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WEEK FIVE SEES THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE UEA CALENDAR AS THE THREE MEDIA SOCIETIES GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THE MEDIABOWL KICKING OFF THIS FRIDAY WITH THE BIG PUB QUIZ BLUE BAR REGISTRATION 7.30 PM (FREE + OPEN TO ALL)
-IGHTY "OOSH VS &LIGHT OF THE #ONCHORDS 4HE WORLD OF 3URREALISM IS NOT FOR EVERYONE BUT TO MANY STUDENTS IT IS THE HEIGHT OF OFF THE WALL COMEDY +IF (USSEIN AND *ONATHAN (EATH DELVE INTO THE MURKY WORLD OF THESE WEIRDEST OF SHOWS
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HAT THE HELL IS 4HE -IGHTY "OOSH &ORGIVE THIS SOMEWHAT DIRECT OUT BURST BUT IF YOU VE EVER SEEN THE SHOW IT S PROBABLY A QUESTION YOU VE ASKED TOO %ASILY ESCAPING ANY SORT OF CONCRETE CLAS SIlCATION 4HE -IGHTY "OOSH IS THE PIONEER NO THE +ING OF SURREAL HUMOUR *UST WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THIS ODD ODD COMEDY SO HILARIOUS 4HE SHOW ACTUALLY EXISTED IN STAGE SHOW AND RADIO FORMATS BEFORE IT MADE THE TRANSI TION TO THE BOX IN !T A SIMPLISTIC LEVEL 4HE -IGHTY "OOSH IS ABOUT THE MAGICAL ADVEN TURES EXPERIENCED BY THE SHOW S TWO PROTAGO NISTS 6INCE .OIR AND (OWARD -OON PLAYED BY .OEL &IELDING AND *ULIAN "ARRATT RESPECTIVELY 9ET EVEN THIS SUMMARY BARELY SCRATCHES THE SUR FACE OF THE COMICAL DELIGHTS TO BE FOUND WITHIN THE SHOW 7ANT AN EXAMPLE 4AKE THE CHARACTER OF "OLLO AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC APE WHO WILL GUARANTEE A SNIGGER OUT OF EVEN THE MOST CYNI CAL VIEWER n UNLESS OF COURSE THEY RE MADE OF
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STONE 4RY STOPPING YOURSELF FROM CRACKING UP THE lRST TIME YOU HEAR HIM SAY HIS CATCHPHRASE h) VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THISxv ,ITERALLY COMPRISED OF A WIDE AND VARYING RANGE OF NUT TY SUPPORTING CHARACTERS THE SHOW S BOUND TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE THAT WILL ENSURE YOUR FUNNY BONE IS CATERED FOR 4HE TRULY BIZARRE ORIGINS OF SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THE WARPED CREA TIVITY AND BOUNDLESS IMAGINATION ON DISPLAY .O CHARACTER FROM THE SHOW BETTER EXEMPLIlES THIS THAN THE APTLY TITLED @.ABOO THE %NIGMA "ORN IN THE TH CENTURY .ABOO WAS RAISED ON THE lCTIONAL PLANET OF 8OOBERON ! DRUG DEALER AND USER HE NOW RESIDES WITHIN A mAT IN $AL STON IN ,ONDON AND ALSO OWNS HIS OWN SHOP THE @.ABOOTIQUE WHERE THE SHOW S THIRD SERIES TAKES PLACE $OES IT MAKE SENSE .O "UT IS IT FUNNY 9OU BET IT IS )T S RANDOM AND AT TIMES FAR FETCHED AND FANTASTICAL BUT THERE IS AN AL LURE ABOUT THE SHOW THAT IS DIFlCULT TO OVER LOOK AS YOU RE DRAWN BY ITS MOMENTS OF GIGGLE INDUCING GENIUS )F YOU VE ONLY JUST HEARD OF THE SHOW YOU HAVEN T MISSED OUT /NE OF THE GREAT TRAITS OF 4HE -IGHTY "OOSH IS THE LACK OF CONTINUITY FROM EPISODE TO EPISODE 4HIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN WATCH THE PROGRAMME WITHOUT ANY PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF STORYLINES AND CHARACTERS AND THE JOKES WILL STILL COME THICK AND FAST /DDI TIES SUCH AS @CRIMPING RANDOM SONGS INTER
JECTED IN THE PROGRAMME THAT STRAY OFF TOPIC MAKE SURE NEW VIEWERS WILL BE AMUSED EVEN IF THEY RE UNAWARE OF PRIOR SHENANIGANS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE SHOW )T COULD HAVE FALLEN mAT ON ITS FACE 4HE SHEER WACKINESS OF THE SHOW S CONTENT MAY HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS ON THE STAGE AND RADIO BUT THIS DIDN T NECESSARILY GUARANTEE SUCCESS ON THE 46 "UT THE DUO OF &IELDING AND "ARRATT PULLED IT OFF AND HOW 'AINING DESERVED CRITICAL AC CLAIM INCLUDING A "!&4! AWARD NOMINATION IN THE SHOW HAS EVEN SPREAD TO AN IN TERNATIONAL AUDIENCE WITH !MERICA VARIOUS
COUNTRIES IN %UROPE AND .EW :EALAND AMONG THE TERRITORIES WHERE IT S BEEN SHOWN 7HY IS IT SO HILARIOUS THEN 3IMPLE BE CAUSE IT S IMAGINATION GONE WILD AND THE @RULE BOOK WHATEVER THAT MAY BE HAS BEEN DIS REGARDED #ATEGORIZING 4HE -IGHTY "OOSH IS A WASTE OF TIME )T IS QUITE FRANKLY A SHOW THAT ELUDES ANY SORT OF LABELLING )T IS AN ABSURD HAPHAZARD AND ULTIMATELY LOONY UNIVERSE YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT 4HE SHOW S UNIQUENESS IS THE VERY THING THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE n THERE REALLY ISN T ANYTHING ELSE QUITE LIKE IT ! DElNITE COMIC CLASSIC
IN THE BIG CITY FOR BOTH OF THEM IS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS TO WATCH AS THEY BREAK DOWN ALL AS PECTS OF SOCIAL LIFE SUCH AS HOW TO LOOK COOL AT A PARTY BY STANDING ON YOUR OWN AND LOOK ING LONELY WHILST CUTTING TO A SONG ABOUT hTHE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WHOLE WIDE ROOMv 4HEY LOOK AND ACT LIKE SIMPLETONS A LOT OF THE TIME WHICH IS DONE SO WELL THEY MAKE IT SEEM AS IF .EW :EALAND IS ANOTHER PLANET COMPARED TO .EW 9ORK 4HE STYLE OF BOTH *EMAINE AND "RETT ALSO ADDS TO THE HUMOUR OF THE SHOW *E MAINE DRESSING UP LIKE h0RINCExIF HE WAS JUST GOING TO THE LIBRARYv AND "RETT S COLLECTION OF REALLY HORRIBLE BUT UNDENIABLY COOL ANIMAL
FACE JUMPERS CREATES THIS ANTI COOL CHIC THAT WORKS REALLY WELL WITH THE COMEDY !LL OF THE ISSUES AND CONmICTS IN THE SERIES ARE DEALT WITH USING THEIR SONGS WHICH ARE WO VEN INTO THE EPISODES PERFECTLY &OR INSTANCE WHEN THE PAIR GET MUGGED THEY SING A GANGSTA RAP UNDER THE PSEUDONYMS h2HYMENOCEROUS AND (IPHOPAPOTAMOUSv AND WHEN THEY RUN INTO MONEY TROUBLES THEY SING A 0ET 3HOP "OYS INSPIRED TUNE h)NNER #ITY 0RESSUREv 4HIS IS AN OTHER THING THAT SETS #ONCHORDS APART FROM THE "OOSH THE SONGS ARE REALLY CLEVER REALLY FUNNY AND ACTUALLY WORK AS SONGS THEMSELVES )T CAN BE GUARANTEED IF YOU WATCH THE SERIES YOU WILL
PUT THEM ON YOUR I0OD OR JUST CONSTANTLY GO TO 9OU4UBE AND WATCH THE VIDEOS OF THEM PERFORMING ("/ THE !MERICAN NETWORK THAT COMMISSIONED THE SHOW OBVIOUSLY GAVE THEM A NICE BUDGET BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THE TWELVE EPISODES SHOT ON LOCATION IN .EW 9ORK BUT WHENEVER THEY BREAK INTO SONG THERE IS USU ALLY SOME MUSIC VIDEO ESQUE CONTEXT WITH ALL SORTS OF DIGITAL WIZARDRY 4HIS IS SOMETHING THE "OOSH COULD NOT HANDLE PARTICULARLY IN THE LATEST SERIES WHERE THEY GOT GIVEN A BIGGER BUDGET AND CHOSE TO SPEND IT ON RUBBISH '#) CRABS AND PUMPED UP HEADS &LIGHT OF THE #ONCHORDS IS SIGNED TO THE LA BEL h3UB 0OPv WHO ALSO MANAGE THE EXCEL LENT #33 AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RELEAS ING A FULL LENGTH ALBUM OF SONGS IN !PRIL OF THIS YEAR 4HEY WERE NOMINATED FOR A 'RAMMY AWARD FOR THEIR PREVIOUS %0 4HE $ISTANT &UTURE 4HE lRST SERIES IS OUT NOW ON $6$ AND APPAR ENTLY THE SECOND SERIES WILL APPEAR THIS YEAR "RETT AND *EMAINE JOKED THAT THEY USED OF THEIR MATERIAL ON THE lRST SERIES WHICH IS NOT ALL BAD CONSIDERING THE "OOSH USED OF THEIR MATERIAL IN THE lRST EPISODE OF THEIR lRST SERIES WITH THAT AWFUL hDON T TOUCH MEv ROUTINE #ONCHORDS IS A COMEDY GEM AND IT IS AN ABSOLUTE CRIME THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD OF IT 'O AND WATCH THE CLIPS ON 9OU4UBE FOR A START WE GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE HOOKED #HECK OUT *ENNY (IPHOPAPOTAMOUS VS 2HYMENOCEROUS AND )T S "USINESS 4IME
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NLESS YOU WERE HIDING IN AN OBSCURE PART OF !FRICA ON YOUR GAP YEAR LAST YEAR OR STUCK IN HALLS WITH NO 46 IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A MIRACLE FOR YOU NOT TO HAVE HEARD OF 3KINS %VERY TIME YOU TURNED OVER TO % THE SOUND OF 4HE 'OSSIP S 3TANDING IN THE 7AY OF #ONTROL NOW SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SHOW WOULD ACCOMPANY AN ADVERT OF A WILD AND HEDONISTIC PARTY FULL OF GOOD LOOKING PEOPLE AND THUS THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF "RITAIN WERE INTRIGUED
