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On Friday i went to the Hawthorne cinema to see the movie the Muppets. Gary(Jason Segel) and his brother Walter voiced by Peter Linz who is an Muppet live in Smalltown and are fans of the Muppet show when they were growning up. Gary plans an vocation to Los Angeles with his girlfriend Mary(Amy Adams) to celebrate 10 years of being together and Walter goes along with them which he wants to go and see the Muppet Theatre but it's derelict. While he snakes into Kermit's old office Walter hears that an oilman names Tex Richman(Chris Cooper) wants to destroy the Muppet Theatre to make it into oil underneath and appeals to Kermit to reunite the Muppets to do an show to raise money to save the Theatre which it's gets interesting throughout the movie. It's funny,excellent and an Brilliant movie with excellent performances by Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Rashida Jones as Veronica, Chris cooper, Jack black who plays himself as well as cameo appearances by Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Arki

In May,June and July this year legendary Australian rock group the Delltones known for hits like Hangin Five, get A Little Dirt On your Hands and COme A Little Bit Closer are doing an tour of Queensland and they are still going after 54 years when they were formed in 1958 with original member Ian Pee Wee Wilson. the current line up of the group besides from pee Wee are Woody Finlayson(guitarist & Vocalist), Owen Booth(bass and vocals) and on drums and vocals Merv Dick which it's now an quartet as former lead singer Danny Mayers left in July 2011 to do his solo career and I have seen this line up which it's FANTASTIC and sounding good as ever. They will do some of their hits and other doo wop songs that have influenced them as well as other songs and also always put on an FANTASTIC show as they get the crowd going asking for me. To those who have not seen them go and see them live which i am sure you will enjoy the experience of seeing one of the true legends of Australian

The Howzat album by legendary Australian group Sherbet was released in 1976. this album was the first for member Harvey James(from Ariel) who had joined the group in early 1976 when founding member, guitarist and songwriter Clive Shakespeare left the group which Gunther Gorman joined but left within weeks and Harvey's first recording with the group was the title track Howzat which was written by Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell which inspired by the sport of cricket and it went to number 1 in Australia,no 4 in the UK, number 61 in the USA and was top 10 in Europe,South Africa,parts of the Middle East and some of the Asian nations. The Howzat album was recorded at EMI studios from March-May 1976 with Richard Lush who had worked with the Beatles was the producer along with the group as well as being engineer and also Sherbet did the arranging as well as Ralph White who played Brass and Bill Motzing did the string arrangements. the album was released which went to number 1 in Australi

Legendary American singer Belinda Carlisle known with the group the GO Go's for hits like our lips are sealed, we got the beat,Vacation etc as well as her successful solo hits like Heaven Is A Best Place On Earth,Summer Rain, Leave A Light On For Me, Live your Life Be Free, Mad About you, I get Weak,La LUna and many others is coming back to Australia for another tour. It's been an year since she was here last which it was an success and I enjoyed her show @ Kedron Wavell on Saturday 19th February which it was FANTASTIC & BRILLIANT and she will be performing in NSW,Victoria,Queensland,ACT and Western Australia.She will do many of her hits as well as stuff with the Go Go's and always put on an FANTASTIC show which gets everyone going singing along to those songs. Be sure to go and see her and I hope you will enjoy the experience seeing an legendary singer from the 80's and it will be an time of your lives reliving memories of the 80's. Australian tour dates Commer

The Searchers legendary British 60's rock group known for hits like Sweets For My Sweet,Sugar and Spice, Don't Throw Your Love Away, Needles and Pins, When You Walk In the Room, Goodbye My love and many others are touring Australia starting tomorrow (January 27th) which will last until March 4th and will be playing in NSW,Queensland, Victoria,ACT and Western Australia. The Searchers have toured Australia many times since 1964 when they toured with Peter and Gordon,Del Shannon,Eden Kane,Dinah Lee and Ray Columbus and the Invaders as well as coming in 1966 with the Rolling Stones, Marty Rhone,Tony Barber(the Aztecs) and Max Merritt and the Meteroes and the current line up of the group are original founding member John McNally(guitarist and vocals), Frank Allen (Bass guitar and vocals) since August 3rd 1964, Spencer James (lead vocals and Guitar) since 1985 and Scott Ottaway(drums) since February 2010. the group will do many of their hits as well as some album tracks and other peo

