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JULY 2016
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The first shot in the battle of the
superheroes is fired this month
with the release of Batman V
Superman: Dawn Of Justice, which
brings together the world’s two
most famous crimefighters – not
to mention Wonder Woman – for
the very first time. With Marvel’s
own mini-ensemble movie Captain
America: Civil War also not far away
now and X-Men: Apocalypse waiting
in the wings, the second half of 2016
is sure to put a smile on the face of
comic book fans. July is actually a big
month for action releases: as well as
the superhero blockbuster, there is
also the fantasy opus Gods Of Egypt,
the third film in the Divergent series,
Allegiant, and Michael Bay’s gripping
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of
Benghazi. Add in the acclaimed
chillers 10 Cloverfield Lane and The
Witch, feel-good comedies like My
Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and the
animated hit Kung Fu Panda 3, and
you have another bumper line-up on
tap this month.
5-10 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
From the biggest Hollywood
blockbusters to unsung gems
premiering on DVD and Blu-ray,
we cast our eye over the
month’s biggest new movie
and television releases.
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Oscar winner Helen Mirren is
no stranger to playing rulers
– but this gripping drone thriller
gave her the chance to
play a very different sort
of commander.
17 COMEDY
18-19 TV
20 THRILLER
22 FAMILY
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BETTER CALL DAVID
Bob Odenkirk made his name as
drug dealers’ lawyer of choice Saul
Goodman in Breaking Bad. Now he
is about to play a real life drug addict
in a new mini-series for the network
behind the aforementioned show and
its prequel Better Call Saul.
The Night Of The Gun is based on
the memoir of the same name by
journalist David Carr, which told the
story of his journey from the crack
pipe to esteemed columnist for
The New York Times.
Odenkirk will also serve as
executive producer alongside Shawn
Ryan, creator of The Shield. “I read
David’s story when it came out and
was wildly entertained by his saga,”
the actor enthuses. “It’s a story
of survival filled with pain, crack,
journalistic righteousness, abandoned
cars, crooks and lies. Then there’s the
two little girls who saved his life
– it’s overstuffed with humanity.”
Keep a look out for the second
season of Better Call Saul, which
is expected to be released on DVD/
Blu-ray towards the end of August.
BAY RESCUES UNLOVED POOCH
He doesn’t always get the best press, but blockbuster director Michael Bay has shown his kinder
side by coming to the rescue of an English pooch that has been dubbed “Britain’s loneliest dog”.
The filmmaker took to Twitter to announce that he had cast the dog Freya in Transformers:
The Last Knight, the latest installment in the sci-fi franchise due for release in 2017.
Bay was moved by the unfortunate canine’s plight when he read a tabloid report that
Freya had been rejected by prospective owners more than 18,000 times.
“Freya has epilepsy and has been in a shelter her whole 6 year life,” he tweeted. “We are
also going to find her a home. If not she will come to my house. Welcome to the cast Freya!”
• Bay’s latest movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is out on DVD and Blu-ray this month.
JOKER’S
WILD
The eagerly-awaited version of
Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s
celebrated 1988 graphic novel Batman:
The Killing Joke will get its world
premiere at this year’s Comic-Con.
Essentially an alternative origin story
for The Joker, the latest DC Universe
Original Movie explores how a struggling
stand-up comedian became a crazed
super villain. Mark Hamill will once
again provide the voice of The Joker,
while Kevin Conroy will reprise his
regular animated role of Batman.
Batman: The Killing Joke is due
here on DVD and Blu-ray in August.
For more on the latest DC live action
blockbuster Batman Vs Superman:
Dawn Of Justice, see page 14
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AMERICAN
GODDESS
Gillian Anderson is reuniting with Hannibal
creator Bryan Fuller for the highly anticipated
TV version of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed
contemporary fantasy novel American Gods.
The series will trace the conflict between
the traditional gods of mythology and new
icons who have ascended through modern
society’s obsession with money, technology,
celebrity and drugs. Anderson will play Media,
the mouthpiece for the new gods, and joins
an eclectic ensemble that also includes Ian
McShane, Peter Stormare, Emily Browning,
Sean Harris and Crispin Glover.
These days based in the UK, Anderson
continues to divide her time between US and
British projects. She was most recently seen
on DVD in the reboot of The X Files and later
this year will be seen in the third and final
season of the BBC crime drama The Fall. And
this month, she stars opposite Ben Kingsley in
Robot Overlords, a fun sci-fi comedy from the
makers of the cult favourite Grabbers.
GREEKS
BEARING GIFTS
Nina Vardolos was inspired
by her own experiences
of motherhood to write
a belated sequel to her
global smash My Big
Fat Greek Wedding. The
idea came when she
burst into tears on the
first day of her daughter
starting kindergarten.
She now laughs: “I was
struck by such panic and
fear at the thought of my
daughter leaving me that
I realized I had morphed
into my own overbearing,
bordering-on-suffocating,
Greek parents!” Setting
out to explore what family
life was now like for the
extended Portokalos
clan, Vardalos wrote the
screenplay over a four
year period. “I wanted to
show that the pressure
that accompanies
the female-parenting
experience is tremendous
and self-defeating,” she
continues. “I know I can’t
be volunteering at my
daughter’s school, and at
work, and have time for
my family and my parents.
I can’t be everywhere,
and yet I keep trying.” For
more on My Big Fat Greek
Wedding 2, see page 17.
