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January 2012 | Graphic Novel Review

Aaron & Ahmed:
A Love Story

review by Gavin O'Reilly

Jihadist camps in Pakistan? Guantamo bay? Ground Zero in New York? Meme theory? Drugs and possibly a gay tinged relationship (but were not sure as it may be a drugged hallucination)? Surely this isn’t suitable subject matter for comic book? I am happy to say it is.

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January 2012 | Film Review

Rampart

Review by Delme Stephenson

Woody Harrelson demands our full admiration with a tour de force performance in director Oren Moverman's Rampart. Its the second time that the director and star have collaborated, the first being the critically acclaimed The Messenger, for which Harrelson was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar...

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January 2012 | Film Review

The Descendants

Review by Bill Harrington

The Descendants is essential viewing for those cinema goers who have always held the belief that George Clooney is an actor of considerable charm, but limited to his own well practiced mannerisms and comfortable range..

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 January 2012 | Audio Podcast

We Are One!

Happy New Year... and Happy Birthday to us! The LF Podcast is one year old with this episode and in order to celebrate the year gone past we spend some time looking back at the best and worst of the year. Which films, comics, TV and music were the most memorable? Which were the big disapointments? And was anything so bad that it was good?

Of course we couldn't look back without looking forward so in this, the second half of our New Year Birthday show we cast an eager eye at 2012 and all it's geeky media promise in Film, Comics, Television & Music.

There's also a fantastic birthday give away in the form of The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD

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January 2012 | Music Interview

2011: Some of our faves

As another year draws to a close for a great year in music, a couple of members from Team LF eagerly sat down to prep a list of some of our absolute favourite releases in 2011, so here's what Imran Mirza and Krissi Weiss think was absolutely awesome..

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 January 2012 | Graphic Novel Review

The Gap

review by Bernice Watson

When an advanced space ship goes silent in deep space Captain William Perez-William and his crew are sent to investigate. But when they arrive all they find are questions with no answers, what happened to the crew? Why can't the ship's computer give them answers? Most importantly, are Perez-William and his team in danger of meeting the same fate?

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December 2011 | Music Interview

Dum Dum Girls: Letting Go

Interview by Krissi Weis
 
Kristen Gundred of Californian retro-indie band, Dum Dum Girls is getting ready to tour the band’s latest album, 'Only In Dreams'. Written as a response to the terminal illness and then subsequent death of her mother last year, Gundred is readying herself for the emotions that will come with performing these songs live. She talks with Krissi Weiss.


December 2011 | Film Review

Into The Abyss

Review by Delme Stephenson

Into the Abyss focuses on Michael Perry and Jason Burkett who were convicted of a triple homicide in the town of Conroe in the American state of Texas. Director Werner Herzog interviews the two men ten years after their heinous crime and takes us on a journey that is not simply structured around a narrative of murder and retribution.

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December 2011 | Music Book Review 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Biography book review by Les Davis
 
When I was first asked to review 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience', I was beyond excited! I’ve been a Hendrix fan since I first lost my mind to 'Purple Haze' at a youth disco in the 80s, and since then, I have been captivated by the man and the music.


December 2011 | Film Review

Another Earth

Review by Bill Harrington

How would you react to the sight of an alternative earth and moon appearing, without warning, in the sky? I'm certain I would react far more hysterically than the main characters of Another Earth, a Sundance Film Festival award winner in which this occurrence of inconceivable enormity serves as a catalyst for them to reflect on the direction of their lives...

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December 2011 | Music Book Review 

Bob Dylan: Alias Anything You Please

Review by Cato Barend van Schalwyk
 
‘‘Bob Dylan: Alias Anything You Please’ is a book of photographs. It’s not a biography, and it is emphatically not a critique of Dylan’s songs, lyrics and music. However the text and captions of this book do attempt to perform a kind of critique of Dylan as a subject of the photographer’s camera.’


December 2011 | Special Feature

How to tell if your family member
or loved one is an alien

Wriiten by Dan Collacott

To accompany our Alien Invasion Survival podcast here is proof that we really are experts in the subject matter on which we preach, not to mention sage advice for keeping your family and lovers safe, so read, digest and then let the tests commence!

