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Pg 06-10 News The latest news and all that’s hot in store at JB Hi-Fi. Pg 12 Q5: Dario russo The co-creator of growing cult comedy Danger 5 , on his influences, Shaun Micallef, and why puppets rule. Pg 14 HOUSE OF MONSTER What would happen if Zach Galifianakis and Woody Allen had a lovechild? Find out in vampire It was a quirk of fate that led to the teaming of Laurel and Hardy, and classic comedy gold. Pg 20-21 ACTORS SERIES Mark Wahlberg: From rap and Calvins to the Hollywood A-List. Pg 22 COMPEtitions & QUIZ comedy Summer of Blood . Pg 16-18 HOLLYWOOD COMEDY DUOs

Pg 24 editor’s DESK Pg 26-28 EVOLVE From the studio that brought you the Left 4 Dead series comes a brand new 4V1 game you simply have to play. Welcome to Evolve. Pg 30 TOTAL WAR: ATTILA The Creative Assembly bring one of the most feared warriors in history to their Total War universe. Pg 32 The Order: 1886 Sony’s latest first-party title is about to launch for PS4. Pg 34 MAJORA’S MASK Nintendo have remade a classic. We take a look at the original. Pg 36 PREVIEWS Check out our pick of February’s titles. Evolve, Dragonball Xenoverse, Total War: Attila and The Order:1886 are all coming your way this month.

Pg 40-41 GAME OF THRONES Maisie Williams, aka Arya Stark, talks swordplay, mean girls and her most epic moment on GoT . Pg 42-43 GONE GIRL Director David Fincher and author Gillian Flynn proved the perfect match for this thriller about the dark side of marital bliss. Pg 44-45 BOYHOOD Watch star Ellar Coltrane literally grow up in front of the camera. Director Richard Linklater reflects on his groundbreaking drama, 12-years in the making. Pg 46 THE JUDGE Filmmaker David Dobkin needed a mountain for Robert Downey Jr. to climb, and it came in the form of Hollywood legend Robert Duvall. Pg 48 Doctor WHO Peter Capaldi on the recent Christmas Special and his first

Pg 04 The Music Room Electro punks Enter Shikari return with The Mindsweep , Carl Barat releases an album with his band The Jackals before The Libertines reunion, Dylan does Sinatra (really), and more. Uptown Special features Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Stevie Wonder and a Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist. pg 14–20 Music Reviews New releases from Marilyn Manson, Sleater Kinney, Perry Keyes, Fall Out Boy, Ryan Bingham, The Punch Brothers, Dream Theater, Seasick Steve, The Mavericks, Purity Ring, and more. pg 08–09 Cover Story Mark Ronson’s new album

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Charlie’s Country

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W e know last year’s Oscars feel like an ice age ago, but remember the ballyhoo about the Australian nominations? Cate Blanchett for Best Actress in Blue Jasmine (which she won), Catherine Martin for Costume Design in The Great Gatsby (also won), Beverly Dunn and Catherine Martin again for Production Design on The Great Gatsby (won), Michael Wilkinson for Costume Design in American Hustle , and Dave Clayton for Visual Effects in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . There was even an Aussie co-presenter when the noms were announced: man with excellent hair, Chris Hemsworth. This year? Not so much. In fact, only two: David Lee, as a part of the Sound Mixing team behind Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken , and Tim Crosbie, who’s one quarter of the X-Men: Days of Future Past Visual Effects crew. While we beamingly applaud these two, there are some Aussie snubs that are getting our goat. Why not Nicole Kidman for Before I Go to Sleep , or the brilliant Essie Davis in indie horror The Babadook , or the visual effects and animation in The Lego Movie , which only appears in the Best Original Song category for Everything is Awesome ? Perhaps, as Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn suggested in a recent Facebook post, these aren’t the kind of movies the Academy takes seriously. But that still doesn’t explain why our marvellous submission for Best Foreign Film, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country , was good enough to win at CALLING ANY AUSSIES IN THE ACADEMY HOUSE?

