This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at Aussie post-apocalyptic horror film ‘Cargo’ which stars Bilbo Baggins himself Martin Freeman. There’ll also be plenty of fine music with more tracks from all-time favourite albums, indie classics and new tunes from Australia and overseas. Don’t forget our regular preview of gigs and TV for the week. Check out
Read moreBEST MEDICINE – today – Dr Darren Morton will talk about his book: Live More Happy and later Gwynn Harper will talk about the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir and the benefits of singing; plus more. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreHere is Songs of Hope Mothers Day tribute. It consists of a poem and 3 songs. Broadcast on Songs of Hope on 13May18 at 8am
Read moreA Quiet Place is the second recent film that transforms a post-apocalyptic monster movie scenario into a highly effecting human drama. The other film is Cargo and coincidentally, the male leads in both these film, John Krasinski and Martin Freeman, started playing essentially the same character in different versions of the TV show The Office. In A Quiet Place, John
Read moreA Wrinkle in Time is the long-awaited cinema adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s1962 children’s sci fi fantasy novel. As director Ava DuVernay emphasised in a pre-movie address, the film is aimed at tweens and focused on their interests and concerns: identity confusion, bullies, first romance, the desire to see magic enter their dull suburban lives and the belief that their personal
Read moreLove, Simon pursues a similar ‘teen outsider’ path to a host of films, from John Hughes 80’s classics to more recent films such as the excellent Perks of Being a Wallflower. The difference here is that it follows a teen’s attempts to come out as gay. Nick Robinson plays Simon, a highly intelligent high school student who has been concealing
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