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36 — Centralian Advocate, Friday, July 19, 2013 PACIFIC RIM M FRI TO WED 12:55PM(3D) 3:35PM (2D) 8:35PM (3D) THE HEAT MA15+ FRI TO TUE 11:00AM 1:05PM 5:30PM WED 11:00AM 1:20PM 5:30PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (Last Days) PG FRI TO WED 1:20PM (2D) THIS IS THE END MA15+ FRI, MON TO TUE 10:45AM 3:20PM 6:30PM 7:50PM WED 10:45AM 3:20PM 9:00PM SAT TO SUN 10:45AM 3:20PM 6:00PM 7:50PM www.alicespringscinema.com.au DOWNLOAD OUR IPHONE OR ANDROID PHONE APPS FREE APP THE CONJURING MA15+ FRI TO TUE 11:00AM 3:30PM 6:15PM WED 10:45AM 3:30PM 6:15PM EPIC (Last Days) PG FRI TO WED 10:30AM (3D) LONE RANGER (NFL) M FRI TO WED 12:40PM 5:50PM 8:40PM MAN OF STEEL M FRI, MON TO TUE 3:40PM (2D) 8:40PM (2D) WED 3:25PM(2D) 7:50PM(2D) SAT TO SUN8:10PM(2D) MONSTERS UNIVERSITY G SAT TO SUN 3:40PM (2D) OPERA AUSTRALIA LIVE AT THE ALICE SPRINGS CINEMA A MASKED BALL - SUN 28 JULY @ 1PM SWAN LAKE BALLET IN 3D @ SUN 11 AUGUST TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! ALICE LIVE Grant motivated to build up band Lachlan Grant will perform at the Todd Tavern’s Desert Music Club on Monday night Picture: BARRY SKIPSEY ‘ I’m slowly putting the band together and we’re just starting to play gigs and starting to do more band stuff around town. Eventually we’ll play festivals and stuff. ’ Corey Sinclair SINCE releasing his debut album A Few More Days in July, local musician Lachlan Grant has been busy working on the follow up. ‘‘I got a good response, and I’ve been selling CDs regularly at gigs,’’ he said. ‘‘But I’m already working on my new one and I’m playing a lot of new songs at the moment. ‘‘This album is kind of a more hard rock sound. Last time I just used a drum machine so I was limited to certain things. But this time I am using more heavy guitar sounds a bit more progressive. Still folk rock melodic but trying to make it a bit more energetic.’’ As well as performing solo, Mr Grant is looking to form his own three-piece band and a drum- mer from a well-known local heavy metal band has already shown interest. ‘‘I got the drummer from Nokturnal and he’s looking at recording some drums on it,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m slowly putting the band together and we’re just starting to play gigs and starting to do more band stuff around town. Eventu- ally we’ll play festivals and stuff.’’ Mr Grant said the plan is to get a band together so he can move away from the solo stuff. ‘‘It would be really great to have a three-piece with guitar, bass and drums,’’ he said. ‘‘Get recording and mastered. Possibly do a bit of a platform to launch it from in the next few months.’’ While Mr Grant has been working away at forming a music career, he has also recently moved from Hermannsburg to Alice Springs. ‘‘I started as a music teacher at Centralian Middle School and Centralian Senior College,’’ he said. ‘‘Mainly provide tuition for high school kids in singing, guitar and drums.’’ Mr Grant said he was amazed at the talent high school students were exhibiting within their classes. ‘‘There are heaps of kids with the natural gift and are passion- ate,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s good for me to get back to when I was trying to work things out. So I’m trying to inspire them.’’ Although Monday night will be Mr Grant’s first headline per- formance at the Desert Music Club, he has been attending them for the past few weeks checking out the vibe. ‘‘I’m definitely excited about playing,’’ he said. ‘‘I’ve been down there doing the jamming and meeting the past few weeks and it’s a good little scene they’ve got down there. ‘‘They get big crowds and you get a good reception down there.’’ ■ See Lachlan Grant headline the Desert Music Club jam night at Todd Tavern from 7pm Monday. Festival certain to spring a few positive surprises EARLY bird tickets for the Mbantua Festival in October are now on sale. Although the final line-up is being kept under wraps, performances by Bush Mechanics, Tjintu Desert Band and Missy Higgins will be highlights of the festival. There will also be performances of Bungalow Song, a moving work created in association with Opera Australia about the stolen generation raised in the Bungalow ‘‘Half Caste Institution’’ at the Old Telegraph Station. Early bird tickets are now available for $165 or $120 for locals. The normal price is $180. Included is entry to Bush Mechanics on Friday and the Saturday full of music acts including Missy Higgins. You also get the choice of attending the Bungalow Show on the Wednesday or the Thursday. Tickets can be purchased from mbantuafestival.com.au. Keep an eye on the Centralian Advocate for exclusive ticket specials, giveaways and an interview with Missy Higgins. Comedic pairing inspires such colourless outcome Leigh Paatsch YOU won’t be needing a thermometer to take the comedic temperature of The Heat. While it might be an easy enough film to warm to thanks mainly to the opposites- repel casting of the two names at the top of the cast list don’t go