Archive for 'Brag 369 (July 5)'
[FILM] Review: Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
Released July 8.
You can decry Hollywood’s current obsession with remakes and reboots if you like (and I do, frequently), but as an example of that trend, this new version of the 1984 favourite is better than could be expected. Pound for pound – and at almost two and a half hours, it’s quite [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 369 (July 5), Film Reviews.
Tags: Karate Kid
[COMEDY] Review: Wilful Misconduct
COMEDY
Wilful Misconduct
Until July 26 @ The Comedy Store
I don’t know what happened, but in the two years since I last saw Wil Anderson he’s turned into an angry old man. Or maybe the theme of his show has just rubbed off on him: morons and why they should die, leaving the world for the rest [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 369 (July 5), Live Comedy Reviews.
Tags: Wil Anderson
Interview: Steven Kastrissios / The Horseman
The Horseman
Steven Kastrissios talks about his revenge thriller.
By Paul Rankin
Filmmaker Steven Kastrissios is twenty-eight, warm and confident. His demeanour is characterised by repose – like a person impossible to bait into argument. He welcomes me into his one-man office in Newtown, Sydney, where the walls are adorned with posters for films including Apocalypse Now, The [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 369 (July 5), Interviews-arts.
Tags: Peter Marshall, Steven Kastrissios, The Horseman
Interview: Bambina Borracha / Under Milk Wood
Bambina Borracha
Sydney’s most exciting theatre collective tackle Dylan Thomas.
By Nell Greco
Back in the olden days – before television had been invented, and when theatres were too expensive to visit – folks used to crowd around their wireless and listen to radio plays to get their kicks (or so I’m told). Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 369 (July 5), Interviews-arts.
Interview – Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Head To Head
By Chris Honnery
Alison Goldfrapp’s reputation precedes her: the ‘English diva’ doesn’t give much away in interviews. But I was sure this time would be different, an exception to the norm, as Alison is in a blissful headspace at the moment. A listen to Goldfrapp’s latest album, Head First, is testament to this – [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Brag 369 (July 5), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Chris Honnery, Goldfrapp