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4HIS WEEK SEES FURTHER TORMENT FOR TROUBLED TEEN 3ASHA &RUSTRATED BY BEING TREATED LIKE A KID BY #ALVIN AND ,EO A HEATED ARGU MENT SEES HER MOVE OUT AND INTO CROWDED !MY AND 3TE S WITH &LETCH WHO TRIES TO CON VINCE HER THAT GETTING STONED IS THE ANSWER 4HOUGH SHE SOON REALISES THAT SHE S GONE TOO FAR WHEN SHE AND &LETCH TRY (EROIN LATER IN THE WEEKx 4HERE S LITTLE 7EDDING 6ALENTINES $AY BLISS IN THE AIR AS .ANCY IS lRSTLY STUNNED THAT *AKE IS MORE INTERESTED IN THE 7EDDING THAN #HARLIE S CHEMOTHERAPY %VENTUALLY AFTER A WEDDING IN THE (OSPITAL #HAPEL THINGS TAKE A SINISTER TURN AS .ANCY SPURNS *AKES ADVANCES ONLY FOR HIM TO TRY TO USE HIS STRENGTH TO OVERPOWER HER %LSEWHERE +ATY TRIES TO TAKE *USTIN S MIND OFF THE ANNIVERSARY OF "ECCA S DEATH ONLY TO BE CAUGHT IN HER UN DERWEAR BY :AK AND %LLIOT LEADING TO A NEW CRUSH FOR :AK &INALLY IT S THE END OF AN ERA AS /" PREPARES TO LEAVE (OLLYOAKS TO PURSUE HIS DREAMS IN ,ONDON WITH 3UMMER "UT AFTER SPENDING THE DAY REMINISCING -AX AND EN JOYING HIS SURPRISE PARTY IS HE REALLY READY TO LEAVE -AKE SURE YOU HAVE THE TISSUES READY ,ORRAINE 3OUTHGATE
!S IT TRANSPIRED IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS 3KINS WAS A VERY WATCHABLE SHOW ! COMEDY DRAMA FOLLOWING THE LIVES OF A GROUP OF 3IXTH &ORM STUDENTS IN "RISTOL EACH EPISODE FOLLOWED ONE CHARACTER THE TRIALS OF LOVE AND FAMILY LIFE AND SHENANIGANS THEY GOT UP TO )T NOT ONLY IN TRODUCED US TO A WEALTH OF NEW TALENT IN THE TEEN CAST BUT ALSO USES ESTABLISHED NAMES TOO SUCH AS (ARRY %NlELD AS 4ONY S CONSTANTLY EXASPER ATED DAD )MMENSELY SUCCESSFUL THIS MONTH IT RETURNS FOR A SECOND SERIES ON % 3KINS IS SIGNIlCANT NOT ONLY FOR ITS IMPRES SIVE GROUP OF WRITERS INCLUDING "UZZCOCKS HOST 3IMON !MSTELL BUT ALSO ITS USE OF THE INTERNET AS A MARKETING TOOL 4O TIE IN WITH THE lRST SE RIES EACH CHARACTER HAD THEIR OWN -Y3PACE SITE COMPLETE WITH PICTURES AND VIDEO BLOGS 4HE CREATORS ALSO OFFERED THEIR VIEWERS THE CHANCE TO DESIGN ADVERTS OR STYLE THE CAST AS WELL AS WELL AS
OFFERING MINI EPISODES OF THE SHOW ONLINE 4HIS SERIES THEY WILL TAKE THINGS ONE STEP FURTHER BY SHOWING THE lRST EPISODE ONLINE IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE IT S BROADCAST ON 46 3O A RECAP AT THE END OF LAST SERIES #ASSIE WAS MOVING TO 3COTLAND AWAY FROM 3ID WHO D ONLY JUST WORKED OUT HE LIKED HER WHILE #HRIS WAS LEFT HOMELESS ABANDONED BY BOTH HIS -UM AND THE 0SYCHOLOGY TEACHER HE WAS OB SESSED WITH -ORE TRAGICALLY 4ONY WAS HIT BY A CAR CROSSING THE ROAD LEAVING HIS LIFE HANGING IN THE BALANCE 7HAT HAVE WE GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO !S MENTIONED IN LAST WEEK S #ONCRETE "ILL "AILEY MAKES AN APPEARANCE AS -AXXIE S DAD AND WE VE BEEN TOLD -ICHELLE GAINS A SCHEMING STEP SISTER #RUCIALLY WE GET TO lND OUT IF 4ONY PULLS THROUGH THOUGH WHETHER MANY VIEWERS WILL CARE AFTER HIS DEPLORABLE ACTIONS LAST SERIES IS DEBATABLEx
3KINS CERTAINLY ISN T WITHOUT ITS mAWS NO ONE REALISTICALLY HAS A FRIENDSHIP GROUP THAT TICKS EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERSONALITY TYPE AND SOME PEOPLE ALSO lND IT TRIES A BIT TOO HARD DESPERATELY TRYING TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER ECH ELONS OF COOL AND FAILING MISERABLY -Y GUESS IS WE RE IN FOR MORE OF THE SAME SO YOUR MIND IS PROBABLY MADE UP FROM WHAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR )F YOU ARE A NEW VIEWER IT MIGHT BE WORTH CATCH ING UP ON /$ 4HEN JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE PARTY
46 #LASSICS 'LADIATORS .EIGHBOURS #ARMELLA IS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL ACCOMPANIED BY -ARCO FOR HER lRST ULTRASOUND AFTER HAV ING PAINS AND IS TOLD THAT SHE IS SUFFERING FROM PLACENTA PLEVIA 7HEN /LIVER ARRIVES HE IS STUCK BY JEALOUSY AND TRIES TO UNDERMINE -ARCO ACCUSING HIM OF BEING MENTALLY DE FECTIVE FOR MOVING IN ON A PREGNANT WOMAN -EANWHILE 6ALDA HAS TROUBLE WITH HER RIS QUÏ INTERNET BUSINESS AND FRAUD IS SUSPECTED %LLE IS TOLD TO lRE EITHER 0AUL OR /LIVER AND SO RESIGNS RATHER THAN CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM )N THE LEAD UP TO 3USAN S TRIAL #HRISTINE DECIDES TO ABANDON 3USAN S CASE AFTER ARGUING WITH 2OSIE 4OADIE SUFFERS FROM A PANIC ATTACK AND IN ORDER TO SAVE 3USAN HE MUST OVERCOME HIS DEMONS 4OADIE AND 3TEPH S RELATIONSHIP ALSO COMES UNDER STRAIN WHEN 4OADIE DISCOV ERS THAT 3TEPH IS DIVORCED AND HASN T TOLD HIM 0EPPER IS UNABLE TO KEEP 2INGO S EATING DISORDER A SECRET ANY LONGER AND TELLS &RAZER .OT KNOWING WHAT TO DO &RAZER TURNS TO 0RUE FOR HELP WITH 2INGO 2INGO SEES AN OP PORTUNITY TO TAKE REVENGE ON 0EPPER BUT ENDS UP LYING FOR HER IN ORDER TO HELP SAVE HER JOB 2ACHAEL 0RICE
h#ONTENDER READY 'LADIATOR READY v 4HAT WAS THE CALL EACH 3ATURDAY EVENING BACK IN AND EVEN IF THE CONTESTANTS ON THIS HUGELY POPULAR SHOW WEREN T READY WE CER TAINLY WERE 7E WATCHED AVIDLY AS REFEREE *OHN !NDERSON SET IN MOTION A SERIES OF EVENTS WHICH SAW SPORTY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TAKE ON THE PROFESSIONAL @'LADIATORS FOR THE CHANCE TO GET THROUGH TO THE lNAL SHOW AND WIN CASH PRIZES 2UNNING FOR A PHENOMENAL EIGHT SERIES UNTIL AROUND PEOPLE APPLIED TO BE CONTENDERS ON THIS HIT SHOW WHICH ATTRACT ED AS MANY AS MILLION VIEWERS AT ITS PEAK %VERYONE HAD THEIR FAVOURITE 'LADIATOR OF COURSE WHETHER IT WAS THE GYMNASTIC *ET OR THE BAD BOY 7OLF )N FACT IT WAS ALWAYS A DILEMMA DECIDING IF YOU WANTED THE 'LADIATOR OR THE CONTENDER TO TRIUMPH 7ITH EACH 'LADIATOR ADOPTING A SPECIlC PERSONA MANY MEMORABLE MOMENTS WERE CREATED PARTICULARLY WHEN IN
lGHTING OCCURRED BETWEEN THE STRONG WILLED PROFESSIONALS 7OLF AND 6ULCAN FAMOUSLY FACED EACH OTHER OFF IN THE GAME $UEL BATTLING FOR SUPREMACY DURING SEASON SEVEN WITH 7OLF CHEATING AT THE END AS ALWAYS "Y THE lNAL SERIES ONLY FOUR ORIGINAL 'LAD IATORS REMAINED THE TENACIOUS 7OLF #OBRA 3ARACEN AND ,IGHTNING 7ITH A BRAND NEW SE RIES SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON 3KY /NE IN -AY BETS ARE BEING TAKEN ON THE NAMES OF THE NEXT SET OF 'LADIATORS "UT THE QUESTION IS WILL THE NEW 'LADIATORS BE AS MEMORABLE AS THE LAST LOT #AN ANY NEWCOMER HOPE TO EQUAL THE MIGHTY 7ARRIOR OR THE DEADLY .IGHTSHADE 7E OR AT LEAST THOSE LUCKY VIEWERS WITH 3KY WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE 2EADY 7E DElNITELY ARE ,INDSAY (ARRIS
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(ELLO AND WELCOME TO THE LATEST EDITION OF THE 'RAPEVINE BRINGING YOU THE LATEST FROM INSIDE THE BOX IN YOUR ROOM WHERE THE LITTLE PEOPLE TALK FROM ,ENNY (ENRY HAS BRANDED THE ENTIRE TEL EVISION INDUSTRY RACIST SAYING IT IS STILL AS WHITE DOMINATED AS IT WAS WHEN HE STARTED YEARS AGO ) AM OF COURSE ALL FOR EQUAL OPPS BUT MAYBE (ENRY SHOULD SPEND LESS TIME COMPLAINING AND MORE TIME LEARNING TO BE FUNNY *UST A SUGGESTION !NOTHER VETERAN OF 46 BUT ONE MILES IN ADVANCE OF ,EN IS *ERRY 3EINFELD &ORCED TO RESPOND TO RUMOURS OF A RETURN OF THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SHOW 3EINFELD AFTER HE WROTE "EE -OVIE IN *ERRY STATED THAT HE IS hTOO OLD FOR TELEVISION v
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!CROSS THE 4ABLE h3O TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELFv $AVID STARED AT HER )T WAS RUDE TO STARE HE KNEW BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE h7ELL ) M A SALES CONSULTANT v #AROLINE PRESSED HER LIPS TOGETHER AND SLOWLY SLID THEM APART h7E MAKE THE BATTERIES FOR MOBILE TELEPHONES v h4HAT S GREAT v 3HE SAID (E WATCHED HER REPEAT THE MOTION PRESS AND RELEASE PRESS AND RELEASE (ER LIPS SWELLED EACH TIME SHE PUSHED THEM TOGETHER h4HAT S GREAT v 3HE REPEATED 4HERE WAS A VOID AND SILENCE l LLED IT $AVID STABBED A COCKTAIL STICK AT THE BOWL OF OLIVES IN FRONT OF HIM h)T S GOOD HOURS v (IS EYELASHES WERE WEIGHTED TOWARDS HER BREASTS BUT HE KNEW THIS WAS NOT A GOOD MOVE %YES ABOVE THE NECK !LWAYS KEEP THE EYES ABOVE THE NECKLINE )T DIDN T MAKE SENSE TO HIM BUT HE HAD BEEN ON ENOUGH DATES TO KNOW THAT IF HE EVER WANTED A CHANCE OF GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR HER BREASTS IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT HE PRETENDED THEY DID NOT EXIST AT THIS POINT IN TIME 3TUPID HE KNEW ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE WAS DISPLAYING HER TITS TO THE WHOLE RESTAURANT %VERY ONE ELSE COULD LEER ALL THEY WANTED
