YOUR GUIDE TO JUNE’S HOTTEST RELEASES OVER 40 REVIEWS INSIDE INCLUDING: HOW TO BE SINGLE BROOKLYN ZOOLANDER 2 ZOOTOPIA VV32_01_FrontCover.indd 1 16/05/2016 11:36 am Strong themes Mature themes, and coarse drug use and language coarse language Scan Trailer Scan Trailer –Dove Foundation Very mild Supernatural Very mild themes themes and and animated Check the Clathemesssification violence violence Scan Trailer Scan Trailer Scan Trailer JuneFP2016.indd 1 11/05/2016 9:00 pm AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 14/05/2016 11:16 am JUNE 2016 P.13 No doubt about it, June is defi nitely From the biggest Hollywood drama month. It could be something 5-8 NEWS blockbusters to unsung gems to do with it being the start of winter, What have the bold and the premiering on DVD and Blu-ray, but we actually ran out of room beautiful of fi lm and TV been up we cast our eye over the this month trying to do justice to to lately? We check out the latest month’s biggest new movie the fantastic slate of dramas that reports from home and beyond and television releases. are arriving on the shelves in the P.14 next four weeks. And if May was 12-13 ACTION all about the Oscar winners, June is mainly about the nominees: true, there’s the release of Room, which 14-15 DRAMA earned a best actress Oscar for Brie 10-11 HOW TO Larson, and The Danish Girl, which BE SINGLE 16-17 COMEDY saw Alicia Vikander pick up the best Alison Brie drew on the supporting actress statuette. But the online dating experiences 18-19 TV June line-up includes a host of great of her sister and friends to dramas that were unlucky to miss prepare for her role in 20 THRILLER out on the major prizes – Brooklyn, this star-studded Carol, Steve Jobs and 45 Years ensemble rom-com. should all be on everyone’s wishlists 22 FAMILY this month. However, June also sees the arrival of hit comedies like How To Be Single, Zoolander 2 and Dirty P.16 Grandpa – along with the latest Disney smash Zootopia – so rest assured it’s not all heavy going P.10 this month. Enjoy! THE TEAM P.18 P.20 Publisher: Tilo Grieco [email protected], Editor: Kit Razer Sub Editor: Chelsea Graham, Contributors: Robert Hislop, Accounts: Tracy Kingman [email protected], Production: Al Netherclift, Design: Rebecca Rowlands, Contributor: Scott Hocking Address: Scribal Publishing Pty. Ltd., PO Box 2051, Richmond South, VIC 3121 TKE32_03_ContentsT.indd 1 16/05/2016 4:06 pm hotnewreleases 1st JUNE 1st JUNE 1st JUNE 2nd JUNE * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork 8th JUNE 8th JUNE 8th JUNE 8th JUNE * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork 15th JUNE 15th JUNE 22nd JUNE 22nd JUNE * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork JUST PRESS PL Y AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 14/05/2016 11:23 am &A YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF NEWSREEL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS BROTHERS IN ARMS Joel Edgerton has reunited with Nash made his directorial his brother Nash for a starry debut with 2008’s The Square, black comedy, which has just which Joel wrote and starred begun shooting. in. Aside from directing Nash Previously known as American has also worked as a stuntman Express, the as yet untitled film on a number of his sibling’s is described as a “dark kidnap projects and has a small role comedy/drama” and finds Joel in the western Jane Got co-starring alongside Charlize A Gun, which stars Joel Theron, David Oyelowo, Amanda and Natalie Portman, and is Seyfried and Thandie Newton. reviewed on page 12. MEET THE NEW NOWHERE BOYS An all new cast has been assembled for a third season of the popular Young Adult ABC TV series Nowhere Boys. Shooting has just begun on series 3, with the story picking up a few years after the epic battle which saw the original Nowhere Boys sacrifice their powers to restore order. The new group of gifted students is headed up by Kamil Ellis (Bushwhacked!) and Joe Klocek (Barracuda), together with newcomers William McKenna and Jordie Race-Coldrey, plus Luca Sardelis (Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures), who becomes the show’s first ‘Nowhere Girl’. The third series of Nowhere Boys will air later this year. In the meantime, this month sees the release on DVD of another YA hit from ABC, Tomorrow When The War Began; it’s reviewed on page 18. IS CRANSTON FRANCO’S NEW BFF? The bromance between James union drama set in the 1930s. Franco and Seth Rogen has been In some ways, it’s a match that one of