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Animal Kingdom
Director:  David Michod
Star:  Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver
Madman Entertainment

Animal Kingdom centres around a Melbourne family of drug dealers—a popular topic post-Underbelly—and the extended family’s rapidly escalating violence with the police.

The viewer sees events unfold through the eyes of the film’s protagonist and youngest family member, 17-year-old Joshua (James Frecheville), an adolescent wrestling with his allegiance to his family and his conscious.

Written and directed by David Michod, what is so different about Animal Kingdom compared with many other Melbourne underworld movies and TV series of late, is that it doesn’t glorify the drug trade, or life “in the business”.

There are no dramatic gun scenes, no wads of money counted, no mountains of cocaine piled on table-tops. The movie instead focuses on the cascading errors in judgement shown by the family, coupled with the audience’s underlying belief that no good will come of the deaths and drug use—primarily via the expressive-yet-passive narration of Joshua throughout the film.

Ben Mendelsohn steals the show as the increasingly psychotic ‘Uncle Pope’, a man who delves deeper into paranoia, and eventually insanity, due to the mounting death-toll surrounding him and his trigger-happy, drug-taking antics. Winner of the 2010 Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Drama at Sundance, Animal Kingdom presents Australian story-telling in a new light, and is definitely worth watching.

Animal Kingdom opens in cinemas nationally on June 3.

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HIS GENERATION
Shaun Micallef
Shock

ALTHOUGH he’s written, produced and starred in award-winning TV programs such as Full Frontal, The Micallef P(r)ogram(me), Micallef Tonight and Newstopia, and helmed the popular game show Talkin ’Bout Your Generation, on His Generation, Shaun voices every interview, character, scene and song featured throughout the 29 tracks.

From murderous doctors and Satan-obsessed gospel singers, to boorish fruit shop owners and Oprah-watching al-Qaeda operatives, Micallef is pants-wetting funny.  His interpretations of Charlton Heston reading the Bible and Christopher Walken singing a David Bowie song are undoubted highlights.

Monty Python madness runs richly in Micallef’s veins, and it’s damnable that this man isn’t minting money on commercial TV, as he is clearly one of our nation’s finest natural comedians.

ASSASSIN’S CREED II

Publisher/Developer: Ubisoft
Platform: PS3, X360 & PC

Review: Dave Kozicki

PLAYING as Ezio Auditore da Firenze, you’re a snappily dressed Italian assassin during the Renaissance.  You’re also Ezio’s modern-day descendant, walking in his dangerous ancestor’s shoes thanks to matching DNA and some seriously cool technology.  Confused? Don’t be.  This is all part and parcel of the Assassin’s Creed joyride.

Just get with the killing and forget about the thinking as you use every weapon in your arsenal to complete your mission and restore your family’s honour.  You can blend in with the crowd, be a ghost, or simply hire mercenaries and get a little confrontational.  New to the franchise is the ability to swim, utilise Da Vinci’s flying machine and nick a gondola, and any title that lets you do stuff like that deserves respect.

Though let down by the less-than-average cut scenes, Assassin’s Creed II is still a stunning recreation of 15th-Century Europe and a damn fine game.

FAMILY GUY:  SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING DARK SIDE

Director: Dominic Polcino
Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Alex Borstein, H. Jon Benjamin, Mike Henry
Shock

Review:  Cameron Murray

Hailed for following the plot of Empire Strikes Back closely, the special 60-minute episode sees Peter Griffin (MacFarlane) as Han Solo; Lois (Borstein) as Princess Leia; Chris (Green) as Luke Skywalker; and terrible toddler Stewie (also voiced by MacFarlane) as Darth Vader.

Naturally, it’s crammed with pop-culture references—some funnier than others—and the attention to detail is impressive.  All in all, it hangs together far better than Blue Harvest and the characters are more well-rounded, although Yoda (Benjamin) is a bit flat.

The DVD extras include an audio commentary with all the key players, Family Guy Fact-Ups, an animatic version of the episode and, most interestingly, two table reads – one for Something Something Something Dark Side and a sneak peek at We Have a Bad Feeling About This, Family Guy’s forthcoming Return of the Jedi spoof. Bring it on!

Listen to our interview with Mike Henry, the voice of Cleveland/R2-D2 in Something Something Something Dark Side, at: www.australianpenthouse.com.au/8553/mike-henry-interview/