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Bringing you the best from the world of film and music. Issue Two features an in-depth look at the new Amazing Spider-Man, as well as reviews of the latest films and music we have seen.
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Center Stage The best in the world of film and music Issue #2
3 - 4 Film on our radar A look the films that have us buzzing here at Center Stage
6 Shiny Toy Guns! There back with their third studio album
7 The Amazing Spider-Man What to expect from the new Spidey flick.
contents
Center Stage Issue #2
In this issue...
Cover story...
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Image from IMDB.com
Movies on our radar
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The Muppets Kermit and the gang are back!
Cheesy, corny, over-the-top, hearing these three words to describe
the film should put you off completely. When it comes to The
Muppets however, you wouldn’t expect anything less. Twelve years
after its last feature-length release Kermit and the rest of those lov-
able Muppets are back led by How I Met Your Mother star Jason
Segal who is also credited as join script writer along with Nicolas
Stoller. Filled with catchy melodies and non-stop playful humor,
three Muppet fans must unite the old crew together in order to
save their run-down studio from an evil oil tycoon. The Muppets is
a film that will bring out your inner child as well as introduce their
in deniable charm to a new generation, a must-see for anyone in
the mood for a feel good movie.
The film which launched Kate Hudson into Holly-
wood stardom. Almost Famous is a coming-of-age
story about a 15 year old boy who has been hired by
Rolling Stone magazine to tour with, and write, about
an up and coming rock band named Stillwater. The
film boasts an impressive soundtrack of classic 70’s
rock hits, however even if that doesn’t take your
fancy, it’s worth a watch just for Hudson’ perform-
ance alone. Kate Hudson plays a woman introducing
a young boy to the ‘real life’ of manhood away from
the limitations of his over-protective mother. Written
and directed by Cameron Crowe, mastermind be-
hind Jerry Maguire, the film is emotionally gripping
and endlessly enjoyable.
Almost Famous “Nothing is real, everything is possible”. The tagline
for Jaco Van Dormael’ indie hit Mr Nobody per-
fectly sums up exactly what to expect from the film.
Set in 2092, 118 year old Nemo is the oldest man
alive, recounting certain parts of his life to a journal-
ist. Like many of us do from time to time, he ex-
plores how different his life may have been had he
made particular decisions in certain situations mak-
ing his actual life path a blur to both reporter and the
audience. Musician and part-time actor Jared Leto is
incredibly convincing throughout the emotional rol-
lercoaster ride he helps generating to the audience
and the film without a doubt will have you looking
back at your own life and your own decisions.
Mr Nobody
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1 star = AVOID 2 star = Fair 3 Star = Good 4Star = Impressive 5 Star = MUST SEE!!
Beautifully shot, brilliantly written, Confessions was
Japans official selection for the 83rd Academy
Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and winner
of Best Film and Best Supporting Actress at the 53
rd Blue Ribbon Awards, Japan’s answer to the Os-
cars. The psychological thriller is based on a grieving
mother set out for revenge on the students in her
class who were responsible for her daughter’s death.
Whilst it is not known as an art house film, the ex-
perimental techniques used by Nakashima contribute
to the stylistic way in which the film is made through-
out, from the editing down to each individual per-
formance.
Confessions The Olympics are quickly approaching, so why not
enjoy a film by the organizer of the opening ceremony
Danny Boyle. Sunshine isn’t his best known work; how-
ever it offers a great example of how people will cope
under the most extreme circumstances. Set 50 years
into the future a team of astronauts are sent to revive
the dying sun, however the mission fails. Seven years
later a new team is sent to complete the mission, but
complications soon arise pitting the whole operation, as
well as the lives of the astronauts, in jeopardy. The char-
acters archetypes are explored in more depth than you
would expect from such a film, giving the audience
meaning to the actions they take. With a budget of £26
million (the largest of any Boyle film) Sunshine boasts
very impressive visual effects as well a cast consisting of
Cillian Murphy and Chris Evans on the top of their
game.
Sunshine
Melancholia Lars Von Trier is at it again.
Let’s start off by saying film maker Lars Von Trier isn’t for everybody.
Many of his films repel against classic Hollywood narrative and touch
upon more realistic issues we face in life. However there are always
plenty of elements and reasoning behind each characters motifs and
characteristics that require two or three more viewings to fully under-
stand. Melancholia is no different and focuses on Justine (Kirsten
Dunst) as she struggles to feel happy on her wedding day, a day that
should be the happiest of her life. The film explores the struggles of
family relationships and the tension between Justine and Claire
(Charlotte Gainsbourg) as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide
with Earth. Kirsten Dunst gives one of her greatest performances and
shows how she has matured as an actress throughout her career.