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PROYAS BACK
TO HIS ROOTS
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Shooting Gods of Egypt helped director Alex Proyas
reconnect with his roots in a number of ways.
Proyas was born in Egypt, but moved Down Under when
he was three. And while the film didn’t give him the chance
to revisit to the country of his birth, it did allow him to shoot
his first film in Australia since 2009’s Knowing.
Unsurprisingly, there’s also a healthy Australian contingent
involved in front of the cameras, too. As well young leads
Brendon Thwaites and Courtney Eden, the cast of Gods Of
Egypt also includes Aussie icons Geoffrey Rush and Bryan
Brown, plus other familiar faces like Emma Booth, Bruce
Spence and Rachael Blake.
Gods Of Egypt is reviewed on page 15
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NO STOPPING
SEAGAL
He may not be as quick and nimble as he was
back in the 80s and 90s heyday, but Steven Seagal
is showing no signs of slowing down.
This month sees the DVD release of his latest film Code
Of Honour and that’s just one of a dizzying number of new
action thrillers in the pipeline from the video stalwart.
Seagal recently wrapped another film with his regular
director Keonie Waxman (Mercenary: Absolution, A
Good Man) entitled Killing Salazar, which pairs him with
current action star Luke Goss. Two other Waxman/Seagal
productions, Contract To Kill and End Of A Gun, are also
expected out later this year or early in 2017.
Other films reportedly in the pipeline include an
unlikely collaboration with schlockmeister Fred Olen
Ray called Sniper: Special Ops and The Asian
Connection. But the most intriguing project looks
to be the much delayed Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark
Rift from Albert Pyun, which promises to unite two
popular rental franchises – Cyborg and Nemesis
– created by the veteran direct-to-DVD filmmaker.
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GOLDEN AGE OF
HOLLYWOOD?
Scarlett Johansson knows
what it’s like to be forever
in the media spotlight – but
is ambivalent about the old
school Hollywood system of
the ‘50s in which the studios
zealously guarded the private
lives of their stars.
The era is brought to life
in the Coen Brothers’ latest
movie Hail Caesar! – out this
month on DVD and Blu-ray
– in which Johansson plays
DeeAnna Moran, an aquatic
film star loosely based on
swimming sensation Esther
Williams. In the movie,
studio fixer Eddie Mannix
(Josh Brolin) is brought
into tidy up a scandal
that could damage the
career of their star.
“Today, we’re so used to
knowing every little thing
about actors and celebrities
and digging into the deep
dark truths of their lives,”
muses Johansson. “Back then,
the public wanted
to believe that the
stars were in fact as
otherworldly and ideal as
they were being projected.
The studios did more to
protect their ‘trophies’ back
in that system. The stars were
like property, under contract
forever and could be loaned
out at any time. There were
good things about that system
and bad. On the one hand,
they were taken care of, and
on the other, it could be rather
suffocating.”
PINE’S
FINEST HOURS
Chris Pine is now firmly
ensconced in the captain’s seat
in the rebooted Star Trek. But
playing the skipper of a very
different sort of vessel
in The Finest Hours proved
to be just as daunting.
Out this month on DVD, this
true story tells the heroic tale
of a small lifecraft crew led by
Petty Officer First Class Bernie
Webber (Pine), who pulled
off one of the most amazing
rescues in American Coast
Guard history.
Because his latest ship
captain was a real-life person,
Pine was determined to
do justice to him and their
incredible story. “You want
to pay tribute to them and
hopefully capture the essence
of who they actually were,”
explains Pine. “There’s this
really great audio recording of
Bernie telling the story many
years after what happened that
night, and just listening to his
cadence and how he responded
to the gentleman asking the
questions you could tell that he
had told the story many times
and I got the feeling that he
didn’t want to talk about it much
anymore. In talking with people
who knew Bernie I found that
this was a great part of who he
was – a quiet guy who took
very seriously a job that he
was very good at.”
This month, Pine will also
be seen back at the helm of his
usual craft the USS Enterprise
in Star Trek Beyond, which is
due to open in cinemas later
this month.
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of The Hardy Boys, one of those rare
indies that youngsters can watch
alongside their parents.”
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OSCAR WINNER HELEN MIRREN IS NO STRANGER TO PLAYING RULERS
– BUT THE DRONE THRILLER EYE IN THE SKY GAVE HER THE CHANCE
TO PLAY A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF COMMANDER.
F
rom the hard-nosed detective
in Prime Suspect to her awardwinning turns as Queen Elizabeth
I and II, many of Helen Mirren’s most
memorable roles have seen her
playing strong, determined women in
male-dominated worlds. So she was
certainly in her element in the thriller
Eye In The Sky, in which she plays
Colonel Katherine Powell, a veteran
soldier charged with co-coordinating a
drone strike against some of Europe’s
most wanted terrorists.
Surprisingly, though, this was the
first time she had ever been cast as a
RATED: M
AVAILABLE: July 20
STARS: Helen Mirren,
Alan Ricman,
Aaron Paul
DIRECTOR:
Gavin Hood
DURATION: 102 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
She spent quite a bit of time
consulting with a military
adviser so she could get an
idea of the challenges facing
a woman army office
in Eye in the Sky, legal questions are
very much part of the process,” she
says. “These people don’t want legal
issues to come back and bite them in
the ass a year later and find they’re
being accused of war crimes.”