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November 2011 | Comic Interview

An Interview with Jeremy Dale

Interview by Bernice Watson

Recently, Liberation Frequency was fortunate to grab a few moments with Jeremy Dale, creator of Skyward and well known comics illustrator…


November 2011 | Music Interview

Liberated: LF Meets The Liberators

Interview by Imran Mirza

Always ahead of everyone else with the scoop, LF's managed to secure time with Australia's newest, shiniest and freshest new funk-afrobeat band, so click here to catch up with The Liberators...

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November 2011 | Film Review

The Tapes

Review by Bill Harrington

The Last Broadcast and The Blair Witch Project cast long shadows over this British “found footage” film from writer/ director Scott Bates and director Lee Alliston. Neither as ambitious as the former or well-crafted as the latter, it nonetheless does well within its tight budget to hold some interest, even for the audience that's seen it all before.....


  November 2011 | Graphic Novel Review

Fish + Chocolate

review by Bernice Watson

Kate Brown's haunting collection of short horror stories explores themes of motherhood, loss and grief. Brown both wrote and illustrated the volume that is now published by Self Made Hero.

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November 2011 | Film Review

Snowtown

Review by Bill Harrington

Snowtown arrives surrounded by quiet controversy. Rumours of walk-outs at screenings and at least one reviewer likening it to a snuff film may lead an audience to prepare for an exploitative piece. Such comment does the film a disservice. The film's notoriety seems unjustified considering its generally admirable lack of gratuitousness in relating its extremely grim source material

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  November 2011 | Graphic Novel Review

TURF

Review by Win Yu

Vampires. Check! Aliens. Check! Gangsters? Check! Jonathan Ross?! Check!! Turf brings together all of these pretty awesome elements and firmly cements the transformation of Jonathan Ross from presenter/fanboy to comic writer.


 November 2011 | Film Review

The Awakening

Review by Dan Collacott

Us Brits love a period drama, the decadence of a society with all its manners, values and a fresh pot of tea with scones has become a national draw. The traditional ghost story is a cherished part of our past and with a 1921 post war setting, horror thriller The Awakening is a welcome change from the loud gore and high concept brutal torture flicks of recent times...

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  November 2011 | Music Review


'Woman' - Cuckoo Chaos
 
Written by Les Davis

Described by the band themselves as "just five nerds looking to make music", LF's own Les Davis reviews the debut effort from the San Diego five-piece and sees just how good at making music the "nerds" actually are.

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  Autumn 2011 | Event Video

MCM Expo: Video Diaries

Completing our podcasting tour of all the major London conventions this year, Liberation Frequency were at the ExCel Centre in London for the Autumn MCM Expo. Arguably the largest and most diverse of the London conventions, the MCM Expo played host to a number of comic writers, artists and professionals. LF caught up with, among others, Gail Simone, Kate Brown, and the lads from Geek Syndicate...

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 November 2011 | Film Review

Retreat

Review & Interview by Dan Collacott

A couple holidaying on a remote island might not sound the most intriguing premise for a suspense filled roller coaster ride and yet Retreat effortlessly weaves tension and raw emotion into the safest and secluded of settings...

interview with director Carl Tibbetts...

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 November 2011 | Comic Review

Skyward!

Review by Bernice Watson

Artist and writer Jeremy Dale delivers the first issue of his new fantasy tale. Country boy Quinn finds his life turned upside down when an old comrade of his father's shows up at the family home.

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Halloween 2011 | Audio Podcast

The Stuff of Nightmares

It's Halloween and in this Episode the LF crew are talking about what scares them in the real world. How would you like to be buried alive? Or slammed in Jail? Or condemned for trying to help a little old lady with 2 walking sticks? Or maybe you are afraid of clowns? What's the scariest thing you've ever seen, experienced or read?

In addition to these questions, we look at Drive, The Devil's Double, Melancholia, more of the New 52 from DC Comics and Imran is compiling a top ten list about money!

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October 2011 | Event Report

MCM EXPO

Diary by Bernice Watson

Continuing our coverage of the major Comics Expo events in the UK, Bernice spends a day at Londons ExCel centre for the MCM Expo!

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  October 2011 | Film Review


The Woman
 

Review by Delme Stephenson 

Originally shown at the Sundance film festival this year, ‘The Woman’ was received with controversy. It was branded as misogynistic and violently calculating. Reports that members of the audience walked out of the film on its premiere only added to its notoriety and reputation as a trashy torture-porn feature.

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