing a
duel, and Louise decides that Albert is just not
brave enough for her desires, and leaves the
poor sot. Meanwhile, married outlaw couple
Clinch and Anna (Neeson and Theron) arrive in
Old Stump and masquerade as siblings who
are looking for land to buy - but they’re actually
hiding out from the long arm of the law after
a bout of violent revelry in a neighbouring
town. When Anna and Albert begin to notice a
mutual attraction developing, the ire of Clinch
is raised in an almighty roar, and Albert has
got to decide whether he’ll stand and fight for
what he wants or slither back to his burrow as
he always has. MacFarlane’s second director/
writer/producer effort (after 2012’s Ted) is full
of pranks and old timey fun.
DIRECTOR:
Seth MacFarlane
RATED: MA15+
AVAILABLE:
September 4
DURATION: 116 mins
THE STAG
STARS: Andrew Scott, Hugh
O’Conor, Peter McDonald, Brian
Gleeson DIRECTOR: John Butler
DURATION: 94 mins
FORMATS: DVD
If the Irish know how to
party, it follows that the Irish
are practically university
professors on stag parties.
But most of the lads in The
Stag are content to just spend
a quiet weekend away before
Fionan (O’Conor) says ‘I do.’
Unfortunately the bride’s
wild brother (McDonald), is
having none of it, and leads
the reluctant men on a very
spontaneous few days.
COMEDY
A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST
Maverick
Blazing Saddles
City Slickers
THEY CAME
TOGETHER
STARS: Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler,
Cobie Smulders, Christopher
Meloni DIRECTOR: David Wain
DURATION: 85 mins
Two of the most adorable
comics in Hollywood. What
could go wrong? In the
beginning, a lot: Joel (Rudd)
has devious business plans
to swallow up a boutique
candy store owned by Molly
(Poehler), but they’re both
surprised and horrified
when they find themselves
falling for one another.
BAD WORDS
CHEF
STARS: Jason Bateman,
Kathryn Hahn, Amanda Anka,
Rohan Chand DIRECTOR: Jason
Bateman DURATION: 89 mins
STARS: Jon Favreau, Robert
Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson
DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau
DURATION: 114 mins
This is Jason Bateman’s
feature directorial debut,
and as such, why should he
entrust the lead performance
to anyone else? He stars as
40-year-old Guy Trilby, who
finds a loophole in the terms
of a prestigious national
spelling bee intended for high
school students, and begins
competing. He’s determined
to win, but these kids aren’t
going to fold.
Having worn the actor,
producer, writer and director
hats at various stages of
his long career, Jon Favreau
now wears all four in this tale
of a professional chef who
quits his job at a swanky LA
restaurant after a rather public
screaming match with a food
critic. He decides to set up
his own mobile food truck,
and reconnects with his
estranged family on the road.
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DRAMA
BELLE
RATED: PG
AVAILABLE:
September 10
STARS: Matthew Goode,
Lauren Julien-Box,
Natasha Williams,
Alan McKenna
DIRECTOR:
Amma Asante
DURATION: 104 mins
YOUNG &
BEAUTIFUL
RATED: R18+ AVAIL: Sept 3
STARS: Marine Vacth, Géraldine
Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot
DIRECTOR: Francois Ozon
DURATION: 95 mins
FORMATS: DVD
In this fascinating, sensual,
coming-of-age film, Isabelle
(Marine Vacth) makes it her
mission to lose her virginity to a
boy of her choice, but finds the
experience disappointing. She
decides to embark on a journey to
explore sexual possibilities and
begins working as a prostitute,
but after an older client dies
during their meeting, she
desperately tries to shift herself
back to her former, normal life.
According to historians there are very few records
about the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, whose
story director Amma Asante became enamoured
with and has brought to the big screen with
resplendent, sensitive dignity. The daughter of a
British naval officer and a West Indian slave, Belle
was four years old when taken by her father from
the West Indies back to England, and raised as
a noblewoman in the household of the officer’s
uncle: William Murray, the first Earl of Mansfield.
Asante paints in the details of Belle’s upbringing
alongside Elizabeth Murray (the Earl’s neice),
focusing on the differences in the girls’ stations
which are undeniably present even as they are
both educated and raised as free gentlewomen.