sweating on too many big laughs happening here. While The Heat is kind of funny some- times, it is also absolutely formulaic all of the time. And to top it all off, you’ve never seen more of a winning combo fight more of a losing battle than The Heat’s leading ladies, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. What are they up against? A letdown of a script, which lazily assumes a buddy-action flick where the buddies aren’t blokes will be enough to blow the minds of audiences everywhere. The plot rips some well-thumbed pages from the good-cop-mad-cop playbook. So there will be no prizes for guessing who will be who in this particular zoo. Yep, Bullock is the organised, stuck-up, by-the-rules one. Which means McCarthy echoing her previous star turns in Bridesmaids and Identity Thief is the messy, street-smart, renegade one. For reasons too inconsequential to men- tion, Bullock’s Ashburn, a high-ranking FBI agent, is paired up with McCarthy’s Mullins, a low-ranking street cop. Their assignment is to bring down a Boston drug baron. But that’s of secondary importance in The Heat, when there are so many so-so set-pieces to get to. Most trade in a bitchy brand of bickering where Bullock will get uppity about some- thing, and McCarthy will gun her down with a profane punchline. Both performers are blessed with superb comic timing, and keep hitting their marks in a professional fashion. Even when the material fails them completely. However, The Heat runs for close to two hours, which is simply an unfathomable flaw when the funny is running in such scant supply. It could even be argued that with Bullock and McCarthy conforming so strictly to type, a fresher take might have been for the pair to switch roles. Top reaction to exhibition Corey Sinclair PARTICIPATION in the upcoming 5 X 5 exhibition has far surpassed anyone’s wildest expectations. Central Craft’s program officer Tim Chatwin sent out an enormous thankyou for the incredible response to their request for participants. ‘‘It went incredibly well with about 150 already re- turned, and there are still some late arrivals coming in,’’ he said. ‘‘It is just an incredible array of work. The people have done all sorts of cre- ative things with the canvas we weren’t expecting.’’ Despite original plans to only have 200 canvases, Mr Chatwin said some people were so interested in partic- ipating they went out of their way to obtain canvas. ‘‘All of the canvases had been accounted for but we had people subsequently coming in,’’ he said. ‘‘I had to apologise and say we had no canvas left, but they took the dimensions and went to buy more so they could take part. ‘‘We were just over- whelmed by the generosity.’’ ■ See the 5 X 5 exhibition opening in the June Marriott Gallery at the Araluen Cultural Precinct from 6pm tonight.
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36 — Centralian Advocate, Friday, July 19, 2013
PACIFIC RIM M
FRI TO WED 12:55PM(3D) 3:35PM (2D) 8:35PM (3D)
THE HEAT MA15+
FRI TO TUE 11:00AM 1:05PM 5:30PM WED 11:00AM 1:20PM 5:30PM
DESPICABLE ME 2 (Last Days) PG
FRI TO WED 1:20PM (2D)
THIS IS THE END MA15+
FRI, MON TO TUE 10:45AM 3:20PM 6:30PM 7:50PM
WED 10:45AM 3:20PM 9:00PM
SAT TO SUN 10:45AM 3:20PM 6:00PM 7:50PM
www.alicespringscinema.com.au
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THE CONJURING MA15+
FRI TO TUE 11:00AM 3:30PM 6:15PM WED 10:45AM 3:30PM 6:15PM
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FRI TO WED 10:30AM (3D)
LONE RANGER (NFL) M
FRI TO WED 12:40PM 5:50PM 8:40PM
MAN OF STEEL M
FRI, MON TO TUE 3:40PM (2D) 8:40PM (2D)
WED 3:25PM(2D) 7:50PM(2D) SAT TO SUN8:10PM(2D)
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Grant motivated to build up band
Lachlan Grant will perform at the Todd Tavern’s Desert Music Club on Monday night Picture: BARRY SKIPSEY
‘I’m slowly putting the band
together and we’re just
starting to play gigs and
starting to do more band
stuff around town.
Eventually we’ll play
festivals and stuff.
’
Corey Sinclair
SINCE releasing his debut albumA Few More Days in July, localmusician Lachlan Grant has beenbusy working on the follow up.
‘‘I got a good response, and I’vebeen selling CDs regularly atgigs,’’ he said.
‘‘But I’m already working on mynew one and I’m playing a lot ofnew songs at the moment.
‘‘This album is kind of a morehard rock sound. Last time I justused a drum machine so I waslimited to certain things. But thistime I am using more heavy guitarsounds – a bit more progressive.Still folk rock melodic but trying tomake it a bit more energetic.’’
As well as performing solo,Mr Grant is looking to form hisown three-piece band and a drum-mer from a well-known localheavy metal band has alreadyshown interest.
‘‘I got the drummer fromNokturnal and he’s looking atrecording some drums on it,’’he said.
‘‘I’m slowly putting the bandtogether and we’re just starting toplay gigs and starting to do moreband stuff around town. Eventu-ally we’ll play festivals and stuff.’’
Mr Grant said the plan is to geta band together so he can moveaway from the solo stuff.