The action in Eye In The Sky
unfolds over multiple locations and
that also posed challenges for the
cast. For example, Mirren’s character
spends virtually the entire movie at
an English military base, but has to
solider – and consequently she spent
quite a bit of time consulting with a
military adviser so she could get an
idea of the challenges facing a
woman army officer.
However, Mirren also infused her
character with qualities she’s observed
on movie sets over the decades. “To
be a commander in the military is a
lot like being a film director — though
obviously with much higher stakes
— which is something I understand
first hand,” she explains. “Above all,
you have to make decisions and
you have to make them fast. You
can’t shilly-shally, ‘Is it the right
decision, is it the wrong decision?’
In the thick of a battle like Black
Hawk Down, you don’t have time
to go, ‘Are we legally allowed to do
this?’ because you have to think
on your feet.”
Nevertheless, she
acknowledges that the war on
terror involves a whole new
set of rules of engagement
and for Mirren that was an
important part of the movie.
“In the circumstances we see
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colonel in the British army.
interact with agents on the ground
That’s what we do for a living.
in Kenya, the US drone operators in
“It must be a very strange kind
Nevada and the vacillating British
of schizophrenia for someone like
politicians in London. That meant
Colonel Powell to go from everyday
director Gavin Hood often fed
normal life and walk into
lines to the cast while
this very extreme
they remained in their
environment of the
individual sound stage
It’s the same process
command centre
command centres.
for me as walking into
where the mentality
However, the
a room and imagining
is so different from
British actress took it
what 99 percent
in her stride – in fact,
you’re a colonel in the
of the population
she believes the setBritish army
experiences.
up mirrored in part the
“Every day when we’d
isolation her character had
leave that set, I’d think it was
to deal with.
unbelievable that people spend their
“As actors, it’s our job to imagine,”
whole lives doing this. To confront so
she says. “If you’re looking at a screen
much brutality and violence pretty
imagining what you’re looking at, it’s
much on a daily basis — that must
the same process for me as walking
take a huge toll.”
into a room and imagining you’re a
Before Chappie came
along (see below), the
mischievous machine
from Short Circuit (1986)
was definitely the screen’s
cutest military robot. After
being struck by lightning,
Number 5 develops a free will and with a bit
of help from Ally Sheedy develops a child-like
wonder about the world.
T-800
Arnie’s indestructible
cyborg is unlikely to ever
be toppled as Hollywood’s
best ever militiarised
machine. Terminator
2: Judgment Day (1991)
remains his screen highpoint as
the reprogrammed killing machine becomes
the Connors’ protector against an even more
lethal cyborg (Robert Patrick).
ULTRON
Voiced with silky menace
by James Spader, the
lethal machine with a
God complex was the
villain of the second
Marvel ensemble flick The
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015)
and ended up stealing the show.
In the comics, the machine is rebuilt
so let’s hope this won’t be the last we
will see of Ultron.
CHAPPIE
This eponymous 2015
sci-fi flick is essentially
a bonkers mash-up of
Robocop and Short
Circuit, with inventor Dev
Patel installing his prototype
artificial intelligence program
into the body of a powerful
police robot, creating a rather
timid lethal weapon.
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BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
RATED: M
AVAILABLE: July 20
STARS: Ben Affleck,
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Diane Lane
DIRECTOR: Zack Snyder
DURATION: 151 mins
Unlike Marvel, which had the luxury of
introducing most of their Avengers characters
with their own individual movies, DC’s first
ensemble movie comes at a time when their
own cinematic universe is still being built.
However, the fact that it took almost $1.2
billion at the box office is testament to the
irresistible appeal of seeing the world’s two
best known superheroes going head to head
on the big screen. In a clever prologue, the
seeds of their animosity are planted when
Bruce Wayne (Bruce Affleck) witnesses the
death of many of his employees during the
climactic battle between Superman (Henry
Carvill) and General Zod in Man Of Steel. For
his part, Superman is unhappy with Batman’s
brand of vigilante justice and with sinister
mogul Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) happy to
stoke the flames of resentment, the scene
is set for a true clash of the titans. Add in the
introduction of Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)
and a glimpse of other members of the
Justice League, and you have one of the
year’s essential comic book movies.
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Captain America: Civil War
The Dark Knight
Watchmen
THE CALL UP
THE FIXER
THE FINEST HOURS
DRAGON BLADE
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6
STARS: Morfydd Clark, Chris Obi,
Parker Sawyers, Max Deacon
DIRECTOR: Charles Barker
DURATION: 86 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RATED: M AVAIL: July 6
STARS: Eric Dane, Kathleen
Robertson, Andrew Airlie,
Christian Paul DIRECTOR: Peter
Howitt DURATION: 120 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RATED: PG AVAIL: July 20
STARS: Chris Pine, Casey
Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana,
Holliday Grainger DIRECTOR:
Craig Gillespie DURATION: 117
mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 20
STARS: Jackie Chan, John
Cusack, Adrien Brody, Si Won
Choi, Peng Lin DIRECTOR:
Daniel Lee DURATION: 127 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
With Virtual Reality headsets
close to becoming an, err,
reality, this cunning futuristic
thriller is a very timely
release. A group of gamers
are selected supposedly at
random to road-test a new
VR game involving terrorists
taking over a building.