When Belle meets the young lawyer John Davinier,
she’s reprimanded by Mansfield (as he considers
the man unworthy of his charge); these troubles
are set against the backdrop of Mansfield’s
involvement in a landmark legal case which
could contribute to abolishing slavery in Britain
forever. Expressive and majestic.
Half of a Yellow Sun
To Kill a Mockingbird
12 Years a Slave
ROAD TO PALOMA
STARS: Jason Momoa, Robert
Homer Mollohan, Lisa Bonet
DIRECTOR: Jason Momoa
DURATION: 91 mins
We all know Jason Momoa as Khal
Drogo from HBO series Game
of Thrones, but the imposing
Native Hawaiian actor has shown
dexterity in directing, producing,
co-writing and starring in the story
of a Native American man named
Wolf who seeks revenge for the
murder of his mother. After meting
out his punishment, Wolf absconds
from the tightening noose of the
law and journeys cross-country to
spread his mother’s ashes.
ONLY LOVERS
LEFT ALIVE
FATAL
HONEYMOON
B
STARS: Tilda Swinton, Tom
Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin, Mia
Wasikowska DIRECTOR: Jim
Jarmusch DURATION: 123 mins
STARS: Harvey Keitel, Billy Miller,
Amber Clayton, Gary Sweet
DIRECTOR: Nadia Tass
DURATION: 94 mins
The mesmerising Tilda Swinton
is an ideal muse for the
meandering, contemplative
eye of director Jim Jarmusch.
Here Swinton plays Eve, the
wife of Adam (Hiddleston),
both of whom are vampires
who are reunited after lifetimes
apart as they each pursued
their own creative endeavours.
Adam is jaded with his immortal
existence, and together with
Eve contemplates his future.
Fatal Honeymoon is based on
the horrific, and undeniably
intriguing, true story of a freshly
married American couple who
honeymooned in Australia. After
a scuba diving trip goes terribly
wrong, the husband is accused of
murder and stands trial. The tale is
presented from the point of view
of the wife’s father (Harvey Keitel),
who is unwavering in his dogged
conviction that his daughter’s
death was not accidental.
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VERY GOOD GIRLS
PARTS PER
BILLION
RATED: PG AVAIL: Sept 17
STARS: Jesse Williams, Tim Blake
Nelson, Noah Wyle, Ian Ziering
DIRECTOR: Wayne Holloway
DURATION: 105 mins
STARS: Teresa Palmer, Frank
Langella, Rosario Dawson
DIRECTOR: Brian Horiuchi
DURATION: 99 mins
The demonstration of concurrent
rivalry and respect between two
athletes isn’t new, but in this story
based on the lives of drag racers
Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme and
Tom ‘the Mongoose’ McEwen,
we see an incredible new depth
- the pair were iconoclasts in the
world of sports marketing after
they teamed with an unlikely
corporate sponsor, and made
sports history. Very engaging.
In the face of a man-made,
biological disaster, three couples
must determine their immediate
and extended futures as they all
try to deal with the threat of civil
unrest and personal psychological
strain. We haven’t seen Josh
Hartnett for a while but he’s out in
force here as Len, partner to Mia
(Rosario Dawson), and the two
have a wonderful chemistry. Don’t
tell Ryan Gosling.
ABIGAIL
BRESLIN
GEORGIE
HENLEY
AND
DRAFT DAY
STARS: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth
Olsen, Clark Gregg, Demi Moore
DIRECTOR: Naomi Foner
DURATION: 88 mins
FORMATS: DVD
STARS: Kevin Costner, Chadwick
Boseman, Jennifer Garner
DIRECTOR: Ivan Reitman
DURATION: 110 mins
If, like me, you can’t really think
of a sweeter indie girl team than
Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota
Fanning, then make sure you get
onto this one. The pair star as
Lilly and Gerry, two lifelong
besties who agree they’ll each
lose their virginity before college.
But when they both fall for
the same guy and one begins
secretly dating him, their formerly
rock-solid bond becomes
seriously stretched.
This sports drama starring Kevin
Costner and Jennifer Garner
goes into the mechanics of NFL
draft selection, so may be a little
tough to comprehend if you’re
not familiar with the process.
The realistic repercussions of
unfavourable picks, incredulous
fans and the machinations behind
the scenes of the team general
managers will make this quite
compelling for anyone interested
in the interplay between
business and social media.
