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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-humourless-hysteria-of-the-holier-than-thou/ In I Spit On Your Grave, a young woman is gang raped in a remote woodland. She is beaten and tortured in a series of deeply disturbing scenes, before she hurls herself into a river. She survives, comes back, and inflicts a graphic and brutal revenge on the men who so viciously attacked her. I can’t remember why I picked up the DVD - although I love horror and was possibly overcome with swaggering bravado after seeing the ‘watch it if you dare’ sticker. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-humourless-hysteria-of-the-holier-than-thou/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-humourless-hysteria-of-the-holier-than-thou/#item7711 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/mick-jaggers-still-putting-the-sex-into-metrosexual/ Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/mick-jaggers-still-putting-the-sex-into-metrosexual/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/mick-jaggers-still-putting-the-sex-into-metrosexual/#item7683 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-worlds-a-racecar-but-lifes-better-when-we-take-it-slow/ Over the past year, millions of film buffs have spent countless hours squinting at blurry, distant shots of stars in assorted rubber outfits with the hope of being the first to declare a film they won’t see for several months a failure. They sort through plot leaks, casting news, online debates over feline ears and heated discussions about how Russell Crowe’s jelly belly will affect his performance as Superman’s dad. Movies today are assembled in online forums by clever pseudonyms and ironic avatars long before the sets are even built. The magic has always been in the finished product. When publicists and opportunistic assistants hurl unpolished stills across cyberspace, they permanently damage the illusion. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-worlds-a-racecar-but-lifes-better-when-we-take-it-slow/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-worlds-a-racecar-but-lifes-better-when-we-take-it-slow/#item6910 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-must-be-a-job-for-superkevin/ Today’s news that an Iranian actor faces a year’s jail and 90 lashes for starring in a South Australia-funded film is an affront to justice, artistic license and about 100 other things. It is, however, very good news for a certain K Rudd. The man who was Prime Minister until he walked backwards into a very long scimitar has had a good week. Not since he confronted a jaded John Howard and his despised WorkChoices at the 2007 election has Rudd been presented with such a string of scenarios tailor-made for his popularity. If politics is normally the equivalent of facing missiles hurled at 100 miles an hour, this week has been T-Ball for Rudd. First, he out-manouevred Gillard with the Kuta Kid, owning the news cycle and making Gillard’s phone call to the boy’s cell look like a desperate grab for attention. Now he’s got the chance to go into bat for Iranian actor Marzieh Vafamehr. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-must-be-a-job-for-superkevin/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-must-be-a-job-for-superkevin/#item6894 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hollywood-get-your-dirty-hands-of-my-movie/ Here’s the thing about having the time of your life. You only have it once. You can’t go back there. That’s why it’s stupid for Hollywood to say they want to remake the 1987 classic Dirty Dancing.  Now, in purely business terms you can see why. There have been lots of remakes lately. But this one should be off limits. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Lightweight http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hollywood-get-your-dirty-hands-of-my-movie/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hollywood-get-your-dirty-hands-of-my-movie/#item6477 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/That-mad-Brazilian-bastard-sure-could-drive/ Back in 1989, I was a brash seven-year-old who drove my parents insane by always going a million miles per hour. I would never do anything slowly. Should my parents look away for a second, I would be gone in a flash. It was with this in mind that, on my 8th birthday, I got a present they thought symbolised my approach to life.  The book: a pictorial review of the 1988 Formula 1 season. What was Formula 1? I had no idea. All I knew is that the book was full of great pictures of the fastest cars on the planet and that got little eight-year-old me pretty excited. That season was a watershed year in car racing.  On one hand it was the most lop-sided competition in sports history (two cars won everything and no one else had a chance). Yet, it was also one of the closest sporting events in history as the two drivers in the cockpits of these cars were the fastest drivers on the planet. The drivers: Alain Prost from France, and Ayrton Senna from Brazil. