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WENTWORTH: SEASON 2
EXTRAS LAST MONTH
It's three months after the explosive
events of last season, and Wentworth:
Season Two has more than a few little
aces up its orange sleeves. Bea (Danielle
Cormack) has spend time in the dreaded
slot for murdering violent, gravelly-
voiced matriarch Jacs Holt, which
left the perky tomboy Franky (Nicole
da Silva) to ascend to the heights of
top-dog status unimpeded. However,
everything's about to go haywire with
the arrival of Governor Joan “The Freak”
Ferguson, played by Pamela Rabe in
an exciting new incarnation of her
iconic character from the popular 1980s
series Prisoner (on which Wentworth is
based).We're wondering if she still has
those black leather gloves for her frisk
searches. Season 2 is in stores now!
STACK takes a look back at what you may have missed. By Zoë Radas
eating Maltesers and bawling over Emma
Thompson. But this one's less saccharine
than most: Third Person, starring Liam
Neeson/Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis/James
Franco, and Adrien Brody/Moran Atias
(within three meshed storylines) has love but
also murder and horrific family secrets and
Russian gangsters and kidnapped children to
boot.
Kite is a live-action remake of a rather
kinky and graphic anime, starring India Eisley
and Samuel L. Jackson. It follows Sawa,
an 18-year-old covert assassin living in the
decimated, post-financial collapse landscape
of the future, who is intent on murdering
members of the flesh-cartels she believes
tortured her family. While not as extreme as
the animated original, it's still rated R18+ for
good reason.
The totally captivating David Gulpilil
returns to our screens in Charlie's Country,
which is rather different to the actor's
other collaborations with Rolf de Heer
(Ten Canoes,The Tracker) in that it's
set in present day Arnhem Land.
Charlie (Gulpilil) is frustrated with the
condescending, coddling ways of the
local authorities and decides
he wants to go bush, living
the way he was taught
by his parents when he
was a child. It's lovely,
heartbreaking, amazing
stuff.
There's a new found-
footage flick comin'
atcha – yes, another
FEBRUARY 2014 JB Hi-Fi 072
L ots of people had beef with Ricky
Gervais's series Derek, but I can't
think of another comic who would
dare to create a comedy set in an aged care
facility, particularly one which shows empathy
and individualism rather than the bleak/
insensitive lead balloons which come with
comedy that deals with old age. Derek:
Season Two delivers more Gervais gold;
Derek's formerly estranged father moves in
to Broad Hill, our hero gets to visit the
London Zoo, and he also goes on a date with
a girl he met over the Internet. Go Derek, we
love you mate!
Meanwhile, The Real Housewives of
Melbourne: Season One has happened.
My hate-favourite is probably Jackie Gillies,
aggressive psychic and wife to Silverchair's
Ben Gillies; and my love-favourite is barrister
Gina Liano, whom others may say looks like a
drag queen but I only see her fun-loving and
maternal spirit. Haters gonna hate, hate, hate,
hate, hate. This is definitely a morbidly
addictive show, and if you haven't
peeped it yet, you're in for a treat
because it's in store now.
Interconnected love stories:
could there be anything
more holidayish?
Valentine's Day
(2010), Love
Actually (2003),
New York, I Love
You (2008), New
Year's Eve
(2011)... we could
be here all day,
one – and it is really quite terrifying, with
the kind of disturbing slow burn you
get from the best in this genre. Alien
Abduction is the video diary of Riley
Morris, a kid on a camping holiday with
his parents and siblings in North Carolina.
After spotting some weird lights, the
family come upon a load of abandoned
vehicles and scattered belongings on
the highway, and then, one by one, their
cohorts begin to disappear. Freaky fun.
Derek: Season 2