With their wonderful, ornate prose and vivid imagery, Charles Dickens’ novels seem ideally suited to cinema adaptations. David Lean realized this potential magnificently with his atmospheric 1946 version of Great Expectations. Less successful was Alfonso Cuaron’s miscalculated modern day version of Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke and Robert de Niro. The latest adaptation of this novel, from British director Mike
Read moreFor a country in which sport is almost a religion it seems strange that Australia has produced so few decent sporting movies. While American films have successfully turned baseball, into a near-mythic commentary on clashing American values, Australia’s sporting films seem to be little more than a mix of nationalistic chest-beating dramas, well-meaning, blink and you’ll miss them low-budgeters and
Read moreLike the Al Pacino film City Hall, Broken City immerses us in the grubby world of New York politics. Unfortunately, this film also immerses us in a world of clichés, clunky dialogue, dull heroes and ridiculous villains. Mark Wahlberg plays disgraced New York cop Billy Taggart who, years after a questionable shooting, is now a struggling, debt-laden private eye. When
Read moreBest Medicine – TODAY – Lymphoedema – a patient’s experience and later a practitioner discusses the condition. Also Gerard Van Dyck to talk about Kage Theatre’s latest production. Please join me – Gaytana
Read moreIt is cricket finals time and this Saturday and Sunday the 16th & 17th of March Southern FM will be bringing the City of Moorabbin Cricket Association Longmuir Shield Grand Final to you live on the airwaves and via the 88.3 stream. It is an historic event for 88.3 with our first live cricket ball by ball description in what
Read moreIn this podcast, Purple Haze presenter Mark Copolov interviews iconic British singer Eric Burdon about his new cd, ‘’Til Your River Runs Dry”, as well as talking about The Animals 50th anniversary. Some of the tracks off the new cd that Eric & Mark discuss are : Water, Memorial Day, Wait, Bo Diddley Special & River Is Rising. Some of
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