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STEREO
fter six years since their last studio release, Tenacious D are back with album number three which is streets ahead of
their slapdash 2006 effort The Pick of Destiny. Right from the outset, we are given a
glimpse of the sheer comedic rock and roll brilliance that was literally dripping from their debut self-titled outing. The album’s opener and title track
set the mood with its over the top rock histrionics and self-depreciating humour. The little spoken word sketches that
H
orror impresario Wes Craven is probably best known to gore geeks as the brain behind Freddy Krueger and, to
more mainstream audiences, as the guy responsible for the ironic slasher send- up Scream. However, in this outing, he turns his
hand to the suspense thriller and shows that he is no one-trick pony. Red Eye stars Rachel McAdams
as Lisa Reisert who is a tad afraid of fl ying. Boarding a “red eye” fl ight, the terror is amplifi ed when she sits next to the charming, yet villainous, Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy) who is part of a plot to assassinate a Homeland Security offi cial. However, Rippner sitting next to
Reisert was never an accident. Murphy brings a palpable menace to
the screen.
Red Eye Friday, 11pm Seven
proved so successful on the debut are back again and prove to be some of the album’s highlights. Perhaps
the fi nest moment on the album comes in the form of Rock is Dead and, if you needed proof that Jack Black and Kyle Gass can mix it with the best shredders in the business, you only need to listen to this. While never reaching the same
heights as the debut album, Rize of the Fenix is still a darn good record that will have you laughing on more than just the fi rst spin.
Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix Columbia
GAME A
fter redefi ning the third-person shooter with two brilliantly realised titles, the Max Payne franchise has made its debut
on next-gen consoles and the results are absolutely astounding. It’s
been a while, nine years in fact, since we last heard from the alcoholic pill-
popping former New York detective and the ensuing years have not been kind. Max has gotten older, slower, drunker and has ditched his normal New York habitat for Brazil after accepting a private bodyguarding contact. Before too long, things go pear
shaped as only they could in a Max Payne game and a taut, and well- realised script full of high-energy set pieces, fantastic gameplay and hails and hails of bullets ensues. There is a defi nite nod to the fi lm noir
genre with Max’s hard-boiled narration sounding like it could’ve come straight out of a Dashiel Hammett novel. The “Bullet Time” mechanic, fi rst
found in Max Payne one, which enables Max to slow time down in order to take out as many enemies as possible is back again with many improvements – such as enabling the player to slow down the bullet to such a point where you can see its entry and exit points on the unfortunate victim. Brutal.
Max Payne 3 - Rockstar Games XBOX360 / PS3
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f you loved director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody’s saccharine sweet, bordering on twee territory coming-of-age tale
Juno, then this much darker and cynical take on middle-age nostalgia might come as a bit of a surprise. Charlize Theron stars as Mavis Gary
– the one-time high school “It Girl” turned alcoholic divorcee and ghost writer for a soon-to-be-cancelled young adult fi ction series. After receiving an email announcing
the birth of her ex-boyfriend Buddy’s (Patrick Wilson) fi rst child, she heads back to her hometown with a deluded plan to win the happily married Buddy back. Along the way, Mavis forms an unlikely alliance with Matt (Patton Oswalt) the geeky classmate who was left crippled after an attack from a bunch of jocks. Theron brings a great deal of comedic
pathos to the hard-to-like Mavis while comedian Patton Oswalt is outstanding as Matt. While not brimming with laughs,
Young Adult is sustained by some clever writing and subtle humour.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Newcastle Post
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