BUT HE HAD TO KEEP HIS EYES ABOVE HER NECK h4HAT S GOOD v 3HE SAID PUSHING HER HAIR BACK (E NOTICED THAT THE ROOTS OF HER HAIR DIDN T MATCH THE AUBURN COLOUR FURTHER DOWN 3HE LEANED FORWARD AND TOOK A SIP OF HER WINE (ER LIPSTICK SMEARED A GREASY STAIN ACROSS THE GLASS THE SAME COLOUR AS THE OLIVES IN FRONT OF THEM h) HATE GETTING HOME LATE v h9EAH v $AVID WONDERED WHETHER HE COULD LOOK AT HIS WRISTWATCH WITHOUT HER NOTICING h!RE YOU READY TO ORDER v 4HE WAITER STOOD PEN POISED ABOVE A PAPER PAD AND GRINNED AT #AROLINE /F COURSE HE DID #AROLINE BARED HER TEETH AND GRINNED BACK h7E RE NOT QUITE READY YET v 3HE MURMURED THE WORDS EASING OUT OF HER PARTED LIPS 3HE SOUNDED AS IF SHE WAS CARESSING EACH WORD FOR 'OD S SAKES h7OULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US A MINUTE v h/F COURSE v 4HE WAITER PREDICTABLY LOOKED AT HER CLEAVAGE (E WASN T EVEN SUBTLE ABOUT IT BUT SHE LAPPED IT UP TRACING A MANICURED l NGER UP AND DOWN THE CONDENSATION ON HER WINE GLASS AS IF SHE HADN T NOTICED &ANTASTIC (IS DATE WAS m IRTING WITH THE WAITER .OT THAT HE WAS SURPRISED IT HAD HAP PENED BEFORE AFTER ALL (E REALLY SHOULD STOP TAKING WOMEN TO )TALIAN RESTAURANTS /R MAYBE HE SHOULD STOP TAKING WOMEN OUT ALTOGETHER (E WATCHED #AROLINE SCRUTINISE THE WAITER S ARSE AS HE MOVED AWAY BEFORE SHE TURNED BACK AND PRETENDED SHE WAS INTERESTED IN HIM h)SN T IT HOT IN HERE v h9ES A BIT v 4HERE WAS A SILENCE AGAIN WHERE #AROLINE PUSHED AN OLIVE INTO HER MOUTH $AVID WISHED SHE WOULD STOP NEEDLESSLY TALKING AND THEN THEY COULD AVOID THESE LONG BREAKS IN CONVERSATION THAT MADE IT SO OBVIOUS THERE WAS NOTHING TO SAY !T LEAST IF THEY SAID NOTHING TO START WITH THEY COULD BE ALONE WITH THEIR OWN THOUGHTS )T WOULD BE ES PECIALLY GOOD IF HE COULD PUT #AROLINE ON MUTE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING 4HAT WAY WATCHING HER COULD BE A PASSIVE ACTIVITY AND NOT INVOLVE THE TIRESOME REQUIREMENT OF CONVERSATION -IND YOU HE COULD ACHIEVE THE SAME OUTCOME BY WATCHING -ENA 3UVARI IN !MERICAN "EAUTY THAT WAS ON #HANNEL &OUR TONIGHT !T LEAST THEN HE WOULD BE ABLE TO STARE AT HER TITS WITHOUT OFFENDING ANYONE
h3O WHAT MADE YOU JOIN ONE HEART v 3HE WAS TALKING AGAIN AND IT HAD BEEN ALL OF l VE SECONDS h) DON T KNOW v (E REPLIED !T THIS POINT IN TIME HE REALLY DIDN T 4HEY ALL ASKED HIM THIS THIS SUPPOSEDLY SUBTLE QUESTION WHEN IN FACT IT WAS OFFENSIVELY AND GLARINGLY OBVI OUS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER HE WAS AN ANTISOCIAL ODDBALL THAT STILL LIVED WITH HIS MUM (E COULD SEE THAT #AROLINE HAD ALREADY COME TO THAT CONCLUSION AND SUDDENLY HE WONDERED WHY HE KEPT GOING ON THESE 'OD FORSAKEN DATES (E COULD LIVE WITH HIS LONELINESS HE THOUGHT (E WOULD REVEL IN IT IN FACT h-Y WIFE DIED v (E SAID (E HAD NEVER BEEN MARRIED "UT AT LEAST IT WOULD SHUT HER UP h/H 'OD v #AROLINE SAID BRINGING HER HAND TO HER MOUTH SO THAT A MIXTURE OF OILY OLIVE RESIDUE AND LIPSTICK CAME AWAY ON HER l NGERTIPS h) M SO SORRY v h)T S OK v $AVID LOOKED DOWN AT THE TABLE 7HEN HE MET HER EYES AGAIN SHE HAD TO SUP PRESS AN URGE TO REACH OVER AND GRAB HIS HAND h7HEN DID SHExv #AROLINE SHOOK HER HEAD AND SWALLOWED h) M SORRY )T S NONE OF MY BUSINESS v h4HREE YEARS AGO v 3HE COULD HAVE SWORN THAT HIS VOICE CRACKED AS HE SAID THE WORDS 3HE FELT HER STOMACH CONTRACT IN SYMPATHY CLENCHING TOGETHER WITH SUCH VIOLENCE THAT IT FELT AS IF THERE WAS NO AIR LEFT IN THE ROOM NO AIR LEFT IN HER LUNGS ANYMORE h)T S OK 2EALLY ) TAKE EACH DAY AS IT COMES v $AVID LOOKED DOWN AT THE TABLE AGAIN AND SHE SEARCHED HER MIND FOR SOMETHING ANY THING TO SAY THAT WASN T NAÕVE OR IGNORANT OR INAPPROPRIATE 3HE CAME UP WITH NOTHING AND BIT DOWN ON HER LIP IN FRUSTRATION h) M SO SORRY v 3HE REPEATED AND BIT INTO HER LIP AGAIN 3HE COULD FEEL THE SKIN PULL AND CRACK APART h) HAD NO IDEAxv 3HE STOPPED 3HE COULD FEEL HER SKIN PEELING UNDER EACH LAYER OF CONGEALING LIPSTICK 3HE WAS SUDDENLY VERY CONSCIOUS OF HER MAKEUP AND RUBBED HER LIPS TOGETHER SO THAT THE COLOUR MELTED AND MINGLED INTO THE SPLINTERING TISSUE h) CAN T BELIEVExv h#AN ) TAKE YOUR ORDER NOW v #AROLINE LOOKED UP AT THE WAITER h7E RE BUSY v 7HAT APPALLING TIMING 7EREN T THEY TRAINED TO KNOW WHEN THEY WERE INTERRUPTING A CONVERSATION $AVID SAID NOTHING BUT HE WAS DREDGING UP PAINFUL MEMORIES FOR 'OD S SAKES AND NOW WASN T THE TIME TO ORDER STARTERS 3HE GLARED AT THE WAITER STILL HOVERING AT HER SIDE AND RATHER POINTEDLY TURNED BACK TO HER DATE h$AVID v 3HE SAVOURED THE SENSATION OF HIS NAME ROLLING OVER HER TONGUE AS THE WAITER STALKED OFF TO THE KITCHEN h$O YOU WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE AND TALK ABOUT IT v h7ELL ) LIVE WITH MY MUM v #AROLINE GRIPPED HIS LIMP HAND IN HER OWN AND LACED HER l NGERS THROUGH HIS h9OU CAN COME BACK TO MINE v 3HE SAID 3HE NOTICED THAT THE CANDLELIGHT CAST LINGERING HOLLOWS BENEATH HIS EYE SOCKETS h/K v 3HE LEANED OVER AND KISSED HIM 3HE HADN T MEANT TO BUT SHE HADN T BEEN ABLE TO STOP HERSELF (E BARELY RESPONDED AT l RST HIS EYES OPEN AND HANDS STIFm Y REMAINING ON THE TABLE ONE HAND STILL GRASPING #AROLINE S l NGERS 4HEIR LIPS CONTACTED AND PRESSED TO GETHER AND SLOWLY SLID APART 4HEY REPEATED THE MOTION PRESS AND RELEASE PRESS AND RELEASE 7HEN THEY BROKE AWAY HER LIPS WERE SWOLLEN 'REASY STAINS GATHERED AROUND HIS MOUTH VISCOUS HALF SOLID BLOTS OF COLOUR 3HE WIPED AT HIS LIPS SO THAT THE SUBSTANCE BLED ONTO HER HANDS h,ET S GO v 3HE SAID
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9OU WATCH HER FROM THE WINGS AS SHE GLIDES ACROSS THE STAGE 3HE IS m AWLESSLY STUNNING IN EVEN THE SIMPLEST #HAÔNÏS TURNS 4OES AND HANDS IN PERFECT SYMPHONY "UT FOR YOU IT DOESN T MATTER FOR ALL HER LOVELINESS SHE DOESN T DESERVE TO BE OUT THERE UNDERNEATH THOSE LIGHTS .O THAT SHOULD BE YOU
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) REMEMBER THIS DRIVE SO VIVIDLY ) HAVE MADE THE GREATER PART OF THIS JOURNEY MANY TIMES BEFORE AND NO DOUBT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR AS LONG AS THIS TOWN STANDS IT IS MORE SURPRISING PERHAPS THAT ) SHOULD REMEMBER SOMETHING SO TINGED WITH ORDINARINESS "UT ) CAN T FORGET THE SLEEK WINGS THE BUFFED LEATHER n HOW ) DIDN T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS FOR FEAR OF TAINTING THAT HANDSOME WELL OILED MACHINE WITH MY UNTIDY HUMAN PRESENCE ) HAD PUT MY DISHEVELLED FACE TO THE WINDOW AND LET MY THOUGHTS ROLL ALONG WITH THE WHEELS
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) HAD DONE THIS BEFORE BUT IT HAD BEEN DIFFERENT THEN 7ITHOUT REALISING ) D BEEN ANGRY BUT SUGARED IT WITH SORROW !NGRY AT HER FOR THE WAY SHE D BEEN AND THE AWFUL FORCED EXIT SHE HAD MADE ANGRY WITH MYSELF FOR NOT BELIEVING WHEN ) HEARD AND ANGRY AT WHATEVER POWER HAD ENSURED ) NEVER MET THE WOMAN SHE ONCE WAS 7E HAD NO SUITS THAT DAY AND ) DIDN T CRY ALL OVER THE #HRISTMAS TREE 4HERE WAS NO BLACK CAR LAST TIME