However, when one of their
number dies in real life after
being ‘killed’ during the
game, the participants realise
that gameplay has become
frighteningly real.
One-time Grey’s Anatomy
hunk Eric Dane and Kathleen
Robertson (Boss) head the
cast of this good-looking
made-for-TV conspiracy
thriller. Robertson plays an
official with the National
Accident Investigation
Agency, who teams up with
conspiracy theorist Dane to
investigate the activities of
a secret organisation, which
the latter claims orchestrates
national disasters to
manipulate the stock market.
Star Trek’s Chris Pine is back
at the helm of a very different
ship this month in this
rousing survival adventure,
which tells the true story
of one of the American
Coast Guard’s most famous
rescues. Set in the 1950s,
Pine captains a tiny wooden
lifeboat to rescue the stricken
crew of a tanker
that has been cleaved in
two by a destructive storm.
Both the heroics and
effects are awe-inspiring.
Loosely based on real life
historical events, this action
spectacular re-imagines
the Roman Empire invading
ancient China to claim control
of the Silk Road. Jackie Chan
– who also produces and
directs the action sequences
– makes for a typically humble
hero, Adrien Brody chews up
the scenery as the corrupt
Roman invader, while John
Cusack plays a sympathetic
legionnaire who joins the
Chinese side.
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AVAILABLE: July 29
STARS: Brenton Thwaites,
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Gerard Butler,
Courtney Eaton,
Geoffrey Rush
DIRECTOR: Alex Proyas
DURATION: 127 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
CODE OF HONOR
ACTION
GODS OF EGYPT
They are probably not as well known as
their Greek counterparts like Zeus and
Poseidon, but the ancient deities of Egypt
are equally awe-inspiring and they provide a
suitably colourful cast of characters for this
fantasy romp. Game Of Thrones’ Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau plays the god Horus, who is
blinded and sent into exile when his uncle
Set (Gerard Butler) murders his father Osiris
(Bryan Brown) to become Egypt’s all-powerful
god. However, Horus finds an unlikely ally in a
small-time thief Bek (Brendon Thwaites) who
steals one of his eyes back from Set’s temple
and gives it back to him in return for his help
in bringing back to life his girlfriend Zaya
(Courtney Eaton), who is killed during their
getaway. As they battle Set’s powerful army
and allies, the arrogant Horus learns a bit of
humility along the way – and that humans
are more than just slave fodder. It’s complete
tosh, of course, but Butler enjoys himself
in a rare villainous role and Geoffrey
Rush adds a little bit of extra class as
the family of gods’ patriarch, Ra.
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Clash Of The Titans
Wrath Of The Titans
Immortals
ROBOT OVERLORDS
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 27
STARS: Steven Seagal, Craig
Sheffer, Helena Mattsson, James
Russo DIRECTOR: Michael
Winnick DURATION: 106 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RATED: M AVAIL: July 7
STARS: Ben Kingsley, Gillian
Anderson, Callan McAuliffe,
Ella Hunt DIRECTOR: Jon Wright
DURATION: 90 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
Although Steven Seagal
gets top billing, he actually
plays second fiddle to Craig
Sheffer in this curious action
thriller. When a city’s criminal
element starts getting picked
off by a mystery ‘super
vigilante’ (Seagal), a shadowy
government agent (Sheffer)
tells the police the killer is a
former special ops comrade,
whose wife and child were
killed in a drive-by shooting.
But is Sheffer really
who he claims to be?
Director Jon Wright made his
name with the cult creature
feature Grabbers and he
brings the same sense of
irreverence to this more
family-fiendly sci-fi yarn. Here,
invading robots now rule the
earth and humans have now
all been implanted with chips
that allow their masters to
track their movements. But
when a group of teenagers
discover a way of disabling
the implants, the resistance
battle begins in earnest!
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ALLEGIANT
13 HOURS: THE SECRET
SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI
RATED: M AVAIL: July 27
STARS: Shailene Woodley, Theo
James, Naomi Watts, Octavia
Spencer DIRECTOR: Robert
Schwentke DURATION: 120 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 14
STARS: John Krasinski, James
Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber,
David Denman DIRECTOR:
Michael Bay DURATION: 144 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
The penultimate epsidoe in this
YA sci-fi saga finds our heroes
Tris (Shailene Woodley) and
Four (Theo James) venturing
outside the walls for the first
time. They eventually reach
a facility ruled over by the
seemingly benign Jeff Daniels,
who says Tris has a vital role to
play in the survival of humanity.
However, Four begins to
suspect that they may have just
swapped one tyrant for another.
Blockbuster specialist Michael
Bay takes a break from largescale destruction for a more
visceral actioner which tells the
story of the attack by Libyan
militants on a US diplomatic
compound in Benghazi in
2012. Bay zeroes in on the
heoric actions of a small team
of security contractors who
defied the Libyan force to
protect the surviving members
of the mission. Gripping stuff.
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DRAMA
THE DAUGHTER
STARS: Paul Schneider,
Geoffrey Rush,
Anna Torv,
Miranda Otto, Sam Neill
This intense and moving drama marks
the full-length directorial debut of theatre
director Simon Stone and is based on his
own modernized stage adaptation of Henrik
Ibsen’s The Wild Duck. Paul Schneider – best
known as one of the original cast members
of Parks & Recreation – plays Christian, who
returns to his Australian hometown for the
wedding of his father Henry (Geoffrey Rush)
to his young housekeeper Anna (Anna Torv).