How To Train Your Dragon 2 , is also available now at JB Hi-Fi. The hilarious The Lego Movie was shamefully snubbed at this year’s awards, so let’s just hope that its fab theme song Everything Is Awesome gets the award for Best Song. Meanwhile, a fair few of the other leading contenders are out now – or due shortly – on the big screen. The Imitation Game , with eight nominations, opened on New Year’s Day, while Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s backstage comedy Birdman – which picked up nine nominations – has just begun its cinema run. Clint Eastwood’s latest, American Sniper (in the running for six Oscars) and Wild , with star Reese Witherspoon one of the front- runners for the Best Actress Oscar, are also in cinemas now. The other main frontrunner in that category is Julianne Moore, for her performance in Still Alice , which is due to open in cinemas on January 29, along with The Theory of Everything (five nominations including Best Actor and Actress nods for Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones) and Foxcatcher , which is also up for five Oscars, including Best Actor (a creepy Steve Carell) and Best Director (Bennett Miller). Elsewhere, the Russian drama Leviathan , the favourite to pick up the Best Foreign Film award, can currently be seen at the Perth International Film Festival, but otherwise you will have to wait until the end of March to catch it at the cinemas. So what about Australia’s contenders? Well, it’s slim pickings indeed this year, with David Lee up for an Oscar for Best Sound Mixing for Angelina Jolie’s Australian-shot Unbroken , and Tim Crosbie, visual FX guy on X-Men: Days of Future Past . On the other side of the Tasman, Kiwi writer Anthony McCarten, who wrote and co-produced The Theory of Everything , is up for two Oscars; although Peter Jackson’s second film in his Hobbit trilogy, The Battle of the Five Armies , only received a nomination for Sound Editing, and is due in-store at JB on March 26.

So when will this year’s nominated films start arriving at JB Hi-Fi?

W ell, as usual, some of the leading nominees haven’t arrived at the cinemas yet, so they are unlikely to be in-store until the middle of the year at least. However, one of the leading nominees is already out on DVD and Blu-ray, while one of the year’s biggest favourites is due this month. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel – which earned nine nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director – has been out for a while and was one of last year’s must-have films. Another Golden Globe winner, Boyhood , remains one of the favourites for the top prizes and it will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on February 26. Richard Linklater’s heartwarming coming-of-age tale is up for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, plus supporting acting nods for Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, and is available for pre-order at JB Hi-Fi. ( STACK talks to Linklater about Boyhood on page 44) Out on the same day is another multiple nominee, Whiplash , whose five nominations include Best Picture and a deserved Supporting Actor nod for J.K. Simmons. The Judge , which is out on February 11, looked like prime Oscar material on paper, but has had to settle for a Best Supporting Actor nod for veteran Robert Duvall. And David Fincher’s masterful thriller Gone Girl (on shelves this month February 4) also picked up just a solitary nomination, with Rosamund Pike in the running for Best Actress. Meanwhile, you can get a headstart in the Best Foreign Film category by checking out Pawel Pawlikowski’s moving Polish drama Ida , which is in-store now. As far as the Best Animated Feature contenders go, the delightful stop-motion hit The Boxtrolls has just been released on DVD and Blu-ray, while another on the short-list,

Selma

Cannes but not good enough for an Oscar nom – nor did the Academy breathe in the direction of Russell Crowe for Noah . And dare we ask: When’s Baz Luhrmann going to get his achievement award? (Never? - Ed.) He’s a divisive director to be sure, but in terms of a singular auteur vision, there hasn’t been a man who has contributed more eccentric, flamboyant colour to the filmic canon in a long time. The authoritative honchos in the States love to wax lyrical about how much they love the Aussies, but when it comes down to the wire it seems they’re happy to rest on their American (white, male) laurels. Poor form, dudes. Let’s hope Selma gets Best Picture, and we’ll consider it a win for all.

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Further down the line, Wahlberg will reportedly play Steve Austin in the big screen version of the ‘70s TV favourite The Six Million Dollar Man, and is also attached to a movie set against the backdrop of the Deepwater. Find out all you need to know about Mark Wahlberg in our in-depth Actor Series profile on pages 20–21. A PECULIAR STAR She was the best thing in 300: Rise of an Empire , taking on all comers as the bloodthirsty commander of an ancient army, and she was equally memorable as the ultimate femme fatale in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For . With her transatlantic training in the dramatic arts, Eva Green boasts sophistry and chameleon qualities that few other actresses possess. It’s no wonder Tim Burton has chosen to reunite with her for his children’s fantasy project, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children . This month, you can catch up with Eva Green at her Gothic finest in Penny Dreadful: Season 1 . This highly acclaimed, gruesome new series is sure to appeal to fans of American Horror Story and Hannibal , and is out on February 4.Check out our review on page 56.

Whiplash , starring J.K. Simmons and MilesTeller

BANK ON TELLER I I t’s shaping up to be a big year for Miles Teller, whose latest movie Whiplash arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on February 26. In it, Miles Teller plays a promising young drummer at a prestigious but cutthroat music conservatory, who falls under the influence of a volatile, larger than life instructor, played by J.K. Simmons. Whiplash has received five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons. On top of that, the 27-year-old Teller is reuniting with Shailene Woodley for the eagerly anticipated

Divergent sequel Insurgent – due to open in cinemas on March 19. And like virtually any hot young Hollywood actor, Teller has been drafted for a role in a feature Marvel production – in his case playing Mr. Fantastic in the reboot of The Fantastic Four . Directed by Josh Trank ( Chronicle ) and co-starring Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, and Michael B. Jordan, it’s due in cinemas in August. We’ll definitely have lots more on Whiplash in the next issue of STACK .

