Fresh Don’t be put off by the schlocky marketing picture for the film Fresh which features a severed hand in supermarket meat packaging. While relevant to the story, it doesn’t quite do justice to what is a mostly stylish and subversive thriller. Here, single woman Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) having endured a string of bad dates including one with an irritating
Read moreDog Talk about tempting fate with a movie title. Thankfully, this story of the uneasy friendship between a US army Ranger who served in Afghanistan before being discharged on medical grounds and a ferocious military dog is my no means a dog but it often struggles to deliver a convincing story. Channing Tatum (who co-directed with Reid Carolin) plays war
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On Southern FM’s Tuesday afternoon program The Community Block, Bayside U3A showcases a selection of its courses. In this podcast, Louise Williams and Stephen Le Page discuss mindfulness and meditation. As broadcast on 22 March 2022.
Read moreThe Book of Love With the amiable but often weirdly flat and unfunny culture clash rom com, The Book Of Love, Sam Claflin seems to be trying to grab Hugh Grant’s now vacant title as the resident charming, floppy-haired, bumbling Brit. Unfortunately, a performance that’s often shouty, whiny and confused deprives him and the film overall of anything like Grant’s
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John Bolton, the state secretary of Mensa (the high IQ society), talks to Craig Francis about what it takes to join Mensa, what sort of things a group of highly intelligent adults or children might get up to at Mensa social gatherings, and other aspects of ‘intelligence’. John also puts it all on the line as he takes on local
Read moreAfter a number of years as a “key player” in some of Australia’s finest acts (Raised By Eagles, Amarillo) Nick O’Mara has put together a great piece of work that is just his in his first solo album release “Overland” which hit the streets on Friday. Nick joined us on Saturday morning to tell us all about the album, the
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