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Center Stage The best in the world of film and music Issue #1
3 The Social Network does David Fincher's latest deliver?
4 Arrietty and Sucker Punch Studio Ghibli's next instalment and the CGI heavy-ass girls.
6 Bloc Party The return of one of Britain's finest bands.
7 Marina & The Diamonds The Welsh beauty ready to take it to the next level.
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Center Stage Issue #1
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In this issue...
Cover story...
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Movies on our radar
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The Social Network Zuckerberg goes from spoilt brat to rich spoilt brat.
With David Fincher‟ thought provoking
serial killer thriller Se7en, his „fight for
your life‟ prison drama Fight Club and
after the success of drama/mystery of The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, many
wandered what Fincher‟ next move would
be. When the announcement of a movie
based on the creation of this generations
most influence youthful social addiction
Facebook came along, many were debat-
ing whether this was in the best interest of
cinema or a way for Mark Zuckerberg to
add to his millions. However once Fincher
was discovered to be at the helms of the
project, it soon become a movie audiences
were waiting for in a degree of excitement.
And they weren‟t disappointed.
In this full portrayal of Mark Zucker-
berg‟ (Jesse Eisenberg) creation of Face-
book and how it went from a college pro-
ject to one of the worlds most visited web-
sites, The Social Network tells the story of
how one kid changed the face of social
networking forever. As a university of
Harvard student serving six-months of
academic probation
Reported to be
R-rated during
production,
but end up
editing down
to PG-13 to
make it acces-
sible for a
wider audi-
ence.
The opening
breakup scene
with Jesse
Eisenberg and
Rooney Mara
ran eight script
pages and took
99 takes.
Justin Timber-
lake lost 15-17
pounds for his
role in this
movie. He felt
that making
himself look
skinnier would
make him look
younger.
Trivia Mania
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for hacking into the database of various
residents halls, Zuckerberg and his friend
Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) estab-
lish the idea of social networking and the
up and down rollercoaster ride of the suc-
cesses and complications Facebook forced
their lives through. From court hearings,
being sued to the attraction of life on the
millionaires list, there is a surprisingly
realistic feel to the events that unfold in
The Social Network.
To miss-leading go into this film thinking
it glorifies Zuckerberg as a genius and a
hero to mankind isn‟t uncommon, however
whilst his genius is un-doubtful screen-
writer Aaron Sorkin doesn‟t portray Zuck-
erberg to be a perfect saint. There is some-
thing realistic about Jesse Eisenberg‟ por-
trayal of Zuckerberg, whilst the acting
ability of Eisenberg is undeniably proves
his is Hollywood star on the rise. Through-
out the film the audience shares a love hate
relationship with Zuckerberg, through
every bad action he takes we can‟t help but
feel he will soon redeem his actions. This
is due to the brilliant writing of Sorkin and
the emotional connection
Eisenberg shares with his audience.
With brilliant support from soon-to-be
Spider-man Aaron Garfield and singer-
songwriter turned actor Justin Timberlake,
The Social Network isn‟t just a film about
the rise of a revolutionary modern day
concept. It is a brilliant piece of cinema
and a director who continue to churn out
great film after great film.
Matthew Rathbone
Out NOW on DVD and Blu-Ray
Director: David Fincher Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Bryan Barter Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin Duration: 1hr 55mins Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ZHkYEC
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Arrietty Studio Ghibli meets The Borrowers
4 Arrietty, who has been warned not to
let humans see her.
Hayao Miyazaki has built Studio
Ghibli (along with its other co-
creator Isao Takahata) a reputation
where its films not only consist of
breath-taking animation. fantasy
worlds and characters that can only
come from a mind of such a genius.
but stories that have its audiences
question the behaviour of ourselves
in the modern age. The mix of a grip-
ping story and a sweet innocent child
-like character is what makes Arrietty
the perfect watch for someone who is
10-years of age or 50-years-of-age.
Whilst it is a little way off from the
standard of its award winning Spir-
ited Away and How's Moving Castle,
Arrietty still proves how there is no
other animation studio...no
wait...film studio that can connect to
an audience and entertain them as
they do.
Matthew Rathbone Out NOW on DVD and Blu Ray
Before John Lasseter came along
with Pixar, one man in Japan rules
the animation screen. This man was
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Japa-
nese animation film company, Studio
Ghibli has eighteen feature films
under its belt, arguably the most
world renown project Spirited Away
claiming an Oscar for Best Animated
Feature at the 75th Academy
Awards.