Hollywood’s most enduring, makes sense, because both stars dating back to the days when they are known for their prodigious work- starred in the cult TV series Freaks rates. As well the aforementioned And Geeks. movies, Cranston is reprising But it seems Rogen may now his award-winning stage turn as have some competition in the President Lyndon B Johnson in the unlikely shape of Bryan Cranston. TV movie All The Way, and recently Franco and the former Breaking completed another true story The Bad star will face off against each Infiltrator, about a customs agent other in the comedy Why Him?, who uncovers a money laundering which is due in cinemas around scam set up by Pedro Escobar. And summer time. And Cranston also Cranston has also been linked to has roles in two new directorial a US remake of the French hit The projects from Franco: The Intouchables, opposite funnyman Masterpiece, which tells the Kevin Hart. story behind the making of the • Cranston can be seen this notoriously bad indie movie The month in the biopic Trumbo – see Room, and In Dubious Battle, a page 14 for more. 5 TKE32_05-08_NewsReel.indd 5 16/05/2016 4:09 pm SEA CHANGE NO SHADES OF GREY Dakota Johnson sounds a little bit fed up shooting sex scenes Angelina Jolie’s latest directorial project Beyond The Sea for the fi nal two fi lms in the Fifty Shades Of Grey series, NEWSREEL also pairs her on screen with husband Brad Pitt for the fi rst which are being shot back to back. time since their 2005 hit Mr & Mrs Smith. In an interview with Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde for However, she maintains she had no intention of appearing Interview magazine, Johnson says: “I’ve been simulating sex for in front of the camera when she fi rst started work on the seven hours straight right now, and I’m over it. It’s not ... comfortable. screenplay, which tells the story of a couple whose marriage It’s pretty tedious.” has been stretched to breaking point by an unimaginable tragedy. The fi rst sequel Fifty Shades Of Dark is due in cinemas next “I wrote it before I actually started directing fi lms, so it wasn’t year and fi nds Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) wrestling with something I thought Brad and I would ever do together,” his inner demons, while Anastasia faces the anger and envy Jolie explains. “I never assumed we’d actually make it or of the women who came before her. act in it, so I wrote with a degree of freedom.” New additions to the cast include Hannibal star Hugh Dancy, However, both she and Pitt eventually realised that the Kim Basinger – who made her name in a similarly themed erotic movie would offer them the chance to rediscover their love drama 9 ½ Weeks – and Teen Wolf star Tyler Hoechlin. of the craft of acting. “We have 10 years of history, and it all The trilogy will be completed by Fifty Shades Freed, which will be fed into these performances,” she continues. “It was challenging. released in 2018. In the meantime, Johnson can be seen in the rom-com I realised that it’s the greatest thing as an artist if you can use How To Be Single, while those interested in a more irreverent take on all of the intimacy toward your partner, challenge and push E.L. James’ bestselling books should check out the latest Marlon Wayans each other and fi ght to make things better.” spoof Fifty Shades Of Black, which is out this month on DVD. MAY THE FOURTH SHARKNADO BE WITH YOU Those cheeky chaps at Syfy and Cody Linley (Hannah Montana) as The Asylum chose Star Wars Day Fin and April’s eldest son. (May 4) to reveal the poster of Of course, it wouldn’t be a Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens. Sharknado movie without an As you can see, it bears a array of B-list cameos: among faint resemblance to another those confi rmed so far are recently released blockbuster with former Baywatch babes Gena ‘Awakens’ in the title and although Lee Nolin and Alexandra plot details are still to be revealed, Paul, Duane ‘Dog the Bounty we expect at least some of the Hunter’ Chapman, metal action will take place in space. icons Vince Neil (Motley Ian Ziering will once again play Crue) and Corey Taylor shark-fi ghting hero Fin Shepard, (Slipknot), and MMA alongside series regular Tara Reid fi ghter Frank Mir. as April Wexler. David Hasselhoff DVD dates are will reprise his role from the third still to be announced movie as Fin’s astronaut dad, while but expect it on newcomers to the cast include shelves in the latter Gary Busey as Wilford Wexler and half of the year.