DRAMA
SNAKE &
MONGOOSE
MIRA
SORVINO
PERFECT
SISTERS
BASED ON
THE CHILLING
TRUE STORY
“Beautiful
visuals…
epic story.”
Paste Magazine
ON BLU-RAY AND DVD SEPTEMBER 10
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FAMILY
WINGS 2: SKY FORCE HEROES
STARS: Josh Duhamel,
Hilary Duff, Rob Schneider,
Jesse McCartney
We’re back in the air with the sequel
to Wings, which continues to trace the
adventures of a champion little aeroplane
named Ace. Ace has grown up quite
a lot since his first filmic foray during
which he found himself taking part in
a prestigious flying competition and
managed to prove his skills, and now
he’s working as a firefighter. But just
like those Top Gun mavericks, his ego
gets the better of him and he makes a
foolhardy decision which puts his entire
team in danger and results in a terrible
tragedy. Ashamed and resigned, he
quits the brigade and decides to spend
the rest of his days completing menial
work at the coal mines. It isn’t until an
alarming catastrophe unfolds within the
mines that Ace’s naturally heroic spirit is
reignited, and he gets a chance to show
that he can excel both in teamwork and
leadership once again.
DIRECTOR:
Tony Tang
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RATED: G
AVAILABLE:
September 18
DURATION: 84 mins
Wings
FORMATS: DVD
Planes
Cars
THE ADVENTURER
ANTBOY
RATED: PG
AVAILABLE:
September 10
STARS: Oscar Dietz, Amalie
Kruse Jensen, Samuel Ting
Graf, Nicolas Bro
DIRECTOR:
Ask Hasselbalch
DURATION: 74 mins
FORMATS: DVD
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Coming to us from Denmark,
Antboy is a delightful, very
kid-oriented romp that spoofs
the Spider-Man franchise
and presents many loveable
characters. It’s the story of
Pelle, a meek and bullied
12-year-old boy who, while
crouching in someone’s front
yard to hide from his nasty
schoolyard pursuers, is bitten
by an ant. The next morning
he finds himself imbued
with weird powers. With his
friend Wilhelm he settles on
a costume and a hero name,
and the two conduct a bunch
of experiments to determine
exactly how far his powers go.
But they quickly quit playing
around with the appearance of
a super villain, The Flea, who
kidnaps a girl from their quiet
suburban neighbourhood.
This one’s really charming,
steeped in everyday realism,
and as long as you don’t mind
dubbing, it’s a win.
- THE CURSE OF
THE MIDAS BOX
STARS: Michael Sheen, Lena
Headey, Sam Neill, Ioan Gruffudd
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Newman
DURATION: 95 mins
FORMATS: DVD
Michael Sheen, Lena Headey and
Sam Neill head this steampunk
fantasy story about a enormous,
mysterious island hotel. The
family of young Mariah (Welsh
actor Aneurin Barnard) is
murdered, and he must unravel
the secrets of the hotel to
determine the truth of their fate.
A PONY TALE
RATED: G AVAIL: Sept 3
STARS: Jenny Cipolla, Kristine
DeBell, Jason Faunt, James
Lastovic DIRECTOR: Mary
Crawford DURATION: 89 mins
FORMATS: DVD
Barbie and her sisters Skipper,
Stacie and Chelsea visit the
spectacular Swiss Alps in this
computer generated adventure,
in which they attend a horse
riding academy. Barbie is
determined to find a horse to
bring back to Malibu, but isn’t
sure which one to pick. When she
spots a strange, lone pony in the
woods, she learns about an ancient
fable which could lead her to the
most majestic equine of all.
RATED: PG
AVAILABLE:
September 17
STARS: Ty Burrell, Max
Charles, Lauri Fraser,
Guillaume Aretos
DIRECTOR:
Rob Minkoff
DURATION: 92 mins
1960s stalwarts Rocky and
Bullwinkle have had their
time in the limelight; now
two other characters from
the series have been granted
their own spin-off flick, and
it’s brilliant. Mr. Peabody is
the smartest sentient being
in the world, which is all the
more incredible as he is a
dog. Because of his refusal
to chase after tennis balls or
roll over on command, he’s
shunned by potential human
owners, and instead spends
his time learning all about the
mysteries of the scientific
world. One day he meets
and adopts an orphaned boy,
Sherman, and together the
two explore the possibilities
of time-travel using Mr
Peabody’s inventions.
