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CATWS_Vi deoVi bes - 1 2014- 07- 01T18: 01: 18+10: 00 YOUR GUIDE TO AUGUST’S HOTTEST RELEASES BAD NEIGHBOURS NOAH THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2: RISE OF ELECTRO TRANSCENDENCE NEED FOR SPEED VV10_01_FrontCover.indd 1 14/07/2014 3:36 pm Strong sexual references, sex scenes, coarse language, drug use ™ and nudity ON BLU-RAY & DVD 28 AUGUST “One of the very best shows of the decade” – Sydney Morning Herald Strong violence, drug references and sexual ™ references ON BLU-RAY & DVD 14 AUGUST Mature themes, themes, violencesex scene and and sexual referencescoarse language ON DVD 14 AUGUST © 2014 Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited. All Rights Reserved. BAD NEIGHBOURS_JUSTIFIED S5_PSYCH S6 - FP RENTAL AD 893982.indd 1 7/07/14 2:36 PM AVRRA_Ads.indd 1 14/07/2014 4:50 pm &A AUGUST 2014 P.10 It’s only by the wonder of P.15 indoor heating that we’re not 4-8 NEWS 14-15 ACTION all currently frozen into pathetic What have the bold and the Divergent, April Rain, Raid 2, balls of hopelessness, so why not beautiful of fi lm and TV been up Captain America: The Winter celebrate the power of science to lately? We check out the latest Soldier and more by getting your hands on our reports from home and beyond featured fl ick Transcendence? 16-17 COMEDY Johnny Depp stars in the story of 28 COMING SOON the repercussions following an Breakaway, Bad Neighbours, About New releases to look forward Last Night, Bad Johnson and more advanced Artifi cial Intelligence’s to next month creation, and we delve a little 18-19 DRAMA deeper into the fi lmmaker’s mind P.16 on page 12. Equally epic in scope Savannah, Gone Missing, Any Day but set further back down the Now, Half of a Yellow Sun, And historical avenue is Noah, Darren While You Were Here and more Aronofsky’s drama about the building of the ark. Find out how 9 METRO: REDUX We look into the post-nuclear winter 20-21 THRILLER he built a third of the enormous of the new, remastered Metro Transcendence, Belfast Story, structure for fi lming, on page 10. Child of God, Haunter, Meanwhile there’s a ton of other Twixt and more highly anticipated new releases to get into including Divergent, 22-23 TV Captain America: The Winter Soldier, God’s Pocket and Muppets Arrested Development S4, Bogan Most Wanted. Rent them out and 10 ARONOFSKY’S ARK Hunters, Justifi ed S5, Blacklist S1, then get back to the indoor heating. Noah’s director decided that building Nikita S4 and more the ark would be superior to generat- THE TEAM ing it with software; we have a look 26 FAMILY at how on earth it unfolded Muppets Most Wanted and Luke 12 TRANSCENDENCE and Lucy & The Texas Rangers We investigate how the push and pull of technology versus humanity formed the central design for this P.19 new, highly ambitious sci-fi drama P.12 P.26 Publisher: Tilo Grieco [email protected], Editor: Zoë Radas [email protected], Sub Editor: Chelsea Graham, Contributors: Robert Hislop, Accounts: Tracy Kingman [email protected], Production: Al Netherclift, Design: Rebecca Rowlands Address: Scribal Publishing Pty. Ltd., PO Box 2051, Richmond South, VIC 3121 TKE10_03_Contents.indd 1 14/07/2014 3:46 pm YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF NEWSREEL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NEWSREEL GONE GIRL TRAILER TURNS UP The trailer for mega-anticipated thriller Gone Girl is here, and many were wondering how the fi lm might tell the story (adapted from Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of 2012) when... well, they don’t want to give anything away! The shots assembled for this trailer tell us that director David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) has expertly layered the veils of mystery surrounding the disappearance and clue-laden diary of Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), whose husband Nick (Ben Affl eck) becomes the prime suspect in her vanishing. JURASSIC RAPTOR GLIMPSE A Twitter user unconnected with the upcoming Jurassic World monsterpiece has posted a photo of a velociraptor on set of the fi lm. While the picture was being retweeted all over the shop, users questioned how this guy got a hold of the shot and if it could really be verifi ed as genuine. In fact, ‘multiple sources’ have confi rmed that the raptor is indeed a real robot from the fi lm, snapped by Special Effects Foreman Douglas D. Ziegler, whose son Cameron Ziegler is friends with the guy who posted the original tweet. To keep tabs on any other set shots he posts, follow @gewatzig1. UNMISSABLE RAID EXTRAS The sequel to critic and through the incredible audience favourite The bombardment of relentless Raid (2011) is available action sequences in this month, and a sneak the fi lm, musing on his peek at the Blu-ray extras inspirations from classic has confi rmed that you martial arts scenes and pretty much absolutely favourite infl uential movie have to rent it out. The moments. It’s totally disc includes a brilliant inspiring. Check out our featurette in which director review of The Raid 2 Gareth Evans walks us on page 14. 