This week on The Vibe we had Glenn Carter on the program. Glenn is about to Ride around Australia to raise money for potential Olympian, Emma Booth. In 2013 Emma Booth become a paraplegic after a terrible Car Accident. After spending many months in hospital she returned back to her passion which is horse riding, and now wants to compete in the
Read moreA stand-up comedian doing a film about the life of a stand-up comedian seems very self-indulgent. That feeling is inescapable throughout the so-called romantic comedy/drama Manny Lewis. Popular comedian Carl Barron plays the title character, a droll, cynical, self-deprecating and often unlikeable stand-up comedian whose material often seems to be based on some disturbing child hood experiences. His off-stage life
Read more71 is a tense atmospheric and often moving drama set in Northern Ireland in 1971 as the so-called ‘troubles’ began to spiral out of control. Jack O’Connell (who recently starred in Unbroken) plays young naive British soldier Gary Hook who is hoping for a comfortable posting in Germany but finds himself thrust into the forbidding urban warzone of Belfast. As
Read moreSouth East Cricket Association Grand Final between Mackie and Bentleigh Uniting at Beazley Reserve, Chelsea Heights will be called live on Southern FM this Saturday and Sunday afternoon from high noon. With score updates from other grand finals and and erudite and august calling team featuring Chris Gorrie, Steve McConchie, Wayne Fuller, Nathan Harris, Stacey Leroy De Alwis, David Hampton
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the powerful new British film 71 which plunges us into the Northern Ireland ‘troubles’ in the early 1970’s. We also review the debut big screen release for Australian comedian Carl Barron, Manny Lewis. There’s also plenty of fine music with great new tracks from Aussie bands such as the
Read moreWrite Now – TONIGHT – I’m talking with Peter Corris about his latest Cliff Hardy novel (number 40) – Gun Control. Please join me Gaytana.
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