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E xpect to see plenty of Mark Wahlberg in 2015, both as himself and in an eclectic line-up of new films. February 2nd sees the DVD release of the first season of his family reality show Wahlburgers , which follows the personal and professional life of his brother Paul as he seeks to expand his hamburger restaurant business. WALL TO WAHLBERG

Wahlberg will also play himself in the big screen version of Entourage , which is expected in cinemas in June. The HBO hit, which ran for eight seasons, was loosely based on the star’s own experiences and he served as executive producer, as well as making the odd cameo appearance. However, he will next be seen in The Gambler , a remake of 1974 drama starring James Caan about a literary professor whose life spirals out of control because of his gambling addiction. It is expected here in March and will be followed in June by Ted 2 , the sequel to Seth MacFarlane’s 2012 comedy smash.

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AMP Shortlist is Out

AMP (Australian Music Prize) shortlist has been announced, with the final winner being picked in March 2015. The AMP is a merit- based music award, with shortlisted acts and the eventual winner being picked solely on the judges’ assessment of their musical quality: it is not based on sales, web stats, tour revenue or any other numerically quantifiable element; it is solely about the judges’ take on the music. The shortlist

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C ourtney Barnett will release her debut After it leaked online, Björk’s new album Vulnicura will be released in March. It features Venezuelan producer Arca and UK artist Bobby Krilic . The Prodigy are set to release the long-awaited follow-up to Invaders Must Die in April, it’s called The Day Is My Enemy. Get ready for a cavalcade of Anzac Day related releases come the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings in April. Lee Kernaghan’s upcoming April features real letters by WW1 diggers read by guest artists. Foo Fighters Nate Mendel has a solo project out in March under the name ‘Lieutenant’, featuring members of Fleet Foxes, Snow Patrol and The Bronx. PJ Harvey is recording her new album with some sessions open to the public as part of an exhibition. Amorphous Androgynous (aka The Future Sound of London) remix Australian psychedelia of yore with the latest installment in their Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble series. It will slice up everything from Russell Morris to Tame Impala. Mark Knopfler (ex-Dire Straits) releases his eighth solo album, Tracker , in mid-March. Xavier Rudd returns with his new band The United Nations in March, with the album Nanna . The Staple Singers legendary 1965 concert at Chicago’s New Nazareth Church will be released in expanded and remastered form next month. Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson will release a tribute to Billie Holiday in April, called Coming Forth by Day . Metal legends The Scorpions celebrate 50 (!) years with a newly released album entitled Return to Forever in March. And Django Django have nearly finished work on their second album. “Bloke just walked by coffee shop with a Friar Tuck haircut. He looked trendy too.” Sleaford Mods go people watching. album on March 20. It’s called Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit.

was whittled down from an initial longlist of 65 by a panel of 15 judges. Past winners have included Lisa Mitchell, The Jezabels, The Drones, The Mess Hall, Cloud Control and Big Scary. The winner stands to pocket a cheque of $30,000 from P.P.C.A to go toward their next recording project. Tom Iansek (see above right), of last year’s winner Big Scary, is nominated again this year for his offshoot duo #1Dads and their album About Face. The 10th Coopers AMP shortlist, based on albums released in 2014. • About Face by #1Dads • Built On Glass by Chet Faker • Gon’ Boogaloo by C.W. Stoneking • Grassed Inn by Blank Realm • Laura Jean by Laura Jean • Raw X Infinity by REMI • Tales by The Peep Tempel • The Sleeper by Caitlin Park • Typical System by Total Control

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“In Iceland, you have the lava, almost no trees, almost no animals and almost no

people, so things are very stripped down. It’s very naked.” Do we really have to tell you Björk tweeted this? “So far I’ve commemorated #DecemberistsDay by lying in my kid’s bed, listening to Eno’s ambient records.” Decemberists Colin Meloy gets cerebral.

A year after their break- up, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose. Vicious (real

name John Beverley) had been charged with murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and was out on bail; he died soon after a party to celebrate his release.

