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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Has-the-ferris-wheel-rolled-around-again/ The interwebs was aghast at the news that there may or may not be a sequel to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in the near future. A teaser trailer has been making the rounds featuring Matthew Broderick as Ferris all grown up reciting the classic line from the 1986 film “How can I handle work on a day like today?”. The nine second clip uploaded this weekend by user “chuckachucka2012” has managed to get the world’s attention. It appears that the mysterious video clip was made as a Super Bowl commercial (the Super Bowl is next week) but what it’s meant to advertise nobody knows. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Has-the-ferris-wheel-rolled-around-again/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Has-the-ferris-wheel-rolled-around-again/#item7632 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Over-rated-Redford-and-the-sundance-kidding/ Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Over-rated-Redford-and-the-sundance-kidding/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Over-rated-Redford-and-the-sundance-kidding/#item7623 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. 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 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/are-you-famished-misguided-connected-or-unsettled/ It’s a jungle in there -the cinema, I mean. If only going to the movie of your refined choice involved nothing more than buying a ticket, taking your chair and letting the good times roll. If only. No, the cinema is a volatile habitat where all kinds of wildlife are on the prowl to make your big-screen experience seem all the smaller. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/are-you-famished-misguided-connected-or-unsettled/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/are-you-famished-misguided-connected-or-unsettled/#item6780 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/these-movie-producers-are-getting-a-bit-too-footloose/ Dear big Hollywood cigar-smoking guys: If you make a cake and everyone likes it, you can make it again. Nobody minds if you use exactly the same ingredients, the same oven, and the same hilarious apron with ‘Kiss The Cook’ printed on it. You could even say that it’s a cake ‘remake’. Now, this is the important part, so I want you to put down your cigar and read this very carefully: MOVIES ARE NOT CAKE. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/these-movie-producers-are-getting-a-bit-too-footloose/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/these-movie-producers-are-getting-a-bit-too-footloose/#item6603 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. 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 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bridesmaids-the-funniest-mixed-race-buddy-film-ever/ Labels are the problem. Male or female, black or white, comedy or drama, PG-13 or R? In which section of the DVD store will this film end up? How do we market it? To whom should the product placement and the trailers before the film be skewed? It is for these reasons that a gem like Bridesmaids receives qualified approval like “the funniest R-rated female driven comedy of all time”. There’s a glaring missed opportunity, given the ethnicity of one of the film’s leads – surely an enterprising reviewer will dub it “the funniest mixed-race buddy film R-rated female-driven romantic comedy of all time”. Perhaps with an exclamation mark or two for good measure. Bridesmaids stars Kristen Wiig, who co-wrote the film with Annie Mumolo, and a host of other Saturday Night Live alumni. At the time of writing, it has made almost US$125 million in the US alone and is one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bridesmaids-the-funniest-mixed-race-buddy-film-ever/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bridesmaids-the-funniest-mixed-race-buddy-film-ever/#item6096 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/six-famous-war-films-and-their-lessons-for-our-leaders/ Yesterday, News Ltd national defence writer Ian McPhedran argued that it’s our moral duty to stay the course in Afghanistan, both to honour fallen diggers and for the sake of the mission itself. Many ordinary people took exception, arguing the best way to honour the fallen is to withdraw from the whole exercise. In any war in which Australia is involved, mainstream public figures rarely question our commitment to the conflict. To do so is seen as the equivalent of saying the fallen died for nothing. Ordinary people know better. In war, as in life, the ground shifts. The perfectly valid reason you got involved several years back may no longer hold up today. Funny thing is, war movies have long echoed this theme. Maybe it’s time our leaders took a trip to the video store… feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/six-famous-war-films-and-their-lessons-for-our-leaders/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/six-famous-war-films-and-their-lessons-for-our-leaders/#item6045 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-computer-is-a-hired-gun-for-the-mafia/ Most of the time I use the internet to research stories, look up movies or stalk… errm, I mean keep in contact with friends using social media. If I’m feeling particularly exciting I might check out a YouTube video of a cat playing the piano or a panda sneezing. My computer, on the other hand, is busy running around extorting people as part of an organised crime gang or working as a double agent for foreign governments. And in its down time it hires itself out as a mercenary. And there is a good chance yours is doing this too. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-computer-is-a-hired-gun-for-the-mafia/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-computer-is-a-hired-gun-for-the-mafia/#item6007 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/This-one-time-on-adfa-camp/ It sure is nice to see everyone upset with a culture of inequality and sexual objectification in the Australian Defence Force Academy. And then what happens after all the stern faces and head-shaking about those wayward ADF boys? Coming up next…Two and a Half Men! Or how about a premiere screening of Observe and Report starring that adorably hilarious Seth Rogen? Or a special repeat screening of the inexplicably popular Wedding Crashers? Or maybe you don’t make it through the ads and turn off after a commercial for the new Hawaii Five-0. Maybe a DVD instead; how about a perennial classic like a James Bond movie or teen-flick American Pie? Sick of TV, why not head outside and check out the unavoidable posters plastered all over bus-shelters for the new Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston flick, Just Go With It? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/This-one-time-on-adfa-camp/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/This-one-time-on-adfa-camp/#item5611 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end. Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could. Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”.