Reconnecting with his oldest friend Oliver
(Ewen Leslie), Christian discovers that he has
married one of his dad’s former employees
Charlotte (Miranda Otto) and now has a
daughter Hedvig (Odessa Young). It’s not
long before the skeletons come tumbling
out of the closet, threatening to shatter the
lives of those closest to him. A haunting
exploration of the terrible power of secrets,
Stone is well served by a terrific ensemble,
which also includes a scene-stealing Sam
Neill as Oliver’s father Walter. A must for fans
of dark homegrown dramas like Lantana and
Beautiful Kate.
DIRECTOR: Simon Stone
IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE...
RATED: CTC
AVAILABLE: July 20
DURATION: 96 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
Lantana
Somersault
Mullet
TUMBLEDOWN
RATED: M
AVAILABLE: July 14
STARS: Rebecca Hall,
Joe Manganiello,
Dianna Agron,
Jason Sudeikis
DIRECTOR: Sean Mewshaw
DURATION: 105 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
THE ADDERALL DIARIES
Both a touching study of grief
and a droll rom-com, the debut
feature from real-life couple
Sean Mewshaw and writer
Desi Van Til is an absolute
charmer. Set in the wintry
environs of Maine, Rebecca
Hall plays the widow of a cult
folk singer, who died soon after
completing his one and only
album. Fiercely protective of
his legacy, she is struggling to
complete his biography and is
less than pleased when a New
York academic (Jason Sudeikis)
turns up on her doorstep
hoping to interview her for a
book he is preparing on the life
of her late husband. On the
advice of her friend and editor
(Griffin Dunne), she reluctantly
agrees to compromise and
convinces Sudeikis to co-write
the book with her. However,
things become complicated
when he begins to fall for his
new collaborator. The two leads
are superb, while the lovely
soundtrack is from US singer
Damien Jurado.
RATED: MA15+
AVAILABLE: July 14
STARS: James Franco,
Amber Heard, Wilmer
Valderrama, Christian Slater,
Ed Harris, Cynthia Nixon
DIRECTOR:
Pamela Romanowsky
DURATION: 105mins
FORMATS: DVD
There are faint echoes here of
the under-rated 2015 drama
True Story in which James
Franco played a suspected
murderer involved in a cat-andmouse game with disgraced
journalist Jonah Hill. In The
Adderall Diaries, Franco is a
writer who has found fame
with a searing memoir that
detailed the years of abuse he
suffered at the hands of his
late father (Ed Harris). Struck
with writer’s block, he hits
upon the idea of a true crime
book about a man (Christian
Slater) accused of murdering
his wife. However, when Harris
turns up at a book reading
reading and accuses his son of
being a fraud, Franco’s career
and personal life goes into a
tailspin. Based on a true story,
it’s an intriguing examination
of the creative process
and why we cannot always
trust our memories, with
Franco delivering a fearless
performance as the
Adderall-popping writer.
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STARS: Nia Vardalos,
John Corbett,
Michael Constantine,
Lainie Kazan
The epilogue of the original film hinted that
Toula (Nia Vardalos) hadn’t quite managed to
extricate herself from her extended family
and 10 years on that is still the case. Although
determined not to make the same mistakes
her mother made, she finds herself at odds
with her 17-year-old daughter Paris (Elena
Kampouris), who is appalled by the meddling
and behaviour of her Greek relatives and is
threatening to get as far as away as possible
from them when she goes to college.
Meanwhile, Toula’s frantic attempts to juggle
home, work and family responsibilities
have left her easy-going husband Ian (John
Corbett) feeling somewhat neglected. And,
of course, there is also a wedding to contend
with – that of her parents (Lainie Kazan and
Michael Constantine), who turn out not to
be married because of a clerical mistake.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 doesn’t deviate
too far from the winning formula Vardalos
established with the 2002 movie (she once
again penned the script) and that film’s many
fans wouldn’t have it any other way.
DIRECTOR: Kirk Jones
IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE...
RATED: PG
AVAILABLE: July 7
DURATION: 94 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
HAIL, CAESER!
RATED: PG AVAIL: July 14
STARS: Josh Brolin, George
Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph
Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson
DIRECTOR: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
DURATION: 106 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
The Coen brothers’ latest is a
fond and whimsical salute to
the Golden Age of Hollywood.
George Clooney – in another
of his ‘idiot’ roles for the
siblings – is the dimwitted
star of the biblical epic of the
title who is kidnapped by a
mysterious group; Josh Brolin
is the studio fixer who has to
sort this and other messes
out. Comedy of the month.
COMEDY
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2
My Life In Ruins
Alex & Eve
The Big Wedding
UNINDIAN
RATED: M AVAIL: July 20
STARS: Brett Lee, Tannishtha
Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak, Akash
Khurana DIRECTOR: Anupam
Sharma DURATION: 98 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
Former fast bowler Brett
Lee makes for a surprisingly
accomplished leading man
in this cross-cultural romcom. He plays a teacher who
specialises in teaching ‘Aussie’
to foreigners, who falls for
divorcee and single mum
Meera (Tannishtha Chatterjee).
Unfortunately, her Indian
parents are less than pleased
that she has hooked up
with a white-man...