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they’re clearly, earnestly trying to create a special effect and it’s not fooling anybody. That’s funny. 03/ Was this always a deliberate part of your filmmaking, or did it begin from literally having no budget? I mean look, we’ve got talking lion creatures, we’ve got people dematerialising, we’ve got an anaconda strangling two men. We do not – and never would – have a budget to create a sense that even vaguely resembles reality, and at the same time I don’t think we really want to. Because it’s like a live action cartoon; the suspension of disbelief is out the window to start off with, and then it’s more about a fun representation of everything. 04/ Why do you prefer actual crafted objects to CGI? I just think people have a better time when they’re looking at puppets rather than at CGI. You know it’s fake either way, so screw it – why not actually have a tangible object that the actor can respond to? I think that speaks to the early ‘90s upbringing and my generation of kids – we were exposed to a lot of children’s programs that had puppets and stop motion animated characters. The nostalgic heart lies with puppets, and now we can put it into an adult context. I think a lot of people respond to that, even if it’s on a subconscious level. 05/ Tell us about your first recollections of watching Shaun Micallef, and how you felt when he asked to be involved with series two of Danger 5 .

The second series of growing cult comedy DANGER 5 is even more kooky and bugged out than the first. Zoë Radas spoke to co-creator Dario Russo about his influences, why puppets rule, and the participation of the brilliant Shaun Micallef. DARIO RUSSO

I remember being young enough to not really know what I was watching, and laughing at Milo Kerrigan. I think that qualifies as Micallef always being in my life. Full Frontal and Fast Forward – that’s my first recollection of Shaun Micallef, so having him actually engage us was absolutely surreal, such an unbelievably positive affirmation

01/ Danger 5 reminds us of other curious, surreal comedies with intentionally cheap effects like The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place . Are you a fan? DARIO RUSSO: I loved Boosh when it came out. That was always such an excitingly unusual show; it was really inspiring to see something that bizarre. That was definitely a massive inspiration, as was Garth Marenghi , which I guess is more directly comparable to the style of things that we’re doing. [ Marenghi ] was a very conscious and deliberate retro rip-off, and what we’re doing is too bastardised to even be an accurate ‘80s retro rip-off.

02/ Your previous series, Italian Spiderman , utilises cheap production to great effect, too. Have you always found this funny as a style device? Especially at high school, I would always love watching shitty ‘80s horror movies with my friends and laughing at them, sort of, in parts where the

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production values had fallen short. And if you go back to the ‘50s, especially with movies like Plan 9 from Outer Space , which is heralded as – arguably – the worst film ever made...

to have this dude involved who you respect so much. I still don’t really believe it happened. I watch the show now and... “F*ck, Shaun Micallef’s in this!”

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W ho the hell is Onur Tukel? That will be the question on everyone’s lips after they see Summer of Blood . Resembling the lovechild of Zach Galifianakis and Woody Allen, with the appearance of the former and the comic sensibility of the latter, this New York-based indie auteur has delivered one of the funniest vampire comedies in decades. Tukel writes, produces,

Starry Eyes , winner of the Crystal Monster for Best Film 2014 at Monster Fest, will be available to own on DVD and Blu- ray on March 18. Following a most unconventional audition, aspiring young actress Sarah (Alex Essoe) lands a “gateway role” in a new film. But she soon discovers that the price of fame demands payment in blood. Dark forces are summoned and visceral gore splatters the Hollywood landscape in this atmospheric, must-see shocker that STACK calls “a masterpiece... the twisted offspring of Rosemary’s Baby and Mulholland Drive ”.

directs, edits and stars as Eric Sparrow, a neurotic, fortysomething loser whose encounter with a Brooklyn vampire sees him suddenly alternating between biting wit and biting necks. Tukel cites the 1988 Nicolas Cage

film Vampire’s Kiss and Woody Allen’s Deconstructing Harry (1997) as influences for Summer of Blood , and their DNA courses through the veins of his snappily written gem, which took out the Best Feature Screenplay at Monster Fest 2014. Be sure to grab a copy on DVD from JB on Feb 18. A lso arriving on DVD on Feb 18, following its Monster Fest 2014 screening, is Throwback , one of two Aussie horrors (along with There’s Something in the Pilliga ) featuring our very own Bigfoot – the Yowie. The setting is FNQ, where a pair of fortune hunters encounter the supposedly mythical monster. And don’t miss The Mirror , a mash-up of Paranormal Activity and Oculus ; and grindhouse slasher film Discopath – both out Feb 18.

Also available on March 18, direct from its Monster Fest 2014 screening, is the rowdy found- footage Yowie movie There’s Something in the Pilliga . A pair of larrikins discover the reality behind a local legend in this homegrown horror flick that perfectly captures the Aussie ethos. It’s got blokes, babes, beer and a beast – what’s not to bloody like?