Last Friday January 20th I went to Carina Leagues Club to see Captain Wow an group who are from the Gold Coast and play around brisbane,gold coast and sunshine coast and do songs from the 60's,70's,80's up to now as well as reggae and country. It was my 4th seeing this group which I first saw them at the st Andrews Ball @ the Gabba on Saturday May 17th 2008, New Years Eve 2008 @ CArina League Club and March 26th 2010 which they were all FANTASTIC and they put on an FANTASTIC show. At Carina Leagues Club on Friday night they did 3 sets as they started @ 8pm which they started off with some acoustic stuff then rock'n'roll and did stuff by the Eagles, Boz Scaggs, Shania Twain, The Mamas and the Papas, the Bangles, Linda Ronstadt, Nancy Sinatra and others and people were having an great time dancing on the floor which I was one of them. the show lasted until 11.30pm which i said hello to Nick,Katie and Bettina and actually Katie did an stint with Darren J Ray for an t

Last Saturday I went to the TWin Towns Services Club to see legendary Australian singer Marcia Hines which it was my 2nd time seeing her as my first was at the Long Way To The Top concert @ the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Tuesday September 10th 2002 which she sang You,Fire and Rain and Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees and she was FANTASTIC. At the Show on Saturday the support act was a local country singer-songwriter named Peta Evans Taylor who sings around Queensland and NSW and was on for about half an hour as she did songs she wrote as well as doing Nights In White Satin and she did an excellent set which there was an short interval. Marcia Hines come on stage for an an hour and half she did an FANTASTIC set doing her famous hits from the 70's & 80's as well as songs from her Carole King tribute album and other songs and even did an Q&A session which people would ask her questions about her career which i asked her memories of the Long Way to the Top to

Last Friday January 13th I went to the southbank cinema to see the movie the Descendants. Matt King(George Clooney)an lawyer based in honolulu has been forced to look at his life after his wife is in an coma after an boating accident and the events has led him to an rapprochement with his 2 daughters Scottie(Amar Miller) and Alexandra(shailene Woodley) meanwhile Matt wrestles with an decision about seeling the family land handed down from Hawaii royalty and it's gets really intreresting throuighout the movie. It's an sad,touching,funny and an BRILLIANT movie with an excellent performance by george Clooney which I think it's one of his best performances of his career as well an excellent performances by Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Beau Bridges who plays his cousin Hugh, Nick Krause plays Sid who is friends with Alex, Judy Greer who plays Julie speer, Matthew Lillard who plays Brian Speer and others. It's directed by Alexander Payne who also produces it with jim Burke

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Last Tuesday I went to south bank cinema to see the movie Tower Heist. Josh Kovacs(Ben Stiller) is the building manager of the Tower in new York and is friendly with the tenants including the boss Arthur Shaw(Alan ALda). Shaw is arrested by the FBI for fraud which Josh thinks it's an misunderstanding and later finds out that the employees pension he asked shaw to handle is gone and along with 2 of the staff members and an evicted tenant they hire an petty crook named Slide( Eddie Murphy) to try to get the money back and it's gets interesting throughout the film. It's very funny and very entertaining with excellent performance by Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Alan ALda who is excellent as the villian, Matthew broderick, Casey Affleck,Tea Leoni as the FBi lady, Judd Hirsch,Michael Pena, stephen henderson and others. it's directed by Brett Ratner and produced bY Eddie Murphy, Bill Carraro, Brian Grazer, Kim Roth and Karen Kehela Sherwood. i give this 4 stars and it's curr