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/That-mad-Brazilian-bastard-sure-could-drive/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/That-mad-Brazilian-bastard-sure-could-drive/#item6437 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-turn-a-profit-from-aussie-film-flops/ We’ve all read the headlines: “A disastrous weekend at the box office as Australian films fail dismally”. The idea we don’t like our own movies has become so prevalent it was the subject of a panel discussion at the recent Mumbrella360 conference.  Despite being an advertising nerd who’s never marketed a film in my life, I found myself sitting beside film-makers, an executive from Screen Australia, and a distributor, discussing the topic “What needs to be done to persuade Australian filmgoers to watch Australian films?” feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-turn-a-profit-from-aussie-film-flops/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-turn-a-profit-from-aussie-film-flops/#item6234 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Airheads-with-gadgets-have-hijacked-real-storytelling/ We were due to start shooting at 8:00am. Legendary actor Bill Hunter, Billy to his mates, looked at me with one eye open, the other squinting and with a wry smile made it clear he wouldn’t be moving until I relaxed, sat with him and had a beer or two. He hadn’t said a word. His was a face that told a story. Four other well known Aussie actors were there too. We were shooting a self-funded pilot for a TV series (that was rejected by the networks). For once I didn’t babble. I watched and listened and learned. I can’t say I knew Bill Hunter, but I was pleased to my core as we sat back and opened a second beer before shooting, that I shared a few golden moments with a man who knew how to tell a story. Bill Hunter had a knack of picking the right Aussie films to be in. He knew what a good story was. So many Australian feature films are a flop nowadays because we lack the ability to tell a good story on-screen. For all the modern gadgets, the hand-held video cameras, the hard-drives; the instant play-back generation simply doesn’t know how to tell a story on-screen anymore. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Airheads-with-gadgets-have-hijacked-real-storytelling/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Airheads-with-gadgets-have-hijacked-real-storytelling/#item5915 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-04-04-2011/ Who wants to see a free movie? Here’s the guff about Incendies, which is in cinemas on April 21: The Academy Award-nominated film is a masterful cinematic achievement - at once a tightly woven mystery; an epic, sweeping family drama and deeply affecting, profound and transcendent work. At the reading of their mother Nawal’s will, twin siblings Jeanne and Simon learn for the first time that they have a brother, and that their father, who they thought was dead, is in fact alive. Their mother’s final wish is that the twins find them both to deliver certain sealed letters. Shifting back and forth in time, Incendies follows two parallel journeys, expertly interwoven: the twins’ journey to their mother’s Middle Eastern homeland, and Nawal’s journey 20 years earlier to find the baby boy she was forced to give up. An incredibly powerful film that unfolds in such unique and unexpected ways, Incendies will floor you from the very first scene. It is one of those rare, extraordinary films that restores your faith in the power of cinema. Watch the trailer here. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-04-04-2011/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-04-04-2011/#item5525 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-does-australia-need-the-great-gatsby/ As film producers and Screen Australia bureaucrats argue about whether Baz Luhmann’s 3D remake of ‘The Great Gatsby’ is more worthy than other feature films to be financed in part by the Australian taxpayer, some questions are worthy of consideration. What will Australian taxpayers get for their $40 million contribution to the coffers of Warner Brothers - an American producer of film and television entertainment whose primary market is the United States? What will NSW taxpayers get for their contribution to Gatsby’s budget – a sum that the Keneally government tells us, with its customary lack of transparency and accountability, must be kept secret? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-does-australia-need-the-great-gatsby/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-does-australia-need-the-great-gatsby/#item5270 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Long before the abomination known as Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 your days are numbered), the rubberfaced Rolling Stones frontman made a different move. He wore lipstick and lavish beauty products and took much more time than most of his male counterparts when getting ready. Yep, Mick Jagger was the first Metrosexual. He was The Man…who slightly resembled a woman. Modern day metros like Pharell Williams, David Beckham, Marc Anthony and Orlando Bloom should doff their fedoras to Jagger, the grandfather of metrosexuality and an outstanding individual who championed individuality.