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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Radio station rampage, shooter waits for police! Thailand to reopen on July 1? || May 28

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The Play’s the Thing! Serendipity and Children’s Theatre

The Play’s the Thing! Serendipity and Children’s Theatre

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The Play’s the Thing: And the Phoenix Shall Rise!

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The Play’s the Thing! Vive Le Bard!

Marilyn Band – Black and White at Villa Royale Gallery

Marilyn Band – Black and White at Villa Royale Gallery

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Music in her soul
Music in her soul
Tuesday 24 April 2012, 03:44PM
PHUKET: Singer-songwriter Pjae Stanley has only been living in Phuket for one year but has already established a reputation as one of the island’s top musicians.
Lady Gaga arrives in S. Korea for Asian leg of tour
Friday 20 April 2012, 08:55PM
US pop diva Lady Gaga arrived in South Korea late Friday, one week before a Seoul performance which will kick off her third concert tour.
Fire in his heart
Fire in his heart
Friday 20 April 2012, 04:30PM
PHUKET: Painter Virat ‘Plerng’ Uttakut comes to meet me at the door to his P. Fire Studio, through which one glimpses a hammock strung up between tree trunks.
Taiwan aboriginal war epic to hit China
Thursday 19 April 2012, 09:03AM
Taiwan's acclaimed aboriginal war epic 'Seediq Bale' will be screened in China next month, its director said Tuesday, after concerns the film would not be approved for release by authorities.
Janet Jackson breast case appealed
Thursday 19 April 2012, 09:02AM
A case involving a fine over a 'wardrobe malfunction' which exposed pop superstar Janet Jackson's breast during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast was appealed to the US Supreme Court Wednesday.
Legendary US TV host Dick Clark dies at
Thursday 19 April 2012, 09:02AM
Legendary US television presenter and producer Dick Clark, known for introducing rock and roll music to millions of Americans, died of a heart attack Wednesday at age 82, his family said.
Over and out
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 06:40PM
PHUKET: Live 89.5 station manager and breakfast host Ryan Jon is leaving Phuket for a new radio position in New South Wales, Australia.
Beatles’ boys may form a new band
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 06:39PM
A fresh wave of Beatlemania could sweep the world after Paul McCartney’s son said four of the legendary British rock group’s children were considering setting up a band together.
Dannii Minogue splits with partner
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 06:38PM
Australian singer and TV personality Dannii Minogue said Wednesday she had split from partner Kris Smith, a former British rugby league player and father of her baby son.
Creating a legend
Creating a legend
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 06:36PM
PHUKET: Five teenage musicians are taking Phuket by storm and have big dreams of making it big across Asia, and, perhaps, even getting to Hollywood.
Catching the tropical flow
Catching the tropical flow
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 05:59PM
PHUKET: Another art dinner held by Think Design magazine is in progress at Brush. The waterfront at Kalim beach on Friday night (April 6) is brightly lit and busy with people sitting on the esplanade,
REVIEW: The Cold Light of Day
REVIEW: The Cold Light of Day
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 05:43PM
The Cold Light of Day, 93 minutes, Rating: 13+. Director: Mabrouk El Mechri. Starring: Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver
Tupac back from the dead in hologram performance
Tuesday 17 April 2012, 11:34AM
The Twittersphere was alive Monday with discussion about an eye-popping performance by rapper TupacShakur at a US music festival – 16 years after he died.
Will Ferrell announces sequel to cult comedy
Saturday 7 April 2012, 02:14PM
After years of chatter and online rumours, a sequel to cult comedy Anchorman has finally come together as funnyman Will Ferrell has signed on to star again as 1970s news anchorman Ron Burgundy, ABC news reported.
DJ spins his way to success
DJ spins his way to success
Saturday 7 April 2012, 02:14PM
PHUKET: Internationally renowned British DJ Kensho is the new resident DJ at Cudos Restaurant and Bar in Surin.
Supermodel Klum divorces British singer Seal
Saturday 7 April 2012, 01:33PM
German supermodel Heidi Klum filed for divorce Friday from her British singer husband Seal, two and a half months after the pair announced their separation, spokesmen for the pair said.
REVIEW: Wrath of the Titans
REVIEW: Wrath of the Titans
Thursday 5 April 2012, 04:11PM
99 minutes, Rating: G, Director: John Liebesman, Starring: Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson
Waxing lyrical
Waxing lyrical
Thursday 5 April 2012, 03:42PM