4 TKE10_04-08_NewsReel.indd 4 14/07/2014 1:18 pm &A YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF ENTERTAINMENT NEWS EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS TRAILER THE MOST POPULAR RENTAL TITLES ACROSS AUSTRALIA Christian Bale as Moses Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton as Rhamses 1 WOLF CREEK 2 Aussie good egg Joel Edgerton recently ruler Pharoah Rhamses, Edgerton looks 3 DAYS TO KILL said that when you take a guy’s hair off, both brutal and disarmingly elegant. 2 you don’t know what he’s going to look The trailer shows director Ridley Scott like: “It’s like throwing a bucket of water at his epic fi nest; hopefully Christian on a little dog.” Well, the trailer is out for Bale as Moses can match the power of 3 TRACKS epic Biblical/historical fl ick Exodus: Gods presence that Scott and Edgerton are and Kings and it turns out that as Egyptian bringing to the table. 4 LEGEND OF HERCULES FROM NOAH TO DAVID 5 LAST VEGAS NON-STOP And while Scott is still putting the 6 fi nishing touches to Exodus, rumours have been milling that his next fi lm is to THE LEGO MOVIE also be Bible-related: it will apparently 7 tell the story of David, the lowly but brave shepherd boy who fought the Philistine warrior Goliath by slinging a 8 12 YEARS A SLAVE stone straight into his face and killing him dead. Before you get into Scott’s vision of how it possibly went down, ENDLESS LOVE have a look at our feature for director 9 Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (page 10) Ridley Scott © 2010 Universal Studios which is out for rental this month! 10 ROBOCOP 2014 5 TKE10_04-08_NewsReel.indd 5 14/07/2014 12:52 pm AVRRA_Ads.indd 1 14/07/2014 4:19 pm NEWSREEL THE STORY Don Cheadle as Miles Davis OF A JAZZ GENIUS The fi rst photo of Don Cheadle as jazz legend Miles Davis has been released, accompanied by a lengthy interview with Cheadle about his obsession with and admiration for the trumpeter and composer. Miles Ahead had a very rocky beginning and Cheadle struggled to fi nd funding, but after turning to a crowdsource website his dream began to take shape. “Let’s be honest, any biopic is a series of omissions and confl ations of events and amalgamations of characters,” he said. “You’re trying to have a movie experience under three hours, so in the process you condense people’s lives from cradle to grave, so things tend to feel episodic and event-oriented as opposed to a story about people and relationships and a character. So didn’t want to do another biopic.” Something tells us this is going to be special. ANNABELLE GETS HER DAY Based around the freaky haunted doll featured Annabelle in the super popular thriller The Conjuring (2013), Annabelle has been given an October release date this year. No story details have been given away just yet but considering the shot timeframe until lift-off, more should be emerging soon. In the James Wan-directed The Conjuring, Annabelle was one of many eidolic items collected by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. If you want to get your teeth into some hair-raising scenes this month, turn to our Thriller reviews on page 20. Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring 7 TKE10_04-08_NewsReel.indd 7 14/07/2014 12:52 pm FEY GETS HER STORE: Leading Edge Video – Elizabeth Downs MAGIC ON STORE MANAGER NAME: Patricia Mitchel There’s been a lot of talk about beloved comedienne Tina Fey possibly maybe perchance having something to do CAN YOU TELL US with the sequel to magical horror comedy Hocus Pocus ANY QUIRKY (1993), which starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and CUSTOMER TALES? Kathy Najimy as the diabolical Sanderson sisters. These My favourite one is when a 4 three children-gobbling witches are accidentally resurrected year old boy was standing in the into modern day Salem by a group of teenagers, who then have a terrible time trying to send the vamps back from doorway holding the door when whence they came. Now Disney have announced that he reminds his father to say Tina Fey is most defi nitely on board to produce the sequel, “please” in the shop. Dad said, although whether she will also star is still under wraps.