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nexus magazine RIDICULIST Part-time jobs you shouldn't tell Mum about. VOX POPS Vox populi is a Latin phrase that literally means voice of the people. 1 Anything that involves a costume with a huge cartoon head. Small kids will punch you in the nads. Big kids will tackle you. Your 21 st is coming, and there will be pictures. 2 Sign Spinning. Unless you have moves so rad people crash into each other because they're too busy watching your genius, you'll never live it down. Also, she will make you do this for funsies whenever you go visit. 3 Call Center Work. To your Mum, this means that you're always available to chat. Your workmates will get sick of her asking for you, and it's only a matter of time before your boss finds out. 4 Sperm/Egg Donation. Whatever else she says, she doesn't want a grandchild that badly. 5 Pizza Delivery Person. Your mum hasn't forgotten those people who were lured to a fake address and beaten with a baseball bat. She worries, you know. 6 Any job that requires you to be topless. No matter how legit it is, she's just going to think you're on drugs. 7 Drug Trials. No matter how legit it is, she's just going to think you're on drugs. Rebecca, Psych and Management. If you hadn't gone to uni, what would you be doing? Join the police or the army. If you could have any job in the world - what would it be? Professional snowboarder. Best life lesson you've learnt so far? Be nice to people. Matt, Accounting. If you hadn't gone to uni, what would you be doing? Working in some retail store. If you could have any job in the world - what would it be? Hunting guide in the states or CEO of sports team in America. Best life lesson you've learnt so far? If you have the right mental approach then you'll be sweet. Jessica, Psychology. If you hadn't gone to uni, what would you be doing? I don't think there'd be another option. If you could have any job in the world - what would it be? Always wanted to be a cat - sitting in the sun all day! Best life lesson you've learnt so far? Just do it - no matter how hard it is. Amy, Screen and Media. If you hadn't gone to uni, what would you be doing? Working fulltime. If you could have any job in the world - what would it be? Listen to music professionally. Best life lesson you've learnt so far? Don't sweat the small stuff. Ashleigh, BCGD. If you hadn't gone to uni, what would you be doing? Snowboarding. If you could have any job in the world - what would it be? Owner of Redbull. Best life lesson you've learnt so far? #freespirit. Ashlee, Chemistry. If you hadn't gone to uni, what would you be doing? Mountain biking. If you could have any job in the world - what would it be? CEO of Bongo Sushi. Best life lesson you've learnt so far? "Together everyone achieves more" - Karon Brown. 10 nexusmag.co.nz
nexus magazine Magic In The Moonlight The Maze Runner FILM REVIEW BY DARCIE FILM REVIEW BY DR RICHARD SWAINSON Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen's 2013 hit, took its lead from Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Magic in the Moonlight, this year's effort from Allen, would seem to be equally inspired by George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and/or its musical adaptation, My Fair Lady. Set in Germany and in the south of France during the summer of 1928, Moonlight is a romantic comedy, the tale of a relationship between Stanley, a middle-aged illusionist and Sophie, a 20 something spiritual medium whose psychic powers he sets out to debunk. Both characters are well cast. Colin Firth is particularly impressive as the curmudgeonly rationalist, imbuing Stanley with the ranting anger of a John Cleese character and the insufferable arrogance and condescension of Rex Harrison's Henry Higgins. The continental backdrops are both beautiful and atmospheric, Allen's recreation of the sound and aesthetics of the Jazz Age reflecting his usual craft and attention to detail and personal enthusiasm for the music of the era. For all the surface charms though, this is mid-range Allen. His dialogue often sounds forced, if not mannered and the thematic oppositions rapidly become one note. A science versus spirituality debate is laboured at the expense of developing an emotionally credible connection between Stanley and Sophie and his unrelenting smugness challenges audience sympathy. The last scene - clearly lifted from My Fair Lady - has its own satisfaction but mostly the magic is missing. Also, for those who care about such things, the plot twist is rather predictable. The maze runner is another attempt to bring a YA book series to the big screen. These often turn out average at best, but on a rare occasion morph into something big, like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. Whether or not the latter is the case with The Maze Runner is undecided at this stage – but probably not. Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) finds himself ascended into a strange closed field, surrounded by about a dozen other boys, and the field itself is surrounded by The Maze. Like the others, Thomas’ memory is kind of kaput, save for his name. He learns what little is known about their situation – they are surrounded by a maze, they don’t know why, don’t know who put them there and don’t know how to get out. Being the curious one, Thomas wants to know more, and tries to insert himself into the role of ‘runners’ who are those who explore the maze to find a way out. This movie actually wasn’t too bad, it didn’t linger unnecessarily, it had its moments of suspense, and the actors were well picked. Although the actual characters mainly seemed so-so, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and obviously Dylan O’Brien in lead were good. Ki Hong Lee was one who I was impressed with acting and character, as well as Aml Ameen. The diversity of the characters in regards to ethnic backgrounds was awesome to see, but the main thing was that I was constantly intrigued about the purpose of the maze. 11
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