Science is definitely
supercool in this cute CGI
comedy, well worth a look.
TEAM HOT WHEELS THE ORIGIN OF
AWESOME
STARS: Grant George
DIRECTOR: Matt Danner
DURATION: 74 mins
What is the origin of awesome?
Well, it first appeared in the Oxford
English Dictionary (which traces a
word’s first entry into the English
language) in 1598, and described
something that invoked a feeling
of awe. It’s an apt description for
the new Team Hot Wheels, in
which our hero quartet take on a
puzzlingly destructive black car in
the town of Hilly Woodlands.
BARBIE AND THE
SECRET DOOR
STARS: Katie Crown, Kelly
Sheridan DIRECTOR: Karen J
Lloyd DURATION: 81 mins
FAMILY
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
Featuring several original musical
numbers, Barbie and the Secret
Door stars Barbie as a timid
princess named Alexa.
When Alexa discovers a
hidden trapdoor within her
kingdom, she’s transported into
a magical land filled with fantastic
creatures and enchanting
surprises including new best
friends: a mermaid and a fairy.
“So hysterical you’ll
die laughing”
- Mara Reinstein, US Weekly
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SLEEPY HOLLOW SEASON 1
RATED: M
AVAILABLE:
September 17
STARS: Tom Mison,
Nicole Beharie,
Orlando Jones
DIRECTOR:
Ken Olin
DURATION: 730 mins
THE WALKING
DEAD S4
STARS: Andrew Lincoln, Steven
Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman
Reedus DIRECTOR: Greg Nicotero
DURATION: 1107 mins
Season four of tense,
brilliant zombie series The
Walking Dead opens with
our survivors living safely
inside the converted prison.
Things kick into gear straight
away however, as Rick and
his crew know that it’ll only
take one infected person to
penetrate their (relatively)
cosy, agrarian existence.
Washington Irving’s legend of Ichabod
Crane and the Headless Horseman has
long fascinated storytellers, although its
filmic versions are all set in the time of the
original story: the early 1800s. Now we get
a contemporary ‘re-telling’ which expands
on the original story, setting out Irving’s
tale and then reviving Ichabod from his
grave in modern times, in very mysterious
circumstances. As he is resurrected, so
too is the Headless Horseman, as the
two beings’ fates are intertwined due
to their blood mixing on the battlefield
centuries before. The compelling Nicole
Beharie plays Lt. Abbie Mills, who has
lived in Sleepy Hollow her whole life.
Mills declines a more lucrative and high
profile job with the FBI to remain in her
hometown when strange things relating
to the Horseman legend begin occuring,
and she commits herself to investigating
and uncovering the terrifying truth.
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Supernatural
The X-Files
True Blood
HANNIBAL S2
STARS: Hugh Dancy, Mads
Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas,
Laurence Fishburne
DIRECTOR: David Slade
DURATION: 1090 mins
Poor Will Graham (Hugh
Dancy) is in a psychiatiric
hospital, having been
committed after the events of
season one. But he does now
know that Dr Hannibal Lecter
(Mads Mikkelsen) isn’t at all
what he seems. Cue the toand-fro swing of respect and
frustration between the two
men, whose equal intellect
binds them closer than ever.
MODERN
FAMILY S5
RATED: PG AVAIL: Sept 17
STARS: Ed O’Neill, Sofía
Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell
DIRECTOR: John Bagdonas
DURATION: 536 mins
FORMATS: DVD
In season five of super
popular ensemble comedy
Modern Family, Mitch and
Cam are planning their
nuptials after gay marriage
is legalised in California,
and struggle to decide how
to tell Cam’s sister Pam.
Meanwhile Gloria hires a
male nanny, Claire catches
lice from Lily and the whole
fam vacations in Australia.
HOMELAND S3
STARS: Claire Danes, Damian
Lewis, Morena Baccarin,
Jackson Pace
DIRECTOR: Lesli Linka
DURATION: 684 mins
As Homeland moves into
its third season it seems to
only be gaining strength:
beginning with the ripples
from Abu Nazir’s terrorist
attack, we find Carrie (Claire
Danes) is the scapegoat
for the CIA’s errors, and a
new, fascinating informant
is claimed by the Bureau.