PHUKET: Helping her lapidary mother as a child in the French Pacific territory of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia), Patricia Boullion learned early the love of creating something using her bare hands.
REVIEW: The Hunger Games
REVIEW: The Hunger Games
Thursday 29 March 2012, 01:07PM
142 minutes, Rating: 15+ Director: Gary Ross Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland. With the blockbuster book set to become the biggest film of the season, it is impossible not to feel like The Hunger Games has missed a real opportunity to make an influential movie. For fans that are already familiar with the material, the film is probably fine, or at least adequate. For newcomers, it is an unequivocal dumbing down of some genuinely interesting conceptual content; a film inexplicably designed to set up a new franchise rather than deliver serious commentary on the serious social themes that arise within the material. The basic story takes place in a dystopian future where ‘the Capitol’ rules over the country of Panem (in what used to be North America), and uses ‘The Hunger Games’ to suppress the surrounding districts. Each year, one girl and boy are randomly chosen from each of the 12 districts to participate in the Games – where the 24 “tribute” children fight to the death until only one remains. With one or two exceptions, the non-District 12 tributes (that is, everyone other than our heroine, Katniss Everdeen) are blank caricatures that leave next-to-no emotional impact as either victims or villains. Obviously, with 24 tributes, it would be hard to get to know everyone; however the experience could have benefited from more time spent with the others. On the technical side, the camera work leaves a lot to be desired. Quick, frantic cuts probably helped the film maintain a more family friendly rating, but as a result, the film is short on captivating battle choreography or epic one-on-one confrontations. The action scenes that exist are shot on hand-held shaky-cam, and can be almost nauseating to watch. Part of the problem arises from the direction of Gary Ross – the master of movies that settle over you like a warm blanket. Ross delivers a family-friendly version of the gladiatorial death match with all the sharp edges are smoothed off. You have to wonder what the film could have turned out like in the hands of a horror auteur such as Guillermo del Toro. The best adaptations take novels and add something more to them, but this installment feels like a reduction. Rather than the engrossing, world-building spirit that imbued the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter films, The Hunger Games is little more than a by-the-book (and buy-the-book) adaptation. 2 stars – Dane Halpin
REVIEW: Moneyball
REVIEW: Moneyball
Friday 23 March 2012, 10:10AM
133 minutes Rating: 13+  Director: Bennett Miller Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman There are not many sport movies that inspire you to become an accountant. But then Moneyball is, quite frankly, a bit of an oddball when it comes to sport films. Most notably, for a film about baseball, there is surprisingly little baseball actually shown. And those parts that do feature in-game action are perhaps the most tedious and drawn-out of the film. Instead, the real joys of this movie come from the nuanced performances, stellar script and well-judged direction, which admittedly may not appeal to everyone.Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s baseball team, who has an epiphany: that all of baseball’s conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane has to outsmart the richer clubs with the help of impassioned numbers man Peter Brand (an uncharacteristically dramatic Jonah Hill). Director Bennett Miller, whose only major previous credit was 2005 film Capote, has a restrained but dead-on storytelling style that is an ideal counterpoint for a tale set in the volatile world of professional sports. Given what could have been fairly dry subject material, Moneyball relies heavily on Pitt’s ability to bring subtle humour to the real-life proceedings – and simultaneously, delivering believable emotional complexity in some especially tough scenes. The supporting bench definitely helps, with Philip Seymour Hoffman (as Manager Art Howe) and Brent Jennings (playing A’s coach, Ron Washington) offering some especially entertaining counter-points to Pitt’s more solemn portrayal. That said, with the exception of Beane, the story almost entirely pushes side characters out of the picture in the closing act, and the narrative becomes much more about Beane and how he “changed baseball” than about his team. It feels like it’s really building towards something, and then rapidly changes direction and rather abruptly ends. But if you take it for what it is, Moneyball is, at least in its attempts, ultimately an honest film that gives the audience unobstructed access to Beane’s quite remarkable journey, warts and all. Just don’t go in expecting a baseball movie. 4 stars – Dane Halpin
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