RIDE ALONG 2
RATED: M AVAIL: July 7
STARS: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart,
Tika Sumpter, Benjamin Bratt
DIRECTOR: Tim Story DURATION:
102 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube butt
heads again in this amiable
comedy actioner, which finds
the duo wreaking havoc in
Miami. Hart has now become
a trainee cop, much to the
annoyance of detective Cube.
However, with Hart already on
a last warning, his brother-inlaw-to-be decides to take him
on an assignment involving
Miami drugs baron Benjamin
Bratt in the hope he screws up
and gets kicked off the force.
AWKWARD SEXY
PEOPLE
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 27
STARS: Adam Pally, Sarah Burns,
Reid Scott, Catherine Reitman,
Kevin Dunn DIRECTOR: Don
Argott DURATION: 93 mins
FORMATS: DVD
Released in the US as Slow
Learners, this likeable rom-com
zeroes in on two lonely, nerdish
teachers (Adam Pally and Sarah
Burns) who decide they need to
reinvent themselves if they are
to find a partner. Both succeed
in transforming themselves into
cool, promiscuous swingers, but
things get awkward when they
realise they both have feelings
for one another.
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TV
HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON 4
RATED: MA15+
AVAILABLE: July 7
STARS: Kevin Spacey,
Robin Wright, Michael Kelly,
Kristen Connolly, Kate Mara
DIRECTOR:
Karyn McCarthy
DURATION: 620 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
The finale of the third season of this devilishly
entertaining political drama found the first
cracks appearing in the partnership between
President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey)
and his ambitious wife Claire (Robin Wright).
These fault lines become even more
pronounced in the fourth season, as the First
Lady sets out to build a political career of her
own, much to the disapproval of her husband.
However, Frank already has his hands full
dealing with rival Democrat presidential
nominee Heather Dunbar (Elizabeth Marvel)
and a charismatic new Republican contender
Will Conway (Joel Kinnaman). Then there is
dogged journalist Lucas Goodwin (Sebastian
Arcelus), who has now been released from
prison and is keen for someone to continue
the investigation begun by his late friend Zoe
(Kate Mara – who makes a surprise guest
appearance in this one). The high production
values, and Spacey and Wright’s mesmeric
performances make this compulsive viewing
– and the finale sets things up nicely for an
explosive fifth season in 2017.
IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE...
Boss
The West Wing
Madam Secretary
KILLJOYS S1
RATED: MA15+
AVAILABLE: July 7
STARS: Hannah John-Kamen,
Aaron Ashmore,
Luke Macfarlane,
Tamsen McDonough
DIRECTOR: Chris Grismer
DURATION: 408 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
POWER: S2
With its mix of bounty hunters
and rogue colonies, fans of the
cult sci-fi space western Firefly
will feel right at home with
this perky new TV offering.
Set in a remote planetary
system called The Quad, the
10-episode SyFy show follows
the adventures of a team of
space age bounty hunters –
the Killjoys of the title – a sort
of private police force used to
track criminals. Hannah JohnKamen and Aaron Ashmore
play a killjoy team who are
drawn out of their comfort
zone when they come to the
rescue of the latter’s brother
(Luke Macfarlane), a former
soldier with a kill warrant out
on him. Once that is sorted
out, they invite him to join their
team, but all three have some
dark secrets in their past that
have the potential to tear apart
the trio. With an emphasis on
action, Killjoys is a fast and
furious treat; a second season
is already on its way.
INSIDE AMY
SCHUMER: S3
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6
STARS: Omari Hardwick, Lela
Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph
Sikora DIRECTOR: David Knoller
FORMATS: DVD
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 20
STARS: Amy Schumer, Kevin
Kane, Kyle Dunnigan DIRECTOR:
Ryan Mcfaul FORMATS: DVD
In the second season of
this muscular crime drama,
Ghost (Omari Hardwick) still
wanting out of the drugs
business but needing money
to save his nightclub. Further
complicating matters is the
return of his former mentor
Kanan (the show’s co-creator
50 Cents), and his on-going
affair with DA Angela Valdez
(Lela Loren), who is still
unaware that Ghost is the
mystery drugs kingpin her
department is hunting.
Boasting an starrier line-up of
guest stars than before, the
third season of the Trainwreck
star’s TV show finds her
at her rude and lewd best.
Standout sketches include
‘Last F***able Day’, in which
Tina Fey, Patricia Arquette and
Julia Louis-Dreyfus explain to
her why woman over aren’t
allowed to be sexy on screen
once they hit a certain age,
and a spoof of 12 Angry
Men, starring the likes of Jeff
Goldblum and Paul Giamatti.
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SUPERGIRL: SEASON 1
AVAILABLE: July 27
STARS: Melissa Benoist,
Mehcad Brooks,
Chyler Leigh,
Jeremy Jordan
DIRECTOR: Glen Winter
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RAKE S4
TV
RATED: CTC
It’s girl power all the way in this exhilarating
new addition to DC’s latest addition to its
TV universe. Not only is there the Woman
Of Steel (Melissa Benoist), but Supergirl has
a kick-ass step-sister Alex (Chyler Leigh),
her deadliest foes are villainesses, while
her alter-ego’s boss is a bitchy media mogul
(a scene-stealing Calista Flockhart). In this
incarnation of Supergirl, Superman’s cousin
Kara Zor-El was sent from Krypton to protect
her baby cousin, but ended up getting lost
in space; when she finally arrives, he has
already become Superman. After living an
ordinary life, Kara reveals her powers to save
Alex from a plane crash, but is astonished
to discover that her sibling is a member of a
secret agency battling the alien inmates of a
prison ship who have also ended up on Earth
and are now planning something big. The
casting of Helen Slater (who played Supergirl
in the 1984 screen version) and Dean Cain
(TV’s last Superman) as Kara’s step parents
is a nice touch, as is a fun guest appearance
from fellow superhero The Flash.
IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE...
The Flash
Arrow
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D
TEEN WOLF: S5 PT2
RATED: M AVAIL: July 13
STARS: Richard Roxburgh,
Matt Day, Caroline Brazier,
Russell Dykstra DIRECTOR:
Peter Duncan FORMATS: DVD
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6
STARS: Dylan O’Brien, Colton
Haynes, Tyler Posey, Crystal
Reed, DIRECTOR: Russell
Mulcahy FORMATS: DVD
The welcome return of
Australian television’s most
debauched lawyer Cleaver
Greene (Richard Roxburgh)
initially finds our hero keeping
a low profile in a sleepy
country town. But it’s not long
before he is back in Sydney
and up to his ears in legal and
political shenanigans with
old chums and colleagues
like Russell Dykstra, Danielle
Cormack, Matt Day and
Damien Garvey. It’s great
to have him back.
Poor old Dylan O’Brien has
been in the wars of late, with
the serious injury he suffered
on the set of the third Maze
Runner film, The Death Cure,
putting back the release
by over a year. So in the
meantime, fans will have to
make do with the concluding
installment of season 5,
in which the divided Beacon
Hills’ pack must face up to
Dread Doctors’ final genesis,
a creature known as
‘The Beast’.
ORPHAN BLACK: S4
RATED: CTC
AVAILABLE: July 27
STARS: Tatiana Maslany,
Dylan Bruce,
Jordan Gavaris,
Kevin Hanchard
DIRECTOR: John Fawcett
DURATION: 420 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
It was starting to get a little
hard keeping up with who’s
who in this mind-boggling
sci-fi series about clones,
so one of the most pleasing
things about the latest edition
is that it sort of serves as a
back-to-basics refresher. In
series 4, our main heroine
Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) starts
digging back into the suicide
of Beth (Maslany), the clone
whose suicide first led Sarah
to discover the existence
of her new ‘sisters’ and the
nightmarish conspiracy behind
their creation. Helping her out
is a new clone MK (Maslany),
a key ally of Beth’s in the early
days of her investigation,
while returning favourites
include James Frain as the
sinister assassin Ferdinand,
who first made his mark in
the third season. Part reboot,
part-prequel, this is probably
the best Orphan Black series
since the mind-blowing
opening season.
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THRILLER
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
RATED: M
AVAILABLE: July 7
STARS: John Goodmant,
Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
John Gallagher Jr.
DIRECTOR:
Dan Trachtenberg
DURATION: 103 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
EYE IN THE SKY
RATED: M AVAIL: July 20
STARS: Helen Mirren, Alan
Rickman, Aaron Paul DIRECTOR:
Gavin Hood DURATION: 102 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
The rights and wrongs of
drone warfare are in the
spotlight in this thriller which
follows a British mission to
strike a group of terrorists
who have gathered in Kenya
to plan a devastating attack.
Helen Mirren is her usual
commanding self as the
mission leader, while there
is fine support from the
late Alan Rickman as her
boss, Jeremy Northam as
a wavering politician and
Aaron Paul as drone operator
with a conscience.
More often than not, sequels
tend to be pale shadows of
the original. However, with
this superb sequel (or is it a
prequel?), first time director
Dan Trachtenberg has taken
the 2008 alien invasion hit
Cloverfield in a whole new
direction. Ditching the foundfootage theme of the original,
Trachtenberg has instead
fashioned a claustrophobic
chiller set almost entirely in an
underground bunker. After a
car accident, Michelle (Mary
Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up
in a bomb shelter belonging
Howard (John Goodman),
who tells her Earth has
been left uninhabitable by a
devastating chemical attack.
She takes some convincing
but eventually comes around
to his thinking and forms a
friendship with the bunker’s
only other resident Emmett
(John Gallagher Jr). However,
a shock discovery prompts the
pair to question whether they
would be safer taking their
chances on the outside...
EMELIE
THE WITCH
RATED: MA15+
AVAILABLE: July 15
STARS: Anya Taylor-Joy,
Ralph Ineson,
Kate Dickie,
Harvey Scrimshaw
DIRECTOR: Robert Eggers
DURATION: 92 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
THE TRUST
It’s already been hailed as the
horror film of the year and this
time the critics have got it right:
The Witch is a deeply unsettling
period piece that blends Salem
witch-trials hysteria with a more
modern “evil in the woods”
style horror. Set in the 1630s
in New England, the deeply
religious William (Ralph Ineson,
best known as David Brent’s
obnoxious pal in The Office)
and Katherine (Kate Dickie,
Prometheus) have settled in a
remote homestead after falling
out with their old community.
However, when their new
baby disappears while being
looked after by oldest daughter
Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy),
their faith begins to falter
amidst claims of witchcraft and
black magic. First-time director
Robert Eggers summons up an
almost suffocating air of dread,
while the use of ornate Olde
English language heightens the
sense of ancient evil. A modern
classic that will resonate with
both horror buffs and arthouse
aficionados.