) HAD BEGUN MISSING HIM A LONG TIME AGO "ETTER NOT TO SEE HIM HIS OLD LUNGS WOULDN T BE ABLE TO HANDLE MY COMMON COLD 4HAT $ECEMBER ) WAS A PANTOMIME FAIRY HOPING HE D BE ABLE TO MAKE IT /LD JOKES AND WOEFUL RHYMES ) WOULD POP IN TO RECITE A BIT 7E D WHISTLE A KETTLE AND HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION WE HAD THE WEEK BEFORE GINGER BISCUITS ON A PLATE TEA THOUGH SOMETIMES LIME CORDIAL FROM A NEVER ENDING BOTTLE IN THE PANTRY 7E DROVE PAST HIS HOUSE 7HAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT CREOSOTE 4HE ROOMS WERE STILL FULL OF EVERYTHING BUT IT HAD TO GO SOON 4HE BEAUTIFUL BUREAU THE CLOCKS THE EIGHTY YEAR OLD PICTURES THE 4AHITIAN 3UNSET WALLS THE BED WITH THE IRON SPRINGS AS BIG AS MY HEAD ) WANTED TO KEEP IT ALL ) HAD ADMIRED HIM IN A WAY ) COULDN T BELIEVE ANYONE COULD GRASP THIS PATIENT ONE AND A HALF LUNGED MAN WHO HAD HIS WAR MEDALS STOLEN 7HEN ) WAS SMALL ) WAS NEVER PROUDER OF ANYTHING THAN ACCOMPANYING HIM OUTSIDE TO WATER THE ROSES IN THE COURTYARD CARRYING THE BLUE CAN 4HE ROSES ARE GONE NOW SLABBED OVER INTO FRIENDLY SMOOTH PATHS FOR MOBILITY SCOOTERS AND WOBBLY BICYCLES 7E HAD TO GUT THAT HOUSE AND ) DIDN T DARE WATCH &LOATING INANIMATE HE WAS WORDLESS BEFORE GOOD OLD NATURE TOOK HIS BREATH AWAY (E WAS THE OLD PUPPET ) ONCE WROTE n NOT THAT HE KNEW $ELICATELY HIS STRINGS HAD LONG SINCE BEGUN TO FRAY "UT THESE THINGS HAPPEN n GRANDPARENTS BECOME ENGAGEMENT RINGS DICTIONARIES
BLURRED BLACK AND WHITE WALLET PHOTOGRAPHS "UT THE RUB THE RUB IT WAS WHEN ) COULDN T LOOK THAT HE LEFT )N HOPE ) WAS DECEIVED HE HAD NOT PLANNED TO LEAVE !ND ALL TOO SOON WE WERE THERE 4HE CAR STOPPED AND OPENED UP n WE BREATHED AND FELL APART !NON
!S THE CURTAIN FALLS FOR A SET CHANGE YOU SEE HER GOLDEN CURLS BOUNCING AS SHE GLIDES OFF THE STAGE TOWARDS YOU (ER PERFECT BOW OF A MOUTH IS CURVED IN TO A DELICATE NERVOUS SMILE h7HAT DO YOU THINK !M ) DOING ALL RIGHT TONIGHT v 9OU TURN AND LOOK INTO THOSE NAIVE HUNGRY EYES 9OU CANNOT BRING YOUR SELF TO SPEAK BUT INSTEAD GIVE A CUT NOD 7HY SHE SEEKS YOUR APPROVAL IS COMPLETELY BEYOND YOU 4O HER YOU MUST SEEM COMICAL TOO OLD TO HAVE NEVER BEEN A PRINCIPAL DANCER YET YOU STAY AND WAIT IN THE WINGS EACH NIGHT 9OU WATCH HER STRETCH AGAINST THE RIGGING BACKSTAGE DURING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR l VE MINUTE BREAK 9OU HATED HER NATURAL m EXIBILITY 9OU HAD BEEN DANCING SINCE THE AGE OF TWO BUT YOUR BODY NEVER ACHIEVED THE ANGLES HERS DID IN THE MOST CASUAL OF STRETCHES h)TS NICE HAVING YOU HERE IN THE WINGS YA KNOW ,IKE A STAGE MOM ) LIKE IT v 9OU WATCH AS SHE TURNS NOT WAITING FOR A RESPONSE AND TAKES THE STAGE AGAIN 3HE IS ABSOLUTELY EFFORTLESS IN HER ARABESQUES 9OU HAD NEVER BEEN EFFORTLESS 9OU HAD STRUGGLED FOR YOUR TOE SHOES 9OU REMEMBER YOUR l RST PAIR FROM WHEN YOU JOINED THE COMPANY THAT ALWAYS SEEMED TO REEK OF &RENCH FRIES BUT YOU HAD NEEDED TO MAKE ENDS MEET .OTHING LIKE THE FAST FOOD BUSINESS TO WORK AROUND A BALLERINAS CRAZY HOURS 9OUR CURRENT PAIR NO LONGER REEKED OF &RENCH FRIES BUT SEEMED IRREVOCABLY STAINED FROM THE BOOZE WHERE YOU BARTENDED "UT THE STAINS WERE WORTH IT YOU COULDN T STOP NOW 3HE WOULD NEVER BARTEND )N FACT YOU KNEW SHE DIDN T WORK &OR ALL HER TALK ABOUT NEEDING YOU AS HER STAGE MOM HER REAL MOM WAS JUST l NE (ER MOM ALWAYS SENT COOKIES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY CASH 9OU WEREN T SURE WHICH YOU HATED HER MORE FOR HER NOT HAVING TO WORK A SECOND JOB OR THE FACT THAT SHE COULD EAT COOKIES WITHOUT GAINING AN OUNCE 9OU CAN T EVEN REMEMBER THE LAST CARB YOU ATE 9OU SHAKE YOUR HEAD TO RID YOURSELF OF YOUR CUPCAKE FANTASIES AND INSTEAD INDULGE IN ANOTHER 9OU LET YOUR MIND TRAVEL TO THE SUGAR FREE IMAGE THAT HAD SUSTAINED YOU ALL SEASON 9OU SEE HER THERE LIFTED HIGH BY HIM HER BODY TWISTED ELEGANTLY (ER ARMS ARE AKIMBO AS HE BEGINS TO LOWER HER BACK ONTO THE BLACK GLASS "UT JUST THIS ONCE IT HAPPENS SHE FALTERS 9OU SEE HER ANGELIC BODY TUMBLE TO THE GROUND 4HE GASPS OF THE AUDIENCE l LL THE AIR "UT YOU SAY THE SHOW MUST GO ON 9OU PIROUETTE ON TO THE STAGE BRUSHING HER ASIDE WITH YOUR TOE SHOES 9OU STAND THEIR BEFORE THE LIGHT AS THE AUDIENCE SETTLES 9OU BEGIN THE DANCE YOU PRACTICED FOR SO MANY HOURS /NE YOU STAND STILL AND THE UNIVERSE REVOLVES AROUND YOU 4WO YOU PUSH FORWARD ONTO THE STAGE ARMS GRACEFULLY RISING AS YOU REACH THE FOOTLIGHTS 4HREE 9OU STARE INTO THE LIGHTS UNBELIEVING YOU HAD NEVER HAD A HANG UP AT THREE 4HE AUDIENCE LAUGHS POLITELY THEN IT TURNS INTO A ROAR 9OU CAN T DO IT 9OU STARE DOWN AT YOU TOE SHOES ASHAMED FOR EVER TRYING
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9OU HAD WAITED IN THE LEFT WING OF THE .EW 9ORK #ITY "ALLET #OMPANY ALL SEASON WAITING *UST WAITING FOR HER TO FALL 9OU KNEW SHE NEVER WOULD 3HE NEVER DID ALL OF AND SHE HAD NEVER ONCE FALLEN EVEN IN PRACTICE 3HE HAD NEVER EVEN FALTERED AT THE BAR LIMBS MOVING BEYOND THE ABILITY OF HER FELLOW l RST YEARS 3HE WAS NOTHING AT ALL LIKE YOU WHEN YOU l RST CAME TO THE COMPANY 3HE WASN T REPRIMANDED EVERY DAY FOR HER IMPERFECT ARM MOVEMENT 3HE HAD NEVER KNOWN WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE CAST AS AN UNDER STUDY REPEATEDLY THEN EVENTUALLY NEVER BEING CAST AT ALL
h7HAT A GREAT SEASON ) LL NEVER FORGET DANCING THIS BALLET v 9OU STARTLE AS YOU LOOK UP TO SEE HER FULLY ALIVE FUNCTIONAL AND THRILLED AT THE END TO HER GREAT SEASON ! SEASON THAT DIDN T EVER BELONG TO YOU OUTSIDE YOUR OWN FANTASIES 4HIS IS HER TIME YOU REALIZE GIVING HER AN AWKWARD HUG !S YOU WATCH HER PRANCE DOWN THE HALLWAY TO THE DRESSING ROOMS YOU CAN T HELP BE BITTER THAT SOMEONE SO KIND AND SO GOOD HAD SAVED YOU FROM YOURSELF WITHOUT EVER HAVING DONE A THING 9OU KNEW YOU WERE OUT OF TIME THOUGH -AYBE NOT FOREVER BUT HERE !LL OF THIS WAS OVER FOR YOU
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9OU CRAWL OUT OF MAKEUP AND COSTUME WITHOUT MUCH INCIDENT AND WAIT IN THE SHADOWS AS THE THEATER EMPTIES 9OU EVEN SEE HER EXIT AMONGST A CROWD OF OTHER DANCERS CARRYING A DOZEN WHITE ROSES 9OU KNOW WHAT S COMING FOR HER HER l RST NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY 0ERHAPS HER l RST NIGHT OUT EVER YOU KNOW SHE LL ENJOY IT 4HEN AGAIN YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW YOU HAD NEVER HAD A TRIUMPHANT NIGHT ON THE TOWN 9OU HAD NEVER BEEN HER 7HEN YOU ARE SURE EVERYONE IS GONE YOU SKULK OUT OF THE SHADOWS ONTO THE STAGE STILL GRACED WITH ITS BLINDING LIGHT 9OU WERE NO LONGER BLINDED BY IT YOU KNEW NOW YOU WOULD NEVER TRULY DANCE THIS STAGE 9OU TAKE YOUR TOE SHOES IN YOUR HANDS AND KISS THEM GENTLY BEFORE LEAVING THEM BEHIND IN A FADING POOL OF LIGHT
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OINCIDING WITH THE RELEASE OF *UST &OR 4ONIGHT /NE .IGHT /NLY KICKED OFF THEIR 5+ 4OUR HERE IN .ORWICH 4HE %VENT HEADED DOWN TO THE !RTS #ENTRE TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THE BOYS NEWFOUND SUCCESS 5PON SIGHT OF AN IMPRESSIVE /./ TOUR BUS BAND MANAGER 2ICHIE INFORMED ME THAT FRONT MAN 'EORGE AND GUITARISTS -ARK AND $AN WERE YET TO RETURN FROM THEIR 3OCCER !- JAUNT IN ,ONDON 'EORGE #RAIG LABELLED hA CHAR ISMATIC ROCK 'ODv ON THE BAND S WEBSITE HAS BEEN EARMARKED PER HAPS UNFAIRLY AS THE SOLE REASON THAT THIS BAND IS SO SPECIAL (E HAD DOMINATED CONVERSATION DURING THE /./ SESSION WITH :ANE ,OWE THREE DAYS PRIOR NOW IT WAS TIME FOR DRUMMER 3AM AND KEYBOARD IST *ACK TO GIVE A FRESH PERSPECTIVE $OES IT FEEL ANY DIFFERENT NOW EMBARKING ON YOUR OWN TOUR h)T S MORE EXCITING YEAH COS YOU KNOW EVERYONE IS HERE TO SEE YOUv 3AM TELLS ME BUT THE PAIR INSIST THEY AREN T FAZED BY THEIR SUDDEN RISE INTO THE SPOTLIGHT hTHE PRESSURE S OFF WE RE NOT HERE TO PULL CROWDS ROUND ANYMORE v *ACK EXPLAINS ) ASK ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE DIFFER ENCES IN LIFESTYLE WHEN ON TOUR THE BOOZE THE GROUPIES 3AM SITS UP AND LEANS FORWARD FROM THE COUCH h4HERE WERE AFTER PARTIES BUT ALL THE GIRLS WANTED THE 0I GEONS THAT S JUST HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES ) SUPPOSEx SO ASK AGAIN IN SEVEN WEEKSv HE LAUGHS LEANING BACK AGAIN h"UT THE GIGS ARE THE BEST PARTv *ACK ASSURES ME $ESPITE NOT BEING IN THE PUB LIC EYE FOR VERY LONG /./ HAVE AMASSED QUITE THE FAN BASE WITH THE NOTABLE INCLUSION OF *O 7ILEY WHO RECENTLY CHOSE THE NEW SINGLE AS HER RECORD OF THE WEEK $O YOU FEEL THE TIMING OF THIS SUCCESS WAS APPROPRIATE h"ECAUSE 3AM -ARK AND $AN WERE COMING TO THE END OF THEIR GAP YEAR IF IT HAD BEEN A FEW MONTHS LATER IT WOULDN T HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL v 3AM REVELS IN THIS SERENDIPITY h7E WERE GOING TO GO TRAVELLING BUT IT ALL STARTED KICKING OFF AROUND THE TIME WE WERE GOING TO GO SO NOT ARRANGING OUR TRAVEL OBVIOUSLY TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE BENElCIALv 3AM MUSES