‘‘It would be really great to havea three-piece with guitar, bass anddrums,’’ he said.
‘‘Get recording and mastered.Possibly do a bit of a platformto launch it from in the nextfew months.’’
While Mr Grant has beenworking away at forming amusic career, he has also recentlymoved from Hermannsburg toAlice Springs.
‘‘I started as a music teacherat Centralian Middle Schooland Centralian Senior College,’’he said.
‘‘Mainly provide tuition forhigh school kids in singing, guitarand drums.’’
Mr Grant said he was amazed atthe talent high school studentsw e r e e x h i b i t i n g w i t h i ntheir classes.
‘‘There are heaps of kids with
the natural gift and are passion-
ate,’’ he said.
‘‘It’s good for me to get back towhen I was trying to work thingsout. So I’m trying to inspire them.’’
Although Monday night will beMr Grant’s first headline per-formance at the Desert Music
Club, he has been attending themfor the past few weeks checkingout the vibe.
‘‘I’m definitely excited aboutplaying,’’ he said.
‘‘I’ve been down there doing thejamming and meeting the past
few weeks and it’s a good littlescene they’ve got down there.
‘‘They get big crowds and youget a good reception down there.’’
n See Lachlan Grant headlinethe Desert Music Club jamnight at Todd Tavern from7pm Monday.
Festival certain to springa few positive surprisesEARLY bird tickets for the Mbantua Festival in Octoberare now on sale.
Although the final line-up is being kept under wraps,performances by Bush Mechanics, Tjintu Desert Bandand Missy Higgins will be highlights of the festival.
There will also be performances of Bungalow Song, amoving work created in association with Opera Australiaabout the stolen generation raised in the Bungalow ‘‘HalfCaste Institution’’ at the Old Telegraph Station.
Early bird tickets are now available for $165 or $120 forlocals. The normal price is $180.
Included is entry to Bush Mechanics on Friday and theSaturday full of music acts including Missy Higgins. Youalso get the choice of attending the Bungalow Show onthe Wednesday or the Thursday.
T i c k e t s c a n b e p u r c h a s e d f r o mmbantuafestival.com.au.
Keep an eye on the Centralian Advocate forexclusive ticket specials, giveaways and an interview withMissy Higgins.
Comedic pairing inspiressuch colourless outcomeLeigh Paatsch
YOU won’t be needing a thermometer to
take the comedic temperature of The Heat.
While it might be an easy enough film to
warm to – thanks mainly to the opposites-
repel casting of the two names at the top ofthe cast list – don’t go sweating on too manybig laughs happening here.
While The Heat is kind of funny some-times, it is also absolutely formulaic all ofthe time.
And to top it all off, you’ve never seenmore of a winning combo fight more of alosing battle than The Heat’s leading ladies,Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.
What are they up against? A letdown of ascript, which lazily assumes a buddy-actionflick where the buddies aren’t blokes will beenough to blow the minds of audienceseverywhere.
The plot rips some well-thumbed pagesfrom the good-cop-mad-cop playbook. Sothere will be no prizes for guessing who willbe who in this particular zoo.
Yep, Bullock is the organised, stuck-up,by-the-rules one.
Which means McCarthy – echoing herprevious star turns in Bridesmaids andIdentity Thief – is the messy, street-smart,renegade one.
For reasons too inconsequential to men-tion, Bullock’s Ashburn, a high-rankingFBI agent, is paired up with McCarthy’sMullins, a low-ranking street cop.
Their assignment is to bring down aBoston drug baron. But that’s of secondary
importance in The Heat, when there are somany so-so set-pieces to get to.
Most trade in a bitchy brand of bickeringwhere Bullock will get uppity about some-thing, and McCarthy will gun her downwith a profane punchline.
Both performers are blessed with superbcomic timing, and keep hitting their marksin a professional fashion. Even when thematerial fails them completely.
However, The Heat runs for close to twohours, which is simply an unfathomableflaw when the funny is running in suchscant supply.
It could even be argued that with Bullockand McCarthy conforming so strictly totype, a fresher take might have been for thepair to switch roles.
Top reactionto exhibitionCorey Sinclair
PARTICIPATION in theupcoming 5 X 5 exhibitionhas far surpassed anyone’swildest expectations.
Central Craft’s programofficer Tim Chatwinsent out an enormousthankyou for the incredibleresponse to their requestfor participants.
‘‘It went incredibly wellwith about 150 already re-turned, and there are stillsome late arrivals comingin,’’ he said.
‘‘It is just an incrediblearray of work. The peoplehave done all sorts of cre-ative things with the canvaswe weren’t expecting.’’
Despite original plans toonly have 200 canvases, MrChatwin said some peoplewere so interested in partic-ipating they went out oftheir way to obtain canvas.
‘‘All of the canvases hadbeen accounted for but wehad people subsequentlycoming in,’’ he said.
‘‘I had to apologise and saywe had no canvas left, butthey took the dimensionsand went to buy more sothey could take part.
‘‘We were just over-whelmed by the generosity.’’
n See the 5 X 5 exhibitionopening in the JuneMarriott Gallery at theAraluen Cultural Precinctfrom 6pm tonight.