Pre-order Starry Eyes and There’s Something in the Pilliga from JB Hi-Fi and you’ll receive a free Monster Fest 2014 t-shirt (available in Men’s M, L, & XL, andWomen’s S, M & L).Wear it with pride and ensure that Monster Fest will always be close to your heart!

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T he chance encounter they appeared together in the comedy short The Lucky Dog,

the movie capital of the South – in 1913, where Norvell found work as a labourer at the Lubin Motion Picture Company. As with all of those early non-union movie studios, their employees undertook a multitude of tasks, from scene movers to gag writers to camera operators and to appearing in front of the camera. And so it was that Hardy got his first accredited role in the film Outwitting Dad (1914), where the credits listed him as O.N. Hardy (Hardy had adopted the name Oliver as a tribute to the father he never knew). But by his next film, Casey’s Birthday , he had acquired the

between Stan Laurel and Oliver “Babe” Hardy, when

gave little indication of what would become the most famous comedy double act in movie history. In fact, it would be another seven years before Hardy met the English vaudeville comedian again on a film set. The youngest of five children, Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia, on the 18th of January 1892. The Hardy family were of English extraction and could

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trace their roots back to Thomas Hardy, Lord Nelson’s Flag Captain at the Battle of Trafalgar. Norvell’s father Oliver served in the 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg in September 1862, he was invalided out of the Confederate army but immediately enrolled again as a recruiting officer. After the war, he emerged as a local politician and Columbia County’s tax collector. But Norvell never got to know his father, for Oliver Snr. died a mere nine months after his son was born. Following the death of her husband, Emily Hardy and her children took over the management of a boarding house in Milledgeville, Georgia, which was frequented by travelling show people. It was here, whilst sitting in the lobby, that the young Norvell began to watch and study the polite genteelism of the Southern folk who inhabited the hotel. The youngster became fascinated with these people’s euphemisms and dainty mannerisms, some of which he would eventually adopt for his character of “Ollie” in the Laurel and Hardy films. He had also inherited his father’s appetite for good old Southern home cooking, and by

the age of fourteen, his weight had ballooned to 250lbs. His mother, concerned about her son’s weight, enrolled him in the Georgia Military Academy, believing that the strict physical discipline would slim him down. But Norvell did not take kindly to a military regime and left the Academy a few months later. In 1910 he got himself a job in Midgeville’s

nickname that he would retain for the rest of his life, and the name by which he would be credited in films for the next decade:”Babe”. Apparently, as the story goes, the nickname came from a Jacksonville barber of Italian extraction, who after shaving Hardy would always rub talcum

powder into his cherubic cheeks, then pat them saying, “Nice-a babeee, nice-a

only movie theatre, as a ticket collector cum cleaner, but after the theatre manager heard Norvell singing (whilst undertaking his cleaning chores), he also paid him to sing during the evening performances. Hardy had a beautiful singing voice and began to believe that he could make a career for himself on the vaudeville circuit. However, after watching countless comedy and drama movies during his theatre tenure, he was convinced that he had as much acting talent, if not more than the many stilted performances that were projected onscreen most evenings. Now with a wife in tow, the Hardys travelled to Jacksonville, Florida – then

babeee.” His Lubin co-workers continually ragged Hardy about it and began

One of Babe Hardy’s several “Fatty” films Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan (Semon’s wife) and Babe Hardy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1925)

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Hardy was about to start filming Get ‘Em Young , which was to be co-directed by Laurel – a film that has since attained legendary status in the Laurel and Hardy saga because of an accident that befell Hardy the night before shooting began, which consequently marked Stan Laurel’s return to film acting. Hardy’s wife had torn the ligaments in her leg and was bedridden, leaving him to undertake the cooking of their

calling him “Baby” at first, then Babe – and the name stuck. Over the next ten years Hardy would appear in a staggering 250-plus silent one-reel films, including the “Fatty” and “Plump & Runt” series. His rotund physique meant he invariably played the roles of heavy villains or comical fat characters, but his prolific output of movies helped him hone his acting skills in front of the camera. Through exaggerated facial expressions he demonstrated an uncanny ability to communicate a whole range of emotions that an audience could understand, without the need for dialogue. In 1917 Hardy relocated to Los Angeles and freelanced for several Hollywood studios, including the Vitagraph Company (which was eventually sold to Warner Bros.). He was then teamed with silent comedian Larry Semon (now Norvell Hardy adopted the name Oliver as a tribute to the father he never knew. long forgotten, but at one time Semon’s films were more popular than Chaplin’s) for a number of comedy movies, including an early version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (released in 1925) with Hardy in the Tin Man role. January 1925 saw Hardy working as a jobbing actor at the Hal Roach Studios. Roach was an independent film producer whose output of comedy productions challenged Mack Sennet’s sobriquet as the King of Comedy. Roach had produced the Harold Lloyd “Lonesome Luke” films and the very popular “Our Gang” series, initially distributing them through Pathe, and in 1927, through the then fledgling studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was at the Roach studios that Hardy met Stan Laurel again, although Hardy barely remembered the Englishman who had appeared with him in the one-reel comedy The Lucky Dog some seven years earlier. Since appearing in that early movie with Hardy, Stan Laurel had made a further 80 short films but had struggled to find a character that suited and matched his vaudevillian style of comedy. He had practically given up on a career in front of the camera and was now employed as a gag writer and novice film director for Hal