7AS IT A BIT RUSHED THEN 7ERE YOU STILL lNDING YOUR SOUND h7E WERE PRETTY SURE OF OUR SOUND BEFORE THE WHOLE SIGNING PROCESS v *ACK CLARI lED 3O HAS THE SOUND CHANGED MUCH OVER THE YEARS h(AS OUR SOUND CHANGED MUCH SINCE WE STARTED AS A BAND 7ELL IT S PRO GRESSED A LOTv 3AM SMILES h)T S A DIFFERENT GENREv NEWEST MEMBER *ACK CHIPS IN CHUCKLING !T THIS
h(AS OUR SOUND CHANGED MUCH SINCE WE STARTED AS A BAND 7ELL IT S PROGRESSED A LOT A DIFFERENT GENRE ALMOSTv
POINT 3AM LUNGES INTO WHAT IS A SEEMINGLY REHEARSED STORY OF @THE EARLY YEARS h7HEN WE STARTED OUT IT WAS JUST ME -ARK AND $AN BEST MATES IN SCHOOL JUST GOING DOWN TO A WAREHOUSE AND JAMMING COV ERS WHICH WE LIKED AT THE TIME "UT WE ADDED 'EORGE ON VOCALS SO OBVIOUSLY THINGS CHANGED THEN IT STARTED GETTING A BIT MORE SERIOUS AND TWO YEARS DOWN THE LINE WE VE GOT THIS FELLOW IN TO ADD SOME AT MOSPHERIC KEYSv h/H YEAHv *ACK DOES AN !LI ' WRIST mICK 4HE LADS FAIL TO MENTION THAT ONE GUITAR IST WAS THROWN OUT THE BAND TO MAKE ROOM FOR 'EORGE WHO LIKES TO SHRED A LITTLE HIMSELF $ESPITE ALL THESE CHANGES THE PAIR INSISTED IT WAS A SLOW NATURAL PROGRESSION RATHER THAN RUTHLESS DECISIVENESS WHICH ) BELIEVE TO BE TRUE 4HE BIOGRAPHY ON THEIR WEBSITE SAYS 'EORGE ELEVATED THEM FROM THOSE WAREHOUSE JAMMERS TO WHAT THEY ARE NOW 4HE TWO BOTH BEGIN DEFENDING THEMSELVES SIMULTANE OUSLY 3AM ALLOWS *ACK TO CLARIFY h4HAT S THE IMPRESSION CREATED BY THE BIOG IT S NOT QUITE AS SIMPLE AS THAT ! LOT OF IT IS TRUE BUT IT WAS WRITTEN A BIT TONGUE IN CHEEK AT THE SAME TIMEx BUT ) MEAN HE IS
h$OES 'EORGE FRONTMAN ELEVATE US AS A BAND )T S NOT QUITE AS SIMPLE AS THAT v
A CRACKING FRONT MAN AND IS GOOD AT WHAT HE DOESv 4HE BIOG SAYS HE WRITES THE MAJORITY OF AND THE BEST OF /./ S SONGS 3AM RESISTS ANY VAGUE DIPLOMACY h4HAT S NOT TRUE 3ONGS COME TO THE BAND IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR INSTANCE *ACK WROTE THE lRST SINGLE 9OU AND -E THE SECOND *UST &OR 4ONIGHT WAS A BAND SONG AND THE ONE PLANNED FOR AFTER THAT IS A 'EORGE SONG 3OME ARE BROUGHT IN AS INITIAL IDEAS AND SOME ARE lNISHED SONGS WE CAN WORK ON AS A BANDv )NTER ESTINGLY TWO DAYS AFTER THIS INTER
VIEW THE BIOGRAPHY WAS WIPED OFF THE WEBSITE -OVING ON TO THE FORTHCOM ING ALBUM 3TARTED ! &IRE WE ASK WHERE AND HOW THE NAME CROPPED UP h4HE ALBUM TITLE )T S A LYRIC FROM ONE OF THE SONGS CALLED (E S 4HERE WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT SIN GLE 'EORGE WROTE IT ABOUT HIS FRIEND WHO BECAME VERY ILL SUD DENLY AND PASSED AWAY 4HE LAD WAS AWAY ON HOLIDAY AT THE TIME SO ALL HIS FRIENDS STARTED A lRE IN ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE HANGOUT PLAC ES IN HIS MEMORY AND THAT S WHERE IT COMES FROMv /F COURSE THE TITLE ALSO RELATES TO THE BAND STARTING THEIR MUSIC CAREER h9EAH THAT S EXACTLY RIGHTv "EING SO YOUNG DO ANY OF YOU lND YOU EXAGGERATE LIFE EXPERIENCE WHEN WRITING LYRICS *ACK REPLIES h,YRICS ARE A SORT OF A VERY IN THE MOMENT KIND OF THING ! LOT OF RE VIEWS HAVE SAID WE SEEM TO WRITE ABOUT TEENAGE THINGS BUTxv 3AM HELPS HIM OUT NOTING h7RITING ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND BEING A TEEN AGER THAT S INEVITABLEv /./ DON T TRY TO HIDE THAT THEY RE TEENS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE 3AM ELUCIDATES h7E WEREN T COMING FROM A CITY SCENE WHERE YOU GET A LOT OF SIMI LAR SOUNDING BANDS WE WOULD JUST WRITE ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED WITH OUT BEING INmUENCED BY ANYTHING LIKE THATv 4HE RATE /./ ARE GOING IT WON T BE LONG UNTIL THEY RE PER FORMING TO LARGER CROWDS h) THINK OUR MUSIC SUITS A BIGGER VENUE BUT A GIG S A GIG 7E LL GO OUT AND PLAY THE SAME SHOW TO PEOPLE AS WE WOULD TO PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU OWE THAT TO THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO WATCH YOUv 3AM SUM MARISES h3OUNDWISE IT FEELS MORE AT HOME IN A BIG PLACE WHERE IT CAN SWEEPv !ND FOR THE SUMMER FESTIVALS h7E WANT TO PLAY ,EEDS COS THAT S OUR HOME FESTIVAL WE VE BEEN THERE THE LAST FOUR OR lVE YEARS CAMPINGv !NY OTHER PLANS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT h7E RE GUNNA TOUR UNTIL WE CAN T STAND UP ANYMOREv *ACK BEAMS !FTER WITNESSING A RIVETING LIVE SET DESPITE BEING A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES THIS WRITER LEAVES SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT /NE .IGHT /NLY ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN ONE MAN ONLY
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4HE "EARS !RE #OMING IS SO ZEITGEIST Y IT HURTS 3.%3 SNYTHS YELLED NU RAVE VOCALS AND EVEN SOME !FRICAN STYLE DRUMMING HELLO 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND .O WONDER THEY VE BEEN HYPED TO THE HEAVENS BY SUCH OFTEN PRETENTIOUS OCCASIONALLY CORRECT PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS !RTROCKER "UT IS THIS ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONAL OCCASIONS 4HE "EARS !RE #OMING HAS SOME GREAT MOMENTS n A BIT OF 0RINCE ESQUE FUNK THOSE SQUALLING SYNTHS n BUT OVERALL IT S A MESS 4HE BAND HAS JUST THROWN A WORN COPY OF .-% AT A WALL TO
SEE WHAT STICKS 4HE WELTER OF IDEAS DOES GIVE THE SINGLE A LIKEABLE KIND OF INSANITY BUT JUST AS THEY GET INTO A GROOVE THE RHYTHM IS DISRUPTED BY SOME GARISH TEMPO CHANGE OR SHOWY KEYBOARD RIFF 4HE BUSYNESS IS ENJOYABLE UP TO THE ONE MINUTE THIRTY SIX MARK WHEN IT lNALLY TOPPLES INTO THE RIDICULOUS ,ATE OF THE 0IER CHOP AND CHANGE TOO MUCH TO MAKE A SONG THAT S TRULY DANCEABLE BUT IT ALSO DOESN T HAVE ANY DEPTH OR HOOKS TO OFFER BEYOND THE PURELY PHYSICAL 4HEY COULD WELL BE FUN LIVE BUT ULTIMATELY IT S TOO ON TREND ALL HEAD AND NO HEART
INTO THEIR BELTS %AST ,ONDON FOUR PIECE "OY +ILL "OY ARE UNDOUBTEDLY HOPING THAT THE ONLY WAY NOW IS UP 0ROMISES IS THE SECOND SINGLE RELEASE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM 3TARS AND THE 3EA DUE -ARCH ST A REPUTEDLY @NOCTURNAL RECORD CRAFTED
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BILITIES WITHIN INDEPENDENT "RITISH lLM 7ITH A BUDGET OF NO MORE THAN a -EADOWS SUPERBLY PROVIDES A BITTER SWEET BEAUTY IN THE lLM (E GIVES THE VIEWER AN HOUR AND A HALF OF PURE "RITISH GRIT LEAVING YOU MOMENTARILY SPEECH LESS AND IN AWE OF SOMETHING SO ENTHRALLING 4HIS IS NOT TO SAY THE lLM DOESN T HAVE A LIGHTER SIDE (U MOUR IS EVOKED THROUGHOUT WHICH GIVES #ONSIDINE S CHARACTER AN EVEN DEEPER MORE BROODING DEPTH AS THE WORRYINGLY MERCILESS 2ICHARD -EADOWS MOST RECENT PART BIOGRAPHICAL lLM 4HIS )S %NGLAND IS ANOTHER FANTASTIC INSTANCE OF GREAT "RITISH lLMMAKING %MPLOYING THE SAME RUTHLESSLY REALISTIC INDEPEND ENT TECHNIQUES WITH A lNE LINE BE TWEEN HUMOUR AND VIOLENCE 4HIS IS %NGLAND IS WELL WORTH A WATCH .OT AN ENTIRELY UNDISCOVERED GEM BY ANY MEANS $EAD -AN S 3HOES IS A lLM WITH A STRONG FOL
LOWING BUT IS DElNITELY DESERVING OF MORE FANS )N YEARS TO COME PEO PLE SHALL LOOK BACK ON IT AS ONE OF THE BEST OF A BATCH OF INDEPENDENT "RITISH lLMS AND RIGHTLY SO "EGIN NING TO END $EAD -AN S 3HOES WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF 0AUL #OOK