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The warm, dry air of the Los Angeles basin continues its constant
temperature, inviting art and progress for those who can stare
through the plastic debauchery of its passing inhabitants. Just under-
neath the surface, buried in a submarine-like state of creative meta-
morphosis, the four original members of electronic rock outfit Shiny
Toy Guns shape-shift in circles; building, cutting, carving and finish-
ing an album they have spent the last three years of their lives in vio-
lent labor with. III, which marks the elated return of vocalist Carah
Faye Charnow and the first new material by the original line-up in six
years, will be released October 23 on Five Seven Music.
III, the band’s third album features Carah Faye Charnow, the origi-
nal vocalist who, along with band mates Chad Petree (vocals/
guitars), Jeremy Dawson (keyboards) and Mikey Martin (drums),
propelled Shiny Toy GUns into the spotlight with their first hits “Le
Disko” and “You Are The One” from their debut 2006 release We Are Pilots. Production on III, courtesy of Mirror Machines (the
band’s Petree and Dawson), is lush and dramatic, ranging from driv-
ing tracks like “Somewhere To Hide,” “Mercy” and “The Sun” to
sublime like “Wait For Me” and “Fading Listening.” The album is
mixed by the legendary Tony Maserati (Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Jason
Mraz).
Leading up to its release, parts of “Waiting Alone” has been selec-
tively unveiled via “#loverunner,” an unbelievable journey filmed
across 6,000 miles of the United States over the course of 25 days.
One of the largest and most extensive projects Shiny Toy Guns have
ever attempted, “#loverunner” is the visual and video interpretation
of “Waiting Alone.” All the parts will come together as an artistic
video presented in July. Follow the band on its social media channels
for future clips.
(Original Source: http://www.nettwerk.com/news/shiny-toy-guns-release-iii-
october-23-lead-single-waiting-alone-out-now-0)
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Shiny Toy Guns go original!
In The Spotlight
This summer Sony Pictures officially begin the new era of the web crawling
maestro that is Spider-Man, but will it live up to the anticipation?
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Our favorite man
to wear skin tight
spandex is back!
The year of all things geek-a-fied continues and if you’re
anything like me (a self proclaimed geek and darn proud
of it!) you couldn’t be any more excited. 2012 has already
seen the release of the record breaking superhero love fest
that was The Avengers, which became the biggest film
opening of all time grossing over $200 million in its first
week then grossing another $100 million in its second
weekend. The Earth’s Mightiest success story continued as
it crossed the $1 billion total mark worldwide after just 19
days after its opening release overseas. Before this we were
treated to The Hunger Games, an adaptation of Suzanne
Collins’ novel which pitted our teenage heroin Katniss
Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) against fellow teenagers all
from different districts to compete in a contest which re-
quired them all to kill each other until there was only one
left (we won’t take the easy route like many others and
(our survey says)
“The new spider-
man poster is
amazing”
-GolfPichaya
“The only reason
I’m gonna see The
Amazing Spider-
Man is cuase I’m
an enormous
geek...and I love
Spider-Man ”
-Doctor_Drew
“The Lizard gets
chatty in new clip
for The Amazing
Spider-Man”
-mynamesrosalind
Twitter Feed
make the obvious similarity to Japanese
cult phenomena Battle Royale...oh
wait?). So how can the year get any
better for us superhero loving super
fans? Well there is the release of the
last outing of our favourite cape cru-
sader and The Dark Knight himself,
Batman, on July 20th. However before
that we have our favourite man yet to
run around in tight spandex whilst busy
saving the world, Spider-man, to wet
our appetite first on July 3rd. July is look-
ing like one heck of a month!
Let’s start off by saying that this
is no Spider-man 4. Sam Raimi, direc-
tor of the previous three films which
grossed $1.1 billion combined, is gone.
Tobey Maguire, the web crawler him-
self, is too...gone.
Instead The
Amazing Spider-
Man is another
origin story of
how a young Pe-
ter Parker adapts
to his newly found
powers, however
this time we are
taken back to his
high school days. The announcement
came back in 2010 when production on
Spider-Man 4 was stalled due to con-
stant script problems.