Last Sunday January 8th I went to the Easts Leagues Club in Coorparoo to see the Avengers an Brisbane rock group who were formed in 1965 playing around Brisbane, began recording for Columbia with singles like One More Chance and Listen Listen and also performed at the Hoadleys Battle of the sounds (an different line up of the group) as well as being managed by Glenn Shorrock(the Twilights/Axiom/Little River Band. the original line up of the group with Garth Austin, Roger Bellicoe, Mick Monaghan, Graeme Rabnott and Ross Bentley lasted until 1968 and then another line up which featured Roger Hicks went to become an member of popular Australian group Zoot in 1968 and the group eventually disbanded by 1970 which they were then called the New Avengers that featured David Briggs who went to great success with little River Band. The original line up of the Avengers reformed in 1993 and are still playing in the clubs around Brisbane and parts of Queensland. it was my 3rd time seeing the Avenge

Last Saturday I went to carindale Cinema with my friend Billy White to see the Movie the Adventures of Tin Tin. Tin tin vocied by Jamie Bell is an journalist and the boy dectective along with his dog Snowy are on an tresure hunt looking for an sunken ship which was commanded by haddock's ancestor and Tin tin is kidnapped by people who work for sakharine(daniel Craig) which he is imprisoned on the boat SS karaboudjan. he meets Haddock the ship's captain (Andy Serkis)who is drunk and does'nt know what is happening to the ship and eventually him, Tin Tin and Snowy escape in an lifeboat and it gets interesting throughout the movie. it's brilliant and very funny with excellent performances by Daniel Craig who also voices Red Rackham (Sakharine's decendant), Jamie Bell as Tin Tin, Andy serkis who also voices Sir Francis Haddock (Captain Haddock's grandfather), Nick Frost,Simon Pegg, Tony Curran, Toby jones, Gad Elmaleh and others. it's directed by Steven Spielberg

Last Thursday I went to the South Bank Cinema with my friend Anita to see the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 Chipwrecked. The chipmunks and the chippettes along with Dave Seville (Jason lee) are on an cruise trip on the Carnival Dream which they turned it into their own personal playground, causing trouble and running amack and it's their behaviour that causes them to get shipwrecked on an desert Island which causes them to get in the process as well as Dave and Ian (david Cross). the chipmunks and chippettes meet an castaway named Zoe(Jenny Slate) and it's gets very interesting. it's very funny and very good with very good performances by jason Lee and David Cross as well as Jenny SLate as Zoe and Andy Buckley as the Captain of the ship as the voices of the chipmunks by Jesse McCartney, Justin Long and Matthew Gray Gluber & the Chippettes by Christina Applegate, Anna Farris and amy Poehler as well as the voice of simone by Alan Tudyk. it's directed by Mike Mitch

Last Monday January 9th I went to the South Bank Cinema to see the movie War Horse. Albert Narracott(Jeremy irvine) who lives with his parents Rose(Emily Watson) and Ted(Peter Mullan) is admiring an young thoroughbred foal which Ted buys it at an auction much to Rose's dismay. Albert devotes most of his time to train joey which Albert names him and when world war 1 breaks out they are forcefully parted which Joey goes into the army and would experience the interesting journey throughout the war inspiring and changing the lives of the people he would meet on the way. It's an sad, touching and an BRILLIANT movie with brilliant performances by Emily Watson, Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Tom Hiddleston who plays CAptain Lyons, Niels Arestrup who plays the grandfather of an young french girl named Emilie (Celine Buckens) who live on the farm in France,Matt Milne who plays Andrew and others. It's directed by Steven Spielberg who also produces the film with Kathleen Kennedy and He

On New Years Eve last Saturday I went to Carina Leagues Club to see an tribute show to motown called Signed Sealed Delivered which i knew about it a few months ago I asked Samantha in an email about who will be playiing which she sent me an reply about the Motown tribute. it's been 6 years since I 've been going to Carina Leagues Club on new Years Eve which my first one I attended there was in 2005 when I saw the Rockin Bodgies and I love going there everywhere which i always look forward to an great show every year which they are so exciting particuarly the countdown. The showed started at 8.30pm which they did 2 FANTASTIC set doing the Motown stuff as well as other soul songs like James Brown, Otis Redding, the Foundations, Dusty Springfield and others and during the first set the fireworks went off at 9pm which they were FANTASTIC and colourful as always which it's the only one they did that night as they have done it in the last 2 years as they don't do midnight any