Danes continues to shine in
this intriguing drama.
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A
RATED: M
AVAILABLE:
September 17
STARS: Asher Keddie, Kat
Stewart, Richard Davies,
Linda Cropper
DIRECTOR:
Emma Freeman
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN S1
After the horrific end of Offspring’s
fourth season, which you probably
heard about through the loud and
long-reaching wails dominating
social media when it was aired
around this time last year, we’re
hoping Nina (the consistently
wonderful Asher Keddie) has picked
up her bundle - both mentally and
literally, in the form of her newborn
daughter Zoe. Season five begins six
months after the death that rattled
a nation, and Nina is determined to
hurl herself back into work, whatever
it takes. Her sister Billie (Kat Stewart)
steps up to the plate in helping Nina
move forward, and there are even
some new romantic propositions
on the horizon. Ultimately, season
five is about the Proudmans knitting
closer together in the wake of a
family tragedy.
Season five of The Good
Wife received such enormous
critical applause that it beat
out the final series of Breaking
Bad in the Best Drama
category at the TCA awards.
The storyline is absolutely
top-notch, following Alicia
(Margulies) and Cary’s (Matt
Czuchry) decision to step out of
Lockhart & Gardner’s confines
and begin their own law firm.
STARS: D.J. Cotrona,
Zane Holtz, Eiza González,
Jesse Garcia
DURATION: 794 mins
FORMATS: DVD
STARS: Julianna Margulies, Matt
Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Christine
Baranski DIRECTOR: Frederick
E.O. Toye DURATION: 1059 mins
FORMATS: DVD
AVAILABLE:
September 24
DIRECTOR:
Robert Rodriguez
DURATION: 570 mins
THE GOOD
WIFE S5
RATED: MA15+
HOUSE
HUSBANDS S3
STARS: Firass Dirani, Gyton
Grantley, Rhys Muldoon, Gary
Sweet
DIRECTOR: Geoff Bennett
DURATION: 584 mins
FORMATS: DVD
Our four heroes continue
to kick goals in navigating
the stay-at-home-dad
thing in season three of
House Husbands, with
Lucy moving in with Justin,
Lewis’ ex-wife Belle arriving
on the scene, and all four
of the dudes geting drunk
together and snap-deciding
to buy a pub.
THE VAMPIRE
DIARIES S5
Robert Rodriguez was the
visionary behind the 1996 film
From Dusk Till Dawn, which
starred Quentin Tarantino and
Salma Hayek. So does the
premise - about the violent
Gecko brothers Seth and
Richie, who take a God-fearing
family hostage on their way
out of a bank robbery and find
themselves fighting for their
lives in a strip club populated
by undead - work in TV series
format? It does, giving us
more guns-and-punches action
and backstory in the days
leading up to the cohort’s
arrival at the Titty Twister
bar, and more supernatural
discovery when the group
descends into the temple on
top of which the Titty Twister
is built. Rodriguez returns
to direct, so we can be sure
we’re getting original ideas
which he perhaps didn’t have
room to include the first time.
Great stuff.
TV
OFFSPRING S5
THE ORIGINALS
S1
RATED: CTC AVAIL: Sept 24
STARS: Nina Dobrev, Paul
Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
DIRECTOR: Chris Grismer
RATED: CTC AVAIL: Sept 24
STARS: Joseph Morgan, Daniel
Gillies, Phoebe Tonkin
DIRECTOR: Chris Grismer
Season five of this
supernatural thriller series
starts off happily and
hopefully, with Elena
(Nina Dobrev) beginning
college and feeling excited
about leading a regular
life. But when the girl’s
poor roomate turns up
eviscerated by another
vampire, things take a turn
for the intense.
The title of this spin-off
from The Vampire Diaries
refers to the very first
vampires: the three
Mikaelson siblings, who
want to reclaimNew
Orleans. Searching for
clues to their family history
within the town, they
discover there are others
doing the same, who could
be either friend or foe.
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J A S O N
B AT E M A N
Bad Words
“
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- Mike Smith, MovieHole
“UPROARIOUS FUN”
- Dave Brown, Empire Magazine Australia
AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY
AND DVD 25 SEPTEMBER
™
“THE PERFECT PARODY OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES... AN EXERCISE IN COMEDY BRILLIANCE...