Stan Laurel listens intently to instructions from a scruffy, unshaven Oliver Hardy in the comedy short Duck Soup (1927)

dinner. Whilst removing a leg of lamb from the oven, Hardy accidently spilt the pan of scalding grease over his wrist and hand, resulting in an agonising injury which immediately placed him on the sick list. Roach pressed a very reluctant Stan into the absent Babe Hardy’s role of the butler, where Stan introduced his famous crying routine. Much to his surprise, Get ‘Em Young was a huge success, so much so that Roach insisted that Stan write himself into his short films. Subsequently, for the next twelve months, Stan alternated between acting and directing several solo projects. By the end of 1926, Babe Hardy had appeared in eight short films either directed or co-written by Stan Laurel, but they had still not appeared together again onscreen. That is until Duck Soup (1927), which was adapted by Stan from a vaudeville sketch originally written in 1908 by his father, Arthur Jefferson Snr. The story concerned two tramps who hide out in a mansion, whose aristocratic owner is on vacation. The part of the second tramp had originally been allocated to another Roach contract player, but for reasons unknown and by a strange quirk of fate, it was offered instead to Oliver Hardy. Although neither of them were yet wearing any of their famous trademarks, or had even developed their characters of Stan and Ollie, it was here that their movie partnership began to take shape. A further six films followed, with both of them playing separate characters within the story rather than as a team. Their next short, however, titled Do Detectives Think? (1927), paired them as private detectives, and their familiar and hallmark characteristics of crumpled suits, bowler hats and childlike ineptness were displayed onscreen for the very first time. The production supervisor on this film and Duck Soup was 30-year-old Leo McCarey (who would go on to become one of the few film

directors to win Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay Academy Awards). It was McCarey who was the first to recognise the onscreen chemistry between Laurel and Hardy, even before they themselves realised what they had. And perhaps more importantly, he recognised their potential for becoming a permanent and successful filmmaking duo. Next to Roach and Laurel, McCarey was the man most responsible for developing the unique Laurel and Hardy brand of comedy that would follow. In June of 1927, with McCarey in the director’s chair, they began filming the first “official” Laurel and Hardy team-up movie: The Second Hundred Years . No-one at the Roach studios, not even

their director, could have possibly known that “The Boys” onscreen antics were going to make movie audiences across the world guffaw with laughter for the next 15 years. To be continued... Laurel and Hardy as the two bumbling detectives in Do Detectives Think? (bowler hats and suits were actual uniforms of US detectives in the 1920s)

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MARK WAHLBERG From rap and Calvins to the Hollywood A-List.

The ‘90s “I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.” Marky Mark made a rather inauspicious movie debut in 1993 in the terrible telemovie The Substitute , a thriller penned pseudonymously by David S. Goyer ( The Dark Knight ) involving a homicidal teacher who “loves her students... to death!” Wahlberg has about 10 minutes of screen time opposite the always fantastic British actress Amanda Donohoe ( The Lair of the White Worm ). The actor dropped his rap name for his first big screen venture, the Danny DeVito comedy Renaissance Man (1994) – better known to Australian audiences as Army Intelligence . As one of the army grunts being taught proper English by DeVito’s civilian teacher, Wahlberg proved that a rapper could also act. This became even more apparent in The Basketball Diaries (1995), with Wahlberg receiving unanimous praise from critics for his performance as Mickey, the bad boy buddy of Leonardo Di Caprio’s heroin-addicted Jim Carroll. Wahlberg’s tough guy persona served him well as the psycho boyfriend of Reese Witherspoon in Fear (1996), and while that generic thriller didn’t stretch his acting ability, he delivered another solid performance as an Irish grifter in the Bill Paxton-produced Traveller (1997). It was his role as porn star Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997), Paul Thomas Anderson’s paean to the ‘70s adult film biz, that proved there was more to this boy from Boston than rap and Calvins. “It was a showstopper, and it had a good screenplay, a real story,” Wahlberg notes. He even kept Diggler’s “special gift” – an oversized prosthetic willy – as a souvenir after filming wrapped. “The movie’s special gift happens to be Mark Wahlberg, who gives a terrifically appealing performance,” wrote Janet Maslin in the New York Times . And her peers all agreed. Wahlberg followed his breakout role with the Hong Kong-style action-comedy The Big Hit (1998), which wasn’t, but has since found a cult following on home video. And deservedly so: it’s a frequently hilarious, undiscovered gem. The following year he found himself working with Fear director James Foley once again on The Corruptor , which partnered him with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Chow Yun Fat, as an NYPD cop embroiled in a Triad turf war.

