PP Arnold is undoubtedly one of the greatest female vocalists of her generation. She started out as an ‘Ikette’ for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, then ‘discovered’ by Mick Jagger, became a successful solo singer, especially in the UK. She was also known as one of the session singer queens, as she sung back-up for the Small Faces,
Read moreAs a tribute to Princess Diana, Songs of Hope did a 3-hymn segment on Sunday 17Sep17. The hymns are: I vow to thee my country – Katherine Jenkins Make me a channel – All Souls Choir Guide me – Morriston Mens Choir Words for Life this week was by Ps David Sterrey of Beaumaris Baptist here in Melbourne. His talk
Read moreAdapting the young adult, sci-fi/ fantasy, adventure novel to the screen is a tricky feat. If done right, as in the Harry Potter films, they can provide wonderful cinema. Too often, though, film-makers trying to adapt popular teen novels to the big screen fumble the task badly, exhibit A: The Mortal Instruments. It would be reasonable to expect that a
Read moreIn 2016, director Steven Soderbergh announced he was taking a break from filmmaking to concentrate on other projects. Thankfully, this intriguing, idiosyncratic auteur has returned to the big screen for the subdued but quirkily charming hillbilly heist comedy/ drama Logan Lucky. Set in an economically depressed part of West Virginia the film sees recently sacked construction worker and former high
Read moreAnnabelle: Creation is the competently made but tepid origin story for the sinister doll that creeped the bejeezus out of everyone in the Conjuring movies. Set in three time periods but predominantly the 1950’s, the film features a group of orphaned girls who take up residence at the dilapidated farm house inhabited by grumpy, taciturn Mr Mullins (Anthony LaPaglia) his
Read moreSet in 2007 in the last official days of the Iraq war, Doug Liman’s latest film The Wall reworks, into a reasonably tense psychological thriller, the familiar scenario of the deadly unseen sniper pinning his prey. The film sees two American snipers Allen Isaac (Aaron Taylor Johnson) and Shane Matthews (John Cena) surveilling what seems to be a regulation attack
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