The so-so reputation Spider-
Man 3 left on many movie-goers meant
that Sony Pictures were pressured to
provide a film that picked up the quality
the first two Spider-Man films had and
to pick up a franchise that quite frankly
seems to have been heading on a down-
fall. A new script written by Zodiac
scribe James Vanderbilt meant taking
Spidey back to high school for a fresh
reboot to the franchise, which also
meant a reboot to the cast and filmmak-
ing team. There were no hard feeling
left with Raimi. “Working on the
‘Spider-Man’ movies was the experience
of a lifetime for me,” Raimi states in a
statement to The Telegraph. “While we
were looking forward to doing a fourth
one together, the studio and Marvel
have a unique opportunity to take the
franchise in a new direction, and I know
they will do a terrific job”.
With the last three films now a
trilogy of the past, who is the man to
take on the web slingers pressures of
saving humanity from the evil within it?
This man is no other than Brit Andrew
Garfield. In a press conference to unveil
Garfield, new director Marc Webb
states, “Though his name may be new
to many, those who know this young
actor’s work understand his extraordi-
nary talents. He has as rare combination
of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark
my words; you will love Andrew Gar-
field as Peter Parker”.
Well if that wasn’t enough pres-
sure to put on the young man’s shoul-
ders. Garfield has become more of a
household name since this statement
was released back in 2010, most notably
due to his role in David Fincher’ 2010
biopic The Social Network, which ex-
plored the life of Facebook creator
Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg). His
performance as Eduardo Saverin, part
owner of Facebook, earned Garfield a
>>>
“MARK MY WORDS; YOU WILL LOVE ANDREW GARFIELD AS PETER PARKER” MARC WEBB
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WHO PLAYS WHO...
Andrew Garfield is.....SPIDER-MAN.
Most known for:
Connecting the world together by playing Facebook founder
Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (2010).
Other notable work:
Never Let Me Go (2010)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Lions For Lambs (2009)
Boy A (2007)
Emma Stone is.....GWEN STACY.
Most known for:
Raising her high school social standing by claiming to be more
experienced than one of a young age should be in the sexual
department in Easy A (2010).
Other notable work:
The Help (2011)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Zombieland (2009)
Superbad (2007)
Rhys Ifans is.....THE LIZARD.
Most known for:
Playing Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who is presented as
the real author of Shakespeare's works in Anonymous (2011).
Other notable work:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows: Part 1 (2010)
Mr Nobody (2009)
Little Nicky (2000)
Notting Hill (1999)
Martin Sheen is.....UNCLE BEN.
Most known for:
Being sent on a life threatening mission into Cambodia to
assassinate a renegade who serves as a leader like figure to the
locals in Apocalypse Now (1979).
Other notable work:
The Departed (2006)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The West Wing (1999)
Badlands (1973)
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TRAILER
"MY HEART IS NUCLEUR, LOVE IS ALL THAT I FEAR"
RADIOACTIVE
Bafta nomination for Best Supporting
Actor just narrowly missing out to Geof-
frey Rush for his performance in The
King’s Speech. The Social Network also
generated Garfield another 22 nomina-
tions throughout the year at various
award shows. Garfield moved on to star
in romantic drama Never Let Me Go
alongside fellow Brits Carey Mulligan
and Kiera Knightley, which his perform-
ance was described by Empire magazine
to be “truly impressive”.
Accompanying Garfield in The Amaz-
ing Spider-Man is a highly impressive
supporting cast consisting of Emma
Stone, Rhys Ifans and Martin Sheen.
Scriptwriter Vanderbilt and director
Webb have been rather clever in the
pre-production process by introducing
new characters that were not entirely
explored in the previous three films.
Whilst Garfield is pretty much a guaran-
tee to come across every comparison
between his portrayal of Peter Parker to
the one of Tobey Maguire (as perhaps
Martin Sheen will as Uncle Ben), this is
something Emma Stone will not have to
worry about. Emma Stone plays Gwen
Stacy, Peter Parker’s first love interest
before the iconic Mary-Jane, who did
make an appearance in Spider-Man 3
played by Bryce Dallas Howard. How-
ever Gwen Stacy will get a lot more
attention in The Amazing Spider-Man
giving Stone an opportunity to make the
character her own, a thought that per-
haps ran through Stone’s head before
accepting the role.
So with the movie already completed,
the teaser trailers as well as the posters
already released to the public there is
only one thing left...the film’s release.
With each day bringing July 3rd that
much closer and our excitement that
much higher here’s hope that Webb
and Garfield can do to Spider-Man what
Nolan and Bale did to Batman by
breathing new life into a franchise that
seemed to have run into a dead end.
Matthew Rathbone
The Amazing Spider-Man is released in
cinema on July 3rd.
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