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006 MARCH 2015 JB Hi-Fi
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H ollywood loves a true story, and so do audiences. While viewers’
fascination with reality onscreen has today mutated into an
inexplicable obsession with watching people cooking, renovating,
singing and dancing on television, you can’t deny the allure of a good
old fashioned biopic. There are four fine examples out on DVD this
month – Unbroken, American Sniper, The Imitation Game and Mr.
Turner – and thanks to the actors and filmmakers involved, if we
didn’t already know who Louie Zamperini, Chris Kyle, Alan Turing and
J.M.W. Turner were, and why their incredible stories have attracted
filmmakers like Clint Eastwood, Mike Leigh and Angelina Jolie, we
do now. Adaptations of bestselling novels are also a mainstay at the
box-office, especially if they’ve transcended the bestseller lists to
become pop culture phenomena. In 2001 it was Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone; in 2006 it was The Da Vinci Code ; in 2008 it was
Twilight. And this year it’s Fifty Shades of Grey. We’ll leave you to
decide which one will stand the test of time.
Founder Nic Short
Editor Scott Hocking
Games Editor Paul Jones
Music Editor Jonathan Alley
Creative Director Justin Buxton
DVD Consultant Michelle Black
Games Consultant Jeff Kuhl
Cinema Consultant Chris Murray
Music Consultants
Mike Glynn, Fleur Parker
Chief Contributors
Bob Jones, Zoë Radas, Adam Colby
Contributors Amy Flower, Rebecca
Rowlands, Alesha Kolbe, Mark Ankucic,
John Ferguson, Graham Reid, Michael Dwyer,
Jeff Jenkins, Emily Kelly, Simon Lukic,
Chris Murray, Billy Pinnell, Denise Hylands,
Doug Wallen, Simon Winkler, John Roebuck
Social Media Manager
Sally Carlier-Hull
Production Manager
Craig Patterson
Accounts Coordinator
Tracy Kingman
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Issue 127 MAY 2015