Studio Ghibli's latest release Ar-
rietty is the first Ghibli film that
takes its inspiration from another
existing project, Mary Norton's The
Borrowers. However much like other
Ghibli film, Arrietty contains several
underlining messages and issues that
reflect on human behaviour in mod-
ern day society. Arrietty is a story
about a 14-year-old girl who lives
with her equally tiny parents, living
under the floorboards of a house
occupied by a mother, her son and
their maid. They are completely un-
aware of thier miniature tenants, until
one day the 12-year-old son Sho
discovers
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1 star = AVOID 2 star = Fair 3 Star = Good 4Star = Impressive 5 Star = MUST SEE!!
Sucker Punch Don't mess with these girls
When it comes to green screens,
no one has ever invested so much of
their filmmaking into this technique
than Zack Snyder. With the ever
impressive battle-fest 300 and the
less so impressive, but equally digi-
tally reliant Watchmen under his belt
Snyder tackled his next green screen
project, Sucker Punch.
We open with 13-year-old Baby
Doll (Emily Browning) discovering
her mother has passed. Her self-
loathing stepfather (Gerard Plunkett)
threatens Baby Doll and her younger
sister, almost killing them in his at-
tempt to claim the inheritance for
himself. In her attempt to stop him,
Baby Doll reaches for a gun, acci-
dentally killing her sister, which
gives her stepfather the perfect rea-
son to claim Baby Doll insane, com-
mitting her into a mental home.
This beautifully shot opening six-
minute montage, only sets us up to
be disappointed with what‟s to fol-
low. It throws us in a false sense of
anticipation of wanting to see more
of this dark world in which the char-
acters occupy, a slight experimental
style of these worlds that perhaps
Snyder would like to dish-up with an
unlimited potential through his CGI
gadgets. However what we get is a
continuation of the same montage
used throughout the film that soon
becomes expected and a tad bit bor-
ing.
The CGI once again is impressive
from Snyder, but the story falls way
too short of this. The film itself feels
as though it is on repeat, girl thinks
of plan, dances, 10 minute green
screen world, back to reality…now
from the top! The acting doesn‟t
exactly give this film any more credit
either, whilst the beautiful Emily
Browning plays her part well, she
doesn‟t get much support from her
fellow cast.
Matthew Rathbone Out NOW on DVD and Blu Ray
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Kele Okereke has confirmed that Bloc Party will release a new album later
this year.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Radio 1 today (January 3), the frontman said that
a follow up to their third album, 2008's 'Intimacy', will be out at some point
in 2012. The band have been working on their fourth album in New York.
Last year Kele courted controversy by claiming that while he was busy with
his solo career, the remaining members of Bloc Party would be auditioning
new singers to allow them to continue playing together. Bloc Party soon
backtracked on the admission, which had been made to NME.
Zane Lowe went on to contact the band's management, who denied the de-
velopments. Lowe then took to Twitter to claim: "Bloc Party thing is non-
sense. Management confirm it. Solid... solid as a rrrrock."
As management officially denied there was anything going on, the band
distanced themselves from the claims. It was then suggested that the four
members had been in cahoots to whip up publicity for the band and 'get one
over' on the media.
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bloc party are back for 2012!
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In The Spotlight
If I become
normal in the head, I'm probably over
as an artist
Marina Diamandis dazzled fans with her cooky debut album The Family
Jewels in 2010 and now she is back this time as a new persona known as
Elektra Heart.
Bassey enjoyed great popularity in their hay-day. With
Charlotte Church falling off the radar from the public
eye after her failed marriage to fellow Welsh rugby star
Gavin Henson and her disappearance from the music
industry due to an attempt at her own show (which
seemed to have lasted as short as her marriage), it had
the public wandering who would be the next big thing
out Wales. Enter Marina Lambrini Diamandis.