“I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes.” The life of Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is the stuff of a compelling, road-to-redemption biopic. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1971, the youngest of the nine Wahlberg children dropped out of high school at 14 to pursue a life of petty crime and drug addiction, which eventually led to him serving 45 days in prison following an assault conviction. But while Wahlberg’s incarceration served as a reality check, it did little to curb his bad boy behaviour, which he used to his advantage as the frontman of rap group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. His chiselled physique made him an instant teen heartthrob and the poster boy for Calvin Klein underwear. But despite his popularity and a No.1 album, a series of scandals – including a much publicised clash with Madonna and her entourage at an LA nightclub – ultimately ended his music career, and he consequently turned to acting. His breakout role in Boogie Nights (1997) revealed he had the talent to make it in Hollywood, and he’s now an A-lister, Oscar nominee, producer and devoted family man. To say that Mark Wahlberg has successfully turned his life around would be an understatement.

David O. Russell’s gulf war satire Three Kings (1999) is another underrated gem starring Wahlberg, although these days it’s remembered more as the movie in which star George Clooney punched out his director on the set. The ‘00s “I want people to come see my films and enjoy them, but at the end of the day you can’t control what people think.” Set in New York’s rail yards, where corporate corruption is rampant, The Yards (2000) was the first of two working class crime dramas Wahlberg made with writer-director James Gray and co-star Joaquin Phoenix. The same year he was reunited with George Clooney in the big budget adventure flick The Perfect Storm , based on the true-life account of fishing boat Andrea Gail ’s turbulent encounter with the titular weather front. Wahlberg turned down a role in Ocean’s Eleven for the chance to work with Tim Burton. Too bad it was in the director’s much maligned “reimagination” of Planet of the Apes (2001). While the film was a disaster, Wahlberg backed Burton, citing studio interference as the reason for its failure. “They didn’t have the script right,” he told MTV Movies blog. “They had a release date before he had shot a foot of film. They were pushing him and pushing him in the wrong direction. You have got to let Tim do his thing.” The actor drew on his former rap career and socialising with rockers to play a tribute band singer who gets to front the real thing in Rock Star (2001), a role inspired by Judas Priest tribute band vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens. While he didn’t do his own singing, research included going to “as many concerts as I could”. Nice work if you can get it. The following year he starred in another terrible remake, The Truth About Charlie , Jonathan Demme’s update of the 1963 classic Charade . Wahlberg has since told the truth about The Truth About Charlie , describing it as “pretty awful” and his “worst role ever”. Another year, another remake of a classic film, albeit this time a more successful one. The Italian Job (2003) saw Wahlberg in the role made famous by Michael Caine – master thief Charlie Croker, who orchestrates a daring heist involving Mini-Coopers.

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ENTOURAGE The hit HBO series created by Doug Ellin is loosely based on Wahlberg’s early experiences in Hollywood with his Boston buddies, as an up and coming actor. The show wrapped in 2011 after eight seasons, but Wahlberg has been the driving force behind an Entourage movie. “I will fight to the end to get the movie made,” he said. And after a three year battle, the film finally went into production in February 2014 and will hit cinemas here on June 4, 2015. PRODUCER From 2007 onwards, Wahlberg also served as a producer on a number of his films, including We Own the Night , The Fighter , Contraband , Broken City and Lone Survivor . He’s also credited as an executive producer on the TV series Entourage , InTreatment and Boardwalk Empire . “Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility,” he says. “I was a street hustler. I did whatever it took. I sold whatever I could sell. I’m a good organiser.” THE GAMBLER On February 5, in cinemas everywhere, you’ll get to see Mark Wahlberg as you’ve never seen him before – as a literature professor. In this remake of the 1974 film starring James Caan, Wahlberg’s character must find a way to overcome his gambling problem and massive debt. According to the tagline, “The only way out is all in”, and you can bet on another committed performance from the Wahlberger.