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*UNO $IR *ASON 2EITMAN 2ELEASED $IRECTOR *ASON 2EITMAN S CHARMING @INDIE mICK TACKLES THE ISSUES OF UN DERAGE PREGNANCY AND LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS WHEN YEAR OLD *UNO -AC'UFF %LLEN 0AGE lNDS HERSELF hUP THE SPOUTv AFTER A mEETING TRYST WITH BEST FRIEND AND BAND MATE 0AULIE "LEEKER -ICHAEL #ERA 4HE FOLLOWING YEAR OF *UNO S LIFE DEPICTS THE STRENGTH OF FRIENDSHIP THE HIGHS AND LOWS THAT LOVE CAN BRING AND FUNDAMENTALLY THE ADOLESCENT JOUR NEY OF GROWING UP 0AGE FOLLOWING A CHILLING PER FORMANCE IN (ARD #ANDY CAPTURES THE RAMBUNCTIOUS ENERGY OF *UNO WHILST PORTRAYING HER VULNERABIL ITY mAWLESSLY PROVING THAT SHE IS
A FRESH TALENT FOR 7ITH EX CEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES FROM THE SUPPORTING CAST AND A BRILLIANTLY QUIRKY SOUNDTRACK *UNO HAS THE MAKINGS OF A CULT CLASSIC 3ADLY #ERA IS VERY MUCH A SUP PORTING ROLE WITHIN THE PIECE !FTER BEING THE BEST THING TO COME FROM *UDD !PATOW S 3UPERBAD HE POR TRAYS THE AWKWARDNESS OF 0AULIE WITH ENOUGH CHARM TO CONVINCE GIRLS EVERYWHERE THAT THEY WANT THEIR OWN GEEK IN GOLDEN SHORTS )T BEGINS WITH A CHAIR IT ENDS WITH A CHAIR AND THE MINUTES IN BETWEEN DEPICT ONE OF THE MOST WITTY AND HEART WARMING LOVE STO RIES TO REACH OUR CINEMAS OVER RE CENT YEARS "ETH $AVISON
$ElNITELY -AYBE $IR !DAM "ROOKS 2ELEASED $ElNITELY -AYBE IS DElNITELY A RE FRESHING TRANSFORMATION OF THE STANDARD ROM COM FORMULA 2YAN 2EYNOLDS STARS AS A LOVEABLE DIVORCEE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIS SPARKLINGLY INQUISITIVE DAUGHTER !BIGAIL "RES LIN FROM ,ITTLE -ISS 3UNSHINE THE STORY OF HIS FAILED LOVE LIFE AND WHICH OF HIS LOVE INTERESTS IS ACTU ALLY HER MOTHER 4HE lLM FOLLOWS THE STORY HE TELLS HIS DAUGHTER IN THE ANTICIPA TION OF A HAPPY ENDING WITH EITHER %LIZABETH "ANKS HIS COLLEGE SWEET HEART )SLA &ISHER A CLOSE FRIEND OR JOURNALIST 2ACHEL 7EISZ ALL IN THE RUNNING TO BE THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE BUT WHO WILL IT BE IN THE END
&ILM .EWS ,ATEST 7ALL % 4RAILER ! BRAND SPANKING NEW TRAILER FOR 0IXAR S NEXT PROJECT 7ALL % HAS HIT THE INTERNET )T LOOKS LIKE ONCE AGAIN THE #') WIZARDS HAVE OUT DONE THEMSELVES AND 7ALL % HIM ITSELF SEEMS LIKE A BRILLIANTLY INQUISITIVE LITTLE ROBOT DESPITE NOT HAVING A FACE ! LARGE AMOUNT OF THE lLM IS SAID TO BE SILENT FOL LOWING 7ALL % AS HE CLEANS UP A DESERTED EARTH SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VISUAL HUMOUR WILL BE MAS SIVE 7E LL BE ABLE TO SEE IF IT WORKS ON *ULY TH
/SCAR .EWS !LTHOUGH IT IS MOSTLY TOLD LOOK ING BACK INTO THE PAST THIS DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE STORY INSTEAD ENHANCING WHAT IS BY NO MEANS A SAME OLD ROMANTIC COMEDY 2YAN 2EYNOLDS SHINES IN HIS ROLE ENSUR ING THAT HIS 6AN 7ILDER DAYS ARE PUT lRMLY BEHIND HIM 4HE PLOT WITH THE THREE VERY DIFFERENT LOVE INTERESTS DElNITELY KEEPS VIEWERS ABSORBED IN THE lLM AS DO THE CHARACTERS EVEN THE OC CASIONALLY PRECOCIOUS -IA !BIGAIL "RESLIN 4HIS MINUTE DETAIL ASIDE $El NITELY -AYBE IS AN ULTIMATELY UPLIFT ING FEEL GOOD lLM WHICH WELL LIVES UP TO AND EVEN EXCEEDS CHICK mICK STANDARDS WITH LAUGHS AND TEAR JERKERS APLENTY #OLETTE ,ILFORD
4HE LATEST NEWS IS THAT THE WRITERS AND lLM PRODUCERS HAVE MADE A BREAKTHROUGH AND ARE CLOSE TO RE SOLVING THE ONGOING WRITERS STRIKE 4HIS MAY MEAN THE /SCARS GO AHEAD AS FULLY INTENDED BUT WITHOUT THE TRADITIONAL 6ANITY &AIR AFTER PARTY WHICH IT WAS ANNOUNCED WILL NOT GO AHEAD IN SUPPORT OF THE WRITERS
4ERMINATOR -ANY HAVE BEEN SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANOTHER 4ERMINATOR lLM TO BE DIRECTED BY -C' (OWEVER WHEN IT WAS AN NOUNCED THAT #HRISTIAN "ALE WILL BE CAST AS *OHN #ONNOR THERE WAS CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM .OW -C' HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD LIKE *OSH "ROLIN TO PLAY THE NEW 4ERMI NATOR ITSELF THIS COULD BE ONE TO WATCH OUT FOR !NDY *UDSON
!CCES !LL !REAS 4HERE 7ILL "E "LOOD $IR 0AUL 4HOMAS !NDERSON 2ELEASED )NSPIRED BY 5PTON 3INCLAIR S NOVEL /IL THIS SPRAWLING EPIC FOLLOWS THE RISE OF RUGGED PROSPECTOR $ANIEL 0LAINVIEW !FTER RECEIVING A MYSTE RIOUS TIP FROM 0AUL 3UNDAY ABOUT HIS FAMILY HOME 0LAINVIEW AND HIS YOUNG SON ( 7 HEAD OUT TO ,ITTLE "OSTON A SMALL #ALIFORNIAN TOWN WITH AN OCEAN OF OIL SITTING UNDER IT 3UNDAY S PREACHER BROTHER %LI 0AUL $ANO RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTS THE AD VANCES TO DRILL ON HIS FATHER S LAND AND THE 0LAINVIEWS HIT IT RICH WITH
THE STRIKE OF A LIFETIME 4HERE 7ILL "E "LOOD IS A BLEAK AND COMPLEX lLM AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE CINEMA GOER WHO IS LOOKING FOR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO SEE IT YOU WILL REAP THE REWARDS 0AUL 4HOMAS !NDERSON BEAUTIFULLY EXCAVATES THE GREED AND CORRUPTION BEHIND THE PURSUIT OF THE !MERICAN DREAM AND SUCCEEDS IN CREATING AN INTENSE MOVING AND VISUALLY STUNNING lLM 4O CLAIM 0LAINVIEW IS AN EVIL MAN AS SOME REVIEWS HAVE WOULD BE FAR TOO SIMPLE $AY ,EWIS CREATES A CHARACTER SO MULTI FACETED THAT IT S HARD TO PIN HIM DOWN BUT IT IS HIS
AMBIGUITY THAT ADDS TO THE DEPTH OF THE lLM (E S AN OIL MAN AS HE LIKES TO REMIND US AND WITH THAT TITLE DECEPTION AND CORRUPTION IN EVITABLY SEEP INTO HIM TAINTING HIS LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS BEYOND FORE SEEABLE REPAIR $AY ,EWIS IS AT HIS BEST MANAGING TO KEEP THE GLIMMER OF 0LAINVIEW S REDEMPTION RIGHT UP TILL THE END WITH PRECISION PROVING YET AGAIN WHAT A POWERFUL FORCE HIS ACTING CAN BE 4HERE 7ILL "E "LOOD IS IN THIS REVIEWER S MIND A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE .ATASHA +UNDAIKER
$ANIEL $AY ,EWIS 1UESTIONS !NSWERS 7HAT PARTICULAR CHALLENGES DID YOU FACE ON 4HERE 7ILL "E "LOOD $AY ,EWIS h) CAN NEVER IDENTIFY ONE AREA OF A PIECE OF WORK AS OP POSED TO ANOTHER 4O WHATEVER EX TENT ) M ABLE TO ASSESS MY CONTRIBU TION AT THE VERY BEGINNING HAVING FELT THE PULL OF THE ORBIT OF ANOTHER WORLD ) TRY TO STEP BACKWARDS AND ASK MYSELF IF ) CAN SERVE THAT STORY AS THE PERSON ) M GOING TO BE TELLING THAT STORY WITH v
7HERE DID 0LAINVIEW S VOICE COME FROM $AY ,EWIS h) DIDN T KNOW WHAT ) WAS LOOKING FOR AND AS FAR AS POS SIBLE ) TRY NOT TO DISMEMBER THE LIFE OF A MAN INTO SEPARATE PARTS PHYSI CAL OR SPIRITUAL OR VOCAL !S FAR AS POSSIBLE AND IT MAY JUST BE A FORM OF KIDOLOGY ) TRY TO ALLOW THAT LIFE TO REVEAL ITSELF IN SOME WAY AS IF ) DON T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH IT "UT NEARLY ALWAYS IT COMES WITH HEARING A VOICE IN MY MIND S EAR v
7HAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO SO MANY PAGES WITHOUT DIALOGUE $AY ,EWIS h) TURNED PAGE AFTER PAGE AND THOUGHT @HOW LONG CAN HE KEEP THIS GOING FOR 4HERE WAS SOMETHING ALMOST CHEEKY ABOUT IT BUT DELIGHTFUL AND TRUE THAT THE LIFE OF THIS MAN IN THIS SITUATION COULD BE REVEALED IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU KNEW EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM AT THAT STAGE IN HIS LIFE WITHOUT EVER SAYING A WORD ) JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING QUITE REMARKABLE ABOUT THAT v
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#ONTROL $IR !NTON #ORBIJN !NY lLM HOPING TO BE A WORTHY AND lTTING BIOPIC TO TROUBLED *OY $IVISION SINGER )AN #URTIS WAS GO ING TO NEED AN EXCELLENT ACTOR TO PLAY THE MAN HIMSELF &ORTUNATELY 3AM 2ILEY lTS THE JOB PERFECTLY (E DOES THIS BY KNOWING BOTH WHEN TO LET GO AND GET INTO THE MUSIC DURING THE GIG SCENES AC TUALLY PERFORMED BY THE CAST AND ALSO WHEN TO BE CLOSED QUIET AND TROUBLED #ONTROL IS MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN #URTIS HIMSELF RA THEN THAN THE WORLD S REACTION TO HIM AND IS ALL THE BETTER FOR THIS
