Film review: FROZEN, from Built For Speed

What would an oppressively hot and sweaty Australian Christmas be without an animated Disney fantasy set in a wintery wonderland.  Disney’s’ Christmas offering for 2013 is tween-oriented girl-power  adventure, Frozen which is based on Hans Christian Anderson’s fable The Snow Queen. Kristen Bell stars as the voice of irrepressible teen princess Anna whose family rules the fictitious kingdom of Arrendelle. Following

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Songs of Hope on Christmas Day

Songs of Hope will have a special Christmas Day program from 7am to 8am this Wednesday 25 December, Christmas Day. Rod and Chris will be on deck to celebrate this great occasion, the birth of Jesus. A feature at 7:45am will be the story of the first Christmas in Australia. Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com Email us at songsofhope@nullsouthernfm.com.au

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Listen to Handel’s Messiah – podcast

Listen again to Handels Messiah as broadcast on Southern FM 88.3 on Sunday 22 December 2013. This is the greatest choral piece and it is podcast for your enjoyment. Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 53 minutes Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com Email us at songsofhope@nullsouthernfm.com.au

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Film review: THE RAILWAY MAN, from Built For Speed

Set mostly in 1980 and based on a true story, British-Australian co-production The Railway Man begins as a typically quirky, charming romance set in a world of steam trains and verdant English countryside.  The film recalls Brief Encounter as the calm, sensible and sensitive Patti (Nicole Kidman) meets and eventually marries the awkward, dishevelled trainspotting nerd Eric Lomax (Colin Firth). 

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Built for Speed, Playlists for 6th, 13th and 20th December 2013

Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 6th December 2013  1. DALLAS CRANE – Dirty Hearts. (Aus) 2.  ROONEY – Blueside. 3.  THE LIKE – Walk of shame. 4.  HOT HOT HEAT – Running out of time. 5.  BON JOVI – Runaway. 6.  MUSE – Uprising. 7.  THE ARCADE FIRE – We used to wait. 8.  ADAM SANDLER – Here comes Hannukah. 9.  JEFF LANG – You should have

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Film review: ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES, from Built For Speed

The Ron Burgundy Anchorman films are the contemporary equivalent of the Austen Powers movies; heavily art-directed, retro-themed pop-cultural parodies where a naïve, politically-incorrect but lovable central character manages to triumph despite his overwhelming stupidity. The first Anchorman film was a fun, endearing fitfully amusing satire of 1970’s sexism and the news reading profession that allowed Will Ferrell to gloriously indulge

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