WILL MAKE YOU CRY WITH LAUGHTER” – ETHAN ANDERTON, FIRSTSHOWN.NET
ON BLU-RAY & DVD
SEPTEMBER 24
They Came Together, Artwork & Supplementary Materials © 2014 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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THRILLER
AFFLICTED
RATED: MA15+
AVAILABLE:
September 18
STARS: Derek Lee, Clif
Prowse, Michael Gill,
Baya Rehaz
PERFECT SISTERS
The directorial debut from
Canadians Derek Lee and Clif
Prowse (who also star), Afflicted
makes the most of its found
footage approach with a realistic
storyline, instead of just sending
a wobbly camera about its events
as other filmmakers are wont to
do. Lee and Prowse use their own
names in the film, playing two
besties who decide to record their
overseas shenanigans for a travel
web series. Near the start of their
trip, Derek manages to pick up a
girl (high five!) who unfortunately
attacks him in the night. As each
day dawns, Derek appears to
be succumbing to an insidious
disease, which Clif insists on
documenting. Downhill from there.
DIRECTOR: Derek Lee,
Clif Prowse
This is a very original take on
the post-apocalyptic storyline,
focusing on a philosophy class
at a school in Jakarta. Teacher
Mr Zimit (D’Arcy) poses a
hypothetical problem to his
students involving nuclear
war and a bunker, and lets
them decide who will live and
who will die. Their answers are
played out in separate physical
threads, but their teacher is
hiding pertinent details.
STARS: Abigail Breslin,
Georgie Henley, Mira
Sorvino, James Russo
DURATION: 97 mins
STARS: Sophie Lowe, Rhys
Wakefield, James D’Arcy, Bonnie
Wright DIRECTOR: John Huddles
DURATION: 102 mins FORMATS:
DVD/Blu-ray
AVAILABLE:
September 10
DIRECTOR: Stan Brooks
DURATION: 97 mins
AFTER THE DARK
RATED: M
This one promises to be as
intriguing as that other brilliant
retelling of a real-life murder
case involving young girls as the
perpetrators, Heavenly Creatures
(1994). Perfect Sisters illuminates
the tale of Linda Anderson, whose
death was ruled as accidental
when authorities found the
alcoholic and pill-addicted mother
drowned in her own bathwater,
after a 911 call from the woman’s
two hysterical teenaged
daughters (played by Abigail
Breslin and Georgie Henley). In
the months after the incident
however, suspicions are raised
when the police hear reports that
the girls have been boasting to
friends about their perfect crime.
THE RECKONING
STARS: Jonathan LaPaglia, Luke
Hemsworth, Viva Bianca, Hanna
Mangan Lawrence
DIRECTOR: John V. Soto
DURATION: 86 mins
If you can get over the fact
that Jonathan LaPaglia
looks freakily identical to his
famous brother Anthony,
The Reckoning is a satisfying
ride through a crime thriller
storyline. When a detective’s
partner is brutally murdered,
said officer must locate a
couple of runaway teens who
have unknowingly recorded
the identity of the killer.
JOE
REASONABLE
DOUBT
STARS: Nicolas Cage, Tye
Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie
Gene Blevins DIRECTOR: David
Gordon Green DURATION: 112
mins FORMATS: DVD
STARS: Samuel L. Jackson,
Dominic Cooper DIRECTOR: Peter
Howitt DURATION: 87 mins
In this critically-praised drama set
in southern America and adapted
from a highly popular novel, Nic
Cage plays the titular hard-hearted
ex-felon. He lives an isolated life
looking out only for himself, and
initially meets 15-year-old Gary
with scorn and rejection. But a
tendril of paternal instinct uncurls
from Joe’s bitter heart, and
suddenly he finds himself caring
a lot more about the troubled boy
than he meant to.
Competing for the title of most
intense frown, Samuel L. Jackson
and Dominic Cooper star in this
crime thriller. Cooper is Mitch
Brockden, a District Attorney rising
up the ranks, who commits a fatal
hit-and-run and then finds himself
on the case. His conscience
compels him to manipulate
evidence details so that the
wrongly accused man is freed, but
he soon realises that perhaps no
one is as innocent as they appear.
