The eccentric, super rich tech entrepreneur has become a strange 21st Century icon. It should come as no surprise that one should figure as the central character in an oddball Hollywood movie. Writer/ director Zoe Kravitz’ darkly comic, at times disturbing but derivative and underweight mystery thriller Blink Twice, features one such figure in a story that has creepy resonances
Read moreThe original Alien from 1979 was a masterpiece of production design that infused Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett’s ‘haunted house in space’ concept with Ridley Scott’s remarkable aesthetic sense. James Cameron’s 1986 sequel, Aliens, while lacking the original’s eloquent artistry, inventively expanded some its ideas and reworked the concept into a brutally efficient, white knuckle action film. After two reasonably
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Thursday 22 August 2024 ROCK UP! with Ratts. 100% Australian music – Supporting Indie artists & OZ music legends. If you missed the show, never fear, you can listen back, or download here. ROCK UP! is on air 4-6 PM every Thursday on 88.3 Southern FM.
Read moreWRITE NOW – Tonight 22/8/24 – CBCA Awards; Erica Wagner winner of the New Illustrator award; Professor Sue Turnbull re The Scarlet Stiletto 30th anniversary anthology. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreBEST MEDICINE – today 20/8/24 – Humanitarianism; student wellbeing & more. Please join me, Gaytana. ALSO: let’s wear a mask to protect ourselves & others from COVID, Influenza, RSV, Whooping Cough & more. Looking out for each other – that’s what community does. G
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Glen Eira Mayor Cr Anne-Marie Cade updates you with all the news from Council including a new deal under which Bayside Council will provide in-home and social support services to Glen Eira residents. Have a listen to the podcast, as broadcast on Southern FM’s A Newsman and His Music with Colin Tyrus (19 August 2024). More info: gleneira.vic.gov.au
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