7E CONCENTRATE ON #URTIS STEADY DOWNWARD SPIRAL AS HE STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH EPILEPSY ALCOHOL l DELITY AND THE PRESSURE OF BEING A BAND FRONTMAN AT HIS TENDER AGE 4HIS FOCUS ON #URTIS MEANS THAT THE REST OF THE BAND DON T GET MUCH OF A LOOK IN AND WE lND OUT FRUSTRATINGLY LITTLE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND #URTIS "UT 2ILEY IS GOOD ENOUGH THAT THIS DOESN T MATTER AND THE lLM IS SHOT THREW WITH HIS BIZARRE MIX OF DARK HU MOUR AND DEPRESSION 9OU DON T NEED TO BE A *OY $IVISION NUT TO BE MOVED BY #ONTROL !NDY *UDSON
4HE +INGDOM $IR 0ETER "ERG &OLLOWING A HORRENDOUS ATTACK ON A HOUSING COMPOUND THAT LEAVES MANY PEOPLE DEAD 3PECIAL !GENT 2ON &LEURY *AMIE &OXX DEMANDS THAT &") AGENTS BE ALLOWED INTO 2IY ADH TO INVESTIGATE .AVIGATING 3AUDI POLITICS AND CULTURAL RESTRAINTS THE AGENTS ATTEMPT TO TRACK DOWN THE PERPETRATOR "ASED ON THE REAL TER RORIST ATTACKS IN 2IYADH IN 4HE +INGDOM PORTRAYS AN UNEXPECTEDLY PERSONAL VIEW OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE IN 3AUDI !RABIA FOR BOTH NATIVES AND 7ESTERNERS 4HIS IS A BRILLIANT ACTION lLM BUT
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IT IS CLEAR FROM THE START THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE VIEWING THE OPENING ATTACK AND SUBSEQUENT KILL INGS ARE GRITTY AND VISCERAL 4HE FAST PACED ACTION HEIGHTENS THE SENSE OF IMMEDIACY THAT PERMEATES THE AGENTS INVESTIGATION AND THEIR VUL NERABILITY IN HOSTILE TERRITORY MAKES YOU CRINGE IN MORBID ANTICIPATION &OXX PORTRAYS THE AWKWARDNESS OF WORKING IN UNFAMILIAR POLITICAL TERRITORY WELL BUT !SHRAF "ARHOUM AS #OLONEL !L 'HAZI OUTPERFORMS THANKS TO HIS SENSITIVE PORTRAYAL OF THE DIFlCULT SOCIETAL POSITIONS THAT 3AUDI POLICE HOLD +IMBERLEY 7ALSH
"ASED ON )AN -C%WAN S NOVEL !TONE MENT IS SUPERBLY ADAPTED *AMES -C!VOY SHINES IN THIS lLM AS 2OB BIE 4URNER WHO IS FALSELY CONVICTED FOR RAPE AND IS FORCED TO ENLIST 7ITH DIRECTOR *OE 7RIGHT S ASSURED DIREC TION AND THE BEAUTIFUL CINEMATOG RAPHY WHICH ADD A DEPTH TO THIS TOUCHING LOVE STORY !TONEMENT SUC CEDS IN BECOMING AN UNFORGETTABLE AND BRILLIANT MOVIE
%AGLE 6S 3HARK 3TARRING *ERMAINE #LEMENT OF &LIGHT OF THE #ONCHORDS FAME %A GLE 6S 3HARK TELLS THE STORY OF TWO SOCIAL MISlTS IN .EW :EALAND !T MINUTES LONG IT S A QUICK TREAT AND INTERESTING TAKE ON THE ROMANTIC COMEDY GENRE WITH THE PERFORM ANCE OF ,OREN (ORSLEY AS THE LEADING LADY A PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHT
#ALLING !LL &ILM &ANS 2EMAKE YOUR FAVOURITE lLM IN MINUTES OR LESS AND WIN A TRIP TO (OLLYWOOD
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.IC #AGE MAKES A RETURN AS TREAS URE HUNTER "EN 'ATES IN HIS lRST EVER SEQUEL lLM 7HEN -ITCH 7ILKINSON %D (ARRIS REVEALS A MISSING PAGE FROM THE DIARY OF *OHN 7ILKES "OOTH ALLEGEDLY LINK ING "EN S GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER TO THE ,INCOLN ASSASSINATION PLOT "EN AND HIS FATHER 0ATRICK *ON 6OIGHT EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO CLEAR THEIR FAMILY S NAME 4HE SECOND INSTALMENT OF THE .ATIONAL 4REASURE FRANCHISE DEl NITELY UPS THE ANTI WITH DIRECTOR )F THERE REALLY WAS A BOOK OF SECRETS PASSED DOWN FROM 0RESIDENT TO 0RESIDENT WHICH PAGE WOULD YOU TURN TO lRST .IC #AGE 4HERE S ONLY TWO THAT ) M AWARE OF n 2OSWELL AND THE +ENNEY ASSASSINATION *ON 4URTELTAUB -Y GUESS IS THAT -ONICA WASN T THE ONLY ONE 4HERE S BOUND TO BE SOME PHONE NUMBERS THROWN IN THERE !ND BELIEVE ME #LINTON WASN T THE ONLY ONE
*ON 4URTELTAUB BRINGING IN (ELEN -IRREN AND %D (ARRIS TO ADD A BIT OF SPICE AS WELL AS TAKING US TO SEE THE SIGHTS OF ,ONDON AND 0ARIS &ILMS LIKE THESE TEND TO BRING OUT THE CHILD IN YOU .O MATTER HOW CRITICAL YOU FEEL LIKE BEING YOU CAN T HELP BUT GET SWEPT UP IN THE ENJOYMENT OF A TREASURE HUNT ESPECIALLY ONE THAT RELIES SO HEAV ILY ON HISTORICAL FACTS WHICH YOU CAN GOOGLE AFTERWARDS %ACH NEW SCHEME OF "ATES GETS MORE AND MORE LUDICROUS FROM
BREAKING INTO "UCKINGHAM 0AL ACE TO n WAIT FOR IT n KIDNAPPING THE 53 0RESIDENT AND THOUGH YOU KNOW IT WOULD NEVER BE POSSIBLE THE lLM REMAINS ENTERTAINING AND IT S A HELL OF A LOT FUNNIER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR !T THE END OF THE DAY IT S A GOOD FAMILY lLM THAT ADULTS CAN HAPPILY ENDURE AND EVEN EN JOY WHILE THE LITTLE ONES ARE HAVING A lELD DAY WITH THE lLM .ATASHA +UNDAIKER
4HIS IS YOUR lFTH COLLABORATION WITH *ERRY "RUCKHEIMER (OW HAS YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND WORKING RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED SINCE YOUR lRST lLM .IC #AGE *ERRY IS SOMEONE WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT HIS MOVIES AND HE ALWAYS GETS THE BEST TALENT TO WORK ON THEM (E ALWAYS GETS PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH THE SCRIPT AND BE VERY THOROUGH WITH THEM SO THEY MAKE SENSE AND MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY (E ALSO MADE IT CLEAR FROM THE BEGIN NING ON 4HE 2OCK THAT HE WANTS THE ACTORS TO CONTRIBUTE AND COLLABO RATE IDEAS AND HE LEAVES A LOT OF ROOM FOR THAT 7ORKING WITH *ERRY IS NOT UNLIKE HIS LOGO WHERE YOU SEE THE LIGHTNING AND IT GETS CAUGHT (IS lLMS ARE LIKE CAPTURING LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE 4HERE S A BUZZ AND ENERGY TO THE WORK WE VE DONE TOGETHER WHICH IS WHY WE KEEP COMING BACK TO EACH OTHER
4O CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF "E +IND 2EWIND 0ATHE IS INVITING lLM FANS ACROSS THE 5+ TO REMAKE THEIR FAVOURITE lLMS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN LOADS OF ,' ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT AND A TRIP TO (OLLYWOOD THE HOME OF MOVIEMAKING 9OUR HOMEMADE REMAKE CAN BE A SHORTENED VERSION OF ANY lLM JUST THE TRAILER OR JUST A SCENE BUT MUST BE UNDER MINUTES IN LENGTH 4HE BEST lLMS SUBMITTED WILL BE JUDGED BY -ICHEL 'ONDRY "E +IND 2EWIND S DIRECTOR WHO WILL SELECT THE WINNER BASED ON ITS CREATIVITY AND HUMOUR )N "E +IND 2EWIND *ERRY "LACK BECOMES MAGNETIZED WHILE TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE POWER PLANT THAT HE BELIEVES IS MELTING HIS BRAIN AND ACCIDENTALLY ERASES ALL THE TAPES IN THE OLD FASHIONED VIDEO STORE WHERE HIS BEST FRIEND -IKE -OS $EF WORKS 4O KEEP THE FEW CUS TOMERS HAPPY *ERRY AND -IKE DECIDE TO REMAKE ONE OF THE ERASED MOVIES IN *ERRY S JUNKYARD 4O THEIR ASTONISHMENT THEIR UNIQUE VER SION OF THE MOVIE IS A HIT #HECK OUT THE "E +IND 2EWIND TRAILER AT WWW BEKINDREWIND CO UK "E +IND 2EWIND IS RELEASED IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE ON &EBRUARY ND AND IS DISTRIBUTED BY 0ATHE $ISTRIBUTION
)T S A #HICK &LICK 7ITH 6ALENTINE S $AY HERE MANY OF YOU WILL BE PLANNING THE PERFECT DATE "UT THE RISE OF @CHICK mICKS WILL SEND MANY GUYS mEEING FROM THE CINEMA +AYLEIGH -OORE INVESTIGATES THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE CHICK mICK GENRE @9OU KNOW EVEN THOUGH WE VE WATCHED 0RETTY 7OMAN LIKE THIRTY SIX TIMES ) NEVER GET TIRED OF MAK ING FUN OF IT 2OMY AND -ICHELLE S (IGH 3CHOOL 2EUNION