In 2004 he reunited with Three Kings director David O. Russell for the existential comedy I Heart Huckabees , and next appeared as one of Four Brothers (2005) seeking revenge for their adoptive mother’s murder in John Singleton’s gritty urban update of the western The Sons of Katie Elder . Then it was on to Disney’s inspirational gridiron movie Invincible (2006), in which he starred as real-life bartender turned NRL player Vince Papale. It was a role he relished: “It’s a movie my kids can see – my nieces and nephews. I haven’t had that. None of my nieces and nephews have seen Boogie Nights , thank God! I haven’t made too many PG movies.” Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon may have got all the kudos for The Departed (2006), but it was Wahlberg who received the Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor) for his performance as the short-fused cop who sends DiCaprio undercover. “Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese, you jump at the chance,” he said, stating the obvious. Wahlberg was back in action man mode in the solid and gripping Shooter (2007), as a former marine scout sniper who’s lured out of retirement amidst fears of a presidential assassination attempt, and then framed. His second collaboration with James Gray and Joaquin Phoenix was We Own the Night (2007), playing the cop brother to Phoenix’s nightclub owner who’s in cahoots with the Russian mob. Having enjoyed a run of quality films and good reviews over the last four years, a pair of stinkers and Razzie nominations followed in 2008. First up was M. Night Shyamalan’s risible killer tree movie The Happening , in which Wahlberg played a science teacher who berates a pot plant! “It was a really bad movie,” he admitted to Entertainment Weekly . “F–ing trees, man. You can’t blame me for not wanting to play a science teacher. At least I wasn’t playing a cop or a crook.” Then came the title role in video game adaptation Max Payne , which although despised by critics and gamers alike, was a film the actor felt provided him with “one of the edgier roles I’ve played, but also the most layered”.

an accomplishment when your co-stars are Steve Carell and Tina Fey! And in buddy cop comedy The Other Guys (2010), he held his own against perennial scene-stealer Will Ferrell, demonstrating a previously unseen flair for humour and improvisation. The Fighter (2010), a biopic of boxer Micky Ward, was a long gestating passion project for Wahlberg, who was friends with Ward and considered him “a local sports hero”. The actor began training for the role five years earlier, which paid off onscreen. “Mark inhabited Micky,” noted director David O. Russell. “He moved like him, dressed like him and got his style of fighting down perfectly. Like Micky, he doesn’t give up, ever. He has that same intensity to him.” Contraband (2012), like Shooter , was another satisfying Wahlberg action vehicle, with the actor playing a former smuggler who must save his brother from vengeful drug lords – a role The Hollywood Reporter ’s Todd McCarthy says “fits Mark Wahlberg like a glove”. STACK concurs. He took another stab at comedy in Seth MacFarlane’s Ted (2012), but was upstaged by his foul-mouthed CGI co-star. MacFarlane got Wahlberg onboard after the actor had seen himself parodied in an episode of Family Guy . Then it was back to playing a former NYPD detective turned PI in Broken City (2013), who is double-crossed by corrupt Mayor Russell Crowe. “The film’s script reminded me of those smart, character-driven crime thrillers that I grew up watching and loving,” Wahlberg explained. Michael Bay cast him as one of a trio of inept meatheads who embark on a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in the crime- comedy Pain & Gain (2013). So Wahlberg hit the gym, adding 40 lbs of muscle for the role and underwent full body fake tanning on a weekly basis. Wahlberg found himself on the run from drug cartels once again in 2 Guns (2013), his second collaboration with Contraband director Baltasar Kormákur. This time he was paired with Denzel Washington, as a fellow undercover agent, and it was a mismatch that worked. In Peter Berg’s harrowing Lone Survivor (2013), he played a member of a four-man Navy SEAL team on a mission to locate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan. Based on a true-life reconnaissance mission, the actor described it as one of his most rewarding jobs: “This is the best working experience I’ve ever had, under the toughest conditions.”

He joined the cast of Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones (2009) a day before shooting commenced, replacing Ryan Gosling in the role of Saoirse Ronan’s grieving father. The ‘10s “I like to do projects I feel some connection to.” Wahlberg followed the rather

Wahlberg reunited with new buddy Michael Bay in 2014, replacing Shia LaBeouf as the human lead in the

maudlin The Lovely Bones with a pair of comedies – a genre largely absent from his filmography. As a shirtless security expert in Date Night (2010), he won a Teen Choice Award

Transformers franchise. And dare we say it, his presence actually made Transformers: Age of Extinction less painful to watch than its predecessors. “Mark’s always prepared,” says Bay. “I just love working

UPCOMING Watch out for Wahlberg in Ted 2 , due in cinemas on 25 June 2015, and as himself in the Entourage movie (see top). He has also completed the thriller Mojave , and is currently shooting comedy Daddy’s Home , which reunites him with Will Ferrell.

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