The welsh have a remarkable track record of producing
young female vocalists who know how to belt out a
classic opera-style piece that would have green house
owners shaking of fear through their vulnerable win-
dows. Their not exactly a soar sight for eyes either (the
image of Katherine Jenkins coming to mind with that
being said) and with that mix of beauty and an undeni-
able talent it is to no surprise why artists such as Char-
lotte Church and Dame Shirley
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(our survey says)
“I hate it when
people sing better
than me. I’m talk-
ing to you, Marina
and the Dia-
monds”
-Citinlady
“Going to have a
Marina and the
Diamonds music
fest. And pray
that some day a
new single or al-
bum will come to
me”
-JimmyBlow12
“Oh No! Marina
and the Dia-
monds. Good
song”
-mynamesrosalind
Twitter Feed
"I feel numb most of the
time, the lower I get the
higher I'll climb" Numb
Marina Diamandis was born in a town
called Abergavenny, found in the
county of Monmouthshire, southeast
Wales. However if you were thinking
she looks slightly Greek you wouldn‟t
be wrong. Born to a Greek father and a
Welsh mother, Diamandis attended the
Haberdashers‟ Monmouth School for
Girls, one of the UK‟s leading girls
school for musical achievements
where she states, “I sort of found my
talent there” in an interview with the
Daily Mail. Her surname Diamandis is
the Greek word for diamonds, which
she adopts as her stage name releasing
all her material under the name of
Marina and the Diamonds. Her stage
name often leads to misunderstandings
of Marina and the Diamonds being a
band, much like Florence and the Ma-
chine. However although Florence has
her machine of other members to lend
her a hand in writing the music, Ma-
rina‟s diamonds are all of her own
making. Marina and the Diamonds
rose to fame after finishing runner up
to Ellie Goulding on the BBC Sound
of 2010 poll list, after the release of
her first EP The Crown Jewels. Her
debut single Mowgli’s Road received
critical acclaim with comparisons to
the ever original and experimental
Kate Bush, not bad for an artist look-
ing to make a name for her self. The
Crown Jewels was followed by the
release of Diamandis‟ debut album
The Family Jewels, which didn‟t dis-
appoint fans of her previous EP, scor-
ing an impressive nine out of ten from
NME. The extravagant singer/
songwriter demonstrates her ability to
write catchy compositions featuring a
wide range of vocals that make every
track as enjoyable as the next. Argua-
bly one of the best tracks on the album
was her lead single during release
entitled Hollywood, but it isn‟t quite
the celebration of American pop cul-
ture the name might suggest. In their
review of the album NME describe the
song as “an explosion of sonic con-
fetti, it boasts a chorus so killer it
should probably be investigated by the
police” by highlighting the
fact that it has been “twiddled to
perfection by 5ive/kylie/Spice
Girls supremo Biff Stannard”.
This was followed by the re-
lease of I Am Not A Robot and
Oh No! which received just as
positive feedback as Hollywood
earning Diamandis the award for
Best UK and Ireland Act at the
2010 MTV EMA awards. The
musical style of Marina and the
Diamonds has been described as
an up-tempo new wave type of
sound with BBC music claiming
that she “appears to have based
her entire singing style on the
odd rhythms and insane lurches
of Sparks‟ This Town Ain’t Big
Enough for the Both Of Us”. Her
style has often been compared to
the likes of Lily Allen and Kate
Nash, but if you ask Marina
herself she states in an interview
for 4ortherecord.com,
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“artists like Lilly Allen did kind
of spring out of the like mock-
ney scene and its really hard to
shake that kind of thing off”.
She adds, “I would love people
to think my music is timeless or
classic in some sense”. So after
the success of her first album,
what does Marina and the Dia-
monds have in store for the fu-
ture?
In October 2011, Marina and the
Diamonds released Radioactive, her
first single from her new album Elec-
tra Heart due to be released spring
2011. The unpredictability of what to
expect from each track on The Family
Jewels carries on with Diamandis‟ new
single, as it serves up a sound unfamil-
iar from her previous work. The dance
-like beat ridden with euro-synths
gives you a sense that your listening to
a radio friendly type of song, much
like you would expect from an artist
such as Lady Gaga. Who is the pro-
ducer of this song? Well its none other
than Stargate, a collaborator of Ri-
hanna and Katy Perry. Has Marina and
the
"MY HEART IS NUCLEUR,
LOVE IS ALL THAT I FEAR"
RADIOACTIVE
Diamonds „sold out‟? Not quite.
The substance behind the style is a lot
more meaningful than your average
top 20 hit, mostly due to the lyrical
content. The opening lyric “lying on a
fake beach you‟ll never get a tan/baby
I‟m gonna leave you drowning until
you reach for my hand”, feels like a
personal feeling of Diamandis that
could easily be found on her previous
work. After all the title of the new
album, Elektra Heart, is a new persona
of hers where she describes it as “the
antithesis of everything I stand for”.
She created Elektra to be a visual por-
trayal of the American dream and we
will have a greater understanding of
whether Marina and the Diamonds
have adopted a more mainstream
sound once the album is released.
Prior to the release of Radioactive,
the Max Factor model uploaded an-
other song that was later established to
also be on the new album. The enigma
that is Diamandis, once again toys
with our expectations and dishes up
yet
another piece of work that is eviden-
tially different to the previous. The
track was entitled Fear and Loathing,
which consisted her sitting in front of
the mirror singing a power ballad
based around the theme of „change‟
and the realisation of the American
Dream never materialising. The video
yet again features the character Electra
Heart, as the storytelling album begins
to take its shape.
So will Marina and the Diamonds
sophomore album prove to be as suc-
cessful as its predecessor? Only time
will time once the album is released,
but one thing is for sure. Marina
Diamandis continues to keep us
guessing of what is to come next.
Matthew Rathbone
Marina & The Diamonds new album
Electra Heart is expected early 2012.
The Family Jewels is available NOW
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