CELL
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 27
STARS: Sarah Bolger, Chris
Beetem, Joshua Rush, Randi
Langdon DIRECTOR:
Michael Thelin DURATION:
79 mins FORMATS: DVD
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6
STARS: Nicolas Cage, Elijah
Wood, Ethan Suplee,
Jerry Lewis DIRECTOR: Alex
Brewer DURATION: 93 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 14
STARS: Samuel L. Jackson,
John Cusack, Isabelle Fuhrman,
Stacy Keach DIRECTOR: Tod
Williams DURATION: 98 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
A welcome return for that
old rental staple – babysitters
from hell. The eponymous
care-giver this time is Sarah
Bolger who steps in as a last
minute babysitter for surly
tween Joshua Rush and his
two young siblings while their
parents enjoy an anniversary
dinner. Her happy disregard of
their usual rules of behaviour
initially going down with her
charges, but Rush soon begins
to suspect all is not well with
their babysitter...
Nicolas Cage and Elijah
Wood make for an unlikely
but entertaining double act
in this offbeat crime caper.
They play a couple of nerdy
cops who stumble across the
existence of what appears
to be a major cash facility for
criminals and decide to rob
it by tunneling into the safe
from the apartment above
it. However, as the robbery
progresses, Wood begins to
suspect his partner-in-crime
is setting him up.
A top notch cast and the
involvement of Stephen
King – he co-wrote the script
– ensures the latest screen
adaptation of one of the
horror master’s bestsellers is
a cut above the rest. After a
mysterious pulse turns mobile
phone users into zombies, John
Cusack sets off on a perilous
cross-country journey to find
his family, aided and abetted
by a Vietnam vet (Samuel L
Jackson) and a young teenage
survivor (Isabelle Furman).
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“A GREAT LIGHT-HEARTED COMEDY FULL OF HILARIOUS SURPRISES”
- BRISBANE WEEKENDER
AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY
™
& DVD
7 JULY
© 2016 Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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FAMILY
KUNG FU PANDA 3
STARS: Jack Black,
Bryan Cranston,
Dustin Hoffman,
Angelina Jolie
It’s been five years since the last outing for
Po and Co, but it’s like they’ve never been
away, with the gang slipping seamlessly
back into another winning mix of slapstick
and martial arts mayhem. This time around,
Po (voiced again by Jack Black) is reunited
with his long-lost panda father Li (Bryan
Cranston) as he tries to get to grips with
his new role as the Furious Five’s new kung
fu trainer. However, it’s not long before the
group are facing a dangerous new enemy in
Kai (J.K. Simmons), a powerful warrior who
has escaped from the spiritual realm and is
intent on stealing the chi from Po and his
pals. It’s up to the tubby martial arts master
to unite the power of both his biological and
adopted families to defeat this new foe.
Series regulars such as Dustin Hoffman,
Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen and Jackie Chan
are back to reprise their roles from the first
two movies, while as well as Cranston and
Simmons, other new additions to the voice
cast include Kate Hudson as a ribbon-dancing
panda. Fantastic fun.
DIRECTOR:
Alessandro Carloni
IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE...
RATED: PG
AVAILABLE: July 6
DURATION: 95 mins
FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray
Kung Fu Panda
Mulan
Madagascar
A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY
RATED: G
AVAILABLE: July 13
STARS: Jason Bateman,
Jamie Berard,
Bryan Bonahoom
DIRECTOR: Kief Davidson
DURATION: 93 mins
FORMATS: DVD
“Everything is awesome /
when we’re living our dream”
goes the lyrics to the theme
to The LEGO Movie – and as
this fab documentary shows,
there are lot of LEGO fans
living the dream. Narrated
by Jason Bateman (in the
guise of a minibrick figure), A
LEGO Brickumentary offers
an affectionate portrait of the
best-selling toy brand, taking in
a brief history of the company
and exploring the work of their
key designers and builders.
However, the main focus is
on the fans themselves –
admittedly most of whom
tend to be grown-ups – and
their amazing creations, which
range from hugely detailed
model worlds, stopmotion
movies and even recreations
of famous artworks like the
Mona Lisa. Children are likely
to be both entranced and
inspired by this bright and
breezy doco – so, too, will the
big kid in all of us.
LOST & FOUND
RATED: PG
AVAILABLE: July 6
STARS: Justin Kelly,
Cary Elwes, Jason Patric,
Justin Kelly,
Benjamin Stockham
DIRECTOR: Joseph Itaya
DURATION: 92 mins
FORMATS: DVD
Set on a remote island off the
US northwest seaboard, this
treasure hunt adventure boasts
a surprisingly gritty edge.
Justin Kelly plays a troubled
teenager who, together with
his younger brother (Benjamin
Stockham), is shipped off to
Walton Island to stay with
their uncle (Jason Patric). The
entire island was once owned
by their eccentric grandfather
– an expert codebreaker
during the Second World
War – who disappeared in
mysterious circumstances,
reportedly leaving behind a
fortune hidden in or around
his old home. With Patric
being forced off the island
by new owner Cary Elwes,
the siblings resolve to locate
their grandfather’s treasure.
Although essentially a boys
own adventure, Lost &
Found also touches on some
more grown-up themes, so
some parental guidance is
recommended.
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