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EXTRAS
A SELECTION OF TITLES THE DVD STORK WILL BE DELIVERING NEXT MONTH
THE BABADOOK
This Australian horror film doesn’t boast any huge
names, but it received massive critical acclaim at the
2014 Sundance Film Festival and has collected a huge
swell of fans who are into their genuinely creepy
horror. The Babadook is about a widowed mother
whose young son is becoming increasingly difficult
to discipline and who swears there’s a monster that
is coming to kill them both. A picture book titled
Mister Babadook turns up in the house, and the boy is
convinced that this is the entity he’s been seeing in his
dreams. It’s out on Oct 31 (Halloween!).
THE OTHER WOMAN
A trio of ladies discover they’re all being conned by
the same cheating womaniser, and band together in
this sweet comedy starring Leslie Mann, Cameron
Diaz and Kate Upton. It’ll be in store Oct 8.
EDGE OF
TOMORROW
Tom Cruise is still definitely
capable of carrying an action
film, as this mind-bending
timewarp of a thriller proves.
He’s a soldier forced to endure
a horrific battle in loop over
and over again. It’s out Oct 8.
UNDER
THE SKIN
Scarlett Johansson is a
sensual alien who preys on
a series of unfortunate men
in this fascinating thriller.
Critics all over are lauding
Johansson’s return to the
indie fold so best get your
hands on it Oct 15.
GLEE S5
In season five we get
tributes to The Beatles,
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga,
and Billy Joel amongst
the everyday tribulations
of new friendships,
feuding bandmates, STI
scares and expanding
careers post high school.
Grab it Oct 9.
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Sixteen year old Hazel (Shailene Woodley) has been
diagnosed with terminal cancer, and only wants to
retreat into lonely isolation. Her parents encourage her
to attend a support group, and Hazel finds her naturally
cheeky personality beginning to return, to the point where
she falls in love with one of the other group members,
Augustus (Ansel Elgort). But their time is fleeting, and the
star-crossed pair are forced to decide whether it’s better to
part ways or to indulge their feelings. It’s out Oct 29.
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GODZILLA
Finally, finally, finally. We’ve all been hanging to grab
a(nother) glimpse of director Gareth Edwards’ monster
mash, and it’ll be here Oct 1. Starring Elizabeth Olsen
(who we’ve profiled in Actor Focus this month) and
everyone’s favourite cook Bryan Cranston, Godzilla
brings the mother of all creatures to San Francisco
where the military is desperately trying to cover up
the repercussions of a series of botched deep sea
experiments conducted in the 1950s. Something has
emerged from its chrysalis and is intent on wreaking
havoc, and innocent American denizens are in its way.
MALEFICENT
One of Disney’s
classic villains gets
the story told her way
in Maleficent, adapted
from the story of
Sleeping Beauty.
Get around Angelina
Jolie’s cheekbones
on Oct 8.
JAMESY BOY
This crime drama is based on the true story of ex-convict
James Burns, played by Spencer Lofranco (the first big role
for the young actor). Small-time gang member James finds
himself in a maximum security prison, and must retain his
hope and belief in the wider world. It’s out Oct 22.
SHARKNADO 2:
THE SECOND ONE
Hey you Sharknado
fans, time to roll up
your sleeves for the
sequel. It features
more sharks swinging
through the air and
the return of Tara Reid
trying to get away
from them. You can
grab it Oct 23.
X-MEN: DAYS OF
FUTURE PAST
The X-Men are flung around in time in this ambitious
offering to the franchise (as the confusing title would
suggest), with older and younger versions of each
character teaming up. It’s awesome, and out on Oct 22.
AMERICAN
HORROR
STORY S3
This super popular
series has scared the
bejeezus out of us all,
and don’t we just love it?
Season three’s theme is
oppression, particularly
that of marginalised
groups. It’s also got
witches. It’ll be out to
get you on Oct 29.
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Awesome Night.
Epic Aftermath.
TAKE IT
HOME ON DVD
SEPTEMBER 10TH
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FANTASTIC FEST-HORROR
Strong horror
themes and
violence, blood
and gore
AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY™ & DVD 18 SEPTEMBER
Supernatural
themes and
violence
& DVD 25 SEPTEMBER
J A S O N
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- Mike Smith, MovieHole
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- Dave Brown, Empire Magazine Australia
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