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2OSWELL AND 'REY S !NATOMY FAME AS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL DETERMINED TO FUL lL HER AMBITION TO BECOME A TEL EVISION PRESENTER 5NFORTUNATELY AFTER A ONE NIGHT STAND WITH 3ETH 2OGEN SHE FALLS PREGNANT 4HE lLM EFFECTIVELY INTERTWINES A SERIOUS IS SUE WITH HUMOUR LEAVING MEN WITH AN ENGRAINED NOTE IN THEIR MINDS NEVER TO AGREE WHEN THEIR HEAVILY PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND ASKS THEM IF SHE LOOKS FAT 9ET THE DECISION TO MAKE WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A ROMANCE THAT AP PEALS TO BOTH SEXES DEMONSTRATES HOW THE CHICK mICK GENRE IS CHANG ING 4HE CASTING OF +ATHERINE (EIGL FOR ONE SIGNIlES HOW THE MALE POPULATION ARE CONSIDERED TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN BOX OFlCE lGURES 4HE IMMENSE SUCCESS OF -EAN 'IRLS PROVES HOW A lLM INI TIALLY AIMED AT TEENAGE GIRLS CAN AT TRACT A STRONG MALE FOLLOWING DUE TO THE CASTING OF ,INDSAY ,OHAN 4HEREFORE IF IT TAKES THE CASTING OF THE NEXT 3CARLETT *OHANSSON IN A SHORT SKIRT TO MAKE YOUR BOYFRIEND WATCH A CHICK mICK WITH YOU THEN YOU MAY JUST HAVE TO MAKE THAT SACRIlCE "UT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SIM PLY AREN T THAT SUPERlCIAL THEN MAYBE IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED HOW THE MAJORITY OF CHICK mICK lLMS NOW CONCERN FAR MORE THAN WHETHER THE HERO AND HEROINE GET IT TOGETHER AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 7ILLIAM 3HAKESPEARE AND *ANE !USTEN HAVE BOTH PROVED HIGHLY INmUENTIAL FOR SCRIPTWRIT ERS 4HE RELEASE OF 4HINGS ) (ATE !BOUT 9OU 3HE S THE -AN AND "AZ ,UHRMANN S 2OMEO AND *ULIET PROVE THAT OLD "ILLY 3 STILL APPEALS TO A RANGE OF AUDIENCES 4HE PHE NOMENAL 3HAKESPEARE IN ,OVE WON SEVEN /SCARS WITH 'WYNETH
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THAT TRULY DElNES A CHICK mICK IS SLOWLY BECOMING BLURRED -ANY MEN WILL STILL CLAIM THAT THE @ICKY LOVE STUFF IN CHICK mICKS WILL MAKE THEM SEEM @UNMACHO 9ET WITH lLMS SUCH AS +NOCKED 5P EMERGING AND lLM PRODUCTION COMPANIES CONTINUING TO CAST AND ADAPT SCREENPLAYS WITH THE MALE POPULATION IN MIND THEN THERE MAY BE A COMPROMISE AHEAD FOR COUPLES 4HE DEBATE WHEN THEY VISIT THE CINEMA WILL NO LONGER BE OVER WHETHER THE GUY HAS TO SIT THROUGH A CHICK mICK BUT WHETH ER THEY CHOOSE POPCORN OR ICE CREAM
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-ORAL #OMBAT 6IDEOGAME 6IOLENCE )N #OMPUTER 3PACE BECAME THE lRST COM MERCIALLY SOLD COIN OPERATED VIDEO GAME BEATING THE MORE RENOWNED AND POPULAR 0ONG BY A FULL YEAR 4HE PLAYER CONTROLLED A SMALL ROCKET SHIP AND ATTEMPTED TO SHOOT DOWN TWO SMALL mYING SAUCERS WHILST AVOIDING ENEMY LASER lRE 7HILE THIS EPIC SPACE BATTLE WAS IN FACT A SERIES OF WHITE LINES AND DOTS AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND MODERN DAY RELEASES FEA TURE HIGHLY REALISTIC GRAPHICS PRODUCED IN HIGH DElNITION 4HIS MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN VISU ALS HAS LED TO SOME OF THE MOST BREATHTAKING MOMENTS IN VIDEOGAME HISTORY EXPLORING THE COLOURFUL $ CASTLE IN -ARIO THE LUSH GREEN VALLEYS OF (ALO OR THE BEAUTIFUL SKIES OF THE !CE #OMBAT SERIES
(OWEVER IT HAS ALSO BROUGHT A MASSIVE IN CREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF REALISTIC VIOLENCE IN VIDEOGAMES GIVING VOICE TO THE OPINION THAT THE INCREASE IN MURDER DEATH AND HARM IN VIDEOGAMES IS DESENSITISING YOUNGER CHILDREN AND EVEN LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN REAL LIFE "UT IS THIS A PROBLEM SENSATIONALISED BY A RABID MEDIA HELL BENT ON GENERALISATIONS OR A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN NEED OF GREATER GOV ERNMENT REGULATION -OST OF THE NEGATIVE PRESS REGARDING VID EOGAMES CAN BE ISOLATED TO A FEW REPETITIVE ISSUES WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ARE THEN MA NIPULATED BY THOSE WITH A RELIGIOUS OR POLITI CAL AGENDA TO PUSH &OR EXAMPLE IN THE 53
#HRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE LAWYER *ACK 4HOMPSON HAS BECOME A FAVOURITE @HATE lGURE FOR THE WORLDWIDE GAMING COMMUNITY THANKS TO HIS VOCAL OPPOSITION TO THE 'RAND 4HEFT !UTO SE RIES WHICH HE HAS DESCRIBED ON MULTIPLE OC CASIONS AS A @MURDER SIMULATOR -R 4HOMPSON HAS EVEN GONE AS FAR AS ATTEMPTING TO PROVE A LINK BETWEEN SOME OF THE RECENT 53 SCHOOL
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4RYING TO EXPLAIN 2EZ TO THE UNINITIATED IS A DAUNTING CHALLENGE )T IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST SURREAL COMPUTER GAME IN EXISTENCE AND CAN BE CONSIDERED MORE AN EXPERIENCE THAN A GAME %SSENTIALLY A CLASSIC ON RAILS SHOOTER DESIGNER 4ETSUYA -IZUGUCHI ADVANCED THIS BA SIC PLAY MECHANIC TO A NEW AND UNHERALDED STATE WITH MORE THAN A GLANCING ACKNOWLEDGE MENT TO CYBERPUNK CULTURE !S A DIGITAL AVATAR IN A COMPUTER NETWORK YOUR GOAL IS TO DESTROY THE CHAOTIC AND OMNIPOTENT SUPERCOMPUTER CONTROLLING THE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSE YOU LIVE IN !PART FROM THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE PREMISE OUTLINED ABOVE THE GAME IS AN UNREMITTING PLEASURE 0ROGRESSION THROUGH A STAGE ES SENTIALLY @BUILDS THE UNIVERSE CONSTRUCTING A WORLD USING HIGHLY INTRICATE LIGHT SHOWS AND PATTERNS 4HIS IS IN TANDEM WITH THE IN DISPENSABLE SOUNDTRACK WHICH IS CONSTANTLY ENHANCED BASED UPON THE PLAYER S ACTIONS )N ADDITION TO A MULTITUDE OF SMALLER ENEMIES EACH STAGE ENDS WITH A TRULY BEHEMOTHIAN BOSS BATTLE TESTING THE REACTIONS OF EVEN THE MOST SKILLED PLAYER )T IS THIS AUDIOVISUAL SYN AESTHESIA WHICH PROVIDES THE STIMULATION THAT MAKES 2EZ SO ENJOYABLE
0LAYED IN A DARK ROOM WITH THE VOLUME TURNED UP PLAYING 2EZ IS AN ECLECTIC BARRAGE UPON THE SENSES )T CAN ALSO TAKE ON KINAES THETIC PROPERTIES WHEN PLAYED WITH THE OP TIONAL @TRANCE VIBRATOR WHICH VIBRATES TO THE BEAT OF THE MUSIC AND IS PLACED BEHIND THE NECK OR BACK )T IS THIS PERIPHERAL WHICH HAS ACHIEVED LASTING INFAMY NOT LEAST FOR REPORTS OF FEMALE PLAYERS PLACING IT IN A NOVEL LOCA TION NO SERIOUSLY !N OBSCURE GAME 2EZ WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO ACQUIRE DUE TO LOW CIRCULATION (OWEVER RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN RE RELEASED ON 8BOX ,IVE !RCADE 2EMASTERED IN HI DElNITION A NEW GENERATION OF PLAYERS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE ITS UNIQUE ESOTERIC CHARMS +ARL $AVIES
SHOOTINGS AND VIDEOGAMES PLAYED BY THE PER PETRATORS OFTEN WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIS CLAIMS !ND UNFORTUNATELY SUCH WORDS ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE TO RELIGIOUS OR CONSERVATIVE lGURES RECENTLY 0RIME -INISTER 'ORDON "ROWN ALSO BLAMED VIDEOGAMES AMONG OTHER MEDIA FOR THE INCREASE IN "RITAIN S KNIFE CRIME /F COURSE THE CYNICS AMONG YOU MAY WONDER WHETHER BLAMING MODERN MEDIA IS JUST AN EASY WAY TO DISTRACT FROM THE MUCH GREATER SOCIAL PROB LEMS OF WIDESPREAD POVERTY THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE AUTHORITIESx
3O HOW ABOUT THE FACTS !S OF NOW THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO CONCLUSIVE STUDIES THAT CAN LINK VIOLENCE IN VIDEOGAMES TO ACTUAL REAL LIFE VIOLENCE 4HERE ARE STUDIES THAT CLAIM TO SHOW THAT CHILDREN CAN BE DESENSITISED TO VIOLENCE THROUGH EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO IT IN THE ME DIA HOWEVER THE FACT THAT YOUNGSTERS SHOULD BE SHIELDED FROM CERTAIN EXTREMES IS ALREADY WELL DOCUMENTED AND ENFORCED THROUGH lLM RATINGS 46 WATERSHEDS AND THE LIKE -ANY OF THE GAMES TARGETED FOR BEING VIOLENT HAVE AL
READY RECEIVED CERTIlCATES AND IT IS ILLE GAL IN THE 5+ FOR GAMES TO BE SOLD TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE RATING PUNISHMENTS FOR WHICH ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED 3O IF KIDS CANNOT BE SOLD THESE GAMES WHY IS THIS ISSUE IN DISCUSSION AT ALL 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT OFTEN PARENTS PROVE THEIR OWN DOWNFALL -ANY PARENTS REGARD VID EOGAMES AS A CHILD S TOY AND ARE OFTEN NOT AWARE OF THE SOMETIMES SERIOUSLY GRAPHIC VIOLENT CONTENT THAT CAN BE FOUND IN MODERN TITLES SUCH AS 'RAND 4HEFT !UTO OR 'EARS OF 7AR 4HIS CREATES A SITUATION WHERE PARENTS ARE BUY ING THEIR CHILDREN GAMES THAT ARE TRULY UNSUIT ABLE FOR MINORS UNFORTUNATELY CIRCUMVENTING THE VERY PROTECTION THE RATING SYSTEM IS DE SIGNED TO AFFORD 5NTIL EDUCATION GIVEN TO PAR ENTS IS INCREASED AND STEPS ARE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT VIOLENT ADULT RATED GAMES REMAIN IN THE HANDS OF ADULTS THESE ALARMIST AND MISLEAD ING TABLOID STORIES ARE SET TO CONTINUE 0AUL "YGRAVE
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